Kihime

Kihime carefully polished their chimpborg eye with one of the octopus’s tentacles, humming a little tune. The Rock Wizards of The Crystal Highlands of Armaria claim the creature is a psychic familiar, and the eye a conduit to forgotten knowledge. They once offered a priceless monolith shard just to study how the octopus’s suction cups clean the lens. Down in the valleys, traveling merchants tell a different tale. They speak of the Smiling Blade who disarmed three bandits with one fluid motion while the octopus simultaneously inked the lead bandit’s face. They don’t mention Kihime apologizing and helping them wash it off. The truth is, the eye was a potion-brewing accident, and the octopus is just a great listener. But the stories are far too entertaining to correct.