Taisuke

In The Dragon Wastelands, the constant fog is known to birth phantom beasts from rock and rain. Taisuke, a wizard of supreme confidence, arrived to study this phenomenon, not fall for it. Yet, when a colossal spectral dragon rose from the swampy ground, they knew this was no illusion—it was their destiny. This was their awakening, the moment they would prove themself worthy of the ancient katana on their back. With a cry that invoked the name of the great warrior Hiro, Taisuke unleashed a blinding wave of power. When the light faded, the dragon was gone. In its place, a small, stunned lizard blinked up at them, having just fallen from a strangely shaped, fog-slicked boulder. "Astounding," Taisuke noted, already writing in their log. "The beast's corporeal form utterly disintegrated. A complete success."