Kitsuho

In The Crystal Highlands of Armaria, they say the brightest lantern casts the darkest shadow. Kitsuho, with their gentle eyes and a perpetual smudge of strawberry milk on their vest, seemed to prove the proverb wrong. They were one of the first outcasts gathered by Shokei-moji, a seemingly helpless soul who looked like they might get lost on the way to their own tent. Everyone underestimated them. That was their greatest asset. While others saw a harmless newcomer, Kitsuho was calculating exchange rates on magical crystals and local fungi. They once traded a single, perfectly ripe berry for a wizard's forgotten spell scroll, which they then sold back to the wizard's rival for a small fortune. Their smile never falters; it just hides the abacus clicking away behind it.