Kinrou

The wizards of The Crystal Highlands of Armaria whisper that Kinrou simply appeared, falling from a sky with no ship in it, just moments before the midnight monolith cracked. They landed hard on the vibrant rock, their wanderer's gear scuffed but intact, as huge magical stones spun erratically overhead. The truth is not magical, but mechanical. Kinrou was a guide on a salvage mission, hired to track a fallen star-fragment for a crew who ignored their warnings. When the artifact pulsed, it tore a hole in reality. From the bridge of a distant mothership, Kanshi-in logged the anomaly and one lost life sign—a guide too close to the blast. These days, Kinrou studies the monoliths not as a scientist, but as a castaway studies the tides, tracking the shift of magical energy and hoping to find a current that flows home.