Rokunosuke

Rokunosuke was a sailor. It is the simplest truth they offer when the young wizards in The Crystal Highlands of Armaria ask about their octopus companion, Takko, or the lines etched deep around their eyes. Their mind is an almanac of forgotten tides and constellations that no longer align. They remember the snap of a sail in a gale, the heft of a full net. Of the encounter with Shimo, there is only a feeling: a cold that didn't just freeze their body, but froze time itself. Waking up here, among spinning monoliths and a constant magical hum, was a harsher shock than any arctic water. They are a trainee now, relearning a world that outgrew their knowledge. Takko is their only anchor to what was.