Fwaku and Sparrowan. They mostly just rove around with their petpets, have BBQ parties, and try not to kill each other.
-------------------------- [Fwaku, Halloween Draik] A sleazy, thuggish mercenary from Meridell. Rude, volatile, and aggressive. -Loves MONEY -Obscenely lucky, but tends to squander his good fortunes through bad decision making. Also thinks he’s invincible as result of repeatedly lucking out of life-or-death situations. -Always has his tongue sticking out, gross. -Was /chewed up alive/ as a DRAIK EGG and kind of had a fucked up start to life. -Justine, the light faerie who ultimately saved Fwaku, was initially uncertain whether saving the mangled draik would be the right thing to do considering quality of life- and thus decided to leave the decision to the dice. -Has chronic pain from fucked up nerves/spine, but he hates being seen as an object of pity, so he takes on the TOUGH AGGRESSIVE MACHISMO route. -Fought in the first war between Meridell and the Darigan Citadel, and nearly died in an encounter with Wizerz. (The scars he has are actually from this instance; he was torn open real good) [Nib the Pirakeet] Fwaku's petpet. A rather fat pirakeet who loudly squawks 'NIB...' in a baritone voice. -While Fwaku says he only keeps Nib around to pluck feathers off of for fletching arrows, he secretly enjoys the company. -Nib was originally a runtling pirakeet that imprinted on him while he was on Krawk Island. Fwaku was irritated for the entirety of his stay on Krawk Island because this squawky bird kept appearing everywhere he went and getting in the way of his work. Somewhat impressed with Nib's stubborn persistence, Fwaku decided to just keep the pirakeet in his company. [Sparrowan, Christmas/Desert Pteri] A silent nomad who makes a living guiding travelers through the Lost Desert. Always inexplicably hungry and seems to have a bottomless stomach. -Lives for FOOD. While usually down-to-earth and rational, has a tendency to think with his stomach. -He can actually speak, but chooses not to. -Though silent, surprisingly brazen and stubborn. -Ancestors originally from ancient Qasala; royal messengers. They escaped the destruction of Qasala and dispersed across the land, but the bloodline remained affected by Razul’s curse. Their descendants remained under the sealed emperor’s control as eyes and ears to the world while he plotted his return. -While under this influence, Sparro was essentially a pawn used to lead unsuspecting adventurers to their doom by directing them to the Qasalan ruins, where they would become fodder for Razul’s revival. -After Qasala was freed from Razul’s influence in the events of the Lost Desert Plot, the effects of the curse have become negligible- but still remain to some degree (similar to some of the undead still in Qasala.) -Sparro remains silent chiefly because his voice still carries a subtle compelling effect from the curse, and he has a bitter taste in his mouth about the whole situation. [Lunch the Grackle Bug] Sparro’s petpet. A timid grackle bug that fears ending up as someone’s lunch. -Lunch’s name is Sparro’s attempt at a joke. Probably. -Sparro picked up Lunch at a food stall- except, the grackle bug was a lot more alive than he expected. He’s kept Lunch around since then as emergency ration a travel companion. -To the utter horror of Lunch, Sparro still eats grackle bugs. Sorry buddy. -------- [Sparro and Fwaku dynamics] -Don't really get along, mostly due to Fwaku’s generally bad attitude.... but for some reason they seem to work well together as a team. Probably is the most coordinated team out of all characters when their goals are aligned. -Sparro thinks Fwaku is complete trash- but of course you won’t hear him say that 👀 He’s quite at odds with Fwaku’s senselessly violent ways- especially when innocent citizens get involved. When he sees Fwaku doing something against his own values, Sparro actively sabotages Fwaku’s work to make a statement. -Fwaku thinks Sparro is aggravatingly arrogant with his silence (also he just doesn’t like birds in general); he tries to provoke him to speak, because that would be a VICTORY. In the meanwhile though, he tends to end up oversharing about himself because he can’t stand the ~utter silence~ -Typically at a precarious truce, as Sparro usually makes the effort to disengage from Fwaku’s deliberate attempts to instigate a fight. Sometimes escalates to physical altercations- Sparro's curses counter Fwaku's extreme luck to a degree so they usually end up at a stalemate. -Sparro only bothers to stick around because Fwaku’s camp food is DELICIOUS. Food is the ultimate unifier; things are pretty peaceful when they’re just BBQing. -They both wholeheartedly believe that their own petpet is the best petpet. Jokes on them because they’re both kind of NOT THE BEST PETPET OWNERS please call the ppl on these fools -Over time, Fwaku gets very good at reading Sparro. This creates a strange situation where Fwaku can hold a complete ‘conversation’ with Sparro- which, from the perspective of outsiders, just looks like he’s having a one-sided conversation.