Kamejirou

Kamejirou is a story the sea tells to the mountains. It is said they were not born in The Crystal Highlands of Armaria, but washed ashore there by a tide that had lost its way. Their octopus companion, a being of ink and wisdom, was mistaken for a chaotic spirit by the local geomancers, chief among them Atsutomo. Believing Kamejirou a threat to the sacred monoliths, Atsutomo challenged them. But Kamejirou did not draw their blade. Instead, they placed a hand on the dullest, most lifeless crystal. Their companion coiled around its base, and from their shared touch, a deep, oceanic pulse of energy flowed into the stone, making it gleam with the light of bioluminescence. Atsutomo saw not an invader, but the answer to a prayer the mountain had forgotten how to ask.