Chimper #1517
When the dust from the Shattered Monolith finally settled, Rinzaemon was cast out from The Crystal Highlands of Armaria. They had always been a berserker with a wizard's staff, a force of nature whose answer to any magical puzzle was overwhelming power. The exile was meant to break them. Instead, it forced them to rebuild. Alone among the jagged peaks, the raw energy that fueled their rage became a quiet hum, and their evolution was not an explosion, but a moment of profound silence. Asayaka, visiting the Highlands years later, saw not a disgraced mage but a true explorer who had mapped the geography of their own soul. The impossible achievement wasn't restoring the monolith; it was finding a universe of joy in the facets of a single, perfect crystal.
