Ruena

Ruena remembers the day a Rock Wizard asked for a 'temporal resonance dampener.' With trembling hands, Ruena offered them a bamboo water pipe they had just finished carving. The wizard took a long, thoughtful draw, blew a smoke ring that hovered for exactly three seconds before vanishing, and declared the craftsmanship a breakthrough in chronomancy. This is Ruena's life in The Crystal Highlands of Armaria. They are a simple artisan whose humble bamboo creations are constantly misinterpreted as legendary artifacts. Their woven rain hat? A ward against psychic storms. Their favorite ramen hat? An amplifier for culinary divination. They just want to make nice things, but every wizard they meet sees a solution to a world-ending problem in their lunchbox. Ruena is considered the wisest, most enigmatic soul on the mountain, mostly because their anxious silence is mistaken for profound thought.