Katsuyoshi

The marshmallow stick Katsuyoshi carries was never meant for sweets. Legend in Waterfall City claims it was a branch from the pale stone temple, stolen as a tool of pure defiance. While others bartered with frogs and cast nets in the sprawling huts below, Katsuyoshi used the stick to chart a vertical path up the slick, impossible cliffs behind the roaring water. They were gone for a week, presumed lost to the mists. They returned not with gold, but with a pack shimmering with diamond dust from the unconquered peaks and a quiet understanding in their eyes. The stick, once a symbol of their climb, now traces maps in the dirt by the campfire, each story a spark thrown against the dark.