Chimper #639
Don't get too close during their sparring sessions. Steel has a way of turning brittle around them. That's the rumor among the apprentices in The Crystal Highlands of Armaria. Koyoshi presents as a traditionalist, all disciplined form and confident smiles, a strange sight among the wizards and their glowing monoliths. But the intense training is a cage, a desperate effort to contain a power they never asked for. Trapped in a mine collapse years ago, they survived by absorbing the energy of a smoldering heartstone, becoming a living furnace. The "Coalbound" name stuck after a sparring partner’s sword warped from sheer proximity. Alone, the smile fades as they plunge their hands into icy water, watching the steam hiss from a fire that can never be extinguished.
