a quiet golgem that particularly enjoys making things with his claws. usually it's food, but sometimes it's crafts. he's been known to dabble in making birdhouses once in a while, but he's particularly good with pastry.

the silent woods: the tale of two golgems caught between themselves and the wild.

• queerplatonic partners with seven.
• friends with antohi.

a silent type. they're selectively mute, and can usually only speak to fish. once in a while they're able to speak to osery.

the silent woods: the tale of two golgems caught between themselves and the wild.

• queerplatonic partners with osery.

• crystal type

a composed and refined sort - you'd never guess she was kagi's older sister from the way the two of them act, unless you knew she raised kagi, and then you might think it took that kind of person to keep kagi alive at all. (you'd be right.)

winterwood guild: a guild of dungeon explorers grown out of leo's handful of cold-weather exploration specialists.

• kagi's older sister.
• leo's trainee/future successor.

• crystal type

excitable and highly energetic, kagi is a handful at best and a disaster at worst. he's enthusiastic about going exploring to the extent that one might genuinely think there's nothing else in his brain. (there might not be.) (he's actually very thoughtful when it comes to things like survival skills but he's also an impulsive and easily distracted person that does need to be gently reminded not to try out all of his ideas at once, or at least only try out the safer ones at first, please.)

dragonforest: a ragtag little found family hidden away in the depths of an old, old forest, protected by several mystery dungeons and powerful quetzalli. there are rumors dragons used to nest here, but these days your greatest worry will probably be the little terrors rushing around and potentially knocking you over.

• ilyka's younger brother.
• lemon's rival & best friend.

• crystal type

cheerful and personable! lemon likes to make friends and isn't picky about who he spends time with. his hobbies are wandering forests and finding interesting things to bring home, collecting stories, and otherwise passively absorbing things. he thinks topiary hedges are particularly fascinating.

dragonforest: a ragtag little found family hidden away in the depths of an old, old forest, protected by several mystery dungeons and powerful quetzalli. there are rumors dragons used to nest here, but these days your greatest worry will probably be the little terrors rushing around and potentially knocking you over.

• kagi's rival & best friend.

• crystal type

a gentle sort. he's sweet and careful and kind, though wise and canny enough to keep himself alive and well on the roads alone, which is no mean feat.

the wandering trader: a lone golgem that travels paths well-worn and not, selling dungeon trinkets and knickknacks from other corners of the world, occasionally offering assistance and advice to other travelers. when he stays in one place he earns a living appraising unusual dungeon finds and other oddities.

• close with starglass.
• occasionally visits osery.

• crystal type

mostly timber is VERY NOISY and willing to get in anyone's face about anything (which makes her a very good assertive friend, if she's your friend, and a very annoying enemy, if she's your enemy). she's also very dedicated to being a combat golgem and can actually pipe down when she's reading about how to do something.

team booktionary: an independent team whose mission is to explore historical dungeons: the ones you find written about in old books and journals, the ones you explore to chase old dreams.

• raised by kestrel.
• teammates & best friends with saisune and jisho.

• crystal type

careful, appraising, thorough - callas is the epitome of well-controlled. not always calculating, and not really always in a way that makes them devious, or something like that; they're just always very put-together, and seem to always know what they're doing.

winterwood guild: a guild of dungeon explorers grown out of leo's handful of cold-weather exploration specialists.

• old friends with leo.
• cantriu's occasional teacher.
• alexei's old exploration partner, from back in the day before callas's accident.

• crystal type

a golgem from the countryside who fell in love with the romantic imagery of the proud dungeon explorer. he didn't quite run away from home to go join a guild, but he did show up very suddenly, and you can draw your own conclusions about that. (to his credit he really is a very good explorer.)

winterwood guild: a guild of dungeon explorers grown out of leo's handful of cold-weather exploration specialists.

• asu atta's exploration partner.
• callas's old exploration partner, back in the day before callas's accident.

• crystal type

you know the type = smug, smooth, knows-more-than-you-and-makes-sure-you-know-it. that kind of guy. kadagour is a little bit more than awful, and doesn't mind making that known; it keeps certain types away from him and attracts other kinds, and he carefully maintains his personal sphere to make sure he's aware of precisely what he needs to be as much as he can.

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• favoritest acquaintances with nahcali.

• crystal type

mardove has an excellent sense of direction, a cool head, and a generally good sense for mystery dungeons, making him one of the best trainees of winterwood guild.

winterwood guild: a guild of dungeon explorers grown out of leo's handful of cold-weather exploration specialists.

• crystal type

friendly and companionable, maybe to a frightening degree - imladris is lovely to be around, really, all the time. even in a crisis, even when you've upset him deeply - it's kind of scary, if you really notice it, but most people don't get to see how he is just like this in every context, and so he just has a reputation of being nice to hang around.

feldspar guild: a guild of specialist teams known for their expertise in various areas.

team snow cherry: an exploration team that specializes in extreme-weather dungeons and travel, especially in very cold conditions.

• teammates with carden & kaedafi.

• crystal type

utterly reclusive, intensely secretive, wholly inscrutable - tenet is a legendary forgemaster, and capable of making the most fantastic things, but he's impossible to find if he doesn't want to be found, and he is very rarely - if ever - wanting to be found.

the clockwork of the world: an ex-river, a forgemaster, and a lonely child face the consequences of saving the world.

• he's very, very close to iska, and has been for such a long time that he might be the only one left that calls iska by his name.
• t'saveli's (at first unwilling, though now things have changed a little) mentor.

• crystal type

the epitome of the absentminded professor stereotype - kinota is the sort that fixates hard on a research question and will not let it go. he has to be reminded to do things like eat or sleep, and does that thing where he wanders down hallways mumbling to himself about his latest data.

feldspar guild: a guild of specialist teams known for their expertise in various areas.

feldspar R&D: feldspar guild's research division.

• celandine & markie's boss.

• crystal type

you could describe daisy as a master of illusions and camouflage magic, or you could describe her as 150% food-motivated, and you'd be right either way but perhaps more accurate the second time. practical applications are what she's all about - how to keep her outline from rippling while she's stealing tastes of something from the kitchen is extremely relevant to her interests.

winterwood guild: a guild of dungeon explorers grown out of leo's handful of cold-weather exploration specialists.

• r&d coworker - and occasional exploration partner - with tarantelle.

• crystal type

one of the oldest explorers ever - vogrel was one of those that founded the art, and helped push it into the established thing that it is today. he's retired from actual exploration now, though he still heads the guild he founded - feldspar guild, home to specialists of the highest caliber and researchers to back them up.

feldspar guild: a guild of specialist teams known for their expertise in various areas.

• leo's mentor.

• crystal type

previously a wandering crafts peddler, currently apprenticed to the legendary forgemaster Tenet. t'saveli is a bit of a mysterious person, though it's also entirely possible that she plays it up and is really just a normal person from a normal family. (though sometimes the things she says don't really add up, so...?)

the clockwork of the world: an ex-river, a forgemaster, and a lonely child face the consequences of saving the world.

• iska's foundling and ward.
• apprenticed to tenet.

• crystal type

kaedafi doesn't care much for people, and unfortunately it's quite obvious. he vastly prefers the company of old trees and forest life instead. he still works well on team snow cherry, though; he and imladris understand each other very well, and kaedafi gets along okay with carden these days.

feldspar guild: a guild of specialist teams known for their expertise in various areas.

team snow cherry: an exploration team that specializes in extreme-weather dungeons and travel, especially in very cold conditions.

• teammates with imladris & carden.

• crystal type

the guardian of a temple - and people - long, long gone. his true name is hidden to everyone but him and his people, but these days he's known as folly, after the legend of Folly's Ruins and the beast that attacks trespassers there.

the ruined temple: what does it take from you, to be the last one standing? what are you when you don't even have yourself left?

• crystal type

an aspiring mechanist with an astounding talent for dungeon exploration that nonetheless doggedly refuses the constant offers of team membership to pursue his craft.

feldspar guild: a guild of specialist teams known for their expertise in various areas.

feldspar R&D: feldspar guild's research division.

• celandine's secretary, although they're more like coworkers.
• also works under kinota.
• good friends with saisune.

• crystal type

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• crystal type

the resident glassblower of dragonforest's forge, and a skilled maker of summoner's glass. merl is contemplative and self-assured, bright with energy when she's around close friends and still as a forest pond when she's alone. she claims to be apprenticed under a dragon, though no one has ever seen them to confirm or deny the claim.

dragonforest's forge: makers of fine metalwork and glassware, known especially for their vibrant figurines and high-quality summoner's glass.

• close friends with yusari.

• crystal type

a gentle, quiet, and hardworking equimine. he isn't too fussed about the meaning of life or anything; as long as he's with his friends and loved ones and isn't suffering through something horrible he's pretty content. he likes visits to mystery dungeons, once in a while, since being out in the open too often makes him wary of the open sky.

team booktionary: an independent team whose mission is to explore historical dungeons: the ones you find written about in old books and journals, the ones you explore to chase old dreams.

• teammates & best friends with timber and jisho.
• good friends with markie.

• flame color

a cheerful, excited, and all-around noisy equimine. his strongest interest is in linguistics, although researching about mystery dungeons comes in at a close second, and he'll drop just about anything for a chance to go do some fieldwork. he genuinely loves learning just about anything, and will really only sit still if you're teaching him something. (and good god you're going to want to know ways to keep him steady pretty soon after meeting him because Oh Boy.)

team booktionary: an independent team whose mission is to explore historical dungeons: the ones you find written about in old books and journals, the ones you explore to chase old dreams.

• teammates & best friends with timber and saisune.

• flame color

flashy, showy, off the walls - iselle likes to make sure you know when he's around, and he's fairly determined to make sure you enjoy yourself while he's there, too. he appreciates places with a good energy to them - libraries, quiet cafes, bustling markets, places like that. he's actually not exclusively extroverted, and likes spending time on his own just as well as entertaining a crowd.

winterwood guild: a guild of dungeon explorers grown out of leo's handful of cold-weather exploration specialists.

• cantriu's mentor and teacher.
• good friends with tarantelle.

• flame color

unfortunately carden is something of a jerk. he's the sort of person that knows he's good at something, and isn't afraid to let you know that, too. despite that he has his friends, and he's conventionally attractive and charming enough that people generally like him on sight. whether they like him after they've been around him for a while can... vary.

feldspar guild: a guild of specialist teams known for their expertise in various areas.

team snow cherry: an exploration team that specializes in extreme-weather dungeons and travel, especially in very cold conditions.

• teammates with imladris & kaedafi.

• flame color

usually known as kitty rather than as nightcat lost. she's always up to something.

• law's twin sibling.

• flame color

generally known as law. he's easygoing and pretty laid-back and you'd never know the kinds of things he gets up to in his free time if you never took care to find out.

• kitty's twin sibling.

• flame color

the leader of winterwood guild, which was originally just an exploration team known for its reliability. he's honest and dependable, although not to a fault - he still has a head for business, after all. with his build and height and voice, he can be frightening at first, but he's really very kind, and has a great many soft spots.

winterwood guild: a guild of dungeon explorers grown out of leo's handful of cold-weather exploration specialists.

• vogrel's protégé.
• old friends with callas.
• good friends with kestrel.
• training ilyka as his successor.

• flame color

asu atta would tell you he's an alchemist, but really he's more of a general herbalist and healer who likes to play himself up a bit. (he really doesn't like the idea that people will see him as a kind or gentle person. unfortunately, it comes through all the time.)

winterwood guild: a guild of dungeon explorers grown out of leo's handful of cold-weather exploration specialists.

• aire attan's father.
• friends with tarantelle & iselle.
• exploration partners with alexei.
• originally trained and mentored by ailan.

• flame color

a sweet and lovely equi who adores plants and helping cure various ills and ailments. when she grows up she's thinking she might like to run an herbalist's shop or maybe work with someone else to put together a proper magical pharmacy, but for now she's busy and quite happy learning the ropes for shop-tending, plant-raising, and medicinecraft.

winterwood guild: a guild of dungeon explorers grown out of leo's handful of cold-weather exploration specialists.

• asu atta's daughter.
• also raised by tarantelle & iselle.
• ailan's apprentice.
• tentative friends with cantriu.

• flame color

once an enthusiastic dungeon explorer, now a bit of a disillusioned mail carrier. he's not outwardly bitter about the guild system, but he does carry some resentment about it. fortunately it tends not to affect his duties on the mail route, and he's generally laid-back about life otherwise.

mail route 47: ex-explorers, now mailmen.

• longtime coworkers with sciseia.
• ex-teammates with devralisele.

• flame color

a village healer, the sort that's known in three or four places and stays in each for a few months out of every year before packing up and moving to the next.

the ex-warlords: those few remaining of an age long gone.

• current mentor to (and namesake of!) aire attan.
• previously mentor to asu atta.
• acquainted with carat, ages ago.

• flame color

damningly reclusive - carat has long since decided she's done too much, and seen too much, and had to deal with too much, so she fucked off so she doesn't have to deal with anything anymore. she lives in a dark cave complex high in the icy mountains, carved into the side of an unforgiving pass that floods in spring and freezes in winter, and if that wasn't hard enough to deal with she only gives one warning before casually murdering any that trespass.

the ex-warlords: those few remaining of an age long gone.

• acquainted with ailan, ages ago.

• flame color

perhaps one of the strongest mages of the continent, in terms of raw power only - but she's nowhere near the top, if you take things like control and finesse into account. devralisele never received the sort of training she should have gotten, to learn how to make sure her power doesn't get out of hand or cause accidents. (unfortunately it did eventually cause a major accident.)

• ex-teammates with sciseia and barley rye.

• flame color

a sweet tiny baby gremlin from the dragonforest valley. while she's a quiet hidey creature, she's also very curious, and spends a fair amount of time trying to put things in her mouth or at least get her paws on them. she likes to eat leaves, and also likes the general feeling of them around. if she likes you a lot she might swoop down and settle on your shoulder and delicately set leaves in your hair - and fuss very noisily when the leaves fall out when you move. please watch your small and shiny things around her, because she will try to put them in her mouth, like a small child.

dragonforest: a ragtag little found family hidden away in the depths of an old, old forest, protected by several mystery dungeons and powerful quetzalli. there are rumors dragons used to nest here, but these days your greatest worry will probably be the little terrors rushing around and potentially knocking you over.

• poésie's best friend and accomplice.
• good friends with sanndari.

• quetzalli form

poésie is VERY FAST and ALWAYS TRYING TO GO FASTER and this is HER ONLY PERSONALITY TRAIT. really. seriously.

... okay, maybe not really, but it's sometimes hard to get her to sit still long enough to find out very much else about her.

dragonforest: a ragtag little found family hidden away in the depths of an old, old forest, protected by several mystery dungeons and powerful quetzalli. there are rumors dragons used to nest here, but these days your greatest worry will probably be the little terrors rushing around and potentially knocking you over.

• best friends with arehi.

• quetzalli form

sanndari is So Small. Very Baby. that said, she's being raised around arehi and poésie and kagi, and the latter two are especially doing their goddamned best to make sure she grows up into the most chaotic little gremlin possible. (arehi is a little quieter and gentler, and is honestly sanndari's favorite of the three because she isn't so chaotic and noisy.)

dragonforest: a ragtag little found family hidden away in the depths of an old, old forest, protected by several mystery dungeons and powerful quetzalli. there are rumors dragons used to nest here, but these days your greatest worry will probably be the little terrors rushing around and potentially knocking you over.

• quetzalli form

cantriu grew up half-feral and mostly wild, away from the company of other quetz, and she's still wary about big groups and lots of people because of it. she joined leo's guild on starglass's recommendation, and is learning magery from her mentors iselle and tarantelle.

winterwood guild: a guild of dungeon explorers grown out of leo's handful of cold-weather exploration specialists.

• mentored by iselle & tarantelle.
• sometimes taught by callas.

• quetzalli form

nahcali makes his living dealing information in ways that aren't exactly legal nor illegal. he gets around, hears things, learns things; he's also spectactacularly talented at solo exploration and knows the sorts of things that would be important for guilds and teams to know.

the dealer: cards, coins, trivia, and gambles.
• favoritest acquaintances with kadagour.

• quetzalli form

starglass is a very serious, very calm sort of quetz. it's very dependable because it doesn't tend to lose its head in crises or other bad situations. it's honestly easily forgettable, because it also doesn't say very many things and likes to keep very, very, very still. if it likes you a lot it might prank you by scattering snow off your roof into your face when you're just getting home, but it'll only try if it knows this will be accepted nicely. most of the time it seems to be busy with something, but heaven knows what.

starstruck wanderer: what was lost may be forever gone, but the truth may yet be revealed. the story of a place that isn't (and still is).

• close with antohi.

• quetzalli form

a biologist who specializes in studying insects. she likes how varied they can be, and having a topic that can almost always get her out of any conversation is fantastic for her social anxiety. she's interested in how mystery dungeons affect the wildlife in them, and occasionally posts jobs for exploration teams so they can help her collect data safely.

feldspar guild: a guild of specialist teams known for their expertise in various areas.

feldspar R&D: feldspar guild's research division.
• kinota's second-in-command.
• markie's boss, though they're more like coworkers.

• quetzalli form

kestrel is the avatar of a relatively new mystery dungeon which grew up around a snowy mountain peak. she's only twenty-some years old - so young, for a mystery dungeon! - and consequently very playful and energetic. she's particularly exploratory, and likes to go out on little adventures of her own, expanding the range at which she can travel comfortably and safely as quickly as possible.

the dungeon of kestrel peak: the place-spirit that longs to be human.

• found family with timber.
• good friends with leo.

• quetzalli form

tarantelle will tell you his main personality trait is having a sweet tooth, and you could probably take his word for it. he's not a party animal - or really anything of a sociable person - but he does like his candy. he's particularly fond of things with pastry cream or caramel, and he's usually found with a lollipop in his pocket, if not his mouth. he's a little bit mistrustful of people in general, and doesn't really like to spend his time around others.

winterwood guild: a guild of dungeon explorers grown out of leo's handful of cold-weather exploration specialists.

• friends with iselle.
• cantriu's second mentor.
• r&d coworkers with daisy.

• quetzalli form

a knight of an order sworn to protect the dungeons of the continent. faidiel is particularly close to lunadiel and has sworn an oath of service specifically to her, taking on part of her name and becoming her constant companion. he's fantastically loyal and clear-headed, and gentle to a surprising degree.

dragonforest's wardens: those who watch over and protect the forest's families.

• sworn to serve lunadiel. (maybe a little bit in love.)

• quetzalli form

the mystery dungeon of Crestfallen Moon, a dungeon only accessible by diving through the reflection of the full moon on Crestfallen Lake. the lake gives off a general aura of unease and go-the-other-way, the tense feeling of knots in your stomach when you're approaching something you know you shouldn't be, and is named for the utter disappointment you are met with when you push through that feeling and see a plain old lake.

dragonforest's wardens: those who watch over and protect the forest's families.

• something like hevelius's little sister. (it's complicated.)
• faidiel's liege.

• quetzalli form

a bubbly and easily excitable amnesiac - really, she hits all the checkmarks for isekai protagonist, except for the fact that she stubbornly insists on leading the most normal life possible. at least, the most normal kind she knows how to lead. from her appearance and general aura, she seems to be a place-spirit, except she's got amnesia and no sense of where or what she was.

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• quetzalli form

cataline is one of the place-spirits of the old ages: she is a particular valley of the dragon-forest, one that takes on life and limb to express itself. sometimes to protect, sometimes to heal, and sometimes to give favors: the place is, and lives and breathes, in more ways than one.

dragonforest's wardens: those who watch over and protect the forest's families.

• quetzalli form

the place-spirit of hevelius mount, a tall mountain that stands above others in its range, looking down over crestfallen lake and the surrounding forest. hevelius is intensely protective of what he watches over, but especially lunadiel, whom he considers his younger sister.

the spirit of the mountain: the watchman who remembers times long gone.

• protective of lunadiel.

• quetzalli form

iskael-fairith, or the Snow Gem river, or - these days - the Clockwork. iskael was once the place-spirit of river and its full course, all the way from its source in the mountains to its eventual end at a forest lake. as the spirit of a body of running water, he was quite old and powerful, and very well-respected by humans and other genius loci alike.

but all this was very long ago. these days he is only this remnant of himself: he was a critical player in saving the world, yes, and even invented the method by which to do it, but it came at the cost of his identity as a place-spirit. he's had to remake himself as a person, or something close to one, and come to terms with who he became. or who he was left as. it's a lot to process.

the clockwork of the world: an ex-river, a forgemaster, and a lonely child face the consequences of saving the world.

• very close to tenet, ever since the old days and even a little longer than that.
• raised t'saveli, and still watches over her now.

• focus

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• focus

• eye color

slot 1 • misty
hazel x misty by grifforik. 7.8.17.
slot 2 • aqua glow
g'rork x hazel by grifforik. 6.8.18.
slot 3 • gold spot fawn
eco x hazel by grifforik. 10.19.18.

• eye color

no completed breedings.

• eye color

slot 1 • chestnut spots
jinsei x tad by grifforik. 8.4.18.

• eye color

no completed breedings.

• eye color

no completed breedings.

• eye color

no completed breedings.

• eye color

no completed breedings.

• eye color

no completed breedings.

• eye color

no completed breedings.

• eye color

slot 1 • holocene
deidre x celeste by jendalee. 2.15.18.

• eye color

no completed breedings.

• eye color

slot 1 • bittersweet fox
pooka x sunblind by tyasi. 12.24.19.

• eye color

no completed breedings.

• eye color

no completed breedings.

• eye color

slot 1 • seastar shore
treechild x cordelia by grifforik. 10.3.18.

• eye color

no completed breedings.

• eye color

slot 1 • lance
ava x lance by grifforik. 1.30.18.