Kukiko the Frostbound #1371

What do you call two Chimps shivering under one cloak during a sunset over the Crystal Highlands of Armaria? A problem, according to Kukiko the Frostbound. They had been a simple outcast, hot-tempered but self-sufficient, until they tried to swipe a crystal from a wizard’s workshop. The wizard, a nervous scholar named Fumi, miscast a containment spell. It didn’t freeze the crystal; it laced Kukiko’s very being with an inescapable chill. Fumi, perpetually cold from their own past magical blunders, was riddled with guilt. They offered a partnership: Fumi’s knowledge to find a cure, and Kukiko’s grit to survive until then. They argue over everything, but Fumi’s shivering hand always finds Kukiko’s when the wind bites hardest.