Fool’s Gold: Sands

• Rooster
• Identity: Male half-genie (genasi-related) fighter from the town of Teek in the Nobani Desert.
• Appearance: Stands 4 feet 9 inches tall with pink skin, a red mohawk, golden teeth (some sharpened), Sirwal pants, and bones made of gold.
• Personality: Empathetic, illiterate, claustrophobic, and a people-pleaser with low self-esteem who travels alongside the sandsailer Jesika and his best friend Kore.
• Abilities: Can grant wishes that tend to warp or distort catastrophically (such as freezing victims in time); accesses "The Weave" through mental focus to manipulate or shatter magic; can float via concentration; his clothes magically regenerate.
• Background: Formerly lived in Teek for about a decade and sand-sailed the desert; his lamp vessel was destroyed after an accidental, corrupted wish transformed Joyce into energy.

Kore

• Identity: Male Baphos Demon cleric who serves the god Abrith.
• Appearance: Imposing figure standing 7 feet tall with pale blue skin, silvery-white hair, and large brown horned rings. His skin is naturally cold.
• Personality: Stoic and driven on a mysterious quest for Lord Abrith across the desert, serving as the grounded yet formidable counterpart to Rooster.
• Abilities: Wields a meteor glaive, casts full cleric spells (which later demand blood or HP sacrifices), controls liquid and water, uses Dominate Person, and can enter a "hardkore" frenzy mode granting brute strength via his tattoos.
• Relationships: Travels closely with Rooster as a party member and partner, worships Abrith, has a friendship/crush dynamic with Amelia, and trains under mentor Andromeda.