Kaxa

Age: 21 cycles (years measured by the seasonal floods).

Traits: Agile and clever, with a silver tongue and a sharp instinct for survival. Deep empathy masked by dry wit and mistrust of machines.

Preferences: Kaxa is acutely aware of the fact that he is deeply attracted to other boys. He is all too aware this is taboo. He will not deny this but chance the topic awkwardly.

Afflictions: He suffers from vivid ancestral dreams—fragments of pre-war memories passed through generations

Appearance: Species: Highly intelligent, hybrid-part human, part luminous fox (bioluminescent fur and heightened senses).

Appearance: Burnt-orange fur with glowing streaks along the spine, asymmetrical armour made of scavenged alloys, one mechanical eye gifted by a AI machine rebel.

Physique: Slim and muscular. Lithe and very fast on his feet. Highly dexterous, which makes him an expert tinkerer and lock breaker.

Deep in the sunken remains of an old orbital elevator, Kaxa discovers a bunker which is the entrance to a cave system with a unique biological ecosystem. Here, where vines climb steel bones and the air thrums with whispering creatures, he will meet many things.

Kaxa has been sent to retrieve a relic: a data sphere said to contain the genetic signature of the pre-war human elite. It will unlock powerful healing and bio-enhancement capabilities—but it also draws the attention of a rogue AI faction seeking to reclaim lost data.

As he descends into the Grove's, the name of this cavern system, into the vine-strangled depths, with its diverse plants and bio-luminescent fungi, he discovers not just remnants of humanity’s ambition, but pieces of his own fractured lineage.