Pela Rosi
Contributed by Rachel Shiryayeva
Pela Rosi, niece of potato chip farmer Dario Romanzo, spends her days harvesting chips, but when free, she loves to look for the familiar sail of merchant Revix Maston. She dreams of the day her love will take her away from her native Pintecho City. She longs especially to visit the Skytar Mountains, about which she has read so much.
Carolee Synthesar
Contributed by Rachel Shiryayeva
Carolee Synthesar resides on the topmost peak of Dolinia. She leads a solitary but happy existence communing with the god of cats. She has a fine collection of artesan knick knacks that she dusts daily. Her favorite meal is bread and water. She'll eat a grape or two when she can get them.
Dina Clockwatch
Contributed by Rachel Shiryayeva
Dina Clockwatch works in a bottle plant in Polvedo, which lies west of the Ixari Desert. She has recently decoded a message she found in a bottle she came across while on cleaning duty (beach clean-up) and she has tried a return message, although she in not sure her code really works.
Ghostly Girls
Contributed by Rachel Shiryayeva
Not far from Overgrowth Mountain, there exists a tiny ghost town inhabited by ghostly girls. It's a peaceful town—a resting-in-peace town— but few who happen upon the place ever remember their travels there.
Balloon Queen
Contributed by Elizabeth Wimmer
Dario Romanzo
Contributed by Petey
Zarko Finn
Contributed by Lawrence Wimmer
Zarko Finn is a wild boy who has always lived in the Overgrowth, but he is often hiding in the outer reaches near the town contemplating what it would be like to live in an apartment and go to cafés.
Zanereah
Contributed by Naomi Peterson
Zanereah (or Zahn for short) was born into a tribe of people known as Xilans. The Xilans live in Xilo Valley and sometimes take trips to the Xilocent Mountains and rarely, but (but sometimes) to Sun City. Cut off from much of the rest of the world, Xilans and Zanh practice spirituality and nurturing those around them. Zanh feels a special connection to the magnificent beasts known as grasslips, more than the rest of her tribe who also worhsip these beasts. She knows that she has something different, something special. The day she abanadoned her daily tasks and spent a day among these huge birds felt more magical than any other day in all her life.
Princess Marianne Margaery Marigoldia
Contributed by Ronia Peterson - @zeta.riemann
Princess Marianne Margaery Marigoldia always told everyone that she was probably the bravest princess ever. She was certain that nothing could scare her. So, when her brother Marius Mackenzie Marigoldia dared her to venture down into the family tomb, she said, "Absolutely!" But Marius "forgot" to mention that their family tomb was filled with the ghosts of their ancestors... Margaery realized that day that she was not the bravest princess to ever exist and instead declared that her brother was probably the meanest prince to ever exist.
Mitrix
Contributed by Tippi Polo Adcock - tippipolo.com
Meet Mitrix of the Mixteen people. She and her family are nomadic. They are known for their colorful textiles and facility with languages. Mitrix is an expert weaver. She finds inspiration in the plumage of wild birds, especially those in the Rayline Jungle. She does not allow her image to be depicted, to keep her spirit in her fingers. Her mother is Xenia.
Xenia
Contributed by Tippi Polo Adcock - tippipolo.com
Meet Xenia, Mitrix's mother. Xenia is a weaver and a shaman. She weaves wisdom and prayers into the fabric so that people can wear the intentions close to their skin. Xenia, like Mitrix, will not permit depiction of her face to keep her spirirt in her heart. The spirit makes the cloth more effective, as does the silver found off the Gie Coast.
Milo
Contributed by Lela Cocoros - @lelaco
Meet Milo, more popularly known by his millions of fans as "Milo del Fuego." Milo is our galaxy's champion fire-surfer. Well-loved but a little too cocky for his own good, Milo is obsessed with the sport that has brought him fame and fortune. His #1 rival is Zippo (aka "The Flame"), whom he taunts regularly via intergalactic social media. Milo prepares for each competition by practicing his bespoke surfing position, the del Fuego Crouch, at least 100 times a day. After training you will find him at the Hellzapoppin Tiki Bar, downing a couple of Flaming Volcano cocktails all by himself.
The Prince
Contributed by Carol Rogala - @rogala.c.a
The boy decided he needed to use a knife. He was royalty and had been handfed his whole life. To visit Jinivar, he wanted to show he was capable of taking care of himself. That was very imnportant to him, for he would make many new friends.
Snorkel Gecko
Contributed by Susan Wakal - @picturepanache
Dear Jinivar,
Geckos are known to live in every country except Antartica, so I'd be surprised if you didn't have geckos on Jinivar. Maybe watch for them. The Snorkel Gecko is rare and seems to be an adaptation learned from tourists here on the Big Island, Hawaii. Photographers are also known to befriend baby geckos and train them while they are malleable. Animal rights activists will soon be clamping down on the highly controversial exploitation of geckos in order to sell postcards into the profitable tourism indutry. I hope it never comes to that in unspoiled Jinivar.
Snorkel Gecko (rare)
Size: 1.5"-6", longer with snorkel and fins
Color: Bright green with red spots
Diet: Insects
Sounds: Chirp, squeak, click; blub, blub of blowing bubbles; woosh of snorkel clearing
Lifespan: Generally 5-10 years unless shortened by a shark encounter
Leanne
Contributed by Leanne Ziler - @elleziler
Leanne lives in Ellwood in a cabin made of books. A river flows in her backyard and a beach in the front yard. The moon in Ellwood is always a crescent because that's what LEanne loves most. Leanne goes for walks, no matter what the weather, and her pockets are always full of rocks. She has a small clearing for a garden. Indoors, she is very organized, being able to fit her piano, cello, art studio and cooking space in her little book cabin. Her must-haves include a diary and black gel pen, a bathtub, and music to sing out loud to.
And in keeping yourself you are in truth loving life.
Pblurts
Contributed by Ira Carter - @iracarterinchains
Most biologists agree that pblurts originated in the tomato farms near the Gie Coast, when experiments with recombinant DNA went awry and created this mix of hominid and vegetable. Pblurts are generally playful and harmless, but have been known to engage in mischief during full moons.
Phish People
Contributed by Ira Carter - @iracarterinchains
Residents along the coast of Walkia have long fed their families with their catch of local sealife. However, recent exposure to jam band music in the evening at they gathered around a campfire seems to have produced subtle genetic changes, so that hominid residents increasingly came to look like the spawn they were pulling out of the waters.
Night Scanners
Contributed by Ira Carter - @iracarterinchains
After wild animals began frequent attacks on livestock in the Swelkar Valley, local farmers banded together to prevent further losses. The acquired night scanner technology that allows roving patrols to be hyper-sensitive to wildlife activity in the area.
Ghost Tree Women
Contributed by Ira Carter - @iracarterinchains
Although there is no scientific proof that ghost tree women exist, farming families near The Overgrowth swear they do. As the story is told, when male farmers get lost in The Overgrowth and fail to return, their wives are so consumed with grief that they waste away and become ghost tree women. Those who claim to have encountered ghost tree women say their voices sound like coyotes on sedatives.
