DAIMON

**About**

* Daimon is a gentle and polite Graveborn boy. He often coughs when speaking and is fully wrapped in bandages to protect his fragile, bruise-prone body, a condition from his life before death. * Raised under extreme care, he rarely left home and had little contact with others. He feels lonely and yearns for friendship. Emotionally, he's even younger than he appears. The only friend he had while alive was Stitchy, the doll his parents gave him. * In battle, Stitchy does all the fighting to protect Daimon. Though Daimon has no combat abilities of his own, he's clever enough to avoid danger. * Thanks to his strict upbringing, Daimon is polite and soft-spoken-traits that make people quickly grow fond of him. * Stitchy can't talk, so Daimon speaks for it in a rough, gruff voice and often pretends they're having a conversation-like a ventriloquist act.

**Affinity Tales**

• Throughout his life, Daimon endured cruelty and solitude, his illness made him a target for scorn. There were even those who hurl stones at him. Their jeers rang out with every throw.

• To shield him from loneliness, Shemira crafted a doll to stand by his side. And when the bullies ripped its arms away, she mended them with steady hands, as many times as it took.

• Daimon named the doll "Stitchy" and counted it as his only friend he could trust.

• Daimon's father, Niru, was always busy and rarely home, often neglecting Daimon's care. Despite this, Daimon never harbored resentment and always looked forward to his return even while bedridden.

• On his ninth birthday, Daimon made a wish, hoping to be cured of his illness. But as his condition worsened, he came to accept that it was impossible. So, without a word, he chanegd his wish—longing instead for his father to come home more often.

• In Daimon's room, his walls were covered with drawings of his family sharing joyful moments... riding wooden horses, playing on seesaws, flying kites, and building snowmen. The lines were rough, but each picture was crafted with loving care.

• One day, Shemira uncovered a little "medical journal" beneath Daimon's pillow, filled with jumbled notes about imagined ailments: Stitchy's sleepless nights, the cloud's chill, the tree's aching neck, and the neighbor's cat's rough cough.

• Daimon kept a secret shared only with Stitchy. Hidden inside the doll's belly was a letter shared from his father, the words "I'll be back soon" now blurred and smudged by tears.

• After both Shemira and her son turned into Graveborns, Shemira used gravecalling magic to bring Stitchy to life so it could continue to serve as Daimon's loyal companion and guard.

• In his final moments, Daimon longed with all his heart to stay by his parent's side, with Stitchy always close. Now, that wish has come true.