Allies

The people — and one salamander — he would trust at his back. All fan-created characters written for this guide.

Master Cinder

His teacher, and the only person alive who is allowed to correct his guard without being offered a rematch. Cinder is old, ash-pale, and completely unimpressed by theatrics; she taught him the Open Gate by refusing to explain it for six years until he derived it himself. He still bows lowest to her. She still tells him his tea is too hot.

Tidecaller Sora

A water-style fighter from the coast dojos and his most frequent sparring partner — which is to say, his hardest matchup made into a friendship. Sora's flowing counters force him to spend discipline faster than he earns it, and she never lets him get away with a lazy opening. Their bouts are the dojo's favorite spectator event; their post-sparring tea is the dojo's favorite gossip.

Boulder Bram

An earth-style heavyweight who once tried to outlast the Fire Martial Artist in a single stance for a full day. They both lasted. They have been friends since — Bram provides the immovable object to his unstoppable lesson, and the arena's stonework has never fully recovered from their rematches.

Ember

A lava salamander (see Creatures) — a small creature of living magma with glowing cracks across obsidian skin — who followed him home from the deep channels one winter and never left. Ember sleeps in the warm ash by the torii, supervises kata with total authority, and is, by unanimous dojo vote, the actual master of the school.

— Fan-created characters for this guide. Not official Vizlings canon.