Lang-Tsu

One of the original Haarkeen to have traveled to Zenith in response to the Diamond Queen 's call. He is well-known to be the first monk to have lost his Hamanu companion. After losing his bond-mate in the war with the Yamari, he traveled the shard like a lost soul, a shell of a man. He had decided to live out his life instead as a hermit and wandered deep into the Scarlet Labyrinth (before the Yamari occupied them exclusively). He thought he had traveled so deep that he would never be found, but this was not the case. In fact, he had traveled the labyrinth to the tunnels that led to Konchog Harbor.

A group of pilgrims arriving on Zenith found him and sought his counsel on the fastest route. He served as their guide to the Diamond Queen's Palace. This provided him with a meaning and a purpose, and so he returned to the harbor again and again, serving as a guide for multiple cycles. Among the pilgrims, he eventually found a young woman, Nila, who he fell in love with. He eventually convinced her to renounce her training as a Zenith Monk, and she joined him as a guide.

As the pair had children and aged, they needed a place to settle and could no longer serve as guides, and so they started a hotel of sorts in the tunnel system to provide lodging, food, and direction to pilgrims before setting off on their journey. Their descendants continue this tradition still operate the hotel.