“Meet Camellia! She’s a quiet and sweet kirin that used to own a rural tea shop situated midway along a long valley road, frequented by travelers and traders. She saw all kinds of creatures over the years, and greeted every one with a smile and a hot cup of house-blended tea. She loved meeting new ponies and creatures, sharing stories and ingredients, and making a few bits here and there with with her teas.
Unfortunately, it only takes one to turn everything upside-down, and a particularly rude customer (one unaccustomed to the nirik side of kirins) left her injured, and left her shop in ruins.
Luckily, her family’s heirloom teapot survived the fire, and while the injury to her horn prevents her from completely transforming back into a nirik, the broken shard now provides a magical heat for brewing her teas, and light for her travels. She keeps it in a special dragonfire-forged lantern.
While the end to her shop was tragic, she still looks for the best in every creature she meets, and has found a new life as a nomadic tea specialist, hunting down new stories, friends, and ingredients in her travels!”