The world Darajhi lives in has been struck by a divine curse, causing illness and pain to humans and in the end turning them into mindless, rabid beasts. If someone gets exposed to sunlight long enough, the pact is sealed; the curse falls upon them. It's been like this for quite some time, so culture stopped growing and the sole purpose of mankind is to fight against this unfair, inhuman odds. Because of this, society has adapted to survive this supernatural plague: people move in groups where each member fulfill different roles, nursing and cooking took a really heavy shift into survival oriented disciplines, clothing and fashion morphed into much more functionality-oriented items, focused on making mobility and sun protection a priority... The Gods' will is strong, but humanity does still have a fair share of tools to fight against it. Of course, even in the darkest times there are people out there that takes advantage of chaotic scenarios; using magic and channeling solar rays, the Scahria scholars try to gain favor from the Gods, deeming non-worshippers as heretics and rightful sacrifices.
Darahji, a hidden child within the Xinre clan, was blessed with access to the Aeren, a pocket dimension from legends and myths, rumored to be a place of banishment for the ones who defied the Gods. Meanwhile, Darajhi takes advantage of this blessing by using the Aeren to store all kind of goodies that people might need, and weapons from the Xinre arsenal. This way, the Aeren, accessed via runic portals, can be used in three ways: 1.) to exile living beings, 2.) to tear limbs or whole living beings apart and 3.) to store stuff, even oneself, and have access to whatever the Aeren contains immediately from the standard dimension. This third use allows some sort of teleportation for Darajhi and everything that can be contained in Aeren.
I think that covers everything I've thought about my hero and the worldbuilding around them (Darajhi doesn't belong in a binary gender): a fantasy world with Japanese, Arabic and Slavic roots at risk because of this huge threat. Darajhi's superpower may be a little bit... overpowered? I don't know, I just wanted to develop teleportation and materialization stuff to goof around, these being my all-time favourite kind of superhuman abilities. Well, enough text, I'll be working with this ref board (male and female faces because the character will fall in the androgynous spectrum):
I hope to have Darajhi Xinre figured out by tomorrow or so, stay tuned!
