During his travels to far southern lands of the Casanii Territories, Loranti Pargal managed to trade a small cargo of rather over-ripe and pungent topaline fruit for a small pile of hand crafted baskets. He was initially quite surprised at the deal and curious why the Casanii was so keen to dispose of the baskets. Upon further inspection (and after loading the crates on his caravan) he found that the baskets (and his caravan) were infested with vicious little biting critters. He spent the next few months cursing his bad luck while trying to rid himself of the little pests.

The last of the pests proved particularly stubborn and eventually Loranti took a liking to the miserable creature and called it Daxu. Many of the Casanii he visits will shy away from the pest, but it has proved loyal to its adopted owner!

Source: Twilight Traveller Issue 9