THESE THREE all grew up together on the outskirts of Litor.

their dynamic was … weird. Arnam was always a lil bitch and liked to brag about how well-off he was and it pissed Tanum off bc Tanum was dirt poor. but they were still all friends?? Arnam and Tanum just sort of. hated each other sometimes. but they both really liked Havi (which sort of fueled their rivalry) so they all stuck together.
at around 14 years old, Arnam seemed to become more of an asshole, but it was blamed on puberty. this is important later.

these two get along so well mostly because of their similar interests (weird magic, magic items, THE UNKNOWN forbidden things … that’s why Arnam was their friend, too.)