Ishke

Age: a teen, but in tree years
Gender: male
Race: treefolk
Physical description: shorter messy red hair, green eyes, red markings under eyes and on the nose, antler-like branches coming out of his head, hands, legs, neck and back covered in bark
Personality: mischievous, playful, reckless, likes to be around people but not in the center of attention

Ishke grew up in a treefolk village deep in the forest, far from the humans, but became annoyed with the ways of the old and set off to explore the world. He often gets into troubles and often breaks some of his branches. At some point he befriended a human girl Moru, who's teaching him how to be a more responsible and well-behaved tree.

Moru

Age: 15ish
Gender: female
Race: human
Physical description: short, light brown hair, often barefoot
Personality: cheerful, stubborn, curious

Currently a falconry apprentice but because of her upbringing she's always been close to priest's duties. She's very curious about the forest and the spirit world the priests communicate with, which is what made her curious about Ishke when she met him. She has a pet kestrel Yixi, who loves to sit on people's head and attempts to nest on Ishke.

Oqooto

Age: a teen
Gender: nah
Race: human?
Physical description: short as a kid but has a growth spurt to slightly above average, long light wavy hair tied to a ponytail, red dot markings under their eyes, ears pierced with fish bones and shells
Personality: quiet, calm, often absent minded, responsible, can get pretty sarcastic

Oqooto is one of the few people who is able to communicate with the spirits on their own, which they mostly use to talk with the fish. Locals believe that people like them were kissed by the fish spirits, or that they're the children of the spirits and revere them, but also tend to avoid them and leave them to their duties. Oqooto is used to the solitary life in the swamplands by the village, but still looks after the village.