Saffron Dune Market
Omar
“A stool-tall child with sun-touched skin, striped sleeves, and a woven basket at his side.”
Omar is a cheerful melon-cart child who stands about as tall as a stool and loves to talk to everyone who passes by. He often turns tense moments into friendly chatter, but he hates being the one who gets things wrong.
2 stories feature Omar
Where you've met them
Sandstorm at Market Hour
At the busiest hour of the market, a sandstorm rolls in earlier than expected and starts filling the open stalls with grit, so the sellers must decide which goods to cover, which customers to move, and which fragile things can be saved before the storm ruins them. The whole market has to work together fast because every minute makes the loss bigger.
The Loose Camel
A sleepy camel tied near the stalls breaks free and begins wandering through the market, bumping baskets, nibbling rope, and heading straight for the narrowest alleys. People have to stop it without scaring it into danger, because one wrong turn could knock over stands, hurt someone, or send the animal into the open dunes.