The world without light is actually a lost underground civilization, mostly of kobolds and other scrabblers. This is shattered one day when they dig too deep, revealing light from underneath. Everyone agrees that it's very inappropriate, and they didn't zone for interior lighting, and many meetings are held to figure out how to solve the matter. These meetings usually end in slap fights and unfortunate discussions about people's mothers/fathers/deformed cousins.
Enter the Lizard Wizards! A young, festive group of kobolds(and one slithy tove, by adoption), they explore anywhere and everywhere. Even where they shouldn't. And their mom told them to get out of the house, and go explore Somewhere that Isn't Full of Breakable Stuff. So they choose to explore OUTSIDE. Why not? It's there, and light isn't breakable, unless it's in a fancy lamp. Our "heroes"!
Nippy: The calm, collected lizard. Tries to keep everyone else from being dumb. Fails miserably. Is blue, and bald.
Fizzle: The firey leader of the bunch. Loves to gesticulate while carrying dangerous items and/or explosives. Brash, eager, and foolish. Is reddish-orange, with a mohawk that he prides himself on.
Edison: Once they saw they had a theme going, Eddy was prompted to take up electricity magic. So far, his main talent is being able to chew on wires and cables without dying, and indeed glowing from the process. Bit dim in the head when not charged up.
Gust: A perky green kobold who eggs the others on. She's ostensibly a wind mage, but she mainly uses this to fling herself over large gaps. Jumping is for plebeians. Has goggles, but they don't help.
Fester: A black scaled kobold, from the demolition squad. Not actually related to the others, but they knew he needed a nickname. Makes strange concoctions in his spare time, some of them legal!
Sonar: A slithy tove, meaning she's at least twice the height of the others. She was in communications, until she accidentally told the miners that there was a bad gas leak. It was actually a bad asp, who proceeded to eat everyone on the squad. She hasn't been trusted with anyone since. Greenish-blue, with brown moppy hair.
Upon exploring below the light, the lizards are shocked to discover that they do not actually live underground. They live IN THE SKY, on a floating rock. The locals calmly explain that they were put up there as a time out long ago, and everyone kinda forgot? Their bad. In any case, it has gotten to the point that at least 3 religions speak of what will happen when the aliens come out of the rock in the sky, so could they please just go back up and not tell anyone? It would get really awkward really fast. Thanks.
Modern society goes bonkers when people are randomly given the power to enact a single wish, so long as it's not consequential. They are encouraged to use the wish for petty, self-serving reasons, especially if the result is Funny.
You couldn't wish to be president, but you could wish for the unbridled charisma needed to get there. Wishing for everyone on your block to be kangaroo people would be feasible, if not entirely nice. Try asking them first? No? Okay, have fun.
The wish-givers are totally within their bounds to add Required Secondary Wishes without being asked. This may or may not cause even more havoc.