Name: Aloisia Osmond
Nickname(s): Ali, Red-Wolf
Gender: Cis Woman [She/Her]
Age: 55 (43 at Calamity)
Height: 186cm (6'1")
Weight: 88kg (194lb)
Neighbourhood: Limsa Lominsa
Homeland: Ala Mhigo
Profession(s): Monk (Religious), Monk (Dangerous), Ex-Pirate, Budoka, Upstanding Maritime Captain.
BIOGRAPHY (Pre-Stormblood): Aloisia was born in the year 1529 of the Sixth Astral Era to two Monks of Rhalgr in Ala Mhigo. Raised in the religion, she took well to both the faith and the fighting style. Highly trained, she was 23 when Theodoric ordered the sect home to be burned and the monks killed. Narrowly escaping with one of her fathers, the other was presumed lost in the ruins. Ali was all too happy to join the uprising five years later, then turn her anger on the invading Garleans. Before she had a chance to help repel the army, her dad sent her away from the hopeless conflict to Eorzea where she could survive.Eorzea didn't hold a lot for her and her people, so she continued through to La Noscea where she could join a pirate crew and claw her way to the top. Her faith waned over time, replaced by the memory of loss and the reality of violent success. She was a particularly ruthless pirate once she had the chance to run her own ship, and gave in to a rivalry encouraged by Skaethota Skyfsmydwyn. Her attention was pulled away when Merlwyb entered power and enforced attacks on Garlean ships only, feeling a little spark of joy in a chance for revenge.Aloisia's first-mate left the ship to return to his home in Gridania, and she turned her attention east to Yangxia and Hingashi. She found familiarity in some of their martial styles, and trained diligently with their blades, staves, and her fists. All the better to empty her mind for a while and fill it with something new. The war reached a boiling point all the same, and her first-mate told her over linkpearl that he was assisting the Grand Companies in a coming conflict. Ali broke off her training and tried to return home. Halfway to Thavnair for restocking, she forgot who her husband was, left with just the vague concept of memory. News of Carteneau had reached the near east by the time they docked, and she knew it was too late to help the war effort.She completed her training back in Hingashi, and finally made the long journey home with her crew. Healing, but not completely, she enlisted her ship with the Maelstrom to try honouring what little memory she had of her first-mate. A few years later he returned to her with half written memories of a family, and together they slowly rebuilt that.As the years passed, the world moved and changed around Ali and her crew at an unprecedented pace. She tried to live a normal little life with her found family, protecting Eorzea's ocean borders. When word of the Griffon spread among Ala Mhigan refugees, she was nearly lured in by the concept. When he forced a renewed conflict between Garlemald and Eorzea through Gyr Abania, it was time to return home and fight. For the Maelstrom, of course.CHARACTER NOTES: Lately, she's kept the habit of leaving her sword tied into its sheath - peace tying - to make peaceful first impressions. It doesn't mean much when she can fracture a sternum with her fist, but the other party doesn't need to know that.TROPES AND THEMES: Magic? What's that?, Fight someone to know them, An ale a day, Emotionally avoidant, Scarred by war,
Name: Aleksandyr Asturas
Nickname(s): Aleks, Al, Lexi,
Gender: Cis Man [He/Him]
Age: 41 (29 at Calamity)
Height: 168cm (5'6")
Weight: 59kg (130lb)
Neighbourhood: Ul'dah (primarily)
Homeland: New Sharlayan
Profession(s): Astrologian, Scholar of Psychology, Scholar of Aetherology, Fortune Teller, Part-Time Bloodsands Medic, Rest of the Time Bloodsands Fanboy, Hobby Alchemist
BIOGRAPHY: Aleksandyr was born in the year 1543 of the Sixth Astral Era to a loving pair of scholars in New Sharlayan (now known as Idyllshire). His parents instilled a deep curiosity and kindness in their son, but also a confidence that he could contend with any setback laid before him. He was a few short years into his scholarship when the Sharlayan plan to evacuate bore fruit a decade before the Calamity. Aleks and his parents weren't as keen on abandoning the continent, passing through Dravania into central Eorzea where they hoped to do some good.Aleksandyr was sent to finish his studies at the Studium once his family had established a home in Gridania - insomuch as that was possible - where they could offer healing. Five years later, the Calamity struck Eorzea and he received the news with calm determination. Proposing that the appearance of such a powerful primal would be beneficial to his final thesis (the effects of aether on the mind in tempering), he left for Eorzea with the primary goal of seeing to his parents' wellbeing. They were one of many that he would need to see to the funeral rites of. On the face of it he was undeterred and turned focus to his secondary goal of healing the scars left in Bahamut's wake: with his scholarship, scars of the mind; with his Sharlayan astrology, scars of the body; with some hastily learned conjury, scars of the land.Eorzea is a big continent, and Aleks traveled for years seeing so little change. Ul'dah became his main haunt, part of the mainland but far removed from memories in Gridania. He liked to frequent the Bloodsands, whether or not he admitted that his ego liked the visible effect he had when helping the gladiators recover. It had always felt good to be necessary.Over the years of travel Aleks saw a lot and met plenty more, but eventually the land and people started to recover and he felt it was time to settle down. To an extent. He continued to offer aid where it was needed, and continued to study, train, or just... shockingly, rest.CHARACTER NOTES: Always carries a well worn tarot deck, but rarely a weapon. Never slouches, no shrimping allowed.TROPES AND THEMES: Not just one fruit - the whole salad, Unshakeable, A face you can trust :) , Witch of the woods, Not just a pretty face,
Name: Kristjan Rabanastre
Nickname(s): Kris, Kay, Kristie, Chris aan Frejur at risk of pain
Gender: Trans Woman [She/Her]
Age: 22 (10 at Calamity)
Height: 177cm (5'10")
Weight: 68kg (150lb)
Neighbourhood: Ul'dah
Homeland: Meracydia
Profession(s): Archery student, Amateur Bard (Guitar)
BIOGRAPHY:CHARACTER NOTES: Just a pinch of Echo, not that she'd know it (Power: The usuals, plus strength drawn from confidence). Wears a ruby set into a gold chain bracelet on her dominant wrist. Wears a cord necklace with a clear stone pendant preserving a tulip bud. Knows Eorzean sign language. Meracydian accent.TROPES AND THEMES: Non-confrontational people pleaser,
Name: X'Nala Ito
Nickname(s): Nala, Nalala Nala
Gender: Cis Woman [She/Her]
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Neighbourhood: Ul'dah
Homeland: Gyr Abania
Profession(s): Accountant, Thaumaturge, Arbiter of Judgement
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Name: Sanchir Dataq
Nickname(s): Sanchir Mhei,
Gender: Trans Woman [She/Her]
Age: 34 (22 at Calamity)
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Neighbourhood: Island off the coast of Yanxia
Homeland: Azim Steppe
Profession(s): Bard, Lancer, Horse-whisperer, Warmonger and Linebreaker
BIOGRAPHY: (I wanna preface this with the knowledge that Sanchir is my main Warrior of Light in a personal roleplay with my partner. Because of that, I've opted to keep some level of Echo to allow for the spirit of her character to shine without sticking out as overpowered or bringing main-character energy. Plus, it never hurts to have a little extra something something to hook an observer).Sanchir was born in the year 1550 of the Sixth Astral Era within the small nomadic Dataq clan. An avid singer and horse lover from youth, she loved to help raise the foals and serenade her clan during journeys to keep spirits high. She also showed a strength and willingness to fight in her early teens that could easily be read as seeking a challenge. A less charitable person might call out similarities to the Chagan's Karash, with hints of focus.Reaching her young adulthood, Sanchir had found her place in the clan as a protector. Wielding a large heavy metal - almost brutalist - bow, she could form it into a wide thick 'blade' that would pass as shield and weapon both. For hunting or when on the offense, she leaned into her horsemanship and carried a sleek lance.A few short years before the calamity, deep into the night while the clan traveled but she couldn't find sleep, a meteor storm crossed the starry black sky. Feeling a profound sense of loss, Sanchir relied more on outside distractions to ground herself. It hardly helped, and served more to finally ostracize her from an increasingly concerned tribe. Sanchir left for a time to mourn both a lost connection with her tribe and an ignorance to the existence of something wider out in the world. Upon her return, the isolation had revealed that she cared more about protecting the people she was close to than whatever they felt in return.Time and introspection were too strong a force to keep Sanchir on the Steppes for long, a yearning growing over the years. The final straw came when foreigners stirred up revolution to the south, and she joined the Naadam as an independent force of nature, then left to help rabble rouse across the border. Seeing even a fraction of the wider world for the first time, she quickly struck out for the foreigners' homeland to see what she could know.SHADOWBRINGER/ENDWALKER SPOILERS -
Name: Skaethota Skyfsmydwyn
Nickname(s): Skae, The Black Wolf (THE COOL ONE),
Gender: Trans Woman [She/Her]
Age: 33 (21 at Calamity)
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Neighbourhood: Limsa Lominsa
Homeland: Limsa Lominsa
Profession(s): Pirate Captain, Warrior, Ninja, Cat Dad
BIOGRAPHY:CHARACTER NOTES: Wears a leather bracelet, silver top designed with sharks and star fish charms. Engraved with the word "Strength" in roegadyn. Mellowed out a lot after hitting her 30s and marrying a boy toy for enrichment.TROPES AND THEMES:
Name: O'Lahya Kamwi
Nickname(s): Lahya, Lahya kir Varro
Gender: Cis Woman [She/They]
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Neighbourhood: Wouldn't you like to know, cop?
Homeland: Ala Mhigo
Profession(s): Engineer, Mechanic, Fistfighter, Aether-Free Machinist
BIOGRAPHY:CHARACTER NOTES: Wears a wedding band on her finger, connected to a silvery chain that wraps around her wrist loosely.TROPES AND THEMES:
Name: Summer Dahlia
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Neighbourhood: Ul'dah
Homeland: Farreach, Abalathia's Spine
Profession(s): Entertainer, Warrior, Ray of Sunshine, Hobby Jeweler
BIOGRAPHY:CHARACTER NOTES: Hangs gauntlets from her hips when she isn't wearing them to wield a weapon. Prefers the axe, but that won't stop her from swinging a 2x4 if that's all she has on hand. Knows Eorzean sign language... sort of.TROPES AND THEMES: Call her Tilde Swinton the way she draws out her vowels,
Name: Torayuki Shikibu
Nickname(s): Yuki
Gender: Cis Woman [She/Her]
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Neighbourhood: Mor Dhona
Homeland: Yangxia
Profession(s): Summoner, Adventurer, Sports Enjoyer, Primal Hunter
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