R'elyn Tia
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Primal | Leviathan
Company custodian, courier, and reconnoiter
Characters and Connections
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Juliander A.
Theologian ScholarBorn and raised in Ishgard and intended for the priesthood, Juliander was forced to flee during the Dragonsong War following rumors of heretical sympathies. Whether the suspicions were true, however...Managed to stay ahead of the inquisitor tasked with retrieving him during his flight through Coerthas because of R'elyn's refusal to turn him in after coming across him on patrol. After the two later reconnected in Ul'dah, he was recommended a job at the company as a bookkeeper.Mid 20s, currently resides in Ul'dah
Enjoys fine arts, orchestral performances, and discussing politics
Cultured, cynical, humorous
"A man ought to always be free within in his own thoughts"
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Laurent A.
Coerthan KnightJuliander's elder cousin, Laurent was poised to inherit the family estate until their Ishgard holdings were destroyed when Daniffen's Collar fell.He had comfortably resigned himself to his role as eldest son, but when the War was over and with nothing to inherit except a name, he found he far preferred his chances as nobody outside the bitter walls of Ishgard rather than live twelve to a house with his remaining family in the Firmament.A proper warrior-poet of notable martial skill, he now earns a living as an Eclipse company enforcer by way of his cousin.Early 30s, currently resides in Ul'dah
Stoic, serious, quiet
"Everyone has something to lose — it's just a matter of how much until all that remains is their life"
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Tahlo'a Relanah
Sharlayan AcademicMuch to Tahlo'a's dismay, the life of an Archon and devoted academic is more than just research — it's proposals and grant applications and colloquiums.Tahlo'a's research focuses on Miqo'te anthropology, specifically on cultural norms, archeological sites, and folklore, though his fringe focus (much to the chagrin of his colleagues) is his hypothesis of intentional Allagan interference in Miqo'te physiology leading to the skewed sex distribution of his conspecifics. Recent discoveries brought back from Azys Lla, the New World, and an even more distant star by fellow Archons and his current field work in Tural have bolstered his resolve and his research.Tahlo'a and R'elyn shared the same boarding house in Gridania when Tahlo'a was living in-residence for field research.Late 20s, currently resides in Old Sharlayan
Nervous, polite, dedicated
"A null result is still a valid result, I don't care what any loaf-addled advisor says otherwise!"
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R'valja Lenh
R-tribe Huntress
[Neutral]A shaman-seer and huntress, R'valja carries the songs and stories of her people as she travels Eorzea to find the distant relatives who left their traditional territory a generation (and a Calamity and continental war) prior...The Raptors in the ocean-port city of Limsa Lominsa were not close kin, but one customs agent did have a name of a man who had come though before and made small-talk asking after possible familial ties...Late 20s, Eorzea at-large
Taciturn, determined, practical
"I've followed stories and ghosts to get here — more than just the ones I carry with me."
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"How do short-lived Spoken not break down in existential despair when you have to wait -years- for approval to even -begin- a project?"
Tershil Valiant
Sharlayan Researcher
[Antagonist]Tershil came to Sharlayan an expert in Spoken physiology. Bitterly driven from his forest home during early Imperial incursions, Tershil joined the local resistance as a guerrilla fighter and medic. He was not necessarily one for orders and worked mostly alone. Captured by Garlean forces and assumed a civilian, Tershil was given a choice — work towards citizenship or face indefinite forced labor.Tershil leveraged his triage experience for placement with colonial ranks as a medic to avoid fighting his own people. Though it took years, eventually he worked his way into formal academia to remove himself from the theater of war entirely. His aptitude did not go unnoticed; he was recruited by a principal investigator and assigned to assist in their research. Initially, his projects were rather mundane, but as the war intensified and unthinkable attacks on Imperial castrums occurred, Tershil found himself in the peculiar position of outliving several high-ranking Garlean PIs and many of their assistants and was brought into some of the more extreme research the Empire was conducting.After the liberation of Ala Mhigo, with some assistance Tershil managed to escape the notice of the Alliance and traveled from Gyr Abania to Sharlayan, taking on a new name and purpose and putting knowledge gained through misery towards a new use. However, his initial optimism has been tested by disillusionment — he did not anticipate the grueling, plodding Sharlayan bureaucratic academic process to be so tedious, confining, and restrictive, a curse that interferes with his research.Tershil paid R'elyn a favor as the former traveled to Limsa Lominsa, and while the latter was suspicious of the man, he was not about to turn down help to avoid bleeding to death on assignment.
Self-assured, theatrical, callous
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Ser Dacien Derneloix
Ishgardian Nobility
[Antagonist]Desiring to live up to the impossible standards of his father, when earning his knighthood was not enough Dacien was determined to prove himself through slaying a dragon for title, recognition, and glory. Rather than do time with the Convictors, however, Dacien sought instead to leverage his ties to a High House to position himself victorious over a fiercesome scalekin ravaging the central highlands.Dacien's plan was successful — mostly, except for a few loose ends...Early 20s, Ishgardian noble
Proud, ruthless, dependable
"My dedication to fealty and Fury is absolute."
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Tadja Muujuk
Shroud Shadow
[Antagonist]Bane of Wailers, Serpents, and merchants, Tadja viciously defends her territory and the vagabonds who call it home, cast-offs from Gridanian society with just as much of a right to the forest as any Shroudborne.The Trapper's League places good coin in the hands of any adventurer willing to brave the poacher's territory along the Arbor Route and remove their presence — traps, snares, and contraband, though should they encounter retaliation, hopefully they're well-armed...Early 20s
Cunning, loyal, cruel
"Little Birds with little wings
ought to not fly
underneath the hawk
whose keen eyes have seen everything."
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