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[MiniPrinny]

Name: Sakura Heavensgazer
Characteristics: Mute, Bloodthirsty, Caring
Dislikes: Spicy foods, Garleans, Wildwood Elezen, Lalafell, people who ask too many questions
Likes: Sweet foods (particularly Mother Miounne's pastry fishes), Miqo'te, her betrothed, Ahriman, Carbuncles, Chocobos (Horse-Birds)
The person your admire: Seedseer Raya-O-Senna
Dreams: To see Doma return to its prior glory and to find a new home in Eorzea in the meanwhile.

Current situation:

Sakura is currently hiding out in the Carline Canopy Adventurers' Guild under the careful guard of Mother Miounne and the Twin Adders, who she holds the rank of Lieutenant within.

Your story:

Sakura was born in Doma, as a young girl she quickly took up the arts of arcanima within her native country, learning all she could. While the Doman knowledge was less focused upon the summoning of aetheric beings and umbral magick, the knowledge more than compensated with unique knowledge of the healing arts once applied by Scholars. When Garlemald invaded, Sakura's life changed little. But she learned of the rebellious movements within her fellow kinsmen. As a young adult of just nineteen summers, Sakura and her kin struck in one of the bloodiest failed ambushes of the Doman rebellion. Before she knew it, her neck was bleeding profusely as the corpses of her friends and family were tossed upon her one after another. In desperation, she did all she could to close the wound that was quickly filling her throat and lungs with blood. She couldn't hear her own coughing as she cleared her throat of her own essence before she reached for one of the daikatanas at the foot of the pile. When she next awoke, she was on a boat, being cared for by an Auri woman. The gentle rocking and wide skies above her leaving her confused. At her side was the hilt of her brother's sword. She opened her mouth to speak, only to hear a dry rasp follow through. A nervous smile crossing her lips. She had saved her life and gotten revenge, judging by her condition... but lost her voice forever.

Months passed at sea as she healed completely. They were headed to Eorzea, to find allies, answers, and a home.

[Averax]

I'm still working on mine, since i'm still in the middle of a racial identity crisis. (hoping it gets solved as soon as i can be an Au Ra)

The basics:
-Name: Averax Snow (deciding on pronunciation of forename, but it's something i have used for years in many different games)
-General Demeanor: one of those fun kinds of people, but gets extremely serious when situation demands it. Extremely empathetic.
-Likes: Adventures
-Dislikes: Spiders.
-People I admire: Admiral Merylwyb, Y'shtola (after meeting her), Louisoux, and Padjal in general.

-Before being WoL: Found as young adult unconscious in (undetermined location), I had amnesia so i couldn't really remember who i was or how i got there. Given the surname "Snow" due to my snowy eyes and hair (hair subject to possible changes, but the eyes are constant).

The people who found and raised me were a Hyurian innkeeper family with a daughter/son (undecided) which was about my age. My family deduced that i might be from Sharlayan, because they found me with a pendant with the symbol of Thaliak (the patron deity of Sharlayan) inscribed on it.

Eventually i decided that i couldn't just stay in (undetermined location) my whole life. and set out to see the world. But, the world being the dangerous place that it is, my supportive, adoptive family suggested that i first seek out a guild through which i could learn how to defend myself, so i set off for the Thaumaturge's guild in Ul'dah.

[Kallera]

Name:Kallera Etoile
Characteristic: a quick wit and a smile, hiding a fish out of water.
Dislike: Groupies, overly critical mentality, headaches, her celebrity, getting hit by rocks
Likes: Leatherworking, playing hide and seek, her chocobo Moomba, her celebrity?
The person you admire: Minfillia(taking her in even after she said no to her at first, welcoming her back after she made fun of Urianger...), Path Companion("A lot of things went...unsaid...")
Dreams: Seeing her Path Companion again, finding new friends and companions, and "moving on" from the past.
Current situation: Accused of assassination she didn't commit(sorta), she now works for a free company , ("I hear they call people like that "sellswords"") while waiting for Ishgard to fix its bridge :P


Your story: "My story? Oh I'm sure you can fill it in, I'm the fabled "Warrior of Light", savior of Eorzea and all that...

But in case you wanted my version..."

This is my story.

"The Shroud used to be a lot more. More animals, more wants, more needs; and those needs didn't go away because some head-in-the-clouds conjurer said so. My parents were a part of "that business", working as a pair to get what folk would pay under the table. Partners became friends, friends became lovers, and one day, Jushiraux and Jiselle Kallera had a baby daughter and named her Etoile..."

Etoile Kallera was born and raised in the Black Shroud outside Gridania. her early life was oft spent moving and hiding in various places due to her parents' occupation as poachers. After hearing about the boom in adventurers, Kallera was eventually sent by her parents to Gridania to join the adventuring ranks, in the hope that she would become a citizen of Gridania and earn herself a better life than they had.

It worked, signing under the name "Kallera Etoile" she started learning the adventurer trade, taking in mining, leatherworking, and pugilism. After having an episode of The Echo caused her to pass out in public, she was sought out by Minfillia to join the Path of the Twelve.

A skeptic at heart, Kallera oft resisted change in the Seventh Umbral Era. She confided in her path companion, a Roegadyn conjurer who was a former pirate turned adventurer. Kallera eventually became enrolled in the Order of the Twin Adder and fought against the Garlean Invasion.

The Calamity had destroyed much, And the battle of Cartenau was fierce as adventurers fought and people prayed. When Kallera was whisked away by Lousioux's ritual and returned 5 years later to New Gridania, She felt the furthest thing from saved. She never heard from her parents again, unnamed victims in the destruction of the Black Shroud. Her Path Compaion was also missing, having joined the Ala Mihgan resistance last she heard("and that was BEFORE the moon dropped."). The only thing she had left was Moomba, her chocobo, and some other chocobo with black tailfeathers("honestly where DID you come from?").

After a while, Kallera met up with Minfillia, who explained to her about the Warrior of Light story passed around by the populace. Seeing this as a bigger headache than the echo, Kallera took to the role with her skills, still as sharp as in the last days of the 7th Umbral era. Eventually she found her calling in combat with a pair of knives and ninjutsu. As she traveled the land helping those in need, what Kallera once saw as her own personal hell eventually looked like a world that hurt as she did. Eorzea was still her home, and they both needed answers.

"...what's wrong with you!? I sound depressing! Give me that!!"

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As you might have read, Kallera was raised an outsider, and so has difficulty adjusting to her celebrity status as the Warrior of Light. She loves teasing the smallfolk about it well enough, but still sees herself as Kallera, and not some culture heroine of Eorzean values with more titles than fingers. As such, minor errands don't bother her as much as attending official functions and gala luncheons(especially that last one...). That said, she tries not to share her personal problems, settling for unfounded rumors over true worry.

[Mahri]

Anzu of the Zu Tribe is the daughter of Mahri Nunh, who in his day was a great explorer.

Then the Calamity happened and rendered all of his nice maps and other information obsolete. Well, damn.

So, she came to Eorzea to update his work, explore, and plunder -- this was the original order of priority but things may have since been shuffled around.

She likes Limsa Lominsa because the people there appreciate precisely those things in any order. And so a beautiful allegiance was born. 'til Sea Swallows All.

"Science and killing. It's a living."
--S'anzu Mahri

You people use too many words.

EDIT: Ehhhh, guess I'll fill this out.

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Name: S'anzu Mahri
Characteristics: Stoic, poised, bloodthirsty.
Likes: Science, murder.
Dislikes: Superstition, dishonesty.
The person your admire: You. Yes, you, you ludicrous parcel of dauntless madmen. Eorzea's greatest riches are the adventurers, nothing less. Never stop.
Dreams: A legacy of wealth and knowledge, gained by any means, to leave to her children and her tribe. Should another Calamity ensue, they already know what they must do.
Current situation: Decompressing in Costa Del Sol.

Too many words.

[Chiramu]

I am switching to male Au Ra for the expansion so I can't finalise my bio yet :/.

Name "Alias": Fairy Tails
Characteristics: Awkward, kind-hearted, clumsy.
Likes: Sira An(RL BF and Eternal Bond partner ^^), White Magic, Conjuring, helping people, cooking and fishing.
Dislikes: Glasses(very bad eye-sight ><), Goldsmithing and metal work
The person you admire: E-Sumi-Yan, he made me realise my love of healing people and the land.
Dreams: To see Ala Mhigo liberated from the Garlean forces.
Current Situation: Laying low, crafting in my room in the FC house.

I will need to finalise my story when I have my male Au Ra looking perfect . Will update then!

[Catwho]

Name: Katarh Mest
Characteristic: Dependable reluctant leader
Dislike: Large crowds, loud noises
Likes: Money! And clothes and perfectly coordinated outfits
The person you admire: Yellow Moon
Dreams: Become richer than Lord Lolorito
Current situation: Running around disguised as other jobs; currently learning the ways of the rogues in Limsa Lominsa

The Mest clan is one of the smallest Moonkeeper clans (there are like four across all servers) as the clan was mostly wiped out during the Calamity and was already in decline before then. Katarh's grandmother passed away shortly before the events of ARR, and her mother was not chosen as the new matriarch; a rival aunt who is not actually a Mest was. So Katarh traveled to Gridania, trying to seek her fortune another way to help support her mother. After she arrived in the big city, she discovered a brother from another mother, Sparrow Signh - Katarh had known her father was a Signh but had never met him - and they became fast friends. She joined a group of like minded adventurers with some old friends and became 2nd in command for a Free Company, The Swarm.

[Bracken]

Name: Bracken Wood
Characteristic: no real trust in people
Dislike: Cities and crowds
Likes: forests jungles peace
The person your admire: Kan-E-Senna
Dreams: Revenge on those that wronged him
Current situation: searching for any survivors of his tribe

Your story: Bracken is from a small tribe called the raincatchers, where the name Raincatcher Gully originated, that was until the war and the cataclysm that happened 5 years prior killed and separated the majority when the steel birds came crashing down from the skies.

Bracken was wounded and found near wineport close to death by a small group of a twin adder mercenary group, who took him back to Gridania where he awoke.
From there he started seeing visions of the past.

all he wants is to find his fellow companions and rebuild their homeland.

[CandyVanille]

Name: Cookie Mogster

Characteristic: independent, funny, honest, loves to be alone
Dislike: cold weather, rude people, bossy people, dirty places.
Likes: the sea, sunny weather, beautiful houses, sweets and tea, cute minions
The person your admire: The Sultana of Uldah.
Dreams: Impossible dream: to own a big house (currently owning a small one, happy about it but would love more space to decorate!)
Current situation: looking at the starry sky dreaming about owning a big house

Your story: Cookie was born in a far away Land from a very young princess and a pirate. Due to problems between the two families, his mother was forced to leave him. He was sent to an orphanage that took care of him until the age of 5.
Then one starry night, young Cookie filled a backpack with a bottle of milk and cookies and few clothes, took his inseparable friend the Caith sith Doll, and left the orphanage to find a real family.

He traveled alone through forests, valleys and beaches, eating fruits and drinking water from the rivers.
after few days, he found himself in a little village and a traveling company of street performers found him and decided to keep him with them.

He told them he had no family and that his name was simply Cookie.
The traveling circus was working with moogles and beasts. They created a special show for him and moogles as stars, and from that moment he was known as Cookie Mogster.
The show was a success, acclaimed in many towns and cities of that far away Land.

After 5 or 6 years, the people of the circus decided to retire and he was adopted by one of the artists, an old elezen that opened a toys shop in a big city in the far away Land. Cookie and his elezen father lived in an old apartment close to the sea happily for many moons.

Cookie went to school and learned about Eorzea and the tragedy that happened there, the calamity and the suffering people.
At his 18th nameday, after last day of school, he decided to leave his Land and travel to Eorzea to help the people and start a new life.
His elezen father , before saying goodbye to him told him these words:" Remember few simple things that will make your life easier and happier: respect others, be kind and compassionate, learn to never need anyone in your life, and never look back once you have made a decision".
And a new adventurer was born!