My name's Chamcham, I'm Rufus Mao's retainer. Lately my master's been transmogrifying my peers! I know how it sounds, but it's true.. he uses this otherworldly potion, Fantasia. It made me ponder my own existence, not to mention fear for my very life. One day he summoned me, "I was wondering when you'd get around to calling me", it may seem cold, but then his relentless mild expression has become somewhat disconcerting after all this time. He sent me on an ad-venture! I couldn't believe my luck. I packed my mining gear and headed to Drybone without delay. This was my chance, us retainers don't have a good lot in life but I'll be damned if some adventurer was going bend the very nature of my existence thank you very much!

Running out of the camp, I looked back at a group of adventurers, stood motionless, like empty shells. I ran as far as Highbridge. What was I doing? I didn't know where to go. I'd gone exactly where I was told, like a train, only where my tracks led me... But what if there were a lever and I could change the tracks? But what if on the first set of tracks there were three baby Lalafells, and on the other tracks there was one baby Lalafell? I'm pretty sure I've always been a Lalafell, these are my ken, could I really make that decision? This wasn't the time for morality discussions, I'd lost my train of thought, better keep moving.

The Burning Wall, a place of wondrous beauty, maybe I could find some answers there. I saw the group of adventurers from Drybone rush past like a Lominsan flagship. Their leader was a Hyur named Theseus, his party contained different adventurers than before. Imagine if you replaced every member of a party, would it still be the same party? I arrived at the heart of that mystical place. A wave of fear washed over me and I wasn't quite sure why. I stumbled upon a sealed box. Without a moment's hesitation to wonder about the mysteries inside I broke it open with my pickaxe and out sprang a grateful Miqo'te ranting and raving that her master (an Elezen named Schrödinger) had locked her in there for a cruel experiment. Before we could get about to pondering the meaning of it all, a group of Mirrorknights were on us, swarming around and displaying their wings threateningly. There was nothing else for it, we jumped into the box trembling like Lalafellian babies, not daring to peer out. I was going to die and it was all my fault. I thought about many things, my life, my master, how could I have forsaken him over a small matter like threatening my concept of existence?

There was silence, and then the voice of a Hyur spoke, it was the adventurer Theseus! I stared out thanking the Twelve and he said "Rufus sent me"... Good thing I'd grabbed that Alumen on the way...

Character name: Rufus Mao
World Name: Cactuar
Choice: Scarf of Wondrous Wit