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Lysande

"For the whole star, and each of its denizens, I shall seek peace - for isn’t that all each of us truly craves?"

a lifelong search for meaning, family, and home

There are few who know the reasons why, barely a moon before their second nameday, a young viera kit came to be adopted as an imperial ward and placed under the protection of Emperor Solus. And, among those who have heard the tale, there are fewer still willing to divulge it.While the earliest years of the Warrior of Light’s life yet remain shrouded in mystery, the tale of their harrowing escape from the Empire at a mere fifteen winters of age has spread through the realm. Orchestrated by their brother in all but blood, Zenos yae Galvus, they fled at the side of Cid nan Garlond to seek asylum in Eorzea.Now, branded a viator - a traitor - in the land they had once come to consider home, Lysande shed both the name and title that granted them protection in their younger days, instead finding a home among the Path of the Twelve. Soon taken on as a protegee of Archon Louisoix, they chose to fight at his side to defend Eorzea from the threat posed by the Empire and defy its plans to use the lesser moon Dalamud as a weapon against her lands and peoples.Their presence at the Battle of Cartenau nearly cost them their life twice over, with two heroes shielding them from meeting their end. The first, a young Miqo’te man with aubergine hair, teal eyes and a defiant will who weathered an attack meant for Lysande - and the second, none other than Archon Louisoix himself, whose sacrifice that day spared both their life and the very realm from certain calamity.Now, after countless battles fought, Stars and peoples saved from the brink of ruin, and finding (much to their chagrin) no few accolades and grand tales of heroism tied to their name, Lysande seeks a life of service and peace. Taking to heart the legacy they carry of shepherd, counselor and pilgrim, they endeavour to offer succor to those in need and right the wrongs they have yet to atone for from their youth. And so, after averting the Final Days and preventing the threat of Voidsent invasion from the Thirteenth, they have chosen to dedicate themselves to the restoration of Garlemald with their partner Kellan and their beloved found family ever at their side. Though - as is to be expected by the bearer of Azem’s crystal - the call to a life of adventure continues to echo in their very soul. As the present threat to the star has abated, their eyes remain firmly fixed on the horizon, searching for any opportunity to seek adventure at the dawn of each new day.

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A scholar's quest for truth, a soul's quest for its other half

Inquisitive and skeptical by nature with a preternatural aptitude for aetherial manipulation, his parents were oft overheard saying that their son might as well have been born with his nose in a tome.A seasoned scholar of one hundred and twelve summers, Sylvaire is the only child of viera scholars Lionnet & Marielle Aubrenard, who chose to reject the Green Word and flee the village of Fyth nearly two decades before their son's birth. Settling amongst peers in the now abandoned Sharlayan Colony in Dravania, and adopting city names of Elezen tradition, gifted to them by their closest friends, the Leveilleurs.Lionnet was a revered botanist, while Marielle's primary field of research was Ichthyology and Marine Biology, and both parents passed on this love of the natural world to their son from an early age. Though neither found themselves terribly gifted with aetherial manipulation, Sylvaire excelled and his gift was fostered by the myriad scholars and experts who formed part of the Aubrenard's extended, found family.At the age of twenty one summers, Sylvaire was in his final term at the Studium in Old Sharlayan, less than a fortnight from graduation, when he received word that his parents had lost their lives in an expedition at sea, a fierce storm claiming both the ship upon which they sailed, and their lives. He remained in Old Sharlayan just long enough to graduate, knowing his parents would not have wished for him to forfeit so many years of hard work, returning to the Dravanian Colony following his graduation.His deep interest in aetherology led him to become an early colleague and lifelong friend of Master Matoya, as well as a late mentor and close comrade of Archon Louisoix. He earned the title of Archon at the age of thirty four summers, encouraged rather sternly by Matoya to take the years of research he had pored himself into in the wake of his parents' death and formulate his Archon's Thesis.Soon after the Forum called for the abandonment of their Dravanian colony, and at Matoya's relentless nagging, Sylvaire accompanied Louisoix, first to Old Sharlayan where he began his early career as a visiting professor at the Studium, and first encountered the man to whom his fate would be tied - first as a Warrior of Light, and later as a lifelong partner - in an intellectual stalemate where the young scholar challenged his research and offered an alternative theory that had eluded Sylvaire for nearly half a century; displeased but deeply impressed, he rushed to submit a redaction and revised journal to the Studium, with full credit to the incorrigible scholar - he left Sharlayan to depart for Eorzea, joining the Circle of Knowing and fighting for Eorzea's salvation in the face of the Seventh Umbral Calamity.Now, as a both a Scion and one of Hydaelyn’s chosen, Sylvaire fights proudly at the side of his partner and co-Warrior of Light, Ari Khatayan, to continue the work of his dear friend Louisoix and ensure that the entire star is protected from those who would see to its demise.

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warrior of light, slayer of gods, eorzean menace. Please forgive him.

Born in the Dravanian Forelands, B'raht's small tribe - whose Nunh had only broken away from the B tribe a year before his birth - was destined to collapse.His mother was one of only three woman who chose to become a member of the Ba tribe, and he was the first (and only) child born to the tribe before his father was gravely injured during a hunt. And so, when B'raht was hardly old enough to so much as form a single memory of his father, he died, leaving behind the women of his tribe and B'raht to find a new life in this land they had barely lived in long enough to call home.When his father passed away, rather than seek out a new Nunh or return to their former tribe, B'raht's mother chose instead to find a new home in Tailfeather, dropping the tribal marker Ba in favor of her original tribal letter, B, and lending her skills of trapping and gathering to help the settlement flourish. B'raht grew up with a fondness for the natural world and the thrill of adventure, and would spend his days seeking out the Dragons of Anyx Trine, the Moogles of the Churning Mists, and paying regular visits to the Vath Storyteller several times a week.Lighthearted and good-natured, B'raht was always adored by everyone who met him, but the light in his eyes faded when his mother fell suddenly ill mere moons before his 16th nameday, and passed away within days.Unable and unwilling to remain in his home, the grief too much for him to bear, B'raht decided to leave Dravania and depart for the South, seeking out adventure to cope with the loss of the only family he had known. He took up the mantle of an adventurer, and found new joy in the places he visited and the people he met. But, with the threat of calamity looming, he lent what combat skills he had to the Twin Adders, finding himself on the frontlines during the Battle of Cartenau. When the Red Moon was moments from falling, B'raht's eye fell to a young viera with short white hair and striking gold and amethyst eyes who lay motionless on the ground, and was directly in the path of what appeared to be a fatal blow from a Garlean soldier.Without so much as a second thought, B'raht threw himself between the soldier and the viera, countering the attack and saving their life. However, before he could see whether the viera had managed to escape - he, along with several others in his vicinity - were swept into the lifestream, just as Dalamud fell.The person he saved would turn out to be the Warrior of Light, Lysande Arda - and as thanks for saving Her champion, Hydaelyn would grant B'raht the Blessing of Light, in hopes that he would continue to fight at Lysande's side. Unfortunately, the intense exposure of aether before he was granted Her blessing caused him to suffer severe aetheric corruption, permanently impacting his ability to manipulate aether. His eyes, too, were damaged, and the aether corruption cost him the majority of sight in his left eye.When he was returned to the Source, B'raht wandered the realm for years - falling suddenly and unexpectedly in love with a young Sharlayan Scholar on assignment in Eorzea, whose blue and red eyes and captivated him from the moment they met. It was from him that he learned to wield a bow in battle, but their time together was cut short before he could confess his feelings, when G'raha had to return to his order.Once again suffering from the sting of loss, he reuniting with Lys by chance in Limsa Lominsa, and was convinced to join the Scions - albeit reluctantly - and fought at their side until a reunion with G'raha had him watch the Scholar he loved fall in love with Lys, and lock himself inside the Crystal Tower all within less than a moon. Broken hearted, he left under the veil of night, having fate intervene again to have Lys find him in Tailfeather, where he returned in hopes of finally confronting his loss and grief, and he was convinced to once again join his friend in their effort to end the Dragonsong War.Now, B'raht has found happiness with his friends and found family, and his free-spirited nature has returned in full force, earning him the nickname of "Eorzean Menace" due to his penchant to find trouble before it finds him. And, at long last, he summoned the courage to confess his feelings to G'raha after their return from the First, marrying him within days of returning from Ultima Thule, determined he would "never let G'raha get away again if he had anything to say about it."

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From the moment of his birth, Rael was marked a warder and was one of the few who were entrusted with the survival of his village.After nearly five decades of declining male birthrates, his village was ravaged by a devastating sickness that wiped out more than half of its population, both in the village and in the forest. Faced with the prospect of being relegated to history, the village elders made the decision to begin training future warders - who were easily identified by their eyes at birth: black sclera with irises that glowed bright in the dim light of the wood - at the age of ten summers, so that when they came of age, they were prepared to take their place in defending the village and its remaining members.And so, it came to be that on his tenth nameday, a youth by the name of Ejnar was entrusted to the care of a Warder who raised him in the ways of the wood, and preparing him for the responsibilities that lay ahead of him.In his seventeenth summer, Ejnar was entrusted with the care of a new ward - but his inexperience and carelessness led him to be an extremely ineffectual, if not well-intentioned, mentor. His age and reckless attitude would soon be passed on to his ward, and ultimately would cost the younger viera his life.Wracked with guilt, Rael knows two paths lay ahead of him - exile, or punishment for failing to protect his Ward and enact the will of the Wood. Young and without guidance, he chooses the latter option - fleeing under cover of night, never to return to his village or Dalmasca.His "freedom", however, comes at a great cost. He is tormented by having severed his connection to the Green Word, and from the guilt and regret he feels for not having protected his young Ward. Though he had hoped that his escape would give him a second chance, instead, his trauma causes him to close himself off to people, fearing that he will continue to hurt anyone he dares become close to. He decides to atone in the only way he sees, by becoming an adventurer, aiding those in need of succor to put some small amount of good back into the world - for as little as he feels it's worth.Now, with a new name adopted in an effort to distance himself from the life he left behind, Rael makes his way to Eorzea and takes up the fight against Garlemald, eventually suffering severe injuries at the Battle of Cartenau.When he regains consciousness, his memory has been wiped clean, and he recalls nothing, not even his own name. With the aid of other survivors, he travels to Limsa Lominsa, where he aids in the restoration restore the city, and eventually has his echo awakened and joins the scions. He's perfectly happy even though his memory doesn't return, but then at the end of ARR, the bloody banquet and him being blamed for Nanamo's assasination wakes something up in him - a trauma response, a feeling - no real memories but there's something. And more and more keeps happening as he's forced to run, to flee, feeling like this is terribly familiar.Eventually, in Ishgard - he meets Fray, and begins to train as a Dark Knight. As he trains, however, his memories begin to emerge through his Esteem, and he finally remembers everything, and it changes him.

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