Keru Lowry

K’irei “Keru” Lowry
Gender	Male
Race	Miqo’te
Clan	Seeker of the Sun
Citizenship	Limsa Lominsa
Age	22
Guardian	Oschon, The Wanderer
Occupation	Adventurer/ Writer

((OOC: I set this page at the end of the year, which is why it says he is 22, when in reality he'd still be 21. I'm also being kinda lazy with adding friends to the list, if you want to you can add your name and I'll write on it. Last updated: 1/9/2014))

Character

General

• Pronunciation: (Keh-rue Lau-rhee)

• Nameday: 15th Sun of the Sixth Umbral Moon 1555.

• Laterality: Left-Handed

• Marital Status: Single

• Place of Birth: Gridania

• Alignment: Neutral Good

• Religion: Atheistic, though his parents attempted to instill the ideals of Oschon, the wanderer.

• Sexuality: Unexplored (Gets flustered when both men and women strip down.)

Appearance

• Height: Keru is short, even by Miqo'te standards, he stands at 5'3.

• Weight: Slender with very lean muscle.

• Skin tone: Keru has lightly tanned skin which comes from his laying out in the fields.

• Hairstyle: Keru keeps his hair at cheekbone length, but doesn't do much else to style it.

• Hair Color: Keru's hair is naturally a light blonde color. Currently it has grown a bit longer so he now ties it back.

• Eye Color: A light green.

• Clothing: Keru wears short robes on most occasions, having given up on wearing sandals, the shoes he wears vary, he has only recently been seen wearing more armor like clothing though he does not wear heavy armor. Keru wears his glasses more often now, he also dresses in random colors.

• Tattoos, Scars, Piercings? Keru has no scars and aside from a few near his eyes, he has two sets of two lines that come to point on his cheekbones and go down to his jawline, on the left and right sides of his face. Keru ccasionally wears earrings on his ears.

Behavior

Keru is an odd individual, to say the least. For a good while he was shy and kept quiet, even now he retains some oddness, he's gotten better at carrying on conversations with one other person. Though he still goes back to his silent ways when he is in large groups. Keru has a habit of blathering on while nervous so feel free to stop him. It also seems he is interested in many types of magic. Keru has poor directional skills, getting him lost even when it seems quite difficult to. Keru is also olivious to a numerous amount of things socially. Keru is extremely forgetful, he forgets many things, and often forgets to get food and things you really shouldn't forget. Keru is very grateful to his first mentor despite her speaking cryptically almost all the time, he has retained this and on occasion speaks similarly to that, though not intentional.

Combat

General

Adventurer: Arcanist Conjurer Thaumaturge A small amount of Pugilist.

Strengths: Remembering details Magical strength and knowledge Healing spells

Weaknesses: Short Not physically dominating Cannot see well in the dark

Tendencies

Likes

• Sunshine
• Fields
• Reading books
• Watching Performers
• Humming
• Bards
• Magical theories

Dislikes

• Overly rude people
• Being lonely
• Height jokes
• Being followed
• Thieves

Hobbies/Talents

• He is a really good climber.
• He can sing.
• He can ride a Chocobo.
• Likes to read books.

Other

• In most cases Keru will be referred to as Keru, unless someone who knows him closely or family refers to him as K'irei.
• K'irei goes by Keru because it is easier to pronounce for some, and for whatever reason he dislikes his name, most recent records have him as Keru.
• Lowry comes from a Hyur who helped Keru's family, and allowed his parents to use his surname if they desired to.
• Keru is Claustrophobic.
• Keru is slightly nearsighted, He can see faces though they are blurry, he seems to manage, This is also why he wears glasses while he reads.
• ((Small ooc note, the pronunciation is of the name he goes by. Birth name is pronounced differently.))

Relationships

Family

• Father: K'arteh Lowry, 48, Status: Alive, Unknown Location.

• Mother: B'sholya Lowry, 46, Status: Alive, Unknown Location.

• Sister: Ayathiah Lowry, 17, Status: Alive, Unknown to him.

Friends and Others

• Danniele Mercer: Friend, Employer(Formerly), Crush(Formerly, One-Sided).

• Gabrielle Mercer: Friend, Employer(Formerly).

• Whiff: Friend. Keru's pet and largest headache. This mischevious little rat runs off at all hours, and it even takes food while no one looks. Whiff comstantly acts as if he's never eaten, despite Keru feeding him frequently.

• Pepper Peppamel: Friend. Pepper was a friend Keru made around the time he went back to gridania, he has a good friendship with the lalafell and he knows that he can trust her. At the Full Moon Gala she had tried to throw Keru at many a woman.

• Garryson Shipkeeper: Friend, Employer. Keru's boss. Keru has grown much in his time at XI:7 and he attributes this to Garryson's leadership. Keru trusts him, though he's admittedly afraid of playing 'Truth or Dare' now. Keru will help Garryson as best he can.

• A'reiel Mahsa: Friend. Garryson's fiance and someone Keru feels is a nice woman. Though she doesn't speak often her actions speak louder, and he knows that she can be trusted.

• Jajara Jara: Friend. This woman has helped Keru a lot, he found her to be kind, and she always worried for him, he trusts her, and knows that if she needed help, he'd do what he can.

• Orpheus Arkouda: Friend. Keru for a long time was unsure what to think of him, and when he, Orpheus and Xiaoli went through Limsa together he found Orpheus to be helpful. Keru trusts him, and knows that he and Jara are happy. Keru and Orpheus spoke about something and that reassured Keru that Orpheus was a good man.

• Xiaoli Vorgan: Friend. Keru doesn't know her too deeply, but he knows that she is a caring individual and when she helped him find Whiff, he was overjoyed.

• Racilian Lyenum: Friend. Keru isn't sure about much of who she is or how she joined, but he finds her fun, and knows that she likes pies. Lately she's been acting odd around him, and has called him cute on many occasions, he's not sure what it is but he hopes nothing's changed.

Rumors

Common Rumors

• "I remember him! He's the one with the alcohol problem righ-What? Wasn't him? Huh." - Confused Lalafell patron.
• "Oh, I heard he's some kind of whiz when it comes to magic, What's so funny?" - Hyur that made unintentional wordplay.
• "Every time I've seen him he's in glasses, when he isn't I see him squinting." - Merchant.
• "Him? He won't make it as an arcanist, he can't even summon carbuncle, the guild is wasting time on him." - Annoyed Hyur.
• "Well I ain't a genius but, his hair don't have actual red in it." - Jack, The obvious stating Hyur.

Moderate Rumors

• "I heard his parents spent a bit of time travelling, guess they wanted to get away from him." - Hyuran woman.
• "Ok I'm certain he's the one that owes me money right? No? Who is he then?" - Still confused Lalafell patron.
• "Oh, he's a sweet young man, but I noticed he is pretty quiet." -

Rare Rumors

• "I heard his parents were once great assassins and that's why they've up an disappeared, They left him though." - Doubtful Elezen
• "He's a sad story, the poor thing lost his mentor. To what? I'm not sure." - Whispering Arcanist.
• "I hear that one has been looking for something his glasses maybe."

PC Rumors

• (Feel free to add some rumours!)
• "He's... well, he don't talk much at all, do he? I'm sure he's a darlin' but maybe he just takes a while to warm up to anyone." - Jajara Jara

History/Timeline

Keru was born as K'irei in Gridania to parents K'arteh and B'sholya, he was raised in Gridania most of his life. Keru from a young age was fascinated with the art of magic and wanted to train as conjurer for most of his childhood. Over the years Keru learned more about his family and how his parents were protection for a merchants caravan and how they traveled most of their lives until Keru was in the picture. It was then they told him his surname was Lowry, however he felt it wasn't true.

Around the time Keru was ten he had been demonstrating abilities that allowed him to manipulate aether. Keru's parents wanted him to learn how to use and control his powers and his mother wanted to teach him both Conjury and Thaumaturgy, while the Conjurer's guild would not except him, his mother taught him a few basic spells, much to his father's dismay although throughout this time he also began to teach Keru archery, shortly after Keru became friends with two local girls Danni and Gabi. While he was fairly shy and soft-spoken they acted as his sisters and tried to teach him how to toughen up and be his own person, and to not let others push him around. Around his fifteenth year Danni and Gabi were missing and he had a hunch on were they would be, he grabbed his mothers wand and tried to go after them, when he reached them they were being chased by an ochu he tried to use a spell he was practicing but he unfortunately was unable to do it, his parents showed up and were able to scare off the ochu and save Danni and Gabi. After some of the townsfolk heard of this they were confused and thought Keru brought them out there, Keru's parents decided it was in Keru's best interest if they left Gridania so they left to Limsa Lominsa.

A year after they arrived Keru decided he wanted to be able to protect those he cared about and started training to join the arcanist guild and was accepted for training. Keru's training was smooth for the most part, Keru had two mentors, one who still to this day works with the arcanist guild, the other who had passed away. One of his mentors, Violenne a duskwight elezen, taught him a lot about magic and the views of her colleagues, which also helped him formulate his ideas. Unfortunately Keru experienced the darker side of magic when his mentor Violenne was tortured then killed by a rouge thaumaturge, it is unknown to the guild but Keru watched both the torture and murder of Violenne. Throughout his training he had learned many things and around the time of the Calamity he had a falling out with his parents and after the calamity he was unable to find them. Keru knew they argued but does not remember about what so he is unsure where they went and what happened all he found was a book of his parents contacts in other cities, throughout these years Keru had also been formulating his views and ideas about magic, while he also wanted to write two different books, one about all of his magical theories, the other an encyclopedia of sorts. Despite their disappearance he decided to stay in Limsa Lominsa for the following years and has up until recently thought it was an issue of them visiting relatives he has since decided that when he gets a little bit stronger he will go out to Gridania and see what people who knew his parents know about their disappearance.

In the year 1577 Keru had made the choice to go to Gridania and seek out the help of others so that he can get over his guilt involving his parents. Keru is also going back and forth from Gridania and Limsa Lominsa. As of lately Keru joined the medical division of XI:7 having spoke with them on a few occasions. After quite a bit of things happened to the company, he was trying to get closer to the other members, and for a while he felt odd around them, after recent events however, he quickly has felt as if XI:7 is his second home. In recent months he has learned to summon an emerald carbuncle having dubbed it El'liet in honor of his fallen mentor. Keru also has been getting some training with the cesti over in Ul'dah along with browsing through the books owned by the Thaumaturge's guild. Keru seems to be all over, in most cases he can be found where ever there are books.

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