Chachanji Gegenji

Chachanji Gegenji
Gender	Male
Race	Lalafell
Clan	Dunesfolk
Citizenship	Doma
Age	19
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Hero Wannabe
Relatives	Zozonji Gegenji (Father) Jijinya Jinya (Mother) Gogonji Gegenji (Eldest Brother) Nininya Ninya (Older Sister)

Chachanji Gegenji is the youngest child of the Gegenji family - a quickly rising clan of arms dealers seeking to make a name for themselves as the makers and providers of the finest arms and armors in all of Hydaelyn. However, Chachanji - being both energetic and a bit of a romantic - believes that he'd rather protect people himself rather than just foist gear on them. Seeing the plights surrounding Ul'dah upon the start of his adventure has only strengthened his beliefs.

Basic Info

Likes ■ Playing the hero. ■ Helping others. ■ Petting chocobos.

Dislikes ■ Seeing people in trouble. ■ The Monetarists. ■ Waiting. ■ Taking medicine.

Other ■ Alignment: Chaotic Good ■ Vice(s): Adrenaline ■ Favorite Food: Yellow Drops ■ Favorite Drink: Grape Juice ■ Favorite Color: Yellow

Appearance & Personality

Quirks

Shares the Gegenji family "dour face" and hates having it pointed out, and will pout about it. Wears helmets to avoid this.

Rather than look up at taller people, Chacha likes to stand on things to give himself "equal height."

His impatient nature often results in him either dancing when forced to wait, or dozing off.

"Hero now, hem and haw later!"

Strengths

Energetic and positive, always eager to go out and make things better.

Always willing to lend a hand, which often leads to him doing all sorts of tasks and errands.

Surprisingly knowledgeable about armor and weapon materials, and knows his way around a smith's hammer.

Weaknesses

Terrible decision-maker, used to family making the big decisions and cleaning up his messes.

His friendliness and willingness to help also makes him easily fleeced and taken advantage of.

A bit of a crybaby, and can shut down if things go south for him.

While knowledgeable on how to make a sword, he doesn't really know how to swing one.

Biography

Childhood

Chachanji, like his siblings, was born in Doma to the Doman native and smith Zozonji and his wife Jijinya, daughter of a mostly unknown Ul'dahn merchant family. While he was taught the ways of business and metallurgy like his brother and sister, it was understood that Gogonji would take on the family business once Zozonji and Jijinya were ready to hand off the reins. As such, the pressures on Chacha to live up to the Gegenji family name were much less. While he did pay some attention to the smithing lectures and hands-on training, most of his economic classes were spent daydreaming about fighting dragons and saving princesses.

Teenage

The most shocking event in Chachanji's young life was when he overheard a heated argument between Zozonji and Gogonji. The normally quiet and studious Gogo was suddenly voicing his disinterest in taking on the family business! He believed that simple weapons and armor paled before the might of tactics and knowledge, which had the added benefit of having uses outside just combat. He spoke of the Arcanists of the south seas, he described tales of the Scholars of Nym. Spearheading the manipulation and control of information, he argued, was a better goal than stubbornly relying on antiquated weaponry - already dated against Garlean's magitek advances.

Chachanji retreated as the fight continued, afraid of being found and dragged into it. All he knew was that, shortly after that, Gogonji left their home to pursue his own ventures. Chacha approached his father for clarification, but was gruffly dismissed and ordered to focus on his studies.

Present

It has been five years since Gogonji stormed out on his family, and still the fight would oft come to Chachanji's mind. With the ramping up of Garlean forces over in Eorzea, the Gegenji family was seeing a lot of business. Of course, with Jijinya's ties to Ul'dah, they were also covertly shipping equipment there as well - for coin, of course. It all rubbed the romantically-minded Chacha the wrong way.

Like his brother before him, Chacha confronted his father. However, his complaints were much more fanciful. It was obvious the Domans held no love for the oppressive Garleans, so why not support the Eorzean Alliance more openly? Why not take up the arms they so lovingly crafted and defend Doma, Ul'dah, and the rest rather than just turn around and sell them to the highest bidder!?

Chachanji remembers little of how the rest of the argument played out, either too upset to remember or having actively refused to commit it to memory. All that he knew that he was on a ship to Ul'dah, to the land of his mother, to do more to help people than just offer them a fine blade for a price. Once there, the gap between the haves and the have-nots only inflamed his passion. He quickly found work with Momodi, taking tasks to try and make each day a little bit better for the locals - all the while dreaming of doing something bigger and better.

Imagine his fear, then, when he heard of the razing of Doma. While he and his father had separated on less-than-friendly circumstances, they still shared that strong family bond. So, when the refugees came to Ul'dah, Chachanji dropped everything to go see them - only to find they had been barred from the city. Chacha himself might have be ousted from the city as well due to his heritage, but it was Momodi to the rescue again, citing his adventurer's license as proof for why he could stay within Ul'dah's walls. There's been quite a bit of conflict on this matter, and Chachanji has quickly learned to keep his Doma heritage quiet.

But where does this leave little Chachanji? Should he leave Ul'dah - after Momodi spoke up for him, no less - and join his family in Mor Dhona? Or does he stick to his guns, continuing to work hard in the desert city and only seek out his family once he's made himself out to be a great adventurer? Only time will tell.

Miscellaneous

~(To be added as Chachanji travels Eorzea. Feel free to send a /tell or RPC PM if you'd like to RP with the little hero-to-be!)~

Footnotes

Theme Song: Baby Elephant Walk

TV Tropes: TBD

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