Rei'li Niraj
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Rei'li Niraj | |
"Fate may have a mind of its own, but so do we. And great minds enjoy a good challenge." | |
Gender | Male |
Race | Miqo'te |
Clan | Keeper of the Moon |
Citizenship | Gridania |
Guardian | Nymeia, the Spinner |
Occupation | Lancer / First Serpent Lieutenant |
Nameday / Age | 15th Sun of the 2nd Astral Moon / 26 |
Height / Weight | 5 fulm 7 ilm / 137 ponz |
Orientation | Panromantic / Homosexual (single) |
Server | Balmung |
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Contents
Basic Info
- Rei'li Niraj is a male Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te native to Black Shroud (Alder Springs), Gridania. He is a full time Order of the Twin Adder First Serpent Lieutenant. He is currently stationed in Gridania.
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Appearance & Personality
- He's pretty tall for a Miqo'te and fit, due to some traces of hyur blood and constant physical activity. Keeps well groomed (because long white fur requires anything but), is choosy of what he wears and is debatably easy on the eyes (if that's what one's into).
- He’s very social and accommodating, very easy to get along with - but pretty two-faced and reserved beneath the social exterior. He has an amusing sense of humor, can be pretty warm and affectionate with people he's close with. But on the downside, he seems to be allergic to doing things by the book, cleans up after his messes just enough to never quite shoulder blame, is lazy as hell and will sleep whenever he can. Can, has and would kill in cold blood, no questions asked. Has his own agenda and will stick to it even if it means over someone’s dead body, especially if said someone so much as hints at harming anyone he considers family.
Talents / Powers:
- First Aid: He has a natural affinity for conjury but has only some basic training in it done, enough to perhaps temporarily stabilize critical wounds until someone more capable can take over.
- Lance-point Focus: He's pretty good with the lance, though a bit of a wildcard. He doesn’t have the height or length of limbs that the elezen or hyur do, but he’s quite a ways lighter and can jump quite impressively. He’s not as strong as his brother (Leon Greymoon), but he compensates by tactfully hitting core points in an opponent and hits where it hurts. The drawback to it is, he can focus on a single opponent to the point of overlooking other circumstances. He is slowly overcoming this since being promoted among Adders' ranks.
- Leadership: He's a very gentle, but methodical and persistent leader. He has a reputation of taking care of his own and often takes time to speak with or help his recruits, even with things not necessarily related with the Grand Company. Something his superiors don't necessarily endorse, but it's proven to bring good results with no causalities up to date, so they let him do his thing.
Biography
Childhood
- Rei'li was the third son born to a former marauder mother (Rei Niraj) as the 6th child out of seven. She had been a bit on the stern side, especially towards her three sons, always emphasizing how critical it was for them to favor survival and be cautious and healthy, preparing them for their clan-to-clan breeding travels. She encouraged all three of them to pursue conjurer studies and trained them in basic combat arts along with their sisters. Back then, Rei'li would think it unfair and boring, and would often envy his sisters who had more free time.
- His father was long gone from his life since early childhood due to circumstances Rei'li was unclear on. The man was/is a Keeper of the Moon miqo'te called Sonu'a Viqqoh. Rei'li shares the father with Leon Greymoon.
Conjury Studies and Ilja
- As an adolescent, Rei'li was not the most obedient child in the family, which would remain the case for years to come. He quickly learned though, that if he remained quiet about his mishaps, and was careful, his mother had no ground to scold him. He wasn't the best conjurer in his settlement, but he never tried to be either, he preferred to do the bare minimum to advance just to not get into trouble.
- He further strayed from his interest in conjurer studies when his tribe reluctantly hosted a badly injured hyur lancer called Ilja Radall. Rei'li volunteered to help the man recover and was readily granted the duty. Both his teacher and mother were overjoyed at his initiative and saw it as an excellent opportunity for the young Keeper to learn about the responsibility and role of his studies. Unfortunately, that was far from the case. While recovering, Ilja would tell Rei'li of his adventures, of the far north where lancers ascended to dance with fate and become Dragoons. Fascinated both with the adventurer and the stories, Rei'li decided to follow Ilja when the other was fully recovered. His attempt was cut short though; the lancer talked him out of it, making him promise to do as his family wished until he reached adulthood and telling him to look for him in Coerthas someday, giving him a golden locket to return to him then.
- Bound by the promise, Rei'li stayed until his coming of age. Much to his mother's dismay though, he barely fulfilled a year and a half of his nomadic ventures before he promptly packed his things and left for Gridania, headed for the lancers' guild to follow in Ilja's footsteps.
Lancer to "Dragoon"
- Arrived in Gridania and enlisted in the lancers' guild, he slowly learned to assimilate the difference of pace and blend in among the variety of races and cultures in the city. He had a good eye for keeping out of trouble and his outwardly social nature often allowed him to go unnoticed. He had always been told to be wary of other races, or even other male miqo'te - but in the city such encounters were next to impossible to avoid. Instead, he learned to charm his way out of them, mostly coming up on top.
- His lancer training was a bit of a curve-ball. The first steps were a testing experience, especially considering he'd never really undertaken training that severe back home. It displeased him that the Lancers' guild master refused to speak to him about becoming a Dragoon right away, but even he had to admit he didn't think he was ready to take that route just yet. Sore and aching he dragged himself to training each day. His afternoons would entail working odd jobs at the market, while his evenings were spent in a quiet corner at the inn, or the benches outside if the weather permitted it. Sometimes in the company of a visiting adventurer. During his training he befriended an elezen called Madensa Virri'ai, often getting them both into trouble.
- He would occasionally write home, but the responses would often hold an urge to leave his training and tend to his racial duties instead, which, again, mostly dissuaded him from abiding and instead train harder. He also remained friendly, but a bit more reserved in company of other miqo'te women, subconsciously.
- After proving a quite reliable helping hand during the Calamity, he was given the approval to travel to Coerthas. The weather, however, proved as chill a greeting as the answers to his questions about Ilja; the lancer had indeed reached the Observatorium of Aetherial and Astrological Phenomena and Camp Dragonhead, but he hadn't been as ready as he thought - and suffered the repercussions. Lost and unsure for the first time in his life, Rei'li was presented with the choice to either go back to is family and live a secure and relatively peaceful life, or take on the mantle he was training so hard to earn, filling in Ilja's place in the thinned ranks of the training camp. He chose the latter.
- Two years of training in Coerthas did sharpen his skills slowly but surely over time, though his title got pushed back a few times due to his race and the lack of an Ishgardian citizenship. Finally coming to terms with his situation, he resolved to return to Black Shroud and indulge himself a bit. He found himself quite at home in the Order of the Twin Adder ranks.
Present
- Operating as an Order of the Twin Adder operative proved to be an effective source of income. He climbed through ranks steadily all the way to First Serpent Lieutenant, and is in charge of 8 recruits at the moment, all of which he gets along with wonderfully. He's also been promoted to Assistant Warmaster within Free Company ranks, with Ferus Ironlash as his superior. After the promotion, due to undisclosed circumstances, he left his former partner and home in Gridania to temporarily move in with the Free Company.
Aeon
- After an unexpected assault in Thanalan two years ago, Rei'li was backed up by a woman called Sophia Grave. Having killed two out of the three assaulters, the two fled to safety where she explained the reason of their pursuit on the miqo'te and his possible connection to a Free Company called Aeon. After taking quite some time to rethink his position, Rei'li ultimately decided to approach the Free Company, officially enlisting in its ranks.
- Among the operatives, Rei'li was reacquainted with his half-brother Leon Greymoon (Rewo'a Vhaaza). Though from different mothers, the two seem to have quite a variety of things in common, from physical features to their profession choice and, of course the circumstances regarding the Free Company. Which, in turn, revealed not to be a coincidence. After several months they were able to link all the accounted similarities to their father, Sonu'a Viqqoh. The circumstances of such a revelation left a lot to be desired, seen as the man worked against the Free Company by contract, but Sonu'a promptly decided to revoke his 'employers', in favor of learning both of his sons were alive and well.
- As off the current Starlight, almost two years since his enlistment, Rei'li has been promoted to Assistant Warmaster within Company ranks. His role is to lead support squads on field, or the main forces in case of his superior's absence, his superior being Ferus Ironlash. The unspoken, secondary role he has, is to bring in firsthand information he manages to decipher about enemy ranks. His sources remain undisclosed, but the information he brings in is usually quite vital.
Miscellaneous
- He wears a golden locket engraved with Nymeia, the Spinner's symbol, that Ilja left in his care.
- He has what appears to be a rune-like tattoo that has a faint, blue glow, at the back of his neck. It's often obstructed from view by the fall of his hair, jacket collar and strategically tied scarf.
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Gallery
Leon Greymoon & Rei'li
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