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Valic Sunblood

2017-08-12T23:58:53Z

Maqali Qulaan:

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<div style=" background:#FFAAAA; width: 1000px; border: 1px solid #D46A6A;"><span style="font-family: cambria;"><p>'''OOC Disclaimer:''' All information is IC. Therefore the truth of any statements about this character is up for anyone to discover IC. Refer to OOC notes below and enjoy!!</p></span></div><br>

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— Valic Sunblood —
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''"Knowledge is power and disciplines are many."''
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Valic tends to be the tallest of most miqo'te overall, his figure toned from his exercise in the military and through combat. He often is dawning red colors in tribute to his service to the Maelstrom as well as having fierce crimson eyes signature to his abilities in dealing with the red magic discipline. His hair is naturally a midnight blue color, often with a braid to tie back his hair and a single curl in front. Throughout his childhood it was naturally fluffy and long but when he retired from the maelstrom, he set out a more mature look.

Overall Valic is seen as a sexy, intrigued scholar of sorts. Wearing glasses when he has been days deep into study, only tucking them away when truly needed to keep them safe. The only flaw in his lightly tan toned skin is a mark over his glabella, gained from a sword sparring match with his rapier. His temples resemble that of regular miqo'te markings but developed later in his life rather than being there from birth.

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Valic's years of study have left him with significant magical prowess. He has abilities in all conjury, thaumaturgy, and has reached the level to potentially use white and black magic. While in the maelstrom he developed sword skills with a rapier, refining his own composure and technique. With this combination, he has a wide range of magical abilities and is swift on the battlefield with a sword in hand. His knowledge of arcane arts is limited but he does have some minor practice as well as research from fellow arcane users. With so much practice in aether manipulation, he has minor Echo abilities that have helped him in combat, such as foreseeing threats a second in advance solely activated on the will of instinct and self preservation. With the many years of training in both sword skill and aether manipulation has also allowed him to achieve the use of red magic naturally.

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Always inquisitive to the nature of aether and magic, Valic is consistently what you could call "a book worm". Never passing the chance to learn about a way aether can be manipulated, used against voidsent, or how it can benefit all of Eorzean kind. Overall is of a mature nature, kind to all but ambitious even in the face of death. Valic is often oblivious to flirtation and advances made toward him despite his defined sexy scholar appearance, often taking more interest in knowledge and learning even in clear sight. While he is blind to whimsical attraction, he is not unaware of the idea of love considering his parents history. Easily excited in learning something new but finds abuse of aether and nature distasteful. Valic is stoic to a degree but loves nature and everything relative to Hydaelyn's natural creation of the planet. Often times he can be found in random areas jotting down notes on his own private journal. Unlike miqo'te of tribal descent, Valic is more reserved and quiet to himself unless you hit a subject he finds of great interest. If threatened, he can think on the spot with quick wit and can be sly when required. He is still very polite and kind to all, especially those in need or who have been wronged. Very rarely will he get involved in a fight, get angry, or intimidated, but will present an ambitious stand when passionate to stay by his moral ethics.

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: <font style="color:#c00000;LIKES-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> All magical disciplines
: <font style="color:#c00000;LIKES-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> Healthy foods, mostly fruit and brain food
: <font style="color:#c00000;LIKES-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> Literature and knowledge
: <font style="color:#c00000;LIKES-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> Aether manipulation in any form
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: <font style="color:#c00000;DISLIKES-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> Destruction and chaos
: <font style="color:#c00000;DISLIKES-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> Alcohol
: <font style="color:#c00000;DISLIKES-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> Bullies
: <font style="color:#c00000;DISLIKES-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> Taking advantage of Hydaelyn
: <font style="color:#c00000;DISLIKES-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> Discussing his parents
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: <font style="color:#c00000;OTHER-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> '''Job/Class:''' Red Mage
: <font style="color:#c00000;OTHER-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> '''Weakness:''' Over-Ambition
: <font style="color:#c00000;OTHER-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> '''Favorite Color:''' Guess
: <font style="color:#c00000;OTHER-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> '''Special Quirk:''' Can get chatty when intrigued
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Valic's birth was the result of a love not bound by tribal law. His mother a Seeker of the Sun conjurer of the Twin Adder grand company, his father a Keeper of the Moon thaumaturge of the Immortal Flames grand company. Their love for one another was met on multiple battlefields, forbidden as it was by tribal law, they had still went together in secret any opportunity they could to spend time with one another. Eventually they bore a child that would not only be proof of their forbidden act together, but would also be of the worst possible timing. Both had been off duty for the longest of times, only mere days after Valic's birth, they were both called to duty once more. Unsure of what to do, they left Valic in the hands conjurer's guild owner in Gridania to attend their responsibilities. They had yet to come up with a name for one born of both seeker and keeper, so they left only a title that would make Valic's life simpler to the conjurer's guild... "Sunblood". To be proven as heritage of just one tribe like a normal miqo'te, and not to be killed.

His parents were both called to the same task, of destroying the elder primal known as Odin found in the Black Shroud. A task that was no easy trial to overcome, they had fought anyways unaware of Odin's true potential. Odin raised his mighty blade to Valic's mother, only to be instantly interrupted and destroyed by an enormous flare attack produced by Valic's father. An ability forbidden for it's black magic nature, it incinerated his body in return for obliterating Odin and saving his lover. This in turn came at a price, Odin's power in a last ditch effort to save itself had tempered the father's soul. Taking it as a new body to posses as a new champion for Odin's grasp. The mother recognized the acts and knew this would never end but with one attempt to free the father's soul. No average healing magic has ever shown to purify a tempered body, she instead gave up her life force entirely to severe the ties of Odin's possession, killing herself in the act but freeing the father of his bound soul. These acts, though foolish, had reduced Odin to just the sword it was until the day another fool attempted to pick it back up. Leaving the two lovers free to the lifestream together and Valic to be raised without his actual parents.

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Eventually as little Sunblood had grown old enough to be told of his parents valor and courage in battle. The secret of the parents kept to the conjurer's guild owner to keep him safe. Sunblood chose his own name to carry on; "Valic Sunblood", to honor the ''valor'' they showed to protect each other using forbidden ''magic'' despite all odds and keep his true bloodline a secret. Valic had an interest in magic ever since, but never claimed it to be due to his parents. Just a natural interest in the manipulation of aether, from watching adventurers come to the guild to learn how to heal and protect others. At age 10 he had begun attending the guild, practicing conjury and studying it however he could through literature. By age 12 he had fully developed his skills and wanted to learn more despite this, eventually learning of the Padjali and the elementals power of "white magic". This discipline interested Valic so, but was with warning. Afterall how could a child told of his parent's deeds forget that a magic this powerful is forbidden for a reason. Despite this, Valic still had talked to as many as he could and read anything he could within the entire Gridanian nation to better understand the discipline known as white magic. By age 15, Valic accepted the rules and bindings of this forbidden art, aware that he would not be deemed worthy to attain it. He had only practiced his conjury to the farthest potential he could, eventually wondering of the other half of the magic disciplines.

Thinking of his father's deeds, Valic had gotten interest in learning of thaumaturgy and it's more forbidden disciplines. This lead to Valic setting off on a journey to Ul'dah, leaving behind his home and seeking out the thaumaturge guild. Once arrived, he spent years in training to learn of thaumaturgy and practice it. Of age 18, he questioned it's full potential as he did conjury, learning of the forbidden disciplines of "black magic". However unlike the other, this discipline was far more deadly and unforgiving, only leading Valic to studying it to better his control over his newly found thaumaturge abilities. Reading upon literature in the vast tomes of the guild, he had fully read the history of the Sixth Umbral Era war. The knowledge gained from the resulting catastrophes of the two disciplines, of "white and black" resulted in Valic's acceptance of his inability to use either. Not only for the harmful effects caused to Hydaelyn, but even that it is considered illegal of the lands to practice due to the detrimental effects to one's self... or even others. Despite accepting these circumstances, Valic continued to study as though there could be ways to use these for the benefit of Eorzean kind. Of age 20, Valic had been noticing the devastating effects of the Seventh Umbral Calamity tearing across the land as it approached it's end. Wanting to follow ins his parents footsteps and contribute his magical prowess to the greater good, he set out for the illustrious Maelstrom. This felt like a good middle ground for Valic, an area without a magic discipline influence on the land or law such as those of the white magic discipline in all of the Gridanian's nation or the black magic discipline of all Ul'dahn's nation. It was also the one nation his parents had not served in, though Valic joined more-so test his potential of both his learned practices without a bias of the nation's aetherial influence.

Valic enlisted to the Maelstrom at age 20 in hopes to help in the efforts of the calamity at hand. His training was presented through multiple forms of aetheric manipulation as well as physical combat. Valic was more keen to his abilities of aether but had taken up a specifically interesting looking sword offered to him while in training. It was commonly known as a rapier, a sword wielded with composure and technique. Valic's curiosity formed as he picked one up and had trained with it as well as learning to balance the use of his magical expertise with it. Of age 23 he had already been participating in basic duties such as patrols, stopping beast tribe conflict, and upholding standard Eorzean laws. Granted the rank of officer with his loyalty in check, his skills with a sword proven remarkable, and his love for Hydaelyn's protection a first priority. When not in duty, Valic had been given a journal to write down his thoughts into. To this day he carries around this journal, writing down theories of magical use, practices, thoughts, key events to remember, and anything he feels he would like to keep to himself without sharing to anyone. Valic developed a more stoic and cold attitude throughout his service in the military, while still somehow being kind to his fellow man. The Maelstrom had given to him a chocobo of interesting coloration, red with white plumes. It was meant as a utility in duty, fast and able to fly. It ended up growing a liking to him, Valic naming it after it's firey looking feathers and heated ambition when riding into battle... "Embersome". It wasn't soon after the teenage chocobo would have a companion, as Valic was assigned a duty to investigate Coerthas Central Highlands, finding a small chocobo trapped inside an icy cavern chirping for help. Valic had rescued the chick, noticing it's feathers looked frozen... Blue even! He took it with him to the maelstrom barracks with Embersome acting as an older brother to it. The small female chick was still shivering, Valic being kind and more openhearted realizing it's pain. Offered it some hot cocoa he had obtained within the barracks from the culinary guild. The bird was disobedient to Valic and cold but still accepting to his help. He ended up naming this one "Chococoa" thinking she needed to warm up to him. The older brother while strong and able to fly helped raise her, as Chococoa was more adept to fighting and even picking up some minor healing skills from Valic when allowed to be brought out to duty. They proved to be comforting allies and in Valic's eyes, beautiful creations born of Hydaelyn's magnificent power.

Of age 26, the war already concluded, Valic was unable to invest his help where he truly wanted as he dreamed of when first enlisted. He did not end up empty handed however, seeing that he had honed his magical skills and sword skills to the best of his abilities, as well as gain two feathered friends... He retired his sword to the Maelstrom for now, the commanding officers and Admiral herself giving him an elite coat to be remembered. As well as a salute welcoming him back to the military whenever possible. Valic had felt a desire he was uncertain of, a desire to learn more and break the limits of his potential despite all he had learned. He had taken his chocobos with him and stabled them nearby anywhere he traveled. Taking a couple years to himself to further his knowledge once more, and even develop theories of his own with his new founded techniques. Writing in his journal nearly every day, rereading, and exploring every open end to tapping into the natural essence of aether to better himself. Over time, he had met travelers speak of a discipline known as "red magic", an art of using one's own mana and rapier to accelerate and empower one's spells without consuming ambient aether. Learning of this, Valic furthered his studies and trained in his free time to understand this art down to the last detail. Little did he know he was already so inherently using the concept of red magic in the most basic form in his military service. With his natural abilities, he had acquired a favorable taste in using this discipline over all others, as it proved viable and powerful while still keeping the planet and it's creations from harms way.
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<h2 style="margin-top:0px; border-color:!!!HEADER-COLOR; font-family:'palatino linotype'; font-size:25px; color:#c00000; HEADER-COLOR">Heavensward - End 3.57</h2>
Valic is now of age 28, retired still from the maelstrom, seeking to become a master of his abilities. He had obtained an income while enlisted and received a small retirement fund from the military service that he still uses day in and out living. To rest at inns, explore the lands while keeping track of his discoveries in his journal. His nature still quiet and to himself, he is more ambitious to better himself now than he had ever been before. Often spending time in the thaumaturge guild for old times sake and reading or occasionally strolling through the shroud helping passing adventurers. Valic has met a few adventurers who have enlightened him to the art of arcanima. While he does partake in studying it, he feels as though he is unable to put his techniques towards it due to his natural talent to imbue aether with an element to amplify it's use than to leave it unattributed or unaspected. Valic considers himself to be be a philosopher, taking in all the knowledge he can and then deducing theories of their use or possibilities that can be produced. So naturally he will try to attain the best out of his disciplines whenever possible. You can find Valic often traveling Eorzea, reading, writing, and even doing his own tests out in the field of combat of his own will and devotion to Eorzea.

<h2 style="margin-top:0px; border-color:!!!HEADER-COLOR; font-family:'palatino linotype'; font-size:25px; color:#c00000; HEADER-COLOR">Stormblood - Dawning the Red 4.0</h2>
Valic had decided it was time to put his skills to a true test, no longer to stand idle in his studies. Gaining the knowledge that there would be retribution and liberation of the lands in Gyr Abania, he had taken his sword up to arms again. This time without the maelstrom to tie his hands on how or where he could help, he purchased a well crafted rapier and crystal medium from the lands of Ishgard, fluctuating with aether and power throughout the blade. Then picking up an outfit suitable for battle to lead into the battlefield. The resistance became fully aware of his allegiance and cause to take action as Valic swept across all of Gyr Abania, aiding wherever possible. No longer was he bound by ruling or responsibility to serve specifics, he could at last aid where his potential sought to be his true purpose. Valic now scours the battlefields, testing his limits and pushing his knowledge further in each battle to come. You can find Valic traveling all across the lands, aiding wherever possible in the war effort to deprive Garlemald of their forces in Eorzea. Even sailing across the seas to the distant east as he heard there was resistance being formed in the lands of Doma. Despite dawning this new outfit for war, he still wears his signature glasses and adores reading his journal entries as well as writing new ones as he travels.
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: <font style="color:#c00000;COMMON-RUMORS-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> ''"I wish he'd notice me..."''
: <font style="color:#c00000;COMMON-RUMORS-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> ''"Does he ever stop reading?"''
: <font style="color:#c00000;COMMON-RUMORS-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> ''"The hell do these ladies see in him... bet it's the ears."''
: <font style="color:#c00000;COMMON-RUMORS-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> ''"He does this thing with grapes..."''
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(moderately difficult to overhear)</div>
: <font style="color:#c00000;MODERATE-RUMORS-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> ''"He was born in Gridania, why doesn't he ever go near the Shroud then?"''
: <font style="color:#c00000;MODERATE-RUMORS-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> ''"I took a peek at his journal while he was writing, without being noticed...I couldn't read a blasted thing! The pages are FLOODED with writing and scribbles!"''
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(very difficult or rarely overheard)</div>
: <font style="color:#c00000;RARE-RUMORS-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> ''"I could've sworn I heard a huge explosion, in North Thanalan, all I found was scorched land and a ton of empty elixir bottles..."''
: <font style="color:#c00000;RARE-RUMORS-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> ''"He almost looks like he could be part Keeper of the Moon."''
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(rumors from the characters of other players)</div>
: <font style="color:#c00000;PC-RUMORS-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> ''"Yer tellin' me that...that magic can cure hangovers? Shite. Knew I loved magic fer a good reason."'' - Thosinwilf Sylboeya
: <font style="color:#c00000;PC-RUMORS-COLOR" size="2">&diams;</font> ''"His library is SUCH a mess, but there are so many interesting tomes too! I don't know whether I ought to clean it or read everything!"'' - Maqali Qulaan
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'''[[Maqali_Qulaan|Maqali Qulaan]]''' - A young Xaela Au Ra that has taken position as Valic's official retainer. Interested in magic as well as being skilled in fishing, alchemy, culinary, astromancy, and ''disassembly''; Maqali has taken this position both as a simple job and a means to learn more about aether manipulation from an experienced scholar of the magical disciplines such as Valic. She has strong determination to learn and has so far proven to be diligent in her position to do her best as a retainer.
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- None of the IC information in this article is to be used for RP interactions unless given permission to do so myself, not from just reading this article. Otherwise everything is strictly known/obtained through RP. Rumors being the possible only exception to this within reason, use good judgement.

- I'm open to all walk-ups, all forms of RP, M and ERP within reason so long as story relevant so long as I have my RP status tag on.

- While Valic himself is proficient in conjury, thaumaturgy and etc, I don't actually have conjury leveled at all currently. I'm also not one to be the other classes outside his character given class as a red mage.

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Maqali Qulaan

2017-08-05T16:46:06Z

Maqali Qulaan: /* History/Timeline */

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==Character==
===General===
Born a Xaela of the Qulaani tribe and raised a ward and subject of Garlean Empire, Maqali Qulaan is a child of diverse background and divided loyalties. She is blessed with a keen mind that was honed by strict tutelage during her fosterage and a curiosity - encouraged by her guardians - for all things magic. That curiosity extends well beyond the aetherial, however - Maqali also has a strong desire to learn of her origins which led her into hot water on more than one occasion. Though she was named Maqali at her birth, her guardians gave her the name Kaltia, which she used exclusively until she met her sister. She still slips up sometimes and uses her given name, much to Jaliqai's extreme displeasure.

At the behest of parties unknown within Garlemald, Maqali was sent to Eorzea to study magic as she wished, with the understanding that she should hide her Garlean upbringing. Maqali knows that Eorzeans generally have a strong dislike or even hatred for Garlemald, but an education filled with propaganda has her quite confused about ''why'' such hatred exists. Despite having been trained in 'unaccented' Eorzean to disguise her Garlean education, her habit of referring to events such as the destruction of Doma as 'difficulties' and Ala Mhigo as an Imperial province sometimes reveal her origin.

Despite her youth, Maqali is already reasonably well-traveled, at least around safer Eorzean lands. She's visited both Ul'dah and Limsa Lominsa, but has yet to see Gridania as the overland journey is much harder (and more dangerous) than the ferry from Thanalan to Limsa Lominsa.
===Appearance===
Tall for a Xaela child at 60 ilms, Maqali's face yet has a roundness that betrays her youth. She has the dark skin common to Qulaani Xaela, and like her sister Jaliqai has bright yellow eyes. Her facial horns are delicate and curl back away from her face, which is mostly unobscured by scales. She has a thinness that is common among adolescents that recently experienced a growth spurt to go with an already-slight frame, and that factored with her height can make it quite difficult to accurately judge her age. While it's readily apparent that she's not yet an adult, the fifteen cycles she claims to be can be easily believed if one assumes she's simply rather small of build for her age.

Maqali often wears a pair of spectacles owing to weakened eyesight caused by reading in poor light. Her outfits are varied, as she has a stipend from her guardians that she sometimes spends frivolously. She has a marked preference for dresses and skirts, yet also prefers solid boots to lighter shoes and sandals. She carries a large, heavy satchel with her when she travels, inside of which are usually several tomes as well as a number of aetheric implements. She used to keep her planisphere in the satchel as well, but has taken recently to carrying it openly.
===Personality===
The most immediately notable aspect of her personality is her insatiable curiosity. She has a strong desire to learn as much as she can about magic, which is as much the result of her guardians' urging as it is her own interest. She also desires to know as much as she can about the Qulaan tribe, and Xaela as a whole. She's impetuous to a fault (as adolescents often are) and is often quite convinced of her own rightness, even when evidence exists to the contrary. Her interests tend towards the mercurial, and anything that catches her attention can become the focus of her intense scrutiny - at least until the next bauble or gossip draws her eye. On the other hand, she's also as loyal a friend as one could ask for, willing to sacrifice much for someone she values.
===History===
Born in the first month to the Qulaan Xaela under an auspicious moon, great things were expected of the younger sister of the already-talented Jaliqai. Unfortunately, that potential would go unrealized - the Qulaani came into conflict with the Garleans when Maqali was barely four cycles old. Their retribution annihilated the tribe, leaving few scattered survivors, many of which were rounded up and 'death marched' to a nearby Garlean settlement.

Maqali remembers almost none of this, save for some brief flashes of fire and hurt.

Instead, her childhood memories are of stern and unyielding (yet fair) Garlean foster parents who raised her to be an intelligent, inquisitive, and obedient child of the Empire. They had a limited tolerance for her questions regarding her origin, as they expressed that the past should be left to the past, and gave her a name better suited to a ward of Garlemald. She demonstrated a propensity for magic early on, but owing to the Empire's limited resources in that regard, a Sharlayan tutor was found and hired for her. This tutor left unexpectedly a cycle later without any explanation as to why, and her guardians found all of their inquiries for a new tutor to be denied without reason.

Eventually, her guardians decided - with help - to send her on something of a journey of discovery into Eorzea, where she might have the opportunity to study many forms of magic and potentially bring that knowledge back to Garlemald. It was considered to be a low risk (that risk being the life of a child taken from enemies of the Empire, which is to say, little value at all) and potentially high reward. Maqali - then known as Kaltia - was tutored extensively in Eorzean and taught much of the irrational hatred that Eorzeans hold for the enlightened Empire. She was prepared as extensively as she could be and sent on her way with a modest stipend.

None of her 'handlers' could have foreseen that she might encounter one of the last survivors of her old tribe, nor the consequences on their investment that might follow.
==Combat==
Though undeniably talented in aetheric manipulation, Maqali is still very much a child. She has no practical combat experience, and while she as a great deal of ''talent'' for magic, she has yet to gain the knowledge that even a journeyman might possess. This potential is further diluted by the fact that she's dabbled in several arts, rather than devoting her studies to just one. Thus, against a determined foe, she's almost certain to be outclassed, unless she can overwhelm them with raw, partly-unformed aether. She usually bears her Astrologian's planisphere on her person, and is thus likely to rely on astromancy as a first line of defense - it's the only arcane art she's studied for more than a couple of moons and thus the one she's most likely to be successful with.

Maqali does possess a passing knowledge of arcanima and an interest in learning more, but aside from a brief few moons in Limsa Lominsa learning the basics she has spent little time studying it. She has a crystal for summoning a carbuncle but has yet to be able to adequately control it. She is also familiar with the basics of thaumaturgy but has not begun to study or practice that art, and has no experience or knowledge of conjury.

She does carry a firearm for personal defense as well as her magical implements, and is far more likely to mount a successful defense with this weapon than her magic. Unlike the case with her (haphazard) magical training, her guardians were more than capable of ensuring that she knew how to use and maintain a firearm. Her sister is trying to encourage her to learn the bow or spear, but she has yet to make any progress with any sort of traditional weaponry.
==Tendencies==
===Likes===
::* Learning and studying, especially magic
::* Traveling (though not the hardships of the road)
::* New clothes, especially skirts and dresses
::* Meeting new people and learning of different cultures
::* Open-mindedness
::* Being treated as an adult/being given the opportunity to prove herself
::* Learning restricted secrets, especially knowledge of lost and/or forbidden magics
::* Pastries (and really most foods)

===Dislikes===
::* Blind hatred of Garlemald
::* Willful ignorance
::* Being treated as a child (even though she is one)
::* Physical hardship (which can vary depending on her mood - some days even rain is a 'hardship')
::* Jaliqai pulling on her horns

===Hobbies/Talents===
::* ''Aetherically gifted'' - she has both a keen mind and curiosity to help her exploit that gift
::* ''Fishing'' - the one form of 'hunting' she thus far has demonstrable talent in
::* ''Tinkering and engineering'' - she's very keen to learn more about machinery and gadgetry, though she has yet to learn anything beyond the rudiments of firearm care and modification
::* ''Astromancy'' - the one form of magic that she has any real education in and likely the one she has the most aptitude for, as well

==Relationships==
===Family===
::* ''Sister'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Jaliqai_Qulaan Jaliqai Qulaan]
::: Jaliqai is Maqali's older sister and has been instructing her in the ways and traditions of the Qulaan Xaela. Maqali was both surprised and pleased to encounter her sister in Ul'dah, though her initial exuberance was tempered quickly by Jaliqai's willingness to use physical means to enforce Maqali's compliance with her expectations, as well as her sister's utter hatred of Garlemald. She is rather dismayed to find that Jaliqai does not approve of her magic use nor her reliance on firearms, but the sisters eventually reached a compromise - Maqali would endeavor to learn traditional Qulaani hunting techniques and weaponry, and Jaliqai would try to keep an open mind regarding Maqali's magic and its usefulness for the Qulaani.
===Friends===
::* ''Martial Mentor'' - Shilugei Ganbataar (a.k.a. Gan)
::: Shilugei 'Gan' Ganbataar is one of two new friends that Maqali met at The Coffer & Coffin following a less-than successful fishing trip. The two struck up a fast friendship over a shared love of tea and common Xaela heritage. Upon hearing of her lack of martial talent and sister's insistence on this changing, Gan volunteered to instruct Maqali in the spear. For her part, Maqali 'repays' him by trying to help him find love with the right Miqo'te.
::* ''Arcane Mentor'' - Fandris Elestrian
::: Originally met as a friend of U'zamza Steelclaw and potential date for Gan, Fandris quickly became a friend in his own right. It was he who tested her knowledge of astromancy and encouraged Maqali to attend the Runestone competition, and though she lost in the first round, Fandris' tutelage in addition to her not-awful performance gave her a measure of confidence that she might be able to learn enough magic to make it useful to the tribe.
::* ''Unfortunate Miqo'te'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/U'zamza_Steelclaw#tab=General U'zamza Steelclaw]
::: Maqali met U'zamza shortly after first encountering Gan at The Coffer & Coffin. He'd just had a 'discussion' with a Hyur woman that seemed near to violence, and after she'd departed Maqali and Gan approached to comfort U'zamza on his breakup. As it turned out, they'd completely misread the situation, but nonetheless a friendship was formed. Maqali cheered on U'zamza at the following eve's Grindstone tournament, where U'zamza was defeated (but not eaten) by what Maqali assumed was a cannibal. He in turn accompanied her to the Runestone to offer support in kind. Their initial encounter has her convinced that U'zamza is perpetually surrounded by bad luck, or perhaps even cursed, despite the fact that the only ill fortune was entirely imagined on her part. She is determined to find a way to use her astromancy to dispel his bad luck. She considers U'zamza to be like the older brother she never had, as he offers non-judgmental advice and encourages her to better herself.
::* ''Restaurant Aficionado'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/C'laihn_Venator C'laihn Venator] (a.k.a. Lain)
::: C'laihn 'Lain' Venator is a Miqo'te that Maqali met at her sister's gala in Ul'dah. Like Maqali, he was avidly stalking the pastry tray, and the pair bonded over the demise of an entire platter of stuffed pastries. He accompanied Maqali and Gan to Jaliqai's tavern for the after-party, where he bore witness to Maqali's unfortunate encounter with 'Dragon's Breath' liquor. She's amused at his fondness for leaping onto high places, and considers him the easiest of all of her friends and family to talk to.
===Enemies===
::* None
==Rumors==
===Common Rumors===
::* ''The Au Ra kid, right? I saw her chasing a carbuncle around Thanalan - it had a huge fish in its mouth and she was shouting at it.''
::* ''You say her name's Maqali? I could've sworn she said Kaltia. What a little liar!''
::* ''She's so formal and well-spoken - it's hard to believe she's so young sometimes!''

===Moderate Rumors===
::* ''One of those Xaela refugees, right? No way - she doesn't sound anything like those Domans at all, and she's way too well-fed to be a refugee at all. There's something fishy there, mark my words!''
::* ''She's a smart kid, but she's got a smart mouth too. I won't be surprised at all if she comes to a bad end from not shutting up.''
::* ''I've never seen someone put away as much food as that kid. Scrawny little thing, but don't let it fool you - I offered to sell her enough to fill her up, thinking 'hey, tiny kid like this will pay a fortune and eat almost nothing.' Now I'm out of my entire stock of megalocrab and almost all of my apkallu eggs, too. If you're feeding her, charge by the meal.''

===Rare Rumors===
::* ''I'm pretty sure that fellow she was chatting oh-so cozily with is a Garlean spy. Don't believe me? Fine - but why does she visit him every week and always buy the same meal?''
::* ''I heard she's hooked up with some mercenary company. Or maybe she's a gardener? I'm not sure which - but I have concerns about mercenaries that'll take on a kid.''
::* ''She sure spends a lot of time with some unsavory folk. Questionable Miqo'te, that Xaela hunter woman, taverns hither and yon... whoever her parents are, they're doing an awful job keeping out of trouble.''

===PC Rumors===
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==History/Timeline==
(Will be written... someday)<br />
((Meeting with Jaliqai))<br />
((First Runestone and the Gala))<br />
((Disappearance))<br />
((Return to Eorzea))<br />
((Search for Jaliqai... and employment))

==Annotations==

This Template was created by [[Deirdre Ta'ea]]

Maqali Qulaan

2017-08-05T16:40:02Z

Maqali Qulaan:

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==Character==
===General===
Born a Xaela of the Qulaani tribe and raised a ward and subject of Garlean Empire, Maqali Qulaan is a child of diverse background and divided loyalties. She is blessed with a keen mind that was honed by strict tutelage during her fosterage and a curiosity - encouraged by her guardians - for all things magic. That curiosity extends well beyond the aetherial, however - Maqali also has a strong desire to learn of her origins which led her into hot water on more than one occasion. Though she was named Maqali at her birth, her guardians gave her the name Kaltia, which she used exclusively until she met her sister. She still slips up sometimes and uses her given name, much to Jaliqai's extreme displeasure.

At the behest of parties unknown within Garlemald, Maqali was sent to Eorzea to study magic as she wished, with the understanding that she should hide her Garlean upbringing. Maqali knows that Eorzeans generally have a strong dislike or even hatred for Garlemald, but an education filled with propaganda has her quite confused about ''why'' such hatred exists. Despite having been trained in 'unaccented' Eorzean to disguise her Garlean education, her habit of referring to events such as the destruction of Doma as 'difficulties' and Ala Mhigo as an Imperial province sometimes reveal her origin.

Despite her youth, Maqali is already reasonably well-traveled, at least around safer Eorzean lands. She's visited both Ul'dah and Limsa Lominsa, but has yet to see Gridania as the overland journey is much harder (and more dangerous) than the ferry from Thanalan to Limsa Lominsa.
===Appearance===
Tall for a Xaela child at 60 ilms, Maqali's face yet has a roundness that betrays her youth. She has the dark skin common to Qulaani Xaela, and like her sister Jaliqai has bright yellow eyes. Her facial horns are delicate and curl back away from her face, which is mostly unobscured by scales. She has a thinness that is common among adolescents that recently experienced a growth spurt to go with an already-slight frame, and that factored with her height can make it quite difficult to accurately judge her age. While it's readily apparent that she's not yet an adult, the fifteen cycles she claims to be can be easily believed if one assumes she's simply rather small of build for her age.

Maqali often wears a pair of spectacles owing to weakened eyesight caused by reading in poor light. Her outfits are varied, as she has a stipend from her guardians that she sometimes spends frivolously. She has a marked preference for dresses and skirts, yet also prefers solid boots to lighter shoes and sandals. She carries a large, heavy satchel with her when she travels, inside of which are usually several tomes as well as a number of aetheric implements. She used to keep her planisphere in the satchel as well, but has taken recently to carrying it openly.
===Personality===
The most immediately notable aspect of her personality is her insatiable curiosity. She has a strong desire to learn as much as she can about magic, which is as much the result of her guardians' urging as it is her own interest. She also desires to know as much as she can about the Qulaan tribe, and Xaela as a whole. She's impetuous to a fault (as adolescents often are) and is often quite convinced of her own rightness, even when evidence exists to the contrary. Her interests tend towards the mercurial, and anything that catches her attention can become the focus of her intense scrutiny - at least until the next bauble or gossip draws her eye. On the other hand, she's also as loyal a friend as one could ask for, willing to sacrifice much for someone she values.
===History===
Born in the first month to the Qulaan Xaela under an auspicious moon, great things were expected of the younger sister of the already-talented Jaliqai. Unfortunately, that potential would go unrealized - the Qulaani came into conflict with the Garleans when Maqali was barely four cycles old. Their retribution annihilated the tribe, leaving few scattered survivors, many of which were rounded up and 'death marched' to a nearby Garlean settlement.

Maqali remembers almost none of this, save for some brief flashes of fire and hurt.

Instead, her childhood memories are of stern and unyielding (yet fair) Garlean foster parents who raised her to be an intelligent, inquisitive, and obedient child of the Empire. They had a limited tolerance for her questions regarding her origin, as they expressed that the past should be left to the past, and gave her a name better suited to a ward of Garlemald. She demonstrated a propensity for magic early on, but owing to the Empire's limited resources in that regard, a Sharlayan tutor was found and hired for her. This tutor left unexpectedly a cycle later without any explanation as to why, and her guardians found all of their inquiries for a new tutor to be denied without reason.

Eventually, her guardians decided - with help - to send her on something of a journey of discovery into Eorzea, where she might have the opportunity to study many forms of magic and potentially bring that knowledge back to Garlemald. It was considered to be a low risk (that risk being the life of a child taken from enemies of the Empire, which is to say, little value at all) and potentially high reward. Maqali - then known as Kaltia - was tutored extensively in Eorzean and taught much of the irrational hatred that Eorzeans hold for the enlightened Empire. She was prepared as extensively as she could be and sent on her way with a modest stipend.

None of her 'handlers' could have foreseen that she might encounter one of the last survivors of her old tribe, nor the consequences on their investment that might follow.
==Combat==
Though undeniably talented in aetheric manipulation, Maqali is still very much a child. She has no practical combat experience, and while she as a great deal of ''talent'' for magic, she has yet to gain the knowledge that even a journeyman might possess. This potential is further diluted by the fact that she's dabbled in several arts, rather than devoting her studies to just one. Thus, against a determined foe, she's almost certain to be outclassed, unless she can overwhelm them with raw, partly-unformed aether. She usually bears her Astrologian's planisphere on her person, and is thus likely to rely on astromancy as a first line of defense - it's the only arcane art she's studied for more than a couple of moons and thus the one she's most likely to be successful with.

Maqali does possess a passing knowledge of arcanima and an interest in learning more, but aside from a brief few moons in Limsa Lominsa learning the basics she has spent little time studying it. She has a crystal for summoning a carbuncle but has yet to be able to adequately control it. She is also familiar with the basics of thaumaturgy but has not begun to study or practice that art, and has no experience or knowledge of conjury.

She does carry a firearm for personal defense as well as her magical implements, and is far more likely to mount a successful defense with this weapon than her magic. Unlike the case with her (haphazard) magical training, her guardians were more than capable of ensuring that she knew how to use and maintain a firearm. Her sister is trying to encourage her to learn the bow or spear, but she has yet to make any progress with any sort of traditional weaponry.
==Tendencies==
===Likes===
::* Learning and studying, especially magic
::* Traveling (though not the hardships of the road)
::* New clothes, especially skirts and dresses
::* Meeting new people and learning of different cultures
::* Open-mindedness
::* Being treated as an adult/being given the opportunity to prove herself
::* Learning restricted secrets, especially knowledge of lost and/or forbidden magics
::* Pastries (and really most foods)

===Dislikes===
::* Blind hatred of Garlemald
::* Willful ignorance
::* Being treated as a child (even though she is one)
::* Physical hardship (which can vary depending on her mood - some days even rain is a 'hardship')
::* Jaliqai pulling on her horns

===Hobbies/Talents===
::* ''Aetherically gifted'' - she has both a keen mind and curiosity to help her exploit that gift
::* ''Fishing'' - the one form of 'hunting' she thus far has demonstrable talent in
::* ''Tinkering and engineering'' - she's very keen to learn more about machinery and gadgetry, though she has yet to learn anything beyond the rudiments of firearm care and modification
::* ''Astromancy'' - the one form of magic that she has any real education in and likely the one she has the most aptitude for, as well

==Relationships==
===Family===
::* ''Sister'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Jaliqai_Qulaan Jaliqai Qulaan]
::: Jaliqai is Maqali's older sister and has been instructing her in the ways and traditions of the Qulaan Xaela. Maqali was both surprised and pleased to encounter her sister in Ul'dah, though her initial exuberance was tempered quickly by Jaliqai's willingness to use physical means to enforce Maqali's compliance with her expectations, as well as her sister's utter hatred of Garlemald. She is rather dismayed to find that Jaliqai does not approve of her magic use nor her reliance on firearms, but the sisters eventually reached a compromise - Maqali would endeavor to learn traditional Qulaani hunting techniques and weaponry, and Jaliqai would try to keep an open mind regarding Maqali's magic and its usefulness for the Qulaani.
===Friends===
::* ''Martial Mentor'' - Shilugei Ganbataar (a.k.a. Gan)
::: Shilugei 'Gan' Ganbataar is one of two new friends that Maqali met at The Coffer & Coffin following a less-than successful fishing trip. The two struck up a fast friendship over a shared love of tea and common Xaela heritage. Upon hearing of her lack of martial talent and sister's insistence on this changing, Gan volunteered to instruct Maqali in the spear. For her part, Maqali 'repays' him by trying to help him find love with the right Miqo'te.
::* ''Arcane Mentor'' - Fandris Elestrian
::: Originally met as a friend of U'zamza Steelclaw and potential date for Gan, Fandris quickly became a friend in his own right. It was he who tested her knowledge of astromancy and encouraged Maqali to attend the Runestone competition, and though she lost in the first round, Fandris' tutelage in addition to her not-awful performance gave her a measure of confidence that she might be able to learn enough magic to make it useful to the tribe.
::* ''Unfortunate Miqo'te'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/U'zamza_Steelclaw#tab=General U'zamza Steelclaw]
::: Maqali met U'zamza shortly after first encountering Gan at The Coffer & Coffin. He'd just had a 'discussion' with a Hyur woman that seemed near to violence, and after she'd departed Maqali and Gan approached to comfort U'zamza on his breakup. As it turned out, they'd completely misread the situation, but nonetheless a friendship was formed. Maqali cheered on U'zamza at the following eve's Grindstone tournament, where U'zamza was defeated (but not eaten) by what Maqali assumed was a cannibal. He in turn accompanied her to the Runestone to offer support in kind. Their initial encounter has her convinced that U'zamza is perpetually surrounded by bad luck, or perhaps even cursed, despite the fact that the only ill fortune was entirely imagined on her part. She is determined to find a way to use her astromancy to dispel his bad luck. She considers U'zamza to be like the older brother she never had, as he offers non-judgmental advice and encourages her to better herself.
::* ''Restaurant Aficionado'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/C'laihn_Venator C'laihn Venator] (a.k.a. Lain)
::: C'laihn 'Lain' Venator is a Miqo'te that Maqali met at her sister's gala in Ul'dah. Like Maqali, he was avidly stalking the pastry tray, and the pair bonded over the demise of an entire platter of stuffed pastries. He accompanied Maqali and Gan to Jaliqai's tavern for the after-party, where he bore witness to Maqali's unfortunate encounter with 'Dragon's Breath' liquor. She's amused at his fondness for leaping onto high places, and considers him the easiest of all of her friends and family to talk to.
===Enemies===
::* None
==Rumors==
===Common Rumors===
::* ''The Au Ra kid, right? I saw her chasing a carbuncle around Thanalan - it had a huge fish in its mouth and she was shouting at it.''
::* ''You say her name's Maqali? I could've sworn she said Kaltia. What a little liar!''
::* ''She's so formal and well-spoken - it's hard to believe she's so young sometimes!''

===Moderate Rumors===
::* ''One of those Xaela refugees, right? No way - she doesn't sound anything like those Domans at all, and she's way too well-fed to be a refugee at all. There's something fishy there, mark my words!''
::* ''She's a smart kid, but she's got a smart mouth too. I won't be surprised at all if she comes to a bad end from not shutting up.''
::* ''I've never seen someone put away as much food as that kid. Scrawny little thing, but don't let it fool you - I offered to sell her enough to fill her up, thinking 'hey, tiny kid like this will pay a fortune and eat almost nothing.' Now I'm out of my entire stock of megalocrab and almost all of my apkallu eggs, too. If you're feeding her, charge by the meal.''

===Rare Rumors===
::* ''I'm pretty sure that fellow she was chatting oh-so cozily with is a Garlean spy. Don't believe me? Fine - but why does she visit him every week and always buy the same meal?''
::* ''I heard she's hooked up with some mercenary company. Or maybe she's a gardener? I'm not sure which - but I have concerns about mercenaries that'll take on a kid.''
::* ''She sure spends a lot of time with some unsavory folk. Questionable Miqo'te, that Xaela hunter woman, taverns hither and yon... whoever her parents are, they're doing an awful job keeping out of trouble.''

===PC Rumors===
::*
::*
::*

==History/Timeline==
(Will be written... someday)
((Meeting with Jaliqai))
((First Runestone and the Gala))
((Disappearance))
((Return to Eorzea))
((Search for Jaliqai... and employment))

==Annotations==

This Template was created by [[Deirdre Ta'ea]]

Maqali Qulaan

2017-08-05T16:39:06Z

Maqali Qulaan:

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==Character==
===General===
Born a Xaela of the Qulaani tribe and raised a ward and subject of Garlean Empire, Maqali Qulaan is a child of diverse background and divided loyalties. She is blessed with a keen mind that was honed by strict tutelage during her fosterage and a curiosity - encouraged by her guardians - for all things magic. That curiosity extends well beyond the aetherial, however - Maqali also has a strong desire to learn of her origins which led her into hot water on more than one occasion. Though she was named Maqali at her birth, her guardians gave her the name Kaltia, which she used exclusively until she met her sister. She still slips up sometimes and uses her given name, much to Jaliqai's extreme displeasure.

At the behest of parties unknown within Garlemald, Maqali was sent to Eorzea to study magic as she wished, with the understanding that she should hide her Garlean upbringing. Maqali knows that Eorzeans generally have a strong dislike or even hatred for Garlemald, but an education filled with propaganda has her quite confused about ''why'' such hatred exists. Despite having been trained in 'unaccented' Eorzean to disguise her Garlean education, her habit of referring to events such as the destruction of Doma as 'difficulties' and Ala Mhigo as an Imperial province sometimes reveal her origin.

Despite her youth, Maqali is already reasonably well-traveled, at least around safer Eorzean lands. She's visited both Ul'dah and Limsa Lominsa, but has yet to see Gridania as the overland journey is much harder (and more dangerous) than the ferry from Thanalan to Limsa Lominsa.
===Appearance===
Tall for a Xaela child at 60 ilms, Maqali's face yet has a roundness that betrays her youth. She has the dark skin common to Qulaani Xaela, and like her sister Jaliqai has bright yellow eyes. Her facial horns are delicate and curl back away from her face, which is mostly unobscured by scales. She has a thinness that is common among adolescents that recently experienced a growth spurt to go with an already-slight frame, and that factored with her height can make it quite difficult to accurately judge her age. While it's readily apparent that she's not yet an adult, the fifteen cycles she claims to be can be easily believed if one assumes she's simply rather small of build for her age.

Maqali often wears a pair of spectacles owing to weakened eyesight caused by reading in poor light. Her outfits are varied, as she has a stipend from her guardians that she sometimes spends frivolously. She has a marked preference for dresses and skirts, yet also prefers solid boots to lighter shoes and sandals. She carries a large, heavy satchel with her when she travels, inside of which are usually several tomes as well as a number of aetheric implements. She used to keep her planisphere in the satchel as well, but has taken recently to carrying it openly.
===Personality===
The most immediately notable aspect of her personality is her insatiable curiosity. She has a strong desire to learn as much as she can about magic, which is as much the result of her guardians' urging as it is her own interest. She also desires to know as much as she can about the Qulaan tribe, and Xaela as a whole. She's impetuous to a fault (as adolescents often are) and is often quite convinced of her own rightness, even when evidence exists to the contrary. Her interests tend towards the mercurial, and anything that catches her attention can become the focus of her intense scrutiny - at least until the next bauble or gossip draws her eye. On the other hand, she's also as loyal a friend as one could ask for, willing to sacrifice much for someone she values.
===History===
Born in the first month to the Qulaan Xaela under an auspicious moon, great things were expected of the younger sister of the already-talented Jaliqai. Unfortunately, that potential would go unrealized - the Qulaani came into conflict with the Garleans when Maqali was barely four cycles old. Their retribution annihilated the tribe, leaving few scattered survivors, many of which were rounded up and 'death marched' to a nearby Garlean settlement.

Maqali remembers almost none of this, save for some brief flashes of fire and hurt.

Instead, her childhood memories are of stern and unyielding (yet fair) Garlean foster parents who raised her to be an intelligent, inquisitive, and obedient child of the Empire. They had a limited tolerance for her questions regarding her origin, as they expressed that the past should be left to the past, and gave her a name better suited to a ward of Garlemald. She demonstrated a propensity for magic early on, but owing to the Empire's limited resources in that regard, a Sharlayan tutor was found and hired for her. This tutor left unexpectedly a cycle later without any explanation as to why, and her guardians found all of their inquiries for a new tutor to be denied without reason.

Eventually, her guardians decided - with help - to send her on something of a journey of discovery into Eorzea, where she might have the opportunity to study many forms of magic and potentially bring that knowledge back to Garlemald. It was considered to be a low risk (that risk being the life of a child taken from enemies of the Empire, which is to say, little value at all) and potentially high reward. Maqali - then known as Kaltia - was tutored extensively in Eorzean and taught much of the irrational hatred that Eorzeans hold for the enlightened Empire. She was prepared as extensively as she could be and sent on her way with a modest stipend.

None of her 'handlers' could have foreseen that she might encounter one of the last survivors of her old tribe, nor the consequences on their investment that might follow.
==Combat==
Though undeniably talented in aetheric manipulation, Maqali is still very much a child. She has no practical combat experience, and while she as a great deal of ''talent'' for magic, she has yet to gain the knowledge that even a journeyman might possess. This potential is further diluted by the fact that she's dabbled in several arts, rather than devoting her studies to just one. Thus, against a determined foe, she's almost certain to be outclassed, unless she can overwhelm them with raw, partly-unformed aether. She usually bears her Astrologian's planisphere on her person, and is thus likely to rely on astromancy as a first line of defense - it's the only arcane art she's studied for more than a couple of moons and thus the one she's most likely to be successful with.

Maqali does possess a passing knowledge of arcanima and an interest in learning more, but aside from a brief few moons in Limsa Lominsa learning the basics she has spent little time studying it. She has a crystal for summoning a carbuncle but has yet to be able to adequately control it. She is also familiar with the basics of thaumaturgy but has not begun to study or practice that art, and has no experience or knowledge of conjury.

She does carry a firearm for personal defense as well as her magical implements, and is far more likely to mount a successful defense with this weapon than her magic. Unlike the case with her (haphazard) magical training, her guardians were more than capable of ensuring that she knew how to use and maintain a firearm. Her sister is trying to encourage her to learn the bow or spear, but she has yet to make any progress with any sort of traditional weaponry.
==Tendencies==
===Likes===
::* Learning and studying, especially magic
::* Traveling (though not the hardships of the road)
::* New clothes, especially skirts and dresses
::* Meeting new people and learning of different cultures
::* Open-mindedness
::* Being treated as an adult/being given the opportunity to prove herself
::* Learning restricted secrets, especially knowledge of lost and/or forbidden magics
::* Pastries (and really most foods)

===Dislikes===
::* Blind hatred of Garlemald
::* Willful ignorance
::* Being treated as a child (even though she is one)
::* Physical hardship (which can vary depending on her mood - some days even rain is a 'hardship')
::* Jaliqai pulling on her horns

===Hobbies/Talents===
::* ''Aetherically gifted'' - she has both a keen mind and curiosity to help her exploit that gift
::* ''Fishing'' - the one form of 'hunting' she thus far has demonstrable talent in
::* ''Tinkering and engineering'' - she's very keen to learn more about machinery and gadgetry, though she has yet to learn anything beyond the rudiments of firearm care and modification
::* ''Astromancy'' - the one form of magic that she has any real education in and likely the one she has the most aptitude for, as well

==Relationships==
===Family===
::* ''Sister'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Jaliqai_Qulaan Jaliqai Qulaan]
::: Jaliqai is Maqali's older sister and has been instructing her in the ways and traditions of the Qulaan Xaela. Maqali was both surprised and pleased to encounter her sister in Ul'dah, though her initial exuberance was tempered quickly by Jaliqai's willingness to use physical means to enforce Maqali's compliance with her expectations, as well as her sister's utter hatred of Garlemald. She is rather dismayed to find that Jaliqai does not approve of her magic use nor her reliance on firearms, but the sisters eventually reached a compromise - Maqali would endeavor to learn traditional Qulaani hunting techniques and weaponry, and Jaliqai would try to keep an open mind regarding Maqali's magic and its usefulness for the Qulaani.
===Friends===
::* ''Martial Mentor'' - Shilugei Ganbataar (a.k.a. Gan)
::: Shilugei 'Gan' Ganbataar is one of two new friends that Maqali met at The Coffer & Coffin following a less-than successful fishing trip. The two struck up a fast friendship over a shared love of tea and common Xaela heritage. Upon hearing of her lack of martial talent and sister's insistence on this changing, Gan volunteered to instruct Maqali in the spear. For her part, Maqali 'repays' him by trying to help him find love with the right Miqo'te.
::* ''Arcane Mentor'' - Fandris Elestrian
::: Originally met as a friend of U'zamza Steelclaw and potential date for Gan, Fandris quickly became a friend in his own right. It was he who tested her knowledge of astromancy and encouraged Maqali to attend the Runestone competition, and though she lost in the first round, Fandris' tutelage in addition to her not-awful performance gave her a measure of confidence that she might be able to learn enough magic to make it useful to the tribe.
::* ''Unfortunate Miqo'te'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/U'zamza_Steelclaw#tab=General U'zamza Steelclaw]
::: Maqali met U'zamza shortly after first encountering Gan at The Coffer & Coffin. He'd just had a 'discussion' with a Hyur woman that seemed near to violence, and after she'd departed Maqali and Gan approached to comfort U'zamza on his breakup. As it turned out, they'd completely misread the situation, but nonetheless a friendship was formed. Maqali cheered on U'zamza at the following eve's Grindstone tournament, where U'zamza was defeated (but not eaten) by what Maqali assumed was a cannibal. He in turn accompanied her to the Runestone to offer support in kind. Their initial encounter has her convinced that U'zamza is perpetually surrounded by bad luck, or perhaps even cursed, despite the fact that the only ill fortune was entirely imagined on her part. She is determined to find a way to use her astromancy to dispel his bad luck. She considers U'zamza to be like the older brother she never had, as he offers non-judgmental advice and encourages her to better herself.
::* ''Restaurant Aficionado'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/C'laihn_Venator C'laihn Venator] (a.k.a. Lain)
::: C'laihn 'Lain' Venator is a Miqo'te that Maqali met at her sister's gala in Ul'dah. Like Maqali, he was avidly stalking the pastry tray, and the pair bonded over the demise of an entire platter of stuffed pastries. He accompanied Maqali and Gan to Jaliqai's tavern for the after-party, where he bore witness to Maqali's unfortunate encounter with 'Dragon's Breath' liquor. She's amused at his fondness for leaping onto high places, and considers him the easiest of all of her friends and family to talk to.
===Enemies===
::* None
==Rumors==
===Common Rumors===
::* ''The Au Ra kid, right? I saw her chasing a carbuncle around Thanalan - it had a huge fish in its mouth and she was shouting at it.''
::* ''You say her name's Maqali? I could've sworn she said Kaltia. What a little liar!''
::* ''She's so formal and well-spoken - it's hard to believe she's so young sometimes!''

===Moderate Rumors===
::* ''One of those Xaela refugees, right? No way - she doesn't sound anything like those Domans at all, and she's way too well-fed to be a refugee at all. There's something fishy there, mark my words!''
::* ''She's a smart kid, but she's got a smart mouth too. I won't be surprised at all if she comes to a bad end from not shutting up.''
::* ''I've never seen someone put away as much food as that kid. Scrawny little thing, but don't let it fool you - I offered to sell her enough to fill her up, thinking 'hey, tiny kid like this will pay a fortune and eat almost nothing.' Now I'm out of my entire stock of megalocrab and almost all of my apkallu eggs, too. If you're feeding her, charge by the meal.''

===Rare Rumors===
::* ''I'm pretty sure that fellow she was chatting oh-so cozily with is a Garlean spy. Don't believe me? Fine - but why does she visit him every week and always buy the same meal?''
::* ''I heard she's hooked up with some mercenary company. Or maybe she's a gardener? I'm not sure which - but I have concerns about mercenaries that'll take on a kid.''
::* ''She sure spends a lot of time with some unsavory folk. Questionable Miqo'te, that Xaela hunter woman, taverns hither and yon... whoever her parents are, they're doing an awful job keeping out of trouble.''

===PC Rumors===
::*
::*
::*

==History/Timeline==
((Meeting with Jaliqai))
((First Runestone and the Gala))
==Annotations==

This Template was created by [[Deirdre Ta'ea]]

Maqali Qulaan

2016-01-02T22:06:56Z

Maqali Qulaan:

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==Character==
===General===
Born a Xaela of the Qulaani tribe and raised a ward and subject of Garlean Empire, Maqali Qulaan is a child of diverse background and divided loyalties. She is blessed with a keen mind that was honed by strict tutelage during her fosterage and a curiosity - encouraged by her guardians - for all things magic. That curiosity extends well beyond the aetherial, however - Maqali also has a strong desire to learn of her origins which led her into hot water on more than one occasion. Though she was named Maqali at her birth, her guardians gave her the name Kaltia, which she used exclusively until she met her sister. She still slips up sometimes and uses her given name, much to Jaliqai's extreme displeasure.

At the behest of parties unknown within Garlemald, Maqali was sent to Eorzea to study magic as she wished, with the understanding that she should hide her Garlean upbringing. Maqali knows that Eorzeans generally have a strong dislike or even hatred for Garlemald, but an education filled with propaganda has her quite confused about ''why'' such hatred exists. Despite having been trained in 'unaccented' Eorzean to disguise her Garlean education, her habit of referring to events such as the destruction of Doma as 'difficulties' and Ala Mhigo as an Imperial province sometimes reveal her origin.

Despite her youth, Maqali is already reasonably well-traveled, at least around safer Eorzean lands. She's visited both Ul'dah and Limsa Lominsa, but has yet to see Gridania as the overland journey is much harder (and more dangerous) than the ferry from Thanalan to Limsa Lominsa.
===Appearance===
Tall for a Xaela child at 60 ilms, Maqali's face yet has a roundness that betrays her youth. She has the dark skin common to Qulaani Xaela, and like her sister Jaliqai has bright yellow eyes. Her facial horns are delicate and curl back away from her face, which is mostly unobscured by scales. She has a thinness that is common among adolescents that recently experienced a growth spurt to go with an already-slight frame, and that factored with her height can make it quite difficult to accurately judge her age. While it's readily apparent that she's not yet an adult, the fifteen cycles she claims to be can be easily believed if one assumes she's simply rather small of build for her age.

Maqali often wears a pair of spectacles owing to weakened eyesight caused by reading in poor light. Her outfits are varied, as she has a stipend from her guardians that she sometimes spends frivolously. She has a marked preference for dresses and skirts, yet also prefers solid boots to lighter shoes and sandals. She carries a large, heavy satchel with her when she travels, inside of which are usually several tomes as well as a number of aetheric implements. She used to keep her planisphere in the satchel as well, but has taken recently to carrying it openly.
===Personality===
The most immediately notable aspect of her personality is her insatiable curiosity. She has a strong desire to learn as much as she can about magic, which is as much the result of her guardians' urging as it is her own interest. She also desires to know as much as she can about the Qulaan tribe, and Xaela as a whole. She's impetuous to a fault (as adolescents often are) and is often quite convinced of her own rightness, even when evidence exists to the contrary. Her interests tend towards the mercurial, and anything that catches her attention can become the focus of her intense scrutiny - at least until the next bauble or gossip draws her eye. On the other hand, she's also as loyal a friend as one could ask for, willing to sacrifice much for someone she values.
===History===
Born in the first month to the Qulaan Xaela under an auspicious moon, great things were expected of the younger sister of the already-talented Jaliqai. Unfortunately, that potential would go unrealized - the Qulaani came into conflict with the Garleans when Maqali was barely four cycles old. Their retribution annihilated the tribe, leaving few scattered survivors, many of which were rounded up and 'death marched' to a nearby Garlean settlement.

Maqali remembers almost none of this, save for some brief flashes of fire and hurt.

Instead, her childhood memories are of stern and unyielding (yet fair) Garlean foster parents who raised her to be an intelligent, inquisitive, and obedient child of the Empire. They had a limited tolerance for her questions regarding her origin, as they expressed that the past should be left to the past, and gave her a name better suited to a ward of Garlemald. She demonstrated a propensity for magic early on, but owing to the Empire's limited resources in that regard, a Sharlayan tutor was found and hired for her. This tutor left unexpectedly a cycle later without any explanation as to why, and her guardians found all of their inquiries for a new tutor to be denied without reason.

Eventually, her guardians decided - with help - to send her on something of a journey of discovery into Eorzea, where she might have the opportunity to study many forms of magic and potentially bring that knowledge back to Garlemald. It was considered to be a low risk (that risk being the life of a child taken from enemies of the Empire, which is to say, little value at all) and potentially high reward. Maqali - then known as Kaltia - was tutored extensively in Eorzean and taught much of the irrational hatred that Eorzeans hold for the enlightened Empire. She was prepared as extensively as she could be and sent on her way with a modest stipend.

None of her 'handlers' could have foreseen that she might encounter one of the last survivors of her old tribe, nor the consequences on their investment that might follow.
==Combat==
Though undeniably talented in aetheric manipulation, Maqali is still very much a child. She has no practical combat experience, and while she as a great deal of ''talent'' for magic, she has yet to gain the knowledge that even a journeyman might possess. This potential is further diluted by the fact that she's dabbled in several arts, rather than devoting her studies to just one. Thus, against a determined foe, she's almost certain to be outclassed, unless she can overwhelm them with raw, partly-unformed aether. She usually bears her Astrologian's planisphere on her person, and is thus likely to rely on astromancy as a first line of defense - it's the only arcane art she's studied for more than a couple of moons and thus the one she's most likely to be successful with.

Maqali does possess a passing knowledge of arcanima and an interest in learning more, but aside from a brief few moons in Limsa Lominsa learning the basics she has spent little time studying it. She has a crystal for summoning a carbuncle but has yet to be able to adequately control it. She is also familiar with the basics of thaumaturgy but has not begun to study or practice that art, and has no experience or knowledge of conjury.

She does carry a firearm for personal defense as well as her magical implements, and is far more likely to mount a successful defense with this weapon than her magic. Unlike the case with her (haphazard) magical training, her guardians were more than capable of ensuring that she knew how to use and maintain a firearm. Her sister is trying to encourage her to learn the bow or spear, but she has yet to make any progress with any sort of traditional weaponry.
==Tendencies==
===Likes===
::* Learning and studying, especially magic
::* Traveling (though not the hardships of the road)
::* New clothes, especially skirts and dresses
::* Meeting new people and learning of different cultures
::* Open-mindedness
::* Being treated as an adult/being given the opportunity to prove herself
::* Learning restricted secrets, especially knowledge of lost and/or forbidden magics
::* Pastries (and really most foods)

===Dislikes===
::* Blind hatred of Garlemald
::* Willful ignorance
::* Being treated as a child (even though she is one)
::* Physical hardship (which can vary depending on her mood - some days even rain is a 'hardship')
::* Jaliqai pulling on her horns

===Hobbies/Talents===
::* ''Aetherically gifted'' - she has both a keen mind and curiosity to help her exploit that gift
::* ''Fishing'' - the one form of 'hunting' she thus far has demonstrable talent in
::* ''Tinkering and engineering'' - she's very keen to learn more about machinery and gadgetry, though she has yet to learn anything beyond the rudiments of firearm care and modification
::* ''Astromancy'' - the one form of magic that she has any real education in and likely the one she has the most aptitude for, as well

==Relationships==
===Family===
::* ''Sister'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Jaliqai_Qulaan Jaliqai Qulaan]
::: Jaliqai is Maqali's older sister and has been instructing her in the ways and traditions of the Qulaan Xaela. Maqali was both surprised and pleased to encounter her sister in Ul'dah, though her initial exuberance was tempered quickly by Jaliqai's willingness to use physical means to enforce Maqali's compliance with her expectations, as well as her sister's utter hatred of Garlemald. She is rather dismayed to find that Jaliqai does not approve of her magic use nor her reliance on firearms, but the sisters eventually reached a compromise - Maqali would endeavor to learn traditional Qulaani hunting techniques and weaponry, and Jaliqai would try to keep an open mind regarding Maqali's magic and its usefulness for the Qulaani.
===Friends===
::* ''Martial Mentor'' - Shilugei Ganbataar (a.k.a. Gan)
::: Shilugei 'Gan' Ganbataar is one of two new friends that Maqali met at The Coffer & Coffin following a less-than successful fishing trip. The two struck up a fast friendship over a shared love of tea and common Xaela heritage. Upon hearing of her lack of martial talent and sister's insistence on this changing, Gan volunteered to instruct Maqali in the spear. For her part, Maqali 'repays' him by trying to help him find love with the right Miqo'te.
::* ''Arcane Mentor'' - Fandris Elestrian
::: Originally met as a friend of U'zamza Steelclaw and potential date for Gan, Fandris quickly became a friend in his own right. It was he who tested her knowledge of astromancy and encouraged Maqali to attend the Runestone competition, and though she lost in the first round, Fandris' tutelage in addition to her not-awful performance gave her a measure of confidence that she might be able to learn enough magic to make it useful to the tribe.
::* ''Unfortunate Miqo'te'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/U'zamza_Steelclaw#tab=General U'zamza Steelclaw]
::: Maqali met U'zamza shortly after first encountering Gan at The Coffer & Coffin. He'd just had a 'discussion' with a Hyur woman that seemed near to violence, and after she'd departed Maqali and Gan approached to comfort U'zamza on his breakup. As it turned out, they'd completely misread the situation, but nonetheless a friendship was formed. Maqali cheered on U'zamza at the following eve's Grindstone tournament, where U'zamza was defeated (but not eaten) by what Maqali assumed was a cannibal. He in turn accompanied her to the Runestone to offer support in kind. Their initial encounter has her convinced that U'zamza is perpetually surrounded by bad luck, or perhaps even cursed, despite the fact that the only ill fortune was entirely imagined on her part. She is determined to find a way to use her astromancy to dispel his bad luck. She considers U'zamza to be like the older brother she never had, as he offers non-judgmental advice and encourages her to better herself.
::* ''Restaurant Aficionado'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/C'laihn_Venator C'laihn Venator] (a.k.a. Lain)
::: C'laihn 'Lain' Venator is a Miqo'te that Maqali met at her sister's gala in Ul'dah. Like Maqali, he was avidly stalking the pastry tray, and the pair bonded over the demise of an entire platter of stuffed pastries. He accompanied Maqali and Gan to Jaliqai's tavern for the after-party, where he bore witness to Maqali's unfortunate encounter with 'Dragon's Breath' liquor. She's amused at his fondness for leaping onto high places, and considers him the easiest of all of her friends and family to talk to.
===Enemies===
::* None
==Rumors==
===Common Rumors===
::* ''The Au Ra kid, right? I saw her chasing a carbuncle around Thanalan - it had a huge fish in its mouth and she was shouting at it.''
::* ''You say her name's Maqali? I could've sworn she said Kaltia. What a little liar!''
::* ''She's so formal and well-spoken - it's hard to believe she's so young sometimes!''

===Moderate Rumors===
::* ''One of those Xaela refugees, right? No way - she doesn't sound anything like those Domans at all, and she's way too well-fed to be a refugee at all. There's something fishy there, mark my words!''
::* ''She's a smart kid, but she's got a smart mouth too. I won't be surprised at all if she comes to a bad end from not shutting up.''
::* ''I've never seen someone put away as much food as that kid. Scrawny little thing, but don't let it fool you - I offered to sell her enough to fill her up, thinking 'hey, tiny kid like this will pay a fortune and eat almost nothing.' Now I'm out of my entire stock of megalocrab and almost all of my apkallu eggs, too. If you're feeding her, charge by the meal.''

===Rare Rumors===
::* ''I'm pretty sure that fellow she was chatting oh-so cozily with is a Garlean spy. Don't believe me? Fine - but why does she visit him every week and always buy the same meal?''
::* ''I heard she's hooked up with some mercenary company. Or maybe she's a gardener? I'm not sure which - but I have concerns about mercenaries that'll take on a kid.''
::* ''She sure spends a lot of time with some unsavory folk. Questionable Miqo'te, that Xaela hunter woman, taverns hither and yon... whoever her parents are, they're doing an awful job keeping out of trouble.''

===PC Rumors===
::*
::*
::*

==History/Timeline==
((Meeting with Jaliqai))
((First Runestone and the Gala))
==Annotations==

This Template was created by [[Deirdre Ta'ea]]

Maqali Qulaan

2016-01-02T22:06:23Z

Maqali Qulaan:

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=Maqali Qulaan=
==Character==
===General===
Born a Xaela of the Qulaani tribe and raised a ward and subject of Garlean Empire, Maqali Qulaan is a child of diverse background and divided loyalties. She is blessed with a keen mind that was honed by strict tutelage during her fosterage and a curiosity - encouraged by her guardians - for all things magic. That curiosity extends well beyond the aetherial, however - Maqali also has a strong desire to learn of her origins which led her into hot water on more than one occasion. Though she was named Maqali at her birth, her guardians gave her the name Kaltia, which she used exclusively until she met her sister. She still slips up sometimes and uses her given name, much to Jaliqai's extreme displeasure.

At the behest of parties unknown within Garlemald, Maqali was sent to Eorzea to study magic as she wished, with the understanding that she should hide her Garlean upbringing. Maqali knows that Eorzeans generally have a strong dislike or even hatred for Garlemald, but an education filled with propaganda has her quite confused about ''why'' such hatred exists. Despite having been trained in 'unaccented' Eorzean to disguise her Garlean education, her habit of referring to events such as the destruction of Doma as 'difficulties' and Ala Mhigo as an Imperial province sometimes reveal her origin.

Despite her youth, Maqali is already reasonably well-traveled, at least around safer Eorzean lands. She's visited both Ul'dah and Limsa Lominsa, but has yet to see Gridania as the overland journey is much harder (and more dangerous) than the ferry from Thanalan to Limsa Lominsa.
===Appearance===
Tall for a Xaela child at 60 ilms, Maqali's face yet has a roundness that betrays her youth. She has the dark skin common to Qulaani Xaela, and like her sister Jaliqai has bright yellow eyes. Her facial horns are delicate and curl back away from her face, which is mostly unobscured by scales. She has a thinness that is common among adolescents that recently experienced a growth spurt to go with an already-slight frame, and that factored with her height can make it quite difficult to accurately judge her age. While it's readily apparent that she's not yet an adult, the fifteen cycles she claims to be can be easily believed if one assumes she's simply rather small of build for her age.

Maqali often wears a pair of spectacles owing to weakened eyesight caused by reading in poor light. Her outfits are varied, as she has a stipend from her guardians that she sometimes spends frivolously. She has a marked preference for dresses and skirts, yet also prefers solid boots to lighter shoes and sandals. She carries a large, heavy satchel with her when she travels, inside of which are usually several tomes as well as a number of aetheric implements. She used to keep her planisphere in the satchel as well, but has taken recently to carrying it openly.
===Personality===
The most immediately notable aspect of her personality is her insatiable curiosity. She has a strong desire to learn as much as she can about magic, which is as much the result of her guardians' urging as it is her own interest. She also desires to know as much as she can about the Qulaan tribe, and Xaela as a whole. She's impetuous to a fault (as adolescents often are) and is often quite convinced of her own rightness, even when evidence exists to the contrary. Her interests tend towards the mercurial, and anything that catches her attention can become the focus of her intense scrutiny - at least until the next bauble or gossip draws her eye. On the other hand, she's also as loyal a friend as one could ask for, willing to sacrifice much for someone she values.
===History===
Born in the first month to the Qulaan Xaela under an auspicious moon, great things were expected of the younger sister of the already-talented Jaliqai. Unfortunately, that potential would go unrealized - the Qulaani came into conflict with the Garleans when Maqali was barely four cycles old. Their retribution annihilated the tribe, leaving few scattered survivors, many of which were rounded up and 'death marched' to a nearby Garlean settlement.

Maqali remembers almost none of this, save for some brief flashes of fire and hurt.

Instead, her childhood memories are of stern and unyielding (yet fair) Garlean foster parents who raised her to be an intelligent, inquisitive, and obedient child of the Empire. They had a limited tolerance for her questions regarding her origin, as they expressed that the past should be left to the past, and gave her a name better suited to a ward of Garlemald. She demonstrated a propensity for magic early on, but owing to the Empire's limited resources in that regard, a Sharlayan tutor was found and hired for her. This tutor left unexpectedly a cycle later without any explanation as to why, and her guardians found all of their inquiries for a new tutor to be denied without reason.

Eventually, her guardians decided - with help - to send her on something of a journey of discovery into Eorzea, where she might have the opportunity to study many forms of magic and potentially bring that knowledge back to Garlemald. It was considered to be a low risk (that risk being the life of a child taken from enemies of the Empire, which is to say, little value at all) and potentially high reward. Maqali - then known as Kaltia - was tutored extensively in Eorzean and taught much of the irrational hatred that Eorzeans hold for the enlightened Empire. She was prepared as extensively as she could be and sent on her way with a modest stipend.

None of her 'handlers' could have foreseen that she might encounter one of the last survivors of her old tribe, nor the consequences on their investment that might follow.
==Combat==
Though undeniably talented in aetheric manipulation, Maqali is still very much a child. She has no practical combat experience, and while she as a great deal of ''talent'' for magic, she has yet to gain the knowledge that even a journeyman might possess. This potential is further diluted by the fact that she's dabbled in several arts, rather than devoting her studies to just one. Thus, against a determined foe, she's almost certain to be outclassed, unless she can overwhelm them with raw, partly-unformed aether. She usually bears her Astrologian's planisphere on her person, and is thus likely to rely on astromancy as a first line of defense - it's the only arcane art she's studied for more than a couple of moons and thus the one she's most likely to be successful with.

Maqali does possess a passing knowledge of arcanima and an interest in learning more, but aside from a brief few moons in Limsa Lominsa learning the basics she has spent little time studying it. She has a crystal for summoning a carbuncle but has yet to be able to adequately control it. She is also familiar with the basics of thaumaturgy but has not begun to study or practice that art, and has no experience or knowledge of conjury.

She does carry a firearm for personal defense as well as her magical implements, and is far more likely to mount a successful defense with this weapon than her magic. Unlike the case with her (haphazard) magical training, her guardians were more than capable of ensuring that she knew how to use and maintain a firearm. Her sister is trying to encourage her to learn the bow or spear, but she has yet to make any progress with any sort of traditional weaponry.
==Tendencies==
===Likes===
::* Learning and studying, especially magic
::* Traveling (though not the hardships of the road)
::* New clothes, especially skirts and dresses
::* Meeting new people and learning of different cultures
::* Open-mindedness
::* Being treated as an adult/being given the opportunity to prove herself
::* Learning restricted secrets, especially knowledge of lost and/or forbidden magics
::* Pastries (and really most foods)

===Dislikes===
::* Blind hatred of Garlemald
::* Willful ignorance
::* Being treated as a child (even though she is one)
::* Physical hardship (which can vary depending on her mood - some days even rain is a 'hardship')
::* Jaliqai pulling on her horns

===Hobbies/Talents===
::* ''Aetherically gifted'' - she has both a keen mind and curiosity to help her exploit that gift
::* ''Fishing'' - the one form of 'hunting' she thus far has demonstrable talent in
::* ''Tinkering and engineering'' - she's very keen to learn more about machinery and gadgetry, though she has yet to learn anything beyond the rudiments of firearm care and modification
::* ''Astromancy'' - the one form of magic that she has any real education in and likely the one she has the most aptitude for, as well

==Relationships==
===Family===
::* ''Sister'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Jaliqai_Qulaan Jaliqai Qulaan]
::: Jaliqai is Maqali's older sister and has been instructing her in the ways and traditions of the Qulaan Xaela. Maqali was both surprised and pleased to encounter her sister in Ul'dah, though her initial exuberance was tempered quickly by Jaliqai's willingness to use physical means to enforce Maqali's compliance with her expectations, as well as her sister's utter hatred of Garlemald. She is rather dismayed to find that Jaliqai does not approve of her magic use nor her reliance on firearms, but the sisters eventually reached a compromise - Maqali would endeavor to learn traditional Qulaani hunting techniques and weaponry, and Jaliqai would try to keep an open mind regarding Maqali's magic and its usefulness for the Qulaani.
===Friends===
::* ''Martial Mentor'' - Shilugei Ganbataar (a.k.a. Gan)
::: Shilugei 'Gan' Ganbataar is one of two new friends that Maqali met at The Coffer & Coffin following a less-than successful fishing trip. The two struck up a fast friendship over a shared love of tea and common Xaela heritage. Upon hearing of her lack of martial talent and sister's insistence on this changing, Gan volunteered to instruct Maqali in the spear. For her part, Maqali 'repays' him by trying to help him find love with the right Miqo'te.
::* ''Arcane Mentor'' - Fandris Elestrian
::: Originally met as a friend of U'zamza Steelclaw and potential date for Gan, Fandris quickly became a friend in his own right. It was he who tested her knowledge of astromancy and encouraged Maqali to attend the Runestone competition, and though she lost in the first round, Fandris' tutelage in addition to her not-awful performance gave her a measure of confidence that she might be able to learn enough magic to make it useful to the tribe.
::* ''Unfortunate Miqo'te'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/U'zamza_Steelclaw#tab=General U'zamza Steelclaw]
::: Maqali met U'zamza shortly after first encountering Gan at The Coffer & Coffin. He'd just had a 'discussion' with a Hyur woman that seemed near to violence, and after she'd departed Maqali and Gan approached to comfort U'zamza on his breakup. As it turned out, they'd completely misread the situation, but nonetheless a friendship was formed. Maqali cheered on U'zamza at the following eve's Grindstone tournament, where U'zamza was defeated (but not eaten) by what Maqali assumed was a cannibal. He in turn accompanied her to the Runestone to offer support in kind. Their initial encounter has her convinced that U'zamza is perpetually surrounded by bad luck, or perhaps even cursed, despite the fact that the only ill fortune was entirely imagined on her part. She is determined to find a way to use her astromancy to dispel his bad luck. She considers U'zamza to be like the older brother she never had, as he offers non-judgmental advice and encourages her to better herself.
::* ''Restaurant Aficionado'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/C'laihn_Venator C'laihn Venator] (a.k.a. Lain)
::: C'laihn 'Lain' Venator is a Miqo'te that Maqali met at her sister's gala in Ul'dah. Like Maqali, he was avidly stalking the pastry tray, and the pair bonded over the demise of an entire platter of stuffed pastries. He accompanied Maqali and Gan to Jaliqai's tavern for the after-party, where he bore witness to Maqali's unfortunate encounter with 'Dragon's Breath' liquor. She's amused at his fondness for leaping onto high places, and considers him the easiest of all of her friends and family to talk to.
===Enemies===
::* None
==Rumors==
===Common Rumors===
::* ''The Au Ra kid, right? I saw her chasing a carbuncle around Thanalan - it had a huge fish in its mouth and she was shouting at it.''
::* ''You say her name's Maqali? I could've sworn she said Kaltia. What a little liar!''
::* ''She's so formal and well-spoken - it's hard to believe she's so young sometimes!''

===Moderate Rumors===
::* ''One of those Xaela refugees, right? No way - she doesn't sound anything like those Domans at all, and she's way too well-fed to be a refugee at all. There's something fishy there, mark my words!''
::* ''She's a smart kid, but she's got a smart mouth too. I won't be surprised at all if she comes to a bad end from not shutting up.''
::* ''I've never seen someone put away as much food as that kid. Scrawny little thing, but don't let it fool you - I offered to sell her enough to fill her up, thinking 'hey, tiny kid like this will pay a fortune and eat almost nothing.' Now I'm out of my entire stock of megalocrab and almost all of my apkallu eggs, too. If you're feeding her, charge by the meal.''

===Rare Rumors===
::* ''I'm pretty sure that fellow she was chatting oh-so cozily with is a Garlean spy. Don't believe me? Fine - but why does she visit him every week and always buy the same meal?''
::* ''I heard she's hooked up with some mercenary company. Or maybe she's a gardener? I'm not sure which - but I have concerns about mercenaries that'll take on a kid.''
::* ''She sure spends a lot of time with some unsavory folk. Questionable Miqo'te, that Xaela hunter woman, taverns hither and yon... whoever her parents are, they're doing an awful job keeping out of trouble.''

===PC Rumors===
::*
::*
::*

==History/Timeline==
((Meeting with Jaliqai))
((First Runestone and the Gala))
==Annotations==

This Template was created by [[Deirdre Ta'ea]]

User:Maqali Qulaan

2016-01-02T21:32:04Z

Maqali Qulaan: Deleted page as character page exists

Maqali Qulaan

2016-01-02T21:29:13Z

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==Character==
===General===
Born a Xaela of the Qulaani tribe and raised a ward and subject of Garlean Empire, Maqali Qulaan is a child of diverse background and divided loyalties. She is blessed with a keen mind that was honed by strict tutelage during her fosterage and a curiosity - encouraged by her guardians - for all things magic. That curiosity extends well beyond the aetherial, however - Maqali also has a strong desire to learn of her origins which led her into hot water on more than one occasion. Though she was named Maqali at her birth, her guardians gave her the name Kaltia, which she used exclusively until she met her sister. She still slips up sometimes and uses her given name, much to Jaliqai's extreme displeasure.

At the behest of parties unknown within Garlemald, Maqali was sent to Eorzea to study magic as she wished, with the understanding that she should hide her Garlean upbringing. Maqali knows that Eorzeans generally have a strong dislike or even hatred for Garlemald, but an education filled with propaganda has her quite confused about ''why'' such hatred exists. Despite having been trained in 'unaccented' Eorzean to disguise her Garlean education, her habit of referring to events such as the destruction of Doma as 'difficulties' and Ala Mhigo as an Imperial province sometimes reveal her origin.

Despite her youth, Maqali is already reasonably well-traveled, at least around safer Eorzean lands. She's visited both Ul'dah and Limsa Lominsa, but has yet to see Gridania as the overland journey is much harder (and more dangerous) than the ferry from Thanalan to Limsa Lominsa.
===Appearance===
Tall for a Xaela child at 60 ilms, Maqali's face yet has a roundness that betrays her youth. She has the dark skin common to Qulaani Xaela, and like her sister Jaliqai has bright yellow eyes. Her facial horns are delicate and curl back away from her face, which is mostly unobscured by scales. She has a thinness that is common among adolescents that recently experienced a growth spurt to go with an already-slight frame, and that factored with her height can make it quite difficult to accurately judge her age. While it's readily apparent that she's not yet an adult, the fifteen cycles she claims to be can be easily believed if one assumes she's simply rather small of build for her age.

Maqali often wears a pair of spectacles owing to weakened eyesight caused by reading in poor light. Her outfits are varied, as she has a stipend from her guardians that she sometimes spends frivolously. She has a marked preference for dresses and skirts, yet also prefers solid boots to lighter shoes and sandals. She carries a large, heavy satchel with her when she travels, inside of which are usually several tomes as well as a number of aetheric implements. She used to keep her planisphere in the satchel as well, but has taken recently to carrying it openly.
===Personality===
The most immediately notable aspect of her personality is her insatiable curiosity. She has a strong desire to learn as much as she can about magic, which is as much the result of her guardians' urging as it is her own interest. She also desires to know as much as she can about the Qulaan tribe, and Xaela as a whole. She's impetuous to a fault (as adolescents often are) and is often quite convinced of her own rightness, even when evidence exists to the contrary. Her interests tend towards the mercurial, and anything that catches her attention can become the focus of her intense scrutiny - at least until the next bauble or gossip draws her eye. On the other hand, she's also as loyal a friend as one could ask for, willing to sacrifice much for someone she values.
===History===
Born in the first month to the Qulaan Xaela under an auspicious moon, great things were expected of the younger sister of the already-talented Jaliqai. Unfortunately, that potential would go unrealized - the Qulaani came into conflict with the Garleans when Maqali was barely four cycles old. Their retribution annihilated the tribe, leaving few scattered survivors, many of which were rounded up and 'death marched' to a nearby Garlean settlement.

Maqali remembers almost none of this, save for some brief flashes of fire and hurt.

Instead, her childhood memories are of stern and unyielding (yet fair) Garlean foster parents who raised her to be an intelligent, inquisitive, and obedient child of the Empire. They had a limited tolerance for her questions regarding her origin, as they expressed that the past should be left to the past, and gave her a name better suited to a ward of Garlemald. She demonstrated a propensity for magic early on, but owing to the Empire's limited resources in that regard, a Sharlayan tutor was found and hired for her. This tutor left unexpectedly a cycle later without any explanation as to why, and her guardians found all of their inquiries for a new tutor to be denied without reason.

Eventually, her guardians decided - with help - to send her on something of a journey of discovery into Eorzea, where she might have the opportunity to study many forms of magic and potentially bring that knowledge back to Garlemald. It was considered to be a low risk (that risk being the life of a child taken from enemies of the Empire, which is to say, little value at all) and potentially high reward. Maqali - then known as Kaltia - was tutored extensively in Eorzean and taught much of the irrational hatred that Eorzeans hold for the enlightened Empire. She was prepared as extensively as she could be and sent on her way with a modest stipend.

None of her 'handlers' could have foreseen that she might encounter one of the last survivors of her old tribe, nor the consequences on their investment that might follow.
==Combat==
Though undeniably talented in aetheric manipulation, Maqali is still very much a child. She has no practical combat experience, and while she as a great deal of ''talent'' for magic, she has yet to gain the knowledge that even a journeyman might possess. This potential is further diluted by the fact that she's dabbled in several arts, rather than devoting her studies to just one. Thus, against a determined foe, she's almost certain to be outclassed, unless she can overwhelm them with raw, partly-unformed aether. She usually bears her Astrologian's planisphere on her person, and is thus likely to rely on astromancy as a first line of defense - it's the only arcane art she's studied for more than a couple of moons and thus the one she's most likely to be successful with.

Maqali does possess a passing knowledge of arcanima and an interest in learning more, but aside from a brief few moons in Limsa Lominsa learning the basics she has spent little time studying it. She has a crystal for summoning a carbuncle but has yet to be able to adequately control it. She is also familiar with the basics of thaumaturgy but has not begun to study or practice that art, and has no experience or knowledge of conjury.

She does carry a firearm for personal defense as well as her magical implements, and is far more likely to mount a successful defense with this weapon than her magic. Unlike the case with her (haphazard) magical training, her guardians were more than capable of ensuring that she knew how to use and maintain a firearm. Her sister is trying to encourage her to learn the bow or spear, but she has yet to make any progress with any sort of traditional weaponry.
==Tendencies==
===Likes===
::* Learning and studying, especially magic
::* Traveling (though not the hardships of the road)
::* New clothes, especially skirts and dresses
::* Meeting new people and learning of different cultures
::* Open-mindedness
::* Being treated as an adult/being given the opportunity to prove herself
::* Learning restricted secrets, especially knowledge of lost and/or forbidden magics
::* Pastries (and really most foods)

===Dislikes===
::* Blind hatred of Garlemald
::* Willful ignorance
::* Being treated as a child (even though she is one)
::* Physical hardship (which can vary depending on her mood - some days even rain is a 'hardship')
::* Jaliqai pulling on her horns

===Hobbies/Talents===
::* ''Aetherically gifted'' - she has both a keen mind and curiosity to help her exploit that gift
::* ''Fishing'' - the one form of 'hunting' she thus far has demonstrable talent in
::* ''Tinkering and engineering'' - she's very keen to learn more about machinery and gadgetry, though she has yet to learn anything beyond the rudiments of firearm care and modification
::* ''Astromancy'' - the one form of magic that she has any real education in and likely the one she has the most aptitude for, as well

==Relationships==
===Family===
::* ''Sister'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Jaliqai_Qulaan Jaliqai Qulaan]
::: Jaliqai is Maqali's older sister and has been instructing her in the ways and traditions of the Qulaan Xaela. Maqali was both surprised and pleased to encounter her sister in Ul'dah, though her initial exuberance was tempered quickly by Jaliqai's willingness to use physical means to enforce Maqali's compliance with her expectations, as well as her sister's utter hatred of Garlemald. She is rather dismayed to find that Jaliqai does not approve of her magic use nor her reliance on firearms, but the sisters eventually reached a compromise - Maqali would endeavor to learn traditional Qulaani hunting techniques and weaponry, and Jaliqai would try to keep an open mind regarding Maqali's magic and its usefulness for the Qulaani.
===Friends===
::* ''Martial Mentor'' - Shilugei Ganbataar (a.k.a. Gan)
::: Shilugei 'Gan' Ganbataar is one of two new friends that Maqali met at The Coffer & Coffin following a less-than successful fishing trip. The two struck up a fast friendship over a shared love of tea and common Xaela heritage. Upon hearing of her lack of martial talent and sister's insistence on this changing, Gan volunteered to instruct Maqali in the spear. For her part, Maqali 'repays' him by trying to help him find love with the right Miqo'te.
::* ''Arcane Mentor'' - Fandris Elestrian
::: Originally met as a friend of U'zamza Steelclaw and potential date for Gan, Fandris quickly became a friend in his own right. It was he who tested her knowledge of astromancy and encouraged Maqali to attend the Runestone competition, and though she lost in the first round, Fandris' tutelage in addition to her not-awful performance gave her a measure of confidence that she might be able to learn enough magic to make it useful to the tribe.
::* ''Unfortunate Miqo'te'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/U'zamza_Steelclaw#tab=General U'zamza Steelclaw]
::: Maqali met U'zamza shortly after first encountering Gan at The Coffer & Coffin. He'd just had a 'discussion' with a Hyur woman that seemed near to violence, and after she'd departed Maqali and Gan approached to comfort U'zamza on his breakup. As it turned out, they'd completely misread the situation, but nonetheless a friendship was formed. Maqali cheered on U'zamza at the following eve's Grindstone tournament, where U'zamza was defeated (but not eaten) by what Maqali assumed was a cannibal. He in turn accompanied her to the Runestone to offer support in kind. Their initial encounter has her convinced that U'zamza is perpetually surrounded by bad luck, or perhaps even cursed, despite the fact that the only ill fortune was entirely imagined on her part. She is determined to find a way to use her astromancy to dispel his bad luck. She considers U'zamza to be like the older brother she never had, as he offers non-judgmental advice and encourages her to better herself.
::* ''Restaurant Aficionado'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/C'laihn_Venator C'laihn Venator] (a.k.a. Lain)
::: C'laihn 'Lain' Venator is a Miqo'te that Maqali met at her sister's gala in Ul'dah. Like Maqali, he was avidly stalking the pastry tray, and the pair bonded over the demise of an entire platter of stuffed pastries. He accompanied Maqali and Gan to Jaliqai's tavern for the after-party, where he bore witness to Maqali's unfortunate encounter with 'Dragon's Breath' liquor. She's amused at his fondness for leaping onto high places, and considers him the easiest of all of her friends and family to talk to.
===Enemies===
::* None
==Rumors==
===Common Rumors===
::* ''The Au Ra kid, right? I saw her chasing a carbuncle around Thanalan - it had a huge fish in its mouth and she was shouting at it.''
::* ''You say her name's Maqali? I could've sworn she said Kaltia. What a little liar!''
::* ''She's so formal and well-spoken - it's hard to believe she's so young sometimes!''

===Moderate Rumors===
::* ''One of those Xaela refugees, right? No way - she doesn't sound anything like those Domans at all, and she's way too well-fed to be a refugee at all. There's something fishy there, mark my words!''
::* ''She's a smart kid, but she's got a smart mouth too. I won't be surprised at all if she comes to a bad end from not shutting up.''
::* ''I've never seen someone put away as much food as that kid. Scrawny little thing, but don't let it fool you - I offered to sell her enough to fill her up, thinking 'hey, tiny kid like this will pay a fortune and eat almost nothing.' Now I'm out of my entire stock of megalocrab and almost all of my apkallu eggs, too. If you're feeding her, charge by the meal.''

===Rare Rumors===
::* ''I'm pretty sure that fellow she was chatting oh-so cozily with is a Garlean spy. Don't believe me? Fine - but why does she visit him every week and always buy the same meal?''
::* ''I heard she's hooked up with some mercenary company. Or maybe she's a gardener? I'm not sure which - but I have concerns about mercenaries that'll take on a kid.''
::* ''She sure spends a lot of time with some unsavory folk. Questionable Miqo'te, that Xaela hunter woman, taverns hither and yon... whoever her parents are, they're doing an awful job keeping out of trouble.''

===PC Rumors===
::*
::*
::*

==History/Timeline==
((Meeting with Jaliqai))
((First Runestone and the Gala))
==Annotations==

This Template was created by [[Deirdre Ta'ea]]

User:Maqali Qulaan

2016-01-02T21:15:42Z

Maqali Qulaan: Added links to contacts present on the wiki

{{Infobox-character
| name = Maqali Qulaan
| image =
| imagewidth =
| caption =
| title =
| gender = Female
| citizenship = None (Subject of Garlemald)
| race = Au Ra Xaela
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==Character==
===General===
Born a Xaela of the Qulaani tribe and raised a ward and subject of Garlean Empire, Maqali Qulaan is a child of diverse background and divided loyalties. She is blessed with a keen mind that was honed by strict tutelage during her fosterage and a curiosity - encouraged by her guardians - for all things magic. That curiosity extends well beyond the aetherial, however - Maqali also has a strong desire to learn of her origins which led her into hot water on more than one occasion. Though she was named Maqali at her birth, her guardians gave her the name Kaltia, which she used exclusively until she met her sister. She still slips up sometimes and uses her given name, much to Jaliqai's extreme displeasure.

At the behest of parties unknown within Garlemald, Maqali was sent to Eorzea to study magic as she wished, with the understanding that she should hide her Garlean upbringing. Maqali knows that Eorzeans generally have a strong dislike or even hatred for Garlemald, but an education filled with propaganda has her quite confused about ''why'' such hatred exists. Despite having been trained in 'unaccented' Eorzean to disguise her Garlean education, her habit of referring to events such as the destruction of Doma as 'difficulties' and Ala Mhigo as an Imperial province sometimes reveal her origin.

Despite her youth, Maqali is already reasonably well-traveled, at least around safer Eorzean lands. She's visited both Ul'dah and Limsa Lominsa, but has yet to see Gridania as the overland journey is much harder (and more dangerous) than the ferry from Thanalan to Limsa Lominsa.
===Appearance===
Tall for a Xaela child at 60 ilms, Maqali's face yet has a roundness that betrays her youth. She has the dark skin common to Qulaani Xaela, and like her sister Jaliqai has bright yellow eyes. Her facial horns are delicate and curl back away from her face, which is mostly unobscured by scales. She has a thinness that is common among adolescents that recently experienced a growth spurt to go with an already-slight frame, and that factored with her height can make it quite difficult to accurately judge her age. While it's readily apparent that she's not yet an adult, the fifteen cycles she claims to be can be easily believed if one assumes she's simply rather small of build for her age.

Maqali often wears a pair of spectacles owing to weakened eyesight caused by reading in poor light. Her outfits are varied, as she has a stipend from her guardians that she sometimes spends frivolously. She has a marked preference for dresses and skirts, yet also prefers solid boots to lighter shoes and sandals. She carries a large, heavy satchel with her when she travels, inside of which are usually several tomes as well as a number of aetheric implements. She used to keep her planisphere in the satchel as well, but has taken recently to carrying it openly.
===Personality===
The most immediately notable aspect of her personality is her insatiable curiosity. She has a strong desire to learn as much as she can about magic, which is as much the result of her guardians' urging as it is her own interest. She also desires to know as much as she can about the Qulaan tribe, and Xaela as a whole. She's impetuous to a fault (as adolescents often are) and is often quite convinced of her own rightness, even when evidence exists to the contrary. Her interests tend towards the mercurial, and anything that catches her attention can become the focus of her intense scrutiny - at least until the next bauble or gossip draws her eye. On the other hand, she's also as loyal a friend as one could ask for, willing to sacrifice much for someone she values.
===History===
Born in the first month to the Qulaan Xaela under an auspicious moon, great things were expected of the younger sister of the already-talented Jaliqai. Unfortunately, that potential would go unrealized - the Qulaani came into conflict with the Garleans when Maqali was barely four cycles old. Their retribution annihilated the tribe, leaving few scattered survivors, many of which were rounded up and 'death marched' to a nearby Garlean settlement.

Maqali remembers almost none of this, save for some brief flashes of fire and hurt.

Instead, her childhood memories are of stern and unyielding (yet fair) Garlean foster parents who raised her to be an intelligent, inquisitive, and obedient child of the Empire. They had a limited tolerance for her questions regarding her origin, as they expressed that the past should be left to the past, and gave her a name better suited to a ward of Garlemald. She demonstrated a propensity for magic early on, but owing to the Empire's limited resources in that regard, a Sharlayan tutor was found and hired for her. This tutor left unexpectedly a cycle later without any explanation as to why, and her guardians found all of their inquiries for a new tutor to be denied without reason.

Eventually, her guardians decided - with help - to send her on something of a journey of discovery into Eorzea, where she might have the opportunity to study many forms of magic and potentially bring that knowledge back to Garlemald. It was considered to be a low risk (that risk being the life of a child taken from enemies of the Empire, which is to say, little value at all) and potentially high reward. Maqali - then known as Kaltia - was tutored extensively in Eorzean and taught much of the irrational hatred that Eorzeans hold for the enlightened Empire. She was prepared as extensively as she could be and sent on her way with a modest stipend.

None of her 'handlers' could have foreseen that she might encounter one of the last survivors of her old tribe, nor the consequences on their investment that might follow.
==Combat==
Though undeniably talented in aetheric manipulation, Maqali is still very much a child. She has no practical combat experience, and while she as a great deal of ''talent'' for magic, she has yet to gain the knowledge that even a journeyman might possess. This potential is further diluted by the fact that she's dabbled in several arts, rather than devoting her studies to just one. Thus, against a determined foe, she's almost certain to be outclassed, unless she can overwhelm them with raw, partly-unformed aether. She usually bears her Astrologian's planisphere on her person, and is thus likely to rely on astromancy as a first line of defense - it's the only arcane art she's studied for more than a couple of moons and thus the one she's most likely to be successful with.

Maqali does possess a passing knowledge of arcanima and an interest in learning more, but aside from a brief few moons in Limsa Lominsa learning the basics she has spent little time studying it. She has a crystal for summoning a carbuncle but has yet to be able to adequately control it. She is also familiar with the basics of thaumaturgy but has not begun to study or practice that art, and has no experience or knowledge of conjury.

She does carry a firearm for personal defense as well as her magical implements, and is far more likely to mount a successful defense with this weapon than her magic. Unlike the case with her (haphazard) magical training, her guardians were more than capable of ensuring that she knew how to use and maintain a firearm. Her sister is trying to encourage her to learn the bow or spear, but she has yet to make any progress with any sort of traditional weaponry.
==Tendencies==
===Likes===
::* Learning and studying, especially magic
::* Traveling (though not the hardships of the road)
::* New clothes, especially skirts and dresses
::* Meeting new people and learning of different cultures
::* Open-mindedness
::* Being treated as an adult/being given the opportunity to prove herself
::* Learning restricted secrets, especially knowledge of lost and/or forbidden magics
::* Pastries (and really most foods)

===Dislikes===
::* Blind hatred of Garlemald
::* Willful ignorance
::* Being treated as a child (even though she is one)
::* Physical hardship (which can vary depending on her mood - some days even rain is a 'hardship')
::* Jaliqai pulling on her horns

===Hobbies/Talents===
::* ''Aetherically gifted'' - she has both a keen mind and curiosity to help her exploit that gift
::* ''Fishing'' - the one form of 'hunting' she thus far has demonstrable talent in
::* ''Tinkering and engineering'' - she's very keen to learn more about machinery and gadgetry, though she has yet to learn anything beyond the rudiments of firearm care and modification
::* ''Astromancy'' - the one form of magic that she has any real education in and likely the one she has the most aptitude for, as well

==Relationships==
===Family===
::* ''Sister'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Jaliqai_Qulaan Jaliqai Qulaan]
::: Jaliqai is Maqali's older sister and has been instructing her in the ways and traditions of the Qulaan Xaela. Maqali was both surprised and pleased to encounter her sister in Ul'dah, though her initial exuberance was tempered quickly by Jaliqai's willingness to use physical means to enforce Maqali's compliance with her expectations, as well as her sister's utter hatred of Garlemald. She is rather dismayed to find that Jaliqai does not approve of her magic use nor her reliance on firearms, but the sisters eventually reached a compromise - Maqali would endeavor to learn traditional Qulaani hunting techniques and weaponry, and Jaliqai would try to keep an open mind regarding Maqali's magic and its usefulness for the Qulaani.
===Friends===
::* ''Martial Mentor'' - Shilugei Ganbataar (a.k.a. Gan)
::: Shilugei 'Gan' Ganbataar is one of two new friends that Maqali met at The Coffer & Coffin following a less-than successful fishing trip. The two struck up a fast friendship over a shared love of tea and common Xaela heritage. Upon hearing of her lack of martial talent and sister's insistence on this changing, Gan volunteered to instruct Maqali in the spear. For her part, Maqali 'repays' him by trying to help him find love with the right Miqo'te.
::* ''Arcane Mentor'' - Fandris Elestrian
::: Originally met as a friend of U'zamza Steelclaw and potential date for Gan, Fandris quickly became a friend in his own right. It was he who tested her knowledge of astromancy and encouraged Maqali to attend the Runestone competition, and though she lost in the first round, Fandris' tutelage in addition to her not-awful performance gave her a measure of confidence that she might be able to learn enough magic to make it useful to the tribe.
::* ''Unfortunate Miqo'te'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/U'zamza_Steelclaw#tab=General U'zamza Steelclaw]
::: Maqali met U'zamza shortly after first encountering Gan at The Coffer & Coffin. He'd just had a 'discussion' with a Hyur woman that seemed near to violence, and after she'd departed Maqali and Gan approached to comfort U'zamza on his breakup. As it turned out, they'd completely misread the situation, but nonetheless a friendship was formed. Maqali cheered on U'zamza at the following eve's Grindstone tournament, where U'zamza was defeated (but not eaten) by what Maqali assumed was a cannibal. He in turn accompanied her to the Runestone to offer support in kind. Their initial encounter has her convinced that U'zamza is perpetually surrounded by bad luck, or perhaps even cursed, despite the fact that the only ill fortune was entirely imagined on her part. She is determined to find a way to use her astromancy to dispel his bad luck. She considers U'zamza to be like the older brother she never had, as he offers non-judgmental advice and encourages her to better herself.
::* ''Restaurant Aficionado'' - [https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/C'laihn_Venator C'laihn Venator] (a.k.a. Lain)
::: C'laihn 'Lain' Venator is a Miqo'te that Maqali met at her sister's gala in Ul'dah. Like Maqali, he was avidly stalking the pastry tray, and the pair bonded over the demise of an entire platter of stuffed pastries. He accompanied Maqali and Gan to Jaliqai's tavern for the after-party, where he bore witness to Maqali's unfortunate encounter with 'Dragon's Breath' liquor. She's amused at his fondness for leaping onto high places, and considers him the easiest of all of her friends and family to talk to.
===Enemies===
::* None
==Rumors==
===Common Rumors===
::* ''The Au Ra kid, right? I saw her chasing a carbuncle around Thanalan - it had a huge fish in its mouth and she was shouting at it.''
::* ''You say her name's Maqali? I could've sworn she said Kaltia. What a little liar!''
::* ''She's so formal and well-spoken - it's hard to believe she's so young sometimes!''

===Moderate Rumors===
::* ''One of those Xaela refugees, right? No way - she doesn't sound anything like those Domans at all, and she's way too well-fed to be a refugee at all. There's something fishy there, mark my words!''
::* ''She's a smart kid, but she's got a smart mouth too. I won't be surprised at all if she comes to a bad end from not shutting up.''
::* ''I've never seen someone put away as much food as that kid. Scrawny little thing, but don't let it fool you - I offered to sell her enough to fill her up, thinking 'hey, tiny kid like this will pay a fortune and eat almost nothing.' Now I'm out of my entire stock of megalocrab and almost all of my apkallu eggs, too. If you're feeding her, charge by the meal.''

===Rare Rumors===
::* ''I'm pretty sure that fellow she was chatting oh-so cozily with is a Garlean spy. Don't believe me? Fine - but why does she visit him every week and always buy the same meal?''
::* ''I heard she's hooked up with some mercenary company. Or maybe she's a gardener? I'm not sure which - but I have concerns about mercenaries that'll take on a kid.''
::* ''She sure spends a lot of time with some unsavory folk. Questionable Miqo'te, that Xaela hunter woman, taverns hither and yon... whoever her parents are, they're doing an awful job keeping out of trouble.''

===PC Rumors===
::*
::*
::*

==History/Timeline==
((Meeting with Jaliqai))
((First Runestone and the Gala))
==Annotations==

This Template was created by [[Deirdre Ta'ea]]

User:Maqali Qulaan

2016-01-02T21:07:47Z

Maqali Qulaan: Maqali Qulaan

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==Character==
===General===
Born a Xaela of the Qulaani tribe and raised a ward and subject of Garlean Empire, Maqali Qulaan is a child of diverse background and divided loyalties. She is blessed with a keen mind that was honed by strict tutelage during her fosterage and a curiosity - encouraged by her guardians - for all things magic. That curiosity extends well beyond the aetherial, however - Maqali also has a strong desire to learn of her origins which led her into hot water on more than one occasion. Though she was named Maqali at her birth, her guardians gave her the name Kaltia, which she used exclusively until she met her sister. She still slips up sometimes and uses her given name, much to Jaliqai's extreme displeasure.

At the behest of parties unknown within Garlemald, Maqali was sent to Eorzea to study magic as she wished, with the understanding that she should hide her Garlean upbringing. Maqali knows that Eorzeans generally have a strong dislike or even hatred for Garlemald, but an education filled with propaganda has her quite confused about ''why'' such hatred exists. Despite having been trained in 'unaccented' Eorzean to disguise her Garlean education, her habit of referring to events such as the destruction of Doma as 'difficulties' and Ala Mhigo as an Imperial province sometimes reveal her origin.

Despite her youth, Maqali is already reasonably well-traveled, at least around safer Eorzean lands. She's visited both Ul'dah and Limsa Lominsa, but has yet to see Gridania as the overland journey is much harder (and more dangerous) than the ferry from Thanalan to Limsa Lominsa.
===Appearance===
Tall for a Xaela child at 60 ilms, Maqali's face yet has a roundness that betrays her youth. She has the dark skin common to Qulaani Xaela, and like her sister Jaliqai has bright yellow eyes. Her facial horns are delicate and curl back away from her face, which is mostly unobscured by scales. She has a thinness that is common among adolescents that recently experienced a growth spurt to go with an already-slight frame, and that factored with her height can make it quite difficult to accurately judge her age. While it's readily apparent that she's not yet an adult, the fifteen cycles she claims to be can be easily believed if one assumes she's simply rather small of build for her age.

Maqali often wears a pair of spectacles owing to weakened eyesight caused by reading in poor light. Her outfits are varied, as she has a stipend from her guardians that she sometimes spends frivolously. She has a marked preference for dresses and skirts, yet also prefers solid boots to lighter shoes and sandals. She carries a large, heavy satchel with her when she travels, inside of which are usually several tomes as well as a number of aetheric implements. She used to keep her planisphere in the satchel as well, but has taken recently to carrying it openly.
===Personality===
The most immediately notable aspect of her personality is her insatiable curiosity. She has a strong desire to learn as much as she can about magic, which is as much the result of her guardians' urging as it is her own interest. She also desires to know as much as she can about the Qulaan tribe, and Xaela as a whole. She's impetuous to a fault (as adolescents often are) and is often quite convinced of her own rightness, even when evidence exists to the contrary. Her interests tend towards the mercurial, and anything that catches her attention can become the focus of her intense scrutiny - at least until the next bauble or gossip draws her eye. On the other hand, she's also as loyal a friend as one could ask for, willing to sacrifice much for someone she values.
===History===
Born in the first month to the Qulaan Xaela under an auspicious moon, great things were expected of the younger sister of the already-talented Jaliqai. Unfortunately, that potential would go unrealized - the Qulaani came into conflict with the Garleans when Maqali was barely four cycles old. Their retribution annihilated the tribe, leaving few scattered survivors, many of which were rounded up and 'death marched' to a nearby Garlean settlement.

Maqali remembers almost none of this, save for some brief flashes of fire and hurt.

Instead, her childhood memories are of stern and unyielding (yet fair) Garlean foster parents who raised her to be an intelligent, inquisitive, and obedient child of the Empire. They had a limited tolerance for her questions regarding her origin, as they expressed that the past should be left to the past, and gave her a name better suited to a ward of Garlemald. She demonstrated a propensity for magic early on, but owing to the Empire's limited resources in that regard, a Sharlayan tutor was found and hired for her. This tutor left unexpectedly a cycle later without any explanation as to why, and her guardians found all of their inquiries for a new tutor to be denied without reason.

Eventually, her guardians decided - with help - to send her on something of a journey of discovery into Eorzea, where she might have the opportunity to study many forms of magic and potentially bring that knowledge back to Garlemald. It was considered to be a low risk (that risk being the life of a child taken from enemies of the Empire, which is to say, little value at all) and potentially high reward. Maqali - then known as Kaltia - was tutored extensively in Eorzean and taught much of the irrational hatred that Eorzeans hold for the enlightened Empire. She was prepared as extensively as she could be and sent on her way with a modest stipend.

None of her 'handlers' could have foreseen that she might encounter one of the last survivors of her old tribe, nor the consequences on their investment that might follow.
==Combat==
Though undeniably talented in aetheric manipulation, Maqali is still very much a child. She has no practical combat experience, and while she as a great deal of ''talent'' for magic, she has yet to gain the knowledge that even a journeyman might possess. This potential is further diluted by the fact that she's dabbled in several arts, rather than devoting her studies to just one. Thus, against a determined foe, she's almost certain to be outclassed, unless she can overwhelm them with raw, partly-unformed aether. She usually bears her Astrologian's planisphere on her person, and is thus likely to rely on astromancy as a first line of defense - it's the only arcane art she's studied for more than a couple of moons and thus the one she's most likely to be successful with.

Maqali does possess a passing knowledge of arcanima and an interest in learning more, but aside from a brief few moons in Limsa Lominsa learning the basics she has spent little time studying it. She has a crystal for summoning a carbuncle but has yet to be able to adequately control it. She is also familiar with the basics of thaumaturgy but has not begun to study or practice that art, and has no experience or knowledge of conjury.

She does carry a firearm for personal defense as well as her magical implements, and is far more likely to mount a successful defense with this weapon than her magic. Unlike the case with her (haphazard) magical training, her guardians were more than capable of ensuring that she knew how to use and maintain a firearm. Her sister is trying to encourage her to learn the bow or spear, but she has yet to make any progress with any sort of traditional weaponry.
==Tendencies==
===Likes===
::* Learning and studying, especially magic
::* Traveling (though not the hardships of the road)
::* New clothes, especially skirts and dresses
::* Meeting new people and learning of different cultures
::* Open-mindedness
::* Being treated as an adult/being given the opportunity to prove herself
::* Learning restricted secrets, especially knowledge of lost and/or forbidden magics
::* Pastries (and really most foods)

===Dislikes===
::* Blind hatred of Garlemald
::* Willful ignorance
::* Being treated as a child (even though she is one)
::* Physical hardship (which can vary depending on her mood - some days even rain is a 'hardship')
::* Jaliqai pulling on her horns

===Hobbies/Talents===
::* ''Aetherically gifted'' - she has both a keen mind and curiosity to help her exploit that gift
::* ''Fishing'' - the one form of 'hunting' she thus far has demonstrable talent in
::* ''Tinkering and engineering'' - she's very keen to learn more about machinery and gadgetry, though she has yet to learn anything beyond the rudiments of firearm care and modification
::* ''Astromancy'' - the one form of magic that she has any real education in and likely the one she has the most aptitude for, as well

==Relationships==
===Family===
::* ''Sister'' - Jaliqai Qulaan
::: Jaliqai is Maqali's older sister and has been instructing her in the ways and traditions of the Qulaan Xaela. Maqali was both surprised and pleased to encounter her sister in Ul'dah, though her initial exuberance was tempered quickly by Jaliqai's willingness to use physical means to enforce Maqali's compliance with her expectations, as well as her sister's utter hatred of Garlemald. She is rather dismayed to find that Jaliqai does not approve of her magic use nor her reliance on firearms, but the sisters eventually reached a compromise - Maqali would endeavor to learn traditional Qulaani hunting techniques and weaponry, and Jaliqai would try to keep an open mind regarding Maqali's magic and its usefulness for the Qulaani.
===Friends===
::* ''Martial Mentor'' - Shilugei Ganbataar (a.k.a. Gan)
::: Shilugei 'Gan' Ganbataar is one of two new friends that Maqali met at The Coffer & Coffin following a less-than successful fishing trip. The two struck up a fast friendship over a shared love of tea and common Xaela heritage. Upon hearing of her lack of martial talent and sister's insistence on this changing, Gan volunteered to instruct Maqali in the spear. For her part, Maqali 'repays' him by trying to help him find love with the right Miqo'te.
::* ''Arcane Mentor'' - Fandris Elestrian
::: Originally met as a friend of U'zamza Steelclaw and potential date for Gan, Fandris quickly became a friend in his own right. It was he who tested her knowledge of astromancy and encouraged Maqali to attend the Runestone competition, and though she lost in the first round, Fandris' tutelage in addition to her not-awful performance gave her a measure of confidence that she might be able to learn enough magic to make it useful to the tribe.
::* ''Unfortunate Miqo'te'' - U'zamza Steelclaw
::: Maqali met U'zamza shortly after first encountering Gan at The Coffer & Coffin. He'd just had a 'discussion' with a Hyur woman that seemed near to violence, and after she'd departed Maqali and Gan approached to comfort U'zamza on his breakup. As it turned out, they'd completely misread the situation, but nonetheless a friendship was formed. Maqali cheered on U'zamza at the following eve's Grindstone tournament, where U'zamza was defeated (but not eaten) by what Maqali assumed was a cannibal. He in turn accompanied her to the Runestone to offer support in kind. Their initial encounter has her convinced that U'zamza is perpetually surrounded by bad luck, or perhaps even cursed, despite the fact that the only ill fortune was entirely imagined on her part. She is determined to find a way to use her astromancy to dispel his bad luck. She considers U'zamza to be like the older brother she never had, as he offers non-judgmental advice and encourages her to better herself.
::* ''Restaurant Aficionado'' - C'laihn Venator (a.k.a. Lain)
::: C'laihn 'Lain' Venator is a Miqo'te that Maqali met at her sister's gala in Ul'dah. Like Maqali, he was avidly stalking the pastry tray, and the pair bonded over the demise of an entire platter of stuffed pastries. He accompanied Maqali and Gan to Jaliqai's tavern for the after-party, where he bore witness to Maqali's unfortunate encounter with 'Dragon's Breath' liquor. She's amused at his fondness for leaping onto high places, and considers him the easiest of all of her friends and family to talk to.
===Enemies===
::* None
==Rumors==
===Common Rumors===
::* ''The Au Ra kid, right? I saw her chasing a carbuncle around Thanalan - it had a huge fish in its mouth and she was shouting at it.''
::* ''You say her name's Maqali? I could've sworn she said Kaltia. What a little liar!''
::* ''She's so formal and well-spoken - it's hard to believe she's so young sometimes!''

===Moderate Rumors===
::* ''One of those Xaela refugees, right? No way - she doesn't sound anything like those Domans at all, and she's way too well-fed to be a refugee at all. There's something fishy there, mark my words!''
::* ''She's a smart kid, but she's got a smart mouth too. I won't be surprised at all if she comes to a bad end from not shutting up.''
::* ''I've never seen someone put away as much food as that kid. Scrawny little thing, but don't let it fool you - I offered to sell her enough to fill her up, thinking 'hey, tiny kid like this will pay a fortune and eat almost nothing.' Now I'm out of my entire stock of megalocrab and almost all of my apkallu eggs, too. If you're feeding her, charge by the meal.''

===Rare Rumors===
::* ''I'm pretty sure that fellow she was chatting oh-so cozily with is a Garlean spy. Don't believe me? Fine - but why does she visit him every week and always buy the same meal?''
::* ''I heard she's hooked up with some mercenary company. Or maybe she's a gardener? I'm not sure which - but I have concerns about mercenaries that'll take on a kid.''
::* ''She sure spends a lot of time with some unsavory folk. Questionable Miqo'te, that Xaela hunter woman, taverns hither and yon... whoever her parents are, they're doing an awful job keeping out of trouble.''

===PC Rumors===
::*
::*
::*

==History/Timeline==
((Meeting with Jaliqai))
((First Runestone and the Gala))
==Annotations==

This Template was created by [[Deirdre Ta'ea]]