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: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "I'll do what I can to teach him. My concerns aren't with his learning, but with the world he has to face afterwards." [[Warren Castille]] | : <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "I'll do what I can to teach him. My concerns aren't with his learning, but with the world he has to face afterwards." [[Warren Castille]] | ||
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "He reminds me of someone I used to know. And I miss her. I hope he never forgets who he is now, come what may. Actually... I am hopeful that he will remind others what they have long forgotten. " - [[Roen Deneith]] | : <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "He reminds me of someone I used to know. And I miss her. I hope he never forgets who he is now, come what may. Actually... I am hopeful that he will remind others what they have long forgotten. " - [[Roen Deneith]] | ||
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Revision as of 06:51, 10 December 2014
Chachanji Gegenji is the youngest child of the Gegenji family - a quickly rising clan of arms dealers seeking to make a name for themselves as the makers and providers of the finest arms and armors in all of Hydaelyn. However, Chachanji - being both energetic and a bit of a romantic - believes that he'd rather protect people himself rather than just foist gear on them. Seeing the plights surrounding Ul'dah upon the start of his adventure has only strengthened his beliefs.
At his side often enough is stalwart, little Gran; a baby behemoth that has quickly become Chachanji's partner in crime. Originally an oddity that was handed off time and time again between vendors and easily-tricked consumers across Eorzea, the little purple porker has somehow wound up under the Lalafell's care. He's not complaining, though, considering the ample supply of entertainment and treats. Whether or not he's actually a baby behemoth or a piglet made up to look like one is still up in the air.
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Basic Info
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Appearance & Personality
Quirks
- A bit of an oblivious dork, zeroing in on things that catch his interest and often missing things that haven't. Due to his training as a smith under his father, this often include focusing on someone's arms or armor.
- Speaks with a cobbled-together "Eorzean accent" that he's picked up to hide his Doman heritage. While it slips when he's suitably distressed, he's gotten quite used to using it and maintains it more often than not.
- While relatively fluent in Eorzean thanks to the Garlean occupation, he has a harder time wrapping his head around more complicated words (and names) and often breaks them down into oversimplifications, like "in-keg-neato" and "thundermentals." Others he mispronounces as part of that "Eorzean accent," and has stuck to them out of habit - "halp" and "swording" being two of the most common.
- As a little hero to be, Chachan often jumps in to try and "halp" people whenever there's a problem, even if he can't solve it. This has included an incident where he tried to talk a thief out of being a thief. This often leads to him taking on more than he can handle, and is likely to lead to him getting frustrated and throwing a fit.
Strengths
- Energetic and positive, always eager to go out and make things better.
- Always willing to lend a hand, which often leads to him doing all sorts of tasks and errands.
- A loyal, if oddball, friend who will always try to be there for them.
- Surprisingly knowledgeable about armor and weapon materials, and knows his way around a smith's hammer.
Weaknesses
- Terrible decision-maker, used to family making the big decisions and cleaning up his messes.
- His friendliness and willingness to help also makes him easily fleeced and taken advantage of.
- A bit of a crybaby, and can shut down if things go south for him.
- While he's been learning how to use sword and shield to protect people, he hasn't learned some of the other necessary points to help people, leading him to a couple "round peg, square hole" situations.
Biography
Childhood
- Chachanji, like his siblings, was born in Doma to the current family head Zozonji Gegenji - Doman native and skilled smith - and his wife Jijinya, daughter of a mostly unknown Ul'dahn merchant family. While he was taught the ways of business and metallurgy like his brother and sister, it was understood that Gogonji would take on the family business once Zozonji and Jijinya were ready to hand off the reins. As such, the pressures on Chacha to live up to the Gegenji family name were much less. While he did pay some attention to the smithing lectures and hands-on training, due to their more complicitly interactive nature, most of his economic classes were spent daydreaming about fighting dragons and saving princesses.
Teenage
- The most shocking event in Chachanji's young life was when he overheard a heated argument between Zozonji and Gogonji. The normally quiet and studious Gogo was suddenly voicing his disinterest in taking on the family business! He believed that simple weapons and armor paled before the might of tactics and knowledge, which had the added benefit of having uses outside just combat. He spoke of the Arcanists of the south seas, he described tales of the Scholars of Nym. Spearheading the manipulation and control of information, he argued, was a better goal than stubbornly relying on antiquated weaponry - already dated against Garlean's magitek advances.
- Chachanji retreated as the fight continued, afraid of being found and dragged into it. All he knew was that, shortly after that, Gogonji left their home to pursue his own ventures. Chacha approached his father for clarification, but was gruffly dismissed and ordered to focus on his studies.
Present
- It has been five years since Gogonji stormed out on his family, and still the fight would oft come to Chachanji's mind. With the ramping up of Garlean forces over in Eorzea, the Gegenji family was seeing a lot of business. Of course, with Jijinya's ties to Ul'dah, they were also covertly shipping equipment there as well - for coin, of course. It all rubbed the romantically-minded Chacha the wrong way.
- Like his brother before him, Chacha confronted his father. However, his complaints were much more fanciful. It was obvious the Domans held no love for the oppressive Garleans, so why not support the Eorzean Alliance more openly? Why not take up the arms they so lovingly crafted and defend Doma, Ul'dah, and the rest rather than just turn around and sell them to the highest bidder!?
- Chachanji remembers little of how the rest of the argument played out, either too upset to remember or having actively refused to commit it to memory. All that he knew that he was on a ship to Ul'dah, to the land of his mother, to do more to help people than just offer them a fine blade for a price. Once there, the gap between the haves and the have-nots only inflamed his passion. He quickly found work with Momodi, taking tasks to try and make each day a little bit better for the locals - all the while dreaming of doing something bigger and better.
- Imagine his fear, then, when he heard of the razing of Doma. While he and his father had separated on less-than-friendly circumstances, he still truly cared for his family. So, when the refugees came to Ul'dah, Chachanji dropped everything to go see them - only to find they had been barred from the city. Chacha himself might have be gathered up with them and ousted from the city as well due to his heritage, but it was Momodi to the rescue again, citing his adventurer's license as reason enough for why he could stay within Ul'dah's walls. There's been quite a bit of conflict on this matter, and Chachanji has quickly learned to keep his Doma heritage quiet to avoid unneeded complications.
- Since then, quite a bit has happened. He's made friends (with an oddly disproportionate number of them being Sultansworn), made a bit of a name for himself as an able hand around Ul'dah, and has even begun his training to become a Paladin under the watchful eyes of Warren Castille, Roen Deneith, and (hopefully soon) Ser Coatleque Crofte. He still wants to be a hero, but a conversation with Ser Crofte has gotten him questioning his reasons as to why. Such reflection oft returns his mind to his family, holed up in Revenant's Toll with the rest of the Doman refugees, but he steadfastly believes that he's doing something important at the Jewel and stays his course. He still tries to visit them occasion, though.
- What lies ahead for the youngest Gegenji? Will he manage to complete his training and become either Free Paladin or Sultansworn? And what of his family, from the father he walked out on to the brother who is still missing in action?
Miscellaneous
- ~(To be filled in as Chachanji travels Eorzea. Feel free to send a /tell or RPC PM if you'd like to RP with the little hero-to-be!)~
◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard)
◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear)
◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard)
◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players)
Please feel free to add your own rumors!
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Footnotes
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