W'tiyo Blu

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Gender	Male
Race	Miquo'te
Clan	Seekers of the Sun
Citizenship	Limsa Lominsa
Nameday	28th Sun of the 5th Umbral Moon
Deity	Azeyma, the Warden
Server	Balmung
Free Company	Pathfinder Society
Alignment	Chaotic Good

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Character

General

Will almost always go by his nickname "Blu". Very rarely does he let anyone use his first name, and has completely dropped his original last name. While young, he has had many experiences over his few years, and primarily is an adventurer or mercenary.

Appearance

Main feature would be his messy dark blue hair covered by his bandanna and light blue eyes. While average height, he has a stronger build, necessary for using his two handed sword effectively. When primarily on the front lines, he favors lighter armor with his weapons to provide mobility, relying on his own strength rather than that of heavy armor. His current preference is a rather large jacket, good for concealing extra weaponry and goods, and easy to shed if he is needed to fight. While blue might not be his favorite color, he enjoys wearing it to make his nickname a bit more memorable.

Behavior

Stubborn, quiet and does his best to keep to himself. Blu prefers to rely on no one other than himself, and very rarely will let a part of a job or mission be dependent on someone other than himself. He likes to keep his tongue as sharp as his blade, and is quick to wit as a defense mechanism when hes forced to socially interact against his will. He doesn't like helping anyone if gil is not involved, unless their life is in mortal danger; In a few rare cases, hes been known to step in to even in and leave before anyone tries to thank him. He has no desire for riches, just enough to get by in life.

He also has a weakness for Miquo'te females in need, and has been known to sometimes accept mundane jobs for large discounts, usually giving the excuse its enough just to make him stronger. However even if its only for a single gil, he refuses to take job for free.

Combat

Blu has seen his fair share of combat from local scraps he finds himself in, or missions hes sent on. He primarily relies on his two handed sword, but also carries a pair of daggers and a very slight knowledge of magic that he's picked up over the years. He views combat as a need to survive and to strengthen himself, and does not always find honor in it.

He's used hunting larger wildlife as a means to blow off excess frustration, and not even necessarily kill his target, so much as survive. However when frustrated he can also become overconfident and take on more than he should, neglecting his own safety.

Tendencies

Likes

• Self sufficiency
• The Ocean / Large bodies of water
• Taking on challenges that can seem impossible

Dislikes

• His past, or anyone bringing it up
• Helpless or lazy people
• Large groups
• Slavers
• Heights

Hobbies/Talents

• Honing his combat abilities
• Digging and Mining
• Exploration

Relationships

Family

• None he will admit to having

Friends

• Rissa Bajhiri: A young Miquo'te who stumbled across Blu in the wilderness: In a failed job, Blu had decided to blow off steam and hunt larger game, both sate anger and hunger. Although his rage lead him to recklessness, he underestimated his prey and both sustained heavy injuries before Blu struck the killing blow. It wasn't long that the injuries and bleeding lead to fatigue as he tried to wander back to town. Beginning to collapse against a tree near the road, he saw a figure running towards him trying to calling. The next thing he remembers is waking in a local inn, covered in bandages, and the Miquo'te girl healing and tending to his wounds. He insisted she leave and mind her own damn business. She insisted on letting her do what she does best, and save the idiots not able to take care of themselves. Having his senses beaten back into over the days he was bed ridden by her wit and stubbornness not to abandon him, the two have become close friends.

Enemies

• None he knows of.

History/Timeline

From childhood to his late teenage years, Blu was raised as a normal Miquo'te child, he had aspirations of exploring the world and becoming an adventurer. He was usually 'happy go lucky', rarely sad, always finding the positive aspect in any mess. This quickly lead to Blu also being overconfident in his abilities, and stubborn when being told he couldn't do something.

W'tyio did his best to make friends throughout his tribe, but was not always successful. While he would be hard on himself for any blunder, others were usually harder given how overconfident he could be. Only one person really stuck with him through all of his messes, a female of the same age called W'suh Fhay. They became best of friends throughout their years together, and were usually in trouble together where Blu would deliberately take the brunt of the blame on her behalf.

Slowly has he grew up, he became a bit rebellious after learning the ways of the Tribe, and his designation as a Tia. While always trying to keep an optimistic outlook, he had come to understand the expectations of what would be placed on W'suh. They had grown close and near inseparable over the years, even at the attempts to separate them. W'tiyo had seen W'suh begin to accept the way things were, even if it was not something she agreed with. Slowly becoming rebellious and disagreeing with the system, he drew the ire of other males and adults, telling him to accept it. His stubbornness, and now arrogance then lead to him challenging the current Nuhn in a burst of anger, who had his eye on W'suh. Even realizing what he had said, he refused to back down.

While being strong for his age at 19, his lack of combat experience lead to a very brutal defeat at the hand of the Nuhn. He made sure it was both painful and humiliating for W'tiyo while in front of everyone, including W'suh. In that moment, W'tiyo watched his only friend at this point cold shoulder him at his lowest, and walk away. It was unbeknownst to W'tiyo, but W'suh had reluctantly made a deal with the Nuhn in private. She would not go to his side, and in return W'tiyo would not be killed in the challenge.

It was at this point, W'tiyo cast off from his tribe, leaving everything he had. He refused to acknowledge his tribe existed at this point, and moved on to try and make life near the edge of Ul'dah. He used what skills he had learned growing up to become a mercenary, mainly using two small daggers and stealth to his advantage. Work was rough and unforgiving, pushing him to his limit with no free meals. Most people looked down on him, which would lead to his outbursts and loss of work. When things were bad enough, he would steal where possible in order to eat.

It wasn't long before he had a run in with a small band of mercenaries who called themselves the "Shadow Daggers". For whatever reason unknown to him, they took him in rather than killing him. He was given the nick name "Blu" based off the shirt on his back. He readily accepted, finally removing his ties to his tribe. Blu befriended and accepted them just as quick. He accepted them as family, and they helped in train in other manners of combat, including much larger swords. Blu admired the two handed sword, and felt the power he could use with it, even if it was clunky and slow. He also honed his abilities with dual daggers, and refined his covert abilities in stealth and blending in. While he knew work wasn't always on the level, he had no qualms with stealing and smuggling. Inside, he made the excuse that "As long as no one was hurt, it was not all that bad".

That was all up until his small band accepted a job to smuggle merchandise over the borders out of Ul'dah to Limsa Lominsa. As the Shadow Daggers were trying to progress in the world, but quickly realized they were in over their heads when the cargo was to be slaves. Most of the crew was okay with the decision given the Gil incentive, and also given that failure would result in a horrible fate from their employer. Their easiest way out was to have to sacrifice a single member as a decoy, and unbeknownst to Blu, he was the freshest and untied member unlike the rest of their 'brotherhood'. He also readily displayed his conflict with their choice of cargo, which made it all the easier to select him in secret.

The only problem with this was Blu already had other plans. He could not, and refused to, accept smuggling people; He hated the idea of someone being controlled in such a demeaning way. He questioned the band's decision to have him transport a group of slaves himself, not realizing he was to be the decoy that was apprehended. He quickly made a rough plan once over the border to help a handful of slaves escape, and made off in the night with them. In not becoming the decoy that was expected, the YellowJackets were quick to focus their operations on the main group that was to be undetected. Most of the Shadow Daggers were either killed or captured that day, and the group as a whole was essentially dissolved. Those captured tried to make concessions with the Yellowjackets by turning Blu over as the 'leader' of the group, but he had made his narrow escape by posing as one of the escaped slaves, with the others he helped escape verifying his claim.

Blu quickly took up refuge in Limsa Lominsa, and changed his appearance to match that of his Nickname. He decided to keep his nickname as the only people who had really called him by it were his 'friends' that were either now jailed or dead Using an excessive amount of dye, he coloured what hair he had a dark blue, and changed his appearance as best he could, donning a bandanna to blend in with the local crowds; This way he could also blame his nickname based on appearance rather than history. One of the slaves he helped free provided housing through a local contact. He made ties with the local Rogue guild where he could, putting what training he had to work for the odd pocket change.

It wasn't long after restructuring his life here that the Calamity hit, --TO CONTINUE--