Zasha Hope

Adlynn Akaime
"We are Hitoride Wanai, this means we are not alone. Please, trust me with your heart. I will never forsake you."
Gender	Female
Race	Midlander Hyur
Clan	Unknown
Citizenship	Ishgard
Age	Twenty Two
Guardian	Halone
Namesday	The Twenty Fifth Sun of the Sixth Umbral Moon
Known Aliases	The Eighty Ponze of Fury Zasha Hope Squirt Wildflower Little Princess Otome Kishi Lady Bird

Character

♦ Beginnings

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Zasha in the Ishguard Prisons

On the Twenty seventh sun of the Fourth Umbral Moon, Farrson Odim brought Zasha to the Order of the Sword and Rose barely able to sit up and knowing nothing of the common tongue. He found her starving and barely alive in an Ishguardian Prison when on a mission from another employer. With the promise to bring Zasha to the Ul'dahn Syndicate to retire from his work and involvement with them, he decided to ignore the details of his contract and bring her to his Free Company's care as he noticed how aetherically imbalanced she was and believed she was desired to be turned into some kind of weapon.

Due to a deep scar on her head noticed by Konner Kinkaid, the Order's leader, it was soon the safe assumption that Zasha suffered from amensia and for x amount of cycles locked away in the dungeon did nothing in helping her regain any memory or even know language. Through the experiments of another member, Amelia, it was discovered that exposing her to language and activity helped brush away a lot of the mental dust she had though as she relearned the common tongue, her speech pattern began to become a melting pot of the rest of the member's own personal speech patterns. It would not be till half a cycle later that it was discovered that Zasha's true identity was that of Konner's missing child, Adlynn Akaime. Upon learning this, she took her birth name.

♦ Appearance

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Art by Marina D'arca

Standing only four fulms and nine ilms, Adlynn is very petite compared to most others around her and has earned the nickname amoung some as the 'Eighty Ponze of Fury' due to her strong will in such a small body. A deep scar runs diagonally on her forehead and has glossy raven hair that is very soft to the touch. Her ivory skin shows a lack of sun and is very delicate so it can get cut or bruised very easily. Her aetheryte blue colored doe like eyes tend to be one of the first features many notice as well.

Taking heavily in appearance of her birth mother, she is often times considered a great and exotic beauty, having full pink lips and a soft round face. Though aside from her blue eyes from her father, she also inherited his slightly crooked nose which makes her very self conscious when someone talks about it.

♦ Behaviour

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Art by Luua Mhin

Almost every single one of Adlynn's emotions and behavioral patterns are mimics of the people she is exposed to. When coming out of the Ishguard Prison, as she calls "The Dark Place" to many others, she knew nothing of what to do other than sit and lay down very still like many of the corpses around her that had been long forgotten in the prisons. Excelling in mimicry, Adlynn learned the common tongue by listening to speech patterns and meshing all the surrounding forms of speech into her own personal which often comes off as broken, doll like, and childish.

With the ability to hear, see, and touch aether around her as well, Adlynn can look at a spell that could take someone many moons to master and copy it with ease in a moment by mimicking the way they manipulated the aether around them to copy cast the spell herself. Aerostein and Anne'ya, well versed aether casters, had taken to teaching her but went through special precautions to keep their lessons from being her copying their own actions and forcing her to learn and practice spells through her own ability and not the mimic of others.

As she has matured and learned more of the world around her and how to interact, mostly, properly with those around her all her her emotions and thought processes are mimics as well. Depending on what she believed the other person wants to see and hear in a situation has on a few occasions offered a merry smile when the mood is sad or a furrowed brow with the mood is happy when she misinterprets what she believed the situation calls for.

When she was restored her memories after dying and being brought back to life, Adlynn's behaviors and speech patterns changed drastically. She didn't confuse or mimic what she believed people wanted of her anymore, even holding to a more elegant and flowing speech then her old melting pot of accents and broken common tongue.

She became very duty and honor bound as well, looking to the path of justice and only wavering from the honorable paths if tactically there was no other way to go about it. Her loyalty to the Order of the Sword and Rose and those in it being a fierce love which lovers in her past led her to having to choose between leaving the Order and following with them, or parting paths for her to remain with the Order. Her fierce loyalty and honor had her choose the Order every time however, as she can not turn her back on those in need. Choosing to draw a circle around herself that stretched out to everyone, rather then just around herself and a few select people. These decisions never coming easily, as she believes she cannot afford to be selfish for herself.

Huli Jing

During times of great amounts of stress that cause Adlynn's seals to break and change color, another side of her came out that retained all her memories of her time before the Ishguard Prisons. Anne'ya had named this side of Adlynn as "Other Zasha".

Other Zasha was serious, sharp tongued, judgmental, and filled with fury when others have come across her. She was very fast to deliver insults and tried her best to make everyone that speaks to her, hate her. The only time she had shown a softer side was the few times she has spoke with Felix Drake, even confessing to him that she was a necessity that Adlynn herself created at the age of three to protect her from something called The Red Curse. There were times that she would come out during moments of extreme stress and channel the signature abilities of primals that Adlynn has been exposed to and seem to take on their personality and temperament as well until the threat that caused her to act in such a way had disappeared.

While Other Zasha was completely aware, intelligent, and the retainer of all old memories, Adlynn herself had no knowledge of her existence and often met others with confusion if they tried to tell her about Other Zasha and would not remember what happened around her that created the stress that brought forth Other Zasha. In a conversation between Other Zasha and Astorin, Other Zasha told Astorin that the real Adlynn was simply asleep when he demanded to know where she went.

Other Zasha also had an odd attunement to Adlynn's Carbuncle, Ryu, which gave Adlynn the ability to summon the carbuncle without the use of a focus. Ryu seems to have an advanced intelligence over other summoned beast and shows an increase of strength and agility as well, especially when he morphs into knock off versions of a summoner's egi. Adlynn herself seems aware, speaking another language that only is understood by Ryu and she explained to Deirdre, Astorin, and Felix that if Ryu is to be hurt she, she would feel the pain as well.

Other Zasha would later begin to reveal to the Order that Adlynn required to "eat" the aether of Primals and gain their powers and strength and after consuming so many she would be able to break free of the Red Curse. A curse that was making her ill and killing Adlynn slowly while prophesying that the Red Curse would make her witness horrific deaths of anyone she held dear. The Order aided in Adlynn taking the aether of Ramuh, Ifrit, Leviathan, Garuda, and minor primals Fenrir, Siren, and Enkidu. She having had already at this point Shiva and Odin's aether within her. When they went to get Titan's aether, Ryu lashed out and attacked Adlynn before she could attune with the primal.

Adlynn loosing control to Huli Jing

In a conversation between Ryu and Adlynn, Ryu tells her that a primal that had been dormant within Adlynn since her birth was controlling him and that Adlynn must not fight Titan and make her stronger. Other Zasha takes control of Adlynn in the choas of the situation, destroying Ryu's carbuncle crystal and banishing him to the aetherial realm. She reveals herself to be Huli Jing, a minor primal of the Far Far East that lost all her followers in a genocide that happened long ago.

She goes on in saying that Adlynn's mother had found Huli Jing as a child and made a pack with minor primal. To give her first born child to minor primal in exchange, Huli Jing would aid her mother in restoring her nobility titles that had been ripped away from her by the murder of her parents who were Warlords defeated by the Warlords of the Hare Clan. As she had brought Adlynn's mother to regain her titles once more by marrying her to a Lord and making her a Princess through that marriage, Adlynn's body and soul belonged to her.

She then rips out Titan's aether from his aetheryte and devours it, claiming that she now had the strength of a full primal and that she would gain new followers to worship her now. Afterwards, she tries to take Kin's sword from him to use for the power within it. The blade however burns her hand and Huli Jing ports away without it. The encounter however showed Kin that Huli Jing had spirited Adlynn away to the Boulder Downs in Coerthas.

Huli Jing Revealed

There, the Order followed suit to find Huli Jing controlling Adlynn's body still to draw out residual aether from a fallen piece of Dalamund to gain power from Bahamut as well. Once finished, the Order unleashed an assult on Huli Jing to try and capture her. Huli Jing did not want her beloved vessel to be injured and left Adlynn's body in her true, Kitsune like form.

The Order charged into battle against the primal, though a few stayed behind to tend to Adlynn, her hair turned her natural hair color, black, as the primal was no longer possessing her. Weak and dying, Adlynn was held by her Father and shared a few last words. Upon Huli Jing's defeat, she went back to the aetherial realm of primals where, with no followers, would never be able to be summoned again. When those who fought the Primal came to rejoice in victory, they learned one last attack done in by Huli Jing.

Adlynn Reborn

Before her dying breaths, Huli Jing made the corrupted crystals around react to Adlynn. The corrupted crystals wrapping around Adlynn and killing her as she was turned to crystal in her Father's arms. Heart stricken and defeated, the Order grieved the lose of Adlynn before believes and non believes alike bent knee and prayed desperately to the Twelve and Hydalen to give back their friend. Crystal reacting the the prayers of the Order and the will of their hearts, Adlynn was freed from her crystal prison and restored life with the image of seraphic wings of light on her back. Memories of her past restored while also holding the memories of the long life among mortals that Huli Jing had.

Upon requests for her carbuncle, Ryu, the shattered remains of her carbuncle crystal were given to her. Knowing that without Ryu's specific crystal, she would never be able to bring the creature back. She however vows to find a way to bring Ryu home one day.

Ryu

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First summoned when Adlynn was Three Cycles Old, Ryu has been Adlynn's constant companion in life. Adlynn named him such because she often heard the people she believed to be her true parents (Though had not been) speak of someone named Ryo. Though, through the muffled voices and whispers they shared, Adlynn understood the name to be Ryu instead. After their death and her adoption by a elezen by the name of Zeserra Shynt, she clung to memories she could, knowing as she grew older they would faze and fuzz of them.

Ryu was at first, a typical carbuncle. Non serious and aloof, enjoying playing along side his toddler master. As Adlynn grew as a prodigious arcanist under her new adopted mother's care, Ryu grew along side her, becoming stronger and stronger and growing a more mischievous nature to him to help balance out the serious nature Adlynn was maturing into.

When Adlynn began to grow an interest in summoning as a child, she traveled for a brief time with the Sons of Saint Coinache as they helped her attune Ryu to various spots around Mor Dhona that were drenched in primal aether. These experiments led to a increase in intelligence to Ryu, making him regal and prideful. His mischievous nature coming out to people he decided to mess with for deeper intent rather then the short attention spans of carbuncles in general. Thanks to these experiments as well, he could transform himself into primal egis, though not as strong as a true egi.

When Adlynn was thrown off Monument Tower, Huli Jing lashed out her powers to Ryu and connected Adlynn and Ryu together in order to perserve Adlynn's life and keep her from being killed. This process transferred all of Adlynn's memories to Ryu for safe keeping, and made Adlynn become a shell.

Ryu when not fully summoned

During the 9 cycles of imprisonment, Huli Jing hid the carbuncle stone and allowed Adlynn to play with it and partially summon Ryu to keep some mental stimulation going for Adlynn. During this time, Adlynn was able to hear Ryu's voice as they were now connected thanks to Huli Jing, and he taught her to speak in a tongue that Adlynn later describes as 'the tongue of aether'.

Once saved by Farrson and brought to the Order, Adlynn is able to fully summon Ryu in time. The carbuncle acts as her protector, trying to slowly give Adlynn memories that were sealed within him in the form of dreams. He finds pleasure in keeping Adlynn safe and happy, and tormenting anyone he feels adds to her stresses in life.

As Adlynn began to eat primal aether however, Huli Jing began to use the connection the two shared to take control of Ryu and use his body to watch the Order through his eyes. Slowly completely over whelming Ryu until she had complete control over him. Though, during that time he worked slowly on his own to gather strength to regain control of himself and when Adlynn went to take Titan's aether, he was able to break free for just a moment to warn her.

Upon being warned, Huli Jing destroyed his crystal which released Adlynn's sealed memories to return to her. It was not until Adlynn found a ritual deep in the Gubal Library that she was able to summon Ryu in a fully physical form.

He now resides, unable to be dismissed, in a fully physical form that makes him a bit smaller then your normal carbuncle and no longer glowing but instead of fluffy fur that he takes great pleasure in having brushed regularly. Since returning, he is still able to turn into primal egis however they as well hold a physical form rather then a glowing form of a normal summoner's egi.

He enjoys being pampered above all else and bullies Adlynn about to have that pampered lifestyle if he feels he doesn't have it. He also enjoys creating trouble and causing pranks, usually to help made Adlynn laugh when she's feeling depressed or insecure.

★ Known Seals ★

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  Zasha's first seal, the hardest seal to regain and the most terrifying to break. It is like an incubator for the rest of the seals, hiding the mark on her face and making the blue streaks in her hair disappear as well.

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  Zasha's second seal, the most standard of her seals and can rest at this state comfortably for a long time. Each time Zasha attunes to a primal, it will reset her seals back to blue making many believe for the longest time this was the first seal until Other Zasha explained to Astorin that the seal in Gold was the Fifth Seal, meaning Blue would have to have been the second in the count down.

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  Zasha's third seal, she was found in the Ishguard Prison with this seal in place.

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  Zasha's fourth seal, notably Zasha's favorite color in seals as she doesn't realize their true complexity. Other Zasha begins to show up more for minor stresses without breaking a seal but can only remain there to aid in those small stresses for short amounts of time before Zasha takes back control.

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  Zasha's fifth seal, she begins to suffer from fevers rather frequently at this seal and quicker to catch illness when a bug or virus is going through the Order halls. Other Zasha has the choice to take control if Zasha is asleep, but will avoid doing so if she feels there is no one she needs to speak to help get Zasha's seals to go back above the Gold color. The seal comes in a metalic gold color compared to the dulled colors of the rest of the seals.

Intelligence

Konner Kinkaid giving Zasha a Tin Horse

The first thought among most when they encounter Zasha is they believe her to be "simple", having her called a 'child' to more motherly figures. When she was first to come to the Order of the Sword and Rose, many took to interacting with her like she was a young child while others realized there was a deeper thought process to her past her ability to learn through mimicking.

People like Quarimar, Deirdre, or Konner took to her intelligence in the views of a child and helped with her learning of the world around her. Konner even going as far as giving Zasha a tin horse to play with to encourage her more creative side of the mind like a young child would do. People like Aerostein and Farrson focusing on the deeper thoughts and philosophical views she has to even seek advice and guidance from her. When she is given the chance to expand her mind, it becomes apparent that Zasha has a genius IQ and a tactician's mind. Once she understands what the conversation at hand is about, and she chooses to join in as a participating speaker, it can startle and even leave some unsettled by how thick a grasp she has to a subject that she was asking questions on not moments before. Especially when it has to do with war and battle strategy.

Likes ■ Spreading cheer ■ Flowers ■ Cooking ■ Chocobos ■ Reading about Hildibrand ■ Helping friends and strangers

Dislikes ■ Stress ■ Others suffering alone ■ Being helpless to aid someone in need ■ Fairies ■ Nicknames

Hobbies/Talents ■ Playing the harp ■ Aether Manipulation ■ Making jewelry out of shells

Favorites ■ Favourite Food/Drink: Dried Fruit ■ Favourite Place: The Hall of the Order of the Sword and Rose

Relationships

Anne'ya and Zasha

♥ Platonic Love ❤ In a relationship with ♥ Strong Feelings For ● Good Standing ● Neutral Standing ● Poor Standing

Friends ● ♥ Farrson Odim – A brother in all but blood to her, Zasha is fiercly loyal and protective of Farrson as he was the one to save her from the "Dark Place". Eternally in a war of pranks, Zasha tends to show her more mischievous side when she's setting a prank to Farrson in the truest sibling form. ● ♥ Konner Kinkaid – It was revealed that Zasha was the daughter Kin had given away to preserve her life when he was escaping from his homeland. Zasha is very attached to him, and tends to not realize how strict or stern he can be when leading the Order of the Sword and Rose and will call him Daddy in front of strangers with little care. ● ♥ C'rhisi Tohbei – Rhisi, or Mommy Rhisi as Zasha has began to call her by, is one of Zasha's best friends. She often seeks for Rhisi's happiness and views her as a sister despite being her adoptive mother through her marriage to her father. ● ♥ Deirdre Ta'ea – One of Zasha's best friends, Zasha is extremely protective of Deirdre. Zasha's rare moments of being annoyed or upset with people usually stem from them upsetting or annoying Deirdre to the point she starts to yell. She loves Deirdre like a mother, often wondering if her own birth mother was like Deirdre when her father speaks of her. ● ♥ Felix Drake – Another brother in all but blood, Zasha is often worrying about Felix as she sees him prone to depression often. Where she is more annoying to Farrson and mischievous, she is more of a wimp and quick to cry and hug his leg when Felix is off to do work. ● ♥ Quarimar Baenund – Quarimar is what Zasha would consider an Uncle in many ways. She loves to visit with him when he is at the Order's halls and learn a great many things from him. ● Oni De'phor – Sharing the body with Zasha's best friend prior to her lose of memory, Zasha tends to view both Oni and Raiden as the same person on many occasions. She holds no memory of her past friendships with Raiden and often times grows frustrated that Oni and Raiden know about her past and don't tell her much on it. ● ♥ Astorin Ebrelnaux – Finding him her safe place, Zasha often talks with Astorin on the troubles of life. Whenever she is overwhelmed by stress and fear, she sleeps on his couch. ● ♥ ❤ Anne'ya Molkoh – Though their meeting is considered shady by several people, Anne'ya is the first person Zasha made friends with, without the help of the Order. They entered into a relationship together shortly after he was finished teaching her the basics of conjury and decided to keep their relationship rather quiet at first because of the over protective nature of the Order when concerned with Zasha. ● Marina D'arca – Farrson's other half as Zasha would label it, Zasha finds comfort with Marina as they are both able to see aether. She feels less different when Marina is around, and it brings her a measure of comfort as they both have suffered several trials together thus far. ● Aerostein Epitaph – Her main teacher for conjury, Zasha is often rather fascinated when speaking with him. He challenges her mind and gets her into deeper philosophical debates. She has a large respect for him. ● Alicia Stone – A woman with a tragic past, Zasha doesn't understand why Alicia often calls her a monster or why she tells Zasha she should fear her. She feels the need to help Alicia see that she has more worth in her than this and is often called Little Bird by her. ● Wa'yandih Nuhn – Zasha often enjoys talking with Wa'yandih, and is one of the only people she's agreed to share acholoh with during a casual occasion, granted she wasn't aware that was what they were drinking. ● Seamus O'toole – One of Zasha's first friends in the Order, Seamus help the most patience when dealing with and helping Zasha learn during her early days. He never tried to take advantage of her lack of knowledge and is one of the only people Zasha will run up and hug upon seeing them.

Acquaintances ● Sethaner Somerville – A highlander that Zasha often enjoys speaking with on rare occassions. While she doesn't realize it, Seth is usually giving her overly complicated stories on how things work and is usually rather traumatizing in how he goes about showing examples as such. ● Ciel Wulfe – Finding her very elegant and beautiful, Zasha is often a bit intimidated in approaching Ciel at risk of feeling like a bother to her. From a distance however, Zasha loves to listen to Ciel sing and play instruments. ● Kale Aideron – While having a rocky start, Zasha is rather fond of Kale after he helped comfort her on a trip to some ruins to help Farrson. She often keeps a distance from him, worried that she might upset him however. ● Aimee Peltier – Zasha considers Aimee's aether the most beautiful aether signature she's ever seen, and tries to build a friendship with her. However, due to poor timing on Zasha's part she often misses opportunities to speak with Aimee. Zasha picked up conjury with the hopes that she can help Aimee one day in the Order's medical ward. ● Jonathan Grayve – After Johnathan had made a passing joke about smiting Zasha as he misheard her speaking and believed for a time that she was of some wraith or spiritual creature, Zasha is very scared of Johnathan. She tries to overcome it as he's made strides to prove to her he would never think of harming her, but there are times he jumps out to be playful with people around her and she grows uncomfortable. ● Via Delarosa – Cute and quirky, Zasha loves Via but mostly from a distance. Timing has never been right for Zasha as she's never been able to hold a conversation with Via but she always finds herself curious of the energetic woman. ● Ryvin Syn – Despite how fond the elezen seems to be of Zasha, Zasha often feels confused by her as she doesn't understand how Ryvin can foretell the future by playing with cards. She enjoys her company, and will look to talk with her if she's able. Enemies & Rivals ● Maddie - Maddie is a Mandragora that Zasha is always at odds ends with. Encounters with Maddie are the only time Zasha is ever seen being violent, even to the point of throwing chairs as it ruins her garden, steals her food, and is generally a menace in her life. ● Annowre Ka'lyth – While Annowre has always been very kind and sweet to her, Zasha views her as her rival. She senses there is something more between Annowre and Anne'ya as they have been childhood friends and after Annowre had tricked Zasha into drugging Anne'ya and seeing Anne'ya snuggle rather intently to Annowre, it only added to her insecurities on the situation.

♦ Footnotes

Alignment: Lawful Good

Theme song: Playlist of Zasha's songs, updated often