Zakash Firemane

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Gender	Male
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Seeker of the Sun
Citizenship	Limsa Lominsa
Age	37
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Shopkeep
Height/Weight	5'8"/~150lbs
Orientation	Effectively homosexual
Relatives	Tsunhe (son) Ishi (son) Kashti (common law wife, deceased) Syrri (mother, deceased)

A world-weary and questionably reformed thief getting his world back to equilibrium.

Basic Info

Born and bred in Limsa Lominsa long before its "reformation", Zakash Firemane has spent most of his life working on keeping his life, although his definition of "keeping" has changed, considerably and multiple times, over the years. He has been a thief, a teacher, a father, a brother, an adventurer, and a lost soul, usually all at the same time. Recently, he has been learning how to be something new: his own man, living his own life.

LIKES ■ Luxury ■ Books ■ Family ■ Stability with a little excitement to keep things interesting

DISLIKES ■ Ul'dah in general ■ Boredom ■ Seeker tribal mentality ■ A quiet life

OTHER ■ Alignment: Neutral with good tendencies ■ Vice(s): Smoking ■ Favorite Food: Fresh fruit ■ Favorite Drink: Wine ■ Favorite Color: Green

Biography

Childhood

Zakash was born in the underside of Limsa Lominsa to a dockside prostitute, never knowing his father and not much caring besides. He learned how to steal, how to hide, how to wield knives, and how to talk himself in and out of trouble as a matter of survival, and eventually his talents landed him with the Upright Thieves. He was personable and gregarious, counting most of Limsa's young urchins among his circle of friends and acquaintances, but one in particular was his constant companion from they time they were both children, a Miqo'te girl named Kashti.

Teenage

As the two Miqo'te grew older, their relationship took something of a natural course, and Kashti ended up pregnant with twins at fifteen. Unfortunately, Kashti was a tiny girl, ill-suited to bearing twins, and too young to be bearing at all, in fact. The birth was hard, nearly killing her, and although the boys were born strong and healthy, Kashti never fully recovered. She died just after her sons' first birthday, leaving a seventeen-year-old Zak to raise their children alone.

Then, around the time he was twenty-five, Zak was introduced to a teenage Duskwight named Aiouxdaux Beaumont. At the request of Aioux's parents, Zak sought to direct the boy's energy and penchant for getting into trouble to towards the rogue's arts, and during their time together, the Miqo'te found himself developing feelings for his pupil... feelings he kept entirely to himself, both because of the difference in their ages and their relationship as mentor and student.

Adulthood

Zak kept their friendship purely platonic for the next ten years, even while picking up the pieces of Aioux's life when the Elezen returned to Limsa following a catastrophic shipwreck. Circumstances, however, took the matter out of his hands eventually, revealing both the Seeker's long-held secret and the fact that his feelings were returned. Sadly, the relationship was doomed almost from the start; Zak was still in love with the boy he had known over a dozen years before, and Aioux was unwilling and unable to compromise his own lifestyle to accomodate a monogamous relationship. Things ended... poorly.

Heartbroken and disillusioned, Zak threw himself into his work for the XI:7 corporation and the family he found in its owner, Garryson Shipkeeper; Garryson's wife, Aireiel; and the couple's young children. Eventually, the Miqo'te found another balm as well, in the form of another Seeker recentely self-exiled from his tribe and seeking a place to belong. Zakash and J'cyn fell in love and eventually married... but this, like all Zak's relationships it seemed, was not meant to be, and less than a season after their wedding, J'cyn returned to his tribe. Around the same time, Garryson and Aireiel abruptly decided they had tired of public life, choosing to move to Aireiel's family orchard in the country to live quietly and raise their children. Zak was utterly alone.

Now utterly lost, Zak fled Limsa Lominsa for the first time in his life, seeking succor with his children. He stayed for a time with his older son in Ul'dah, before Tsunhe convinced his father that now was as good a time as any to live his life for himself, rather than for anyone else. Taking his son's advice to heart, Zak left again, this time for the north, for Coerthas and Dravania, determined to learn what it was like to live, rather than simply guide other people through their lives.

Present

Recently, Zakash has finally returned to the place he will always really call home. Not much has changed in the city-state of his birth, and he's not sure if that's a good thing or bad. At least the house hasn't burned down while his friends were looking after it; that's something.

Miscellaneous

RUMORS Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! ◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard) ■ "You need anythin' while yer in the city, head on down to this li'l shop dockside, ask fer Zakash. He'll hook you up, an' no questions asked neither." -- a patron of the Drowning Wench ■ ■ ◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ■ "Oh, him? Nah, he's never even looked at a girl. Not since his wife passed on, and that was ages ago. She must've been something special." -- definitely not one of the members of the Upright Thieves who's known Zak since childhood ■ ■ ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ "Menphina Herself must be displeased with him! How else do you explain such bad luck in love? Poor fellow." -- an unnamed resident of the Mist housing district to her friend ■ "Don't try to beat him in a drinking contest. You'll be under the table before he's even tipsy." -- wise advice overheard at the Drowning Wench ■ ◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players) ■ ■ ■ ■

RELATIONS ♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Sexual Interest ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Neutral Standing ● Poor Standing ♥ C'vesh Tia : Something of an adopted son, Zak took in the young Seeker when C'vesh was newly arrived to Limsa Lominsa, teaching the boy how to fight and how to survive in the wider world. He feels awful about abandoning him, but C'vesh doesn't seem to harbor any ill will towards Zak for it, something the older Miqo'te is immensely grateful for. ● Julien Fortier : Zakash gets along well with Julien, which may or may not be quite a feat, depending on who you're talking to. Well enough, in fact, to leave the little house in Mist in Julien's care while going on his rather unexpected pilgrimage. Since coming home, Zak has begun to view him as family. ● Amedee Delacroix : Although he and Amedee have started disagreeing rather vehemently on the nature of fate and free will, Zak still likes the Duskwight very much. As with Julien, Amedee is becoming something akin to family to him. ● Kitri'a Dusmoni : A spirited young Keeper Zak was introduced to not long after returning to southern Eorzea. Zak thought something might come of their mutual attraction... until he realized Kitri'a wanted nothing to do with the older Miqo'te's history or baggage. His pride has been bruised, but he holds no particular ill will towards Kit, who is, really, just acting his age. ● Aiouxdaux Beaumont : The opposite of love isn't hate; it's apathy. Love is out of the question these days, and apathy is something Zak could never feel for Aiouxdaux. It's complicated.

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  Limsa Lominsa's resident gay single dad

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