Ylari Shailcirc

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Gender	Female
Race	Hyur
Clan	Midlander
Citizenship	Gridania
Birthplace	The East Shroud
Nameday	15th Sun of the 3rd Umbral Moon
Age	23
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Healer, wandering cleric.
Guardian Deity	Nymeia, the Spinner

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General

Ylari Shailcirc (ih-lAH-ree SHALE-kirk)) is a Midlander Hyur hailing from the Black Shroud. A deeply devout individual, Ylari surprised everyone who knew her by taking Nymeia, not Nophica, as her guardian goddess. She offers prayers to all the Twelve, however, and considers herself one of their voices despite refusing point-blank to enter the official clergy.

Having lived in near-isolation for almost her entire life, Ylari knows little of the world beyond her forest save that told in books. After the death of her mother during the Calamity, she became tired of seclusion and began to wander the Twelveswood, offering her services as both healer and spiritual guide in exchange for food and shelter.

She is rarely to be seen without her companion chocobo, Owain.

Personal Information

Appearance

Being short for a Midlander, Ylari stands at roughly 160cm tall, and is of average build - not muscular in the slightest, but solid with pronounced hips and rather broad shoulders. Her skin is fair, some might say too pale for someone who spends most of her life outdoors, but it matches her hair, which is pale blonde with traces of red at the roots. More often than not, said hair is pulled back into a high ponytail, as it is easier to maintain. Her eyes are somewhat overlarge, more pupil than iris, and icy blue in colour - overall, Ylari's colouring makes her look a little washed out in bright sunlight.

The strong jaw prevalent in the Shailcirc family presents strongly in its youngest daughter, though offset by the fullness of her lips and the shallow arch of her cheekbones. Her face is actually quite broad, but the careful framing of it with strategically-placed locks of hair serves to hide the fact well. The aforementioned large eyes are set above a nose slightly too long for her face, sloping sharply downwards.

She has very few blemishes, her skin almost entirely unmarked apart from a set of scars, very similar to a burn, in the shape of fingers clasped around her left wrist. However she usually keeps these covered.

History

Early Life

Ylari was born on a stormy night, in her father's concealed cottage deep within the Eastern Shroud. And until she was seven years old, she never left the area immediately surrounding that ramshackle building.

The youngest child of Caradoc and Ellera Shailcirc (the former a skilled, if eccentric, alchemist, the latter a powerful conjurer and physician), it was almost a given that Ylari would grow up able to hear the elementals that surrounded her woodland birthplace. From this ability stemmed her great affinity for curative magics, a natural talent that combined with Elleras prodigious knowledge of the art enabled her to master conjury at a very young age.

Caradoc never let his children wander far from their home; he knew the dangers present in the Twelveswood, and was determined to keep them safe during their mother's frequent absences due to her position as a physician for the Twin Adders. Sadly, his overzealous protection turned out to be the catalyst for Shara, the eldest, to plot rebellion and to rope her siblings into her plan - on a quiet night not long after Ylari turned seven, once their father had fallen asleep at his desk (as was his wont) the three children snuck out of the house and into the wood. They thought it a great adventure until they were set upon, far from home, by tempered Sylphs angry at their territory being invaded. Upon seeing Shara receive a gash on her leg, Ylari instinctively reached out to the elementals she had heard whispering from earliest childhood, but the only one to come at her call was a rogue, who drove the Sylphs away on a whim. Capricious as ever, the elemental grasped Ylari's wrist as she reached out for it, enthralled, and it began to drag her away. Only the timely arrival of Ellera, backed up by the Wood Wailers who had heard the children's screams, saved Ylari from whatever fate the corrupted spirit had in mind, leaving her with a set of scars around her left wrist that have never faded.

Affiliations

Family

Caradoc Shailcirc - Father, aged 42.

Lives in the South Shroud, in isolation. He is a solid, sensible man, though lately prone to introspection and self-reflection. His usual vigour and easy laughter have waned somewhat since Ellera's death. Ylari loves him dearly, and visits him frequently, though mostly to keep an eye on him.

Ellera Shailcirc (nee. Lathurna) - Mother, deceased.

She died aged 35, as a result of the Calamity five years ago, as she had been a physician in the army. She was kind, but a daydreamer and very detached from reality. Ylari was deeply attached to her mother, and is still not entirely over her loss.

Shara Shailcirc - Sister, aged 27.

Current whereabouts remain unknown. Shara disowned her family after the death of her mother and went out into the world in a whirlwind of rage and despair. Years of searching have turned up little by way of positive leads on her whereabouts, despite her contentious personality and fondness for wine and song.

Donnel Shailcirc - Brother, aged 25.

Currently an adventurer living in Limsa Lominsa. Donny doesn't let his impulsiveness or thoughtlessness get in the way of trying to become a better swordsman, and he frequently sends little packets of treats to his father and sister in the Shroud.