Kage Kiryuu

Kage Kiryuu
Gender	Male
Race	Lalafell
Clan	Dunesfolk
Citizenship	Ul'dah
Age	24
Height	2' 10.2"
Server	Balmung
Time Zone	Pacific (GMT-8 Standard, GMT-7 Daylight Savings)
In Game	Mon-Thurs 4pm-10pm Friday 8pm to latenight. Saturday 9am-Late night. Sunday 9am-10pm

Character

General

Kage is a Dunesfolk Lalafell whose family have lived in the Thanalan for many, many years. He was traveling through Thanalan, The Clutch area, when he spied something that festered a strange feeling within him. He was driven and inspired by the events he saw. He saw Papashan and other Sultansworn come to the aid of another. It became the driving force within him to train to be a paladin and to eventually become Sultansworn. This led to him meeting with the Sultansworn, Natalie, as well as others that she knew. Recent events has caused him to realize that the politics of the job and those of Ul'dah might be something that he's not yet prepared for.

Appearance

Kage is the shortest of adult male Dunesfolk Lalafell. He has blue hair with highlights of a red shade. He also sports a goatee on his chin that he plays with when he's anxious. Currently he doesn't have an official job, taking odd jobs here and there to make ends meet. As such he doesn't wear any truly plated armor. Rarely can he be found in a mage's robe but more often than not he wears a tabard.

Behavior

Once he's comfortable and willing to open up, Kage will be happy to give people as good as he takes it. He's shy, soft-spoken, reserved and mild-mannered but also playfulwhen with friends. He cares very much for those he becomes friends with. As such, he does not take well to being insulted for seeing whether his friends are in danger or being harassed. Only his self-restraint keeps him from lashing out at someone physically or violently for doing so. He's very forceful when he feels like his friends need to be defended from physical or personal attack. He does not easily make friends by himself, usually making friends from friends. He can be found sitting on the rail in Quicksand, outside of Quicksand by Ruby Road, or sitting at a table in the Airship landing. Kage finds it very hard to lie to people to their faces and usually would prefer not to unless for a good reason. Thus, he hates it when people lie to him. He has a lot of anxieties about himself, but he's started to grow stronger as his training progresses. He believes in his friends and is generally too "goody two shoes". He wouldn't enforce this belief unto others, especially his friends, unless he thought that the trouble for them is too much or if it puts them into danger. He doesn't like it when his friends get hurt, being upset that they would not ask him for help or for him to cover their backs. He does not have a rigid sense of judgment only a subjective right or wrong on how people are affected.

Likes

• Ul'dah
• Any beverage at the Quicksand
• Becoming friends

Dislikes

• Killing or hurting others (mentally or physically)
• Not being able to initiate making new friends
• Friends going off without him to watch their backs

Hobbies/Talents

• Sitting on the rail in Quicksand
• Proficient in aetherial manipulation

Relationships

Family

Kage's mother's side of the family had a heavy focus in thaumaturgy and a few tomes ready for study on some black magicks. Kage's father comes from a family who specialized in goldsmithing. His father does quite well in goldsmithing so that Kage and his family were never in want. Kage has two siblings, an older brother and a younger sister. His brother continues the family's goldsmithing business while his sister has turned to alchemy.

Friends

Kage has made a variety of friends in the city of Ul'dah. Many of them seem to be Miqo'te but he has made friends with Roen Deneith, a Midlander Hyur. He's gotten to know many of them through Natalie Mcbeef or through being in the Quicksand.

Enemies

Kage is generally easy to get along with and so far has not had the need nor the want to make enemies.

Rumors

Common Rumors

• "He's that Lalafell always surrounded by a bunch of Miqo'te here in Ul'dah." - Ul'dahn citizen
• "I always see him sitting on the rail here." - Quicksand patron
• "I've seen him getting shoulder rides on Miqo'te. Strange."

Moderate Rumors

• "He's always following that Miqo'te Sultansworn, Natalie, right?"

Rare Rumors

• "I thought he was just a swordsman, but I've seen him running 'round in mage's outfits."
• "Don't see him taking on too many jobs, but he's always been in here drinking ale or just lounging on that rail."

History/Timeline

His mother raised Kage to be the heir of sorts since his oldest brother is better at shaping the fine and malleable metals that Kage was only average at. Kage has a fairly decent amount of control over the large amount of aether he has so his mother put him on that path. It was not a fulfilling life prospect and so a few years after the Calamity Kage found his life changing.

Traveling through the Thanalan, The Clutch area, Kage observed an incident in which several Sultansworn came to the aid of a fellow. They were led by a Lalafell. Kage wasn't sure about how things came to be but he soon felt something in himself that wanted change. He wanted to do something with his life and not just follow the flow his family had set for him. Leaving against the protests of his mother, Kage packed his things and left for Ul'dah. He hid his aetherial disposition unless the very odd jobs that he took required them, and only if no one would be the wiser. He asked for help and advice, receiving it from those he'd made contact with.

His aetherial proficiency came to surface when his friends showed that they might be in trouble. In a small confrontation between Marrow and a few others, he tried to use his magic to get Marrow and others out of the incident. It then became useful when dealing with a friend's, Salem Nunh's, crisis.

Kage had since started to wind down and relax, focusing on his training to be better at using a sword and shield. He recently completed the undertaking of the Sultansworn Trials alongside Roen.

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