Thalia Borlaaq

Thalia
"The world wins the moment you stop smiling."
Thalia Borlaaq, of the Baidur
Gender	Female
Race	Xaelan (Hyurian)
Clan	Baidur Borlaaq
Citizenship	Unaffiliated
Age	22
Height	4 fulms, 8.5 ilms
Weight	95 ponze
Relationship status	Married (semi-open)
Sexuality	Bisexual
Server	Balmung

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Appearance

Thalia is a short, somewhat-built Xaelan girl. Her sandy blonde hair is often brushed over one shoulder, or pulled into a ponytail. She is generally seen wearing light armoring or basic clothing with long sleeves, never really anything too eye-popping however. Beneath her clothing, running up her right arm and along her shoulder and torso is a Xaelan-style tribal tattoo, something she often does not show. Thalia's ocean blue eyes are accented with cyan limbal rings, and her face is dotted with freckles... as are other parts of her body. Overall though, there is something about her facial structure that doesn't necessarily seem like that of other Xaela.

History

Thalia Ittetsu was born to a Doman father, and a Lominsan mother. Alongside herself, they also had a son named Rynn, who was just a few years older than her. Thalia and her family travelled throughout the lands as a part of a caravan, which wished to learn and experience as much of the world as they could. During the time of Thalia's childhood, most of that time was spent in Othard. Because of this, she experienced much of Doman and Xaelan culture, and it influenced much of her upbringing. Rynn would have even gone so far as to say that her first language was Doman, and she spoke with a noticable accent. She always found some way to fit into the places they went.

Whereas her brother was more interested in the literature, legends, and more scholastic aspects of the cultures they visited, Thalia was much more fascinated by the various types of fighting and athletics that were employed throughout Othard. While she was never able to use the ninjustu mudras for which Doman warriors are so well known, she was quite skilled in fighting by the time she was a teenager. When she was of fifteen winters, about one year before the Calamity ravaged Eorzea, Rynn had turned to the age of adulthood, and decided to start a life of his own. He left his family and departed for Eorzea to start his own adventures. Neither sibling knew it would be the last time they would see eachother.

Soon after this, the caravan stopped in a small Doman fishing village. While they were there, all hell broke loose. Garlean forces assaulted the settlement, and they had every intention of razing the town with everyone beneath it. The Domans' measly number of skilled defenders were quickly dispatched by the legionairres. Thalia did whatever she could to help, but though experienced for her age, she too was no match for the Imperials. Rather than kill the young half-blood, they took her and her parents prisoner. The commanding officer of the forces saw something in her: an incredible proficiency and potential for such a young Hyurian, and a young mind. Weak, impressionable, and easy to break. Her parents were put to death before her eyes, before she was shipped off to the nearest Castrum. There, she was subjected to rigourous torture and mental despairity until her willpower finally snapped.

Thalia was then brainwashed, stripped of her identity. She was renamed- or rebranded, rather, as Anastasia, an assassin pawn for Garlemald. While the Calamity tore Eorzea apart, Anastasia was assigned throughout Othard, following orders and eliminating whoever she was commanded. All of this was done blindly and efficiently. Isolated as she was, there was never reason for her to raise questions. "For the Emperor" was the only thing she knew. At age twenty-one, nearly seven years after the Calamity, Anastasia was given a different assignment. One in Eorzea. She was told to assist a Lieutenant Shioh, who was on the hunt for a Garlean deserter. The man, once known as Telcada and now as Ryu, was Thalia's mark. It was her job to befriend him and those close to him, then lead them into a trap for Shioh to deal with them. Soon, everything was set. When the time had come, all Anastasia had to do was direct Ryu's friends just a few hundred yalms in the right direction.

Eveything would have gone according to Shioh's plan, except Anastasia had met and talked with Ryu not long beforehand. Her intentions were to gain information about him and earn his trust. Their discussion instead prevented he and his loved ones' deaths- unbeknownst to him. It was because of what Ryu told her that she began to doubt what little she knew. The man's situation had not been unlike her own. He told her about his realiziation of his own brainwashing, and his eventual secession from the Garleans when he discovered it. Anastasia realized that many of the questions Ryu had asked himself prior to his realization, she could not answer herself. She didn't know her lineage, her childhood, she didn't know who she was. She knew only to serve.

These questions still plagued her mind when the time came for her to follow Lieutenant Shioh's orders, and complete her mission. rather than lead her targets into the trap, she warned them of it and told them to escape in the opposite direction. Shioh was furious. He attacked her, and after a short battle, had won. A cut from one end of her stomach to the other claimed Shioh's victory. Had her harness and armor not been so tight, he'd have disemboweled her. Laying there on the ground, ilms from immediate death and slowly bleeding out, Shioh mocked her with her true name. Leaving for her dead, all hope seemed lost for her... until, she was found by Esva Kagon, Ryu's partner and witch of Nhama.

The Kagon's magic was enough to prevent her from inevitable death, but she would still need physical treatment. Though Thalia had saved their lives, Ryu and Esva did not yet trust the new-minded girl completely. She understood their reasoning, and agreed to whatever terms were given her.

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