History
- Early Life:
Lived in a base set up near Ishgard for most of her childhood. Her mother tried her best to raise her and her older sibling while their father worked daily. Mostly she followed her brother and father about learning different skills from them. Even starting to take up the lance when she was old enough to hold one. A odd fascination seemed to spawn at this early age towards dragons, one that was quickly dismissed as her parents scolded her for it.
Given her size she always seemed to bite off more then she could chew and ended up in trouble that her sibling had to bail her out of. One time nearly costing her dearly due to her disregard of her parents warnings that drakes were evil creatures. She had found a wounded one and tried to do something for it only to have ti turn on her and nearly end her short lived life. Luckily for her a patrol unit was near as well as her brother as they finished the beast off. The scare seemed to end her curiosity with the creatures.
When she was starting her lancer training was when she was also learning under her fathers wing on how to forge weapons and armor. A craft that her father was very proud of. Seeing as his only son didn't seem to wish to learn he jumped at the chance to teach Saleene. Something she picked up almost naturally as she worked under her father to begin helping on repairs, even if they were just small ones.
- Adolescence:
Her brother went off to fight in the dragon war once he was old enough, a natural lesser Dragoon. His skills were much needed in the fight. This left her to be with her mother and father, learning basic healing skills form her mother. Consisting of both magic and non-magic. She was also rapidly improving at the forge. The bombling that had found itself in her father's care seemed to take to her right away as she commonly let it sit in the fire so long as it behaved itself. A creature she would later dumb the name of Spit to, or the longer name of Spit-Fire due to its seeming inability to cast fire as it should.
As she grew in age there was no word on her brothers return, or the group he was with. Presumed dead the family had to move on with their loss. Though about this time was when someone new seemed to step into their lives for a short period. A young Miq'ote was found while Saleene and her father were out on the roads to make a delivery to a near-by settlement. The child was very young and her parents had already been slaughtered by the drake that was standing near. Without hesitation Saleene and her father moved to slay the beast and spare the child the same fate. Though the girl was later placed into the care of House Haillenarte as their family did not have the means to care for a child that young.
It was about this time that Salene decided she had enough of where her life seemed to be going and left home. At the age of sixteen as she traveled into the Shroud from her homelands. Though she had the skills to fight she was unprepared and ended up being jumped along the road just exiting the Shroud. A small group of bandits nearly made her journey short if it had not been for a elder Hyur Highlander that came to her aid and scared the bandits off. The scar on her face and a few on her body came from this encounter. The elder male took care of her till she recovered enough to do things on her own, at that point she pleaded with him to let her repay him. Though repayment lead to her becoming his apprentice as a woodworker and repairman. This elder was also where Salene learned her Gladiator moves from, enough to aid her in a fight if something were to happen again.
Spending the year with the Hyur, she had thought she had found her place away from home. But all of that changed in the blink of a eye. After finishing a delivery request in Ul'dah was when Saleene found herself down Pearl Lane and mixed up in a crew that was more then shady. At this time she was still young, only being seventeen and having little to know knowledge of how the city worked or what to look out for. She fell victim to the group after being called to join in a 'innocent' card game. She was knocked out and stripped of her possessions before being forced into a crate and soon after on a ship that was docked in Vesper Bay that was headed to gods knew where. Coming to mid trip of course she was in a panic a short lived one as she had no food or water and no way to escape the crate she was in.
Luck would have it the ship was forced to dock in Limsa where the cargo was checked and odd noises seemed to catch the inspection crews attention. No where to go, and no gil to speak of, Saleene was almost sure she was doomed to some horrid fate in this port city. Though she did seem to have some luck on her side still. A Roe that was part of the Maruarder's guild took her in and gave her a place to stay under the condition that she worked. Right away once she was stable health wise again and recovered enough from the trip in the crate she started hunting for work.
Her first job being an assistant cook at one of the many places in the city, the second being at the Red Rooster as a farm hand. Though she still managed to find time for training between her two jobs. Though it wasn't her training that caught the Maruarder guild leader's eye. It was her skill with a wood cutting axe one afternoon. A pack of wild dog came to attack the farm. Not having her lance on her she quickly grabbed the nearest thing she found. It happened to be a wood chopping axe that belonged to one of the Roe that worked there. Slaying a few of the beasts before the pack turned tail. This display had her signed up for proper training in such a weapon, training that would define her fighting style for the rest of her days.
- Adulthood:
Staying in Limsa Saleene was rather content with her life. Keeping her two jobs over the years. Though she did go into hiding her identity for a while. After that day she was found in the crate she started taking on the name of Salvius instead of Saleene. On top of this she dressed like a male for years just in case someone was looking for her. They would be searching for a female Elezen, not a male. She played this part well too, very few knew of her true identity and she explained herself to them as to why she wanted to hide. It was partly out of fear, but the other part was she wanted to train and be ready for when she did choose to come out of the shadows. It would not happen a second time.
Though even with pretending to be a gender she wasn't, Saleene made a good living. Working on the farm she managed to befriend a chocobo that was hatched there. One of the Midlanders named it Zeek, no real reason why he just said it felt like a fitting name for the hyper new hatchling. Though Zeek grew into a monster of a beast that was for sure. Oddly outgrowing the size of his parents and only really taking to listening to Saleene.
After the years passed though she finally decided enough was enough and chose to travel back to the Shroud to see if she could locate her family once more. She didn't expect a warm welcome to say the least, but it had been enough time and she had no idea if they survived the calamity... Her journey never made it that far as some distractions got in her way...
Training
- Marauder:
- Lancer:
- Blacksmith:
- Armorsmith:
- Woodcutter:
- Culinary:
