Chao Lingshen

Chao Lingshen
Chao in the Quicksand.
Gender	Female
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Seeker of the Sun
Citizenship	Ul'dah
Place of Birth	Doma region
Nameday	1st Sun, 6th Umbral Moon (Age: )
Guardian	Azeyma, the Warden
Profession	Garlond Ironworks mage
Theme Song	I Burn

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Chao Lingshen is a female miqo'te Seeker of the Sun originally born in Doma. With the Garlean Empire's subjugation of that region, she was conscripted into their armed forces, where she applied her mechanical and magical genius to enhance the Empire's magitek arsenal. She eventually fled to Eorzea with the aid of personnel of the Garlond Ironworks, and has since taken up residence in Ul'dah, spending her days studying and improving her magical and physical capabilities in order to take the fight to the Empire.

Biography

Early Life

Born in the region of Doma, Chao has been well-acquainted with Garlean tyranny her entire life. Her parents trained her from the time she could stand in the Doman martial arts style, despite it being outlawed by Garlemald as seditious. Early in life, she demonstrated a marked proclivity for an inability to keep secrets, prompting her parents to keep her uninvolved with the resistance against the Garlean Empire. She also showed an amazing affinity for magitek and other mechanical devices.

Powers and Abilities

• Magical Prowess: A budding mage in her own right, Chao is talented in the arts of thaumaturgy, with a far greater affinity for magic of the fire element than other types. This affinity allows her mana to regenerate normally at all times; as such, she is not affected by the astral fire/umbral ice duology many thaumaturges are shackled by. Because of this trait, she is seeking to develop her own, personal style of magic outside the existing systems. Aside from this, she also has some light training in conjury.
• Martial Arts: Trained from a young age in the Doman style, unarmed combat is one of the most dangerous places to face her. Her style is visually similar to that of the Fist of Rhalgr, but structurally different. Whereas the monks favor strikes and work best from the flanks or rear of a foe, Chao's style favors kicks and is equally-dangerous from any direction. However, she has taken aspects of the Ala Mhigan style into her own, giving her a much wider array of abilities and actions in combat.
• Technological Genius: From her youth, she has had a disturbing knack for understanding and knowledge of magitek devices. This ingenuity saw her placed in the Garlean Empire's research division once she was conscripted, where she enhanced and streamlined numerous Garlean weaponry and drive systems. Though more than capable of creating new devices from her own mind, her skills are strongest at refining and adapting existing technology to perform even better. She is responsible for the technological control devices that the Garleans use on their colossi to prevent them from rampaging in battle. Since coming to Eorzea, she is in the process of developing a powered assault armor.
• Weapon Proficiency (Firearm): As with all Garlean soldiers, she was trained to use their advanced firearms technology. Though she prefers magic and unarmed combat, she does keep a concealable pistol loaded with large-caliber, high-explosive ammunition on her person. Just in case.
• Weapon Proficiency (Gunblade): As a conscript of the Garlean army, and valued slightly above the rank-and-file for her technical genius, she was trained in how to use a gunblade. Though she does not favor the weapon herself, she is capable of picking up and easily-using any of the non-specialized types of gun-weapons.

Trivia

Other

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) ■ "All she ever does is sit in that corner with her nose buried in that journal of hers, muttering to herself and occasionally having some stew. Really odd one, that one." - Quicksand patron ■ ■ ◢ Uncommon Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ■ "Word is she used to be in the Garlean military. So as to whether she's absconded from their service or is here to spy on us, no one's yet figured." ■ ■ ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ "There be two of that'n, I tells ye! At the very same time I had on good authority from a mate o' mine she was sittin' in the Quicksand, I seen another one answerin' to the same name head off toward the Imps (Imperials) outside Wineport. Only this'n was a hyur lass wearin' some sort o' strange armor. She waltzed in like she bloody owned the joint, and then there weren't nothin' but fire and explosions comin' from there, an' them screams weren't from a wee hyuran lass, either." - Drunken Storm sergeant ■ ■ ◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players) ■ ■ ■ ■

Relations ♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Poor Standing ♦ Enemies

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