K'raqi Nunh
 K'araqi Nunh
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| Race | Miqo'te |
| Clan | Seekers of the Sun |
| Citizenship | Ul'dah |
| Guardian | Azeyma, the Warden |
Contents
Basic Information
- Name: K'araqi Nunh
- Nickname(s): Rocky
- Gender: Male
- Age: 32
- Nameday: 29th Sun of the 2nd Astral Moon
- Marital Status: Mated to several miqo'te women; open relationship
- Sexuality: Pansexual, polyamorous
Appearance
- Height: Slightly taller than average
- Weight: Average for his height
- Build: Athletic, well-muscled - rivaling a Highland Hyur's structure
- Hair: Naturally a dark, dull grey-brown, streaked with darker tones that are almost black. Dyed with streaks of coral orange in two strips along the top, and the tips of each of four braids. Very long, but kept in complex braids and loops that sit loose at the base of his neck, as well as hanging from the sides of his forehead. Much more hirsute than the average Miqo'te, his thighs and shoulders are covered in dark hairs, as well as his chest running all the way down to his pubic area.
- Fur: The main color of his tail and ears match the same dull grey-brown of his hair. His tail tip is tufted like a lion's, a darker shade with some spotting as it fades back into the lighter color. His ears are also dipped darker, with creamy white circles at the back of each, and pink insides.
- Eyes: Bright aquamarine
- Distinguishing Features: Pierced ears, nipples, and... other areas. Spots are found underneath each of his eyes, on the bridge of his nose, on his shoulders and his hips. He also has dark brown "tear stains" from the inner-edges of his eyes and parallel down to the center of each cheek.
Personality
History
Childhood & Adolescence
K'araqi was born deep in the Sagolii Desert to the Hipparion tribe, one of the twenty-six Seeker of the Sun tribes that settled in Eorzea long ago. His particular off-shoot of the tribe was known for their flashy, dragoon-style hunting techniques that emulate the speed and grace of their totem, the Hipparion.
As a child and all through adolescence, K'araqi was taught and trained extensively with a spear by his mother, K'ali. As the de facto matriarch of her clan, she was a crafty and ambitious miqo'te who strived for only the best - especially from her children, and made it her personal mission to prime her son to some day not only become a nunh to their tribe, but a prestigious and powerful one at that.
Besides spear hunting and survival, she also ensured he was book and street smart, teaching him, to the best of her ability, all about the races, cultures and languages he might encounter in Eorzea - uncommon knowledge for miqo'te who usually took no interest in the world outside their own. Trips into Ul'dah and other cities were frequent learning experiences for him.
However, at age sixteen, his schooling abruptly ended when his mother was mortally wounded during a hunting lesson. Her health suffered an agonizingly slow decline over the next year, until an infection in an unhealing wound took her life. The years that followed were dark; K'araqi fell into a deep depression and gave up any attempts to ascend from tia to nunh, and even considered suicide. He became reckless and irresponsible, living only to over-indulge in drink and other pleasures.
A new chapter of his life began when he turned twenty, and it was discovered one of the women of his tribe was pregnant by him - not a nunh. Unable to cover up his folly, he was faced with the wrath of the leaders of his tribe who would see him and his child murdered. To the current nunh and the rest of the tribe, it seemed like his only options would be to flee or die. They considered him a nuisance, a hinderance at best.
K'araqi decided, finally, it was time to continue his mother's work - spurred on by his unborn child, whom he refused to see killed. He challenged the current nunh, and won. Leaving the older male wounded, but still alive, he forced him out of the tribe and assumed his new position. But his work was not done; he had to convince the matriarch and other women that he was worthy of his new position.
Buckling down and resuming his study of lancing and hunting, he gained favor by continually assisting with greater and more magnificent kills to feed their tribe - though he still struggled with a drinking problem. He also took an active role in his newborn daughter's life, giving her the namesake K'ali - and teaching her what he remembered of his mother's lessons.
The Calamity
K'shori, K'araqi's aunt, took over as matriarch of the Hipparion tribe after his mother's death. The tribe saw a lengthy period of unrest during her leadership that seemed to increase each year she held her position, many finding her unfit for her role but having no other woman with enough interest in leadership duties or the gall to attempt to overthrow her.
Several years after she had risen to power, their misfortune solidified into something much more tangible than before: their portion of the Sagolii Desert was overcome by a harsh drought. However, K'shori refused to allow them to relocate from their settlement or try to make their way to Ul'dah.
At the same time, a foreboding, fiery red sphere had taken shape in the skies - Dalamud, once a small, humble moon turned something much more sinister - and the tribe took it as a sign of their poor fortune about to come to a head.
A small subsection among the tribe, including K'ali's mother K'maki, became enchanted with the idea of stealing away to the city-state in hopes of finding more opportunity for themselves and their children, and perhaps finding some metropolitan careers for themselves. They conspired in secret with plans to relocate to Ul'dah, and K'araqi would follow suit to remain near to his eldest daughter.
The idea spread among the tribe, and soon there were only a select few who refused to abandon K'shori and her deathwish. Frustrated and tired after a lengthy argument when their plan was exposed, they finally began exodus to Ul'dah even as Dalamud seemed to draw ever nearer. There was no shelter in the desert that might protect them from it that they knew of - so perhaps something more fortified would.
Just as they reached the gates of Ul'dah, it all came crashing down - whatever it was. The sky was red as blood and huge chunks of rock plummeted toward the ground, cruelly smashing into the planet and ruining everything in it's wake - structures, trees, rocks, living creatures; nothing was spared. The doors to the city were barred for safety at that point, and all they could do was huddle close to each other against the city wall and hope. They swore it was the end.
When it was over, none of them seemed to be able to describe what had happened; most of them had hardly any memory of it at all. But the truth was there in the ravaged earth. The planet had not hit Ul'dah, but the debris and stray meteors that followed it had. For some time, they thought they were the only ones who had survived - until the gates of Ul'dah opened once again, and they forced their way inside a city fraught with chaos and panic.
Those of the Hipparion tribe that stayed behind - K'shori, all her supporters - were never seen again. Not even a body, or a trace of what once was. K'araqi Nunh had lost siblings, mates, children - gone forever. They mourned, wondering if their decision to separate had angered their totem Hipparion, or Azeyma, or any gods or goddesses they could think of, in some way. But there was nothing left to do but continue on.
Recent History
WIP!
Relationships
Tribe
- Mother: K'ali Fidar (deceased)
- Father: K'haaz Nunh (estranged, assumed deceased)
- Siblings: K'abash Haaz, K'chuma Tia, K'darwi Haaz, K'diama Haaz, K'iyaz Tia, K'kadira Haaz, K'karai Tia, K'shali Haaz, K'yuli Haaz (deceased)
- Aunts, Uncles, & Cousins: K'shori (aunt; deceased)
- Mates: K'eshi Bashir (deceased), K'hasina Bashir, K'layla Bashir, K'maki Bashir, K'masiki Bashir, K'min Bashir, K'miwsher Bashir, K'Nuru Bashir, K'omi Nilu (deceased), K'sa Tah
- Children: K'ali Aqsha, K'rehema Aqsha (deceased), K'sadiki Aqsha, K'safiya Aqsha, K'tau Tia, K'thabi Aqsha (deceased), K'uru Aqsha, K'wali Aqsha, K'wamu Aqsha
Outsiders
- Acquaintances:
- Friends:
- Lovers:
- Enemies:
Rumor Mill
Common
- "A male dancer? Really? How peculiar!"
Moderate
- "His troupe? Oh, they aren't just dancers - a long, fine line of hunters and lancers, they are, too."
- "After the troupe's matriarch died, they decided to put down the lance and take to dance! Not all of them are happy with that decision..."
- "Watch out for those vermin he calls children! Rob you clean and you won't even know it!"
Rare
Gallery
K'araqi at various ages.
K'araqi dances with Aysun Demiir.
Messy sketch doodle 1.
Messy sketch doodle 2.
Quick painted portrait.
K'araqi sits on a rock in the Sagolii Desert.
Out of Character Information
- Player: growly beast
- Other Characters: Kirzwyda Fedargeimwyn
- Server:' Balmung
- Timezone: Central
Miscellaneous
Voice Actor
Music
- Afro-Celt Sound System - Big Cat
- Beats Antique - Get Lucky (Banjo Cover)
- James Asher - Temple Gates
- Knossos - Al Sahid
- Maduro - Sekmetron
- Nelly Furtado - Spirit Indestructable
- Shakira - Nothing Else Matters (Live from Paris)
- Splashdown - Karma Slave
