Yandih

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Error creating thumbnail: File missing “I’ve seen a lot in my time, lost a lot. Spent a lot of that time wandering around trying to get it all back. A lot of wasted time really, especially now that I realize I always had what I needed. Now, I just wish to keep them safe and create a world I’ll be content with passing onto them.”
Former First Lieutenant of the Flames
Gender	Male
Race	Miqo’te
Clan	Unknown
Citizenship	Uldahn
Server	Balmung
Age	39
Occupation	Hired Guard

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Character

General

Given Name: Yandih, The name was given to him by his father, the man thinking of it as kind and soft sounding. What the man didn’t know and his mate failed to inform him was that Yandih was normally a woman’s name which resulted in Yandih having some troubles growing up.

Nickname: Yan, Just a shorted version of his name and he generally allows anyone to call him this.

Current Housing: Yandih currently owns a house in the Mists where he and his daughters live. Yandih also owns an apartment in Ul’dah which he uses whenever he ends up having to stay in the city.

Relationship Status: Single

Religion: Yandih is not a religious individual that sticks to a single deity.

Appearance

Height: 5 fulms and 10 ilms. Yandih is on the tall side of average for a male miqo’te.

Weight: 160 ponze. Yandih is solidly built still putting in a good amount of time to keep his muscles in shape. That said he has been slacking with his core recently causing the abs he once had to lose a bit of their definition.

Body: Yandih is fairly well built while keeping a fairly lithe form. This said most of the work has been focused into his arms and legs allowing him to move a bit easier in his heavier armors along with being able to swing greatswords without much issue. This is all shown due to the amount of work he has put in over the years though recently his figure has softened a little, spending more time looking after his kids than training.

Scarring: Yandih has been through a lot over the years and the man’s stubbornness when it comes to magical healing has resulted in a lot of scarring from past injuries. By some bit of luck and the fact he almost wears a helmet when fighting, his face has mostly remained untouched aside from a small cut on his chin. Yandih’s chest, back and arms are all fairly beat up, minor cuts, claw marks and a couple bullet wounds littered throughout all of those. The ones that stand out the most are some especially large clam marks across his upper back which seem to be layered with a burn scar he got around the same time.

Face: Yandih’s face is fairly soft looking, lacking a sharp or harsh definition most men of his age have. The only thing countering this is the blank stare he seems to constantly have, normally appearing either deep in thought or distant.

Hair: Yandih’s hair is naturally blonde though it is not naturally as light as it has ended up. Extended periods in the sun tend to lighten it’s coloring and due to him being in Thanalan frequently it resulted in the current coloring. Otherwise while it is clean it is fairly difficult to style in any manner, best efforts being him tying part of it back.

Fashion: Fashion wise Yandih either sticks to simple clothing, normally something loose and easy to move in or he sticks to some form of extravagant armor. Having known a few smiths and leatherworkers over his years, Yandih has been known to put in odd requests for replicas of armors that he had seen over his travels, this resulting in the man having a fair assortment of leather, chain and plate armors. Thus even at this point in time , Yandih sees some of his lighter equipment as casual wear and tends to wear such frequently.

Behavior

Voice: Yandih has a deep yet calming voice. The miqo’te also has no outstanding accent making him fairly easy to understand as long as you speak common.

Demeanor: Yandih comes off as generally helpful and most of the time will go out of his way to aide people who seem to actually need it. This makes him quite accepting of people in general regardless of gender, race or nationality. His acceptance does not extend to those whom have a criminal record known by him and while he’ll remain polite around such people he will be extremely wary. When it comes to his friends Yandih has been known to go to ridiculous lengths to ensure their protection, generally valuing their safety over his own.

Quirks: Yandih hates any form of transportation other than his own two feet. He won’t ride chocobos, boats or airships without some complaint. He seems to enjoy the rain though, seeming quite serene in it, unless it is interrupting something. Tends to lie about or underrate his capabilities and accomplishments, never seeing anything he has achieved as something worthy of speaking on.

Intelligence: Yandih is self-taught in multiple areas though because of this he is lacking in basic schooling. Due to the need of it he is decent with finances and writing but sometimes has an issue with spelling and can’t solve higher tier mathematical formulas and is absolutely lost when it comes to science or technology. When it comes to Thaumaturgy Yandih has picked up the very basics but can’t be seen as more than a novice. Arcanima is the same way though he mostly picked this up while his daughter was studying it, not able to use any spells himself.

Combat

General

Style: Yandih relies more on a slow tactical combat style, generally relying endurance and his aether to win fights rather than outright strength. This normally means if Yan is given the chance to dictate the pace of fight he will win it by whatever means available to him.

Specialization: Yandih specializes in the use of greatswords and halberds when it comes to physical combat. When it comes to aether he relies heavily on dark arts and a little bit on thaumaturgy, all of his skills focused on the depletion of aether or breaking an opponent’s will.

Strengths: Yandih is strongest when it comes to area control and general fortitude and will power. This has left him fairly hard to take down and nearly impervious to mental attacks.

Weaknesses: Yandih is slow and can be overwhelmed by quick opponents. Also why he is fairly skilled with his weapons he does tend to rely on aether to win fights meaning he will eventually run out. Lastly while decent with barriers and medium range control he can do nothing to someone at long range and just has to accept being whittled down.

Armor: Yandih tends to wear heavier armor when going into a fight, rotating between plate and chainmail. This said he does occasionally where lighter armor but only if the situation absolutely calls for it.

Tendencies

Likes

• Children
• Women
• Hunting
• Sleeping
• Gil
• Rain

Dislikes

• Liars
• Thieves
• All methods of transportation
• Senseless Killing
• Unwarranted disrespect

Hobbies/Talents

• Cooking
• Hunting
• Humming

History/Timeline

Just going to use this to list off some of his known accomplishments. These will probably be known by people within the Flames or have some source of information on them. Yandih spent roughly twenty years in the service before retiring from it to focus on his family. Yandih was promoted through the ranks mostly by accomplishment. The height of these being the fact he has been one of the people answering the call whenever Ifrit has been summoned, followed by the fact he survived each encounter. He has also been called in multiple times to deal with the Amal'jaa, this resulting in him being in charge of patrolling and observing the Eastern and Southern regions of Thanalan.

Despite having access to the echo Yandih has only assisted with Ifrit by his own accord though was pressured into aiding with the Lady of the Vortex once. Since then Yandih has vehemently refused to ever do such again. While knowing of the other primals and how his talents might help the Scions, Yandih always refused, intent on only keeping Thanalan safe.

While Yandih did spend time with the Ironclaws free company, most of his escapades with them are kept confidential and only available to those who were present or close allies of the company.

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