A'rho Tia
 A'rho Tia
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| Gender | Male |
| Race | Miqo'te |
| Clan | Seekers of the Sun |
| Citizenship | Ul'dah |
| Age | Twenty |
| Alignment | Neutral Good |
| Occupation | Weaver, errand boy, academic hopeful |
| Height | 5 fulm 7 ilm |
| Nameday | 29th Sun of the 2nd Astral Moon |
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Basic Info
You'll often find A'rho with his twin A'randr Tia. The two are rarely separated and can often be found skulking around Ul'dah or Limsa, or out in the field getting into various forms of trouble or bickering about something they'll forget about the next day.
If you are discussing something deliciously scandalous or opening a can of delicious tuna, you can bet the twins will make a beeline to eavesdrop or bug you for a sandwich.
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Appearance & Personality
- Appearance:
A'rho is virtually a mirror image of his twin brother A'ran, right down to their mismatched eyes and scars on the opposite cheeks. There are some differences however- A'rho's white hair is shorter, slicked back from his face, though its natural volume is apparent and it has the tendency to fluff up if left unchecked. His physical features are a bit softer as well as he is a bit more sedentary than his twin and has a tendency to eat his weight in cake.
Like his twin, his skin is tan, his hair thick and shockingly white. They share identical tattoos and even coordinated their green highlights because they derive a great deal of enjoyment from matching.
A'rho's prominent wardrobe is light cuirasses or stylish robes in shades of green or purple (though never both at the same time, perish the thought). With his brother's encouragement, A'rho's clothing choices can be skimpy on occasion though he generally lacks the confidence to pull off swaggering about in battle-panties like his twin, and sticks mostly to more modest (if often ostentatiously coloured) garments.
- Personality:
“Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back.”
The catboy thing aside, there is no better phrase that describes A'rho. His curiosity and thirst for knowledge is utterly boundless. Years and years of second-hand, outdated and inaccurate texts have left him yearning to hunt down the truths behind legends and learn more of the vast world around him. Every chance he gets to escape the city and explore with his brother, he gladly takes.
A'rho is not a particularly confident person in social situations. He's scatterbrained, and shy around people he doesn't know and can come across as stiff and stuffy. When very nervous, he has a tendency to ramble. However once he feels comfortable, his friendlier, talkative (and somewhat cheeky) side emerges though he can be a bit long-winded and overbearing.
A'rho is generally a decent, honest person, but he is not above lying or being nasty to those who offend him. He takes slights to himself and others around him very personally and he has no trouble calling people out for being rude. His own poor manners (generally his tendency to unhinge his jaw and inhale entire plates of food or letting his gaze linger on some unsuspecting muscular bugger) escape his notice and he'll vehemently deny that he just ate half a cake even if all the crummy evidence is scattered about his face and plate. He adores his twin brother, and though they have their share of disagreements, he is unwaveringly loyal to him and has chosen to stand by and support him.
Despite his absentmindedness, A'rho is highly intelligent and a very accomplished mage. Largely self-taught, he possesses some degree of skill in each branch of magic and he has only furthered his skills with easy access to the guilds and their archives.
A'rho's aspirations generally involve lazing about on a sunny beach surrounded by shirtless men fanning him and feeding him grapes. However if the whole idle rich thing doesn't pan out, he's considering a career in archaeology. He will, however, never mention these desires as he doubts they can come to fruition with his current situation.
Biography
Early Years
Once upon a time A'rho was a cute chubby kit who drooled on everything and his primary motor skills involved rolling around like a fluffy marshmallow pudding. He lived with his mother and twin who was older than him by a whole five minutes. A'rho was pretty much inseparable from his brother, often following behind to explore some nearby cave or crevice with the other kits their age. A'rho lacked any of the dexterity and skill his twin had for fishing an hunting, and was widely regarded as a bit of a disappointment and nuisance by the more pragmatic tribe members.
However, at around the age of four, A'rho exhibited a natural predilection to setting things on fire. ...With his mind.
This, of course, came as a bit of a shock to their harried mother who already had her hands full with A'ran who had taken to climbing every bit of furniture in the home, regardless of its stability or how much breakable knickknacks it contained. A son who could wield the forces of nature as if they were mere playthings was a whole 'nother level of trouble.
Needless to say, both brothers spent a lot of time outside.
They led a happy enough existence, once A'rho learned enough to control his magic so that he wouldn't burn the village down.
Off to Ul'dah
This was all to come to a turn shortly after their twelfth nameday. The Nunh that was their father was challenged, defeated, and killed by a younger tribesman. The death left A'ran bitter and in a few months his rage had reached boiling point. He attacked the new Nunh, and was spared only because he had not come of age. Their mother saw a disaster in the works, and shipped her sons off to Ul'dah where a friend of hers set them up with a small flat and jobs. A'ran took to mining and A'rho to weaving.
A'ran's anger did not dissipate. He vowed to kill the Nunh who killed their father, and, though he was not as close to their father as A'ran, A'rho promised he would help and support his brother in this endeavor and return to the tribe with him.
A'ran often came home half-choked by the dust and fumes he'd been breathing. Seeing this, A'rho got a hold of every book on Conjuring he could lay his grubby hands on, studying and practicing late into the night to cleanse his brother of the dust and ash. A'ran, in the meantime, got caught up with a gang and while A'rho didn't approve, he remained supportive of his brother.
Present Day
These days, A'rho has grown to love his freedom and time away from the tribe. He's taken to studying the properties of Materia and Aether Crystals (both corrupted and benign) whenever he can get away from his job, and travels with his brother. He's taken to indulging in everything he loves as often as possible because he has not forgotten his promise to his twin and, while he enjoys his freedom, he knows also that it is a chapter in his life that will come to a close all too soon.
Miscellaneous
Art and pseudo-IC character blog for A'rho
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Footnotes
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