A'vlan Nunh

A'vlan Nunh
"Can you really hate someone with a nice hat?"
Gender	Male
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Seeker of the Sun
Citizenship	Sharlayan
Nameday	27th Sun of the 5th Umbral Moon
Age	37
Guardian	Thaliak the Scholar

"Miqo'te A'vlan is a good musician-friend! But not so good with his bow, kupo, Kupdi Koop still hasn't forgiven him for the morbol incident of 1569!"

-- Kupso Kupp

A'vlan Nunh (ah-VLAN noon) is a Miqo'te scholar and bard hailing from the city-state of Sharlayan. At his own admittance, his title is archaic, the offshoot of his tribe that had settled in the Sharlayan motherland having been slaughtered almost completely, to his knowledge.

Character

Appearance

Stands at roughly five fulms six ilms, his most noticeable features being: short, storm-blue hair; feline, amber eyes; and fairly youthful features, despite supposedly being middle-aged.

Generally lightly armoured and almost always wearing a feathered hat. He tends to carry some kind of oversized, elaborate harp.

Personality

Eccentric, inquisitive and scholarly. To the annoyance of some, he never seems to utilise conjunction.

Combat

General

Despite his chagrin at supposedly being expected to "assault his foes with nothing more than jaunty harp tunes and harsh language," his peculier harp unfolds into a mixture of instrument and weapon. Although it appears similar to the legendary Artemis Bow, he is swift to correct those mistaken: it is nothing more than a less-decorated mimic of the relic, born of his fancy for legend, melody and archery united.

He largely avoids combat, instead using honeyed words to try and talk himself out of a potentially violent situation. Despite this, combat does not avoid him, and his sister's insistance that he oft finds himself in trouble may not be completely untrue.

Tendencies

Likes

• Moogles. He often enjoys sharing melodies with the spritely beings, aswell as assisting them on occasion.
• Books - these are a given.
• He quite clearly enjoys being able to educate individuals on whatever bewilders them, glad to sate their curiousity.

Dislikes

• Those with little care for the preservation of history. This doesn't tend to do him well in Ul'dah, considering that many seem to consider any such loss to be collateral if coin is the result.
• The Garlean Empire. Does that really need to be stated? He really isn't particularly fond of them!
• His sister's constant. INCESSANT. NAGGING.

Hobbies/Talents

• Not all that bad with his harp! Although far from stunning or enchanting, he's put several years of his life into the instrument, and can at least play it decently.
• Archery. Quite an obvious one, considering his profession, but he's also fond of engaging in the occasional casual competition now and then.
• More of a curse than anything else, his sister will often remark on his 'talent' for getting into danger.

Other

• The sleeves of his 'tabard' seem to have a peculiar, ornate symbol similar to an eye emblazoned upon them, although it's occasionally covered by a small section of armour.
• In addition to the coin sack on the back of his belt, he bears a belt satchel. It seems to contain more than it should physically be able to, although this may very well be a glamour of some kind.
• His main place of residence is Revenant's Toll. Neverthelesss, he can be seen all over, currently in Ul'dah.

Relationships

Family

A'liri Malyi: A huntress aswell as his dear twin sister. Considering that the rest of their group had been slaughtered some time ago, she is annoyingly over-protective of him, whilst he believes her skilled enough to take care of herself.

Friends

Rance Ironheart: More of an aquaintance, A'vlan met the Sultansworn inside the Quicksand with his sister. He has a generally positive opinion of him, but will forever wonder how one handles a quill with gauntlets on.

Enemies

Syna Vis Asper: A Garlean who was kind enough to intimately introduce him to her gunblade. Needless to say, that didn't exactly put him on good terms with her, although she is presumed to be dead following the XIVth Legion's defeat.

Rumors

Common Rumors

• "This miqo'te with a strange hat and some oversized harp kept pestering me about getting into the royal library. I don't even think we HAVE a royal library, but he wouldn't listen! Had to deal with him for Nald-only-knows how long!" - Stressed Sultansworn
• "Him? Yes, he's been enquiring about guildleves day in, day out, ever since he arrived here. Not that I'm one to discourage such eagerness, whatever little troupe he has seems capable enough at completing them." - Listless Levemete

Moderate Rumors

• "He must be doing something dangerous in his day-to-day, I believe that I've had to mend his wounds six times this week." - Convivial Conjurer
• "Yes, I know who you mean - he was asking after tomes on voidsent of the second umbral era not long ago. Of course, I denied him - not that we'd have any information on such vile beings, of course!" - Tempestuous Thaumaturge

Rare Rumors

• "That guy? He's strange. Saw him snooping around outside the Milvaneth Sacrarium, wearing some strange mask thing... all bronze, weird patterns and a bloody compass of something on the top! Looked like a right idiot, I'll tell you what." - Mirthful Midlander
• "If y' ask me, he's a strange one - didn't even have eyes for the dancers outside the Quicksand! Insisted he was interested in some svelte hyur or something. Where's th' fun in just one?!" - Licentious Lalafell

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