Caragai Goronas

Caragai Goronas
'Experiments are my forte.'
Gender	Male
Race	Au Ra
Clan	Xaela
Citizenship	None
Age
Nameday	1st Sun of the 1st Astral Moon
Occupation	Scientist / Assassin
Religion	Nymeia, the Spinner
Free Company	Atlas Industries

General Information

• Full Name: Caragai Goronas

• Pronunciation: Care-ah-guy Gore-oh-nass

• Aliases/Nicknames:

• Nameday: 1st Sun of the 1st Astral Moon

• Age: 31

• Place of Birth: A small house on the outskirts of Gridania

• Current Residence:

• Marital Status: Single

• Sexuality: Homosexual

• Religion: Follower of Nymeia, the Spinner

Appearance

• Height: 5 fulm 11 ilms

• Weight: 220 onces

• Body: Pale skin covered in dark scales, slim but visibly tone

• Face: Pale with odd marks just under the skin; silver eyes with the left one clearly un-natural; silver tattoo on his forehead that writhes and shimmers occasionally

• Hair: White with black tips; black horns protruding through the locks; kept quite spiked and swept back

Behavior

• Voice: Oddly calm and deep, almost monotone

• Demeanor: Almost laid-back, though his eyes are ever moving

• Quirks:

• Intelligence: Higher than the average hyur, spending most of his time in a laboratory setting

Combat

• Profession: Ex-Twin Adder guardsman; Assassin for hire.

• Weapons Magitek enhanced muskets; Created poisons and bombs.

• Skills: Building and tinkering with magitek devices to use in combat; Usage of poisons on bullets; Knowledge of anatomy.

• Advantages: Magitek enhanced left eye giving him superior aiming and perception while using his musket; Magitek enhanced left arm increasing his reload and firing speed.

• Disadvantages: Overuse of magitek devices in his body can cause fatigue and/or unconsciousness.

Tendencies

Likes

• Anything regarding technology or biology.
• Chocolate parfaits.
• Opera.

Dislikes

• Using the aether current to teleport places as he feels quite ill afterwards.
• Messy rooms.
• Extremely noisy or rowdy people.

Hobbies/Talents

• Experimenting with magitek on both corpses and on himself.
• Learning the anatomy of any being he comes across.

Relationships

Family

• Father: Arkdwyn Goronas - Retired Twin Adder bowman. Works as a carpenter now in Gridania.

• Mother: ??? - Rumored to have been a barmaid, or even a passing merchant.

• Brother: Kradoas Goronas (deceased) - Killed in an Ixali attack while sleeping in the family residence.

Friends

• Garus nor Niros (a.k.a. Garry Niron) Garlean-turned-Eorzean sympathizer. He was Caragai's employer, teaching him not only how to be a butler, but how to be an assassin.

Enemies

History

Beginnings

Born in a small house on the outskirts of Gridania, Caragai was named after the favorite character in a book his mother loved to read. The youngest of two boys, Caragai never knew his mother, and his older brother died in an ambush from the Ixali on their house. It was just him and his father, a man who was once a bowman in the Twin Adders, but turned to carpentry after Caragai was born.

It would not be a lie to say Caragai had a typical childhood, moving to live in Gridania after his house burned down. At first, he worked with his father in the Carpenter's Guild, but he found it too boring. From then, he tried every other job he could think of, from waiter to manure mover, but each time, the job lasted a few months. It wasn't until his father spoke about his old days in the Serpents that Caragai felt his calling.

Caragai took to the bow quickly, steadily improving his skills. He was too young to join the Serpents at the time, but he knew many a captain there had their eye on him when he came of age. And one man did by the name of Captain Levi Druthers. Druthers was a fair but strict hyur, drilling and pushing Caragai past many limits he thought he had. Caragai did not falter though, his own father giving him support, and the au ra found himself stationed on the border with Coerthas with Druthers.

The two men created a strong bond quickly, knowing they needed to watch each other's backs, as the land was rocky, making any reinforcements they called have difficulty getting to them. Druthers was a man of the lance, and with Caragai's bow skills, the two watched over the land during the day, and each other at night.

Then, one day, everything changed.

Loss

The Ixali came in force, clawing their way over the rocks and showering arrows against the stone of the watchtower the two Serpents stayed in. Druthers shouted for Caragai to take up his bow, while the captain desperately barricaded the doorway. Caragai could hear Druthers screaming into his linkpearl for help, and the au ra knew it was up to him keep the birdmen away. Arrow after arrow was loosed from the slits in the stone, finding purchase in the flesh of the Ixali that appeared over the ridge.

Slowly his quiver ran out, and the barricade began to falter. Druthers used his lance to impale any Ixali that showed through the wooden barricade, though the Ixali had weapons of their own. An arrow would occasionally find its mark and slip through a space in the barricade, and one pierced Druthers in the side. Caragai moved to rush to his captain's side, but the hyur ordered the au ra to stand his ground, firing on the birdmen to the last arrow.

Tears stung his eyes, hearing the pain in Druthers' voice, but Caragai did as he was told. When the last arrow was spent, he grabbed a sword and stood by his captain, fighting back the Ixali while the minutes ticked by.

It was nearly sunset when the first sounds of shouts reached the men in the watchtower. Reinforcements had come, but it was too late. Though the Ixali were pushed back, Druthers had lost too much blood; the barricade had held, but an Ixali spear pierced the hyur's chest. Caragai cradled the one man whom he had begun to fall for in his lap, not caring about anything else.

Wandering

Caragai left the Twin Adders after that, staying with his father only so long as to gather a few things before leaving Gridania itself. He couldn't bear to stay there any longer, as the beautiful tree canopy felt like a suffocating cage.

Once again, Caragai found himself taking many odd jobs to get food in his belly, and a few gil in his pockets. After a few years, he found himself in the employ of Garry Niron, a moderately rich man who owned a small textile business on the trading route between Gridania and Ul'Dah. Caragai took up the mantle of being Niron's butler, a role the au ra male seemed to fit into quickly. Parties and meetings were commonplace, so Caragai spent much of his day cleaning and waiting on his new master and friends.

He was happy in his new, stable life. Of course, everything changes ... through if it is for the better, that is hard to say. But such a change came when Caragai went about his daily routine of cleaning, coming across a curio cabinet. Taking out a cloth, Caragai began to clean the shelves and items within. That was when a book fell over, and a piece of paper slipped to the floor. Bending down to pick it up, the words on it caught his attention. They were not Eorzean, nor the language of his Xaela clan.

They were Garlean.

A New Calling

Ice wrapped around his insides. He knew about Garleans and what they were capable of, but to think the man he worked for would be one nearly broke his heart. Quickly, Caragai moved to put the paper back into the book, but it was too late. The sound of a throat clearing reached his ears, and turning around, found his master standing in the door frame with a musket in his hand.

Garry Niron had fear in his eyes, the musket shaking slightly as he aimed it at Caragai. But the au ra stood his ground, soothing and calming his master down, explaining what had happened. It was then that Caragai learned the truth; Garry Niron was actually Garus nor Niros, a Garlean-turned-Eorzean sympathizer. He had escaped his homeland to hide and try to live in peace among the people he felt a closer kindred spirit with. Niros showed Caragai the stone that was embedded in his forehead, a sign of Garlean blood, hidden behind a carefully set hairstyle and hat. Niros spoke of shadows outside, figures in alleys,

notes of threats.  He believed he was finally found by his countrymen, and he was terrified.

Caragai stayed quiet as his master talked, only speaking to say he would protect him. Niros shook his head, but Caragai insisted. He explained how he was once a Serpent, and he could not protect the man he loved, and that he wanted ... no ... he needed to do this. He felt the garlean's eyes on him for a time before Niros had Caragai follow him into the one place he was never allowed.

His master's study.

Rumors

Common Rumors

Moderate Rumors

Rare Rumors

• His mother was murdered by his father after she was found in bed with a Highlander.

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