Crista'an Vold Bunansa

Crista'an Vold Bunansa
'"If only you had the Echo, then you'd realize how many 'pirates' you've dispensed pleasantries with."'
Of the Bunansa Notary Public Firm
Gender	Male
Race	Hyur
Clan	Midlander
Citizenship	Unaffiliated
Age	28
Height	70.2 ilm
Nameday	25th Sun of the 6th Umbral Moon
Occupation	Pirate Mediator
Server	Balmung
Pronunciation	/ˈkris'tôn/ (kris-TAHN) / /vōld/ / /buˈnanzə/ (buh-nanzah)

“You'd be surprised what a man can live with when 'not living' is the only other option."

—Crista'an Vold Bunansa

Crista'an Vold Bunansa, real name Hans Nathair Bunansa Santelmont, is a player character in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. He is a pirate Mediator who travels all over Eorzea with his Free Company. Crista'an, due to his business with many unsavory folks, has become the go to source for information regarding the recent mysterious events in Eorzea. When his livelihood goes awry, Crista'an finds himself a part of a conflict between political forces that could lead to war.

Appearance and Personality

"It's all in the wind once you've realized that this realm is helmed by people no smarter than you."

—Crista'an Vold Bunansa

Crista'an is 70.2 ilm tall and has short slickened dirty-blonde hair and sideburns. He sports mostly fine material but doesn't like to dress too imposing. He wears accessories like earrings and rings.

Crista'an is a quick witted, dashing man with a sharp tongue and an even cynically expressive brow. Crista'an comes across as Self-centered and pragmatic but his trust in the core members of his crew is never put to doubt. Despite his Egotistic remarks and cunning display of apathy, Crista'an has proven time again that he is a man of solid principles and that his kind-heartedness is masked by his selfish demeanor.

Crista'an's speaks in a Queen's British accent often ending a lot of his sentences with "--and all that." Crista'an speaks in a high-tone and fancy manner much in the likeness of his Elezen father. Though his accent is reminiscent of his father, Crista'an talks through street wisdom which is reminiscent of his mother. Opinionated and strong-willed, Crista'an is very influential and has a charming cruelty to him that people receive as either extremely bold and confident or excessively arrogant and smug.

History

Early Life

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1549 Born under the 25th Sun of the 6th Umbral Moon in Southern Thanalan, Crista'an, as Hans Nathair Santelmont is the only son of Father Lars Nathair Santelmont, a Twelvewood Missionary, and Maria'an Bunansa, a Hyur Small-time Trader. In 1567, ten years before a Realm Reborn begins, The Santelmont family fell apart. Maria'an, along with her son, moved out of the Forgotten Springs in search of a better life without her husband.

Lars Nathair Santelmont, Crista'an's father

After many moons across the desert they reached Ul'dah but were sore to find that what little bite of prosperity they had hoped was on the dine of the syndicate. Ul'dah's seemingly merry streets fetched them little coin. Mother and son found themselves working for the Eastern Aldenard Trading Company (EATC) and at last they've stumbled upon meek stability in the Silver Bazaar. Nathair's falling out with his father, combined with the corruption brought upon by the syndicate, made Nathair very disdainful of authority from which he dreamed of becoming free from the poverty that plague him and his mother. 

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East Aldenard Trading Company

Young Crista'an working for the EATC

Life was hard for many in the desert sands of Thanalan and Maria'an and her son were no exception to this harsh rule of the central sands. Maria'an and her son Hans did what little they could to survive, smoking out Eft filled caves to make temporary shelter for themselves when the rains come otherwise simply bearing the heat of the usual Thanalan air. Hans' mother took upon herself to take every job she could, from waiting tables at the Coffin and Coffer to hunting Orobons, anything just to feed her son and keep her going for the next day. When Hans became old enough to work, which by syndicate standards is around 8 years old, he started begging for scraps in Ul'dah then grew up into bigger modus operandi. It didn't take long for young Hans to earn the name "Street Gil Nate".

Tired of the street rat racket, Hans applied himself and got into the business of trading, starting off with manual work at the East Aldenard Trading Company. Hans educated himself in the ways of the trade and soon found himself overseeing transactions. He was "Street Gil Nate" no longer, by the time he was 17 he earned the nickname "Gil-tongue Hans". Making a reasonably good living, Hans was anything but satisfied. The Syndicate had more pull in the economy than what the surface emanates. Hans knew that the only way he was ever going to make something of himself was to find a way into the Syndicate's good favor. Getting into business with unsavory folks was more than just tough act and weasel heart, it took an industrious mind to make place for yourself in an already risky endeavor. And Hans found his niche.

Crista'an Grieving his mother's death

Hans found his way into the Sultana's Notary public office. From there he learned much that needed to know about transacting trade in and out of the gates of Ul'dah. Through this he created trade processes that allowed syndicate goods to enter the Sapphire Exchange in Ul'dah herself, all within legal parameters that benefitted said unsavory folks. For this Hans and his mother lived good in Ul'dah. But sadness came upon Hans when his mother became incredibly ill. All the excessive fatigue and history of illness Maria'an had seemed to have caught up with her. That and the fact that her heart ached everyday at the thought of her husband.

In 1571, Maria'an Bunansa died leaving Hans alone.

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A Realm Reborn

"I was born a Pirate without a sea. And I didn't know it yet until I actually saw that beautiful expanse of water." -Crista'an

Proprietor of Bunansa Notary

Six years before a Realm Reborn, Hans decided to leave Ul'dah, took on the name "Crista'an Bunansa" after his mother, and start a grander life looking at the great expanse of water offered only in La Noscea. Crista'an brought his business to Limsa Lominsa and put up his own firm on her lower decks. The Bunansa Notary Public Firm was established where Crista'an, alongside his crew, do business with pirates and scammers alike and make nifty gil mediating their transactions. Crista'an became so adept in this business that it took no time before he had eyes on almost all Pirate transactions in and out of Limsa Lominsa.

In 1577, Crista'an along with his crew was conducting business as usual until rumor was going around that there have been transactions that reeked of Garlean threat. Crista'an held no loyalty towards any of the Realm's great companies but a Garlean invasion could throw his whole operation as well as the pirate economy into chaos.

Combat

"Just like my ambitions, I shoot far and true. Like Bunansa's usually do." -Crista'an to a band of brigands

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Part 1: The Basics

1.What is your full name?
"Alana Emayn Black."

2.Where and when were you born?
"Er... On the thirty-first sun of the sixth umbral moon, 1560."

3.Who are/were your parents? (Know their names, occupations, personalities, etc.)
"M'dad's name's Bertrand 'n' m'mom's Elida. Dad's nice 'n' kind 'n' stuff. He always helps me t'learn new things out in the fields 'n' takes me with him t'market t'sell our produce. Mum's stricter, but I know she cares 'bout me. She taught me how to cook in th'first place, after all."

4.Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?
"M'brother's been missing since 'fore the Calamity... He's really strong. He's definitely safe somewhere, I'm sure of it."

5.Where do you live now, and with whom? Describe the place and the person/people.
"I live with m'parents on the farm stil. It's really nice, 'n' nowhere else would feel like home."

6.What is your occupation?
"I help out on the farm mostly, but, er... Sometimes I carve wooden statues t'sell."

7.Write a full physical description of yourself. You might want to consider factors such as: height, weight, race, hair and eye color, style of dress, and any tattoos, scars, or distinguishing marks.
"Huh? Um... I'm nothing special."

8.To which social class do you belong?
"Uh... M'family owns a farm. Whatever that means, I s'pose."

9.Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?
"I guess it's no allergy, but I don't like meat nor garlic. Eggs make m'tummy a bit sore, too."

10. Are you right- or left-handed?
"I use m'right hand for most things."

11. What does your voice sound like?
"Uh... I dunno. M'voice, I guess. Mum says I speak too quietly."
((Alana's voice is often quiet; her words often mumbled. She usually speaks from her throat, giving her voice a breathy quality.))

12. What words and/or phrases do you use very frequently?
"Er... Dunno, really."
((Alana hedges a lot in speech and uses fillers such as 'um', 'er', or 'uh' far too frequently.))

13. What do you have in your pockets?
"Right now? Uh, let's see. Two pebbles, a... Kinda squished chocobo feather and... Oh. I was supposed to eat that biscuit for lunch. I don't think these crumbs'll do me much good. Oh, um... And two gil."

14. Do you have any quirks, strange mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics?
"Um... I collect things. I... Uh... I mumble. Oh, and I don't really care about how clean I am."