Khachi Satsumi

Khachi Satsumi
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The Nomad
Gender	Female
Race	Au Ra
Clan	Xaela
Citizenship	Ul'dahn
Patron Diety	Halone, The Fury
Age	21
Nameday	7th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon
Marital Status	Single
Height	5'0"
Weight	139lbs

Character

Backstory

Khachi was born the only daughter of the chieftain of the Satsumi Xaela tribe on the Azim Steppe; a small, nomadic tribe that separated from one of the larger tribes several moons prior. With her mother killed during a hunt shortly after her birth, her father was left as the only one to care for her as she grew up. Although he had been hoping for a son to take over as chieftain, Khachi's father loved and cared for her just the same.

From a young age, he trained Khachi in the way of the traditional way of the lance despite her gender and the negative views the Satsumi held toward females being trained for combat. A large part of her everyday life during her younger years was the hours spent training with her father, and most of Khachi's free time as a child was spent hidden away reading books the tribe acquired from Doman merchants. Her favourites were those of Eorzea, depicting Ishgardian dragoons and their struggle against dragons. That was where she became entranced and enamored by the mysterious, almost otherworldly dragonslayers- and she almost looked up to them, despite having never met a dragoon or even an Eorzean.

Although Khachi's father tried his best to please the people of his tribe, a large number of those under him detested the kind and gentle way in which he dealt with other tribes. When at all possible, he preferred to deal peacefully with others of the Steppe, leading the Satsumi tribe to be viewed with pity and detest when it came to their capabilities in combat.

A few days following Khachi's twelfth nameday, shortly after dinner, her father was returning to the chieftain’s hut when he was surrounded by a group of masked lancers; unarmed and unable to defend himself. He was cut down on the spot, and left a bleeding mess in the middle of the group of lancers just as Khachi emerged from the hut, spear in-hand, for her nightly training regiment.

The young Khachi was awarded the sight of her father, collapsed in the midst of the masked lancers just as they removed their masks, revealing themselves to be those many members of the Satsumi that had pined to see her father fall in favor of a more aggressive chieftain.

“Grab her. The others will want her to take his place when they find out, and I won’t have some pitiful child lead us even further into the ground.” One spoke while the others made to grab Khachi.

The death of her father hit Khachi hard.” Fury raged through her form, and despite wanting to fight and kill her father's murderers, Khachi could do nothing but run. She couldn't hope to take on the tribe's best lancers on her own, and would only end up the same as her father if she tried. The young Auri disappeared into the forest- abandoning everything and the people she used to consider family.

Eorzea

Khachi spent months on her own, betrayed by her tribe, and slandered as a terror that assassinated her own father in order to take his place as chieftain. The Satsumi were constantly searching for her, and they had even enlisted the help of other Xaela tribes to bring her down. Othard was no longer safe, and Khachi was left with a choice if she wanted to survive; Eorzea or Garlemald? Although the Far East was rather sheltered from outside affairs, even she knew which choice was the right one.

With nothing but her father's lance and a rusty suit of chainmail armor to her name, Khachi boarded a trade ship bound westward from Hingashi - paying for her fare by providing security and grunt work for the crew. She spent the first few months after her arrival in Eorzea doing odd jobs and attempting to accustom herself with Eorzean culture- clearing pests from farms, providing security for caravans, delivering packages, and defending small settlements from beasts. Her travels eventually brought her to Ul'dah, where, after careful consideration, she enlisted with the Immortal Flames.

The Immortal Flames

Khachi never expected to become a soldier when she first arrived in Eorzea, but soon enough, she realized that the work of an adventurer was too unpredictable and inconsistent to reliably make a living. After enlisting with the Immortal Flames and undergoing basic training, she was assigned to a moderately-sized unit tasked with patrolling and protecting the outskirts of Ul'dah from an ever-increasing amount of monsters and beastmen. It was there that Khachi bonded with others for the first time since she was forced to abandon her tribe; she became close with many of her fellow soldiers- enough to even call them friends. For once, she felt companionship and as though she belonged in Eorzea, and the horrible events from her childhood became diluted with her newfound friendships.

The Calamity

Nothing could last forever. Before long, Eorzea was presented with a threat that made the primals looks like jokes. The lesser moon, Dalamud, began inching closer and closer as time went on, and the ongoing war with the Garleans only grew worse. When the time to engage the Garlean Empire on the plains of Carteneau in a final effort to save Eorzea came, Khachi's unit was assigned as a forward assault group alongside a team of Serpent lancers and Maelstrom marauders. They engaged the Garlean threat head-on, unsure if their actions would spare Eorzea from the impending doom ... But Khachi didn't care. Eorzea was more a home to her than Othard by that point, and she would do everything in her power to ensure its safety.

Before long, however, the small embers of hope for Eorzea's protection were crushed as the Elder Primal, Bahamut, emerged from the shell of Dalamud while its shards rained down upon the realm. Soldiers; Garlean and Eorzean, fled in all directions as they tried to escape the fiery judgement of the primal. Khachi was frozen on the spot, unable to move even as her companions fled around her. A scream brought her out of the trance. Glancing around, she realized that flames were spreading across the battlefield, taking soul after soul with them. Her friends were no different. Khachi, frozen in fear and horror, could only watch helplessly as every last member of her unit was burned alive in their armor. The screaming of friends, allies, and enemies alike penetrated her mind.

Khachi awoke several days later in a cold-sweat, under the care of a Serpent conjurer. He explained that he had barely managed to pull her unconscious form from the battlefield just before the primal's flames consumed all. Though the conjurer recommended that she rest for a while longer, Khachi couldn't even consider the thought. Every time she closed her eyes, her vision was filled with the burning forms of her allies ... Her friends.

Khachi never truly recovered from the incident, and withdrew entirely from social situations even after she was discharged from the care of the Alliance's conjurers. For some time, she remained in the Immortal Flames' barracks, unsure of where exactly her life was supposed to go. Everything had been taken from her- her comrades, her friends ... And her family. Once again, she found herself in the same position she was in when she first arrived in Eorzea. A disheveled, lost girl with nowhere to turn. After some time, she started serving the Flames again, but no longer felt the sense of camaraderie she normally felt. She had turned into an emotionless husk of her former self. The only shred of her original personality that remained was that undying respect and admiration of Ishgardian dragoons.

Current

Khachi is still loyally serving the Immortal Flames, however, she declines to join a particular unit any time the opportunity arises. Fearful of companionship only to find loss, Khachi keeps to herself and is almost entirely silent. Alongside her service to the Flames, she does idle work as an adventurer.

Appearance

Khachi is a relatively short, lightly-built Xaela Au Ra with dark purple hair that, when down, trails down to her lower back. She usually wears it in a ponytail.

Personality

Khachi is a a silent and independent girl; refusing to rely on the support of anybody and preferring to keep to herself. She is extremely hesitant to bond or become close to anybody due to a fear of loss, and often appears emotionless and stale in conversation. Despite her exterior attitude, however, Khachi is still a teenage girl on the inside- one that is still trying to cope with the loss of her father and comrades.

Although it doesn't show, Khachi has a slight indirect suicide complex. A part of her wants to die, however, she refuses to do it herself or simply throw her life away.

In the event she meets either a commissioned dragoon, or a free dragoon, Khachi can become quite flustered and starstruck- much the contrary to her usual attitude.

Combat

General

Khachi is highly skilled in the use of lances, spears, and other types of polearms- both from a mounted position on a Chocobo, and on foot- with the latter being her specialty. She invokes a unique fighting style taught to her by her father, which combines traditional lancer techniques with those of a lost Xaela tribe. Alongside her lance skills, Khachi is moderately skilled in the use of shortswords, longswords, daggers, and battleaxes, yet lacks in experience with any type of magic or ranged weapon.

Tendencies

Likes

• Lances
• Dragoons - Khachi has a high degree of respect and admiration for all dragoons.
• Combat
• Peace and quiet
• Reading
• Metalworking
• Seafood

Dislikes

• Rude and intrusive people
• Cowards
• Betrayal
• Loud noises
• Fire

Relationships

Lover

None

Family

Father - deceased

Mother - deceased

Friends

None

Enemies

“Though unlikely considering the time that has passed since she was blamed for her father’s murder, it is possible than some Xaela hailing from the Azim Steppe may recognize her and be hostile considering the efforts the Satsumi tribe put forth to slay her.

Annotations

The details of Khachi's backstory and personality is out of character knowledge only. Except in very certain circumstances approved by myself, this information is not to be known by your character until they are told by Khachi.

This is an alternate character of Sarina Alyne.

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