Lumenos Avalon

L'uhmen Tia (leea-mehn), now more commonly known as Lumenos Avalon (loo-muhn-ohs), is a Thanalanian miqo'te red mage. He currently serves as a freelancing adventurer, often specializing in the extermination of voidsent. He is also known to be an expert of thaumaturgy and offers tutelage to aspiring students when he's not busy studying red magic and lost civilizations such as the Allagan Empire and Mhach.

Lumenos Avalon
"I do this for myself. Your concerns are meaningless."
Gender	Male
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Seeker of the Sun
Citizenship	Ul'dah

Character

General

Caring for little else other than self-improvement and leaving behind an impactful legacy, Lumenos often tends to chastise or seclude himself from others who do not share his goals or ideals and will instead prefer to spend his time studying all manners of thaumaturgy, arcanima and other forms of aether manipulation as well as honing his abilities in both a physical and mental aspect. Often times, he will dedicate a portion of his time to pursuing whatever goals that catch his interest, often aggressively so, until they are achieved. At which point, he may tend to show a sudden disinterest if he feels that he can gain no further insight or usefulness. As such, he is known to take a number of occupations from serving as a bodyguard to instructing students in the practice and study of thaumaturgy.

Appearance

The olive-skinned mage is of average height for a miqo'te (5'6" or 167.64 cm) and appears to be somewhat further into his years than some of the other male miqo'te that often roam the land of Eorzea. Records dictate that he is 28 years old. His facial features are sharp yet coarse, and there are a few faint signs of age and stress underlying his golden eyes. Lumenos sports a beard along the entire length of his jawline and into his black hair which sport parted bangs along the sides of his visage. Lumenos's time spent adventuring, hunting voidsent and training within the Marauders' Guild has left him with a trim, toned physique, though the body shape is more notable than his muscle definition as he normally wears a leather coat that appears to be of Allagan design. His trousers and boots are of Ishgardian design.

Personality

Quiet and reserved, Lumenos often keeps to himself, preferring research, study and self-improvement over social interaction. Because of this and despite his intelligence, he may speak in an arrogant if not offensive manner. It is for that reason that people may find him unapproachable, confusing or standoffish, though usually this tends to be of no concern if the miqo'te feels that a person is of little consequence or importance to him. Despite his preference for seclusion, he is not one to openly reject company or participation of social gatherings and public events.

History

Tribal Life

Born into the Viper tribe, Lumenos was raised to become a hunter. However, his preference for solitude meant that he often did not work well with others. As a result, he hunted on his own, though without aid from his fellow tribesmen, his spoils were often not enough to sustain more than a few people at a time. His reputation for being anti-social and difficult to work with often brought ridicule and disdain from others, which only further reinforced the miqo'te's desire to be alone. Five years before the Calamity, Lumenos bore witness as his father, L'hemak Nunh was challenged to a duel by a Tia for breeding rights. The fight lasted several hours until L'hemak was fatally wounded, thus entitling the challenger with the surname and privilege of Nunh. Infuriated by the turn of events, Lumenos left the tribe and traveled to Ul'dah where he studied thaumaturgy and devoted what precious free time he had to rigorous physical training within the Marauders' Guild, vowing to return when he believed himself capable of avenging his father.

A Realm Reborn to Heavensward

After the events of the Calamity, however, Lumenos felt a loss of interest in his thirst for revenge. Unable to determine the cause of his change of heart, the miqo'te continued to improve his aptitude for thaumaturgy, spending another year within the Arrzaneth Ossuary under the tutelage of the five lalafellin guildmasters of the Thaumaturges' Guild before eventually leaving to further his studies abroad after hearing rumors of the resurgence of black magic. Lumenos further consumed the majority of his time to research as well as undergoing employment within a number of adventuring free companies as a means of funding.

Over time, Lumenos became increasingly adept with thaumaturgy, allowing him to divert some of his attention to studying arcanima. He also began looking into the history of the Allagan Empire with a particular interest in the technology and relics that were left behind. Eventually, Lumenos began to dabble in void magic, repurposing an old storage facility in Azys Lla into a laboratory where he bred and harvested bombs for their cores with the intention of using them to augment and empower his magic. Constant use of this method began to corrupt the miqo'te's aether. In order to cleanse himself, he sought out a number of healers who possibly knew a way to expunge voidsent essence from an afflicted individual. His search led him to an Au Ra who performed an exorcising ritual, though the ritual itself came at the cost of shortening the miqo'te's lifespan albeit by a small margin. Due to his growing carelessness in his attempts to gain more knowledge and power, however, Lumenos was nearly imprisoned from his openness in studying forbidden magic during his periods of employment. Because of this, he became become much more tight-lipped and secretive about his research.

Affinity for the Red

Prior to the Ala Mhigan Resistance, Lumenos fell back into seclusion. At the time, sightings of the miqo'te were few and far in-between, though those who saw him took notice that he tended to be engrossed with reading tomes regarding conjury, a school of magic that he once dismissed and completely ignored earlier in his years. After Ala Mhigo and Doma became liberated, his outings became much more frequent, and he eventually began to sport a rapier and a focus in his possession, two items that are now commonly associated with red mages after the uprising of its associating school that was once thought to be lost to the ages if not a mere myth. It is currently unknown whether or not Lumenos is directly associated with X'rhun Tia, a miqo'te who is currently teaching new students and is considered to be the leader of the fabled but now-defunct Crimson Duelists. However, Lumenos frequently references X'rhun when speaking about his current studies of red magic, often expressing a neutral if not apathetic opinion of him.

Combat

General

During his days as a thaumaturge, Lumenos primarily focused on magical combat either through the chaotic elements of frost, fire and lightning, and he often implemented a portion of arcanima when the situation called for it, though he has far more experience using the former over the latter. Time spent training as a marauder also allowed him to be able to hold his own in close-range combat. Both have contributed in one way or another to Lumenos's rapidly increasing skill as a red mage. However, given his lack of experience with conjury as of late, he often has trouble maintaining balance between both black and white magic, a crucial technique in mastering the red.

Other Information

Likes

• Studying magic
• Self-improvement
• Hot spring baths or other baths of a similar nature
• Chocolate

Dislikes

• Nosy people
• Failure in the pursuit of a goal
• Courtesans, escorts, etc.

Hobbies/Talents

• Creating synthetic Bombs
• Writing
• Cooking (self-taught)

Relationships

• Karmil Auburn | Ex-girlfriend

Family

• L'tola Lehm | Mother
• L'hemak Nunh | Father (deceased)
• A number of half-siblings whom Lumenos has not bothered to count

Friends

• Cocovachi Lolorachi - Marauders' Guild sparring partner
• Iron Will - Marauders' Guild mentor

Enemies

• Zealous conjurers
• Opposers of thaumaturgy/black magic

Rumors

Common Rumors

• Because he is often fascinated by bombs and is known for his reputation as a skilled thaumaturge, people often believe that Lumenos consorts with voidsent.
• It is said that Lumenos is a regular customer of the Aesthetician as his hairstyle changes frequently.
• Like all miqo'te, he is commonly mistaken to favor fish as his meat of choice. This is not true, however, as he is often found to be eating aldgoat the most as well as other, more exotic dishes.

Moderate Rumors

• Lumenos has been spotted with a black coeurl tailing as of late. It's assumed that this feline is his pet as he acknowledges its presence and refers to it as "Eris".
• There have been reports of Lumenos walking about Ul'dah as a lalafell as both have similar choices of hairstyles, fashion, eye color and skin color, though this could merely be just a coincidence.
• Rumors have gone about suggesting that Lumenos has a preference for Keeper women, though he denies such claims when mentioned.

Rare Rumors

• N/A

PC Rumors

• (Feel free to pitch a rumor if you'd like after RPing with me!)
• He's stoic and grumpy. Once I mentioned magic, he opened up, not much, but he did. - Rhel Lyehga

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