Sabathius Kath'Lani
| Sabathius Kath'Lani | |
 "Maneuver with grace, strike with intent" | |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Hyur |
| Clan | Midlander |
| Citizenship | N/A |
| Age | 23 |
| Server | Balmung |
| Place of Birth | Coerthas |
| Company | The Tomial Order |
Contents
Character
General
Sabathius is a well-traveled vagabond (mercenary, depending on who he is speaking with) who's motives are never quite clear. Without a home to speak of, he is known for traveling and scarcely maintaining residence in the same location for long periods of time. A skilled swordsman with a rather open personality, he travels about from contract to contract.
Appearance
Sabathius is young, in his younger twenties. Physically fit, toned with a swimmer's body from years on the ocean, standing roughly 5 fulm 11 ilms in height. His skin, has an ever slight tan from spending time in the Thanalan and out on the open ocean. Notably having facial tattoos which some would speculate his affiliation with Pirates from Limsa Lominsa. To which, he does not confirm nor deny. He has raven black hair, with a large portion of the right front seemingly burned red with no explaination as to why. A single ice blue eye looks out at the world, as the other is covered by an eye patch that he never removes. The scars that go across his nose beneath it and from his cheek to his forehead indicate that it was potentially clawed out or struck by a weapon in his past. His body is covered in many scars, a road map and testiment to many battles he has fought and won, or narrowly escaped upon losing. When wearing little garments that cover his chest, one can see a very large burn, weapon scar that goes from just below his collar bone and would appear to end just above his abdomen.
Behavior
Sabathius is relatively open, sometimes blunt, and often bringing his sense of humor to the table when ever approached. He is known to tease, of course of good humor at all times. He is confident in his skill, and scarcely enjoys being talked down upon (especially by Gridanians). He commands a level of charm and cunning with everyone he speaks with. He is approachable, though has moments of being aloof in certain situations that call for it. He appears to have a bit of an accent that stems from living around Limsa Lominsa in frequency. He regards combat skill, strength, and humor highly and typically treats Ala Mhigans with a great deal of respect. This stemming from spending several years in Little Ala Mhigo supporting the Ala Mhigan resistance in Southern Thanalan. He likes to think he sees the potential in others, and will seek to support it as much as he is able or allowed. As being someone who has gone a lifetime without knowing bonds outside of the kind one warrior shares with another, he values them strongly.
He lives on a constant level of simple. Eating simple meals (bread, cheese, and water), sleeping in simple locations, and enjoying simple pleasures. He tends to go with situations as they come, without seeming to be in any particular hurry to get to any particular place at any given time. A conservative nature about him till the need arises that his energies should be exerted, such as combat. Overall, he attempts to maintain a very down-to-earth mentality in what he does.
On a deeply personal level, he suffers greatly from past experiences. He does not sleep on beds, he sits up on them and will typically move them against a wall to hold him up in the night. Whenever he has stayed in a place long enough (The residency that Lottie Forsaid has offered him in Horizon, for example), one can see noticeable stains from sweat where he sits against the wall as he will spend the night captured in many nightmares. He is pained, like many warriors of his kind who have been the victim of, or have caused atrocities. Very few people, if close to none, have seen him in this state.
Combat
General
Sabathius was taught early in age to use the bow and arrow. His mother, teaching him and his sister as early as the age of 8 years. Their father, also taking this time of their life to begin their martial training in the use of the sword. At a young age, Sabathius was never very good at using the sword, his sister Matina being far superior at the sword, while he the bow. Their training would be cut short, as they would flee Coerthas, and the fate of their parents would leave them without learning more from their parents skills.
He would continue to hone these skills, however, as his life went on. Taking them with him to Limsa Lominsa, and Southern Thanalan. Though his archery would suffer in his five years in Limsa, it would sharpen quickly again as he would take routine trips with caravans to Little Ala Mhigo in Southern Thanalan. His sister, would perfect her art by the age of 14, crafting a sword technique known as the "Scarlet Wing" which focused on grace, agility, and utilizing the enemies force against them with a curved sword. She would begin teaching this to Sabathius, who was far better at archery, stalking, scouting, and hunting.
The sword technique that Sabathius employs is known as the "Scarlet Wing", which utilizes cunning for feint strikes at the target to create openings, agility to be able to maneuver around the enemy to more vulnerable locations, and coordination to execute quick cutting motions with a curved sword at weak points of the body. It focuses on attacking joints, and weakening it's prey, before delivering a killing blow. Built for a smaller framed woman to fight much larger and stronger enemies (such as Amal'Jaa, or Highlander bandits), it's defensive maneuvers often utilize feints and parries that seek to draw in an attacker's strength to throw them off balance and open them up to attacks. Although he is not as swift and agile as his sister ever was, he still utilizes it with deadly efficiency. This technique, though most effective with curved swords, is fully capable of being used with other bladed weapons.
He is known for being able to use hand-to-hand and to use his body as a weapon of survival, and also the ability to use a shield for blocking and as a weapon. Both are skills he picked up from the Ala Mhigan Resistance and in partial from his father at a young age. He can hunt, scout, and stalk prey as well as use the bow. But he seems to not like to admit he can do these things.
Sabathius has /very little/ command over the aether. He is fully inert to Fire spells of anykind. Being able to do the most basic of aether mending of wounds. But this tends to be a taxing endeavor(*reasons* See history and timeline).
Tendencies
Likes
- Women who can fight.
- Basking in the sun.
- Fruit (specifically apples and pairs).
Dislikes
- "Stuck up" Gridanians.
- Sweets (specifically candy).
- Dragons (With good reason, with much passion).
Hobbies/Talents
- Creating items out of sea shells, and coral.
- People Watching
- Knife throwing
Other
- He is good at Scouting and Hunting
- He can pickpocket.
- He sometimes follows people, for no real reason.
Relationships
Family
Father - Godfrey Kath'Lani - Deceased
Mother - Katalina Kath'Lani (Maiden: Martehb) - Deceased
Sister - Matina Kath'Lani - Unknown (Thought to be deceased, but not confirmed)
Uncle - Leifon Martehb - Alive - Limsa Lominsa
Lover
At present, any romantic interests are unknown.
Friends
Sophia Ashby -
Hitari Senjougahara -
Shido Itsuka -
Talisa Rina -
Enemies
At present, Sabathius has no enemies.
Rumors
Common Rumors
Moderate Rumors
Rare Rumors
- "Its odd, he came to me hurt, but when I went to mend his wounds... it was as though they were trying to take every bit of energy I had straight from my hand. Not to mention it took far longer than anyone I've ever tended to..." - A Healer in Gridania
PC Rumors
- (Fill at anytime)
History/Timeline
Sabathius' Backstory, the (sorta) abridged Edition:
Sabathius, was born in the Coerthas Highlands. He had one twin sister, Matina. Their father, a Hyur Highlander and a brilliant swordsman and man-at-arms to a Knight of one of the houses. Their mother, a Hyur Midlander from La Noscea, who could shoot the eye of a dragon in flight. Both skills, would be taught to the twins. Sabathius excelling at Archery at a young age, Matina being the better swords(wo)man.
His parents, were killed by a Dragon which ran rampant across the Highlands, devastating some of the homes that lived in pocket hamlets around the Highlands outside of Ishgard. His father and mother being slain by the dragon while trying to keep it at bay as other troops attempted to help others flee the area.
They would be visited by their Uncle (brother of their mother, and pledged brother of their father), who came from La Noscea to tend to them. Sabathius and Matina, now 10, would leave with their Uncle from Coerthas to La Noscea. There, they would grow closer to their Uncle and treat him as a father. They would spend five years in Limsa, learning to live on both ship and on land. Matina, would continue to perfect her use of the sword and teach her arts to Sabathius who was far weaker at it. Sabathius' skills with the bow would decline in this time, as it found little use on the sea.
At fifteen, Sabathius and Matina would be taken with their Uncle to Southern Thanalan, to Little Ala Mhigo. There, they would be transporting goods back and forth to the Ala Mhigan resistance. Sabathius and Matina staying in Southern Thanalan to help the Ala Mhigans to protect their trade routes (which would later be forsaken by the Ul'Dah syndicate, crippling the area further). Matina and Sabathius spending most of their time fighting the Amal'jaa. Matina, growing in name as the "Scarlet Dancer", known for her ability to wield a curved blade using a perfect art of their Father, and what she had learned from living on the sea; the color being what she fancied most in her attire. Sabathius, would become known for his ability to hunt, stalk, and scout. Together, they would become close with the Ala Mhigans, and both would learn to use a Shield and employ unconventional fighting tactics to survive in combat.
Sabathius and Matina would be just turning sixteen when they would go out with several other Ala Mhigans in an attempt to save a small group of children who were taken by Amal'jaa to be tempered. In their tracking of the group, they stumbled upon a Amal'jaa Priest who wielded a 'blessed' aetherial scepter. Their group would ambush the Amal'jaa in a cavern, but Matina and Sabathius become separated as they pursuit the Priest.
The Priest's entourage is dispatched, though not quickly. Ultimately, the Amal'jaa Priest getting the upper hand as his size, use of magic, and weapon were stronger than the younger Sabathius and Matina could face even together. Matina would nearly be struck dead, but Sabathius would throw himself before the Priest, causing him to strike down on Sabathius' eye and continue down to his chest. His eye, would become tained by the Primal Aether, and his chest would receive a fiery primal aether scar that to this day still burns with Ifrit's zeal.**
Defeated, but not dead, Sabathius would lash out with Matina's sword in a last effort to save them both. The Amal'jaa Priest striking down his rod with a flare into the earth that would crumble the cavern floor that served as their arena. It would crumble and give way from the powerful magic, the Priest now cut in kind by Matina's sword by Sabathius, would fall down in one cavern. Sabathius, would struggle to keep Matina from falling into the depths of the earth. But he would prove not strong enough, as she would plunge into darkness before him. The shock would leave Sabathius unconscious, waking from his mentally locked state some days later.
Their Uncle, would take him from Southern Thanalan to La Noscea, where he would stay to recover. His body still burning at the scar, now lined with the shards of the aetherial weapon. Stress, and trauma haunted his sleep. The loss of a twin weighing heavily on him.
Two years would pass, as the Warriors of Light would engage the Empire and Behemoth would spread it's fiery death upon Eorzea. He could only watch as the rain of fire struck the ship he was on and plunge it into the ocean with the other Limsans who were on it.
Sabathius would be saved, by a Sophia Ashby, who would pull him from the ocean ashore close to Costa Del Sol. Amidst the drifted carnage that was left behind. He survived, but only barely, and would come to be friends with the Ashby(Ash) from that point forward. At this point, Sabathius would find his Uncle, and continue living as an Adventurer, exact motives unclear for why.
---
Some four years later, he would come to meet Shido Itsuka on the same beach of Costa Del Sol. Drunken, and vomiting into the ocean, Shido would be confronted by a giant crab. The Giant Crab would be bested by Sabathius, as he would save the drunken "Beach Wizard" as he claimed to be. Here too, he would meet Hitari and they would later start The Tomial Order in Mor Dhona.
Foot Note--
- - The scarring on Sabathius' body makes it slightly more difficult to be healed by magical means. It will glow when aether is projected upon him, and the shards will burn him. His Left eye, is also mis-colored a reddish-orange with gold specs that glow just like his chest scar. He wears an eye patch to hide this fact. This will typically be mentioned to healers when RP healing is conducted that it is "pulling" on additional aether from them. This can be potentially dangerous to healers who have not learned to use aether around them in the environment and instead use their life force to heal instead.
- - Additionally, Sabathius /can/ use aether and heal. But it is very taxing on his body, and not as effective as he pays a quarter to his own body. He is absolutely incapable of using any form of Fire magic. He has no known ability to use any other offensive magic.
Other Exploits
-Twins of Blood-
Matina and Sabathius were born at the same time looking identical to one another at a young age.
When both of them were at the age of 10, they had left with their Uncle from Coerthas to later go to Limsa. They were separated only for a short term from their Uncle and left in the care of one of his pledged brothers. They were on their way to Southern Thanalan to meet again with their Uncle who had gone ahead to secure their routes to Limsa when their small caravan was attacked by a set of bandits.
The twins were taken as hostages and brought to the location the bandits had been working from. In the night, the two twins whom still had the fire of their loss in their veins, would escape their holdings and brandish the weapons the bandits had foolishly left for them to use upon them as they slept.
They later surprised the Ala Mhigans who had tracked the bandits from the ambush site, who would find them sitting huddled together near the fire for warmth. The bloodied weapons still in their hands as if ready should more bandits come. Covered in the gore of their captors, the group of Ala Mhigans would dub them the "Twins of Blood". Which they would continue to call them even upon their return many years later.
-The Burning Son-
(Non-abridged version to be added soon.)
Annotations
This Template was created by Deirdre Ta'ea
