Shuyin Rayen
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| Full Name | Shuyin Rayen |
| Nickname(s) | The Lucky Man, Lightning Spear |
| Race | Hyur |
| Subrace | Midlander |
| Gender | Male |
| Sexual Orientation | Heterosexual |
| Relationship Status | Single |
| Nameday | 21st Sun of the First Umbral Moon |
| Age | 27 |
| Guardian | Oschon |
| Birthplace | Kugane |
| Occupation | Adventurer |
| Family | Mother, Father, three sisters and two brothers |
General Information
A young, perhaps a bit mysterious man, who aims to discover the wonders of this world through exploring, meeting people and experiencing things. This kind-hearted, confident adventurer is always ready to help, whether it's with his words or his spear. Despite being an experienced, well-trained warrior who witnessed many different things in life, he retains a humble, down to earth attitude and he's always eager to learn more from other people he meets during his adventures.
Appearance
Rather short, but well-built midlander with messy dark hair, green eyes and a cheerful smile that draws attention away from the skin wore down by the wind, sun and other enviromental hazards. Usually wears comfortable, light clothes which don't hinder movement, keep him warm and if it can be fashionable at the same time? All the better!
Personality
Personality Traits
- Friendly
- Curious
- Outgoing
- Knowledgable
- Smart
- Hardworking
- Humble
- Loyal
- Playful
- Confident
- Brave
Mannerisms
Shuyin likes to think logically and tries to apply that logic to the world in which he lives. He's a very optimistic person, always willing to make friends, help someone out or relax a bit in some nice, comfy spot (level of comfyness drastically improves when food is around). As a curious, wandering soul he has his head up in the clouds fairly often, pondering about his next great adventure, next challenge, next new thing he's going to try. A confident, friendly, kind man could very well be the stereotypical person in the spotlight of any social meeting, but it almost never happens, as he retains a humble attitude and never tries to stand out too much, especially at the cost of attention towards other people around him. While interacting with others, he usually tries to be calm, respectful and he listens to people well, striving to be able to put himself in their position, before making any judgements.
Philosophy & Ideals
Shuyin is a humble, down to earth adventurer who not even once thought that he could save the world. He sees himself as small cog in the massive machinery that this world is and he aims to positively contribute to the realm by doing his best in his own, fairly insignifant in the grand scope of things role. "All those big things sounds like something that Warrior of Light has to deal with... Best I can do is make sure that the Warrior of Light doesn't have to bother with all the other, smaller things."
There's time to act and there's time to wait. Shuyin is a patient person who understands that rushing forward with hot-headed attitude may sometimes cause more harm than good, but he also knows that there are moments when time is of essence. He believes that one shouldn't sway towards either of these approaches and tries to retain a balanced state of mind, balanced attitute and a balanced way of life. "Just because you like sweet food, doesn't mean you hate sour food, even if they are kind of opposite things. The same can be applied to everything else. I think that if you can find balance, life is far more interesting, tasty and overall more enjoyable."
It's never too late to make a change in your life. Time is a unique resource, in the sense that we're born with limited supplies of it and we can just get more of it. It's entirely up to you how you'll spend that time, but due to its nature, it's wise to spend it carefully. "What should you do? Well, if you ask me, it's best to listen to your heart of hearts and follow that desire. Regardless of what you really want and how distant it seems, it's never too late to make the first step towards that goal."
Quirks
- Whenever he's nervous, he'll run his hand through his hair, over and over. Sometimes it can look really silly.
- Shuyin likes to keep his hands busy. If he's not holding his spear, he's probably munching on peanuts.
- Being a listener, Shuyin prefers to avoid extended eye contact, despite being a rather outgoing person, and he responds better to words that are auditory.
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Early Life
Childhood
Born as the fifth child of the Kyorei family, he was provided a comfortable, happy life of a child sheltered from misfortunes of the world thanks to wealth and social status of his bloodline. Though his parents weren't powerful or very influential, they were aristocrats nonetheless and that was enough to ensure that Akihiro had all kinds of toys, knew how to write and read and, probably most importantly, knew how to behave around other people.
Adolescence
Being the fifth child in a not-so-powerful family, Akihiro had no hopes for inheriting the position of power in his house - partially because of all the siblings who were born before him, but also because he never had any interest in this. Living a sheltered life, he was always curious about the world outside. Outside of his family's mansion. Outside of Kugane. Far beyond the horizon.
As a boy, he was trained in martial arts and using a katana, but he was never really decent at swinging a sword nor he was exceptionally strong physically, much to his father's disappointment, who intended to turn his fifth child into a renowned warrior in order to increase his family's status. Despite his shortcomings, Akihiro was a very curious and hardworking person, never against learning different things and learning fast. And so, his father has found a teacher for his son, who taught the, back then, rather small, short boy (the short part never really went away) how to gain advantage by fighting with a weapon that gave him the range advantage - and so he mastered the glaive.
As hardworking as Akihiro was, his life didn't boil down to just swinging a long stick with a blade at the end of it. He enjoyed greatly shopping with his sisters, playing with his brothers, peeking on housemaids in the bathhouse section of the mansion and attending all kinds of parties, where he could hear stories from foreign lands.
Just as much as Akihiro's father ensured that he is well-trained with a weapon, his mother ensured that her son received proper education in different fields, such as mathmatics, social etiquette, foreign languages (in his case, eorzean) and history, which was one of his favorite subjects.
Adulthood
Akihiro was a well-trained warrior with decent education, but he was by no means a prodigy. With no interest of joining Sekiseigumi, obtaining the position of power in the family (not that there was ever a possibility) and no political ambitions whatsoever, everyone could see that Akihiro felt rather caged in this world. And so, after many attempts and difficult talks, he managed to convince his parents to allow him to embark on a journey, to the distant land of Eorzea, so he could learn about different cultures and witness wonders of the world beyond the horizon.
After saying his goodbyes and accepting all the gifts that were meant to help him with his adventures, Akihiro took the first deep breath as a free man and as an adventurer. His first steps sent him towards the Ruby Sea, towards Yanxia and the infamous Steppes. After plenty of Moons of traveling and meeting people, both opressed by the garleans and those representing the Empire as well as interacting with tribes of the Steppes, he returned to Kugane, where he spend couple of Suns before finally stepping on board of a ship sailing to Eorzea.
Having arrived in Limsa Loominsa, he learned about the ways of the more piratey part of Eorzea the hard way, as he was robbed within first couple of bells after arrival. Taking it as part of the learning process, he didn't become discourage, his curiousity was far more powerful than any fear of the unknown and being far from home all by himself. And so he began his adventures, fighting pirates and sahuagin and having his resistance to alcohols brutally tested in all kinds of bars in La Noscea, discovering the mesmerizing beauty of the Black Shroud and dangers lurking behind the woods, facing off against treachery of the desert and the corruption tainting its people, as well as experiencing the warmth of the sun and cultural variety that Thanalan has to offer.
It was in Ul'dah where he was hired as a bodyguard for a thaumaturgist who apparently had a conflict with his brothers and sister of the Order of Nald'Thal. Together with that man, he embarked on a journey to Dravania, through cold region knows as Coerthas. His companion and employer was an old and grumpy mage who was difficult to satisfy and who genuinely seemed to dislike pretty much everything. Still, Akihiro saw this as an opportunity to learn a lot as the man had plenty of stories and wisdom to share. The mage decided to travel the world in order to prevent a tragedy which he foresaw in his dreams. Akihiro had little understanding for arcane arts and so he didn't understand the anomaly in the aether of which his companion spoke of so often and he didn't understand the significance of the deed that was done, once the mage got rid of the anomaly and brought balance to the flow of aether in the region of Dravania, before it spun out of control and became an actual threat.
The task was draining though and the man was old, and so it was the end of the great thaumaturgist, Augus the Stormbringer, by his political opponents often called Augus the Incredibly Good At Complaining. Having buried his companion with great sadness, Akihiro decided to honor the deeds and the legacy of the old mage and so he took his staff, took his spellbook and an amulet with deep purple crystal, an accessory which was the most treasured possession of Augus and decided to let his curiousity go wild and... become a mage. On his own. Based on what he heard from the late thaumaturgist and what was written in his book.
Perhaps learning the magical arts would be impossible, if not for the whispers that soon came to Akihiro in his dreams, whispers from eras long gone, whispers which came from the deep purple crystal that belonged to Augus before...
And so Shuyin Rayen was born, a traveling spearman, adventurer and enjoyer of good food.
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- ● Neutral
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Last Updated: December 18, 2018 |
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