Turk Kalahai

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Turk Kalahai, born as Turk Rivers
Gender Male
Race Roegadyn
Clan Not Affiliated with Hellsguard nor Sea Wolves
Citizenship Gridania
Namesday 11th Sun of the 3rd Astral Moon
Grand Company Order of the Twin Adders
Occupation Captain within the Adders, Works with Red Otters, Gatherer
Free Company Crystalline and Dark Embers
Server Balmung
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Basic Info

Brief History

A Roegadyn who has had so much of his life taken from him, that it causes him to question if he will ever truly be happy. He was raised by whom he thought was his father, Kurtis Kalahai. It wasn't until he fell into a coma and was brought back thanks to the help of his friends from Crystalline and Dark Embers did he finally see the truth of his dark past. His parents were murdered on their trade ship by Garleans. To his "luck", Kurtis defected and hid away in the shroud, raising Turk himself and never alluding to how he got there in the first place. Turk's trauma aided in this deceit, as these memories were blocked off until recently.

He is lancer and warrior trained, but also an active member of the Fane, using conjury to heal those in need. He's not a fan of violence, but will rip to shreds anyone who threatens his loved ones.

Appearance

Age: 35

Hair: Typically keeps his hair at medium length. Dark blue with lighter blue streaks.

Height: 7'6.7

Weight: Close to 300 ponze

Eye Color: Would shift from light to dark blue, and sometimes crimson, depending on which personality was active. Now is permanently dark blue

Skin Color: A little pale for a Roeg, though he's able to tan

Tattooes: None

Scars: Horizontal scar down his abdomen, though thanks to healing springs, has faded a bit

History

Early Childhood

Son of Turbulent Rivers and Rose Rivers. Brother to Kae Rivers (Later Kae Halendre/Kalahai). Childhood friend of Violet Seas. Parents opted to give Turk and Kae more "city-like" names. Parents owned their own ship and used it in trade routes with Violet Seas' parents. Dimidra Halendre, accompanied by Kurtis Kalahai and her own company of Garleans, attacked their vessel to kidnapped Turk, as she both believed in the Echo (which she only read about at the time) and believed to have found a way to be lead to those with the gift. Turk avoided abduction thanks to Kurtis's defection, and blocked all memory of watching his family murdered.

Childhood/Teens

Kurtis raised Turk within the shroud. They lived pretty secluded from others, due to Kurtis's fear of being discovered. They only ventured into Gridania for some supplies. Turk grew up a bit introverted, only really interacting with creatures of the shroud (particularly a Sylph and occasionally moogles). His shroud life taught him how to be a good gatherer, and Kurtis taught Turk everything he knew about the lance.

Dimidra, unfortunately, found them but instead of taking Turk with her, she instead hexed Kurtis with a very slow acting poison. Turk spent his teenage years doing everything he can to keep his father alive, having no idea about the initial hex and thinking it was just illness. This is what initially lead him into conjury, though only by watching conjurers study from afar and poorly mimicking their practices, without the use of a catalyst (wand/staff). The day that Turk joined the Wood Wailers, he came home to excitingly tell his father, only to find he had passed away. This was also the first time Turk had ever been hit with an echo flashback, discovering Dimidra's hand in his father's passing.

Young Adult

Driven by revenge, he did what he could to perfect his skills with the lance, enough to get noticed by an Ishgardian adventurer and being taught the ways of the Dragoon (and, eventually, being chosen by a soul stone). He uses his skill to prove his worth in the Twin Adders and enlisted. All of this was just to have a moment to fight Garleans, and maybe one day, find the woman that killed his father. He also has his echo noticed by the earlier group of the Scions and was paired up with his companion, and eventual best friend, Scott. While his thirst for revenge continued, it was mostly quelled by his desire to defend the Shroud and the allies of Gridania, with a sense of justice growing within him.

He eventually joins a Free Company by the name of Everwatch, a group of sellswords who only catered to the preservation of the shroud and aiding the Grand Company of the Adders when needed.

Calamity

Before the war against the Empire that lead to the tragic events of the Calamity, Turk received a letter by Dimidra asking to be seen by him, close enough to the war to hear the battle, but too far to participate. Turk felt this was a trap, but didn't care, silently leaving without giving notice to any of his colleagues.

He finds Dimidra, but also finds Kae. Dimidra demands he joins her company and, thus, the Empire, telling Turk that he is her son and revealing Kurtis's Garlean origins. This leads Turk to believe that he, too, is Garlean. When he refused and threatened to attack Dimidra, she ordered Kae to fight him, but referred to Turk as her brother. Turk suddenly felt emotionally overwhelmed, having no idea he had a sister and something in him had him refuse to fight her. Kae stabs him with her spear, but immediately regrets it and ends up defecting to attack Dimidra. They have no memory of how that ended, as of this moment. Just waking up after summon and vanishing of Bahamut, with Dimidra nowhere to be found and Turk's wounds healed.

Five Year Jump

Turk and Kae did not jump ahead in time like many other adventurers, but both mysteriously have the mark over their shoulder blade, neither having any idea what it even meant. They weren't affected by the strange amnesia others were, but were part of those forgotten, making it easier for Kae to blend in.

Turk completely abandoned the lance, instead focusing on his conjury and becoming a wandering healer during the five year recovery, aiding those affected by the destruction. Kae acted as his bodyguard during those years, trying her best to attempt to fit in with people she was raised to believe were her enemy.

The reappearance of Kae and Dimidra, along with the revelations of his past further shattered Turk's mind, splitting it into different personas (Turk the Azure, Turk the Crimson, and Turk the White), all of which working actively to prevent Turk from finding out the truth. As such, Turk was no longer able to trigger Echo memories.

After Calamity

Turk eventually ran into his former colleagues from Everwatch, as adventurers forgotten suddenly began to reappear. This prompted Turk to return to Gridania for the first time in five years, along with Kae. Everwatch had dissolved during the five year jump and reformed as Crystalline, of which Turk was quick to join. He also managed to gain his rank back within the Twin Adders, thanks to a self proclaimed General within the Adders by the name of Elaine Moira who was the head of her own squad of Red Otters.

Elaine realized his potential and realized his shattered psych could be of use. Turk the Crimson, the emotional embodiment of all of Turk's anger and rage, was put into a Red Otter kill squad with the code name Crimson Adder. With this name, Turk's more aggressive personality would go on solo missions into bandit and Garlean camps and lay waste to them, letting all his rage fuel the strength behind a greataxe.

His more calmer personas were still against violence, and he eventually joins the Fane, receiving proper training as a healer and conjurer, no longer using his own life force to aide those in need.

Unfortunately, Kae eventually leaves back to the Empire, unable to conform to life within the Eorzean Alliance. Before she leaves, though, she manages to not only steal Turk's azure soulstone, but somehow is able to utilize it. When Turk ran into her again, she informed him that they are fated to fight to the death, and that she awaits him to be ready for the conclusive duel. Turk has yet to fulfill this mysterious destiny his sister has forced upon him, still not understanding her reasoning behind it.

Turk eventually joins the Dark Embers after these events, in hopes not just further protect the realm, but to join a group who are more experienced with the Echo and find out why his was no longer triggering.

As of right now, Dark Embers and Crystalline aided Turk in finding out the truth about his past, reuniting his mind as a single entity. His memories are slow to return, but are thankfully returning. The only puzzle piece left untouched is Kae, who still awaits for him to decide to battle her to the death.

Personality

Turk is kind and humble. He's wells spoken and a bit of a bookworm, though sometimes misses the ball between figurative and literal communication. He has moments where his social skills are almost childlike in curiosity. He tends to bottle up his emotions and can sometimes be a downer, but his aim is more to make sure everyone else is happy, while never actually worrying about his own happiness. He's a strong believer in justice and protecting the weak, passionately loyal to causes he believes in.

Preferences

Favorite Food "Does it have meat?" - Turk

Favorite Drink Prefers juice or tea, but is known to drink wine and harder liquor when in a bad mood. Is ironically a light weight

Favorite Color Blue

Favorite Book Genre He enjoys fictional books about heroes and saving the world

Favorite Weather Rainy Weather

Favorite Place Most places in the Shroud

Favorite Type of Music Anything with a piano

Likes Helping people, making people laugh or smile, spending time with loved ones, sleeping under trees, eating, traveling, exercising, gathering (particularly fishing), cooking, swimming in lakes and ponds

Dislikes Bad smells, greedy hateful people, The Empire, dishonesty, betrayal, feeling dirty/unclean, violence, poachers, Ul'dahn politics, The Holy See

Sexuality Turk has only ever had one relationship, and that's with Selene Artemis. Though his relationship is heterosexual, he doesn't lean towards either gender and never really thinks about there being a difference in one or the other. He's never explored his sexuality at all before nor after Selene, and thus does not identify with anything other than being in love with her. For simplicity sake, you can OOCly assume Turk is bisexual.

The Turks

Before the efforts of Crystalline and Dark Embers, Turk's psyche was divided into four parts due to the trauma of his family's murder. Each personality embodied different memories and pieces of his personality, with each one coming to light at different moments. Depending on the personality, Turk's eyes and voice would take a shift, and unfortunately, his delving into soulstones only made this situation worse.

Turk Kalahai At the base is the center of his psyche of which the others are based of, Turk Kalahai. This is the Turk that had no memory of life before living with Kurtis in the Shroud. He was childlike in nature, introverted, shy, and doubtful of his abilities. His eyes would be light blue with a humble voice. Since the merging of his personalities, he's slowly regaining his memories of his youth, though like most adults, those memories are fuzzy. He's still compassionate, but tends to have a temper if pushed. His childlike demeanor is more of a brooding personality when he's not drowning away at the Wench.

Turk the Azure This is the Turk that held all the memories of his family's murder hidden away in himself. He would come out with the Dragoon soulstone and was noted to be active with a deeper voice and dark blue eyes. He was impulsive, much more assertive, cold, calculating, and had a deep desire for revenge only matched by his desire to protect Turk from the memories that haunt Turk the Azure. As of right now, his sister is holding his soulstone. He still feels connected to it, which is almost like a beacon to where it and his sister are located.

Turk the White This version of Turk was the embodiment of the memories of his mother, Rose Rivers. His eyes were a much lighter blue than normal and was very soft spoken. He would come out with the White Mage soulstone. While this Turk was active, he would be much more compassionate, caring, emotional, and very pacifistic. Since merging, the soulstone doesn't resonate with him as it used to, almost like its trying to sync with a new person. Still, he maintains some of the knowledge that the stone had previously passed to him.

Turk the Crimson This version of Turk was the embodiment of the memories of his father, Turbulent Rivers. His eyes were crimson red, with a deep and raspy voice. This version would come out not only with the Warrior soulstone, but moments were Turk would get angry to such a point that the emotion felt almost unbearable, and only worsened with feelings of helplessness when he couldn't help someone he cares about. While active, Turk was much more aggressive, not much for words, and violent without giving it a second thought. Since the merge, this soulstone doesn't resonate with him like it used to, almost like its trying to sync with a new person. Still, he maintains some of the knowledge that the stone had previously passed to him.

Abilities/Skills

The Echo Turk has a basic form of the Echo, which mostly shields him from being tainted by primals. He also ends up having conversations with forest creatures, though in his mind he thinks he just knows how to speak their language versus assuming the Echo has anything to do with it. Echo memories have yet triggered since meeting his sister again, even after his mind has been unified. Echo strength was only active while the Crimson Adder had control of his body, and at this time its unknown if he still can tap into that power, or if it even still exists.

Aether Sense Turk is able to sense aether with decent accuracy. Enough to use it in combat to a certain degree and even predict the attacks of his opponents. It requires him to be calm to truly utilize it, though, and allowing his rage to take over would make utilizing this skill in or out combat impossible.

Lancer/Dragoon Skilled lancer and attuned with the Dragoon soulstone, though not in possession of it at this time. He has been training with a lance since his early years. The soulstone was given to him by an Ishgardian adventurer, Tyr Gozen, which ends up binding to his Turk the Azure personality. This particular personality is the one that kept Turk's darker memories to himself.

Conjurer/White Mage Turk has used his life force to keep his father alive, and then again during the five year recovery of the Calamity (but sparingly, self teaching himself traditional medical practices as well). He joined the Fane to further expand his understanding of conjury and continued to help others. While out in the shroud, he befriends a baby Goobbue that he aptly named "Gibby", never knowing that Gibby was actually a Sylph that used to play with him during his childhood. Gibby hands Turk a White Mage soulstone, which attunes to his personality Turk the White. The combination of his skills and the soulstone gained him the notice of Aatrix Makar, who enlisted skilled teachers to help Turk get as close to mastering his skills as he could.

Marauder/Warrior Turk's rage was enriched by Elaine Moira, who was the one that gave him the warrior soulstone. The stone bound to Turk the Crimson. Its currently unknown how she came across the stone to begin with. He had always kept his strength up with mining, and ended up using a greataxe to take advantage of his strength and further distinguish the Crimson Adder persona.

Gatherer Turk enjoys fishing, harvesting, and even mining (though mining to him is more of a form of exercising with minerals as a bonus). He makes additional gil on the side by selling his gathered resources to merchants in Gridania, though he's known to give away resources to struggling families for free.

Healer Other than just using conjury to help the injured, Turk also studied basic medicine and first aid to compliment the healing he can perform with aether to the wounded. He's known for prepping the wounded to make aether based healing have a smoother path.

Relationships

Family

Father Turbulent Rivers (Deceased)

Mother Rose Rivers (Deceased)

Sister Kae Rivers (Halendre/Kalahai)

Adoptive Father Kurtis Kalahai (Deceased)

Love Life

Turk is romantically involved with Selene Artemis, who is unfortunately currently spending life in prison. He has never been with anyone else, and it wasn't until after the Calamity that they really explored their relationship, albeit briefly.

Friends

(OOC note: This section is a work in progess! Trying to add everyone Turk knows ICly is tough (and I try to keep it to characters he's ICly close to) and please don't be mad/sad if I missed anyone! Let me know or hell, add yourself in.)

Violet Seas Childhood friend who knew him before the attack on his family. Reunited through Dark Embers as adults.

Scott A hyur conjurer that paired up with him on his initial work with the Scions prior to the Calamity. Died during the destruction.

Caen MacLeod Close friend he made within Crystalline, considers him like a brother

Eva Ianeira Close friend he made during his time with Everwatch (and then continued into Crystalline), considers her like a sister

Elaine Moira Difficult to call her a friend since she's rigid, but she treats him as such and worries over him without trying to be obvious about it

Vedili Lodili Childhood friend to Elaine Moira and good friend to Turk, coupled with being one of his bosses at the Twin Adders

Tyr Gozen Ishgardian Adventurer that initiated his training as a Dragoon. They've kept in contact ever since

Zanin Briggs An incredibly intelligent and polite fellow that aided Turk in rescuing Elaine Moira via research notes

Rumors

  • His birthplace is speculated on. Outside of the Adders, people assume he was born in the Shroud, while within are whispers of him being Garlean birth.
  • He never hid his relationship with Selene Artemis, which made her imprisonment a touchy and uncomfortable subject.
  • Bandits and some Garleans know of a raging Roegadyn with a greataxe that called himself the Crimson Adder, though only very select high ranking few within the Adder know that its Turk.
  • Merchants and residents of Gridania alike are usually happy to see him when he walks in carrying a large sack. Usually means he's making a supply delivery.
  • His efforts at the Fane along with his continued desire to study do not go unnoticed.
  • People have not seen his sister Kae for some time now, causing all kinds of speculation as to her whereabouts. Turk normally ignores the gossip.