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GENERAL INFORMATIONKahti Wiht is a Miqo'te Keeper of the Moon originally born in the Black Shroud as "Kahti Shakmi". A few years after coming of age, she was exiled from the Shroud by her mother out of concern for her safety. Over the next two decades, she attempted to raise a family in La Noscea, and worked at Mealvaan's Gate while studying Arcanism. Kahti suffered a fugue state after the Calamity, due to injuries sustained and losing her family. During this time she was known as "Sehlti Wiht", which non-miqo'te tended to pronounce as "Seldi Witt". This fugue state wasn't resolved until after a disastrous encounter with a void sent. She has worked as a mender for a few organizations, these days primarily lending her talents to Gijutsu Boeki Co. When not working, she endeavors to develop her geometries towards shielding people from harm, and healing their ailments. In secret, she continues to study thaumaturgey, and when she has time, she studies other disciplines of magic. Recently, she found a way to return herself to her early twenties, which has had unpleasant consequences she didn't expect. APPEARANCEKahti is above average height for miqo'te female. She appears to be in her late-teens, though another miqo'te could probably guess her physical age with some accuracy. She is athletic, and generally healthy. Her skin is a darker shade of grey, smooth and healthy. Her hair and visible fur naturally black with gold streaks when not dyed, and is mostly straight unless styled. Her eyes are a soft brown, but intense channeling of aether may turn them violet, which can take weeks to fade. She wears a mild floral perfume and bathes regularly. She tends to wear primarily black clothing, but has lately taken to adding other colors to her wardrobe. She wears enchanted glasses or similar items to help protect her eyes from bright lights. Her clothing is well maintained through the use of spells, and she is fond of jewelry, and wears it regularly. She is rarely without a grimoire at her side, and though she appears to swap grimoires often, she simply changes the protective cover based on her mood. [🖉] TIMELINESixth Umbral Era ► 1535-1550 - Kahti is born to Nadi Shakmi and raised in the Shroud. [0] ► 1551-1553 - Kahti is rejected by the Conjurer's Guild. She travels to Ul'dah and joins with the Thaumaturges. [16] ► 1554 - Kahti leaves the Thaumaturge's Guild. Her aid is rejected by the Wood Wailers, and she returns home. [19] ► 1555 - Kahti fails to cast a large spell to disastrous ends. She is exiled from the Shroud by her mother. [20] ► 1556 - Kahti flees to La Noscea and meets Mhrad'to. Sehti is born. [21,0] ► 1557-1562 - Mhrad'to and Kahti raise Sehti. Mhrad'to finishes training with the Culinarian Guild. [22,1] ► 1563 - Sahli is born. Mhrad'to stays despite earlier objections. [28,7,0] ► 1564-1565 - Kahti begins regularly working magic again, bringing prosperity to her family. [29,8,1] ► 1566-1571 - Kahti joins the Arcanist's Guild, quickly learns, and even tutors other students. [31,10,3] ► 1572 - Sehti takes Sahli to the Shroud to rejoin the Shakmi clan. [37,16,9] Seventh Umbral/Astral Era ► 0-3 - Mhrad'to dies. Suffering an injury, Kahti becomes "Sehlti" and starts work as a courier. [38,17,10] ► 4 - "Sehlti" becomes entwined with Sherem Shaw. During an adventure, "Sehlti" gets possessed. The act of freeing her restores her memories. Kahti and Sherem part on good terms. [42,21,14] ► ? - Leaves for Shirogane when news of the settlement reaches her. She joins Gijutsu Boeki Co. ► ? - Kahti's physical age is reduced to twenty-years. She returns to her clan, only to be rejected again. SIXTH ASTRAL ERA1535-1550 Kahti grew up as a relatively normal Miqo'te Keeper girl, firstborn to her mother, Nadi Shakmi. None of the defects she has in present day were there at her birth. Like most of the elder daughters in her bloodline, she was intelligent, had a natural aptitude for magic, and was expected to lead the clan after her mother. On an intellectual level, this would have been little trouble, as Kahti had easily grasped new ideas and knowledge, solved problems, and outpaced her sisters in any activity she cared about. Nadi, however, noted that her daughter was lacking in any sort of humility, and was rarely compassionate. A mender herself, she worked to guild Kahti towards that end, hoping working with the infirm would help her daughter develope what she lacked. When Kahti came of age, she encouraged Kahti to seek out the conjurers in nearby Gridania to properly develop her magic. 1551-1553 Kahti journeyed to Gridania, aiming to become a mender like her mother. The elements saw in her arrogance and pride, which had grown in the child that everything came easy to. The Conjurer's guild rejected her as a sort of test. If the child could accept their judgement, they would give her a second chance. Unfortunately, the rejection angered and embarrassed the young girl. Rather than return home, she left the Black Shroud to seek someone else that would teach her. She specifically set out for Ul'dah, a city-state she knew wouldn't be under the sway of "senseless elementals". It wasn't long before she discovered the thaumaturges, or rather, was discovered by them. One in particular, Ericia Witt, noticed the potential in the girl, and convinced her to join. As an elder woman well versed in magic and the ways of the world, Ericia quickly realized that Kahti would have no trouble learning magic...but needed to have her pride tempered before it brought her down. To that end, she personally saw to Kahti's teaching, and had a moderate amount of success. As expected, Kahti took to thaumaturgy like a fish in water, devouring the numerous tomes on the topic. In fact, she went through the tomes almost faster than Ericia could keep track. Several times, Ericia had to caution Kahti against certain research paths. Unfortunately, though Kahti's arrogant nature seemed to have lessened, she continued to ignore Ericia's caution. 1554 Just a few years after joining with the Thaumaturges, Kahti found herself expelled. She had finally been forbidden to pursue certain materials, and had ignored such rules. Strangely, she accepted judgement with humility, and didn't speak ill of a single soul in the sanctum as she departed. Well-wishes were exchanged, and Kahti returned to the Black Shroud. Though she took nothing from the guild itself, she stopped by her inn room to collect her things...including several tomes worth of notes collected during her research. Despite having been snubbed by Gridania, Kahti returned there with the intention of aiding the Wood Wailers in defense of the forests that her clan continued to call home. She quickly found the Wood Wailers were not keen on inviting someone who had been rejected by the Conjurer's Guild just a few years before. They were even less keen about accepting a Keeper, so many of which were counted among the ranks of the various poachers they were constantly fighting with. Kahti returned to her clan, feeling lost. Thrice now she had failed. Her mother welcomed her back with open arms and dismissed the failures, informing her that they were not important to lead the clan. Despite this, Kahti, determined to use her gifts to aid her clan, continued the research she'd began in secret as a Thaumaturge, using the notes she'd collected. 1555 Eventually, a squad of Wood Wailers passed near the Shakmi Clan's home, catching her attention as she studied. Curious, and sort of hoping to see them get into trouble, she shadowed them. The Wailers in question had been assigned to hunt a group of poachers. Those poachers, it turned out, were far more numerous than the Wailers were prepared for. Thinking she could use the situation as a chance to prove herself, she called upon a technique she'd been developing from her notes, fueling a destructive spell with aether gathered from her surroundings. In that instant, the course of the young woman's life changed drastically. The cost of her failure to head warnings and learn humility was a high one, for as she drew aether from the forest, it quickly became more than her body could handle. Her senses were overwhelmed with a mess of pain, and the spell exploded in hellish, chaotic energies. She collapsed, not even witnessing the terrible fruits of her actions: the squad of Wood Wailers she'd intended to aid were consumed along with the poachers. Drawn by the chaotic energies of the failed spell, a number of Keepers from the Shakmi Clan ran to investigate. Led by Nadi, it didn't take them long to find the young woman curled up in pain and misery. Nadi personally tended to her daughter's healing, quickly determining the course of events. Despite her best efforts, Kahti was left with numerous scars across her body. Her right eye had been nearly blinded, and she was now deaf in the same ear. Her speech was marred by trilling, and she could no longer delight in the taste of sweet things. Knowing full well that Kahti would be hunted by both man and elemental for what happened, Nadi gave her daughter a painful instruction: She was to leave, and not return until the Shroud had forgotten her crime. Kahti reluctantly accepted, and left home. She avoided Ul'dah, having no desire to be anywhere near the thaumaturges. Instead, she headed for Limsa Lominsa, having heard stories of the city run by ne'er-do-wells. Along the way, she changed her last name to "Wiht", hoping to spare her clan embarrassment, and also to acknowledging the mentor that had tried to warn her. 1556 La Noscea's cloudy skies reminded the young woman of the Shroud's canopy, and the rains soothed her. She was less thrilled by Limsa Lominsa's dangerous streets, and soon found herself camping outside the city, only venturing in to try to find work or food. Despite the unforgiving environment, she met another Keeper: a male, Mhrad'to. He'd set out to learn from the renowned chefs of The Bismarck, intending to take skills as a chef back to his clan. Initially, he'd taken pity on his fellow Keeper. He saw someone hungry, wanting for work, and lost in more ways than one. Feeding her scraps and getting her hired as a go-for, he soon found her to be delightful company. Over time, the two became close. When Kahti found herself carrying a child, but unable to return to the Shroud, she convinced Mhrad'to to stay with her and help her raise the child. Mhrad'to agreed. After all, he still had a few summers worth of training with the Guild. 1557-1562 Together, they purchased a small shack in Lower La Noscea from an old fisherman, where they could live. Kahti took to hunting and fishing, leaving the task of cooking to Mhrad'to who, at first, was happy to oblige. Their child, Sehti was showing the same natural talents that her mother had, and Kahti found herself worried her daughter would make the same mistakes. Summers passed, and Mhrad'to, finished with the Culinarian's Guild, was itching to return to the Shroud. He didn't understand why Kahti - despite how much she expressed love for her clan - would try to stay away. Kahti, meanwhile, struggled to teach her daughter while fighting an uphill battle to convince him to stay. Part of her trouble convincing him was her refusing to admit why she wouldn't return. Trying to satisfy him with carnal pleasures, Kahti found herself pregnant again. 1563 Instead of uniting them, the birth of their second daughter - Sahli - added to the strain on their relationship. Realizing she'd never convince him to stay, Kahti desperately searched for alternatives. She failed to find any appropriate solutions in Limsa Lominsa, and so turned to her magic again. This time she turned to her notes on another path, and attempted to summon otherworldly aid. Mhrad'to caught her halfway through the ritual, and interrupted it. Angry, Kahti admitted full well what she'd been trying to do, and announced her intention to continue with the plan. Horrified, he tried to run. Kahti struck him with a sleeping spell, then continued her ritual. No longer caring for the man that would abandon them, she traded his soul for a continued help raising her children. 1564-1565 Sehti was old enough to notice a change in both of her parents, and inquired about it. Kahti simply told her that they'd had an argument, and she'd brought him round to her point of view. Kahti found the possessed Mhrad'to to be easy to deal with, as she expected. Sehti liked him less, now, sensing something wrong, but the much younger Sahli was constantly delighted by her silly father. Kahti's change was less subtle. Where once she was laid low by constant stress and uncertainty, she now walked with her head held high, and a subtle smirk on her lips. Kahti was practically high off of a long-awaited success, and started using her magic whenever it was useful. Particularly in hunting, she soon found herself with more than her family needed, and went to Limsa Lominsa to sell her the excess. Reminded of the arcanists that worked Mealvaan's Gate, and aware that her magical toolset was somewhat limited, she sought out employment there, intending to make use of the Guild. 1566-1571 She largely found the night job at Mealvaan's Gate boring, despite the occasional pirate crew trying to get away with one thing or another. Arcanism, on the other hand, was an absolute delight, and her keen mind and prior experience with magic aided her greatly in learning their methods. Grasping the practice quickly, she often used the resulting free time to tutor other students, endearing herself to her superiors. Though it started off largely as an effort to earn people's trust so she would have free reign of any and all materials, Kahti found herself genuinely enjoying tutoring, and otherwise helping others. She bent her interest towards mending, which helped endear her to others that much more. This made her life considerably easier, as people began owing her favors. Even still, her pursuit of mending had in ulterior motive: She believed that this path would reveal to her a way to shield her from the consequences of channeling large amounts of Aether. 1572 In the waning days of the Sixth Astral Era, Sehti had finally come of age, and she confronted her mother about what was wrong with her father. Sehti had been no slouch in her studies, using material brought home by Kahti. Realizing Sehti would figure out the truth eventually, Kahti finally admitted what had happened. She honestly explained the situation, and invited Sehti to join her on the path she'd chosen. Sehti was less accepting of that path, and became convinced that her mother was under some Voidsent's influence. She tried to subdue her mother, but found herself unable to bring down the more experienced mage. Kahti, meanwhile, refused to hurt her daughter. Realizing this, Sehti ran away with Sahli, intending to return to the Shroud to rejoin the Shakmi clan. Heartbroken, Kahti wished for nothing more than to follow her daughters back to the Shroud. Still certain that her presence would endanger all three of them, she started working out a plan to return. SEVENTH UMBRAL / ASTRAL ERA0-3 When the Calamity struck, Mhrad'to's body was destroyed with their home. Kahti had found somewhere to observe Dalamud's descent, and was injured in the resulting destruction. Suffering from a fugue state, she believed herself to be "Sehlti", a foggy, half-remembered name. She knew the nearby place that had been destroyed was her home, and became convinced that her family died. She found herself recognized by people in Limsa Lominsa, but had trouble recalling them. To avoid awkwardness, she took to Courier work to minimize her time spent working with others directly, and quickly earned a reputation as a reliable and friendly courier. What few people she had known told her what her real name had been, but that she rarely talked about herself. With no information to go off of, and being convinced her family was gone, she resolved to simply live life as "Sehlti". 4 About four years after the Calamity, she was drinking coffee at The Bismarck in Limsa Lominsa when the kitchen came under attack by a Bomb. In joining the effort to defeat it, she met Sherem Shaw, a rather feminine man who she found was also associated with the Arcanist's Guild. On top of that, he was registered with the Adventurer's Guild, something she had considered joining but never settled on. The two started working together, and became close, eventually sleeping together. Such intimacy was rudely interrupted during a cult cleansing gone wrong. Bid to clear out a cult in Thanalan, not far from the border of the Black Shroud, the task was going off without a hitch until they found a charged summoning circle, meant to draw in numerous voidsent. Worried that destroying the circle might release the energy in an unpredictable and dangerous way, they decided to alter it. As she recalled experience with such things, "Sehlti" took the lead. Instead of summoning a legion of voidsent, only one was summoned. Powerful and cruel, the creature demanded payment for its mere presence. When it found out they had nothing, it chose to possess her instead. Using Kahti's body and power, and sensing a rival in Sherem, it attacked. Kahti resisted, and Sherem had help of his own, leading to her being subdued. Sherem took her to Amdapor, intending to use the lingering magics in the ruin city to help exorcise the voidsent. During the long ritual, it became clear to the voidsent that Sherem was likely to succeed, and so it held "Sehlti" hostage, informing him that woman he knew was the result of an injury, and if forced to leave, it would undo that injury, restoring "Kahti". To give him further down, it informed him of what happened to Mhrad'to. Undeterred, Sherem continued, restoring Kahti. He returned her to La Noscea, but was compelled to leave her side soon after, heading to Doma despite the Garlean occupation to find a way to deal with his own demon. Exhausted from the ordeal, Kahti moved to Bronze Lake, initially to recover, then to volunteer. 5-Present Kahti stayed at Bronze Lake for a while, continuing to work with the Adventurer's Guild as a mender when she wasn't needed at the care facility. When she wasn't busy with either, she worked on her darker magic, and studied the nearby ruins of Nym as much as she could despite the Tonberries. Not long after Kugane opened up, she took a leave of absence and traveled there, both curious, and interested in seeing if she could connect with Sherem. Though she couldn't find him, she heard about Shirogane, and decided to explore the settlement. While browsing the wards, she came across L'aelwyn Sutorei, drawn to her aether. Getting over the initial awkward meeting, Aelwyn hired Kahti to be a mender for her company, Gijutsu Boeki Co. Now seeing no reason to remain in Eorzea - a land of bad memories and witch hunters - she moved to Shirogane. She quickly found herself in the company of like-minded individuals, and settled into her new life. However, she also found herself among a large amount of young people with no one her peer. Feeling her age far more than usual, she confided in a few, and a solution was offered to her: a mage who knew how to reduce one's age. Latching on to the idea not just to gain those years back, but also undo the damage done to her when she botched the spell all those years previously, <Pending> After regaining her youth, Kahti returned to her clan, intending to use her regained years to benefit them. She found that during her time away, with stories from Sehti, most of her clan thought of her as a monster, dead at best. Further, to her dismay, she found that Sahli had gone to Ul'dah to "follow in her mother's footsteps". Facing harsh truths revealed to her during the meeting, Kahti headed to Ul'dah, to find her youngest, only to receive word from the thaumaturges that Sahli had been killed trying to defend the sanctum from a thief. Rejected by her clan, and feeling that she had failed those important to her - especially Sahli - Kahti returned to Shirogane. PERSONALITYOn the surface, Kahti often appears calm, rational, and aloof. Though she strives to maintain this facade, under the surface she is far from such. Powerful emotions, unusual values, and practiced pragmatism interplay in ways that make her enticingly (or dangerously) unpredictable to most people. Few people know the truth of where they stand with her, and some have found themselves receiving intense loyalty or stubborn hatred with little understanding of why. Supposed allies and enemies have been shocked to see her cross lines to render aid and defense seemingly on a whim as Kahti's hidden principles caused her to re-evaluate who was most deserving. Among those values is a general idea of "strength through diversity" that is a core value among her clan. In practice among the clan, this generally refers to diverse ideas, skills, and blood lines. For Kahti, it tends to be much broader, and most will find herself accepted by her, or at least tolerated in the event of a personality conflict. This tolerance allows her to get to know a wide variety of people, and she has come to conclude that there is very little actual "good" or "evil" in the world. Just wildly conflicting points of view. Romantically, it can be hard to get to know Kahti. Seemingly open sexually, she'll often unsubtly gaze at attractive bodies, flirt with those she has even the slightest interest in, or cuddle with people rather easily. However, most who try to follow up on this will find her cold and distant. This is largely due to having broad tastes in terms of physical attraction, but very specific tastes in terms of romantic interests.
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MUSICAL THEMESTentatively, these: ● Ciara - Paint It Black (Cover)
● Guild Wars 2 - Fear Not This Night 2018
● Evanescence - My Heart is Broken
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KAHTI WIHT
ಌ IN BRIEF ಌ Race - Miqo'te (Keeper of the Moon) Age, Physical * - Early 20's Age, Mental/Real * - Mid 40's Name Day - 6th Sun of the 5th Umbral Moon (Oct 6) Deity - Nymeia, the Spinner Color - Black-Blue ► Orientation: Bisexual ► Relationship Status: Single ► Citizenship: None ► Occupation: Mender ► Hair color: Black with Gold Streaks ► Eye color: Brown/Violet ► Piercings: Ears ► Favorite Food: Bacon Bread ► Favorite Drink: Coffee with Cream ► Favorite Color: ? * As of ARR |
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