Xha'li Moui

Xha'li Moui
Gender	Male
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Keeper of the Moon
Citizenship	none yet
Age	18
Nameday	2nd Astral Moon, day 13, 1559

Basic Info

History

Childhood

Born the younger of a set of male twins, Xha'li has only one other sibling-an older brother who has about three years on them. They might of had more siblings, but their father vanished before their third year, and their mother had already started having children late after spending ten years as an adventurer herself. When Xha'li was 11, during his twelfth winter, he along with the other village children who had reached the same milestone were given a basic primer and then tested with both the bow and the lance. Xha'li's performance with the bow was the worst in village memory, nearly managing to hit his tester who was off to his side. On the lance he fair significantly better, taking the top spot out of the 4 children from that year. The following year was the Calamity, and although the village escaped any major harm as a result of Dalmond's fall they did lose eleven members, two who had been out hunting in the plains beyond the village at the time and nine out of the ten who had gone to fight with the Eorzean Alliance. This gave his matriarch all the reason she needed to completely ban the use of magic within the village. Those already living within in were given a cold choice-stop or leave. All chose to leave, and as a result Xha'li's developing abilities as a mage would go unnoticed for the next five years.

Exile

It wasn't until after the harvest when Xha'li was seventeen that he would realize he was a potential mage, when one of his moms former adventuring party who had joined Stillglade Fane as a hearer after retiring himself came at the reluctant invitation of the matriarch to find out which trees the villagers could cut to replenish their dwindling wood stocks. Bring Xha'li along on the pretense of him acting as an escort and guide through a portion of the Twelveswood he was unfamiliar with he instead spent most of the day talking with him, and eventually succeed in convincing Xha'li that leaving the village under his own terms would be better then risk the matriarch finding out he was a potential mage and formally exiling him on trumped up charges that would make it hard for him to find a home in any tribe if he ever chose to settle back down in one. His mind made up, immediately upon his return to the village Xha'li informed the his matriarch that he would be leaving to study magic the following evening, before walking out. Most of his village remained supportive of him, as did his mother and twin. His brother however pretend he never existed to which Xha'li responded by arranging with his twin to have a box barring Xha'a's name along with date of birth and Xha'li's date of exile placed on his bed containing the traditional gifts in the village from the living to the dead.

Personality

Fun loving and a mischief maker, Xha'li is rarely in a bad mood. Or atleast this is how it appears. In truth he is still dealing with abruptness with which he was forced to leave behind everything he knew growing up, along with how his eldest brother treated him after his exile. Due to the less then amiable terms on which he left his tribe Xha'li has a growing distaste for the traditions of the Keepers following a single matriarch. While Xha'li is still a bit uncertain and reserved in most environments having only been out of his tribe for less then a year he a growing thirst for knowledge and is showing early signs of wanderlust.

Although he's not really aware of it himself at the moment he is searching for something to take of place of tribe in his social identity, what the will be only time will tell.

Affiliations

Mother: Xha Moui

Brothers: Xha'a Moui(estranged), Xha'to Moui

Rumors

Once spent 4 bells brushing his tail to get every grain of sand out after leaving it out while in the Thannalan.

Apparel

Xha'li normally dresses in simple clothing with plenty of pockets. While around Limsa Lolimsa and its environs he'll typically where a short sleeve shirt with full length pants and sturdy leather boots in shades of red. When his travels necessitate him entering the Thannalan he'll wear light colored clothing that fits loosely along with a white cloak with the hood up. In these cases most of the time his tail will be hidden beneath his shirt to keep sand from getting into his fur.

Fighting Style

Other Notes

First Person Backstory-here

Style codding addapted from Merri