Zanin Briggs

Zanin Briggs
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Gender	Male
Race	Hyur
Clan	Midlander
Citizenship	Ul'dah
Place of birth	Ul'dah
Guardian	Thaliak, the Scholar
Age	35
Nameday	21th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon (7/21)
Height	5'6"

Character

Appearance

Zanin is usually seen with his simple straw hat, green tunic, and polite smile! His clothes are kept as clean as one can while traveling but have several tough stains or patches indicating their age and consistent use. The man himself is also kept clean though he tends to let his greying hair grow out and simply hides it under his hat to keep it out of his face when working. Around his belt are many various pouches that he keeps his medicines, waterskin, and various knick-knacks in. A surgical bag is rarely far from his person while in the field. Various scars line his face and any exposed skin and his hands are calloused and rough.

Behavior

A tip of a hat or a polite bow with a smile are given to everyone he meets! Zanin endeavors to be a gentleman and tend to anyone in need of aid, medical or otherwise. Normally a cheerful smile is on his face though it is often replaced by a thoughtful expression when he is not being directly addressed.

Combat

General

When the need for a fight comes, Zanin typically readies his armor with blade and shield and guarding the front. In a sudden bought, however, he endeavors to protect with his conjury and staff if the situation cannot be easily calmed. Rarely does the man act offensively preferring heavily to only react to attacks with a solid defense.

Tendencies

Likes

• Helping others and feeling useful
• Collecting and telling stories
• Hot black tea with milk

Dislikes

• Rash action and berserking forms of combat.
• Fighting
• Cruelty

Hobbies

• Pressing flowers as botany samples
• Reading
• Experimenting with medicinal alchemy
• Practicing his drumming

Relationships

Family

Two brothers, one older and one younger, both still live and work in Ul'dah, both larger and much better fighters than their middle brother. Zanin does not see them often due to his traveling but they keep in contact via letters and are now very close. Their parents have both passed on.

Enemies

Several former arena partners still hold grudges against Zanin for his reluctance to participate in fixed games. He is generally considered an annoying whistle blower by the Syndicate and is not on good terms with them.

Rumors

Common Rumors

• Seen someone like around that new Vylbrand Academy entrance lately.

Moderate Rumors

• I think I saw him studying in Gridania before the war hit the Shroud.
• Guy with a silly smile and a straw hat? Yeah, he wanders by here with potions sometimes to give away.

Rare Rumors

• Briggs? Yeah, some good arena fighters a long while back had that surname. Weren't they from Ala Mhigo?

PC Rumors

• (( insert rumor here! ))

History/Timeline

This Hyur grew up on the streets of Ul'dah to a family of arena fighters, the middle child of two much larger and stronger brothers. Unlike them, he preferred to avoid fighting if possible and had more scholarly aims including the local alchemists guild in the city. But the money was not there to earn him the education he would need, so he set foot in the arena with his siblings. He attempted to prove himself as a medic and eventually a surgeon to supplement his gladiator training, and to avoid fighting when possible, and eventually became effective on his own terms on the arena floor for several years. Every gil he could spare went into books and paying for lectures from the alchemist guild but it was still not enough with the raising Syndicate prices.

In his desperation to acquire components for his own experiments Zanin took on a far more challenging fight than he could manage. But through some strange luck his overpowering opponent tripped in the arena during a complicated maneuver and impaled himself on his own blade. Zanin did not hesitate as he moved to heal the man as best as he could before the full medical team could reach him. In this act he earned the attention of the paladin order among the Sultansworn. They approached him and asked if he had considered joining them along with several other hopeful gladiators. Eager and honored by the offer, Zanin readily accepted. It meant a proper home and steady income for his martial training as well as his studies.

Before he could fully complete his training, as all paladins are known for some level of skill in conjury, Zanin was sent to travel to Gardenia and their healers. The man had only a small amount of skill with calling the elements but he worked to compensate with his medical knowledge and alchemy to still be an effective healer among the very talented conjurers studying alongside him. He spent a good few years training there before inevitably the war with the Empire reached its peak and every ready healer and sword was called. Zanin answered the call and served in the back lines alongside the troops as a field surgeon and guard for the other healers.

In the years following the Calamity Zanin returned to Ul'dah to assist with his fellow paladin knights to help recover. But though the healing was far from over for his country and the continent, Zanin desired more training so he could better help people. He was sent to Limsa Lominsa to study there next. Their local plants and animals might hold alchemical means waiting to be unlocked and he hoped to train with the warrior fighting style as well as learn more about the people, intending to bring back whatever he learned while serving the people there and wherever his feet took him next.