K'laynu Yusha
 K'laynu Yusha
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| Gender | Female(?) |
| Race | Miqo'te |
| Clan | Keeper of the Moon(?) |
| Citizenship | Gridanian |
| Age | Appears Late-20s |
| Current Status | Deceased |
| Occupation | Researcher / Mercenary |
| Height/Weight | 5'4", 145lbs |
| Orientation | Pansexual |
Awoken without memories of her own, Laynu wanders through this world, looking for answers to her past, any clues wherever they may be to lead her to a better understanding of who and what she is. Her only memories seem to come in short, Echo-like bouts, though to her, the point of view is foreign, leading her to believe that she isn't the only one within her being. Such fact is reinforced by the fact she tends to exhibit strange, alternate personalities, growing cold, stoic and emotionless one moment to being utterly deranged and psychotic the next.
Recently, her mask was replaced instead by an mechanical 'eye' perched upon her forehard, with a shutter system, allowing it to 'blink' and close. With this, she's able to directly control the flow of aether into her body and psyche as to avoid any episodes that may ensue from absorbing too much, or too little, aether.
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Appearance & Personality
As far as appearance goes, Laynu has a strict self-policy of not wearing pants. More often than not, she enjoys wearing a short top and a tanga or some sort of subligar for bottoms, and often prefers tall boots and fingerless gloves, if possible. In all, she dresses fairly lightly, though any reason might not be known. It could be that she enjoys showing off her mocha-colored skin. Her face, however, is perpetually hidden behind a gem-encrusted mask.
Personality wise, as long as she's wearing the mask, she's very 'proper' in terms of how she presents herself and speaks, seeming to not have any sort of distinct dialect. She's very book smart, but such time spent studying alone may have caused her to become a little less socially adept, therefore can be awkward in conversation, often deviating off topic as her mind wanders, thinking deeply at random moments.
When her mask is removed, however, she has a chance of becoming one of two personalities:
1. Very cold, emotionless and stoic. It's almost as if she has no soul, no remorse, and no care for the world around her. Rumor has it she can take a well-shot arrow to the shoulder, grab it and rip it right out of herself without even so much as flinching.
2. Psychotic and crazed. It's almost as if it's a desperate cry for attention as she blathers out random off-the-wall dialogue, particularly when she's holding daggers or in the process of defeating foes. She also becomes exceptionally ruthless, seeming to enjoy killing, and even going as far as to further mutilate the fallen in a fit of frenzy.
Biography
The Beginning
Awakening of a cart bound for Gridania, she has no prior recollection of her life at all. No childhood, no stories. She isn't even sure how or why she's on that cart as it stopped off at the citystate in the heart of the Black Shroud. She didn't let this phase her for too long, making her way to the adventurer's guild, taking up the lance and taking on the world at large as a lancer, eventually graduating herself up to the prowess of a Dragoon.
During her rise, however, there would be various spots around Eorzea that would bring back sudden, vivid memories, all of which were never her own, which further confused her, but she'd shake them free and continue on. After so much of it, however, it would begin to weigh on her: "Who am I? What am I? Is this even my body? My mind?".
She would eventually retire the lance and pick up the book, making her way to the Arcanist guild and beginning to study under them. While she promoted herself up through the ranks, she would also concentrate on studying the history of Eorzea whenever she had a spare chance, mostly concentrating on any events that transpired before the Calamity. However, the attempt would come up fruitless, nothing really 'triggering' her memories as she would hope it would. She kept trying, eventually graduating to a Summoner, but even then, she still found no closure or understanding of her predicament.
During this time, however, she meets an oddly familiar Miqo'te named Tessa. She felt somewhat drawn to this person, but she couldn't quite understand why. Even then, the cafe owner and chef was welcoming and offered her a myriad of services, even those that are less than mentionable. Various meetups afterwards lead to the suggestion of joining the Free Company, The Celestial Forge". She was recruited as a researcher and field agent, and while her ties with the company are rather loose, in time she hopes to grow into the ranks, as well as perhaps closer to this mysterious Miqo'te chef.
Delving into the Black
Still intent on finding the right job for her, she looked toward the Thaumaturge Guild in Ul'dah and was shown the "light", literally and metaphorically. Manipulating the aether within her and controlling it sparked a sudden interest in the all-encompassing essence and the effects of it within mortal beings. Even as she graduated herself up to becoming a black mage, she spent much of her time studying, learning that aether is not only what fuels spells and magic, but was also the very essence that tied into one's life.
She studied materia, crystals, anything and everything that had anything to do with aether, trying to discover any answer she could use to better understand it, and one night, her intense ceaseless studies deprived her to sleep and ,upon reaching her limit, she passed out.
She awoke a time later, only to find blood dripping profusely from her face and one of her eyes were blind and unusable. Confused, immediately believing she was attacked unknowingly in her sleep, she made her way to a watersource to clean her would, but upon looking into the reflective surface of the water, she discovered, much to her horror and dismay, not only was her right eye slashed over deeply, but her would-be assailant carved a rather deep cut into her forehead, deep enough to carve out a "socket" deep into the bone of her skull, deep enough to possibly fit materia if she were crazy enough to think of doing such a thing.
Stricken by the mutilation of her visage, she attempted to find a mask to cover it, atleast until it had time to heal. While searching for a ceremonial mask she received during her time in Gridania, she instead found a similar mask, except this one had a peculiar gem emblazoned upon it. She settled upon that and upon wearing it, she immediately felt this strange "calm", as the gem served to be a sort of conduit that funneled aether lingering in the air into that "socket", which would then be absorbed into her being at manageable amounts. She also realized that if she removes the mask, aether is still siphoned into herself through that socket, but unfiltered and unrestricted, possibly driving her mad and causing her to take on one of her 2 alter-egos.
While she wore the mask, she felt calm, "normal" almost despite how strange it was for her to don the mask in the first place. During that calm, she investigate the scene of that attack, finding a bloodied ninja-blade nearby where she slept. To her shock, she found the blade to be of one that she owned. That's when it clicked: She had mutilated herself.
Ever since this night, she wear this strange mask at all times, realizing that she seems the most 'herself' while wearing it, despite the fact that not only does this mask her socially awkward, but certain social activities, such as sharing a drink with comrade or eating in a cafe is proven quite difficult due to her mask. Because of this, she has simply skirted away slightly, though part of her still yearns for the attention.
Full Metal Aether
After speaking with her company's chief, Nel, she suggested and was authorized to construct a lab within the Forge's base. The original intent of the lab was to promote the study and testing of magitek fuel, ceruleum and other alchemical studies that could promote the Forge's goals and endeavors.
However, semi-secretly, she's using the lab to continue her study of aether. Particular that from other mortal subjects, occassional dragging in mortal test subjects to experiment on, or feed of their aether one way or another.
The Allagan Eye
Talks with her company leader has lead to the idea of a kind of Allagan-influenced "eye" to replace her mask. After intricate designing and testing, the two, along with a resident company miner, Miya Sha, set out Mor Dhona to explore and find an appropriate crystal. Their venture lead them to the aetheric wall, where after a bolt hit Laynu, she began to turn crazed, denouncing the entire project before setting her gaze on Nel, revealing that she has been murdering in her name.
After being teleported back to the free company house, she revealed her secret to the two, explaining that she seems to harbor demons within herself, prompting a new-found sense of dire urgency in completing the eye.
Despite this, she has also begun to experiment and tinker in her free time while waiting for the procedure, making various things after studying Allagan tomes and understanding their technology enough to wield it for her own ends. After revealing this to Nel and being encouraged to invent from a business stand-point for her free-company, she's begun to really churn out various ideas for other-worldly devices. In time, she may even home to make an emporium of sorts to barter her self-patented goods.
Eventually, the eye would be completed, but without proper expertise in mechanical surgerical procedures, Nel and Laynu employ the help of a friend of the Free Company, Rhio. Despite it not being clear that she would be working with a person and not simply a magitek device (the device actually not being magitek in nature at all for that matter), she still agreed to do what she could.
Not wanting to linger too much longer without the eye, Laynu hastily agrees to give it a chance and within the lab, the surgery began. Laynu was urged not to undertake any anesthesia for the process, but instead recite a song of some sort and as she did, Rhio carefully made the incisions into Laynu's forehead and placed the wiring within her head in the correct places. Once they were in place, however, Laynu suddenly freezes in place, almost as if stunned or paralyzed as they eye opened and glowed brightly.
Rhio and Nel paniced at this sudden occurrence and, seemingly unable to close the eye, Rhio decided to disengage the device, but just before she could, Laynu spoke up but her voice was different than normal, urging Rhio to peer inside. After gazing into the crystal, Rhio slips into a Echo-like state and meets with a shrouded, shadowy figure who claims themselves to simply be Laynu's inner subconscious. She pleaded with Rhio that the three (including herself) harbored inside of her mind need to become whole and despite Laynu's best efforts, she cannot reach such a point by herself, so they require outside help to help guide Laynu to her destiny. However, she mentioned that if she were to expire, that Laynu would surely rip herself apart.
With that, she gave Rhio a pair of ethereal linkpearls to give to Nel and herself before the eye closed, releasing her back into reality.
Becoming Whole
After a brief meeting with Nel, the mysterious being within Laynu (known by the name "Raine") tasked her with taking one of Laynu's inventions, an aetheric battery, and slaying dragons, whilst using the device to absorb their aether. After this task was completed, Nel and Tessa were summoned to Laynu's laboratory, where her eye would become exposed. Prompted, Nel would press the device to the eye and overcharge Laynu with draconic aether, causing Raine to manifest and take over. She then tasked the pair with what would be her final task: Confronting the elder dragon Midgardsormr.
Neither Nel nor Tessa liked the idea of doing this, and threatened Raine should Laynu come to any harm during this, though she couldn't quite guarantee Laynu's safety, explaining that this was her last ditch effort to release herself and her mother from this mortal vessel. Still a bit wary, they headed toward the Keeper of the Lake. Before they could even climb aboard the wreckage, Midgardsormr confronted them directly. Raine would step forward and explain her plight, but the elder dragon did deem the squad before him worth, thus challenging them to combat.
After hours of fighting, the elder dragon yielded and granted Raine one wish. After a brief final moment with Nel and Tessa, she urged the dragon to imbue her with his power. Obliging, Midgardsormr would blast a powerful aetheric beam through Laynu's being. Moments later, Rainusi, Kelaynu and Yusha's souls would all rise, empowered with enough aether to be their own being but were immediately swept away into the lifestream, just beyond the mortal realm.
Laynu, in the end, would crumble to the ground a lifeless, soulless husk.
Miscellaneous
Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! ◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard)
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