Kheisa'to Mhalikh

Kheisa'to Mhalikh
Gender	Male
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Keeper of the Moon
Citizenship	Gridania
Age	33
Marital Status	Married to A'shev Mhalikh
Occupation	Minstrel
Height/Weight	Average/Average
Orientation	Homosexual
Relatives	Kheisa Bajihri (Mother) Valo'sae Bhuri (Father) Kheisa'a Bajihri (Twin Brother) Five sisters

Basic Info

An easy-going connoisseur of song who has taken it upon himself to travel the length and breadth of Eorzea, sampling as many of her wonders as he can find.

LIKES ■ Appreciation of his music ■ Not having to pay for his own drinks ■ Stories he hasn't heard before ■

DISLIKES ■ Very little ■ ■ ■

OTHER ■ Alignment: Neutral ■ Vice(s): ■ Favorite Food: Battered Fish ■ Favorite Drink: Brandy ■ Favorite Color: Dark blue

Appearance & Personality

Despite being of utterly average height and equally average weight for his people, Kheisa'to is nonetheless a striking individual. His skin and hair are both a handsome black, the latter being dark enough to show blue highlights in the right light. He usually keeps his hair mid-length and braided, a few strands always escaping to artfully cover one eye or the other, usually precisely when he wants them to, and once or twice he's been known to tease someone with confusion over what color his eyes actually are: blue or yellow. Both answers are true, of course; his left eye is sky blue and the right, bright yellow.

Kheisa'to is already past his thirtieth summer, and yet still has the smooth skin and masculine beauty of a man half his age... and he knows it, although that doesn't mean to say he's given to flaunting himself or his... assets. Far better, says he, to tempt with what might be under the wrapping, than to bare it all and ruin the mystery. As such, he's fond of light and flowing fabrics that allow artful gestures and freedom of movement while staying practical enough for a life on the road.

The cut of a man's clothes often gives away the cut of his personality as well, and Kheisa'to is no exception; he is an easy-going, adaptable sort, slow to anger and quick to forgive. He finds joy in many things and music in almost all, and it's rare to find him not creating it, be it singing, humming, or even composing impromptu melodies on bits of scratch paper. The Keeper also loves, laughs, and makes friends easily, charming his way through life and usually managing to avoid trouble... although his silver tongue has gotten quite good at getting him out of any sticky situations he does end up in.

Biography

Childhood

Kheisa'to had an entirely unremarkable childhood, except maybe for the fact that he was born one half of a set of identical twins. He and his brother, Kheisa'a, were born smack dab in the middle, with two older sisters on one side and three younger on the other. Suffice it to say, it didn't take long for the twins to be grateful they had each other.

Some Keeper families can be entirely dismissive or worse of their male children, but luckily for Kheisa'a and Kheisa'to, theirs wasn't one of them. Even their father stuck around until the twins were almost twelve. It was as close to an idyllic childhood as any young Keeper could ask for.

Teenage

Male Keeper children are expected to leave home once they come of age, traditionally to become nomadic loners, drifting from place to place, occasionally stopping to father a few children of their own with one or more Keeper matriarchs. Kheisa'to was perfectly happy to fulfill the first part of that tradition... not so much the second. He most certainly took to wandering, but his travels took him far beyond the piece of the forest where he grew up, and eventually out of the Twelveswood altogether. He's still sometimes wistful that his twin never had the same sort of wanderlust.

Adulthood

Even as a child, Kheisa'to had always had an interest in music, and a talent for both singing and instruments, and after leaving home he turned it into his full time profession. He calls himself a minstrel, but there are some who would argue he has more in common with the bards of ages past, considering his knack for bow and song both. Regardless of what anyone calls him, his various talents have served him well over the past twenty-odd years, keeping him clothed, fed, comfortable, and in one piece as he makes his winding way back and forth across Eorzea.

Present

Currently, Kheisa'to is back to wandering the length and breadth of Eorzea, although this time it's in the company of his husband, A'shev Mhalikh, and the two of them have found a permanent home to return to in Shirogane.

Miscellaneous

RUMORS Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! ◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard) ■ "He says he's just a minstrel, but I think he's one of those bards, like from the old days! No tatty tavern singer could make music like that!" -- a starry-eyed tavern girl somewhere in the Twelveswood ■ "Won't touch the hard stuff, he says. Bad for his throat. And hates bein' around pipesmoke too, the dandy!" -- a bar patron who tried to buy Kheiri'to a drink (in lieu of actually paying him) ■ ◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ■ "I don't understand it; such a gift with conjury, and he ignores it completely! Says he doesn't want to have to 'answer' to anybody, including the elementals. Honestly, he should take responsibility and think about someone besides himself for a change!" -- one of Kheiri'to's older sisters ■ ■ ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ "It's the strangest thing... While he was wrappin' my leg, he was singin' to himself, just quiet, y'know? And the pain just sort of... went away. Like magic! But that's not a thing, is it? Musical healin' magic?" -- a stablehand at a roadside inn somewhere in Thanalan ■ ■ ◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players) ■ ■ ■ ■

RELATIONS 💑 In a Relationship ♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Sexual Desire ♥ Platonic Love ♥ Family ● Good Standing ● Neutral ● Poor Standing ☠ Deceased 💑 A'shev Mhalikh : A chance encounter in the Quicksand and a mutual understanding of the loneliness of the road has lead to a powerful love and devotion between Kheiri'to and his half Keeper, half Seeker lover. Kheiri'to sensed early on A'shev's desperate desire to be cherished, and he has made it his joyful duty to show the other Miqo'te what a precious treasure he is. The two have recently married. ♥ Kheisa'a Bajihri : Kheisa'to's twin, older than he by twelve minutes, and his best friend since birth, even over a decade after leaving home. Kheisa'to often wishes Kheisa'a had gotten the same wanderlust he did, so that they might share the road together, and he makes sure to always come back to the Twelveswood every couple of seasons to spend time with his brother.

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Footnotes

Template by Bancroft Gairn

Favorites to Sing or Play:

• Fear Not This Night
• Mir Da'len Somniar
• In Uthenera

Theme Songs:

• Dance of the Violins - Jesse "F-777" Valentine
• Mr. Mistofelees - Andrew Lloyd Weber
• Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats

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