Sebastian Qerel

Sebastian Qerel
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Gender	Male
Race	Au Ra
Clan	Xaela
Citizenship	Unknown
Server	Lamia
Nameday	24th Sun of the 1st Astral Moon
Age	24
Orientation	Azim Steppe
Guardian	Halone, The Fury
Alias	Koghun (known by tribe), Sebastian (known by most)
Marital Status	Single

Sebastian Qerel

Sebastian Qerel is a simmering, secretive Dark Knight serving as an itinerant mercenary across the width and breadth of Eorzea. Always in his company is his war panther cub, Khal Bar. Unheard of before his arrival in Coerthas at the age of eighteen, Sebastien is considered a foreigner by most. Falsely accused of a crime, he found himself at the mercy of an Inquisitor named Grébix Brausin but was saved by the Dark Knight, Alfane. He offered to repay this life debt by entering her service, but was surprised when she instead took him on as a student. For two years, Sebastian trained under Alfane as her protege, learning of the powers wielded by a Dark Knight and of the dangers of the Abyss. This came to a premature end when Alfane sacrificed herself to save him from yet another attack by Grébix. In her dying moment, she bequeathed to Sebastian her soulstone. Yet all of his training did not enable him to unlock the power within this artifact; those lessons had been yet to come. His failure fueled resentment that fanned into an all-consuming hatred of everything. Yet to his surprise, it was this very darkness within him that finally unlocked the stone, revealing its power and offering it to him. With this, he swore to exact revenge upon Grébix and, in time, seized upon the opportunity to do exactly that. Yet it was at a terrible price. Many innocents died and Sebastian was branded a murderer, accused of leaving a stain on his mentor’s legacy. In shame, Sebastian left Coerthas and the people who dubbed him ‘The Voidsent Knight’, and never looked back

Interests

Likes Traveling The Azim Steppe Hot Chocolate Cold Weather Cats (his war panther cub)

Dislikes Self rightous people Hot Climates Gedan

Favorites Foods: Azim Cuisine, Steaks and Seafood Drinks: Hot Chocolate (can not turn down hot chocolate) Colors: Unknown

Hobbies

• Traveling
• Training

Appearance

Hair/Fur: Black
Skin: Snow white
Eyes: White with bright Purple Limbal Ring
Height: 7' 0"
Weight: 220 (PONZ)
Build: Athletic built

The thing that sticks out the most are his eyes. The combination of his dark bags, snow white face, emotionless/ serious expressions, and the color of his eyes gives him a terrifying appearance. His very gaze can make the weak hearted faint. When he stares at you is as though being toss into the abyss. He wears all black Armour with a necklace tied on his right horn. His apathetic expression can tell a faint story about his past. His horns have metal plating on their sides and a scar on his right cheek scale of his face. His hair his medium length and is in braided tail. His bangs cover the right side of his face. He also has a War panther cub named Khar Bar accompanying him.

Personality

• Alignment

  Chaotic Neutral.

• Motivation

  No motivation.

• Disposition

  Calm, apathetic, cold and reserved [in battle meriless, unrelenting]

• Outlook

• Positive personality traits

  Strong willed, confident, focused

• Negative personality traits

  confidential, solitary, wrathful, distrust, selfish

• Miscellaneous quirks

  Experienced Lancer & Hunter.

• Combat

  Sebastian's choice of weapons is his claymore, reserving his Dark Knight abilities and aether for more difficult situations. He is still capable of fighting with a spear as well.

• Current Events

Biography

• Life In the Azim Steppe

Sebastian’s life began as a swaddled child only a month old, abandoned in the Azim wilderness. He was found by a huntsman of the Qerel tribe, and picked up before the beasts of the steppe could get to the baby. The hunter’s name was Barachin, and he was puzzled, recognising the child to be of the Borlaaq tribe who were known to cut their children loose early, but usually after a year, not just a month.

Barachin brought the child into his family with his wife and three daughters. He gave the boy a name: Koghun. Many others in the tribe regarded the boy with suspicion, knowing that he was an outsider by birthright. But Barachin was a respected hunter, and it was enough for the tribe that he took responsibility for the boy. It helped that he would often regale them all with the story of how he ‘rescued’ the boy from a pack of vicious beasts which varied between anything from ten gedans to a thousand elemental aether drooling demons, depending on how bold he was feeling at the time of telling.

When Koghun was ten years old, he showed promise with a spear and began training as a lancer. He idolised his father and adored his mother who doted upon him as the youngest child, and his sisters were energetic enough to give him healthy competition.

Yet some of the other children in the tribe, with the prompting of their parents, were unkind to Koghun, calling him an outsider and often goading him until a fight broke out. Koghun’s sisters stuck up for him, but what carried Koghun through was his desire to follow in his father’s footsteps and make him proud.

At the age of fourteen, Koghun and some of his peers undertook the Qerel rite of passage - to kill their first steppe tiger. His family was there to send him off with words of encouragement and assurances that he would always belong to the Qerel tribe in their eyes no matter what.

After five days - the usual length of the trial - all of the new hunters had returned except for Koghun. Many of the tribespeople speculated that Koghun had fallen foul of the beasts, and that Barachin had only delayed this fate by bringing him into the tribe.

In truth, Koghun had indeed encountered a tiger on the fourth night of the trial. Though intimidated by the size of it, he found the resolve to confront it, unleashing a war cry to match the tiger’s mighty roar. He prevailed, and returned to the tribe - late, but triumphant.

During the celebrations that night in honour of the coming of age of new hunters, raiders descended upon the camp. Koghun was ready to fight, but his father commanded him to seek shelter with his sisters and mother. Koghun helped to lead the most vulnerable to safety, but having done that he disobeyed his father and returned to the battle.

In desperation, he felled a couple of raiders before being struck down. Yet before his assailant could land the killing blow, Barachin rushed in and struck the man, but in doing so lowered his guard to an attack from the side. The wound was fatal, and Barachin placed his lance into Koghun’s arms as he lay dying.

Koghun was racked with guilt. He swore to honour his father’s memory, but knew that the tribe would never accept him without Barachin to vouch for him. So he left and wandered the Steppe as far as the Othard’s eastern reaches. Lost and almost starving, he stole into a farming village seeking food but was caught by the chieftain’s daughter. She screamed and Koghun was chased from the village, crushing some crops and reed fencing along the way. The villagers caught him, brought him before the chieftain and pronounced that he should be tied and left to the mercy of the elements.

But Ayumi - the girl who had raised the alarm - implored her father to allow Koghun to instead repair the damage he had caused. Winning her father’s favour, she was tasked with watching the boy to make sure he carried out the tasks. Koghun was amazed at the beautiful girl who had spoken in his defense. When he asked why, all she said was that despite his rough appearance, she could see good in him.

After the repairs were made, Koghun stayed a while longer, talking with Ayumi and learning of her culture. Yet the responsibility to honour his father’s memory kept him restless, and he insisted on moving on. Ayumi made him promise that he would at least come back to visit her, and he agreed. As a token of his promise, he gave her a hand crafted necklace. Then they said their goodbyes.

In the coming weeks, Koghun was hunting when he became aware of a fellow Xaela stalking the same animal. The two attempted to ward each other off, and in doing so almost lost their prey. Ultimately, they agreed that it was better to share the prize than lose it altogether, and so worked together to catch it. Afterward, Koghun learned that his erstwhile hunting partner’s name was Burilgi. Impressed by their combined effort, they decided to hunt together a while longer.

Over the next few years, Koghun and Burilgi gathered to themselves a war band, dubbing themselves the ‘War Brothers’ and skirmishing with other tribes who encroached upon their territory. Their tribe became greatly feared as they grew in number and strength. The bond between the Brothers seemed unbreakable - but a crack was forming.

Burilgi began to notice that Koghun was frequently absent from the tribe. For Koghun had been keeping his promise to Ayumi, visiting her often. The two had fallen in love, and Burilgi eventually confronted Koghun about this. He accused him of embracing weakness, falling into the arms of a lesser people. The two brothers fought bitterly when Burilgi threatened to attack Ayumi’s village. When Koghun put Burilgi on the ground, he declared that he was leaving the war band and threathen Burilgi to stay away or be killed.

And so he did, riding to Ayumi’s village by night. Ayumi received him gladly, telling him that she was planning to go on a journey to see the world, and asking him if he would be willing to leave his nomadic life in the Steppe behind to go with her. With all his heart, Koghun promised that he would go with her to the ends of the world.

But a glow on the horizon alerted them to an attack on Ayumi’s village. Burilgi had followed Koghun and put the village to the torch. Koghun rushed to help, but it was too late - Ayumi’s tribe were already overwhelmed. The two of them were pinned to the ground while Burilgi stood over them, declaring that Koghun had been infected by a weakness, and that as his ‘Brother’ it was his duty to cut that weakness out. As soon as he spoke the sword, he swung his blade and struck Ayumi’s head from her shoulders.

Blinded by rage, Koghun fought himself free and plunged his lance into Burilgi, slaying him with such ferocity that the rest of the warband were routed from fear. With tears of grief, Koghun took Ayumi’s necklace, tied it to his left horn and buried her on a grave sprinkled with flowers. Burilgi was left to rot on the ground, the lance still protruding from his chest.

• The Days in Coerthas

In the coming days, Koghun wandered aimlessly until he arrived in the Coerthas Region. Becoming lost, he crossed paths with a Xaelic caravan who sheltered him from the blizzard. He thanked his rescuers, but did not share the burden they could see was weighing on his heart. He travelled with them to a small town where he earned some money assisting in the mine. From the other miners he learned of the City of Ishgard, the Orthodox Church, the Temple Knights and the Dragonsong War.

Returning from the mines one day, Koghun and his fellows were attacked by a roaming Aevis. Armed only with a pickaxe, Koghun fought back, fleeing with his life and sparing one other miner from being devoured. Yet he could not outrun the beast, nor pierce its hide with his makeshift weapon. When it knocked him to the ground and death seemed certain, the Aevis was stunned by a ball of purple energy. Koghan seized the opportunity and took cover.

As he watched, a dark figure emerged from the swirling blizzard, wielding a claymore and clad in obsidian black armour, and with a strange purple stone around their neck. Koghun watched in amazement as the warrior battled the beast with power the young lancer had never witnessed before.

Using the distraction to escape back to town, Koghun related the events to his caravan fellows who hastily advised him to keep quiet about it. It seemed that a number of sinister events in the past few days had attracted the attention of the Inquisition, and Koghun was advised that it was best not to draw any undue attention.

Over the coming days, the Inquision - led by young Knight called Grébix Brausin - conducted an investigation that led to one of Koghun’s fellow caravaners being accused of murder and practicing the dark arts.

Koghun knew little of these things, which made it easy for the accused party to shift the blame onto him. Koghun was accused, dragged out and beaten. Nobody spoke a word in his defense. Grébix delayed his sentence until he could be taken to Ishgard. Koghun had heard that Grébix was known for his merciless pursuit of all whom he regarded as heretical. So on the way, he attempted to escape, retrieving his lance and slaying two of Grébix’s knights.

But Koghun did not get far before Grébix caught up to him and easily brought him to the ground. Furious that Koghun had repaid his ‘mercy’ with the deaths of his men, Grébix was about to commit Koghun to hell when he was struck by a familiar orb of purple energy.

The same dark figure who had saved him from the Aevis strode out of the storm, readying her claymore and charging at Grébix. After a ferocious battle, Grébix was driven off and the warrior took Koghun to an abandoned house in Western Coerthas, where she tended to his wounds.

He learned that his rescuer was a Dark Knight named Alfane. She was outraged by Koghun’s account of what had happened to him. Seeing that he owed Alfane his life, Koghun pledged his service to her. She assured him that no such repayment was necessary. Yet when he insisted, she invited him to spar with her as a test. She was a powerful fighter and bested Koghun with relative ease, yet she was impressed with the promise he showed. She told him that she was going to Tail Feather, and that he could accompany her if he so wished.

On the road, Alfane continued to hone Koghun’s skills through sparring matches and exercises. He came to know her as a kind woman who rendered aid to the people of Tail Feather and provided Koghun with the first role model since his father.

Yet it was in their leisure moments, when Alfane would try to get Koghun to loosen up a bit in the tavern in Feather Tail, that she really saw the bitterness and resentment that was seated deeply in the young man’s heart. For all her asking, Koghun would not open up about this, so she attempted to draw the darkness out of him through training.

Eventually, Koghun relented and told her everything. To his surprise, Alfane empathised, divulging that she had lost her son and husband to Grébix and she was all too familiar with the smothering rage that can consume a person when they lose people they love.

The two became close after that. Alfane began to teach him the ways of the Dark Knight, their history, and their methods and, of course, their fighting techniques. He asked about the stone she wore around her neck. She explained that this was a soulstone, with which she was able to hold the aether and experience of those who had worn it before her, as well as memories that brought her joy from time to time. The memories she was referring to were those of the stone’s most recent owner - her husband. She had been bequeathed the stone upon his death, and she admitted this was why she wanted to help Koghun.

Justice and Vengeance, she explained, are cousins often mistaken for each other, but with very little in common. Anger left unchecked can destroy a person...as it had done to Alfane’s husband.

Koghun’s first test in this regard came when he and Alfane were asked for help in leaving Coerthas. The people asking were from the same caravan that had given Koghun over to Grébix. At first, Koghun adamantly refused, but he saw that Alfane was testing him and relented. After simmering for the first day of travel, he almost came to blows with the father of the group. Yet because he took the time to listen, he came to understand that the man was simply protecting his family, and had not meant Koghun any ill-will. Koghun felt his heart soften, as he could well understand the sentiment.

In the last stretch of the journey, they were set upon by an adolescent Mylodon. Koghun and Alfane fought it off, saving the family of travellers and, for the first time in a long time, Koghun felt the light and satisfaction of having done a good thing enter his heart. Alfane’s smile assured him that her training was having the desired effect.

For another year, Koghun accompanied Alfane in her duties, helping those in need and escorting refugees out of Coerthas. But the past caught up with them. One refugee they helped had given information to the inquisition in exchange for the absolution of sins. Their caravan was set upon by none other than Grébix and his knights.

Having increased in skill, Koghun attempted to take Grébix on, but the man was still his superior in power. He broke Koghun’s lance and knocked him down. Alfane stunned Grébix and drew the man away. The moment went into suspension as Grébix ordered his men to stay back so that he could fight Alfane one on one. Koghun used the time to get back to his feet, but just as he recovered, Grébix landed a critical blow upon Alfane.

Koghun cried out and threw the tip of his lance, striking Grébix in the leg. Alfane immediately commanded Koghun to run, but he disobeyed, rushing to her side. But Alfane insisted that he needed to leave while she held the Inquisition knights off. She pressed her soulstone into his hand and insisted that she would be right behind him.

He could not disobey his mentor further. Koghun ran whilst Grébix and his knights descended upon Alfane. When the dust settled and Alfane did not emerge, Koghun looked at the stone in his hand and remembered something she had told him - a soulstone can only be bequeathed on the death of its last owner. He hurried back to look for her and found Alfane lying dead among the bodies of the caravan.

A fresh grief overtook Koghun, the scenes of his father’s death returning to him in light of the present tragedy. He buried his mentor and swore that he would continue her work and one day avenge her.

• The Chosen Path

Months passed and the grieved knight continued in his mentor’s place, assisting those who requested help from abusive nobled and the inquisition. But his intervention was half hearted, bereft of faith that he could do any good if he had been unable to protect so many he held dear.

Against the beasts of Coerthas he honed his skills with a claymore, never quite able to equal the abilities of Alfane. He attempted to connect with the soulstone, but it mocked him with faint, indiscernible whispers, refusing to unlock its power for him.

Increasingly infuriated, Koghun began to doubt what he’d been told about the stone. In a red mist of rage, he cast the stone into a ravine. As he did, the stone began to glow red and an entity manifested in front of him, taking the form of Burilgi.

This entity explained that to unlock the powers of the stone, he must surrender to the darkness in him - the same darkness Alfane warned him about. The Esteem assured him that it had been watching over him for a long time, observing his pain, and that the thing which had been holding him back was his desire to help the weak and undeserving. It was time for him to embrace his rage and his pain, and that doing so would propel his abilities even beyond those of his mentor.

Unable to resist anymore, Koghun accepted the promise. The Esteem surrounded him with a crimson fog, warning him that his heart must remain hard, for if it were ever to soften, it would be his ruin.

By this time, stories abound about Grébix’s heroic victory over the dark-magic-wielding heathen all throughout Coerthas. Koghun heard these and swelled with a desire for vengeance. He struck out to find an opportunity to strike back, and found it when he crossed paths with an Elezen man who was being threatened by a noble who had demanded the man’s daughter’s hand in marriage. When the man mentioned that this noble was of the Brausin household, he recognised the family name of Grébix. It was this, rather than the man’s tears and please, that convinced him to assist. When the man asked for Koghun’s name, he gave the name ‘Sebastian’ to conceal his identity.

‘Sebastian’ withdrew for two days, watching the situation to see what would happen. Then, without warning, the Inquisition descended upon the town and erected a gallows. The Elezen man and his family had been accused of heresy; charged trumped up by the slighted nobleman, just as the Elezen man had feared.

But Sebastian did not rush in to help. He kept his distance and watched for Grébix, concerned not with the lives of the family about to hang but about his own opportunity for revenge.

Yet when Grébix did not immediately make an appearance, Sebastian decided to draw him out. He charged the knights at the gallows and struck the first one down. A dark red aura overtook him as he circled the gallows, shouting Grébix’s name.

Fighting erupted throughout the square. Sebastian slew two more knights before Grébix appeared, recognising the Dark Knight and signalling his men to attack. Sebastian, drawing on the power of the soulstone, performed ‘Unleash’ and impaled the rushing knights.

Grébix taunted Sebastian, proclaiming that this was his opportunity to rectify the mistake of sparing the Dark Knight’s life all those years ago - that he would strike him down into the Abyss with his heretical mentor.

The ensuing battle was fierce and terrifying to behold. With every swing of his weapon, Sebastian unleashed his rage and bitterness. It was enough to overcome Grébix, and Sebastian sliced the Paladin’s arm clean off before running his claymore through his enemy’s chest.

With his dying breath, Grébix begged the forgiveness of his loved ones. Pulling his weapon from the Paladin’s chest, Sebastian looked up to see the nobleman who had accused the family making a retreat. Sebastian went after him, striking him down with an ‘Unmend’ and then bearing down on him in a terrible fury. The nobleman spewed insults at him, incredulous that a heretic would dare lay a hand on him. Sebastian answered him by bringing his heavy blade down on the man repeatedly until the nobleman’s corpse was barely recognizable as a man.

The whole time, the people of the town looked on in horror. When the red mist cleared, Sebastian looked up to see that the family who had asked for his help were hanging dead from the gallows. Bodies were strewn about the town square. People in the crowd shouted warning to each other - saying that he was a demon, a monster, that he would slay everyone who came too close.

It was in that moment that he remembered what Alfane had told him about the difference between justice and vengeance, and he saw which side of that divide he had fallen on. Hanging his head, he strode out of town, the people scattering out of his path.

To this very day, the people of that Coerthan town tell of a “Void-sent Knight” who attacked their town and slaughtered so many while innocents hung.

Since the end of the Dragonsong War, the only sightings of Sebastian have been pictures on bounty notices. The stories of the Void-sent Knight became legends, and there were those who believed they were not even based in truth. Grébix was immortalised as a valiant knight slain by a heretical villain.

Sebastian, in truth, travels the land of Erozea, selling his services as a mercenary to anyone with the coin to buy them. Following the events that brought the end of The Dragonsong War, No one has seen him since but a high bounty has been placed for his capture. Eventually Sebastian and the events that transpired fell into stories. Grébix, the valiant knight, killed by a foul man known as The Voidsent Knight. He's currently traveling around the land of Erozea, taking on mercenary work of all kind.

Relationships

♥ Romantic Interest, ♥ Sexual Interest, ♥ Platonic Love, ♦ Good Standing, ● Neutral Standing, ↓ Poor Standing

Romantic Interest

♥ PERSON NAME - DESCRIPTION OF MEETING AND RELATIONSHIP.

♥ Sexual Interest BEFORE THE DOUBLE BRACKET PERSON NAME IF THEY ARE OF SEXUAL INTEREST, NO MATTER WHERE THEY FALL ON THE LIST OF STANDING. YES, YOU CAN BE ATTRACTED TO ENEMIES, TOO!

Platonic Love

♥ PERSON NAME - DESCRIPTION OF MEETING AND RELATIONSHIP

Good Standing

♦ B'ambi Stein - Met at the Scarpyard Tavern hosting a fighting event. Preferred smithy.

♦ Tatsuma Satorou - Met along with B'ambi Stein at the Scarpyard Tavern. Fellow mercenary.

♦ Inagaki no Matsu - Met just outside of the Quicksand. acquaintance, becoming friend

♦ PERSON NAME - DESCRIPTION OF MEETING AND RELATIONSHIP Inagaki no Matsu

Neutral Standing

● Person name - DESCRIPTION OF MEETING AND RELATIONSHIP

● Person name - DESCRIPTION OF MEETING AND RELATIONSHIP

Poor Standing

↓ Person Name - DESCRIPTION OF MEETING AND RELATIONSHIP

Rumors

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Commonly heard ■ "The Void-sent Knight? I heard the stories but remembered them vaguely" - Ishgardian resident ■ "Oh, that's an old tale to scare children with." - Ishgardian resident ■ "It's a heretic story created by some witch as a means of reprisal against the Church" - Holy See Priest ■ "I heard that it drains the blood of its victims, In order to gain more power."- Tavern Customer ■ "Its all a hoax I tell ya, There's no way someone like that is walking around ere."- Tavern Keeper

Occasionally heard ■ "Grebix? I've heard of him, They say he was killed by a monster. Ripped out his chest and left him there, with only a thin strip of clothing linking his upper part with the lower. " - Temple Knight ■ "You mean to tell me, that some Xaela with powers came into a town, killed a dozen knights and Grebix himself then poof, Vanished into thin air? What a load of bullshit haha! " - Drunken Temple Knight ■ "It's said that his distinct trait of his is his claymore, covered with a foul aura. If you believe such things." - Temple Soldier ■ "ADD MORE LINES AS NECESSARY" - SPEAKER NAME

Rarely heard ■ "Man or Monster, it matters not. My son was taken from me and whomever was responsible will feel the wrath of ten!" - Ishgardian Noblemen. ■

PC Rumors (written by other players) ■ "RUMOR 1" - CHARACTER NAME ■ "RUMOR 2" - CHARACTER NAME ■ "RUMOR 3" - CHARACTER NAME

WIP

Gallery

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  Fighting off the beasts of the Frozen Coerthain Plains.

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