Ustarte Reiya
 Ustarte Reiya
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| Gender | Female |
| Race | Hyur |
| Clan | Highlander |
| Citizenship | Limsa Lominsa |
Character
History
Before Bahamut:
Ustarte's hardships began even before her birth with the fall of Ala Mhigo, fleeing within the chaos was a pregnant Virae Reiya guarded by her husband, Jaim, a low ranking member of the Lancers. She had become one of the first of many unfortunate generations that would never know the home of their ancestors, born into a nomadic lifestyle.
Despite her harsh upbringing, Ustarte grew into a happy child, her father's sturdy frame and skill with a spear ensured him work amongst various fishing vessels, while Virae studied at the Bismarck eventually becoming a chef for the Mizzenmast Inn.
On her 16th Nameday, Jaim finally allowed Ustarte to accompany him on a trade ship to Western Thanalan, it only took several malms from the ports of Limsa Lominsa for a love of the ocean to bloom. The crashing of the waves, the smell of salt in the air and the boisterous crew, she'd never felt anything so exhilarating, from that instant, Ustarte knew what she wanted...A ship of her own.
It was on the return trip that everything changed, roughly half-way through the journey, Ustarte spotted several strange objects in the sky, they looked like towers with wings. Fascinated, she looked to her father with a smile to see his grim expression, looking around at the rest of the crew, it seemed as though the life had been sucked out of them. As they neared Limsa Lominsa the sky began to darken, Dalamud, the fiery object that had appeared in the sky seemed to break apart, meteors rained down upon the City-State, tears began welling in the young Hyur's eyes.
The fall of Limsa Lominsa:
Thaliak's Wisdom slammed into the docks, Ustarte hit the deck hard, as her vision cleared, she noticed the whole Highlander crew were already sprinting towards the city, weapons in hand. Ustarte had never known her homeland, never seen how proud and powerful her warrior clan had been before the invasion, now even her father's eyes, always so kind,burned with an intense fury, all because of two words..Garlean Empire. Lifting Ustarte to her feet with one hand, Jaim carried her onto the dock, gently stroking her hair and reassuring her with his usual smile, he told her to find her mother, and for them to leave the city as quickly and quietly as they could, before running off after his clansmen.
A thunderous crack filled the air causing Ustarte to freeze in place a stones-throw away from the bottom of the Mizzenmast. Looking skyward she saw a great black winged beast emerging from within Dalamud, it's gaze followed by fire and death as it flew towards Limsa Lominsa. As if frozen in time, Ustarte watched motionless and silently as the ground and building around her erupted and shattered. A piece of debris smashed into the young Highlander, sending her reeling into the wall of the Mizzenmast, more rubble falling on to her, trapping her legs.
At first there was no pain, Ustarte sat there, pinned to the ground by several chunks of rock, confused. As realisation hit her, the pain set in, Ustarte's hands desperately scrabbled for leverage, jagged edges tearing her fingers to ribbons. Just as she was about to give up hope, 3 Midlanders ran past, the youngest seeing her and stopping..A man, woman and a child a little younger than herself, probably a family. Grabbing his father's sleeve the boy pointed to Ustarte and took a step towards her, the girl's bloody hand reaching out towards them, the father looked at her pitifully and mouthed something.."I'm sorry."..Hoisting the boy from his feet, the family ran.
Ustarte's vision blurred then faded, a strange feeling gripped her, first weightlessness, then a light impact, then weightlessness again. Her eyes were heavy, but she managed to force them slightly open, finding herself looking upon an Elezen man with long silver hair clad in armour of the darkest purple and trimmed with the whitest silver. Her strength fading once again, Ustarte's head sank back, looking behind them she noticed blue lights appearing all over the city, passing some of them closely, it became apparent that there were people inside the lights, and then nothing, they were vanishing. Hundreds of lights were appearing and vanishing before her eyes, as darkness took her once more, she thought to herself, I hope my parents are in one of those lights..
