The following is going to be a full upload of a previous RP that precedes the events of Final Fantasy Chronicles of Exigo: Brave New World - Final Fantasy VIII. The original forum that housed this RP has since ceased operation and I had been requested by a former RPer to release a copy for her to reread. I felt this was a good opportunity to perhaps drive activity towards the new RP in the form of inspiration or even just to show how fun RPing can be for newcomers. I’ll be compiling the posts little by little when I have the time, but I intend to reupload all of the posts.
So with that said, here is
Final Fantasy ~ Chronicles of Exigo
The Fall of Spira
Pyreflies; no one knows exactly what these are. All we know is that they comprise all life on the planet. Pyreflies are the lifeblood of Spira, nourishing it through renewal, developing it through the many experiences its creations gain, the constant progression which provides the planet with growth.
The Farplane stands as the heart of Spira; it delivers the pyreflies from its basin deep within the center of the planet to the outlying areas of its surface, both ending and creating life. Without the Farplane, Spira could no longer maintain the natural way of things and thus would slowly die. Some call it paradise when one is at one's end. It is positive energy, an entity of pure growth and progress.
Via Infinito would then be its polar opposite. It consists of the negative energy, of destruction and decay, but it has yet a very important role in the survival of Spira. It works against the Farplane, pumping its own current into the world. Its sole purpose is to taint lives to give rise to fiends and unsent, the darkest of Spira's wondrous creatures. Those of Spira who have traversed the chasm yet lived to recount their journey often note it as a tartaros of sorts, the realm of chaos and despair.
Let it not be misread; these two entities are not at war, but rather compose the two aspects to life: harmony and disarray. Should one come to harm, the balance would be lost and Spira would be doomed to desolation.
This brings our tale to a small Al Bhed child named Shinra who is about to approach his golden age in Spira's timeline. Shinra is a genius, a prodigy, who has on many occasion bolstered the accessories of Spira's most prominent. At this moment, he has begun conducting experiments on the Farplane itself, particularly the positive energy it contains. Unknowingly, his extraction of such sensitive powers is weakening it. While still slight enough to go unnoticed, the changes are quickly being recognised by Via Infinito. It is assured that action will be taken so that the balance of Spira does not become irreversibly disturbed.
A promotional advert has been released by Rin's agency, the sponsor to Shinra's campaign, to gather researchers and workers for the labs and Bikanel Digs. Currently, they are under license to excavate all areas of the desert island by The Machine Faction, but Gippal has personally voiced his disdain for the agency.
Flyer to aid in Farplane Energy Research Endeavors
Greetings citizens of Spira. The former Age of Sin is over and the Eternal Calm has truly set in. New research has made the first steps back to Spira's golden age, to a world filled with Machina Cities. Join us in helping the push back to true civilisation! Please contact Villa at the Calm Lands branch to apply.
Welcome one and all. Welcome to the Technological Revolution!
Elsewhere, a spirited young woman, Rikku, continues on her own journey. Three months have passed since she faced her last mission as a member of the Gullwings Spherehunter group along with fellow members Paine and Yuna at Yadonoki Tower. Currently, she travels around the planet helping others while trying to gain more knowledge about Spira’s past. Her goal is to help people with machina with the intent of not making the same mistakes that occurred in the past, mistakes which led to war and generations of suffering. In order to do this she would need information about its history. She would continue spherehunting, which experience taught her was the best method in acquiring the data she seeks. Her travels led her to Via Infinito where it is rumoured that Trema had not yet destroyed all the spheres. Somewhere deep within its recesses, one sphere remained. The rumour went on to say that Trema had lost it deep in Via Infinito, deeming the trek too perilous for any to seek and therefore in a position equivalent to destruction. Following this lead, Rikku endeavoured into the depths, confidence in her accomplishments driving her to fulfill the task at hand. This was the last that anyone had seen of the Al Bhed.
It has since been several days and Rikku has yet to emerge to the surface. Baralai was the only one she notified of this mission, contacted only for permission to access the chasm. The Praetor had been sworn to secrecy as Rikku feared her mission directives would only distract her cousin and friends from their much deserved peace. However, with her disappearance, he could no longer stand idly by, having distributed notice in secret to fellow governing parties, the Youth League and Machine Faction.
Baralai's Notice
Attention able-bodied free agents of Spira:
I call you under grave circumstance. One of our world's finest spherehunters has gone missing in the depths of the Via Infinito, a large chasm hidden within Bevelle's walls. I fear what may have befallen her and wish to call upon volunteers to travel into the labyrinth and bring her home. This mission is to be cover and confidential. I wish not to alarm outside parties.
Thank you. That is all.
What all this could bode for Spira has yet to be seen, but the paths and choices made in the coming days could set the fate for generations to come.
Notes: Me and Zera have come together to make an RP on Spira. <Since Zera made Exigo extremely complicated>>=o I resent that remark! we’ve decided to go back to the roots where it is much more simple. According to Zera’s timeline it started in Spira, so naturally as me and Zera are past fanficcers of Spira we have brought to a much more simpler RP, and one which everyone can hopefully enjoy.
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Nikki
Name: Nikki
Age: 18
Race: Human
Home: Bevelle
Appearance:
She looks exactly like in this picture and she is of average height.
Class: Archer
Biography: Until the age of 5 Nikki had been very content with her life, she had loving parents and a little sister who was 4 years old. She spent her days playing blitzball with her little sister in the streets of Bevelle. She loved each day as it came and felt very safe from Sin within Bevelle’s huge walls. She made loads of friends at her classes of becoming an Archer, and she loved listening to the story of how past summoners defeated Sin. She would always be at the front listening to the many stories that the Priests told.
That was until one day when Nikki was 5 years old, Nikki was playing at a friend’s house over at the north end of Bevelle. Her parents had decided to take her younger sister shopping for shoes in the south end of Bevelle, where the quality was said to be much higher. Unfortunately Sin was dangerously close to Bevelle and attacked the south side of Bevelle, killing her whole family. On that day Nikki lost her innocence, learning that the huge walls that surrounded her can never protect anyone against Sin, and that the world wasn’t a happy place, it was a nightmare.
After that day the Priests took in the orphan and they brought her based on Yevon’s teachings. As she grew up and experienced many more losses of friends she made, she started to not socialise with anyone. She thought if she didn’t get close to anyone then she wouldn’t get hurt. She still listened to the wonderful stories but she was always at the back. Even through Lord Braska’s Calm she knew it would not last, and just kept herself to herself. The only thing she focused on were the teachings and her training on to becoming an Archer.
When Braska’s Calm ended and Sin returned Nikki immediately joined the Crusaders, still she made no friends but she wanted to make a difference. She believed her faith in Yevon had chosen this path for her, but she had refused to take part in the Operation on Mushroom Rock Road, believing that Machina will only bring Sin’s wrath. She soon after the Operation resigned from the Crusaders and headed once again back to the temples for advice on her path and for even more training.
When the Eternal Calm arrived her faith in Yevon had completely withered away, everything she believed in had been a lie according to the Lady Yuna. She was distraught and didn’t know where to turn, that was when she joined the Youth League. The people there seemed to share her ideas about rebuilding a new Spira. But she was very lonely still, she found it difficult to talk to anyone, now the threat that Sin was gone, she had the freedom to be happy. But she didn’t know where to start. So she hid behind her stoic disguise. Not letting anyone in.
At this present time Nikki is still lost on what to do with her freedom, but she is very slowly finding herself. She has slowly become more sociable, but she still has no real path or friends in life. That is until she saw a flyer in Bevelle about rescuing Rikku. A chance to meet new people and put her fighting skills to good use, she decided she would volunteer her services.
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Name: Iezak
Age: Old, but he looks 30.
Race: Unsent *for a twist*
Home: Bevelle was his home while he was living, but he was killed in Bikanel, which is where his spirit rose.
Appearance:
Weapon/Tool: MRI (Mobile Resonance Imaging), Tectonic charges, Gravity Gun *who says being an archaeologist has to be boring? *
Class: Archaeology and moderate Tectonics knowledge
Biography: Born during the Age of Sin, he was a citizen of Bevelle and undertook a excavations education in order to find a way to stop Sin by researching the advanced civilisation of the past. He was out by the Calm Lands, investigating a signal during Gandof's battle against Sin. He would discover the legendary Sun Sigil, unearthing it and recovering it until the final strike of Gandof's Final Aeon opened a chasm in the plains. Iezak was fortunate to have kept his life, but the Sun Sigil was lost to him.
Following the incident, he would focus on older areas of the planet, noting that they would probably hold the best results. Zanarkand's Ruins held nothing left intact besides the Dome, which summoners had been going to for a long time, finding nothing of significance. Apart from that, the fiends and unsent alone were reason enough not to endeavour further.
Instead, Iezak would roam across the Al Bhed island of Bikanel where he noted the heathens to have uncovered ancient machina. If they could discover so much treacherous artifacts from the past, perhaps the reverse could be done and some good could come from those wretched sands.
One day, however, his fate would be met as a creature rose from the depths, spewing poisons and a thick miasma that he could not resist. Death was not the end for him. He could not abandon his quest to save Spira from Sin, which was furthered by its downfall as the next movement was one towards a regression that bore Sin in the first place.
Posing as a new researcher for the heathen child, Shinra's excavation team, he would work both to uncover the past and hinder the heathens' path toward Spira's destruction.
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Name: Hunter
Age: 20
Race: Al Bhed
Home: Home, but currently the Bikanel excavation site.
Appearance:
During the Age of Sin, he dyed his hair and wore shades to hide his true race from those who despised his people.
Weapon/Tool: RKX-11, remote excavations machina that can be used as a mechanized suit for more directed digging by a conscious user.
Class: Basic Excavations
Biography: He grew up in Bikanel and knew only that the outside world despised him due to the misguided fanaticism of Yevon. At a young age, he would dye his hair black to gain as much contrast as he could from his race. With a young Gippal and other Al Bhed, they would travel to Bevelle and other cities under Yevon to discover the activities and plans for stopping Sin. While Hunter hid and had a better chance of gaining this information, pride from his companions would prevent them from taking the same steps.
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Name: Mishka Guado
Age: 17
Race: Guado
Home: Guadosalam, but she now travels where she needs to be.
Appearance:
The hair only appears like human hair, though it is actually more related to a thin and flimsy root of an herb only found in Guadosalam and grows out from two thicker protrusions at the sides of her skull that spike at the tips to appear like pointed ears, though her true ears are in front, covered by hair.
Weapon/Tool: Wrist-mounted crossbow, two-handed broadsword
Class: Spherehunter of the Warrior Class
Biography: Growing up to a very liberal family, she was always scolded by the other guado of the underground city. Eventually, she would decide the city was too smothering and left to live her own life. This reached a specific path once Sin was defeated and the rise of spherehunters began. Finding a group trying to get started, she would join as an outcast, the ronso members of the group alienating her for what "her" leader had done to them. Eventually, she would prove herself and become the team's leader, but it would be disbanded following the end of the power struggle of the reigning factions. Again a free agent, she would discover the notice Baralai made while working on a mission for the Youth League. Via Infinito was a part of Bevelle her group had not dared enter, but she knew that was where her destiny awaited.
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Name: Cecyann
Age: 20
Race: Human
Home: Luca
Appearance:
Weapon: Calibur; A broadsword wide enough to protect Cyan and others effectively as a shield. Its blade's alloy is light enough which enables her to maneuver Calibur with fair precision. The blade has an emeraldian hue and the handle has a chain on its end that displays a Moonlily shaped amethyst.
Class: Paladin
Biography:
Born in Besaid Island, Cyan didn’t have the time to know her birth town as she changed home to Luca at the age of 2, where she has lived for 6 years. During this time in the new city, she was a healthy child, confident in her own worth, strength and energy. Her easy going personality granted the girl many friends despite those repelled by her “bossy” and “tomboy” natured demeanours. Her conscious, honest and core bluntness earned her the respect from adults: qualities she persists in maintaining until today.
The “grownup” shell she has developed very early was promoted by her father – or rather – because of her father, Galekko. This man harboured only shadow in his heart ever since his light was taken away. He was widowed. Since an early age, Cyan had to bring as much energy to her family as she possibly could; she wanted to make them happy.
Cyan’s mother, Habbo, died during the current Calm in an accident in Besaid. This only caused Galekko to curse the irony of losing his wife during the time of peace, when Sin is not a threat. The event changed him from then after; burdened with sadness he never really managed to hide from his two daughters – Cyan and Reffa – age of 2 and 1 (respectively).
This was why Galekko, not able to live in the island anymore, moved his family to Luca. There, even though quite absent in mind, he managed to bring a peaceful life to his little girls. Reffa was the girl who loved to pick flowers close to the Mi’hen Highroad; Cyan was the juvenile blitzball player.
~ 12 years ago ~
Cyan is 8 years old
Reffa is 7 years old
Spira was overwhelmed with joy with the news of Lord Braska, from Bevelle, bringing a new Calm to the Lands. Everyone seemed happy, knowing they were safe from Sin during this time. Even Galekko, who knew only too well not to count on Sin alone to bring misery, seemed to still sigh in relief, as he knew the following 10 years were ideal for his children to keep growing into women. Positive feelings he kept opaque, regardless.
~ 5 years ago ~
Cyan is 15 years old
Reffa is 14 years old
Cyan was not only a very proficient blitzball player but she was also a decent swordsman – something she initiated as a hobby and lasted in grand part due to her protective character; she believed that, one day, she would serve a summoner as his/her guardian but, before most, she wanted her family safe. This swordskill activity raised Cyan’s ego even more; she was proud of herself.
Years later, she will come to look back at these days with bitterness, blaming her over-confidence.
One day, Cyan compelled Reffa to go on a walk through the Mi’hen Highroad; to a place further than what Reffa was used to. She promised that the flowers they’d find would be the most beautiful Reffa could ever hope for. She guaranteed her blade would guard them off fiends, throughout a safe journey to the Moonflow – to the Moonlilies.
It was in the middle of laughs and idle banter, however, that Cyan failed to see the danger that awaited them: an Ochu paired with a water flan. Upon realizing her carelessness, Cyan rushed to the front row, readying a defensive position, holding up her Variable Steel weapon. She glanced rapidly at her sister, hurrying her to hide. It took a shout for Reffa to lose her stunned figure and follow her older sister’s request. Cyan leapt and pierced her sword into the Ochu, but it was as if the creature had been slightly scratched. Not only that, the water flan kept casting Water spells to the bigger fiend which seemed to heal his wounds. It was a losing battle and they would have to escape.
Cyan kept trying to evade the fiend’s tentacles but it wasn’t soon when one of them hit her, throwing her to the ground and causing a dark substance to leak into her eyes, blinding her.
“Cyan! Here, I brought eyedrops!” She heard the sister rushing to her rescue. Cyan shouted at Reffa not to rush to her aid. The water flan followed Reffa’s quick movement and, with a water spell, knocked her back. Confused with the attack, Reffa couldn’t avoid the powerful Ochu’s lunge. It threw her several feet away where she rested motionless.
Still blind and now mute with bewilderment upon her sister’s scream, Cyan hurried to the place where she heard her sister’s body fall. She kneed down by her, shaking her shoulder. She called for her name, wishing for a response from Reffa’s part who remained in full stillness. Cyan was oblivious to the sounds behind her as some people seemed to have joined the fight against the Ochu. She reached to her pouch, looking for the miracle feather. When she found the Phoenix Down, she placed it on top of Reffa’s chest. Cyan grasped her sister’s hand in a quiet sulk. One that grew into a river of tears as she realized the Phoenix Down was not working.
A hand was placed on Cyan’s shoulder. “…I’m sorry. Her wounds are… far too deep for the miracle to happen. Yevon can’t reach her anymore...” The man’s voice was only saying what Cyan already knew. He sprinkled some Eyedrops in her eyes.
“Please allow Lady Gatha to perform the sending.” he requested. Cyan turned her teary gaze slightly to the path behind the man’s figure; she realized this was a Summoner and her group of guardians. They appeared to have defeated the fiends.
All Cyan did was nod her head slightly in a positive response. Looking down, eyes closed, she kneed down once again, hugging her sister’s body while avoiding the thought of her father having to face the same ironic fate a second time.
~ 3 years ago ~
Cyan is 18 years old.
Lady Yuna’s Eternal Calm arrives. Yevonites’ beliefs have been disregarded throughout Spira as the truth had been unveiled. Cyan was part of the Crusaders who were used to be sided with Yevon. Now, they – and Cyan – are part of the Youth League. A group lead by Meyvn Nooj that strives to find out everything there is to know about Spira’s past. The Sphere Hunters were also born. New Yevon, lead by Praetor Baralai, was composed of old ideals inserted in the newborn Spira’s context. And finally the Machine Faction: the only truly neutral Group who would come to rename Machina as Machines, in order to end the old stigma.
After the disband of the Youth League and New Yevon groups upon Lady Yuna’s latest heroic deed, Cyan is immersed in Sphere Hunting. She has come to realize – along with all Spira – that this world keeps many secrets and there are many still to be unfolded. It was in this context she heard of the flyer from Bevelle to rescue Rikku. She decided she would join as not only she thought Rikku - as the guardian she was – deserved all the help from the world but because of the rumour about the Sphere within.
It was a good time for Cyan to feel worthy once again.
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Name: Valvaris "Val"
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Home: Kilika
Appearance:
Features:
Emerald-colored eyes
Light-brown hair
174cm, 64kg
Hair: Short hair with an asymmetrical fringe sliding towards the right, as such - -
--credited to HJI
Accesories:
(1) Small sized green-colored earring on the left ear
(2) Black-colored bikers gloves, as such --
---credited to Amazon
(3) [unseen] Black-colored socks
Shirt:
(1) Black-colored Undershirt
(2) White-colored fullbody Robe [with about 3 buttons from below the chest to the stomach]
---credited to Prodirectsoccer
---credited to drawin
(3) A brown sash on the waist, inside the robe, to hold the two guns
Pants:
White-colored. plain cargo pants (without the designs), as such --
---credited to Usoutdoorstore
Boots:
Black-colored boots, as such (full black, without the brown) --
---credited to Altrec
Weapon:
Vibrant Vische [:wee-shay:] - Dark Green-colored pistols [similar to Yuna's Gunner version]
Class: Exquisivor [= Black Magic Gunner] [:ex-kui-see-ver]
- An Exquisivor uses two Machina "Magic-Powered" Guns to fight. The guns converts the user's magical energy into bullets to be fired upon the enemies.
- Exquisivors' normal attacks are stronger than an average Black Mage, but their magical prowess are not as strong. The main advantages Exquisivors have compared to other classes are that they are able to infuse elemental powers in their attacks at lower casting duration AND able to fire two attacks of different elements at the same time.
- Stronger and more experienced Exquisivors are able to fire stronger versions of the basic elemental attacks.
Biography:
Valvaris was born in the town of Kilika a few years before Lord Braska's Calm. He grew up knowing the existence of Sin, and had been brought to the Temple by his parents often, essentially making him a follower of Yevon. But he never liked Yevon. Despite the protests from all villagers over the existence of Machina, he loved the idea of Machinas. He does not believe that Machina brought upon them Sin, but he cannot explain how did Sin appear and he cannot express his interest for Machina either. He could only secretly learn bits and bits of Machinas, especially through people who possesed Machina, whom stopped by Kilika. In one of Sin's attacks before Lord Braska's Calm, his parents were taken away. They were washed into the ocean, and were never found. Valvaris survived the attack as he gripped onto a rock using all of his strength. As the attack ended, he passed out and slowly drift away. Luckily, he was saved by another villager who survived, before he got washed into the open sea, suffering the same fate as his parents.
[Age 5] As the villagers were rebuilding their home, Lord Braska's Calm came. During the first year of the Calm, more ships came over to Kilika, whether as a pitstop for merchants, or travelers going around the world. And during one of these times, Val met a man, an Al Bhed, named Cid. He learned so many things about Machina from Cid, until the day Cid was to journey away from Kilika. On the ship, Cid shouted to him, who was on the deck, whether Valvaris wants to follow himself to see more Machinas. Val was delighted, and he decided to follow him, since the villagers began harboring hate towards Val due to his interest in Machina. Valvaris followed Cid all over the world for 7 years, visiting various places, whether they stored any Machinas or not. He even ventured into HOME at Bikanel Island, the land for the Al Bhed. There, he learnt various skills in assembling and dismantling simple Machinas. He even learnt skills and techniques using a pair of Machina "Magic-Powered" Guns, which converts the user's magical energy into bullets to be fired upon the enemies.
[Age 12] One day, while in Luca, Cid decided that he had to head back to Bikanel for some urgent matters, Val wanted to tag along, but was stopped by Cid. Cid told him, "There are many more things to learn from around the world, go and venture, and find what is most important to you. Remember, do not use Machinas for harmful deeds." Val stayed back in Luca, waving goodbye to Cid who was on a ship to Bikanel. Before Cid left, he gave Valvaris a pair of Machina MP Guns - Vibrant Vische as a gift. Val spent his days in Luca helping others examine, repair and maintain Machinas. Many had assumed he is an Al-Bhed due to his proficiency in dealing with Machinas, especially at that young age. He was one of the surviving members during the Operation Miihen a few years after, too.
[Age 15] Soon after, came the Eternal Calm, brought by Lady Yuna. With that, Val joined the Youth League in attempt to hunt spheres, to learn more about Machina, and the world -- Spira. He made many friends throughout his time in the Youth League, but he did not try to make himself shine too much. He does not like showing off, but he is definitely slightly more talented than many of the Youth League members. However, only he himself knows that.
[Age 17] After the disbandment of the Youth League, Val continued being a sphere hunter. There is so much more to learn about Machina, and there are so many more mysteries to be unravelled. Val, being the guy who likes exploring and learning, he decided to keep searching for spheres. However, later in the year, he found out from Baralai's Notice that Rikku is missing. Val knew Rikku when he was young, since he had travelled to Bikanel with Cid before. He decided to join in the Rikku Search-and-Rescue Mission, as a childhood friend; and as repayment for all that Cid had done for him.
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Yuubou
Age: 18
Race: Al Bhed
Home: Deserted island village near Luca
Appearance: Looks like this, but have an overcoat similar to Kingdom Hearts' Seifer's design instead of the white tunic. The gloves should be fingerless and golden-yellowish, I forgot to change the colours. And it's hard to see from here, but he wears a golden earring on his left ear.
Class: Martial Artist
- Much like monk, uses fist, palm and kicks to perform moves, but focuses more on agility instead of strength.
Yuki
Age: 18
Race: Al Bhed
Home: Deserted island village near Luca
Appearance: ...... It is a cheerleeading uniform. Her job class requires it. She wears a silver earring, and suppose to have a pair of futuristic looking sunglasses. Sims 3 doesn't have it. Just... imagine it. =P
Class: Psychic
Biography: Immediately after Braska's Calm, Yuki and Yuubou were seperated from their parents and their other Al Bhed friends during one of the relatively minor but inevitable attack by the followers of Yevon. Unable to go to Home at Bikanel because of the lack of transportation, Yuki and Yuubou stayed at the island about 25 nautical miles (46300m) east of Luca. There, they found an elderly Sage, who told them that he will be dying and had them made his apprentices.
Despite being elderly and a Sage, he moves fast and attacks powerfully. At the same time, he cast spells that the twins had never seen before (not that they had much to see, being two kids and all). The twins had a difficult time coping with the sudden change of lifestyle, though soon they kept up and starts their apprenticeship officially, with Yuki learning and helping with the advanced magics that the Sage is researching on, and Yuubou the way of martial arts the Sage has been uncovering.
The Sage uses an ancient Machina spherecorder to record both of the twins' progress in their apprenticeship, which at the time is zero but is promising. Every sphere he made he stores it in hopes to uncover more of their secrets. Until the age of 15, this has been life for the twins. Over time, the twins have been picking up other skills, most prominently being stealth skills for slipping out to play and explore, and some times just to escape from their master. This is of course, due to their natural speed and agility as Al Bheds that they mastered the skill with ease.
On their 15th year of life, their master finally passed away. They buried their master of mysterious origin with the Al Bhed ritual, well, what's left of it in their minds anyway, and due to their ever-playful attitude, decided to roam the world with the intention of searching their parents. They packed their bags, with food enough for a few days of sea travel, a few older spheres their master owned to study, the spherecorder, and off they went with a raft built with tree trunks in the forest.
They reached Luca first, where it was the nearest to their island. There they met people with special disdain towards them. At first they didn't understand, and greet people as they do when they are kids. That was not necessarily the problem, if only they had learned to speak Spiran. Yes, their problem is that they greet each and every person they met in Al Bhed, which is their mother tongue, which they have used for 15 years. Come to think of it. They also used it on the island. Was their master an Al Bhed? No. He doesn't have green eyes. Their master is a very mysterious person indeed. Anyway, that's their problem. Being the smart kid that they are, they soon figured the problem out. Since then, they kept their tongue and started learning Spiran, while journeying to find out about their parents.
It was one year later that they heard their parents were at Kilika Island, so they traveled all the way there from Moonflow, convinced that their parents will finally unite with them. Alas, just before they reach Kilika, Sin came and destroyed it in front of their very own eyes. They were devastated, but they pulled through and started helping restoring Kilika. Apparently Kilikans wouldn't turn Al Bhed helping hands away afterall. It is then that the twins decided to help people, while maintaining their battle prowess researches.
A few months passed, and the twins were on the roads again, wandering around, helping others as well as learning Spiran language that they now speak half fluently. They traveled to Home after it's been destroyed. They met Rin, who, at the time, tried to rebuild Home, and got on Fahrenheit with the others. In a few days time, they've learnt all the paths atop of the Fahrenheit, including finding a deserted room of some sort to study their spheres. When Eternal Calm came, they were so excited to land that they left one of their studied spheres onboard, which later got picked up by an Al Bhed child prodigy named Shinra, who turned it into a dressphere YRP used. Of course, the twins doesn't know.
Two years after Eternal Calm first came, the twins finally returned to their home 25 nautical miles east of Luca. Within these two years they joined the Machine Faction because it felt right to rejoin their race. They digged a few times, got bored, and left the deserts. And they promptly left again after packing more of the ancient spheres to study. They went all over Spira, searching for spheres similar to their own, in hopes to finish the research their late master started.
A few months passed again since their adventure to roam all of Spira. There has been a certain rumour about some huge superweapon being unleashed, but that's not possible. Huge destroy-all superweapon only exists in fairytales. The more important stuff is that the two opposing factions, Youth League and New Yevon were fighting over trivial matters and most likely a war will start soon. Fortunately on the hands of High Summoner Yuna and the self-proclaimed Friendly Neighbourhood Gullwing, the conflict was resolved as easy as a pie, or so it seems.
Currently, three months after the speech High Summoner Yuna gave, the twins was staying in Kilika, living on canoe maneuvering. When they got the message that the New Yevon Praetor Balarai sent, they immediately got excited at the chance to go adventure again. They packed their stuffs, went back their home near Luca and packed more spheres, and left for Bevelle. What lies ahead, they do not know.
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Name: Joseph
Age: 20
Race: Human
Home: Kilika
Appearance:
Wears some black pants, blue coat. Also has a rosary around his neck, hidden by his shirt
Class: Samurai
Weapon: Gerbera Straight, a katana with a red and gold hilt and handle. Also has a mirror finish blade
Biography:
Until Joseph was age 6, his life seems normal. He had loving parents and an older brother Jason. However that all changed when Sin attacked Kilika. Joseph and Jason were playing in the forest with some friends so they were spared, but lost both parents as a result.
They were moved to Luca to stay with an uncle. Joseph decided to learn the way of the sword, hoping that he could defeat Sin when it came. Then several years later, he heard news that Braska defeated Sin. While he was happy, he continued his training knowing that one day, Sin will return. Jason, on the other hand, studied magic in hopes to join his brother in battle. Joseph also learned some magic from his brother.
When Joseph was 16, more bad news hit him. Jason had died when Sin unexpectedly appeared while helping people in Kilika. Joseph spent an entire day cursing Sin while mourning for his brother. The only thing that was left was the rosary that survived. With that, he travelled the world, honing his sword and skills so as to become a guardian for a summoner.
With the arrival of the Eternal Calm, he became unsure of what he wanted to do. He then received a letter from the swordsman that taught him. He wanted him to come back and teach some students. He decided to do so and returned to Luca.
Several years later, he saw a flyer about Rikku’s disappearance. He decided to help and after getting his master’s permission, he set off for another adventure.
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Name: Kyra
Age: 20
Race: Human
Home: Original Home: Esther. Landed in Bikanel desert and was found by Al Behd- Who let her stay in home since they thought she was hit with Sin’s Toxin, even though they found her in an escape pod. After Yuna brought the eternal calm she’s been travelling all over Spira not really residing in any specific area.
Appearance: Blonde hair, Blue eyes, Height 5”4’, Medium Build. Put into perspective Kind of like Rinoa, but better looking with blonde hair and blue eyes. I’m More or less describing myself. Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures on this computer.
Weapon/Tool: Gunblade
Class: Fiend Analyser/Warrior
Biography: Grew up in Esther, Moved to the space station when she was 16. At that time she wasn’t getting along with her family and wanted to make her own life, away from them. She took on astronomy and studied the sorceress with the others at the space station. She also studied the monsters on the moon and became knowledgeable of many races of monsters. When Squall had to save Rinoa at the space station, Kyra’s life had become a living nightmare. All that she had ever dreamed of was falling apart. She didn’t know what to do, so she jumped into an escape pod but forgot to set the coordinates in order to get back to earth. When she fell asleep in the pod, next thing she knew when she awoke, she was on a collision course to a certain planet. She tried to figure out the star system, but wasn’t able to. Doing everything she possibly could in order to prevent death, she saw a blinding light. That was the last thing she could remember after that point. She was found in Bikanel by one of the excavation teams. Cid took her in after she had told him her story about living on a space station for 4 years studying astronomy and Sorceress Adel. Although he didn’t believe her story, he told her about Sin and its toxin and how it might have affected her. Although this new place was foreign to her, they treated her like family. She had become very good friends with Rikku, but when Rikku took off to find Yuna to stop her pilgrimage, she went her own way. After Yuna brought the eternal calm, she was still in her travels with consisted of studying fiends. She had come across the calm lands and the old man’s beastery and found her passion. Finding different ways to kill and tame fiends, nothing could stand in her way. She then began to wonder what the pyreflies were and where they go. She began travelling to the Farplane not only to see where they go, but what they can do. She was told that they feed off memories. She remembered her family and how much she actually missed them. She also began to think that if they react to people’s memories, would this give her an opportunity to see her family again?She arrived only to find that since the fall of Sin and since the Guado were disappearing, the Farplane was slowly falling apart. In that instance, she turned toward Bevelle to see if she could get any answers. Baralai had informed her of the Via Inferno. Although it was full of negative energy, she thought there may be a way to find some sort of positive energy and eventually find a way to the Farplane. It did sound rather crazy, but she figured she may as well try. After all of the crazy things she had been through, she thought she could handle anything.
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Name: Keema
Age: 21
Race: Guado
Home: Guadosalem
Appearance: Very tall and skinny, brown hair gelled so it parted almost looking like it is in pigtails but much more stiffer. Brown eyes with a long nose and a narrow face. Is where light purple robes and light pink flame design lining the bottom of it. She is wearing light pink sandles.
Class: Beast master – Can summon and control fiends at will, but only ones she has encountered recently. She has a mass of knowledge to do with the Farplane.
Biography: Ever since Keema was little she has always felt safe and has been very fascinated by the wonders and mysteries of the Farplane. Ever since her first visit she has always wanted to help to keep the Farplane stable, and keep the balance between the Via Infinito’s energy and the Farplane’s. But when she was little she was also subjected to racism by the humans, but she felt safe and content when Lord Jyscal ruled Guadosalem. Their leader was kind and Keema loved to watch him work, she hoped that one day humans and Guado would be at peace with each other, he was often away negotionating with the other Maesters. Keema continued to study about the Farplane and how to control its energy. She learnt how to control fiends at will during her studies, but also how to not misuse this power. The day that Lord Jyscal died Keema was 18 and she cried and mourned for him. And to her it seemed like the whole of Spira had been affected on that day. She was now able to guard the Farplane and look after it but still her thirst for knowledge was still there and she was still studying, looking at the history of Spira and Yevon. She regulary visited Macalania temple and prayed for the calm to come. The wrath of Sin was getting very tiring to her, she prayed for a Summoner to bring the Calm. Her prayers were indeed answered Keema was very excited because the Summoner Lady Yuna was to wed Maestor Seymore their loyal and knowledgeable leader. She was infact one of the few guado chosen with the responsibility to get the bride ready. But something was amiss the Lady’s Yuna’s mind seemed to be elsewhere as she styled her hair. The Lady Yuna didn’t say much to her the whole time, but Keema didn’t notice she was much too excited about the wedding. But in the middle of the ceremony, it turned out that the Lady Yuna was in fact a traitor. And Keema grew bitter at that. When the Eternal Calm came Keema despaired at the fact that she and the others followed Seymore blindly, thinking that he was only doing it for the good of Spira. Their Leader had grew twisted and with that she and Guado fled to Macalania forest, for fear that the Ronso might take revenge on them. Praying (even though Yevon had turned out to be false) seemed to be the only thing that comforted her. But she didn’t pray to Yevon, she prayed to those that had fallen and to Lord Jyscal. Two years after the Eternal Calm first arrived and there was much fear among the Guado. The Ronso were angry and they could attack them at any time. A youth they heard had wanted revenge for the fallen Ronso. Keema despaired at not only this but at the dying forest. She began to think that maybe things were better when Sin was around. But this thought was soon discarded as the Guado heard that the Lady Yuna had stopped the Ronso. Keema grew hopeful at this, and she grew even more hopeful when she heard the music from the musicians. Now she has moved back into Guadosalem with Lord Trema as their new leader. There was much work to do with the Farplane it had recently become unstable and she with the other Guado needed to fix it. Also with hopes of the Albehd boy Shinra might be able to restore the Macalania forest, Keema volunteers to go with him into the Farplane, sharing the wonders and mysteries of the Farplane.
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Name: Kane
Age: 26
Race: Human
Home: Mt Gagazet
Appearance: Encased in heavy armour, and a full helmet with only eye-slots, as such his identity remains hidden, until he decides to reveal it. The armour is pitch black, with Purple twinge to it. 6ft tall. What looks a like the hilt of a sword/shotgun but with a 3ft blade.
Weapon/Tool: A custom built blade, using the power of an Al Bhed shotgun and the blade of a 3ft long blade. Also a short one-handed blade, made in the image of the blade wielded by the legendary guardian, Auron, kept on his left side, and one projectile-based side-arm kept in a hidden section on the back of his armour. Special blades in the wrists, so that when he punches his enemies, he causes Pierce Damage. Very weak healing magic, which can be cast on anyone, other than himself, but strong Fire magic, which can only be cast on himself.
Class: Vigilante (Hybrid Warrior)
Biography: Kane was a top warrior, with skills in use of a weapon he built himself from his favourite blade, and a few gun parts scrounged from Rin's Calm Lands shop he named the ShotgunBlade. He was also a master in hand-to-hand combat.
Although weak with healing magic, only having been able to learn Cure, his Evasion was of top form. Sadly, an accident involving a Malboro, too much Fire magic, and his new blade, put him out of action for 3yrs. He ended up having to wear heavy armour to protect him from heavy attacks, that are unavoidable, though it did slow him down considerably.
Several years later, and Kane was back on his feet, Sin had been recently defeated by Summoner Yuna, and Calm was in full swing, Vegnagun had been defeated, and so Kane decided to wander the wastes of Mt Gagazet to train up himself, and get used to his new armour.
Kimahri, who, after reading the Via Infinito flyer that had been sent from Bevelle, sent for Kane, and told him to head to Bevelle. Once at Bevelle he was to give the flyer to th guards in Bevelle and say that he was there to join the warriors working their way through Via Infinito to look for a girl who aided the Summoner Yuna as a Guardian, called Rikku.
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Name: Valeria
Age: 33
Race:Human
Home: Luca
Appearance:
- She is 5’6” (167 cm) tall and weighs 122 lbs (55 kg) x), with sandy blonde hair and steel blue-grey eyes.
- Though widowed, she does still bear her wedding ring on her left hand – a silver band with an amethyst gemstone upon it.
Class:
Architect/Choreographer; the former is her true occupation and role in the FERE’s endeavors, while the latter was a pastime she shared with her husband and developed into an actual ability she could put to use for her benefit and others. (Being a choreographer basically just means she is a Dancer, with minor combative abilities, but placing more emphasis on healing and support, without the need to use MP, though there is a “charge time” in the sense that the dance needs to be finished for it to work – like the Dancers of FFXI.)
Biography:
Born to a wealthy family in Luca of Bevellian descent, Valeria had been raised to lead a generally smooth-sailing, but mostly uneventful life. Home-schooled, she had performed well in art and mathematics, and later on, would express an interest in drawing houses. At age 17, she proceeded to focus on architecture, taking her studies to the schools in Luca and Bevelle.
It was early on in these that she met her future husband, Giuseppe, who focused on engineering, yet was charmed by her appearances after multiple encounters. After a year, attempting to be better acquainted with her, Giuseppe would ask Valeria out on dates, but would be turned down each time, some rejections more vehement than the rest. Despite this, Giuseppe remained determined and supportive of Valeria during her harder times, and soon enough she warmed up to him, agreeing finally to date him. As years passed, they began to form a real relationship, with Valeria appreciating Giuseppe’s kind actions towards her and reciprocating, and Giuseppe in turn becoming protective of Valeria. After both graduated with degrees in their fields, the two married, and moved into a house of Valeria’s design while still remaining in Luca. Together, they would work to improve the living conditions of the denizens of Spira without blaspheming the teachings of Yevon. In one such time, they had given assistance to the Youth League, with Giuseppe assisting with the manual labor while helping his wife understand the applications the residents had used, and Valeria in replicating the building’s original designs and reinforcing them, as well as instructing how they were to be built to make them sturdiest.
During the times they were not working, they shared the hobby of dancing, for it gave them a way to stay active while still enjoying themselves – however, their dances, combined with their intimate knowledge of applicable sciences (thus the world around them) led to their realization that they were slowly, but surely, developing a way to use magic – to shape it and redirect it in a way unlike traditional mages – perhaps even in a way that was less forcible, explaining the lack of need to use MP.
Deciding to take a break some time after Kilika’s restoration, the couple made for a short vacation in Besaid, which they had heard was both beautiful and peaceful. After making their way there, Giuseppe had departed, searching for an area on the island where they could stay both close to the nature and the locals, while Valeria stayed and became acquainted with some of the villagers. However, Giuseppe never returned - alone in the wilderness and unarmed, fiends were quick to surround him and bring an end to his life.
Come the evening, Valeria grew distressed, knowing something was abnormal about his absence, and come the following morning, she departed to search for him – only to see come afternoon after many hours of searching that Giuseppe had become the thing which killed him, quickly consumed by the fear and confusion instilled in his death, and the following exposure to the preexisting fiends’ malice afterward. Horrified, Valeria ran when she finally discovered what the fiend was, instinctively acting to avoid a similar fate or lose her sanity from the realization. She never saw the fiend that was once her husband again.
Lamenting, but refusing to give up on life and meet the same end as Giuseppe, Valeria tried to pull herself away from the despair and fear and search for a sense of purpose by returning to Luca. She and her husband had worked together to give comfort to society, and she sought after ways to continue this and make Spira a better place to live. It was during these times she discovered a flyer advertising a campaign led by Shinra, the Al Bhed prodigy, promising a commitment to the advancement of civilization and its technology, to bring back the days where machina were a prominent and dominant aspect of people’s lives – the Farplane Energy Research Endeavors. Many censured it; Valeria, while also of the opinion that Sin’s first arrival during the time machina was misused was no coincidence, reasoned that should technology advance significantly again, then the study of ancient machina to see where things went wrong was imperative to the campaign so the same mistakes would not be made. Taking her knowledge of architecture and magic with her, Valeria enlisted into the FERE, to give herself a sense of purpose, and to see that the campaign’s progress would not eventually lead to another age of shadows.
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CHARACTER LIST:
Excavation Team
Iezak~Zerathos986
Valeria ~ Finisterre
~ NPC
Hunter
Keema Guado
Via Infinito Team
Nikki~01habbo
Yuki~Tenorphin
Yuubou~Tenorphin
Valvaris~Valvaris
Cecyann~River
Joseph~Mechwarrior21
Kyra~RinoaKari16
Mishka Guado~Zerathos986
Kane~Kinslayer
Stay tuned!
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Final Fantasy Chronicles of Exigo: The Fall of Spira
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