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Evroult Alunastra

Protector. Big, tall, soft. Your favorite all-rounder.

Lite Background

1541 - Age 0; Sired by Nicatl in a mountainside village in Urqopacha. At birth, named Tonatiuh. (Birth name is something only Turali natives and his partner are privy to. Your character may learn it if they become close enough. If you bring this name up unprompted with no context, he will not respond!) Rising conflicts and dangers a la Tural Vidraal convinced Nicatl to move him and his son on the long trek to Xak Tural, Shaaloani. There, Nicatl found work and lodging, using agricultural knowledge to tend crops, and became invaluable to the small town. He passed down his skills & expertise to his son, and by the time he reached adolescence, agriculture was nigh second nature.

---1554 - Age 13; He has since lived as a farmhand. He longs to travel the world, and more so past the seas. Nicatl is reluctant, but as his son reaches the age to fend for himself, he relents and teaches him the ins and outs of trades, and others in town offering lessons as well, to take as skills to start strong when he reaches Aldenard.

---1558 - Age 17; Nicatl accompanies his son to Tulliyolal to see him off on his journey. Ready for voyage, the young x’braal joins a scholarly group setting off for Aldenard. He is advised by those on his voyage that his trade would be most likely to find work in Gridania. During the voyage, he reads various books aboard the boat that were offered to him, to which he finds a storybook of a noble knight whose name he decides to take up as his moniker while in Eorzea; Evroult. The ship ports at Limsa Lominsa, where he stops to rest at the Mizzenmast Inn.After a couple days of rest after the days long boat ride, he boards an airship to Gridania, heeding the advice of the crew. Evroult approached the Guild, seeking to speak with the guildmaster herself. This bold step nigh guaranteed his admission. The guild, ever eager to learn about where he came from, offered to trade knowledge, thus allowing him to learn more than he could ever dream about. Aldenard and the neighboring countries, such as Ilsabard and Othard; this was his dream come true.

---1562 - Age 21; Throughout his time in Aldenard, he learns of hrothgar, x’braal tribes in Ilsabard albeit under Garlean occupation. This sparks something inside him— a call to action. Though, he had since hunkered down to make a living in the Botanist's guild, avoiding conflict with no ties to the land. Around this time, the fall of Bozja Citadel resounded through the land. The tragedy radicalized Evroult. He pleaded to join the Conjurer’s Guild to one day assist in efforts against the Garlean Empire. The botanist guild fieldsophs insists he consider staying to assist with distribution and cultivation of crops, especially those he had mastery over. This troubled him deeply, and helped only for so long before reaching out to the Conjurer's guild. His experience there would prove grueling, having never weilded aether in such ways before.

---1572 - Age 31; By this time, Evroult has joined, then dropped out of the conjurer’s guild after conflicting viewpoints, but the teachings he walked away with the tools to create a small art of his own, to which he would nickname as “aetherweaving,” as the healing would utilize the aether and “stitch” a wound. Rocky, rough but worked much faster than normal healing with the caveat of being somewhat itchy afterwards.Still a standing member of the Botanist Guild, he was leading an expedition when the events of the Seventh Umbral Calamity took place. The expedition quickly turned into a relief effort, contacting the guild via linkpearl to prepare. This experience ultimately moves him to take up the blade.

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Present Day - Age 36; After lending time, blade, and blood to various efforts and even through the Final Days, Evroult has since been finding employment via the Adventurer's Guild. The jobs he takes are often long expeditions where he serves as protection. This has afforded him the opportunity to travel to most corners of the Star, and allowed him to meet new faces and make lasting connections. When he's not working or has saved enough gil to meander about, he often travels back to Tural to visit his father, or stay at the Fo'ard Cabins for a bit, as a treat.

Hooks

Turali Roots:
Tural is someplace he had long to visit for years after leaving. Recent developments allowing for aetheryte travel have since had him return to home, and start newfound adventuers in his homeland.
Nature, Healer, Protector:
He moved to Eorzea young, and start out as a young botanist. Botany eventually lead him to study healing magicks during the events of the Seventh Umbral Calamity. He would take up with militia and train of the sword and shield, though not known to him as Paladin, but as Protectors.
Who's in Charge?:
Since major conflicts Evroult had participated in reached their end, Evroult regularly offers his services as a Protector across the Adventurer's Guild, among other adventuring platforms the Star has to offer. This offers him connections across the continents, although his stature often earns him position as charge of expeditions or trades for days to even weeks at a time.
Huge Softie:
Despite everything, his father did not raise him to be so stoic. He has an affinity for friendship, and does what he can to help if he can.

Depictions

Evroult in all his glory. Occasionally featuring his special someone.

OOC; A bit of a mini-portfolio of gposes I've done.

And a bit of a more experimental fish-eye/perspective style that I rarely do but had a lot of fun with!