Kitali Moonblade
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Occupation(s): Mercenary, Scion, Artisan, Warrior of Light
Age: 30s? Probably?
Title(s): Daughter of Dragons, Viscountess de Borel, Ul Tyr the Fae-touched, Imperial Nuisance, Stealer of Pants
Job(s): DRG/NIN, MCH, DRK / omnicrafter, BTN
Partner(s): Haurchefant (briefly 2.5-3.0), Aymeric de Borel (3.3), Estinien Varlineau (6.0)
Basic Info
Kitali is the only daughter of two Xaela mercenaries. Her father was a Gesi lancer and her mother was a Dazkar archer. Both left the Azim Steppe, along with several dozen other families, in the face of encroaching Garlean forces from the west when she was still an infant. She has no memories of her life on the Steppe. They exited the tunnels under the mountains into Doma, where they remained for much of her childhood. They had no home but their own feet, in and out of inn rooms and rest stops.
She learned to use a lance from her father at the age of 6, where she would accompany him on only the safest and lowest stakes jobs he could take. By the time she was 15, she was negotiating her own contracts.
Her father died when she was 8. They were hired to accompany a travelling merchant and were attacked by AWOL Garlean soldiers turned highway bandits, and he sacrificed himself to give her and her mother time to flee. This has, understandably, lead to a lifelong prejudice against Garlemald.
Tensions between her and her mother came to a head when she was about 20, and Kitali left to strike out on her own. She was adopted into a small adventuring party and stayed with them for about 7 years before she wound up crossing into the Black Shroud via Gyr Abania.
DescriptionThe first word that usually comes to mind when meeting Kitali for the first time is "unnerving". She is very closed off, and is curt and direct to the point of rudeness. The way she carries herself gives the impression that she's likely to spring into action at a moment's notice. This would be a correct assessment. She's pessimistic, paranoid, and has little respect for authority figures. Kitali is very much the "anti-hero" school of protagonist and is frequently refusing the call of the greater narrative.
Despite her prickly disposition, Kitali is fiercely protective of the people she packbonds with. She has adopted the Leveilleur twins as her younger siblings after the events of HW.
Joining the ScionsOriginally Kitali joined the Scions of the Seventh Dawn for 1) a steady paycheck and 2) promises of answers about her Echo. She received only the former, and resents Minfillia for a lack of the latter to this day. There is a great deal of depersonalisation from the rest of the Scions, particularly during the events of ARR and Shadowbringers. It was not until well into Heavensward that she was able to make any genuine connections.
At present (6.58), the only Scions she will listen to are Estinien, the twins, and Thancred.
Personal LifeWhen she is not tearing through a region like a destructive force of nature, Kitali prefers a quiet life, and will aid in rebuilding and repairing damage she's left behind. She was a key factor in the Ishgardian Restoration following the end of the Dragonsong War and is still enrolled as a guild member of the Skysteel Manufactory. She enjoys reading immensely and is slowly working her way through her husband's personal library. To fill the hours left empty by a lack of need for sleep, she has picked up nearly every hobby available on the star and occasionally takes commissioned work.
I am slowly getting better at doing these sorts of intros but I still feel like it's lacking. I have SO Much Lore to talk about it's hard to get it all condensed and coherent.
Answers will always be OOC since the IC answer to any personal questions would be getting told to fuck off, which is not exactly conducive for an AMA