NAME:
Nergui Tumet

GENDER:
Female

AGE:
24

AFFILIATION:
None

RACE / SPECIES:
Xaela, Au Ra



ABILITIES:

Chosen of Hydaelyn: As the chosen of Goddess and mothercrystal Hydaelyn Nergui was gifted with several traits only accessible by those infused with her aether. With this blessing Nergui is protected by the Goddess' aetheric signature and is able to resist any and all non-mundane forms of mental altering or brainwashing. While originally made to resist Eikons it serves equally well against attempts made by lesser beings. This also allows her a lesser degree of resistance to magical or divine based attacks and while not immune to any degree against these attacks it does limit the degree of time such attacks persist for and will eventually remove any debilitating effects or ward some of the damage from direct attacks.

The Echo: A lesser degree of gift given to those chosen to help defend the realm from the Eikon's, the echo grants the same mental resistance as being the Chosen but not the defense against the divine. Furthermore it holds an extra ability only useable by those with extreme amounts of aether flowing through them or the Chosen. This secret ability allows for the ability to discern differences in aetheric density in the air and literally see projections of attacks before they occur. While it is virtually useless against an opponent that does not use any form of magic, those that do will find the majority of their moves either predicted or dodged by one using the echo. Note that having the ability to tell it is coming does not mean Nergui will always be able to perfectly block and will only work against those who use magic or divine abilities commonly.

Soul Crystals: An ability entirely unique to the Chosen within the lands of Hydaelyn is the owning and use of soul crystals between battles. These crystals allow for Nergui to switch between several sets of armor and clothing most fitting to a specific 'class' and giving her the knowledge of abilities used by the soul trapped within the crystal. At the current time Nergui has access to six different crystals and while these abilities are all powerful on their own, Nergui is unable to switch from one class to the other without waiting for some time to pass for the aetheric energies to 'cooldown' and must wait four posts between each class change.


APPEARANCE:

At her base Nergui is not too different from most other Xaela of her land, black horns curling forward from the sides of her head to end just inches past her upper cheeks, and a thick tail swinging free from whatever cloth was behind/below her having obviously been cut free with tanned skin and straight purple hair she often curls over a single shoulder. Unlike most of her species Nergui is more heavily scaled than on average with thick black scales covering her cheeks, forehead, wrists, parts of her arm, and sparsely dotting her chest and legs. While within her clan it would have been considered an honor for one to be born with such markings as being easily shown off as a status symbol, and to be proudly shown as indications of one being far closer to their supposed draconic ancestors than any other it was often a source of discrimination targeted towards her from the less accepting peoples.

Small scars dot her exposed skin, chips in her scales making ugly pocks in random portions of the plating are an all too common feature showing the trials that Nergui was forced to endure as a warrior of light, and while not easily viewed from the distance or even noticed up close thanks to her dark skin, they are there. She will often wear long, breathy clothing or armor which allows her to hide herself should the need arise or should the Xaela begin to feel uncomfortable. A useful gift of Nergui's is the ability to switch between several different sets of armor stored inside of soulgems she keeps on her person as described in abilities.



PERSONALITY:

Nergui is a resilient soul borne from her clan's harsh customs which produce strong warrior but shades of people and it is only through her blessings that Nergui was capable of passing these tests with her mentality only twisted rather than broken. Due to this upbringing in which survival and strength was paramount over even her kin she has come to want for only battles in which she has a chance of death and with each increasingly powerful foe felled she found that not only did she have to hold back against those she did not wish to kill but that in fact those that once challenged her were mere stepping stones in comparison to the greater foes. A person who was once a hero became reckless and charged forth into any Eikon encounter that could be found, using all of her power to destroy the false gods and finding even them to be wanting.

On the matter of religion Nergui is not a Xaela who is incredibly devout to the normal Gods of Eorzea but like most of her kin she holds strong reverence for the Dusk mother and regularly prays to her before battle and meals. She will not disparage the gods of others but takes no pleasure in learning about them and will often take insult should someone attempt to force her to not pray or offer a sacrifice to the Dusk mother.

HISTORY:

Born to the Tumet tribe that wonders the Azim Steppe in a constant circle of strife and survival with nature and the eternal foe that is Garlean warmachines. To grow amongst the Xaela is to know challenge and suffering for a single step forward on a never-ending path towards annihilation. The Tumet tribe did not see itself as such, merely doing as the generations before them had done and freely warring with fellow tribes in a constant bid to claim the title of Khagan and rule over all tribes of Xaela descent. The Tumet tribe is unique in that their small size is not due to losses in war but through the trial that all children were forced to pass to continue living with the tribe.

At the age of ten a child would be taken to a sacred tree blessed by the Mol tribe's Priestess in the name of the Dusk Mother and tied against the tree with thick ropes. The tribe then collects their things and leaves for the next site and the children must escape and meet with the tribe once more to survive. Only three in five children survived such an experience and it was only thanks to the fruitful number of births within the tribe and their skilled warriors that they had not yet been wiped away. Like all children within her tribe Nergui was also forced to experience this trial and came out of it stronger if a bit damaged.

Her story as the Warrior of Light began some twelve years after her trial on the tree when the young Xaela had travelled to the lands of Eorzea to learn the ways of their fighting and magic to take back home and win her tribe the honor of Khagan. What she had not been expecting was to receive the blessing of a goddess, become embroiled in an international plot between competing empires and be forced to slay physical manifestations of Gods to save the regions they appeared within. Crystal Bearer, Dark Driver, Goddess of War, Starcaller, The Swirling Abyss, Survivor of the song, The White. All were titles she eventually bore on her constant quest for strength and skill.

While too much occured on her travels to record in sufficient enough words her current predicament seems to be concerned with being trapped within a new world after the Machine-God Omega stole her from his arena in which he had threatened to destroy the entirety of her world should she not compete and forced her into this new world to find and compete against those in this new world who represent some of the stronger entities it had observed across the world.s