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By the end of the story, Yen will know a decent amount about Azem. Not enough to have a complete picture, but enough to see how they effect others.
I know the answers to many questions, only some I plan on sharing...
7/24/24
Does your wol(oc) know anything about their Azem/Ancient?
I generally describe Yen as pretty boyish. She's unusually tall for a Highlander, she's rough around the edges from very hard living, and I think generally does not come off as put together until she's spent some time with the Scions.
I think the best way to describe her is to imagine a medieval peasant working the fields during a bad couple of years. She's hasn't been well fed for a while, but she has enough in her to work to the bone. Sweat-matted skin and hair, nervous but genuine smiles, tired eyes.
Her becoming the Warrior of Light does only so much for her, but at least Tataru insists on her having proper nutrition!
7/27/24
How would you describe how your wol(oc) looks?
Yen grew up in the Gridanian hamlet of Quarrymill. In-game, it's a little nebulous how long there have been Ala Mhigans there, but I settled on it being a long term "home" for them, a kind of begrudging place for the refugees to stay as there's nowhere else to put them.
Conditions there were always pretty stark. As a small frontier outpost, it lived and died mostly on trade flowing between Gridania and Ul'dah, which meant hard living for the Gridanians and harder living for the Ala Mhigans. Yen started working at a pretty young age, just to help keep everyone afloat. She had access to a few amenities, but they were scarce and precious things.
The Calamity made it all worse: For the five years between Bahamut's rampage and the start of A Realm Reborn, conditions in Quarrymill have slowly and unsteadily climbed from "dire" to "desperate."
Life in Quarrymill has shaped Yen a lot, not necessarily for the best. She's angry, she's hurt, she's defensive of what little she has, and she's desperately afraid of the violence she's seen used on other Ala Mhigans being turned on her. She is also, at least for a good while, illiterate. However, her experiences have made her brave, stubborn (often to a fault), and compassionate. She's willing to move heavens and mountains to prevent someone else from going through what she has, even to a fraction of a degree.
I don't think it's correct to say that her life in Quarrymill made her the Warrior of Light, but it did make her willing to make the choices that led her there.
7/28/24
Where did your wol(oc) grow up? How did that shape them?
Unironically, I think Yen would be a terror in soccer. Decently fast, Dragoon-honed leg strength, extremely practiced visual acuity? I'm just saying, I think she'd be a menace lol
7/20/24
If your wol(oc) was to play a sport, what would they pick?
Random cruelty will always set Yen off, she's just seen too much of it. Runner-up is definitely people who wield their booksmarts like a cudgel, which means her and Y'shtola have had a tumultuous relationship for a while.
It's not that people can't be smarter than her; Yen has long accepted that she'll never be as educated as people who had access to it since childhood, and one of her closest friends was the wickedly smart Papalymo. It's more the arrogance, the assumption that she's some kind of child that needs to be guided along, that gets her goat.
But yeah, if someone is just being cruel, Yen won't resist the urge to intervene if she feels like she can.
9/21/24
What is something that quickly gets under your wol(oc)'s skin? or quickly irritates them?
Bryn:
"Creative...outlet?" He seems lost for a second, and then it dawns on him, and he lets out a soft sound of realization. "Writing. I...journal my experiences. At first it wasn't for my own sake, but...it turned into that. So yah. Writing."
Kaleh'a:
He strums his lute, and grins, plucking each string individually and then striking a quick chord. "I mean...I think it's obvious as a bard, but, music! I play, write, and sing! Any requests?"
9/16/24
What is your wol(oc's) creative outlet?