Nergui Qestir

Twenty-five years before the fall of Dalamud, a child was born to the Qestir tribe of Xaela on the Azim Steppe who was recognized by a Mol mystic as having a special blessing and ability to hear the voice of the dusk Goddess Nhamaa (in actuality, Hydaelyn.) It was prophesied in a dream that he would become a great hero and prevent the world from succumbing to certain doom, but would die in doing so. The name 'Nergui', a unisex traditional Xaela name that means 'nameless', was given to him in order to trick evil spirits into believing the child was unimportant, therefore protecting him from their malice. Since his mother died shortly after his birth and his father before it, he was raised by his closest relatives: a grandmother and aunt. Guardians from the Mol tribe also saw that he was kept safe and taught him more about the world he was destined to explore. Nergui was a rebellious, inquisitive and curious child who often got into trouble and made plenty of work for his caretakers though he didn't like causing it. He took an interest in magic from a young age and learned from his grandmother and the Mol mages to heal and defend himself as well as perform simple divinations and medicine with herbs, stones, and ritual prayers.

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His first romance as a teenager was with a Dotharli girl with whom he often snuck out to hunt and challenge beasts to a fight despite the warnings of their elders. They were forcibly separated as their elders believed their friendship put Nergui in too much danger, and he never saw her again until much later in his life. Another friend, Degei Qalli, helped him discover his love of music and see the potential beauty in words, which his own tribe forbid and considered to be all lies. As a young adult, Nergui was engaged to be bonded with a man from the Kha tribe whom his family approved strongly of. This stoic and supportive axe fighter, Aruktai Kha, died in a tragic hunting accident and thus could not keep his promise to travel the world together once Nergui had left home. Upon leaving alone to carry out his destiny, he then lived in Kugane and employed his wit, looks and coy charm as a courtesan for five years before escaping the shady brothel by  boarding a workers' boat headed for Eorzea after Dalamud's fall. This boat landed in Thanalan where a caravan took him to Ul'Dah, where he stayed at an inn for another three years.

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There, during a training mission from the Thaumaturge's Guild, he ended up running into Y'shtola Rhul of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn who was able to recognize his echo and recruit him to help the Scions. Nergui considered this part of his destiny and accepted without a second thought.

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During the final days, Nergui encountered his fate - a very dangerous blasphemy that transformed from his childhood friend now grown and travelling in the area. His final effort was a dynamis spell that burned them both into oblivion. After unexpectedly rising from the dead three days later, Nergui began to question his religious beliefs and his destiny. With time now to settle down and the dissolution of the official Scions, he was forced to confront his own feelings and figure out what to do with the life he never though he would have. He decided to go out to host clubs and various functions to work on his social skills as well as open his own inn/brothel, dubbed Nergui's Castle, as well as practice his fortune-telling, mining and potion-making for a living. He also opened a magic shoppe and cafe in Gridania called Id'Shidh, which serves as his workshop and study when not open.

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One night while crafting in his shoppe, he started having strange visions during meditation that nagged at him to look into the past at his mother's life. Further visions suggested that the story of his parents that he knew was not entirely true. After piecing them together and waiting for the echo to reveal the full story, he learned that his mother actually died before he was born and her body was used by a succubus from the void to live in the Source in attempt to escape the miserable, lonely, savage eternal life in that world. Nergui was conceived and born by that succubus, who also killed his father by losing control of her hunger for aether, and eventually left the body, no longer able to deal with the grief and emotions of her host, so that she appeared to die of a mysterious illness. After struggling to accept this and divulging the information to his former Scion associates, he was asked to help them investigate some troubles in the thirteenth reflection. Spending time inside exposed him to the darkness enough to transform him further, so that he now lives as a voidsent would, hungering for aether.

In his efforts to accept this and learn more about the void and void magic, he formed a small and obscure order of misfit magic scholars, artisans, and artists based on the philosophies of his former unsundered self to honor the past known as the Morpheic Mystery.

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