Y'uraq Tia
A Final Fantasy XIV Original Character
Crystal Data Center, Balmung
Relic Hunter ◆ Void Chaser
Light Seeker ◆ Adventurer ◆ Shadow Keeper
"One does not become enlightened by imagening figures of light..."
"... But by making the darkness conscious."
Page under heavy construction, last updated 4/6/2023

➤ Y'uraq Tia (Yah-oo-rak Tea-ah)
Y'uraq is a miqo'te born of a mixed heritage between the union of a seeker of the sun and a keeper of the moon. Unlike the majority of his kind, Y'uraq was spared into a privileged life across the Eorzean city-states in thanks to his sire's success as a merchant across the free world.Because of his sire's wealth, Y'uraq's childhood was afforded all kinds of luxuries and opportunities for living outside of most conventional tribal standards. He was however close in-touch with his keeper roots through his mother's influence. In result, his mother's guidance allowed Y'uraq to further his education and his talent for spellcasting as he grew among the privileged, and talented youths of Ul'dah.Over time, Y'uraq grew into a young man of culture. He became versed in many things, including world history, and various arts. Most importantly, he had a centralized background in alchemy, thaumaturgy and spellcasting. However, the greatest account for his experiences were with the people he came across during young adulthood under the relative safety of Lominsan laws.Y'uraq lived his privileged and care-free life into his 25th summer, until his freedom as he knew it came to a tragic end, when the wheels of fate turned and burned with the night of the Calamity. Having lost everything and everyone he held dear, Y'uraq succumbed to madness those following moons. And It wouldn't be a few more years trapped in darkness before a defiant stance against his terrible destiny set him loose into the world, and on a grand adventure for self-discovery.Even though Y'uraq survived from his ordeals as a dark knight reborn, the experiences and knowledge he gained through those trying times has left him changed in ways both evident, and intangible. As such, Y'uraq has spent much time reconsidering much of his past, his perceptions between light and dark, the realm, and his place in his new future.Ever since, Y'uraq has made it his mission to seize his second chance. To thrive, learn, live, and take his dreams back from the dark. To explore and pursue the vast reaches of the arcane. To unravel the mysteries behind his Mhachi ancestry, and further understand his grasp over dark and forbidden arts on his own terms.However, Y'uraq's newer pursuits didn't come without more dangers, hardships, heartbreaks, and consequences over the following years. Despite his setbacks and cathartic revelations, Y'uraq has yet to shirk from the challenges and responsibilities that await him.How he'll choose to see them through, is another story.

➤ Basic Information
Birth name: Lia'to Iral | Sex: Male |
Age: 36 summers old | Birthdate: Third sun of the Second umbral moon |
Race: Miqo'te (Mixed Heritage) | Blood Type: |
Height: Six Fulms, One ilm (185.4 cm) | Weight: 140-145 Ponze (63-65 kg) |
Sexuality: Bisexual | Marital Status: Single |
Guardian Deity: Menphina, The Lover | Handedness: Left Handed |
Birthplace: Limsa Lominsa | Current Residence: Ishgard |
Hometown: Beryl Point, Upper La Noscea | Occupation: Relic Hunter, Instructor |
Family: Estranged, Deceased | Nicknames: Raq, Scary one, Defiler |
Weapon of Choice: Swords and Sorcery | Allignment: Chaotic Good |

➤ Stature
Y'uraq stands at just an ilm over six fulms, without counting the length of his ears above his head. As such, he appears to be slightly taller than the average male miqo'te, and his darker complexion confirm he is indeed no stranger to the sun.Y'uraq bares the dominant traits of a 'seeker of the sun' through the sharp slits in his eyes, dominant sense of smell, and sun-kissed skin. However, at a closer glance one may notice his more pronounced fangs that poke through his lips whenever he lets a widened grin, a feature akin to the 'keeper' side of his lineage. In addition, Y'uraq's stands with a thinner and lighter frame. This makes him a notable lightweight for a man his height.Y'uraq has been seen with varying hair lengths throughout the course of his life. From the 'short and clean' days of his childhood, to a mid-length that reflected his own rebellious outlook into his young adulthood. For a long time Y'uraq's hair hung down both opposite sides of his head which often concealed the upper half of his face that revealed but a pair of pointed fangs whenever he smiled.Since his 31st summer, Y'uraq has let his hair grow even longer than it's ever been at the request of a former lover. It currently reaches far past his shoulders and half way down his back. A simple, but otherwise welcome consequence for neglecting his regular visits to the aesthician has allowed Y'uraq's hair become notably longer. Y'uraq has since embraced this natural change as a reminder of the growth and changes he has experienced since the start of his journey.
➤ Scars and Markings
Y'uraq's most notable scar runs down his right brow, reaching half way down his right cheek. There's also a second, smaller scar running down the left side of his face near his lips. In addition, Y'uraq is host to a number of larger and smaller scars and pierced skin markings scattered over the rest of his body.Aside his hereditary markings, some additional markings have appeared over the sides his face and running down the bridge of his nose. Y'uraq suspects the nature and unusual coloration of 'adult' markings may also fall among the consequences wrought by his extended evocation and use of umbral forces. On top of his lack of sleep.
➤ Wardrobe and Fashion
On common days, Y'uraq enjoys outfitting himself in a more casual style, often sporting a pair of blue denims along with the color black, white, or red. He does however bare the greatest fondness for the color black. As far as occasionally indulging himself in a darker appearance, Y'uraq enjoys painting his fingernails black and applying subtle black markings and patterns over his face.

➤ Inquisitive
As an open-minded and academic individual, Y'uraq is prone toward a boundless want for knowledge and understanding for the world of magic and the divine. It's very likely to get his attention with a mere mention of a school of magic before he'll be static to have a long, and profound conversation about the topic at hand.
➤ Determined
Y'uraq has never been the kind to go quietly into the night, or cower in fear. On the contrary, there's been many times when his stoicism carried him through some of the darkest, most painful moments he's faced in his life so far.In the stakes of combat, Y'uraq's loud and defiant demeanor against the odds alone evoke a force to be reckoned with.
➤ Ambiguous
Through the years, Y'uraq's reputation has extended between 'a trusted friend' to 'morally grey' to 'a bastard and a whoreson'. As such, his impulsive deeds have earned him something of a muddled reputation despite his reasons for the past choices he made.At the bottom of everything, Y'uraq feels he is but a man that follows his heart's passions and desires. As such, he is prepared to do what he feels is right, for the things he must.He is however, not void of logic and reason.
➤ Empathetic
As a man once trapped in darkness, Y'uraq understands the terrible burdens between fear, anger, hatred, and the suffering they bring. Because of this, Y'uraq will always look to the opportunity to offer solace for another in need of it.
➤ Relentless
Despite the sliver of kindness he held and cultivated silently through his darkest years, Y'uraq has also come to harbor some cruel, vicious, and twisted tendencies of his own since his initiation as a dark knight.Even though his experiences as such have shown him the terrible price for evoking such bitter forces. Y'uraq has decided to reserve himself in his path, vowing to unleash the full extent of his deepest, darkest madness exclusively for the worst of the worst. Only they are fit to sate his deep, dark, wrathful desires.He'll otherwise seek to avoid less drastic means for retribution in his means to grant a craven abuser a taste befit of their own misery.

➤ Basic Characteristics
Likes / Loves | Dislikes / Hates | Hobbies / Skills | Flaws / Ineptitudes |
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Warm, dry weather | Kobolds | Alchemy | Perfectionist |
Recreational moko grass | Thugs & Criminals | Botany | Overzealous |
Travelling | Bullies & bigots | Spellcasting | |
Thaumaturgy | Slugs | Drawing | |
Competitive sparring | Bad Deals & Dealers | Reading | |
Fine arts | The Lambs of Dalamud | Writing | |
The sounds of thunder | Willful ignorance | Singing | |
Giving Orders | Taking Orders | Dancing | |
Honesty | Forced conversations | Swordplay | |
Teaching others | Seafood | Goldsmithing | |
Spicy foods | Pessimists | ||
Fashion | Sitting Straight | ||
'Fine' alchemy |

➤ Lacrimosa (Lah-cree-mo-sah)
Y'uraq commissioned none other than the distinguished services of Brithael, the Guildmaster of the Lominsan Blacksmiths' guild for a weapon fit for his caliber. Specified with maneuverability, weight, and durability in mind, a zweihander was forged from the finest Garlean darksteel Y'uraq could secure those following moons.Y'uraq named his weapon 'the tearful one' after the Garlean tongue to finalize it as his very own, with a namesake that serves a grim reminder. Lacrimosa has since served Y'uraq with finesse and deadliness.

➤ Kattra (Kat-trah)
Y'uraq was able to draft and assemble a neo-Ishgardian styled staff in collaboration between the Arrzaneth Ossuary, Saint Endalim's Scholasticate, and the Goldsmith's guild of Ul'dahMade of electrum, chromite, and an augmented, deep sapphire orb resting in the staff's core. The combined infusion between the umbral infused staff and the conductive properties of electrum allow for a mass evocation of umbral ice in a pinch when needed, giving it a deep blue glow in action.However, it lacks the conductivity stability to evoke or retain astral flames efficiently.The staff was named after an old, forgotten friend Y'uraq once knew and fancied through his early days of his adolescence in Ul'dah.

➤ Meamignis (Meh-ah-mig-nis)
While it remains a mystery why Y'uraq would name his experiment in Garlean tongue, Y'uraq's augmented ringbands grant him the ability to draw and evoke aether from the astray leys with his bare hands without risking self-immolation.Y'uraq is rarely seen without his pair of augmented ruby ringbands secured over the back of his hands. Their simple design is often overlooked by security personnel, allowing Y'uraq to stay armed through subtle means.However, they do very little to protect Y'uraq from the pains and dangers of frostbites of evoking umbral ice with them.


INDEX

➤ Allagan Tomestone of Mobile Networking (TMN)
An invaluable, handy, and portable touch-operated multitool. A TMN possesses variety of features, including the ability to text and call other TMNs, linkpearls and other communication devices.In addition, Y'uraq is able to access a vast network established also be used to access KIA'sIt also takes pictures!


➤ Treasures & Mementos
(WIP)
INDEX

➤ Plates of the White Jaguar
(WIP)




➤ Sunfury & Sunshadow
The sword and shield that Y'uraq wielded through his fateful summer moons as a rising duelist across the Eorzean rings and championships alike.Y'uraq has retired the sword and shield pairing since the end of his days as a paladin, but keeps them displayed on a miqo'te-sized mannequin posed along with the armaments he wore to combat in those times.Despite their cleaned and conditioned ready for combat, Y'uraq rarely uses them for anything other than the purpose of exhibition.Sunfury and Sunshadow are lot more than mere weapons of iron and steel, they represent an important lesson to Y'uraq that he will vow to remember forever.

