#but it's also just one of those “zenos is a self made prodigy” kind of things that I really enjoy

[fatedroses]

zenos, but he's getting spammed by his weirdly tech savvy great-grandfather.

[lighttheabyss]

//For those interested in RPing with Khaida, the following screens are her ‘canon’ right now!

DRK - Not your ‘typical’ DRK; due to the events of ‘Down Into the Black’, a way to vent large amounts of voidtaint at once had to be developed for her, and her ancestress Íomhá came up with such a thing. Though it is far more physical than Khaida was used to, she’s taken to the blade very well, and spent most of the events of Stormblood standing between enemies and her allies.

BLM - Khaida picked this back up off and on after the events of ‘Down Into the Black’, and threw herself back into studying it seriously after the defeat of Zenos. She is, first and foremost, a child of the Black, and there was a sort of relief in picking up the staff again, secure in the knowledge that she wasn’t just a tool of destruction. She’s taken to wearing a mask again when she’s flinging spells to harm, reveling once more in being the ‘Faceless Prodigy of the Thaumaturges’ Guild’.

RDM - Picked up between the events of 3.55 and 4.0, Khaida took to Red Magic like a fish to water, and she spends the most time of late with rapier at her side. Red Magic has proven to be a good way to keep her voidtaint in check, so long as she’s not dealing with anything particularly reality-breaking.

AST - Khaida originally picked up a starglobe out of curiosity, and it became nearly her sole method of spellcasting between 3.2 and 3.55. She’s even ended up with a sentient star globe she calls ‘Quartz’, and good luck parting her and her AST soul stone or Anima.

MCH - Gracie picked it up first, but Khaida wasn’t far behind. Stephanivien de Haillenarte was too bright a person to ignore, and the melding of aether and machine in a way that wasn’t magitek was too much of a siren song for Khaida to ignore. She’s become a crackshot, though Gracie is far better. Anyone who might be impressed by her shooting skills will find themselves pointed in the direction of Khaida’s ‘Wind and Sky’ with stories of the feats Gracie manages with her flintlock.

Location - Khaida can most often be found in Kugane, Ishgard [and Dragonhead], Doma, and the Reach. She can also be found now and then in Ul’dah [she IS a member of the Flames and is intensely loyal to the Sultana].

Shipping - Just a reminder that not only is Khaida multiship, she is very poly. @reasoningruffles​ is almost always a part of her dynamic, and even if you don’t ship with Gracie, just keep in mind Khaida very dearly loves her Wind and Sky and any arrangement that tries to cut Gracie out entirely will be a no go. Her ships with @skysteelsun​ and @ofsacrificeandfallingsnows​, and @exscientiavir​, @alandeathweaver​, and @libertatearchitecto​ are in separate ‘verses from other ships [minus Gracie, because again, Gracie is Important as Hell to Khaida], so please keep this in mind! [If you develop a platonic relationship with Khaida tho, it is possible any questions about her love life will default to one of those ships!]

Down Into the Black - What’s this ‘Down Into the Black’ thing? Basically, Khaida’s ancestress Íomhá was an Echo-touched Mhachi voidmage who dipped a little too far into the void. That voidtaint has passed on the generations, and has been mostly dormant for some time now. Khaida diving headlong into the Black kind of...woke the voidtaint on her own soul up, and it built and built, but Black Magic kept it well enough in check. Until the events of 3.2, where Khaida ended up throwing her staff and Gem of Shatotto into storage in a fit of self-doubt and self-loathing. The voidtaint suddenly had no vent, and it built and built. The combination of having to fight her childhood friend Brody while he was being used as a puppet by Ascians, Baelsar’s Wall, and Dun Scaith shook her so badly that she finally snapped and all that voidtaint came rushing forward. Íomhá had awoken from stasis by then, and helped contain her wayward descendant and siphon off much of the exploding voidtaint. Khaida spent from then until after the events of 3.55 in recovery under the watchful eye of E-Sumi-Yan and Íomhá. [Gracie participated in the release of Omega; Khaida only got to be at the meeting Nero showed up at. Ooooh did she FEEL the fight though. She was very aetherically sensitive during that time, more so than usual.]

What’s this WoL doing in MY RP? - Simply put, if you don’t want to RP with a WoL who is companion to other WoLs, Khaida’s not the character for you to hang with. She was conceived as a Warrior of Light from the get-go, and has never been a singular WoL either. Saying that, I am always happy for more WoLs for her to RP with and develop bonds with! Scions, too! If you’re curious about what she was like from the beginning to now, I am more than happy to share if you throw me a message! o uo I am not chronologically locked, so I am totally down for past RP!

Side Characters - You may see side characters from time to time on here! There’s Quartz, the spirit of Khaida’s Anima weapon; Íomhá, Khaida’s Mhachi ancestress who was in stasis until about 3.3ish; Kahzu Ahmahno, Khaida’s mother who is slowly becoming less and less xenophobic and traditionalist in the wake of 3.3; Kenja’ Cohrce, Khaida’s father and a merchant who has made a name for himself by being among one of the first to return to Gyr Abania; and Moh Esh, the dragonet of Nidhogg’s brood that Khaida accidentally adopted who refuses a gender label and loves taking a glamoured form of an androgynous Keeper miq’itten around others.

In Game RP - I don’t do this a whole lot, simply because I’ve little practice and few people on the same server as me at the same time. My main is on Goblin, but I do have alts on Sargatanas, Balmung, and Brynhildr!

Crafting! - Khaida does have canon crafting classes, but this post is already long as heck. |D ASK AWAY IF YOU WANNA KNOW~.