#urianger happened to be at the same place picking up alisaie's rapier

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About A’lin

Figure I should make a proper about page. Gonna make it here for the moment. Still very much a WIP

Name: A’lin Graeme

Age: 26 at the start of ARR, 29 as of patch 5.18, 30 as of 5.3

HIstory: Normal-ish childhood and early adulthood for a seeker. She grew up in Outer Vylbrand near Bronze Lake. As a child, she was often called Lin of the Frost by her mother, father, and other adults in the clan, after a late Hailstorm came about on the day of her birth. She later grew into it, with growing sharp skills in archery. When she shot her bow, it was as if a chill brushes past with the released arrow.

At 21, as Dalamud began to grow in the sky, Lin realized she wanted to see the world, or at least Eorzea, but always found some excuse to never stray farther than Limsa. A few weeks before that great calamity, she took off, and drowned herself in hedonism. First in Limsa, then in Ul’dah. However, there was one place she wanted to go for certain. Just as she was called Lin of the Frost, the nickname had her family claim she had Halone’s favor. While she doubted she could talk her way into Ishgard, she wanted to see the city, and perhaps find that holy spot she heard some adventurers prayed to for some reason.

It took everything to try and convince anyone to take her. Too close to the battle of Carteneau, the Garleans. No place for civilians like them. Still, A’lin found one fool willing to take her word that she could protect them. Unfortunately, the timing of her pass through Northern Thanalan towards Mor Dhona coincided with that exact day. While none of Dalumud’s fragments fell on them, the sudden burst of heat from Bahamut lifted the carriage yalms in the air, and tossed it nearly half a malm from where it started.

The driver and their chocobos died instantly. A’lin, however survived. Or so she believed for the longest time.

She doesn’t know exactly what happened, but she woke up some time later in a house owned by a woman who called herself Heidi. Heidi was a skilled alchemist, and found her near death and brought her back to heal. Lin was stuck with bedrest for the next few months, and with a lack of anything better to do, started to read various books Heidi had. Lin found herself engrossed with everything. While she could read before, there was never something that captured her attention before. She thought perhaps she hadn’t been given the incentive, as a more active child in the past, but even some stories she bored of before seemed amazing with this new lease on life.

Even after the bedrest, Heidi insisted she stay for some time and build up her strength again. A’lin started off with some easy errands in the safest of paths to help her benefactor, and later began to return to hunting. She never remembered to write to her family to let them know she was alive. She knew she may have been on a list, or at least assumed dead.

It took five years from the day she woke up, but Lin finally knew she had to leave Heidi. The woman suggested she make her way to Gridania, instead of the closer Ul’dah or Lin’s home on Vylbrand, to further train her skills with the bow.

When Lin returned to Mor Dhona during her quest to save the captured Scions, she never could find that house she lived in for years, despite her moving between it and Revenant’s Toll many times in the past.

To do: List the minor changes in the story (Relationship with Haurchefant, timing of certain job quests [DRG and DRK])

After learning about the unrest in Garlemald from Estinien, A’lin went to share the news with her friends, and work through her own feelings, in Norvrandt, however, after three days there, she learned that time had contracted to a comparative standstill on the Source, and when faced with a dilemma of living an unknown time on Norvrandt, and leaving, hoping nothing falls without her help, she chose the former option.

During this time, she continued to help Thancred, Urianger, and Ryne with Eden, along with study some odd ruins in Kholusia. However, the most important happening was finding a truth about herself she will not share with most people. Due to the revelations, she started to learn magic, and found that the Red Magic Alisaie picked up agreed most with her aether, at least for the moment.

While she managed to master the skill during her time there, six months after she chose to stay, time returned to a pace equivalent enough she felt safe returning to the Source, and did so.

From there, Lin’s story is quite similar to canon in 5.2 and 5.3. The one big difference is that when Gaius asked Lin to help with a fight, she called on her friends to help him instead with Ruby Weapon. However, when it came time for Sapphire, her friends turned the tables on her.

She spent a month or two after reviving G’raha and his induction into the scions  travelling with him and training. First a trip to Hingashi, Doma, and the Azim Steppe, then a trip to Azys Lla. In an untouched wing of the Fractal Continuum, G’raha proposed to her with a carnelian and turquoise necklace. However, for the moment, only a handful of people know about the engagement, given that on the Source, their courtship has been short.

Personality: A’lin is a mix of contradictions as the Warrior of Light. Sometimes she is reluctant to fight, other times she’ll jump in to test her strength. She is proud of her seeker identity, but often seems to forget the smallest things about her home clan after her time away.

The consistent parts of her, however, is her ability to care. While at first, she often resented the way the Scions treated her, and how she tended to identify closer with the Free Company many of her friends belonged to, over time and trials, each of them have earned her trust (First Alphinaud and Tataru as they faced the Heavensward, then Alisaie and Lyse during the rebellions. Finally Y’shtola, Urianger, and Thancred through her trip through Norvrandt and the First). This same trust is applied only to the leaders of two of the nations she has helped, Aymeric and House Fortemps of Ishgard and the Exarch of the Crystarium. She does not hold any pretenses about her choice to favor those Nations over the original Eorzean Alliance.

In her free time, she finds herself seeking out new songs, or when particularly inspired, compose herself. She can fashion her aether in the shape of a glowing turquoise harp, perfectly tuned, and will do so whenever she learns or makes new songs to her repertoire.

Lin loves collecting various small trinkets, such as low currency coins, jewelry, or figurines.

Jobs: A’lin is first and foremost an Archer and Bard (Level 80) in her fighting before she was trapped in Norvrandt for six months. She learned the skills of the Dragoon to a certain degree (Level 60), and on rare moments, she can form a zweihander and heavy armor, though she is loathe to talk about how she became so proficient to any except the Exarch, and he keeps her secrets (Level 80). However, when she returned during a period of severe contraction of time in Norvrandt, Lin sported a rapier much like Alisaie’s, and shows particular skill with the weapon and spells in ways others have not seen (Level 80, but hasn’t met X’rhun or Arya yet. Will probably when I can find a later break that fits)

While she is not an Astrologian, one of her friends taught her some skills, which she mixes into her style of fighting in her other jobs.

Style of Dress: While her choice in gloves and chestpieces can vary depending on day, in her daily life, she will almost always be seen with a hat cocked to one side, long boots, and short slops. However, when it comes time to fight, if she has the time, she will change to items that guard her legs, arms, and torso appropriately for the role she needs to fill, though under it all, she will usually still have the boots which make her feel most comfortable.

Trivia: The Lin of the Seventh Umbral Calamity and Later is not the A’lin of the Sixth Astral Era. Well, she is, but she isn’t. Instead, A’lin did die in the calamity, but given the precise timing and the fact that as WoL she has the soul of the Forteenth, the part of her soul in the Seventh merged their own with her, creating a mix of the two personalities, and keeping Lin’s body alive long enough for Hydaelyn to save her. While Lin did actually go to Revenant’s Toll, she was more an oddity, because no one could figure out where she came from. Those who followed saw her disappear after about 200 yalms from the settlement.