Personnages

When S'gha was a Miqo'te kitten her tribe was attacked by raiders. The Miqo'te that were not slaughtered managed to escape, but not unscathed. As a result of such trauma, her memories of her childhood are quite hazy and she knows hardly anything of her origins.

S'gha grew up in the forests of Gridania, always aspiring to learn healing so she could protect those close to her. She joined the Conjurer's guild and was educated in the ways of the elementals. Eventually she was honored in Gridania for her efforts and was asked to travel to other cities in order to provide aid there as well.

She was in for quite a culture shock, as these new cities were vast and lacked the protective forest she knew and loved. It was quite difficult for her as her ties to the elementals were yet young and frail, therefore her power was not as strong outside of the forest.

While in Ul'Dah, S'gha met the mages of the Thaumaturge's guild. Through casual discussion, she brought up her concerns about being far from home, and as such far from her source of power.

The Thaumaturges educated S'gha in the art of manipulating aether in order to cast devastating spells far more powerful than she had ever seen. A little frightened, she asked how she could possibly protect her friends without access to strong healing powers. It was then she learned a valuable lesson:

"Healing is wonderful when your friends have been injured; but consider this - what if you could be so strong that your friends never suffer injury? What if you could wipe out your enemies in a flash, without anyone ever needing treatment?"

Those words touched her heart, causing her to think, "What if someone could have stopped the raiders before they slaughtered my people?"

Her decision was made. S'gha strove to become the strongest mage she could be; in this way, she might protect her friends from experiencing the trauma she suffered as a wee kitten.

Over time she grew strong in the ways of Black Magic, however Black Magic is strong as it is dark and while she was proud of her power, she was also afraid of it.

While adventuring, she chanced upon a man in red. He assisted her with her quarry quite swiftly and easily - then requested they conference in private.

The red-clad man must have sensed S'gha's growing fear and indecision - and as such revealed that he was a Red Mage.
S'gha had never heard of such a thing. The man explained that Red Mages make use of both Black and White magics, and then channel their power into a powerful melee weapon to defeat their foes. A Red Mage's goal is to fight for those who are oppressed, and to rescue those who cannot save themselves.

This sounded exactly like what S'gha had been wanting her whole life. Starry eyed and bushy-tailed, she wasted no time in accepting the Red Mage as her new mentor.
It was in this way her new journey would begin.