A MAN WITH A (DAY)DREAM

Raised by his doting parents and spoiled by his siblings, Kusuri grew up in relative peace (all things considered) in a quainter part of the Doma region. His simplistic education and fascination with his parents' work inspired his desire to work in medical botany, hence his affinity with magics more in line with mending than dealing pain. In seeing the encroachment of the Empire firsthand, his disdain for fighting grew, and would rather avoid conflicts altogether. When the family business and home eventually got usurped, he and his family traveled together for some time before broke off and decided he'd get something the Empire seemed to like a lot: money. He determined if he made lots of it, he could get their old home back without need for conflict. 

WHAT'S A "COMPASS"

In endeavoring forth from home, Kusuri sets out to make money in order for his family to buy back their old commandeered home from the nefarious Empire. In doing so, he arrives in Gridania, and, beset by Mother Miounne, is immediately branded as an adventurer. As such, he begins to take oddball jobs - and gets lost immediately, somehow ending up in Ul'dah without even noticing he left the Shroud in its entirety. It is here he meets Liliu Liu, a Lalafell who barely reached up to his thigh, who aids him in not getting as lost anymore. Between the two of them, a simple life of scoring Gs and sending it back home was at last achieved with a little help. Over their time together, Kusuri, enamored with Liliu's bravery and compassion, established himself as her biggest fan, and spread word of her heroic valiance to anyone who'd listen - scoring them even MORE work. However, as she continued to get bad patch jobs from other healers, Kusuri took it upon himself to go forth and learn how to be a Conjurer. That way, he could help out more!

It is this step that ruins his life.

SCIONS OF THE SEVENTH WHOSEE WHAT'S IT?

The stronger his healing became, the more wrapped up in Gridania's growing woes with the Ixals he and Liliu became. And the more he exposed himself to danger, the more the "visions" came upon him, later learned to be Echoes gifted from Hydalyn Herself. Thus he is scouted out by the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, a group of folks set on aiding Eorzea in however they can after the Calamity, and dispatches him (and Liliu) to a variety of different tasks.

One such task came in the name of Ifrit - a Primal, whose worshippers offered him and fellow scouts as tribute. While the flames did not affect him, allowing him to defeat Ifrit to whence he came, he became aware that - even though none of his cohorts perished from the fires - they needed to be put to death as they became a liability in having been tempered. The realization broke Kusuri's spirit in twain, rendering him unable to accept the proposition of continuing to work with the Scions any longer. At least, so he initially thought, but someone blessed with the Echo and speaking to Hydalyn could not very well deny destiny. 

So that is exactly what he did: deny, and live a lie that he was not, in fact, Hydalyn's Chosen; rather, that tile belonged to the brave and clearly significantly more heroic Liliu Liu. Obviously! Anyone who said otherwise were the delusional ones, not him! While he knows, deep down, the truth of his personage, Liliu - after some time - accepts the proposition, and walks as the Warrior of Light... but isn't really.

The true Warrior of Light walks in her shadow.

And together, they brace for the future - come what may...