Profile
M'RHOS TIA
ALA MHIGAN | MAGE | SWORDSMAN | POET
GENDER: (transgender) Male
PRONOUNS: He / Him
ORIENTATION: Bisexual, preference for men
RACE: Miqo'te, Seeker of the Sun
AGE: 21
HEIGHT: 5'2"
WEIGHT: ~130 ponze, all muscle
BIRTHDAY: 17th sun, 4th astral moon (August 17th)
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Rhalgr’s Reach
PERSONALITY:
DRIVEN. ENTHUSIASTIC. HARD-WORKING. M'rhos is many things, chief of which is “extremely sincere”. He radiates a feeling of intensity - but not in an intimidating capacity. Rather, he boasts a welcoming and kind aura most times. And should one approach him, they will find he’s as forthcoming with interested enthusiasm for almost any topic as he is with the cheerful smiles and winks he doles out to anyone he can cast eyes on. On the same coin, when he’s in a foul mood, most everyone will know. Immediately. He feels things intensely, and by virtue of his sincere nature, he’s no good at hiding whatever emotion he finds himself wrapped up in.
Despite his natural disposition, M'rhos knows when to stay quiet, and - even more importantly - seem unimportant and uninvolved. When he doesn’t want eyes on him, he is quick to adopt a more reserved personality. It won’t stand up to scrutiny, should one try to engage with him, but it does the job. A handy safety mechanism, M'rhos has used it to navigate the dangerous everyday life of a native Ala Mihgan citizen under Garlean rule. It’s one of the many mannerisms (large and small) that the occupation of his home country has taught him.
Another of those mannerisms is paranoia. While his doesn’t manifest outwardly often, it can be noted in his little quirks. He doesn’t like when people stand just a bit too close, or if they eavesdrop on his conversations. Nor does he like sudden, unexpected physical contact. Should one do one of these things, he will likely treat them with badly concealed suspicion, until his fears are assuaged. Still, M'rhos holds a deep-seated sense of optimism that, as little of he thinks of the current state of the world and some people in it, there is a bright future ahead. One that can be reached through a shared love for others and cooperation. From this belief comes his willingness to put aside his fear of spies and traitors to try and foster relationships.
HISTORY:
Born just before the fall of Ala Mhigo - and just after the death of the Mad King - M'rhos has never known life as a free man. Until now. The son of M'rahz Nunh and M'jera Iros, M'rhos has many siblings - maternal and paternal. However, he’s always been closest to his mother’s other children; his two elder sisters (M'raye and M'etra) and one younger brother (M'xanh).
Growing up in the M tribe, he heard, saw, and experienced the cruelty of Imperial rule over and over again. But, rather than falling to despair and accepting the fate of Ala Mhigo as a foregone conclusion, he listened often to the older, idealistic members of his tribe. Namely, M'naago. In their words he found a sense of righteousness, and that feeling grew in him a set of morals and ideals that have guided him since.
At age 12, M'rhos and his eldest sister, M'raye, came to a realization. The two of them, having always been close and who often confided in each other, found in themselves something they didn’t know how to explain. A want to change, a feeling that something was wrong; not with they, themselves, but with how people saw them, and how their bodies felt.
A year of quiet exploration passed before they shared the news with others. The two of them would be taking new names, new titles, and assuming new roles; M'raye as a sister where once people had thought her a brother, and M'rhos as a son where once he was seen as a daughter.
After coming to majority, M'rhos was reluctant to leave the Peering stones - but in the end, the call of the Ala Mhigan Resistance’s ideals and the feeling he was but another hungry mouth for the tribe to feed led him to depart. In the Resistance, he first worked as a camp-hand; lending aid with cooking, foraging, and tending to fires, tents, and the armory. In the last two turns, however, he stepped into the role of messenger - and then foot-soldier.
As a practitioner of Red magic, he found his place as an infantry swordsman with the ability to act as an emergency medic. And in this job he has stayed - though the liberation of Ala Mhigo has left him with more time off between deployments.
