Ash'leytai Ati

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The following is taken from Ash'leytai's carrd.

Ash'leytai is an extremely gay Seeker of the Sun Miqo'te, and a mess of gender. Naturally, none of that proved a good fit for the Seekers' heteropatriarchal society, and their strict adherence to a gender binary. So he rebelled, and rebelled, and rebelled, and finally left the tribe. Like most tribe deserters, he founded his own tribe, the Ash tribe—choosing three letters instead of  the traditional two, invoking the word for what remains when something (like Seeker tradition) is burned down. Being opposed to harems, the Ash tribe is instead a polyamorous tribe. Ash'leytai had expected to be the only member, but was joined by (and began dating) a gender non-conforming Miqo'te boy, Ash'dyalani, who currently works
as his retainer.

On deserting, he changed his given name to Leytai, a name traditionally  given to Seeker girls. He also corrupted Tia into Ati, matching his desire to queer the concept of a Tia. He's fine with any pronouns, and in fact prefers not to always be gendered the same way. Ash'leytai's gender is a mess, but it's queer, fluid, and non-binary. He doesn't attempt to concretely label it; labels are ephemeral!

Ash'leytai is lighthearted and goofy. A himbo, through and through, he has a habit of saying surprisingly insightful things, and then totally ignoring his own insight. He's also very prone to misunderstanding things. How much of it is performative? More than you'd think, way less than you'd hope. And besides, much like his gender, Ash'leytai's personality is quite fluid.

Being yet another thirsty gay catboy, Ash'leytai can be flirty, especially with those he knows. (He's also a total slut, but that's neither here nor there.) Many people call Miqo'te cats (I just did!), but Ash'leytai takes exception to this. He insists he's a dog! This, however, is betrayed by his cartoonishly cat-like speech quirks, often ascending into high-pitched speech punctuated by nyaa's—especially when excited/anxious/scared.

He's quite perceptive, in truth. How much of that perception he shares is... questionable, and what he shares is often cloaked in humor. But he appears to have worthwhile insight underneath his gay himbo catboy surface be a normal dog, nyaa.