ABOUT

“What does my name mean?”
“It means something that burns bright.”Koh was born in Gridania after their parents moved out of Ul’dah. A simple and carefree life thanks to her parents’ artisan professions. And yet she sought more out of life, trying her best to reach something that always seemed out of her reach...In secret Koh trained to be a Lancer, while their mother taught them about carpentry and forestry. Their father had been an alchemist back in the desert city-state of Ul’dah, as such Koh learned to read and make poultices, things they could use in their mission to be a Wood Wailer. They wanted to go beyond their woods some day. The cuts and scraps that Koh would bring back home made their parents act; 17 summers was a good time to make an arranged marriage to keep the young Miqo’te from getting into more problems. The two had heard stories and rumors about their daughter’s plan to be a lancer, but that stubbornness and determination to walk her own path would undoubtedly (in their parents’ eyes) be her own downfall.Koh, late into the autumn season, packed their bags in the dead of night and snuck away after meeting what felt like their 10th suitor. They escaped with their freedom intact and took what little experience and combat training and managed to make it all the way to Ul’dah. As much as it would have been preferable to use a sword and shield for caravan guarding, Koh fought with all their heart as a Lancer. It was hard work, but even harder still getting into the city of Ul’dah after a year. Running around as a courier some days had its ups and downs inside the city, and once being of age Koh offered what little botany and alchemist services they had to pleasure houses. In exchange the Miqo’te had a permanent place to sleep in and heard stories that the courtesans would tell during breaks. The stories fueled their desire to travel again.The wanderings during their days off led them to the Thaumaturges’ Guild and that was that. Koh found a calling for magicks that let them travel past Ul’dah and they were determined to reach new heights and adventures with it. During those younger years, Koh was as brilliant as a comet with fire magic and unfortunately very stubborn. Wanting to prove themselves, they went out with a small party to investigate the disappearance of some folks in the Deepwoods. It felt strange coming back home to the forests of Gridania after so long.Sadly it was a homecoming met with fear and danger, as the group encountered the Lambs of Dalamud. Living sacrifices and terrifying voidsents tested the party inside Tam-Tara Deepcroft. The young mage came back with one other survivor shaken and terrified, refusing to speak about what happened. Whispers of voidsent soon followed in the wake of their re-appearance back in Ul'dah. The Miqo’te changed in demeanor; their voice was as soft as a whisper and took great care in making sure to conceal themselves, and shortly became obsessed with the idea of being a Black Mage; to the point of driving them to commit a taboo. They hid their sin behind an eye-patch. Their body showed their folly plain, scars and burn marks along with dark ashen skin and sometthing like ink that stained the skin, they covered themselves up to hide it. The black sclera of their eyes concealed with glamour... acting as if nothing bad happened. In truth the Black Mage's soul stone they had stolen cracked in their pursuit of power driven by fear, and Koh was determined to mend it.Koh became obsessed with tracking and disposing of voidsent, convinced it would be enough to mend their stone. Till one day their connection to magic just stopped altogether. Frustrated, it pushed the Miqo’te to the wintery and harsh city of Ishgard to try and recover (after being found by a patrol unit near the gates passed out in the snow), but just mentioning anything relating to dark magics was heresy in there. Not wanting to sit around and do nothing they offered their lancer service to fight off whatever dragons and wyrms plagued the area and became a Dragoon through service after some years. That had an unintended effect, Koh in time grew to love and care for the dragons but even that friendship couldn’t repair the state of their cutoff from magic.When the Dragonsong War came Koh fought to protect innocent folks in the Brum, fearing that they'd cross paths with old friends on the field. Still all that pain and sacrifice wasn't enough to mend the mage's stone once the war was over.Then, one day during what should’ve been a routine hunt turned perilous. 'I want to live...' that simple thought made fire come alive in their hands.
As cliche as it was, it was the will to live that mended the soul stone and brought back their spark.Still, despite all that there are moments when Koh can feel themselves slipping. Headaches out of nowhere, voices of those long dead, everyone says its stress. Maybe a vacation is in order...They live in Ishgard permanently and walk around town from time to time or help those that come visit their apothecary. Anything really to keep from going restless, otherwise they wander in the late night hours. Koh's even taking up a greatsword to try and "spice things up".