about ys Ys is my girl, my slasher DRK that I've had a lot of trouble solidifying my angle for years! A freak with the Echo that works in the underbelly of Sharlayan, and facetiously leads a double life as a Dark Knight.A goofball who has a particularly smug 'ohoho!~'. Formally educated with Sharlayan, and resentful of it! Informally educated by the order of Dark Knights, and resented by it!credits to!suncarrds (whose work I have butchered, thankies!) some adobe black marble texture, uhhh, ff14? and stuff

about me Hey! I'm a sappy dork that plays an evil goofball! I am actually a HUGE SOFTY and PLEASE FORGIVE MY INSINCERE EDGE. Honestly i'm more likely to play a saturday morning cartoon villain but here we areYs is like, canonically more of a Dark Knight than anything! But I tend to play PLD and SAM more than anything. I'm not super great at the game, and wouldn't recommend roping me in for anything harder than EX difficulty fights!credits to!suncarrds (whose work I have butchered, thankies!) some adobe black marble texture, uhhh, ff14? and stuff

i.

Blurry Childhood Memories

Born in the backwaters of Dravania, Ys came about as the bastard child of two strays from different worlds. Her mother drifted far from her ivory towers stooping down to her father's level, or so she would tell herself as she left her mutt behind.Taught to swing a sword in between ramblings about 'family curses' and 'dark arts', Ys would learn a great many things before following her estranged mother to New Sharlayan in her formative years.

ii.

Institution

Working towards an apprenticeship with the Gleaners, Ys would fumble her way through a broad array of Life Sciences and Aetherology courses...until catching the attention of the wrong circles. But, she was making friends, having good times!And yet, there would come a night that would forever Echo within her - atragic happening occuring in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ costing several of her colleagues their lives. The rumors of the girl who ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ spread rapidly, the sealing of the Rhapsodies Quadrangle expedited before anything else became an open secret.

iii.

Doomed from the Start

Left behind in the mass exodus in yet another clandestine arrangement, Ys would operate in the remnants of New Sharlayan under the thumb of the Forum.The fate of Au'ri in her homeland would not be lost on her, to say nothing of the compounding heresies of her very being.She would lock herself in these gilded halls, descending further into madness until the Calamity rendered the campus to pieces.

iv.

Homecoming

The town wears a new name, the faces have changed, and yet she continues to skulk around her neighbors fearing Inquisition agents among the friendly faces - or worse, Sharlayans.Biding her time and earning coin to fill her belly, these quiet years pass by like a blur. Tending the gardens was much more satisfying in good company, learning more of alchemy through necessity than she ever did through tutelage. A quaint life, a dulled edge...and something's missing.

v.

A World Without Song

The end of the Dragonsong War brought Ys little peace but the illusion of a home in Ishgard. And yet, a certain interloper saw fit to break the seals on the Rhapsodies Quadrangle...something familiar tickling the back of her mind.Consumed by pareidolia, Ys begins to see ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ everywhere...everywhere but within herself. And there's a whole world to see, just her and ▇▇▇▇▇. For want of peace, she would find purpose.

vi.

Letting Go

It's unclear what motivated Ys to 'move on', though were you to ask her she would tell you it's the power of friendship...what happened to other friends, pray tell?Emerging from the shadows years after the Calamity, Ys' sudden presence within her old circles has drawn much suspicion.Playing her part as the monster she's heard so many whispers about, Ys has taken to identifying with that villainous persona.

ㅤA Gatherer of Thingsㅤ

Whether it's maintaining a ruse or offering her services out of the kindness of her heart, Ys is surprisingly reliable at foraging, scavenging, and other legitimate means of 'acquisitions' as she'd call it...rather than playing fetch.However, everything has a price - and those who strike deals with her may realized they got more than they bargained for.While this may sound overtly malicious, this often simply manifests as an inappropriate attachment to her 'new friends'.

ㅤToil and Troubleㅤ

Though she admittedly squandered much of her time at New Sharlayan, Ys did show a good deal of promise in a laboratory setting.Herbal remedies, salves, potions, and elixirs are elementary matters - textbook even. However, all work and no play makes Ys a dull girl!Explosives, narcotics, poisons, exotic extracts, dubious glands of unknown origin...fun stuuuuff, haha. Fun stuuuuuff.

ㅤJust Passing Throughㅤ

A humble 'gleaner' just blew into town, which is always an ill omen. But there's a certain wrongness to her aloof gaze, her words coaxing the strangest feelings.Oftentimes, this is a matter of social awkwardness, a little discretion and a goofy smile working wonders to ease the stillness of the air. Something bad is about to happen...and it's up to you to stop it!Perhaps she's on the wrong side, perhaps she is the wrong side. Wherever she is, she's here.

ㅤThe Family Curseㅤ

Those of the Holy See and the borderlands of nowhere Dravania may have heard about the child of a washed-up knight and an unwanted scholar, or gods forbid met her.Ishgardians and their ilk may have heard talk of the lizard child over the mountains, of a treacherous Dark Knight impious to her order, or of any number of killings thought to be from a 'dragon'.

ㅤThe Sharlayan Connectionㅤ

Over a decade ago, New Sharlayan was a thriving hub of knowledge and power until its denizens fled back over the sea.Those who knew her during her studies might recall a meek gleaner, but in recent years has been regarded as a brazen killer.An urban legend whispering on the wind from the corpse of New Sharlayan, and terrible rumors from within the Old.

The Echoing Eyeㅤ

The consensus among the less informed details a night Ys went mad, killing her colleagues whilst bound by the will of a voidsent - and yet, the powers that be saw that night for what it was.Those who go looking for demons will find them, a dragon hunter will find a dragon, and those who seek Ys will find trouble. And yet, she's often the one looking for it.Sticking her nose where it doesn't belong, she oft seeks forbidden wisdom - if not from a shady source, then by overstepping her bounds among colleagues.

♡ Bruewyn

ㅤConspirator, confidantㅤ

For a person who clings to paranoid delusions so readily, Ys couldn't help but cling to this information broker's side...perhaps it's the scar?Ys speaks freely, perhaps too freely, and is as usual fortunate to surround herself in well-meaning people.

♡ Lyezal

ㅤWitness, Witness meㅤ

A fool who found herself wandering into Ys' turf, following in the footsteps of victims in search of forbidden magics. This one got off easy, and got what she wanted.Friendship!~

♡ Nulune

ㅤA like mindㅤ

Ys met this knightly sort in the casual comfort of a burlesque with a mutual friend, the silks suiting her much nicer than the steel.Though fawning over her stoic companion at first, in time she found a surprising amount of genuine common ground.

♡ whoa whos

ㅤthis sexy beastㅤ

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♡ Haruka

ㅤA good Influenceㅤ

Ys is damned lucky she met Haruka when she did - the stars aligned for her to be mere food for thought.Deeply dissociating, Ys would find ironic clarity in her hypnotic friend's words.

" The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea... "