Kaya-O-Yensa

 biography  Kaya-O was born as "Emoni Yarborough," the youngest of four siblings, and was born with two small bumps on her head that symbolized the Elementals' choice for her to be their living voice and will. Emoni was passed down to the conjurers of the Stillglade Fane, following the custom of Gridania, to learn from Master A-Pitat-Rapa, the same Padjal who later trained the present Elder Seedseer, Kanna-E-Senna. Through the murmurs of the Elementals, Emoni learned their Padjali name at the age of six, although it was an unusual name for a girl. The Padjali sisters' naming practices are different from their brothers' in that a straightforward word with a vowel might appear second in their names instead of first. But rather than contesting the name given to them, Emoni decided to go by "O-Rein Yensa" and took on male mannerisms for the duration of their existence.Under Master Rapa's guidance, O-Rein excelled brilliantly at the Stillglade Fane. She had a natural gift for healing magics and frequently used it to treat those in need without the help of the elements. Even with her amazing powers, Rein frequently caused her Master trouble because her method of healing defied the guild's long-standing beliefs. O-Rein detested the thought of being associated with the Elementals, even if she was one of the numerous Padjali selected to stand in for them before humanity.With the help of numerous old books she had gathered from the ruins of the once-fair Amdapor during her leisure time, Rein experimented with taboo magics away from Master Rapa's close supervision. O-Rein sought a way to subdue the Elementals' power over nature and assert dominance over them, whereas the Padjali were supposed to provide a bridge between man and nature. Rein discovered her fallen brethren's soul stones while working in secret, and she picked up the White Mage's ways fast. O-Rein finally became a White Mage and a master due to their diligence and willingness to travel on the same pilgrimage as the illustrious A-Towa-Cant. But ultimately, Rein's ideological differences with her fellow Padjali forced her into a self-imposed exile from the Stillglade Fane. Living deep within the Twelveswood, she got to know the sylphs of Little Solace pretty well. There, for the next few decades, she would reside and work to solve the mysteries surrounding the Elementals, much like Brother Jorin Lightheart had long ago. As she searched for a way to break the Elementals' control over Gridania, she soon clashed with a young magician named Eric Brighthall. Traveling conjurer turned medicine dealer Brighthall would frequently venture outside of the Twelveswood to cure patients of various ailments.It was at the Peacegarden, the same ancient spot where the renowned wizard Jorin Lightheart first succeeded in communicating with the Elements, that the two would meet within the Shroud. Eric witnessed Rein's misdeeds there while the youthful Padjal tried to control a wind spirit. O-Rein was unable to change the spirit's will; all she could do was taint it. This sent this wind spirit into a frenzy, wreaking havoc throughout the North Shroud. Rein did everything in her power to stop the conjurer from declaring that she could manage the elemental alone, while Eric struggled to subdue the spirit. Rein discovered the hard way that she could not, and that a tremendous amount of aether gushed from the crack that separated their world from the vast beyond. Eric tried to save them, but O-Rein got caught in this crack and drifted out into the Lifestream. O-Rein would lie in a dreamless slumber until the Seventh Umbral Calamity for the next hundred or so years.O-Rein was released from the Lifestream on that tragic eve when Dalamud collapsed, causing an aether surge. Torn from the Lifestream, O-Rein drifted aimlessly across the shallow waters of the Central Shroud. As luck would have it, O-Rein was discovered half-drowned in the river and was startled back to awareness by a small white moogle known as "Moglin Mog*." O-Rein woke up from decades of sleep, disoriented, and to find the world in pieces, mourning the thousands of people who had perished in the Calamity.She explored the entire Shroud during this period in an attempt to retrace her steps. But despite her best efforts, she was unable to recall anything from her history. She wouldn't find herself on the road to atonement with Moglin by her side until she ventured near Hawthorne's Hut. Tales of this rebellious padjal found their way to the Stillglade Fane, and consequently, to her padjali siblings. O-Rein was unknown to the people of the Shroud as a whole, but her siblings were familiar with her as the "Red Scourge" who dared to challenge the Elements.In hopes of winning over her siblings, Rein set off on a pilgrimage to better acquaint herself with this broken world and undo the mistakes of her past. It was shortly around this time that O-Rein joined a ragtag Gridanian group of mercenaries known as “Heartwood Ventures”. It was through her many adventures with them that O-Rein reclaimed her purpose as a conjurer and padjal both. It was quite difficult for her but Rein faced every challenge with as much bravery as she could muster. It’s through her service to Heartwood that O-Rein would come to the Shroud’s defense time and time again winning the favor of the Elementals. With the Elementals' approval on her side, O-Rein’s siblings eventually followed suit and accepted their long-lost brethren.It’s at this moment that the Elementals thought to rename the lost child, now referring to their eldest born as "Kaya-O-Yensa" and letting the name O-Rein rest. Funnily enough, this eventual name change caused much havoc among the padjali since everyone thought O-Rein was a boy. Except for Moglin, of course. The little moogle had her suspicions, after all.