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QUICK FACTS ☑️

Name: Amor Valentine

Age: 20

Nameday: 5th Sun of the 3rd Astral Moon

Pronouns: They/Them

Race: Au Ra (Xaela)

Guardian: Nophica, The Matron

Main Job: Dark Knight

BACKSTORY 📜

A child was born to the Orl tribe in the midst of the Garlean occupation of Othard. Now displaced, the tribe was forced to leave their lands and search for another place to continue their way of life. After about five years, the tribe reached Aldenard and were drawn to the Coerthan highlands. For a moment, there was hope. At last, the tribe found a new home! The rejoicing would not last, however, as Ishgardian soldiers would find them. Believing the tribe to be descended from dragons, they were massacred. Somehow, the child escaped the carnage by running away.

Sometime after, a Duskwight woman, Léonne Ormesang, finds the child unconscious while checking traps in the Chocobo Forest, Dravania. Not having many other options, she decided to take them in to raise as her own. It was a bit of a rough start, what with the language barriers and severe trauma, but in time the two would form an unbreakable bond as mother and child. Eventually, Léonne discovered the child could remember little from before she found them, not even their name. Thus, she gave the child the name Amor Valentine.

The two lived a meager lifestyle, calling a run-down shack in the forest (with some rather nice stables) home. It wasn't much, but it was enough for Amor, and that's what mattered. They got a very basic education from Léonne, which was supplemented with quite detailed knowledge on the subject of chocobos. Amor was a bit slow in learning to read and write, but they excelled in all things chocobo. They developed a strong fixation on the creatures, and dedicated much of their waking hours tending to the birds Léonne would catch before they were eventually sold off. It was a very sad day for all involved when they first found that particular detail out.

Though all was well with just them and Léonne, Amor struggled greatly when it came to other people. Their first visits to Tailfeather were a nightmare. If they weren't frozen in fear by the sight of so many strangers, they would agitated from sensory overload, or worst of all, having a full meltdown should an Elezen man get too close. It took a few years before they could visit Tailfeather without issue, but by that point the town mostly viewed them as an unruly, fussy child.

Things took a turn for the worst during adolescence. The unpreparedness for what they would face in puberty (namely outgrowing all of their clothes overnight) brought the realization that they knew nothing of their heritage, and neither did anyone on this side of the star. This triggered a spiral into depression so severe that they barely took notice of the devastation that was about to be wrought by the fall of Dalamud. However, their despair would eventually harden into resolve to one day search for the truth of their past.

Upon their 20th nameday, Amor made the decision to venture out into the world, to discover who they are. After a heartfelt conversation with Léonne, they packed a bag and left Dravania. It was not an easy journey, traversing the now frozen hellscape of Coerthas while subconsciously avoiding encounters with any Ishgardian knights. Eventually, they made it to Gridania, where they took the first step on a journey they never would have imagined.

And with that out of the way, welcome to the Amor Valentine experience!