Xion | 23 | She/They/He | Jaegers_Guild

 His Backstory... 

Born in Ala Mhigo to two parents, and living with his Grandad. He has a nice upbringing. At least for the first 5 years of his life, before it all came crumbling down around him. When the Garleans came to occupy Ala Mhigo, he and his family were forced to escape with their lives and the clothes on their back. And unluckily for our dear hero, the escape came at the cost of his parents as they were killed in an explosion, covering him in their blood as his grandad, Ranulf Forseti, carried him away. Sothe pretends like he doesn't remember what happened, but the sight of it is clear as day when he things back on it.Moving to Thanalan and eventually Lil' Ala Mhigo, he'd often pretend to be happy and keep up his smile. Often when he's alone or in the presence of his Grandfather, he would've reverted to that childish state. He got along with the other kids in Ala Mhigo, probably also a certain Moon Keeper. Though sometimes would fight the other kids cause they'd often bully him and that would land him in fights with the other kids. His grandad then taught him how to fight. But only to protect those he cared for and do what's right.As he grew older, he'd run a gang of thieves with his good friend, Caine Boarsblood, after his grandfather grew ill and the other kids couldn't take care of themselves as much. He'd witness suffering and pain, people being sold into slavery, all for another hit of their drugs. While he went out to "work", he left this grandad take care of the many kids that were orphaned due to the wars or killed by drug abuse, or Calamity.(Hey, Sothe here! Just coming in to say, the next bit you can read for sure. But wouldn't it be fun to discover through RP? Just a thought.)

Theft, Heists, Treasure Hunts, selling of goods, info gathering, all sorts of things in he'd do in his youth. He took a weird sort of pride in, as most of it was for the sake of his sick Grandfather and the children of the Ruby Lane. This did cause him to develop a bit of a Kleptomaniac itch, often wanting to steal. It was all fine and dandy, as he was also rather talented at the activity. So long as it kept his family safe, he'd steal even from the Sultana.That was until some members of the gang went a step too far and decided to start engaging in Voidsent contracts, assassinations, other unsavoury things and moving crystals for summons. On top of that, his Grandfather found out and the two got into a fight. It ended in Sothe knocking him on his ass as he took his grandad's Warrior Job Stone. Sothe, genuinely pissed off, found the members and his co-leader in the middle of a mission involved in such. He'd stop them from continuing it, as he'd and the half that didn't participate in the actions of it all confronted them in a head on clash. He reminded them all of what they were doing this for. Not for money, but to help the people they care about... Or so he thought. A new gang later arose as a result of the conflict.One by one, the other members of Sothe's gang started disappearing or ended up dead. Until it was just Sothe left. He was jumped in the Ruby Lane by the lesser grunts of the new gang, but Sothe beat them back singlehandedly leaving them with broken bones, smashed faces, and hospital bills. After forcefully taking the truth out of them, he gave them to the Immortal Flames, flagging them there after tying their unconscious bodies to a pole in the middle of the market place. Sothe would journey his way into Gyr Abania. To Ala Mhigo. For his confrontation.It was Caine, his oldest friend and someone he thought a brother, was the one running all of this. Tracking them down to a secret area in Ala Mhigo, Sothe confronted him about everything. Caine had seen this outcome already and made arrangements already. A snap of his fingers and multiple people were around them, all under Caine's leadership. Asking Sothe to follow him. Sothe begrudgingly agreed.Caine brought sothe to the edge of a cliff, showing him the killers of his parents, 2 retired soldiers of Garlemald. They were tied, blindfolded and gagged. A clanging noise was heard as Sothe snapped out of his shocked thoughts. Caine had thrown a knife on the floor. "Pick it up. We can leave it all behind, and build a new future." He told him. Sothe did. He walked up to the two Garleans, memories flashing through him, Clear. As. Day. He removed their blindfolds, and took of their gags. Thoughts of revenge, anger, sadness, all the pain he'd been through. If it weren't for them, he would've been happy and well off. He didn't even hear their sorrowful cries and begs for mercy. A quick slash of his blade, as he released them. His glare turned to Caine, anger written all over his face."As long as there's people like you, nothin's ever going to change. Castin' off the ones you deem unimportant, and just walkin' away... That's not it. Turnin' around, goin' back... Lookin' for a new way forward. Doin' that time and again, that's how you build a future."The two clashed, their battle long and arduous. Caine had become a Reaper, contracted Killer of Voidsents. Sothe had taken his Grandad's Warrior Job crystal. It went on for hours, the gang watching in the wings, the two Garleans hiding behind Sothe. Was what he was doing right? He didn't know, but he did know that his grandad wouldn't want him to kill for the sake of it. Fight to Protect. And Protect he did. A slam of the Axe causing the cliff to break and Caine fall. Sothe reached his hand out to save him, clutching his hand as he dangled over the side. "Ever the softy, ey Sothe." were the last words Sothe heard before Caine cut his hand off and plunged into the deep abyss below. Sothe will forever blame himself for Caine's death.

After a long and painful journey, Sothe returned home. His Grandad was there, and he'd tell him everything. Sothe said he'd give up on trying to be a thief and just do his best and take care of the kids. He and his grandfather made up. Though he was still a little distant from him, after regretting what he did. Sothe decided to go on a heist one last time cause he found some really good medicine that could cure his illness and needed money for it. And after he came back with the medicine, he'd find his grandad on the floor, unbreathing. He's never forgiven himself for leaving. As he began looking around for things, Sothe found something Underneath his Grandad's bed. "A new life with Sothe." Ranulf had been saving money by working and any money left over that he didn't need, went into this savings box. With that Money, Sothe created the Sunny Side Orphanage. He'd take his old gang members and make them employees and give them new jobs. Properly taking in the kids that were left orphaned by the Calamity a few years ago, and others more still.And then the rest is history.