basic info

name: Isa Ljosbjorg ( formerly Isa bas Catulus )
race: half-garlean miqo'te
name day: 1/1/58
age: 18 ( beginning of ARR) 24 (current/ EW)
gender identity: gender queer (he/they)
jobs/roles: all rounder
titles: delebrum delver, saint of sorrows, fatewalker, warrior of light

warnings: mentions of csa and graphic violence

1558
born the child of an ilsabardian miqo'te** and an occupying garlean officer, isa was taken into imperial hands to integrate children with garlean heritage into garlean society. isa was given an orphanage for children who've lost their families in conflict. they were named isa bas catulus1562
at the age of four, isa was under the care of a boarding school in the capital. the mysterious power of the echo sprung alive in the child, causing visions of the past to flood their head and taking it's toll on their body and mind. ((gaius set forth to conquer eorzea with the argius and was stopped by midgardsormr, triggering the echo in people across the star.))
to any outsider this might appear as some kind of medical emergency. isa was committed to the school's medical facilities for a while in an attempt to find what ailed them.
due to rough treatment and neglect as well as the frightening echoes of death, isa became mute and unresponsive. (also he would start to have dreams about amaurot at this time, like zenos does when he was a child. smthing to do w the echo)1564-1569
isa is fostered by a man called rana sas quirinus at the age of six. the man being a retired officer who's served in the army for more than twenty years. rana was wounded during battle, having served under gaius van baelsar since he was 17. unable to have children himself, he took in isa as one of his wards as well as four others, isa being the youngest.
rana raised his wards to be proud imperial students, funding their education in each of their respected fields, all but isa who was too young for any specific training in the field.
isa was distant from the other children. he would lose himself in books and obsess over maps of the territories garlemald had conquered.
he would also grow an obsession over latrones (roman chess kinda), a strategy game he would teach himself. he would play against rana's veteran friends who would take pity on the child before being beaten in the game by the seven year old. isa would start to slowly speak again.
he would become closer to rana, who would treat isa gently. he'd tell isa about this time under van baelsar, about the world he's seen beyond the snows of garlemald.
((tw csa and abuse)) isa would grow silent once more when rana began to molest him.
unable to comprehend what was happening, isa lost his passion for latrones and withdrew.1570
(age 11) during unity day in garlemald, isa would first meet gaius van baelsar, who had returned to the capital to meet with the emperor. it was mostly uneventful, the only thing isa remembered was being afraid of his helmet and his voice while rana and he spoke.1572
dalamud falls in eorzea and isa is trying to find new ways of coping. at 13 he has taken a new interest in magicks and studying aether, something he's learned from speaking with retired conscripts. he spends more time outside in the cold streets of garlemald, distant and yet curious.year 1 of the sevnth umbral calamity
(( tw csa and graphic violence )) the sexual abuse at the hands of rana had continued. at 14, isa had decided that if rana wouldnt leave him be or enlist him he would run. he wouldnt have to though.
when rana had moved into kiss him, isa had taken his tongue and bit straight through. rana would falter, leaving isa to run only to be pursued by rana and taken to the ground. rana would pummel isa's face relentlessly, breaking bones. ((how isa got his face scar)) in an attempt to save his own life, isa would pull a pocket knife from his dress and shove straight into rana's neck, killing him.
isa would be taken into custody and instead of execution, the judge ruled his citizenship be taken and sent to serve in the legions.year 2 of the seventh umbral calamity
serving in the legions time yaaaaaayyyy. isa is trained as an apprentice medicus, his ability to wield magicks surprising even to his superiors. ( i cant think of much that goes on around this time oops. just know it sucked)year 3 of the seventh umbral calamity
at 16 isa meets ymir aan ljosbjorg, a veena conscript who's been aware of isa since he was a young child, having played latrones with him once in the capital. ymir worked as a spy for the empire, having crow familiars do her bidding. ymir, having the ability to see souls, could see that isa's soul was the very same as her lost lover's. knowing this, ymir sought out to take isa and be rid of the empire.
ymir tells isa she has a plan to spirit him away from this place, that they would win their freedom and teach him all that she knew as an apprentice. isa, despite having no love for life nor the empire, refuses at first, believing ymir to trick him into defecting only to report him afterwards. after witnessing the executions of defectors, isa learned he still feared death.year 4 of the seventh umbral calamity
isa finally decides to flee with ymir. WIPPPP

wip <3