YRSA'S JOURNEY THROUGH MSQ

▼ PRE-ARR ✦ Dreams of Heroism --

Yrsa grew up in a small village deep within the Golmore Jungle, nurtured by a large and loving family and enchanted by tales of heroes. As a child, they fancied themselves one such protector, which they acted out by looking after their siblings and other kids their age. The most notable of these was one of her brothers, Elja, who was especially clumsy and shy and with whom Yrsa was very close.

But all too soon, the time came for Elja to leave the village and join the wood wardens, something that Yrsa had been harboring doubts over. Her concern would, unfortunately, be validated when, many years later, their brother wasn't among the wardens when they returned to pick up the next round of recruits.

She learned from one of them that Elja hadn't passed his trial and had run off, presumably to abandon his duty.

Torn between loyalty to their village and love for their brother, Yrsa finally made a choice: to leave the village, exiling themselves in the process, to find Elja and save him from whatever trouble he must be in. She changed her surname to "Errant" to denote severing her ties to her home.

▼ ARR ✦ Fish Out of Water --

Yrsa's search soon brought them to the shores of Eorzea, Gridania in fact, where they found themself entirely out of their element. The people were strange, the towns crowded, and the though the boughs of the Black Shroud's trees bared a passing resemblance to those of Golmore's, the land itself was deeply scarred.

Though, Yrsa quickly endeared themself to the various Adventurers' Guilds, and then soon the Scions, for their earnest desire to help others (and their incredible skill with the bow didn't hurt). As they looked for Elja, they couldn't help but throw their lot in with Minfillia and the rest to "save Eorzea." It felt a little bit like a dream.

Yrsa never saw the Scions as family, much as they tried to be that for her, but they were a refuge in this foreign land for her to find much-needed camaraderie. So when they came under threat of the Garleans, Yrsa stepped forward to save them as well.

They couldn't help but relish a bit in playing the role of Warrior of Light.

▼ HVW ✦ Cold Awakening --

Coming Soon.

▼ STB ✦ Scattered to the Winds--

When Yrsa stepped across the boundary between the East Shroud and Gyr Abania, the last thing they'd been expecting was to finally find their long lost brother. And yet, Elja was there, just another fighter amongst the resistance at Rhalgr's Reach, and looking decidedly not in peril. He didn't need Yrsa's help at all. In fact, he'd become something of a hero himself. Her journey had been for naught.

The thrashing Yrsa received at the hands of Zenos sometime later pushed them over the edge. When given the chance to leave all of this behind and make for Doma, they took it without a word of goodbye.

Not that the Far East was any kinder to them. Having escaped facing uncomfortable truths with their brother, they found themselves bereft of purpose, wayward and alone.

More than anything, as they traveled the Ruby Sea to the Steppe, even back to Gyr Abania, they simply yearned for home. The liberation of Doma and Ala Mhigo did nothing to ease that singular ache in their heart.

▼ SHB ✦ In The Peripheral --

Coming Soon.