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Saran Goodswain, Archon and Scion of the Seventh Dawn, was a child of tragedy. Through blind luck (or perhaps divine intervention) she rose out of blood and snow to become one of Sharlayan's foremost experts on aetheric amplification.

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char. 30+. she/her. est.
infp-t. neutral good. sagittarius.

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At her core, Saran is an academic. She thrives on learning, on digging into questions that refuse to sit still, and on sharing ideas with anyone willing to listen. She’s confident enough to lead when she needs to, but she’s happiest when she’s working alongside others. Collaboration feels natural to her, and she has a way of drawing even the quietest colleagues into conversation. She loves to talk, and once she starts, it’s easy to forget she was ever the shy child found alone in a foreign land.What most people never notice is the reason she keeps herself in motion. Her bright, talkative nature is genuine, but it also keeps her from lingering too long with her own thoughts. The past sits close beneath the surface, and staying busy is easier than letting old memories rise. Her warmth is real, yet it also serves as a shield, a way to keep the world from seeing how much trauma she still carries.

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Sarantuya was born in the southern stretch of the Azim Steppe, under a clear sky and a full moon. Her parents, Atlan and Davaa Orl, named her for that light, saying it was a good omen that would follow her through her life. Their tribe was small and close, moving the way their ancestors always had. Saran was too young to understand the danger spreading across Othard, but she remembers the long trip west after Doma fell, the way everyone spoke in hushed voices and tried to keep the children calm.Most of those memories have blurred with time, but the moment she first saw Coerthas never left her. Wide green fields, mountains capped with snow, a place that looked almost unreal after so many weeks on the road. Her people settled there, hoping they had finally found somewhere safe enough to start over.That hope didn’t last. The Ishgardians nearby looked at the Xaela with fear, seeing only scales and horns and thoughts of their centuries old enemy. Suspicion turned into violence, and the Orl tribe was gone before they ever had a chance to prove themselves. Only Saran and her younger cousin Sidurgu survived.

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After the slaughter of her tribe, Saran and Sidurgu were found by outsiders and separated, each pushed down a different path before either of them understood what was happening. Saran was taken to the nearby Sharlayan colony, scared and alone, with no idea what her life was supposed to look like now. That was where she met Evangeline and Remy Goodswain, an older couple doing geological work for the Forum. They didn’t have children of their own, and what started as temporary guardianship slowly shifted into something more. They grew attached to her, this quiet girl who watched everything and learned faster than anyone expected.When the Goodswains returned to Old Sharlayan, it was decided almost immediately that Saran would stay with them and receive a full education. She took to her studies easily and rose to the top of her classes within a few years. Her aetheric talent was impossible to ignore, and she was given special instruction to help her grow into it. By the time she reached adulthood, the Studium had already taken notice.Over time, the Goodswains became her true family, and Old Sharlayan became the place she thought of as home. Even so, she never stopped thinking about Sidurgu. No matter how many years passed, she carried the question of where he had gone and whether he was safe.

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Saran started studying under Louisoix Leveilleur, a close friend to her father, in her early teens. He saw her potential almost immediately and pushed for her acceptance into the Studium, where she threw herself into learning everything she could. In particular, aetheric amplification and manipulation. Louisoix trained her personally in the Sage arts, and she took to the craft with a kind of quiet certainty that only grew stronger under his guidance.During those first years at the Studium, she grew close to Thancred Waters, another long‑time student of Louisoix. Their friendship slipped into something softer and more hopeful for a little while, but it didn’t last. Thancred pulled away, and the heartbreak hurt more than she liked to admit. Even so, she valued him too much to let the bond fall apart. They stayed friends, and it took many years before either of them was willing to look back at what they had almost been.When she finished her studies, Saran was granted the title of Archon and welcomed into the Circle of Knowing, the group Louisoix formed to confront the prophecy of the Seventh Umbral Era. After his death and the rise of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, she kept going, carrying his work forward. She partnered closely with Y’shtola Rhul on Vylbrand, watching over Limsa Lominsa and the lands around it as primal threats began to stir.

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Remy & Evangeline Goodswain

Evangeline and Remy still look at Saran with that quiet sort of pride they found in her when she was a lost little girl. She’s grown into her own life, busy and brilliant, but when she visits they fall right back into old routines. Remy asks about whatever research she’s buried in, Evangeline tries to feed her too much, and Saran lets it all happen because it feels good to be home for a little while. They never expected her to follow in their footsteps, not really, so seeing her teach at the Studium feels like a small miracle. Both of them still work for the Forum, and they love that she’s carrying that same thread forward.Her work with the Scions worries them, even if they try not to show it. They’re proud, of course they are, but pride doesn’t stop a parent from imagining every danger she might run into. Still, they trust her. They trust the woman she’s become, and they trust the way she keeps choosing to help people even when it costs her sleep or safety. They don’t say it often, but they’re grateful she ended up with them. And she knows it, even without the words.

Thancred Waters

Saran and Thancred found their way back to each other in Ala Mhigo almost by accident. They had both changed so much, worn down in different ways, but the old warmth was still there under everything. It wasn’t some dramatic confession. It was quieter, the kind of slow pull where you keep reaching for someone without meaning to. By the time they were pulled into the First, they were already choosing each other again. Being dragged through at the same moment shook them both, but it also meant they landed in that strange world with at least one familiar hand to hold onto.Five years is a long time to share a life, especially when you’re raising a child together, and those years with Ryne shaped them in ways they still don’t fully talk about. They’re not perfect, but they’re good together. Thancred trusts her in a way he doesn’t trust many people, and she has a way of steadying him when he starts drifting into old habits. Coming back from the First changed them, but they still chose each other, and that choice feels like something they earned rather than stumbled into.

Sidurgu Orl

Finding Sidurgu again in Ishgard, during the tail-end of the Dragonsong War, felt like something the world wasn’t supposed to allow. Saran had spent so many years wondering if he was alive that seeing him standing there almost knocked the breath out of her. They didn’t fall back into anything right away. Too much time had passed, too much hurt and too many questions, but they kept choosing to show up for each other. Little conversations, shared meals, quiet moments after long days with the Scions. It wasn’t dramatic, just steady, like they were relearning how to be family.They’re still figuring it out. Sidurgu carries his own ghosts, and Saran has a habit of talking around hers, but they’ve grown comfortable in each other’s orbit again. He respects her work, even if he doesn’t always understand why she pushes herself so hard, and she trusts him in an unconditional way she can't quite explain. There’s a kind of relief in knowing they didn’t lose each other forever. They’re not the children they were, but they’re trying, and that effort feels like its own kind of healing.

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Hi, I am Char. ♡ I have been deep in FFXIV for about six years. I do not roleplay right now, but I do plenty of gposing and whatever casual content I can talk myself into. I bounce between World of Warcraft and Star Wars The Old Republic too, depending on the week and my attention span.When I'm not in an MMO, I am usually playing something cozy. Fields of Mistria, Animal Crossing, The Sims, anything that lets me wander around and build little worlds. I love RPGs with feelings, so Final Fantasy and Mass Effect have had me in their grip for years. Dragon Age, Expedition 33, and Baldur's Gate 3 got me recently and I am still recovering.I read a lot. High fantasy, romance, historical fiction, anything with a good world or a good mess of emotions. Lord of the Rings, Throne of Glass, Game of Thrones, Six of Crows, all of that. If I am not gaming or reading, I am probably chasing after my two Shiba Inu puppies with my partner. They are cute, but they are also tiny agents of chaos lolI am mostly on bsky and Twitter and I poke at Instagram when I remember it. I have a strong commitment to advocating for marginalized and disabled communities so if that's not your cup of tea, my socials probably won't be either! Anyway, thanks for being here!

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