"Hate is a place where a man who can't stand sadness goes."

"When you meet your God, tell him to leave me alone."

"Remember my heart."

  BACKSTORY

Born to a nameless tribe in the far reaches of northern Othard, Nergui found the day to day trials to be manageable because of the company of his twin brother.The tribe struggled to get by. Each week seemed as if they were closer to a slow death, all because their forebearers sought a legend about treasured islands across the ice in Blindfrost. Having found potential in a dying tribe, other tribes such as the Angura would hire out members of the tribe for various tasks in exchange for resources to bring home.It wasn't until the Moks tribe came to deal with the Angura tribe that they happened to notice something peculiar about Nergui. One of the Moks elders had been carrying a soul crystal. This crystal reacted violently to Nergui's presence, as if trying to grab him.Eventually, the Moks made visit to his tribe and offered them solace within the Steppe under full protection if they could take Nergui. While Nergui's brother objected to the idea, Nergui accepted without question for the sake of everyone; mostly his brother.
His training lasted several turns. He went in a crybaby with a soft spot for animals and came out a hardened and determined warrior (who had a soft spot for animals). He was henceforth gifted the title of 'Nergui Moks', a title befitting of the Moks' ultimate black hand of justice. The Moks explained to him that his job was simple; to bring hope to the star by slaying monsters and making the name of 'Nergui' known. The catch being that the Moks could never be known. The name must not even be uttered upon his breath. Instead he was to communicate to fellow Moks via a hand gesture.He was assigned a hunting party of fellow Moks from various different tribes. Together they forged bonds by hunting various dangerous beasts and men across the Steppe. It was after they were given their next task; to dethrone the corrupt Hoshina Tokikata of Hingashi from his political standing in Kugane. The corrupt lord was not only a crook, but a master of the dark arts of summoning and binding voidsent.
Unfortunately for the group, it wouldn't be so easy as going in and slaying him head on. His palace was heavily guarded by privatized samurai, some of which were secretly ashkin bound to their duty.
Nergui and friends spent several turns fighting various syndicates and monsters across the East. Nergui was the braun and his brother, codenamed 'Thein', the brains.Thein helmed the group and laid out their various plans of attack. Nergui simply had to be the heart and spirit of the group that led them forward. Things had been going smoothly all until a mission gone wrong had his friends killed, and Thein assassinated by one of the corrupt lord's men.
Overcome with grief, Nergui felt a surge of power consume him. The voices in his crystal called out to him and told him to reach inside and stop holding back.Nergui assaulted the palace by his lonesome and through the front door. Consumed by hatred and sorrow, the once sensitive boy had no qualms killing every single person who stood in his way.Tokikata summoned a powerful voidsent to fight Nergui. While it was too strong for Nergui to overcome even in a powered state, the Voidsent fell when Nergui instead directed his attention towards Tokikata himself. When he carved the man in two, the voidsent was dispelled and forced back into the void.Nergui collapsed at the top of the palace, which allowed a local crime gang to capture and torture him over the course of two weeks. Upon escaping, Nergui left not a single man or woman involved standing, seeking to return to the Steppe.Upon making contact with the Moks tribe once more, he came to an argument about their true intentions. The Moks never cared about saving the East. They instead wished to take over Tokikata's criminal empire to spread their influence across the star.
Nergui was ambushed before he could leave the scene.
He woke up in The Burn stripped of his resources and his Soul Crystal that had guided him. He had to survive off hunting beasts with makeshift weapons and very few resources.He was able to escape the Burn and return to the Steppe to steal the Soul Crystal and flee.
He was hunted down by a Moks assassin, who in failing to best him explained that there was more to the plan than political power. She explained that the reason the Moks created the idea of Nergui to spread was to harness the power of a Primal that they could control.Nergui released the assassin and told her to return to the tribe with the message that he will return one day and end the legacy of 'Nergui' for good.Nergui planned to leave Othard by joining the Confederates in the Ruby Sea as security. He stayed with the Confederates for several years before a bloody battle on violent seas with a Garlean ship had him knocked overboard and washed out to sea.He was rescued and pulled upon a fishing boat, where he stayed with until it arrived upon the docks of Thanalan.He ventured from Thanalan to the Shroud to Coerthas, where he passed out in its grassy fields with Ishgard's gates just over the horizon.He was found by an older gentleman; a runaway Garlean Engineer named Atticus Corvos. As he hospitalized Nergui and took care of him, he asked for his name. Nergui replied his name was too terrible to speak of. When Corvos offered to pitch a new one, the name 'Rook' stuck with him, and from then on that would be his; a name
he chose to wear.

  THE NEVER ENDING TRAGEDY OF ROOK

All good things come to an end. Rook stayed as an apprentice underneath Doctor Corvos for some time. He learned to make simple airship parts for him and perform manual labor. He cooked while Corvos cleaned. The two eventually formed a father-son relationship. As the red moon of Dalamud grew in later years, so did cultist activity. When Corvos came under attack by some Lambs of Dalamud, Rook slayed his assaulters and rescued his newfound father.
He promised to return to Corvos before leaving to investigate the Lambs. His investigations lead him far, but it was all for naught. Nothing could stop the Seventh Umbral Calamity.Corvos grew deathly ill following the Calamity. Rook took the name Corvos as his surname and continued his work as an inventor in order to survive the new chilly environment surrounding them.
Corvos perished over the winter, and Rook continued his work in solitude.When a group of Garlean spies came to investigate the shop, Rook claimed the shop was closed. When the men grew hostile, they burnt down the shop. Having killed most of them in anger, Rook left the 'leader' alive to question. He learned that they were sent to assassinate Corvos for his betrayal, but that they were too late. Rook snapped the man's neck.He became a voidsent hunter again - this time on commission.He eventually became a guard for the Eurekan Expedition Team and is now under employment of the Northstar Company and its recent acquisition of the 'Babylon' Adventurers' Guild.From beasts, voidsent, ashkin, cultists, and even slavers, Rook knows very few targets he won't hunt.

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