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Born on the Azim Steppe with a different name, she left there eventually to get away from her family and seek strength in the world beyond it. Her mother was a terrible person, and insisted her kids should never trust anyone. This ended up being instilled the hard way when Altais’s older sister was convinced by their mother’s ramblings and stuck a knife in the young Xaela when she least expected it. This betrayal led to Altais spending her childhood alone, and she would continue to travel by herself trusting no one until she met Solar. Somehow her fellow Warriors of Light managed to get through to her over time, and she’s determined to protect them now because at long last she has something really worth fighting for.

Most of her life was spent traveling the Far East alone with her Yol Sorvi once she left the Steppe. She left her homeland seeking strength and never looked back. Pressure from the Garleans had her planning to leave the East around when the Calamity hit Eorzea, but planning such a trip with Sorvi was difficult. After a scrap with the Garleans, the citizens who the Empire punished for her defiance rallied against her and Sorvi was killed in the ensuing struggle. Alone and with nothing left to lose, she snuck onto a ship bound for Eorzea with only her bow and the clothes on her back. It was in Eorzea she took the name Altais, not wanting to be found by anyone who knew her from the Steppe or the Far East.

Altais started doing adventurer work in Eorzea to keep herself alive and continue to push her strength in battle. Through this she was introduced to the Scions of the Seventh Dawn who recognized her Echo, and a small group of other similarly gifted adventures who formed the primal slaying group Solar. She joined Solar figuring fighting primals was the perfect way to grow stronger, but she continued not trust anyone. For perhaps the first time in her life, people were just genuinely kind to her, and she didn't know what to make of it. Still, she was convinced she was only around for her usefulness. It wasn't until everyone reconnected at Camp Dragonhead after the bloody banquet that she realized these people really did care about her, and with that Solar and the Scions earned her loyalty.

Ishgard was not a kind place for an Au Ra. Their hatred of dragons led to a general dislike of Altais, and the cold left her with frozen scales almost all the time. But eventually she would find her place in the manufactory. Stephanivien ran into her out on the streets one day, and she initially only went with him because it looked warm inside. Altais ended up finding her first ever hobby here, learning to build and modify weaponry, justifying her interest with how useful it was. She started wielding her custom firearms and became a MCH, naming her primary weapon Ukhel. Nidhogg would eventually leave her with a nasty scar across her back, but Altais and the rest of Solar ended the Dragonsong war once and for all.

Not long after arriving in Rhalgr's Reach, Altais found herself a new friend. While out testing her weapons, a wild griffin showed up to feast on the animals she'd shot and was planning to cook for herself. The griffin reminds her of her old Yol, and she ends up dueling him much like the Xaela do with the Yol and befriending him that way.

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