Tes Asakusa

History

Childhood and Teen

Tes Asakusa was born to an unnamed Garlean conscript and his mother Mirai Asakusa in village Hinode, located near Doma. From an early age he had wondered who his father is, having never met him since if the Empire were to know of Tes' existence he would most likely be killed or taken. Despite that fact being kept secret from the Garleans, Tes would nonetheless be ostracized by the people of Hinode, many saying he is a risk and should be exiled. The young Viera spent most of his time alone at home until one fateful day when a group of Imperials attacked the village as Tes was down by the waterline. Noticing what was going on he ran to his home to flee with his mother but found the house on fire and partially collapsed with no sign of her. He ran inside and found Mirai but much to his horror, she was already deceased, having been hit with debris as the house partially collapsed. Tes knelt beside his mother, hoping she would wake up. A Garlean soldier entered the house and was about to execute the child when he was suddenly cut down from behind. It was another imperial soldier, with crimson eyes the same as Tes. He knelt beside the griefing child and shared a moment of silence with him before taking his hand and sneaking him outside the village. The soldier told Tes to run away and not return or he would die. Tes ran off while trying to hold back his emotions. He was straying around in the woods for a few days, growing exhausted, tired and hungry. Eventually, wanderers found the weakened child and carried him to Namai village.
Tes was bedridden for many days, processing what had happened and slowly being nurished back to strength. Once he was back on his feet he helped with the handiwork around the village. When he had time to spare, he would watch the guards train. As he grow older he would eventually join them and learn as well.

Late Teen and Adult

Tes continued to live in Namai until the age of 16 when he decided it was time for him to find his own path. He travelled to Eorzea and was fascinated by the many different cultures. By chance, he met a older samurai named Tsubasa Yoriki, who hailed from Doma. Tes would tell Tsubasa what had happened to his home and how he was powerless to do anything. Tsubasa shared that feeling, telling the story of when Doma was invaded and fell under Garlean rule, which also caused the death of both his parents. Tes told the old Samurai how he wishes to be able to make a change, to wander the world and help the people he comes across. Tsubasa happily offered to refine Tes' skills with a katana. After around half a year Tes had mastered advanced techniques, but deemed his own knowledge and skills not sufficient, so he sought to train various lesser known Samurai arts. Additionally he turned to the Monks in Gyr Abania to be trained in their arts too. Reaching the age of 20 he volunteered for the Bozjan Resistance to help their efforts. Over the span of two years he would partake in various operations and skirmishes. Eventually he left the resistance to help people in other parts of the world.
Following the liberation of Doma he returned to his village, now consisting of but ruins. Upon leaving he vowed to not let this happen to anyone in front of him, not if he could stop it.

Tes, now 24 years old: