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[INTRO] A Lost Soul with Hope for change. - Oksana V - 10-18-2014
[It must be noted that I am not a writer and this is just a brief IC description as to who and why Oksana is the way that she is. I'm more than likely not going to update this being that I plan to finish the rest of her story in game.
]Born in the tranquil & small village that is known as Hyrstmill... Oksana was the only child to her parents... A gift to them but a possible threat to the village. The residents of Hyrstmill could not put their finger on it but they felt as if there was something odd about the child, not evil but... different.Â
Through out Oksana's early childhood years, parents would steer their children away from her as she walked by or tried to participate with other playing children, whispered amongst her and her parents as they would take their daily stroll around the village . Her parents knew that their daughter was special but wanted to treat her like a normal child as to ease the obvious pain the villagers was causing her. Word had spread about how Oksana had this presence about her and how it has impacted Hyrstmill's lifestyle that the Ixali took interest and decided to investigate.
On the night of Oksana's 5th birthday... a group of the Ixali clan came into Hyrstmill to kidnap Oksana, they believe that she would make a great sacrifice to summon a primal. As they were spotted, the village retaliated and tried to fight them out of their grounds... The Ixali shot fire arrows and caused the village to start going into flames. As the villagers panicked, they tried to quickly evacuate everyone to safety but the Ixali vericated the only gate that led in and out of town and started exiling everyone that tried to escape.
Oksana's father was one of the warriors killed while trying to protect his village & family while Oksana's mother was trying to protect her at home... She was killed by the Ixali who's mission was to kidnap Oksana. Oksana was placed under a sleeping spell as to not awake her from the trip from Hyrstmill to the Ixali Logging Grounds.Â
As the Ixali were preparing for their sacrificial ritual, it was interrupted by a surprise attack by the Scions, which prompt to Oksana's safety & today's livelihood. The scions knew and could sense Oksana's power within her as soon as they came into contact with her... so in order for Oksana to find herself & unlock her true potential, they decided to leave her in Camp Tranquil... until they would cross paths again. As Oksana awoke the next, she had panicked of being in a strange that was not her home... as she arouse in panic, she looked around for her parents and began to sob but then quickly stopped as deep down... she had felt that maybe it was for the best that her parents didn't have to deal with her being different from everyone else and made herself believe that the would be happier without her.
If it was one thing that her father taught her, was that she needed to be brave and be able to take of herself, so, as months went by, little Oksana would fend for herself, her father once taught her how to make a may an arrow out of sticks and twines, which was the only way how she was able to make herself dinner, something that her mother taught her. One morning, out in the rootslake, Oksana was craving adamntoise eggs for breakfast... as she noticed a mama adamntoise being distracted, she took a risk and tried to steal one of the eggs but tripped on a stroper's tentacle that she had mistaken for a large stone stump. As both beast noticed her, covered in mud from the lakes water and all, they were ready to attack! Okasana surely thought that she was dead but in a blink of an eye, both beast were killed by an elder male Elezen wielding a huge spear just like her fathers. "Goodness child, are you ok?" the man asked with a shrill in his voice, but Oksana said nothing. As she stood, covered in mud, the man couldn't help but laugh hysterically "Not much of a talker are you...? Are you hungry?" Oksana shily nodded... "Well then... let's get you something to eat but first... a little wash up will do you good." As the elderly man extended his hand to take Oksanas... she pulled back in fear as her body tensed up like a rock, he could tell by the look in her eyes that she has been through traumatic times. He closed his eyes slowly, inhaled a deep breath and exhaled calmly with a warm smile: "I'm not going to hurt you... I promise" Oksana blinked and looked at the elders hand before taking it.
Through the rest of Oksana's childhood into teenager years, she remained to herself... She could sense peoples eyes on her as she would run errands at the local village or in Gridania, it always made her feel uneased and sadden as she thought "I wonder if mother and father even miss me...?" She never understood why people would stare and clear away when her presence was present but she found a remedy to relieve the stress, which was hunting boars, antelopes & fishin with her Grandfather (the elderly Elezen). Oksana had been learning how to use the bow a couple of weeks after Grandfather had taken her in, he would tell her stories about the great Bard Jehantel and how archery is the sacred skill only Elezen were known for, but as times have changed, it has made it so that there's a more diverse group of archers in the league, So Oksana felt like she has found her purpose.
On a cold, winter night, grandfather grew severely ill and it was said that there was a rare plant within the Sylphs forest that could cure any illness. Desperately, Oksana took grandfathers chocobo and traveled to the East Shroud Sylphlands where she was rudely turned away by the Sylphs due to them not trusting outsiders. As much as she tried to convince the Sylphs that she desperately needed their help, it was a no go.... Once Oksana got back to their home.. she was approached by the news that her grandfather had passed away not minutes later after she had left in search of cure... Alone all over again.. Oksana did not know how to feel or what to do... So she seeked refuge in Gridania & to become a bard just like how her grandfather wished for..