Two things punted L'yhta into adventuring.
First, after running away from home (for reasons explained on her wiki page), she was trained by a group of mages who instilled in her the concept of "with great power comes great responsibility." They believed that those with the power to grant aid and succor to others should do so, because all lives have value and a place in Nymeia's tapestry. Certain religious experiences L'yhta has had reinforced those beliefs further. She may not always live up to them, but she at least tries to stop evil from happening, because the way evil wins is if good men and women stand by and do nothing.
Second, those same mages gave their lives to protect Aleport from the Sahagin, which was the second time parental figures in her life sacrificed themselves in the service of others -- the first being when her father, L'mahre Nunh, was nigh fatally crippled ushering members of her tribe to safety during the Calamity. The last words of L'yhta's master were an exhortation to build an organization to use magic to protect others. She hasn't quite gotten the Mysterium there yet due to her own flaws, but she tries to fulfill that dying wish each day she goes out into the world.
So, for her, adventuring isn't about fame, or fortune, or really about knowledge. It's about trying to make Eorzea a better place.
First, after running away from home (for reasons explained on her wiki page), she was trained by a group of mages who instilled in her the concept of "with great power comes great responsibility." They believed that those with the power to grant aid and succor to others should do so, because all lives have value and a place in Nymeia's tapestry. Certain religious experiences L'yhta has had reinforced those beliefs further. She may not always live up to them, but she at least tries to stop evil from happening, because the way evil wins is if good men and women stand by and do nothing.
Second, those same mages gave their lives to protect Aleport from the Sahagin, which was the second time parental figures in her life sacrificed themselves in the service of others -- the first being when her father, L'mahre Nunh, was nigh fatally crippled ushering members of her tribe to safety during the Calamity. The last words of L'yhta's master were an exhortation to build an organization to use magic to protect others. She hasn't quite gotten the Mysterium there yet due to her own flaws, but she tries to fulfill that dying wish each day she goes out into the world.
So, for her, adventuring isn't about fame, or fortune, or really about knowledge. It's about trying to make Eorzea a better place.
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((about me | about L'yhta Mahre | L'yhta's desk | about Mysterium, the Ivory Tower: a heavy RP society of mages))
