I'shani was born to a tiny offshoot of the larger 'I' tribe, consisting of no more than two dozen members. Rejecting the traditional Seeker worship of Azeyma, they devoted themselves to the void, obsessed with ancient Mhachi magic - even choosing to live in and around the ruins of Belah'dia in Thanalan, which was founded by the survivors of Mhach who had lived through the Sixth Umbral Calamity. Commonly opening lesser void gates to allow lower-tiered voidsent through, they worshipped the demons, throwing debauched bacchanals nightly, to revel in the power they gained when willingly allowing themselves to be possessed for short times. Those of the tribe who showed reluctance - such as a young, terrified I'Shani - were forced into being possessed repeatedly, under the assumption that they would adapt and grow to enjoy wielding the powerful magic they were granted access to through allowing the void creatures to take over their mind and bodies.When the Calamity hit and exposed the ruins of Sil'dih, an ancient city which had been founded by a Belah'dian prince after civil war divided Belah'dia, the tribe found an opportunity to move to a more secret location to continue their depraved adulation. Taking the Sil'dihn Subterrane as their new home, the surprisingly lush ruins provided water, beasts to hunt for food and most importantly, privacy... aside from the odd ruins-delver that occasionally happened through... who were usually sacrificed to voidsent, alas for them.It was during one of these twisted nighttime revelries that I'Shani braved the paths of the Subterrane alone and made his way out of the ruins. At the tender age of fifteen summers, he fled to Ul'dah, with nothing more than the clothes on his back. For a while, he subsisted off whatever he could beg or steal, nothing more than a common street urchin, until one day, he ventured into the Arrzaneth Ossuary. He was found by one of the priests, tucked back in a corner with an ancient tome, consuming the contents of the text with a voracious curiosity.The priest spoke at length with the young Miqo'te and, upon learning that I'Shani showed great potential for the art of thaumaturgy, agreed to take him off the streets and teach him all that he wished to know. When I'Shani showed enough competence with what he had learned, the priest sent him to Lalai Darkeyes, a Lalafell woman who secretly practiced black magic.For years, he absorbed every scrap of knowledge she imparted, becoming quite powerful in his own right... however, in the back of his mind, he had never been able to forget the void magic he had been raised on since he was a child. Determined to use what he now knew to find new ways to eradicate voidsent, he turned to ruins-delving, exploring the secret places of the star where the deepest darkness lingered - and using the priceless relics he found to support himself by selling them at auctions and to private collectors.Having made quite a name for himself in both the underworld and legitimate artifact markets, I'Shani has most recently turned his thoughts toward potentially returning to the Subterrane, knowing that his former tribe continues to play host to voidsent regularly. Knowing he is not powerful enough to take them all on alone, he has set out to seek allies in the battle ahead. Only once he has secured a formidable force, will he return to his former home and eradicate those who willfully invite corruption into the world.

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