Arsene B'nargin Backstory

Arsene B'nargin's Backstory

Born in Dalmasca, as a distant relative of the Royal family, Arsene was raised in Rabanastre until war broke out between the Kingdom and The Empire. At age 4, Arsene was spirited away to the Golmore Jungle by his parents with other refugees, where both his Mother & Father met their untimely deaths at the hands of Imperials, Luckily, Fran Eruyt, arriving in time to help the refugees find temporary shelter, Is able to rescue the survivors.

Arsene stayed in the Golmore Jungle, hunting and learning to defend himself and perform conjuring magics with the help of the resistance, until one fateful night when the empire’s troops marched on his arboreous home.
Arsene; now 17 years old, Is selected by Fran to lead the younger members of the resistance to safety, being a natural leader, and capable of closing their wounds should it come to it, He was, as Fran felt, their best choice.
Fran instructed Arsene to await word to return, hoping that the resistance could push the imperials back, and should a full Day pass with no word, then Arsene was to make for Valnain and usher himself and the refuges into the care of Fran’s long time friend Balthier.

A full day passes and unbeknownst to Arsene, Fran’s link pearl is shattered in the on going skirmish. After hours of attempting to contact Fran via linkpearl, Arsene decides it’s time to make for Valnain. Fran and Arsene both believe each other to be dead.

Though the journey was not uneventful, Arsene is successful in stealthing his contingent to Valnain, splitting apart, stopping to rest and hunting when needed. There are a few close calls along the way, and a few patrols that needed to be forwarded rather than avoided, but most of the refugees are none the worse for wear for it. The Empire’s patrols seem to grow in number as the days pass.

Finally making it to Valnain, Arsene notices an intense Imperial presence at the port city, and instructs the refugees to make camp near the outskirts and lay low. After making contact with Balthier, Arsene is surprised that not only did Balthier have no idea of the plan, but that he requires payment as well. Though Balthier requests immediate payment, Arsene, after spending a day doing reconnaissance for him, is able to promise repayment up arrival, Balthier for his part, enthusiastically accepts. Balthier makes ready, preparing his stolen Imperial aircraft, and instructs Arsene to ready the refugees by the docks, where they’ll disembark in the dead of night. At this point Balthier explains that he plans to carry them to Thavnair, where they should be safe so long as they aren’t to rambunctious about their escape.

The plan is successful and Arsene and the refugees go their separate ways, all joining up for some form of tradecraft in Thavnair. Balthier requests payment from Arsene to the tune of 1 million gil for his troubles, but tells him not the worry about a due date. Arsene works as a weaver in Thavnair for 2 years, scrounging every coin he can muster, and when the time comes to finally pay Balthier back, they meet in Radz-at-Han, where Balthier counts up the Gil, and entrusts Arsene to use it to buy passage to Eorzea, where he can get a true fresh start, sensing that he was unhappy with a life of labor. Arsene does just that, and after what felt like years of travel, Arrives in The black shroud at the beginning of A Realm Reborn.