I'm a few days late, but my first work for #AuRaApril2026 is officially up on #AO3!
Prompt 1: Introduction
Upon becoming an officially licensed adventurer, Sajyn receives a journal from Momodi. She decides to write in it, even though no one will ever want to read about her.
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Oh, yes. Especially pre-ARR.
Before, when she was alone, she'd go off and punch a wall/tree until she'd cleared her head, usually leaving a dent in said object.
Now, Lyse cuddles close and hugs her until she calms down. This is also why she has nightmares less often now.
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While most of the physical effects are gone now thanks to some healthy integration with Esteem, Sajyn's skin grew pale and pure white cracks appeared in her scales, horns and tail before that point.
Now, she's mostly left with only a heightened sensitivity to light-aspected aether.
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Well...
- Retook the land in which she was born and raised
- Nearly died to Zenos and was forced to reveal her DRK powers to her friends, leading to his obsession with her
- Became obsessed with getting stronger because "I'm the hero, I'm not supposed to lose"
(1/5)
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Being half-Xaela and not born of the Steppe, Sajyn felt weird about winning. She wasn't interested in ruling, but it felt nice to honor her mother's heritage.
Besides, the next one came and went during ShB in my timeline, and Sajyn lost her status, not that she really cared.
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✅ Martial abilities on display
✅ Purple and blue clearly visible
✅ Ala Mhigan setting
Yup, that’s the gist of it.
#gpose #gposers #ffxiv #sajynlore
Well, after weeks of recovering from losing her family and almost dying to a shard of Dalamud, Sajyn joined up with the adventuring party that found her and spent the next five years just doing whatever job paid well. Hunting monsters, retrieving stolen possessions... anything, really.
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A mix of purple/blue, white and/or black is Sajyn’s typical color scheme.
Cooler colors go well with her scales/horns/tail, plus they align with her more cool personality.
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"Home" for Sajyn is really just wherever her loved ones are. That said, Ala Mhigo will always be special in her heart as that's where her family raised her and taught her most of what she knows about the world, and she's proud to see it thrive after its liberation.
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A picture of Sajyn's mother, Sarnai Oronir, as modeled in the character creator because I don't have access to mods. She is the middle of her sisters and served the Oronir as an archer and hunter until she was severely wounded in battle and left for dead. However, Sajyn's father found her and nursed her back to health, whereupon they fell in love and traveled to Ala Mhigo, where they would have Sajyn, their daughter, and a few years later, Yuri, their son. However, all but Sajyn perished in the Calamity when a shard of Dalamud struck their location as they were traveling through Northern Thanalan, having fled Ala Mhigo when the Garlean occupation grew too much to take and spent years wandering the land. Though she always felt like she wanted more beyond the confines of life with the Xaela, she still carries a deep love for her family, and it would warm her heart to see Sajyn rediscovering that side of her all these years later.
A close-up of Sajyn's aunt, Uyanga Oronir. She's Sarnai's younger sister and serves as a healer. She has two children and loves to play the flute. Her kind and empathetic nature positions her as the family's emotional heart, and it's she who recognizes Sajyn's resemblance to Sarnai when she arrives at the Dawn Throne.
A close-up of Gantuya Oronir, Sajyn's aunt and the oldest sibling of her family. In stark contrast to Uyanga, Gantuya is strict as they come, managing the affairs of most of their family and clearly expected to become the new matriarch of their family once their mother, Naran (Sajyn's grandmother) passes away. She serves the Oronir as a pugilist, and it's she who taught most of her family, including her three sons, how to fight. She can come across as quite cold, and she initially dismisses any possibility that Sajyn is her niece until she sees Sajyn fight and recognizes some of her own techniques in her fighting style. The reason for her coldness, though, is that she's fiercely protective of her family ever since losing Sarnai. She secretly blamed herself for letting Sarnai "die" and not fighting harder for the right to go look for her body.
Sajyn Kojuro, Warrior of Light and daughter of Sarnai Oronir. Born of a Xaela mother and a Hingan Hyur father but raised in Ala Mhigo, she grew up not knowing about her extended family because her parents didn't want her to feel bound by her ancestry. Yet they couldn't predict that one day, years after their deaths, she would find her way to Othard and discover the family she never knew she had. And none of them could have even imagined that she would go on to become the Khagan of the entire Xaela people.
Happy International Women's Day, everyone!
In celebration, have some pics of the women of the Kojuro/Oronir family: Sajyn, her mom, Sarnai, and her aunts, Uyanga and Gantuya! Check the alt-text for bios.
Someday I'll make a full family tree to post here...
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For Sajyn, it just has to be Lyse. The other Scions also matter to her, but Lyse is the one who helped Sajyn realize her own happiness is valid, and that she's capable of living a life beyond the next adventure. There was zero hesitation when she asked her to marry her.
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As someone who got into a LOT of fights as a kid, Sajyn's got a really high pain tolerance. Aside from some really serious attacks, she can keep going for a surprisingly long time. This also makes her a pain for any healers when they need her to rest but she keeps going "I'm FINE."
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Conflict is conflict. Sajyn doesn’t take pleasure in killing (usually), but she won’t go out of her way to avoid it either. That said, she has eased up on it as of EW. Being a monk makes it easier, since she knows exactly where to strike to paralyze her opponent.
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Sajyn has FIVE. In order:
MNK: Since ARR. Was always good with her fists, even as a kid. Obvious course.
DRG: Pre-HW. Needed better ranged options.
DRK: Post-HW. Trauma™
SAM: StB. Learned family history and wanted to get stronger to kill Zenos.
DNC: Post-EW. Just for fun.
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Pre-Calamity, her parents would get her a gift and treat her to a special meal.
Post-Calamity, she barely even acknowledged it.
Post-ARR she offhandedly mentioned it to Yda, who immediately roped all the Scions into throwing her a party, and that's basically their new tradition.
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Sajyn just didn't have magic for the longest time. She could attune to aetherytes alright, but it wasn't until ARR that her exposure to the crystals of light started to augment her aether. DRK is the most magic she'll ever cast, though, as she doesn't have the patience to be a healer.
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For Sajyn:
Tank: Dark Knight
Magical DPS: None (but if non-canon: Red Mage)
Melee DPS: Monk/Samurai
Ranged DPS: Dancer
Healer: None (but if non-canon: Astrologian)
Sajyn doesn't have much magic ability outside of what she gets through DRK and augmenting her MNK abilities.
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—her after they'd been contracted to search for survivors. Sajyn spent most of a week bedridden, having broken multiple bones and endured severe burns from the blast.
One week later, they found the bodies of her family.
And Sajyn...
All she could do was scream.
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A rush of heat and a flash of fire were all she saw before the force from the impact knocked her unconscious, Bahamut's roar filling her ears before everything went black.
And in an instant, her family was gone.
She awoke three days later, when a roaming party of adventurers found—
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—Yuri pushed her off the cliff.
Time slowed to a crawl, Sajyn reaching out with a silent scream at her little brother, who seemed to be giving her a sad smile as he watched her fall.
Then Dalamud exploded.
And a lone shard rained down on the spot Sajyn had just been standing in.
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—panicked, telling Yuri to run back to their parents. He refused, shouting something about a warning, that she needed to run, that they were all going to die if she didn't run. She told him he was being crazy, even as she continued to hear the voice.
Then with an unprecedented strength—
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—chaos. Sajyn ran after him, coming to a stop at the edge of a cliff, and demanded to know why he'd run off.
He asked if she could hear the voice.
Sajyn started to ask him what he was talking about, until all of a sudden everything went silent. Then:
"Hear... Feel... Think..."
She—
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Sajyn lost her parents and her little brother, Yuri, when Dalamud exploded. They were traveling through Northern Thanalan, hoping to avoid most of the chaos, but when the first seal came down, Yuri (who was just eight years old) suddenly ran ahead, climbing atop a rise overlooking the—
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The memories echo through your mind—words you had spoken with such confidence all those moons ago... "I don't need you. I know who I am, and I would rather die than let you 'help' me again. "This is goodbye. Forever." Leave it to fate to make of you a liar...
"We've been through quite a lot, haven't we?" "Heh... Indeed we have..." "And there is still more to come..." "Let it. Whoever places themselves in the path of our loved ones will swiftly learn just who they have crossed. They will have only the briefest of moments to come to an understanding, before they become merely another notch on our blade." "Hmph. Never change, old friend."
"...Friend, huh?" "Is there another word you would prefer?" "I... hm... Perhaps—" The edge of a word just barely graces your lips. A confession, a desire born of the heart. A traitorous flame that refused to be smothered. Yet as the wind carries the petals away, so too is the word scattered to silence. "...No. Friend... Friend is good."
This is not a goodbye. There will be no more goodbyes with you. Even if the world cannot see it... You shall never be parted. As your 'self' wraps your heart in a cool embrace, you look up, towards the horizon. The sun hangs low in the evening sky, setting the clouds ablaze. In this spectacle of light, your shadow only grows. And a smile graces your lips. "Thank you."
It's funny, isn't it?
For the longest time, I thought I needed to hide you.
I thought I needed to be rid of you.
But you've always been with me, since the beginning.
We saved a world together.
And now, I cannot bear to part with you.
So let us walk on, to the end...
Together.
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So Sajyn's mother, Sarnai, was of the Oronir, but she was wounded in battle and presumed dead. A Hyur merchant from Kugane was passing through the region, found her and nursed her back to health, and together they left the Steppe for Ala Mhigo.
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The Royal Menagerie remains to this day my favorite spot in the entire game. Not only is it just absolutely gorgeous, but it's where Sajyn and Lyse's journey to liberate Ala Mhigo concluded as they fought Zenos/Shinryu together, so it's thematically appropriate as well.
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Sajyn is a cat lover. Put a kitten in her hands and she will just melt. She used to want a pet coeurl as a kid, and still to this day holds on to the coeurl plushie her father bought her.
Her name is Chimi, and only Lyse is allowed to hold her.
#lysajyn #sajynlore
For Sajyn, it was after the failed assassination attempt on Zenos in Doma. Lyse was furious that Sajyn was so obsessed with getting stronger after the massacre at the Reach that she almost got herself killed (again), and absolutely laid into her, screaming that she had no right—
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Sajyn's been bullied a few times as a kid, mostly when running into other kids when traveling with her parents. They thought she was weird because they'd never seen a Xaela before, and usually would assume she's deaf because she has horns instead of ears and thus openly insult her or—
#sajynlore | #lysajyn
Sajyn will just kinda drape herself over Lyse (despite being several inches shorter than her) until she's acknowledged. Think like a lizard basking in the sun on a rock, except the rock is a midlander woman who can and will pin her lizzer gf to the wall at a moment's notice.
