Perih Vashai Perih Vashai is a non - playable character from " Final Fantasy XI " . She is chieftainess of the Mithra residing in the Federation of Windurst and a veteran of the Crystal War . She was once a renowned archer but has lost her sight . Perih waits in Windurst Woods to counsel adventurers on the ways of a Ranger . Story . During the Crystal War Perih Vashai traveled to Mindartia from Elshimo Island as one of many Mithra Mercenaries hired to oppose the Yagudo Theomilitary and its allies . Wielding her Azure Bow she became Mercenary Major of the Anaconda Unit , a division specializing in archery . Alongside Romaa Mihgo and her Cobra Unit the Anacondas made great strides in the defense of Fort Karugo - Narugo and Windurst itself . In Windurst Waters Perih observed a Sin Hunter named Shikaree G following members of a caravan departing for the Grand Duchy of Jeuno . After confronting this hunter Perih deduced that one of the travelers had been Nhev Befrathi , a former Mithran chieftainess condemned for failing to control the bloodshed surrounding the infamous Bow of Light . Perih then recalled that Lehko Habhoka , a high - ranking Mithra in the war effort , had been the son of the woman who forged the same bow . Soon after Beastmen laid siege to Windurst with an army too great for the Federation ' s conventional defenders . Karaha - Baruha and Robel - Akbel therefore summoned Fenrir to challenge the invading force . They could not maintain control of the beast in the face of Tzee Xicu the Manifest , however , and were themselves absorbed by the avatar . Lehko attempted to use the Bow of Light to destroy Fenrir but Perih disarmed him before the dangerous weapon could be activated . Tzee and Fenrir subsequently departed for Castle Oztroja . Perih confiscated the Bow of Light and the Mithra Mercenaries moved to the Meriphataud Mountains to prepare a counterattack . As they made camp they were approached by a mortally wounded Nhev Befrathi , who had eluded Shikaree G only to be set upon by the Yagudo . Members of Nhev ' s caravan , including her daughter Syu , had been imprisoned in Oztroja . She begged the assembled Mithra to employ the Bow of Light in a rescue attempt and died in Perih ' s arms . A small task force led by Perih and Lekho infiltrated Castle Oztroja to confront Tzee Xicu and liberate the hostages . After defeating the Yagudo leader Perih and Lehko hurried through the fortress only to encounter Shikaree G , who intended to execute Lehko and retrieve his mother ' s bow . Though Lehko was quick to support the Sin Hunter ' s arguments against him , Perih overlooked his self - incrimination and convinced Shikaree to step aside and see what the future would hold . They then turned to the task of subduing Fenrir as he roamed Oztroja ' s halls . Lehko provided Perih with the means to unlock the Bow of Light ' s power and sent her outside while he wrestled the beast into position . At Lehko ' s signal Perih drew the cursed bow and loosed a luminous bolt across the Yagudo forces . The arrow shattered in the sky above the beastmen and sent a cascade of piercing shards through their vulnerable ranks . Then , though already exhausted , Perih knocked a second arrow and unleashed it upon Fenrir . The great beast crumpled and was put to rest , though at the cost of Perih ' s sight . The Mithran hostages , including Syu , were subsequently able to return from the battlefield . For victory over the Yagudo the Mithra Mercenaries were awarded a portion of the Federation ' s land . Those like Perih who had grown to prefer temperate Mindartian climates were eager to accept this prize . There remained the problem of Syu Befrathi and the Bow of Light , however , for although Shikaree G had abandoned the chase it was likely that other Mithran trackers would pursue them . Nhev Befrathi ' s death would not dissuade them from executing the sinner ' s daughter . Perih and her allies decided to send Syu and the bow north to Xarcabard . The weapon ' s core had originated there and Perih believed that the Sin Hunters would never discover anything hidden in that frozen landscape . To ensure Syu ' s safety Perih concealed the girl ' s identity by manipulating the twinstone earrings that distinguish Mithran mother - daughter pairs . Perih gave her own earring to Syu so that onlookers would mistake her for Perih ' s daughter . The conspirators then planted the original Befrathi earrings in Castle Oztroja , where they would claim Nhev had died , and the Eldieme Necropolis , where a false grave was laid for Syu . Finally they collected Perih ' s actual daughter , who had been hidden in Jeuno for safekeeping during the siege on Windurst , and exchanged her earring for one that had no partner . Perih ' s daughter was subsequently taken in by Heaven ' s Tower as an orphan named Semih Lafihna . Perih would pretend that her daughter no longer existed and keep Semih ' s original twinstone earring as her own for the next twenty years . During that time Semih would become captain of the Sibyl Guard and a well known figure in modern Vana ' diel . Present Day . Eventually Shikaree G , having arrived at the end of her life in the Mithran homeland , confesses to not having killed Syu Befrathi . This inspires younger tracker Shikaree M to cross the sea and interrogate Perih and Semih regarding events two decades prior . With the assistance of an adventurer Perih is able to convince the Sin Hunter that the Befrathis had already perished . Shikaree obtains other testimony regarding the siege on Castle Oztroja , however , and comes to believe that Perih had both wielded the Bow of Light and kept the sinful weapon for herself . With carefully chosen words Perih sets Semih on the road to Xarcabard . Syu Befrathi is alive and well there and in the intervening years has rendered the Bow of Light inert by removing the dangerous magicite at its heart . Semih returns from the Northlands with the disabled bow , which pacifies Shikaree M , and Perih ' s twinstone earring . This prompts Perih to finally reveal herself as Semih ' s mother . Though Semih claims no ill will toward Perih it remains to be seen if their relationship will overcome the decades lost between them .