Bran (Final Fantasy XIV)

Bran is a non-player character in Final Fantasy XIV. He is a reporter for the Harbor Herald. Bran appeared during seasonal event The Rising in 2014 and 2019.
==History==
===The Rising 2014===
Bran, asked the Warrior of Light for help in tracking down a mysterious minstrel sighted throughout the realm. Bran concluded that the minstrel would appear in Limsa Lominsa. After meeting with the bard in Aftcastle. The wandering minstrel expressed his admiration for the adventurers, and shared the words of the late Archon Louisoix Leveilleur.
===The Rising 2019===
After the Moonfire Faire was over, P'obyano asked Warrior of Light to help her collect the garbage dumped on the sands of Bloodshore beach. After collecting the trash, P'obyano thanked them for their efforts and was curious about the presence of a bottle containing a message that was among the collected trash. She promptly extracts and reads the largely illegible missive, which appears to have been written with a dark prophecy. Concerned that another calamity is imminent, P'obyano asks the Warrior of Light to deliver the letter to Bran at Limsa Lominsa, who specializes in such matters.
Bran immediately identifies the letter as having been written by none other than a certain Wandering Minstrel, and the words themselves as having been taken from the seventh verse of Mezaya Thousand Eyes's Divine Chronicles. Not knowing what it all means, the veteran gazetteer proposes paying the enigmatic musician a visit in Ul'dah. Arriving in Ul'dah, the minstrel kindly agrees to the interview provided it is conducted on his terms. He recounts that the letter was written before the Calamity, when the minstrel and his adventuring friends were endeavoring to spread the word about the impending destruction throughout the land. 
Moved by the music, the minstrel began to play an ode on his harp. After the reporter leaves the scene to begin writing his last and best story, the Warrior of Light and the minstrel watch the fireworks display in the skies above the sultanate. With the job done, the Warrior of Light returns to Bloodshore to share news of all that has happened with P'obyano.
===The Rising 2023===
Bran was working on his next article about the Rising. He said he had interviewed the Wandering Minstrel, who was organizing an exhibition called the Letter Forest, which displays letters of gratitude and encouragement written anonymously. He met briefly with the Warrior of Light, who was looking for Nhagi'a Jakkya.
==Characteristics==
===Appearance===
===Personality===
==Behind the scenes==
Bran shares his name with a NPC from version 1.0. This NPC was a hyur located at Halfstone in Western La Noscea.
"Bran" is also a potential randomly generated male forename for Midlander Hyur player characters.
==Gallery==
The Rising from FFXIV 2023 artwork.png|Bran in The Rising 2023 artwork.
==Citations==
Category:Characters in Final Fantasy XIV
Category:Hyur