The Nathus Family

== Geiv ==
Geiv was an only child born in Gold Ring in 75 RC to his parents, Jay and Lynn. Jay left a year later to resume his travels and work as a caravan guard, leaving Lynn to take care of Geiv. Lynn had retired from the Gold Ring Vigilance Committee (GRVC) when Geiv was born, so she got a job as a nanny to support Geiv and herself. She took little Geiv with her while she worked, taking care of her sister-in-law’s child, Kaho. Lynn’s job and economic status taught Geiv the importance of humility, but Lynn’s experience in the GRVC made Geiv proud of his mom and his city. From a young age he considered outsiders to be less civilized, and he believed them to be simple-minded. Geiv eventually learned to embrace diversity, and he loved to hear their stories and tales.
none|thumb|300x300px|Geiv's first birthday in 76 RC.
As Geiv grew into a young sergal, he started to groom the back of his mane so he looked more like his mom, who he adored. He mostly spent his time playing with his cousin Kaho and the other kids who lived near him, but coincidentally most of them were sergals and nevreans. This trend would continue as Geiv grew up since he adored the interesting male nevrean colors. He developed a sweet tooth for mochi, rock candy, and root beer. He preferred the texture of meat compared to fish, so if he couldn't get ZUvo for lunch, he'd try to swallow fish whole to avoid chewing them. Lynn scolded Geiv for doing this, since she didn't want Geiv to pick up his dad's bad habits. Geiv continued to swallow fish whole, but he slowly figured out that he shouldn't be like his dad. 
Geiv started working when he was an adult (ten years old), moving into his own apartment and supporting himself (with some help from Lynn) by taking odd jobs from his friends and family. He quickly figured out that he had a low alcohol/chemical tolerance, but he enjoyed drinking with friends. Geiv had grown up to be positive, witty and impulsive with an addictive personality. He was level headed but got moody when he was hungry, and he was lazy despite Lynn’s nagging. Geiv really enjoyed the company of friendly and empathetic people, but he didn’t like people who were bossy or high maintenance because he was easily frustrated by others. Geiv saw the best in his friends unless they gave him a reason to see the worst, like if they rubbed him the wrong way or did something that he was morally against. He was generally apathetic towards strangers, and could be sarcastic and irritable towards them if they inconvenienced him. Geiv generally didn't think about his life in the long term, but after the birth of his daughter Tessa in 87 RC he had to come up with a plan to improve his quality of life. He concocted a plan to become a Garden Knight, despite the color of his fur. Geiv convinced Lynn to train him in close quarters combat in late 87 RC, moving in with his mom and working less so he could focus on raising his child and the task at hand. After six months of training with Lynn as well as taking private lessons in swordsmanship, he temporarily dyed his fur gold and applied for a position amongst the Garden Knight ranks. Geiv was significantly better with a sword than hand to hand combat, but his plan succeeded, and he was accepted in early 88 RC and was assigned a position that fit his set of skills. Geiv was to coordinate with the Road Guards on behalf of the Garden Knights, dealing with talyxian threats in and around Gold RIng as well as acting as an impromptu captain when required. Road Guards have the option to operate way beyond the city walls, but as a Garden Knight, Geiv stayed close to or within the city and focused on the threats closer to home. 
Geiv didn't bother dying his fur again, so it slowly changed back to brown over the next few months until it was back to its original color by mid 88 RC. The Bloodstones knew something was up when they started seeing a brown sergal in their ranks, and after running a background check on Geiv they planned to discharge him from the Garden Knights. The Bloodstones reevaluated Geiv's current position within the Garden Knights and decided that he was valuable enough to keep, but since the Garden Knights must have gold fur, they needed to find another use for him. Geiv was contacted by the Bloodstones and was immediately transferred to the Road Guards in late 88 RC, since he had a knack for handling situations with extreme prejudice, but was generally well-mannered and respected authority. His day-to-day duties barely changed, but he was required to turn in his Garden Knight uniform after his transfer. Geiv had always been prideful of his city and culture, and when he was a Garden Knight he got to embrace these feelings and set an example for how others should carry themselves. Geiv immediately commissioned a set of armor based on these strong feelings for his city and himself, which were heavily inspired by the design of Garden Knight armor. Geiv continued his impressive track record within the Road Guards, but he didn't interact well with Garden Knights after his transfer since he felt like they were always looking down on him. He still operated in and close to Gold Ring since he refused to be stationed away from his daughter, who was being looked after by his mom while he was working. 
Geiv moved into a larger house in late 89 RC with Lynn and Tessa, with Geiv being the property owner. Things went smoothly for him until 90 RC when Jay returned to Gold Ring, and Jay decided he wanted to settle down with Lynn - in Geiv's house. Jay's jovial and brazen attitude towards Lynn rubbed Geiv the wrong way since Geiv had been around his mom for so long, so the whole situation was unpleasant for Geiv and he had a hard time adjusting to his dad being around. Geiv's friends teased him about living with his parents, but Geiv insisted that his parents were the ones living with him. Jay was very surprised when he learned that Tessa was his granddaughter, because he assumed that she was just another child that Lynn was taking care of. Lynn didn't like the idea of Jay taking care of Tessa because of what happened with Geiv, so Lynn retired as a communal caretaker, marched Jay over to the GRVC and forced him to join. Jay was used to fighting Out Ring bandits and talyxians in his custom armor, so he was mildly annoyed that he had to wear a uniform. Geiv's interactions with Jay, despite living in the same house, were few and far between due to their jobs and other factors. 
Geiv and one of his fellow Road Guards heard of a talyxian incident inside Gold Ring in 95 RC, so they rushed to the scene and got to work. Unfortunately, Geiv's comrade wasn't lucky and took the brunt of an attack aimed at him that severely injured him, but he was able to crawl away as Geiv finished the job. Geiv's fellow Road Guard eventually recovered and continued to serve as a Road Guard, but they were left with weakness in their arms and legs due to nerve damage. Geiv had a significant amount of trouble coping with what he saw since he had never seen someone in his line of work had their life changed by an injury, and as a result he started to lose his motivation to train and exercise. Geiv ended up resigning later that year after 7 years of service because he didn't want the same thing to happen to him. In addition, his stress eating and lack of motivation had caused him to put on weight, which is never a good thing when your occupation depends on your physical condition. He started working at a Gold Ring convenience store (Pip Oasis) as a transitional job, which was sedentary and a nice (but unhealthy) change of pace. During this time in his life, Geiv also started to spend more time with friends and family, and he was frequently seen with a box or basket of his favorite foods.
centre|thumb|300x300px|Geiv spending time with his friend Wyn in late 96 RC.
After his resignation from the Road Guards, Geiv felt ashamed and worried how his daughter would feel about him. His weight gain was due to his bad eating habits and his sudden change in lifestyle, and it didn’t help that Jay stopped trying to connect with him. Geiv spent a lot of time with Tessa during this time, acting more like a father and investing himself in Tessa’s day-to-day life. Tessa was a little disappointed that she couldn’t brag about her dad being a Road Guard, and she didn’t know what to think about Geiv’s weight - but he was spending more time with her, and he encouraged her to do what she was passionate about. 
centre|thumb|300x300px|Geiv working at Pip Oasis in early 97 RC.
Geiv transferred locations to Pip Oasis's parent company, Docos Mall, in late 97 RC to help train in a family friend (and Tessa's former caretaker), Loona. He hadn't spent an extended period of time with her previously, but they grew to be very comfortable around each other and preferred to work together. In mid-98 RC, Geiv asked Loona to go on a date with him, and it progressed from there until their unofficial union on Loona's birthday in 100 RC. In addition to loving Loona's personality, Geiv enjoyed her quirkiness and her interesting, but easy to comprehend accent. He wanted to adopt Loona's tribe name as their surname as a way to make it clear that they were together, but since she had no tribe name, they decided that they should make a surname for themselves. After some consideration and some input from Tessa and Lynn, they decided on Nathus as their new surname. Since Loona had always been like a second mother to Tessa, Tessa as well as the rest of Geiv's family had no issues with adopting their new surname.
Geiv and Loona planned to have children shortly after they became partners, but they decided together that Loona would need to stay home to take care of their kids, which meant that Geiv needed to get a better paying job. He hadn't been paid well since the time when he was a Road Guard, so he needed to learn a new, valuable skill that could help with that. Geiv decided to invest his time in learning about architecture and design, and spent some of his free time drawing up mock buildings and detailing where everything would go. Geiv had grown more pedantic and concerned with minor details since he started to live a more sedentary lifestyle, and this change in him made him a natural at design and planning. During this time where Geiv was trying to learn how to be an architect, he would frequently go to get mochi and ZUvo after work, and then come home to work on his projects and snack until dusk. In 102 RC, Geiv was hired as an architect by a small firm run by some agudners that Lynn was friends with, and Geiv started to make a lot more money than he was used to making. Gold Ring was developing fast, and eltus like Geiv were in high demand.
Later that year, Geiv started to feel like he'd lost control of his weight, which in reality had happened as soon as he stopped training and exercising as a Road Guard. He had kept slowly gaining weight and it was starting to effect his everyday life, and in addition he was tired of updating his wardrobe. Geiv also noted that he was only a few years away from being 30 years old, so he decided that he'd make an effort to slim down and try to be healthier. He switched from ZUvo to healthier alternatives and stopped eating before bed, but he didn't experience the weight loss he was hoping for. Geiv tried exercising with Loona and going on jogs to try to speed up the process, but he felt embarrassed by his physical condition and stopped. Geiv would eventually return to a weight he was happy with right before he turned 30 in 105 RC, but he couldn't slim down to how he used to look in his teenage years - Jay would mention this to Geiv every now and then, remarking how Geiv was so fit at the time Jay came back to Gold Ring. These interactions made Geiv feel guilty, but he didn't like his dad very much, so Jay's words didn't bite as much as Jay thought they would.
By late 105 RC, Geiv and Loona felt like it was the right time to have kids, but they didn't have any luck having kids together, which frustrated them. Loona was stressed and had grown tired of working in retail, so she quit her job and spent her time at home and with her friends. She pressed Geiv that they should keep trying to have kids, which Geiv had no issue with. Finally in 107 RC, Geiv's second child was born, which was a boy Geiv and Loona named Deimo. Loona had been preparing their house for months and was very excited to be a mother, so she stayed home and nurtured Deimo while Geiv was working. Loona was very good at keeping little Deimo from hurting himself or putting himself in dangerous situations since she was always watching out for him. While Geiv, Loona and Lynn were happy and more than willing to be with Deimo, Geiv didn't want Jay around Deimo and told him to keep his distance whenever Geiv brought Deimo over to be with Lynn. Meanwhile, Tessa didn't like kids and didn't like dealing with them, calling them "emotionally draining." She didn't like being around Deimo very much - besides, she was busy with work and was trying to establish a career. When Tessa was hired as a combat instructor in 110 RC, Geiv gifted her his sword to encourage her to do her best, and as a way for him to move on from his old life.
Geiv continued to work as an architect during Deimo's childhood, but by the time Deimo was 10, Geiv had plenty of cevia saved up and wanted to transition into a different line of work. He decided to start investing in businesses, starting off his new career by buying his favorite mochi business. He joked about his new purchase, saying "I'm actually saving myself money buy buying this place," which garnered some nervous laughter from the rest of his family. Geiv introduced a few new products to the store during his first year as the owner, experiencing a moderate amount of success since he knew the in's and out's of junk food. Geiv would unfortunately have an accident involving tainted mochi, which he had personally bought from his business and consumed. He contracted a talyxian parasite that caused his health to deteriorate, and he needed to seek medical help. Geiv went to a Talyxian Rooter that Tessa suggested, and he was prescribed some medication to help purify his body of the parasite - it mitigated the symptoms, but he still experienced some side effects. The most notable side effect was that his fur hardened like a talyxian stalker's fur, which was a difficult change for Geiv to cope with. A few years later in 120 RC, Loona was ready to be Geiv's business partner. Loona had little to no business sense, but she would tell Geiv if she thought an investment was good or bad, based on her strong instincts. She also was able to assist Geiv with some of the physical tasks he was required to do, but she insisted that he had to help so he would stay in shape.
== Jay ==
Geiv's father, Jay, was a caravan guard known for his wanderlust, fighting spirit and his love of western sergals - which explains why he chased after Lynn, who was 1/2 western. Jay and his fraternal twin, Ely, were born in Gold Ring in 55 RC. They grew up together in Gold Ring and shared a lust for combat, but Jay was reckless and Ely was cautious. Jay was impulsive, arrogant and sometimes displayed questionable manners, like interrupting people's conversations. He was also fond of swallowing fish whole, which he became really good at. For example, Jay would get upset when Ely would question his motives, even when Ely was right. Jay didn't like to wear a helmet since his mane tended to itch a lot, but he had to learn to get used to it since he wanted a combat-oriented job.  In 65 RC, Ely used his wit to convince a caravan to hire them as guards, and they spent the next 8 years guarding caravans. Ely would hang back near the caravan, sticking close to their clients while Jay would walk ahead of the caravan and deal with any threats. Jay was good with simple orders like "go kill things that might hurt us," but if you had asked him to count the number of things he just killed, he would give you a thousand yard stare. This gave Jay an interesting reputation, which Ely used as a selling point for their services. Their diligence paid off, allowing them to earn more than a member of the GRVC in a similar position. This all changed in 73 RC when Ely settled down in Gold Ring with an eastern sergal named Thuy. Jay initially joined Ely and tried to form a family with Lynn, but eventually Jay's wanderlust forced him to leave Gold Ring. Despite leaving Lynn and Geiv to continue being a caravan guard, he was not career focused and usually just worked for whoever asked him first.  Jay left Gold Ring to continue his job and his travels a year after Geiv was born. He didn't understand that what he did was bad for his wife and his son, plus, being a caravan guard was the only thing Jay knew how to do. Jay continued to work as a caravan guard, working mostly between Shigu and Reono until his surprise return to Gold Ring in 90 RC. He learned from Lynn that Ely, as well as Ely's wife, Thuy, had been killed back in 79 RC - he didn't know how to react to this because it had happened so long ago. At this point, after learning of his brother's demise, he finally decided to settle down with Lynn, hanging up his sword and armor so he could spend time with his family.  
Jay (involuntarily) joined the GRVC in 90 RC after he returned from his travels, even though he had plenty of cevia from all of his years on the road. He was a valued member of the GRVC because even though he was daft, he knew how to speak the languages native to Reono and Shigu, and even had an understanding of the more primitive dialects from these regions. When the situation allowed it, Geiv would personally request Jay's assistance since it was not unusual for other organizations to request help from the GRVC. Jay would call Geiv "cute" for "needing my help", but Geiv would rather spend time with his dad than some random officer. Jay didn't know how to connect with his son since he missed Geiv's whole childhood, so after Geiv's resignation from the Road Guards, Jay focused on getting closer to Lynn and Tessa. Jay continued to work as a GRVC officer until his retirement in 115 RC, at the age of 60. Jay was very proud of himself for coming back to Gold Ring and being a good granddad. He was known for being street smart despite his inherent lack of intelligence, and when trying to hold a conversation he would frequently get stuck on words when he couldn't think of the right word to say. Jay rarely hid or faked his emotions since he valued transparency, and he learned best when he was pacing or walking around.  
== Lynn ==
Lynn was born in 55 RC and was raised communally in Gold Ring. Most of her youth was spent around agudners, which helped humanize Lynn's emotions. Lynn is more attached to the people around her and open to both positive and negative emotions when compared to sergals who didn't grow up in diverse communities. When Lynn turned 10 in 65 RC, she was offered a job as a nanny for a wealthy agudner family since they knew her personally and they didn't want another agudner taking care of their children. Lynn's kind and gentle nature made her a great nanny, but she quickly became attached to the children and the agudner parents started to get jealous. Lynn ended up getting fired by these agudners in 67 RC for personal reasons, which Lynn never really understood since she did nothing wrong. Lynn was forced to change her profession since the agudner family made sure that Lynn would have a hard time finding a job as a nanny in Gold Ring, so she started her new career in late 67 RC as an officer in the Gold Ring Vigilance Committee. Her new job offered a stable income and was enough for Lynn to afford her own place to live.    
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Lynn's career as an officer in the GRVC lasted until her retirement in 75 RC, when Geiv was born. Lynn adored her newborn son, and didn't want to risk getting hurt in the line of duty - at the time, she thought Jay would join the GRVC in her place and she could stay home with her lil Geivy. Unfortunately, Jay left a year later, leaving Lynn to take care of Geiv by herself with no job. Geiv was all Lynn had left, and with her landowner trying to evict her, Lynn turned to her friends for help. Lynn was offered a job as a caretaker in 76 RC by her sister-in-law, Thuy, and was able to return to doing what she loved.  When Geiv was little, Lynn would try to stay positive about their situation and not let Geiv see her when she was sad. When Geiv would ask where his dad was, she would tell him that Jay was "on his way to the western lands", and tell Geiv made up stories about all the things Jay might be doing out there. In 79 RC, Lynn learned of Ely and Thuy's demise while taking care of Geiv and Kaho, and she was very sad and stressed by this news. Fortunately for Lynn, she received custody of Kaho and control of his finances - Lynn continued to take care of Kaho and abided by the contract she had previously established with Thuy. Lynn had to change professions again in 84 RC when Kaho went off to live on his own, so she took the role of a communal caretaker until Jay returned in 90 RC.  
Lynn and Geiv adore children, so Geiv enjoyed visiting his mom's workplace and playing with the kids during his free time. Lynn helped train Geiv in close quarters combat in 87 RC after the birth of Tessa, since Lynn spent ~8 years in the GRVC - she wasn't on par with the combat instructors, but she did the best she could. Ever since Lynn and Jay met, Lynn found time in her life for everyone, especially her family. Geiv was always her first priority while he was growing up. When Tessa was born in 87 RC, Lynn was very excited to take care of her while Geiv was working. Lynn didn't retire until 90 RC, so after Tessa was born, Geiv would let Lynn take Tessa with her to work while he was working. Lynn payed special attention to Tessa to make sure she didn't end up like her grandpa Jay, teaching her to read, write, count and how to be responsible. She currently lives with Jay, Geiv and the rest of Geiv's family.  
== Tessa ==
Geiv's daughter, Tessa, was born in 87 RC after Geiv slept with his female friend Sachi a year earlier. Geiv took Tessa in once she was born and raised her with help from Lynn, loving and caring for her as she grew. Lynn handled Tessa's education as she got older, while Geiv embraced the role of Tessa's dad. Later on, Jay would eventually showed her how to defend herself. Tessa was mostly southern and eastern, sporting pinkish brown fur and pale blue eyes. She was stocky and a natural fighter like Jay, and she was passionate about pursuing a civil servant position since she grew up while Geiv worked as a Road Guard. In addition to Geiv's occupation, Lynn was previously a member of the GRVC and Jay was a current member of the GRVC. Tessa was proud and protective of her dad and she was wary of new people and places, since she liked to be in familiar places. She was described by Geiv as a "career oriented" sergal since she was serious, dedicated and ambitious. 
By the time Tessa was 10, her exceptional strength and above average intelligence had made her slightly disdainful, so she demanded respect from others when she felt she deserved it. She started training to be a member of the Road Guards around this time so she could follow in Geiv's footsteps, but this didn't last for very long. Tessa was moody around civilians if they bothered her, which was unfitting of a guard in training. Her instructor saw her potential as a fighter, and they suggested that she should be a caravan guard like Jay (who was currently a member of the GRVC). Tessa had always considered Jay to be "dangerously stupid", so she didn't consider his old profession to be worth her time until her instructor suggested it. She talked with her grandpa Jay to learn more about what it takes to be a caravan guard, and he shared some of his experiences with her. He told her about all the fights he got involved in, which enticed Tessa but didn't convince her that a caravan guard was a good career choice. She loved her city and didn't want to leave it, just like Geiv. She spent a few years studying various combat-oriented professions ranging from Reono hunters to Shigu Vanguards to Gold Ring's Arena Combatants and how each of them fight, but she couldn't decide which of their styles fit her the best. Tessa remained indecisive and worked odd jobs until Jay approached her again on her 13th birthday, and after some back and forth arguing he pressured her into becoming his protégé. Tessa's race, ancestry, and intelligence gave her a lot of raw potential, but it wasn't until she first sparred with Jay after becoming his protégé that she learned that training was just as important as knowledge and talent. It took Tessa a fair amount of time to learn how to fight and to act with intent rather than brawling and simply acting on instinct, but once she made the transition she exceeded Jay as a tactical fighter. She still couldn't match Jay's experience and core skills that made him such a threat to talyxians and Out Ring bandits back when he was in his prime, so she focused on what she was good at and trained hard. Around this time in her life, she started to warm up to the alien personalities of the intelligent Talyxian Stalkers that hung around Gold Ring, and while others her age usually spent time with other eltus and started to form relationships, Tessa looked to a bright and relatively young female stalker named Zoe for company and companionship. At this point in Zoe's life, she was working a simple job on an assembly line since she was infamous for having trouble transitioning from one task to another. This chronic quirk of Zoe's made it tough for her to do anything other than eat, sleep and work, but she never really aspired to be anything more, so she was okay with it. Tessa and Zoe were the closest thing either of them could call a friend, but they didn't spend as much time together as Tessa and Zoe wanted to because of Zoe's quirk. Tessa would usually train alone and visualize her fights, but she would occasionally get the opportunity to train with notable fighters from around Gold Ring. She tried to pick up the skills from each person she fought to develop her own fighting style, but it wasn't easy and took a lot of adjusting to incorporate each new maneuver into her style. She eventually surpassed Jay by the time she was 20, but as a result of her one-sided training, Tessa was only an expert at fighting other Eltus races. She couldn't be a well-rounded caravan guard or Road Guard.Tessa continued to live with Geiv, and after some thought she asked him why she shouldn't be a Garden Knight. Geiv responded with "Garden knights have to have "perfect" "golden" fur..." (You can hear Geiv's distaste for Garden Knights in the tone of his voice, not because he disrespects them, but because Tessa's question brought up bad memories of Geiv's messy transfer to the Road Guards.) "...and besides, the Garden Knights are primarily symbols of Gold Ring, not guardians of Gold Ring. Your talents would go to waste as a Garden Knight." Tessa agreed, but she was struggling to think of a different civil servant position that focused on combat against other eltus. She felt lost and needed some time to figure out what she really wanted to do, since she wasn't interested in adapting her style to fight talyxians. Tessa started spending more time with her dad, both as a way to be with Geiv and as a way to get him out of the house. She disliked the sugary foods and drinks that Geiv was always snacking on, and she preferred to eat healthy since she was on a strict diet and training regimen. If Tessa drank, it was usually with Zoe, since they both enjoyed the same brand of rice wine.centre|thumb|421x421px|Tessa as a combat instructor in late 110 RC.Tessa would eventually move into her own house in early 110 RC with financial support from Geiv, who didn't want Tessa to start the next stage of her life in debt. She had already procured a career as a combat instructor through the private training lessons she offered, but she was only getting business through word of mouth. At this point in her life, she finally took more time to be with Zoe, who was getting better at transitioning because of how Tessa's personality was imprinting on her. Tessa was hired in late 110 RC by a company that provided a steady flow of business for her, showing eltus from various careers and disciplines how to fight. Tessa loved hand to hand combat and non-lethal weaponry, but she was at her best when she had a blade in her left hand. When she got the opportunity to teach swordsmanship, she would use the sword Geiv gave her. Most of the Tessa's students couldn't fully grasp her fighting style, but Tessa did her best to help each of them develop their own style, and produced some of the best guards and combatants Gold Ring had seen in decades. It was common for Tessa's students to become Arena Combatants, Road Guards or to go into other jobs that required a high level of skill, which made Geiv and the rest of her family very proud. In contrast, in 103 RC Tessa decided to invite Zoe to come live with her without telling her family, which would probably unnerve Geiv because of his history with talyxians. Zoe accepted Tessa's offer since she had always lived on the streets - but she would still have a hard time making it home in time for a late dinner with Tessa.
Tessa was happy to have Zoe as a friend and roommate, since Zoe made an attempt to help with the everyday chores and she was a good buddy to snuggle with when the apartment was cold. She had always interpreted Zoe's affection for her to be fun and cute, so she didn't care when Zoe started to get alarmingly clingy and posessive. For example, when Zoe would ask for cuddles when it wasn't that cold, when Zoe spent a weekend grafting talyxian material to emulate sergal ears, and when she had a salon shave down some of the resin material on her face to look more like a sergal. Tessa interpreted all of these things as cute and endearing, but under all of these actions, Zoe was starting to crave more from Tessa. This frustration would sit and grow as Zoe tried her best to respect Tessa's space and act normal, but Zoe was turning into a very anxious talyxian stalker. All of the affectionate moments with Tessa pleased Zoe and kept her from acting irrationally, but after four years of living together, she was fed up, and started to devise a plan to give Tessa the push she needed to spend more time with her. Zoe, being herself, struggled to find time to plan her scheme. She listened to Tessa when she talked about her family, and through that she came to the conclusion that she needed to pull some of Tessa's focus on her family onto herself. One day, Zoe took a personal day off of work to shadow Geiv, who had recently changed careers. She found out that he had recently bought his favorite mochi business, and it had been doing quite well - so she figured that if the store went out of business, he would be too busy recovering from his losses to spend time with his daughter, Tessa. She went to one of the local butchers who she knew handled the carving of creatures that had black talyxian meat, like talyxian weasels, and she made an under the counter deal to buy some of their blood. It was more expensive then she expected, but money was the easiest part of her plan. Later that week, Zoe took another personal day to sneak into the mochi store and taint a small batch of mochi with grey talyxian blood when the chef was on break, which resulted in the batch being off color, but still passable as tasty mochi. As she left the store, she kept her head down, but nearly ran into Geiv as he entered the store to check in on his new business. She didn't think much of it, so she hurriedly excused herself and left. 
Zoe waited and waited to hear about Geiv's business going under, but as it flourished, Zoe had to consider the possibility that the chef noticed her meddling and threw out the batch after it was baked - but then she heard some grievous news from Tessa. It turns out that Geiv's health was rapidly deteriorating, and Tessa thought her dad might have managed to contract a parasite because he loves to eat meat. Zoe knew that Geiv must have ate the bad batch of mochi, but she could never tell Tessa that she was the one who caused her dad to contract such a rare parasite in Gold Ring. The least she could do was to keep the ailment a secret, and to urge Tessa to send Geiv to a Talyxian Rooter for a closed-door evaluation to try to find a way to reverse the effects of the parasite. As a result of this, Zoe slowly gave up on on her obsession with Tessa, but her feelings and anxiety were still there. Once Zoe was more reserved, Tessa finally introduced her family to Zoe as her roommate, since she was tired of lying about the origin of all the green fur in her apartment. Deimo thought Zoe was really cool, but Geiv wasn't too happy about his daughter living with a talyxian stalker. 
== Loona ==
Loona was a pure northern sergal born on the winter solstice of 80 RC. She was born into an unnamed sieg tribe, and soon after she was born her tribe joined Nihazma Village. Nihazma Village had a rich history and was located on the southern coast of a lake named ColHazma, and was also north of the train tracks running between the Shigu Dukedom and Reono's Lyvank Mountains. Eastern sergals commonly sold their wares off the train to the Nihazma villagers, selling them weapons, armor and tasty food. Loona was raised communally in Nihazma Village from a very young age, and she never figured out who her sieg parents were.
Nihazma Village was relatively safe for a northern sergal village, but the villagers didn't take their safety for granted. Loona was always thinking of food because of her simple nature and her strong survival instinct, so when there was food to be eaten, she ate it. She would tag along on simple hunts, shadowing her sieg elders as they hunted small talyxian animals and collected bugs. She was very wary and afraid of the wild and untamed forests, and the constant look of fear on the faces of her elders didn’t help calm her. She had a bad habit of eating dondokos before they sprouted.
When Loona was 9, she wandered off from her village and made her way to the railroad tracks located on the southern outskirts of her village. She was very curious, and since there was a train parked in the station, she started exploring. Loona ended up in a railroad car filled with supplies, and she started eating and gnawing on them as the train pulled out of the station. She found out the hard way that she gets motion sick, so she weakly clung onto the heavier cargo until the train came to a stop in Reono. She was caught by the agudner that came to unload the supplies, but since she hadn’t seen an agudner before, she was very afraid and managed to wriggle free of their grip. She disappeared into the surrounding brush, and since she had nowhere else to go, she shadowed a supply caravan bound for Gold Ring. 
centre|thumb|300x300px|Loona, 90 RC.
During her travels from Reono to Gold Ring, Loona survived by eating the supply caravan’s food while they were sleeping, which should have aroused suspicions from the caravan guard. Luckily for her, Geiv’s dad, Jay, was this caravan guard. He was on his regular route and bound for Gold Ring, so he wasn’t paying attention since the Out Ring bandits stayed clear of him. When they arrived at Gold Ring in early 90 RC, Loona snuck away from the caravan when Jay wasn’t looking, and she spent some time trying to adjust to her new surroundings. It was unusually hot outside, and there were a lot of weird goat and bird people.
She didn’t know where to go in this big city that she had somehow bumbled into, so she decided to start by gathering food. She tried talking to the other sergals that looked similar to her, but they had no idea what she was yipping and yapping about (Loona could only speak the primitive sieg language, while most civilized areas spoke Goldringle). After exhausting her options, she followed a group of young sergals and hoped to find their food so she could eat it. She followed them to their communal home, where she snuck in through a window and raided their pantry. She continued doing this (to the dismay of the confused caretaker) for a couple weeks, until the GRVC caught her and disciplined her.
The GRVC took Loona to their headquarters as she repeatedly yipped in fear, attracting weird looks from onlookers as they led her through the streets. When they reached their destination, they tried to find someone who could question her, but her Northern dialect was very rare and primal. They tossed her in a cell and didn’t know what to do with her, because the only information they could get out of her was her name. Loona ended up spending 8 months in the GRVC jail without having anyone to talk to, but this didn’t bother her since they fed her and were relatively nice to her. She learned basic gestures and mannerisms, like how hugs are good, not scary, and that the others in the jail did bad things. Bad things are bad. She finally had a stroke of good luck when, to her surprise, a GRVC officer recognized her language and recommended the recently hired and trained Officer Jay to act as a translator. He was formerly a seasoned caravan guard who made routine trips between Shigu, Reono and Gold Ring and had a basic understanding of Loona’s language.
Jay was tasked with teaching Loona Goldringle as a means to complete her rehabilitation, and although Loona was reluctant to learn it, she was getting tired of her cell and wanted to eat different food. Jay was definitely not a smart sergal, in fact, he made Loona look like a genius. They spent four months together, which according to Jay was “the hardest four months of his life”, but after her lessons Loona could speak Goldringle fluently and was released from jail.
Loona was a free sergal in late 91 RC, and she was good friends with Jay since he was the only sergal she had connected with. She still harbored a strong distrust towards the alien-looking agudners and nevreans, so she generally followed Jay around while he was on duty and ate his food. She met Geiv every now and then, but Jay didn’t care enough to talk about Geiv so she wasn’t properly introduced. She had recently turned 11 years old, and Jay (who was tired of Loona eating his favorite snacks) asked his wife Lynn for help to find Loona a job.
Lynn had recently retired to focus on helping Geiv raise his young daughter Tessa, so she had her hands full with the little four year old. Loona was thrust into her lap by a disgruntled Jay, and Lynn could use a helper. Loona was in charge of keeping track of Tessa while Lynn was shopping and having her “me time”, and in return, Lynn cooked for her as well as Jay, Tessa and Geiv. Loona slept in a communal home each night, and she was happy to be living a nice and sheltered life. 
centre|thumb|395x395px|Loona, easily spooked, in 92 RC.
Loona continued her role as a helper and caretaker through 95 RC, when Jay and Lynn’s son Geiv resigned as a Road Guard after he had lost his motivation to work a combat-centric job. Loona saw him around the house every day during this transitional period, and she gave him hugs since he looked like he needed them. Geiv started spending time with Tessa once he was back on his feet, and Loona naturally tagged along. Loona liked to be with Geiv because he had a huge sweet tooth, and he couldn’t say no to Loona when she asked him for some food.
By late 97 RC, Jay and Lynn were in their 40’s while Geiv was 22, Loona was 17, and Tessa was 10. Tessa had started looking for a job that fit her specific set of skills, but she was struggling as a Road Guard trainee because of her moody and disdainful nature. Loona ended up working with Geiv at Docos Mall, a store he transferred to after Loona was hired there. Her simple nature made her a good retail worker, but she needed Geiv around to help keep her on task. She had trouble trusting agudners and nevreans, but Geiv told her that they were harmless. Geiv was good at reassuring her and easing her into her position, and she was starting to get attached to him. 
centre|thumb|300x300px|Loona working at Docos Mall in early 98 RC.
After a few months of working together, Loona and Geiv were very comfortable around each other. Loona didn’t pick up on the signs that Geiv liked her, so in mid-98 RC Geiv openly admitted to Loona that he thought she was cute and thoughtful, and he’d like to go on a date with her. Loona was immediately excited at the opportunity to get free food from Geiv, who had developed an impeccable taste in cuisine, so they ended up going on a series of dates that brought them closer and closer together. 
centre|thumb|300x300px|Loona (left) and Geiv (right) on a date in 99 RC.
It was previously unusual for Loona to grow attached to someone for a reason other than food, but Geiv’s personality and affection towards her helped her overcome her innate fear of loving someone in a wholesome and intimate way. Loona and Geiv announced their unofficial union on Loona’s birthday in 100 RC, when Geiv was 25 and Loona was 20. As a result, they created a surname for themselves, Nathus, since Geiv wanted to make it clear that they were a family. Loona moved into Geiv’s house with him as well as Tessa, Jay and Lynn, and she was happy with her life and job. Geiv moved on from his convenience store job and into a suitable career in architecture and design, but Loona stayed at Docos Mall (it was really convenient to get food there) until she retired in 105 RC so she could be a full time mom.
== Deimo ==
Deimo was born in 107 RC, 20 years after his half-sister, Tessa. Deimo was a smart sergal from a young age, but he was often innattentive and difficult for Loona to raise. Deimo grew up in a more stable environment than his sister did since Loona devoted herself to being a full time mom, but since his grandparents were in their 50's he didn't get the opportunity to interact with them like his sister had. Deimo never really grasped the pride of Gold Ring like his sister, dad and grandparents had, so he was more accepting of new people and often spoke about going to the Shigu Dukedom one day. Loona grew up in a little village in Shigu, but she was fairly apprehensive about this since she still didn't trust trains. She encouraged little Deimo to make friends here in Gold Ring, and to wait to think about travelling until he grew up.Deimo had a lot of agudner friends as he grew into a young sergal, just like Lynn back when she was little, but in contrast to Lynn's friends, Deimo's friends were already friends with each other before they met him. He wasn't included like the rest of his friend group was, so he often felt left out and dismissed. Deimo's situation didn't improve much while he was young, in fact, it got worse as he clung to that friend group. He didn't want to worry his parents with what he was going through since it felt like such a minor problem compared to what others could be going through, so he tried to keep his feelings to himself. Geiv and Loona saw how Deimo's friends treated him, but they didn't know that Deimo was fully aware of his situation. They tried to explain to Deimo that these friends weren't really friends, but they only ended up reinforcing the negative feelings Deimo was already dealing with. He tried to grow thicker skin and get used to it, but he ended up doing this by pushing people way and avoiding emotional situations. His usual reaction to a serious situation was to try to soften the mood with a joke, which he usually said to himself so he didn't sound rude. Deimo struggled with his issues, but he was still kind and warm to those he liked, and he still had a lot of faith in those around him.
On Deimo's tenth birthday in 117 RC, he begged Geiv to get him a portable fax machine so he could make new friends around and outside of Gold RIng. Geiv had a feeling that this would cause nothing but trouble, but Loona was okay with the idea and these machines were becoming increasingly essential in the modern age. When Deimo got his portable fax machine, he started to spend more time around the house, and often spent hours on end typing away since he now had sergals all over and outside Gold Ring to talk to. Geiv and Loona liked to bring Deimo with them when they went out for dinner, but they had a hard time convincing Deimo to put his portable fax machine away. Deimo usually pulled out his fax machine at dinner when Geiv started flirting with Loona, since that was the last thing he wanted to hear while he was trying to eat.
By the time Deimo was 15, he'd reached his full height and had been meeting up with his new friends in Gold Ring for a few years. All he had really done with them was to go out to get lunch, play a game or walk around town, but now that he was considered an adult he started to go out drinking with them and sometimes make subtle attempts to spend the night with them. Geiv was keen on not letting Deimo be alone with his friends overnight since he knew all too well what that meant, so he kept Deimo on a tight leash and encouraged him to go into a trade so he could start making his own cevia. Deimo figured he could use his job to his advantage, so to Geiv's dismay, Deimo got a job as a bartender and often worked late into the night. Deimo would encourage his friends to come while he was working, and just as Geiv suspected, this led to nothing but trouble. Geiv made sure to voice his concerns to Loona and Deimo, but Geiv was getting older and he was happy that Deimo could start providing for himself.
As Geiv once said about Deimo in the latter half of his teenage years, Deimo "had a hard time making good decisions." Deimo would go to work every day even though he was only scheduled five days a week, and on the days he didn't work, he would meet up with friends and go back to their place. Deimo would indulge himself in whatever he felt like and could pay for, but he did draw a line at anything that could seriously mess him up. This cycle lasted for five years, where Deimo didn't really progress in life and made Geiv and Loona worry about him. They tried to guide him towards better opportunites and towards healthier relationships, but Deimo was young and didn't want to believe he was growing up. Deimo compensated for his actions at and outside of work by being very amiable and affectionate towards Geiv and Loona when he was home, not because he was manipulative, but because he didn't want them to worry too much. Deimo didn't have a close relationship with Jay since Deimo was wary about Jay finding out about what sort of stuff he did with his friends, but since Lynn adored Deimo and loved to spoil him with food and gifts, Deimo tried to keep conversations with his grandpa short and sweet.
On a fateful day in 127 RC while Deimo was ravenously eating junk food after having an excessive amount of kef bassi, one of Deimo's friends quietly mentioned how "Deimo'll end up looking like his dad if he keeps eating like that." Deimo couldn't help himself from eating like that whenever he had kef bassi, and at this point in his life, it was a regular occurrence for him. What Deimo's friend said was supposed to be a comment Deimo couldn't hear, but when he heard that, it made him stop mid bite and reevaluate his behavior. He didn't like being compared to his dad in that way, since his dad put on a lot of weight after his teenage years. Geiv grew out of the three gold rings he used to wear on his tail, and ever since Deimo was big enough to fit into them, he'd always worn those same three gold rings on his tail. He didn't want to outgrow them and leave them behind like his dad did, so Deimo decided to make an effort to improve his behavior.
centre|thumb|424x424px|Deimo, 130 RC.
Deimo was a smart sergal who had made a lot of bad choices. He had to ditch a lot of friends who were a bad influence on him, but he didn't have a hard time making new friends when he got to talk to them via fax first. By 132 RC, he wanted to get out of Gold Ring and experience the world outside of his family's bubble, but he was held in place by his reliance on his parents and his lack of real world connections. He was interested in working in transportation so he could have the opportunity to visit different places. Deimo was proud of how he looked, despite not actively exercising, and he watched his weight carefully. He was very picky and wouldn't eat things like fish that still looked like fish, anything with a bone in it or anything that was too bitter or creamy. His favorite dish was a nice salad, but he only liked certain simple salad ingredients and certain dressings.
== A timeline of the Nathus family's ancestry and events ==
28 RC: Lynn's pure western grandparents arrive in GR at a young age.
35 RC: Lynn's parents, a pure western and a civilized southern sergal, are born in GR. Jay's civilized southern parents are born in GR.
55 RC: Lynn (1/2 western, 1/2 southern sergal) and Jay (civilized southern sergal) born in GR. Jay's fraternal twin, Ely, is also born.
65 RC: Jay and Ely begin their work as caravan guards.
75 RC: Geiv and his cousin Kaho are born.
76 RC: Geiv's father, Jay, leaves Gold Ring to continue working as a caravan guard.
79 RC: Ely and his wife, Thuy, are killed in an assassination attempt.
80 RC: Loona is born.
82 RC: Geiv plays with an eastern sergal named Izzar, who was visiting GR from Reono.
85 RC: Geiv moves into a studio apartment and starts working odd jobs.
86 RC: Geiv sleeps around with his friends, most notably his Eastern friend Sachi.
87 RC: Geiv and Sachi's daughter, Tessa, is born. Geiv moves back in with his mom so he can raise Tessa, as well as learn swordsmanship and close quarters combat.
88 RC: Geiv gets a job as a Garden Knight, dying his fur gold in order to do so. He is transferred to the Road Guards later that year, and he moves into a nicer house and is able to live comfortably. 
90 RC: Jay returns to Gold Ring and settles down with Lynn. Loona is caught and put in jail.
91 RC: Loona learns to speak Goldringle with help from Jay and is released from jail.
95 RC: Geiv resigns as a Road Guard. He then gets a job at Pip Oasis.
97 RC: Geiv transfers to Docos Mall, and Loona starts working with Geiv.
98 RC: Geiv and Loona start dating.
100 RC: Geiv and Loona announce their unofficial union, and they give themselves the surname Nathus. Tessa turns 13 and starts training with her grandpa Jay.
102 RC: Geiv is hired as an architect.
105 RC: Loona retires from Docos Mall to prepare to be a full time mother.
107 RC: Geiv and Loona's son, Deimo, is born.
110 RC: Tessa moves into her own house with financial help from Geiv. She is hired in late 110 RC to be a combat instructor.
117 RC: Geiv contracts a parasitic infection after Zoe taints some of his business's mochi, with her intention being to put the mochi store out of business by infecting customers.
122 RC: Deimo gets a job as a bartender.
NOTICE: AS OF 12/17/18, GEIV'S BIRTH YEAR WAS MOVED FROM 85 TO 75 RC. KAHO, DRAKKEN, IZZAR, DINTZEL, UVA AND LYRA NO LONGER CANONICALLY MATCH UP WITH THE EVENTS THEY MAY BE INVOLVED IN. VARIOUS DATES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED, BUT JAY AND LYNN'S AGE REMAIN THE SAME.
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