Fluffy Blanket

**Fluffy Blanket** (born Keala) is a lesser chieftain of the Rainbow Tribe and the assistant leader of the Mistic Breachguard. Born in Kalahi, Arein, in 1998, Fluffy was initiated into the Dragon Tribe. Upon moving to New Arein once Kalahi was sacked in 1999, he and his older brother, Cooper Blanket, trained as Dragon Tribe warriors and were brought to the sanctuary islands of Mistui as part of its colonization. He lived in Mordal and Tanishatown for nine years from 2002 to 2011, until discharging himself from the Dragon Tribe. He became a legal bounty hunter from 2011-2014 (during which he earned the moniker of "Stormchaser") and earned respect from Governor Jason Dewlash for his assistance with capturing Blake Rider in 2016. He took over as chief of Gautamtown Hillstation and the assistant captain of the Mistic Breachguard in 2016. He currently serves as the Base Director in the Mistui Military for Fort Gautamtown.

# Career

## Early life

Fluffy Blanket was born as Keala in Kalahi, a major Dragon Tribe city in the Areinian Home Islands. Having been born in early 1998, the kingdom's main islands had just come under siege by the force of Wolf Lord Inrin (who believed that the Wolven Dreadfort was located in Arein), but the people of Kalahi did not feel the consequence of the siege until the king of the land notified them. The capital of the kingdom fell in late 1998 but Keala and his brother Kailun remained living in Kalahi until early 1999, around Keala's first birthday. The village was sacked and burned by the wolves but most of the inhabitants were able to escape on their small fleet.

The villagers sailed to the kingdom of Highton in the Straits of Fire, a little way south of Arein. There they found the kingdom's leader Tern Iltaris and the 20,000 other inhabitants of Arein. They were staying in a prosperous valley just north of Highton, known as New Arein. Due to initial tension between Chief Lai and King Tern, the Kalahians stayed away from the new refugee settlement, New Trincoth. Keala and his brother both pursued the role of Koas, traditional Dragonian warriors. After entering his youngling stage, Keala, unlike most Dragon Tribers, developed an unusual interest in the other tribal cultures after attending a traditional Rainbow Tribal fire-magic duel in the regional Sun Nexus, which happened to be in the Highton capital city. Keala, like most younglings in the Dragon Tribe, was brought up to oppose magic in all senses, despite being connected by birth to the Star Arcanum.

After entering his rotation stage, Keala intently pursued the way of the koa, though continued to take frequent trips into Highton to catch glimpses of other cultures. His unusual interest bothered his brother Kailun and their guardian and trainer, Inen, so they barred him from entering the capital and was forced to focus primarily on his koa training, but continued to use unorthodox techniques in his fighting.

In 2002, at age 4, Keala and Kailun were invited to live in the sanctuary islands of Mistui, where the Areinians were creating a new home base. They stayed in the tropical settlement of Mordal for 7 years while Keala and Kailun continued their koa training. They moved to Tanishatown in 2009. Two years afterward, Keala had not completed his rotation stage test, and his mentors, including the Chief Pledd Hoykens, were becoming increasingly frustrated. In 2011, at the age of 13 (elva-26), Keala announced his dischargement from the Tribe, leaving Tanishatown and embarking to the kingdom's capital, Saraya.

## University time

Upon arriving in the town, he was introduced to a variety of new topics, such as money, which confused him at first; however he quickly realized the meanings to the core of society. He attended the University of Mistui for a surprisingly short 6 months to study military strategy, but halted his education to become a knight. After officially transferring to the Phoenix Tribe, his knighthood ceremony was denied due to being expelled from the Sarayan Academy for a scandal with a friend. Having no other choice, he decided to attempt to hunt criminals as a legal bounty hunter, arriving at the Guard's office and agreeing to participate in the hunting of Caran Seorei, a known arsonist and member of the Reaper Syndicate.

## Time as an international bounty hunter

After becoming a legal bounty hunter, Fluffy discovered his talent for the role and joined the force of Grantiniolatan Alenop, the leader of the Phoenixian Guard. He was tasked internationally with hunting down several outlaws, including Karo Serrinanlak, Arrani Pollekor, and several members of the Reaper Syndicate and Iron Rings; he also assisted the Captain in uncovering a plot by the criminal organization S.W.o.R.D. He was accepted as a knight during the Mistybane War and helped fight in the Battle of the Caves. In 2016 he assisted the newly-risen monarch, Jason Dewlash, in capturing the magical Shadow Tribe dark Elf Blake Rider. He earned respect with the king.