Belkas Qinric

The Sentinel

Bell-Bell

'The Short Shit'

Aloïs Qinric - Adoptive Brother

Venna Dusette - Sister

Aldéric Dusette - Nephew

Octave Dusette - Nephew

Véronique Dusette - Niece

The Wayfarers Rest

Despite people consistently mixing him up for being Ishgardian born, Belkas is an elezen that by all accounts sticks out within the cold city.

Dravanian born, he sports a tanned complexion, fire red hair, apple green eyes and enough tattoo’s and piercings to make him easy to spot in a crowd. Minimum height for an elezen, he is known to puff up about it should it be pointed out, so be kind to his fragile ego! This aside, he is a well known Treasure Hunter and Investigator in Dravania and other reaches where his goal in life is to simply help people.

This even extends to the Wayfarers Circle where he joined and allied himself, his company and connections to Madam Marigold. A stalwart protecter with his heart on his sleeve, he will do whatever is necessary to protect those he calls clan and family.

### Early Life

Born deep in the wilds of Dravania, he grew up within a well protected village called Tergaron Village and for the vast majority of his childhood his life and family was shrouded in obscurity.

However, despite his mother keeping a low profile and not venturing far from the village, his childhood was idyllic and pleasant. His earliest memories are of his village, his home, of the towering mountains providing natural walls and protections, of giant spiralling trees, the rustle of wheat and golden field as his mother toiled on their small farm.

Even the spirit trees they had, of their bright red leaves and groaning branches sing loudly in his mind. Idyllic, picturesque and even spiritual, his childhood was peaceful.

Much of his youth was formed by this village, his education, practical and traditional and even learning young how to fight and protect himself as was the way.

### Blood stained lands

Belkas was 10 summers old when the reality of the world showed its face to him. It was the first time his village managed to get attacked.

He remembered the whispers and rumours building up to it, the nightmares and fears, until it happened from within the village. Attacks and skirmishes on notable families, and then the clang of metal boots. It is a memory that still haunts him.

Not only because of the injuries he and his sister sustained as children, but from witnessing the death of their mother and eventually the slow sinking reality that their minds were tampered with.

No longer could they easily recall the face of their birth mother, no longer could they easily speak her name. Yet they were lucky and were rescued and found by the Qinric family, friends of their mothers where they took in Belkas and his sister and called them their own. But when two young minds were tragically touched by the world, it would shift their perception.

### The Ishgardian War

Growing up in a war torn time, experiencing it as a child and seeing what was happening to people around him as a result, it set a lot of anger into his bones. No one could change his mind, no one could convince him otherwise as he took off at the age of 16, his sister following his tail to join up in the fight.

But to fight for Dravania, for the people and dragons they knew so well was to be deemed a monster and heretic despite all of them being resistance fighters. But the label he didn’t fear and so for years he fought, and fought and fought.

Climbing through the ranks he became an on field tactician and skilled guerrilla fighter, able to blend blade and magic effectively together. But like with every war there would be battles won and lost and this war, was a war of resilience.

1563 was a pivotal point, one that Belkas barely escaped with his life and where his unit and teams were decimated. A pyrrhic victory for Ishgardians, but for the resistance fighters a huge loss of spirit and numbers, so they for a time turned to politics. But even politics would be their downfall as a peaceful meeting turned sour when an Ishgardian would run their blade through Belkas.

### Surviving the storm

Only alive through the meddling of his sister and now carrying unique blood, he laid low in Limsa Lominsa, picking up trade as a tattoo artist and hailing back to his artist knowledge gained from his village. Quiet for a time as he recovered, months, even years passing, he would witness the marriage of his sister, and eventually be called in by his father to start taking over the family business.

### Present day

Putting down the tattoo business, and having now been in the family business for some years, his love of travel and the world reignited. Helping people, believing he is paying for the debt he created in his youth, he does everything he can to settle hearts and bring peace of mind. Be it finding lost trinkets and family heirlooms to finding the lost in the snow, his ventures are many and varied. And now finding allies and friends within The Wayfarers Circle, he has a sense of peace he never had before.