Xan

A Xatu who grew up in Victoria under a rich family, and raised beyond his choice to be a ‘Royal Seer’, a person who would use his powers of Past and Future vision in the aid of the government. He quickly started taking up his own cases outside of his government-appointed job, and took on a dangerous one that cost him his own eye. Since then, he’s gone to therapy for both his childhood and his eye, and has since gotten his life in order by going to college, studying up on Journalism and then accumulating enough funds to travel the world. Currently, he finds himself in Peregrine, and wrapped in a plot with Moon Emisrit that threatens to engulf the whole of his world...

Appearance
Generally, he looks much like any other Xatu, though he’s a slight bit on the short side. What makes him visually distinct from others is the right side of his face, which has a replacement eye made of crystal, as well as a small scar extending both on top of and underneath his eye.

Attire
He is Nakey. However, he has more than a passing interest in fashion, and has posed as a model once while he was living abroad in Japan.

Personality
Xan tends to be a rather introverted and uptight man, tightly wound and treating a lot of casual conversation as if it’s a stiff, stuffy affair...at first. He’s a surprisingly lax and even somewhat eccentric guy when given a chance to relax, and finds it easy to talk to others about his life. However, moments like these are few and far between for him, as he’s constantly on edge, and flies into a panic somewhat easily if something isn’t going as he expects. He puts a lot of care into those he considers friends, and even people that he simply believes are in need of help. Due to this, he tends to rush into danger head-on, though never without the company of somebody else.

Drives and Obstacles
Goal(s): Stop High Priestess' plans.

Motivations: Partially, to step out of the shadow of his family and their expectations of him, but primarily to help people on his own terms, rather than those dictated by someone else...Moon, too. Moon’s a good motivation.

Obstacles: His own nature of rushing headfirst into things is something he’s aware could bring him to an untimely end if not put in check. Another obstacle: Finding more help without giving too much information about his goal.

Affiliations

 * Xan’s unnamed Cool Place for Attractive People  (Clubs, maybe?): “Okay, so if Jake joins us we’re probably gonna need a cool name sooner than expected. Uhm...Diamond Dogs, maybe? I’ll have to run it by Moon...”

Romance

 * None...maybe. Okay, like, a really small crush...Moon’s kinda cute, alright?

Family

 * A father, Nate Xela, and mother, Xelda Xela, both Xatus.

Friends and Foes
Friends:
 * Moon Emisrit: A man that Xan ran into a week or so ago, and with whom he’s spent quite a bit of his free time with. When the two aren’t plotting to take down High Priestess, the two are either T-posing on eachother, or harassing people about their passports.


 * Ragna Lockhart: A man with whom Xan has become fast friends with, although he’s in the odd position where he’s (quite literally) trusting him with his life, yet doesn’t want involved in his business unless he’s absolutely sure he’d want to be.

Friends...?:
 * Michael: A mysterious individual whom Xan met early on in his move to Peregrine, whom wanted to play a bit of F-Zero with him. After a suspicious and mesmerizing look into his past, Xan decided to spend time with him, and they seemingly ended hitting it off. After a shopping trip and a quick paint job, the two parted ways, a promising friendship(?) formed.

Allies:
 * Jacob Satomi: It’s hard for Xan to tell how close friends he and Jake will become...but it seems for the time being, they’re both willing to help eachother. And talk about Time shenanigans! That said, given how the reading went, he may want to keep him at Wing’s length...


 * The Riftees: He’s not actually talked to most of them yet, only observed a select few from a distance and only just reached out to Xeno...but he’s hoping they’ll want to help when the time is right.

Frenemies:
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Enemies:
 * High Priestess: While High Priestess is the main focal point of Moon’s goals, Xan has secondhand seen what her plans are, and cannot tolerate them, in the least. Just like Moon, he’s unaware that he’s helping Moon to further her goals, but unlike our waning boy, he’s looking to make allies that can either help from the sidelines...or have all the juice already needed to help.


 * Furio, maybe?: Given that he DID double-cross him in order to get him into prison, Xan is cautiously aware he may be a target of his sometime down the line...though, he has Ragna to help him out, should it come to anything violent.


 * The man who attacked Moon: Moon Juice Stealing Guy?! Stupid idiot motherfucking Juice Stealer god damn fool, magic collecting dust eating rat, old bastard shithead idiot, avatar of the whore, the biggest clown in the circus, laughed out of town cowboy, MOTHERFUCKING MOON BONKER. Stop pinning me when I talk about Vergil Legionman I hate him so much, why does he have so much fucked up magic?! Why did he decide to fuck around and find out, just set it loose? Is he dead? Is he a bastard man?! He has such a visceral effect on me not in the room seen this man’s face and I know he has the world’s SHITTIEST HAIRCUT GET AWAY FROM ME! If I wanted to get into heaven and God said “Lettuce Mojo Stealer’s waiting inside” I would piss on God’s feet for the sole purpose of getting sent back down. If I have to deal with Antikaleman speaking one word, on voice, in RP, not only will I close the tab, I will delete my bookmark out of spite and have to rewatch the entire past vision again for the experience of being able to skip all the times when he is mentioned or alive! I don’t even know why I hate him so much, he collects magic, but I’m just mad because I’m angy. He better have some fucked up backstory to explain this if he’s just some rich shithead who’s a fan of Legion and wanted the irl version I’ll go kill him. BETTER have had Legion make him kill a man cause if he didn’t I’m going to make him. paypal.com/IFuckingHateLunastraDrinker. Vision’s not even about him, vaguely mentioned what is supposed to be maybe his first encounter with Kayle and I lost it. Where the fuck is Moon ᔕᑌᑕᑕer if he’s still alive I’m going to so deeply wish he wasn’t. Crusty old man. I’ll punch Caprimoon and his sad frail old man twig bones will simply flake apart under my epic, huge, meat wing until all that’s left is one final tome he kept on him at all times simply titled Now You Fucked Up in ancient Yiddish. I’m not breathing I’m hyperventilating at this point. I hope there’s a date given when Moontini Sipper died or will die so I can make it a reminder on my phone. Every day once a year I will see it, and do anything but pay respects to the man who had so much fucked up if true magic

Acquired/Learned Abilities

 * Clairvoyance: Due to rigorous training from his father and various tutors, Xan is capable of something that’s a learned skill among Xatus: Clairvoyance. Using this, Xan is able to look through a willing target’s eyes to get a mental image of what they’re seeing. Combined with his own past and future vision, he’s able to get a mental image of what they’ve seen in the past, and will see in the future, with the same properties his own past and future visions come with, including their limited use of 5 per short rest.
 * Detect Item: An ability also learned through study, it’s possible for Xan to get a general reading of an item by looking at it
 * Psychic: A Move Xan learned to use through mental defence courses in College, and honed to a potent degree. Any creature Xan uses this against has to make an INT saving throw, and any creature affected takes 2d12 damage.
 * Confuse Ray: Another move Xan learned to use for self-defense. When used, it emits a colored ray of light that any creature affected by must roll an INT saving throw, or otherwise be confused for up to 3 turns.
 * Fly: Xan has, much like any good psychic, the ability to lift things telekinetically, which comes greatly in handy when doing anything that requires...hands, with a weight limit of 48lbs. However, he also has the ability to lift himself up with it, given his lightweightedness, and ricochet himself up into the sky with a balance of this and his own wing flapping. He’s able to do this as a free action in order to move away from targets at an approximate speed of 30 ft. per 5 seconds, or as a focused action to take himself fully up into the air.
 * Short swords: One of the various hobbies Xan was forced to take up in his youth was fencing. It’s a skill that he still uses to this day, having proficiency with two short swords specially built for his wings. Which, yes, makes this move ‘steel wings’.
 * Konichiwa!: Xan’s main language is English, however he is capable of speaking Japanese.

Skills

 * Past Vision: As a Xatu, Xan can naturally look into the past of any location he sees with his own eyes, seeing eventsunfold at any time or pace that he wishes to. However, doing so requires a fair amount of concentration. Once he has, keeping it up is effortless enough that he can even move around while looking at past time, though he’s sometimes prone to bump into things if he’s not balancing what he sees currently with what he’s looking at in the past. He can do this a total of up to 5 times per short rest before he starts to feel exhausted.
 * Future Vision: Much like his past ability, Xan can channel his crystal eye as a focus to perceive the future, though his ability to is limited. For one, he’s divining information based on likely events and people’s current motivations, which get blurrier and blurrier until they fizzle out completely 24 hours ahead of time. This vision is also not recursive or paradoxical, meaning he only sees what will happen based on current events unaffected by knowledge of the future, and which can vary should people’s motivations change. He can only do this up to 5 times per short rest, and it pulls from the same usage that Past Vision does.
 * Early Bird: The early bird gets the worm!...though, in this case, a good night’s rest. This innate ability grants Xan advantage on waking up from sleep saving rolls, though it also means he needs half as much time to recuperate. Time needed for Short Rests is cut down to 30 minutes, and 4 Hours for a full night’s rest.


 * General Skills: Xan, much like other people, has proficiencies! He has proficiency in History, Insight, Investigation, Perception, and Persuasion.

Weaknesses

 * No Thumbs: Self-explanatory. Pretty much any roll that requires dexterity with arms short of his swords, such as sleight of hand, is made with disadvantage.
 * Mind Your Business: Given that much of Xan’s combat prowess relies on his own mental fortitude being strong, he’s at a huge disadvantage in battle when faced with someone that either has a really high mental fortitude, or is outright immune to psychic assaults. Similarly, when under the effects of headaches, it becomes harder for him to concentrate on his psychic abilities.
 * Curse These Stubby Legs: While Xan CAN move 30 ft. per turn with the help of psychic abilities, it still requires that he focus at least a little. While this means he can jettison himself out of battle no problem, it does mean that in the heat of battle he’s gonna have to choose between movements or focusing his psychic attacks.

Key Items

 * Crystal Eye: “Yep, that’s my eye!...please, don’t stare. Actually, wait, do stare, that’s eye contact.”
 * Passport: “Do you have your passport?”

Weapons

 * Steel Short Swords: “I’ve got wings of steel!”

Other Equipment

 * World 21 Smartphone Ver. 6: It a phone. Moon’s on speedial on it.

Inventory

 * Emisrit-Brand Pockets of Holding: Pocket space given to Xan from Moon, for holding various objects. It’s convenient!
 * Torchlight: Apparently that’s what they call flashlights in England.
 * Pokemon Tarot Cards: a set of Tarot Cards Xan got in Japan, though he hasn’t learned how to use them yet, only knowing a few of the meanings. His favorite card in the deck is Heirophant, and he’ll quickly admit part of that is because ‘It’s a Xatu’.

Biography
On January 3rd, 1984, Xan was born to two parents by the name of Nate and Xelda Xela, two Xatus who were the previous in a line of Government workers who were employed by the government and, before then, the Parliament. This job entails these Xatus to use their powers of vision to predict short-term political choices, as well as police investigations that require their services.

Kept mostly in isolation from the rest of the world, Xan was raised up with the intention of taking on this job when he would come of age, and was lead to believe his whole life that it would be something he’d want to do. To that end, much of his childhood was spent learning history, culture, criminology, and an assortment of other topics, usually under the guidance of hired tutors, his own parents usually being too busy to spend time with him.

When he came of 18 years in age, Xan formally started his job, usually being escorted onto the premises, though sometimes he’d have a chance to roam the streets on his own. It was around this point that Xan began experiencing things beyond his parent’s reach, developing a growing interest in music beyond the classical that his father was so fond of.

His actual job served to be as boring as his childhood had been, filled to the brim with paperwork...This all changed when he eventually got a job relating to a kidnapping that had taken place in his neighborhood. Using his powers of vision, he was able to tell police officers details of the kidnapper’s face, as well as the escape vehicles’s license plate number. It was the first time Xan actually felt like his powers were being put to good use, though jobs like these were few and far between, and he was always relegated to the sidelines...

Xan has started taking on jobs anonymously on his own, wishing to solve cases like a bonified detective. They would grow increasingly dangerous with each one, until Xan decided to take up a case involving a street mugger ambushing people in his route to work. He figured he would stand at the assaulter’s next spot and catch him off-guard, so convinced how foolproof his plan would be that he thought him seeing his own eye being stabbed was only a possible cautionary, and not the results of his hubris...Nevertheless, the plan didn’t work, and the culprit overpowered him and sealed the fate he’d seen.

Xan was brought to the Hospital following reports of a wounded man crying out in pain, and lied to his father that his future vision of the stabbing had been fuzzy. Even so, he still had to get a replacement that took months to get used to, and Xan decided that if he was this worried about what his father thought of him...then perhaps there were deeper issues than his wound. He started going to therapy regularly, as a way to help cope and understand his absence of a creative childhood, issues with his dad, his lack of self-identity and his feelings of wanting to mean something to more than just him.

He started getting his life in order, distancing himself largely from criminology and settling for a potential career in Journalism, taking up self-defense lessons as well in case he ever found himself in as bad a scrap again. He scrounged up as much of his money that he made while working, and put it towards college expenses, eventually deciding to travel the world once he completed his courses. Of the places he visited, his fondest memories are still of the few years he spent in Japan, getting into various aspects of their culture, language and hobbies.

Eventually, he found himself in Peregrine, wanting to make a life for himself there. He bought up an oddly-shaped house and got to remodeling, devising that he wanted to become a Fortune Teller after all, but for the common people. All that changed, though, the day he ran into Moon...

A complete chance encounter, the two got to talking, when Moon decided to ask Xan if he could see his future. And he did: Specifically, he saw High Priestess’ plan through Moon’s eyes, and his escape attempt, as well as Tara’s rifting. The boy didn’t believe him, though, and ran off, though Xan kept his eye on him...running into him on purpose the next day, demanding answers...and perhaps even a partnership.

After that, they had mildly planned out Lulu’s rift, and from then on acted as full-time partners, Moon rifting people in an attempt to build up a powerful ally as Xan looked for potential allies in regular citizens. Their job wasn’t going to be an easy one, and they both know that. But it has to be done, because...failure is not an option.

Points of Interest
Former Homes: The Xela Household, Liverpool; Xan’s Private residence, London; Xan’s Private residence, Kyoto; Xan’s Private residence, Peregrine

Former Jobs: Government Seer, Paper Boy, Fashion Modeler, Fortune Teller

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