the steppe At ten summers old, children of the Tumet tribe are tied to a tree deemed sacred by the elders. Moving to the next location, these Au Ra are expected to break free of the binds that chain them to their past, and follow in the footsteps that bring about not only theirs but their whole family's future. Still referred to as 'hey, you', Antlia was sure that he knew what path to follow. After all, his family had been dropping hints for an entire season, and they wouldn't have lied to him - right? The parents who never praised him for a job well done? Who barely recognised his existence outside of laborious tasks? Who didn’t shed a tear with the other parents when they turned their back on him?escape The world was not kind to a lost boy. He tried to assimilate into other tribes on the Steppe, but there was nowhere that felt like home. Even when he tried to tell people his name, 'that kid' was still the common denominator at the end of it all. Once deemed strong enough to stand on his own two feet, even if he was still just a child, his need to get away from it all ends up with him landing in Kugane. Does he remember how he got there? No. Those memories were too harsh that he doesn't want to think back on them. Occasionally they flash through as painful thoughts, but the specifics are buried down enough to keep him moving forwards.chance meeting It was a miserable evening. The day had been warm enough at least, but the rains were pouring down hard. He'd not gotten enough gil to find a place to spend the night, prioritising food for the first time in a while, and the decision had seemingly come back to bite him. Stairs leading down to a covering he was often found hiding underneath were slicker than he'd realised, and a harsh tumble down them landed him at the bottom of the steps quicker than he would have liked. What he didn't expect to see when sitting up properly was a small, scale covered hand reaching out to him, another holding out an umbrella to shelter him from the rain. A hand that he would eventually hold and never want to let go of.

pyxis A guiding light that reached out to him when no-one else would. Antlia didn't know who or what the Warrior of Light was, but to him it's a person of compassion and the strength to back up the words they speak. Over the years, even as more people gather around him and the circle of influence grows, they all lead back to Pyxis in the end: the scions (even in their disbanded and scattered state) more so than anyone. Even as his bonds grow stronger with them all, his bond with Pyxis is the strongest; often teased to be a little bit of a 'mother's boy'.raubahn A father figure who taught him how to be stronger both physically and mentally. At first, Antlia was wary of Raubahn, unable to see past the general's more stern, firm handed approach to things. However, upon seeing how much Pippin looked up to The Bull of Ala Mhigo and hearing all of the tales from a different perspective, Antlia eventually opens himself up to Raubahn, and sees the same kind and patient man underneath that Pyxis does.

pyxis!wol With how tied Pyxis is to Antlia's story, it's pretty impossible to seperate the two: he wouldn't be the man he is now without the turn of events that led him to being adopted by her. These prompts are all also available for both romantic/flirtatious meetings, but be warned that it may take a little while to get inside that hard shell of his.