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• Early Days
• In Recent Years

The Early Days

The only child of Ala Mhigan noble House Blackheart, Diavola was orphaned at the age of five, her rebellious parents targets of King Theodoric's reign of terror. She spent most of her childhood growing up destitute in a refugee camp in the barren deserts of Thanalan, just outside Ul'dah. As a youth, she made a name (and some coin) for herself working as a pickpocket and hustler in the back alleys of the city, learning quickly how to keep food in her belly and clothes on her back.Diavola became a natural leader in her adolescence, and took to looking after other, younger children within the city walls and out in the camps. She was a mentor to the others, teaching them street smarts and the skills necessary to navigate life in the city as safely and as morally as possible, taking only what they need to survive until they could earn a living on their own. Many of her young compatriots remain her close friends and associates to this day.

As she grew into womanhood, Diavola discovered that pilfering goods from merchants and scrounging for day-old bread wasn't the most efficient way of gathering coin for an attractive young lady. She began working as a street performer in Ul'dah, using her songbird's voice and flair for dancing to entertain citizens and visitors alike, who would gather in droves and cheer her performances late into the night.Eventually, the confines of the desert city became too much for a dreamer like Diavola. She took her show abroad, performing in taverns in small towns and cities across Eorzea. She also took mercenary jobs wherever she traveled, saving the coin she earned while imagining a better future for herself and for every refugee still suffering back home in Ul'dah.

One mercenary job brought Diavola back to Ul'dah, where she attempted to "retrieve" a valuable artifact from the Thaumaturge's Guild. She was caught leaving with the item in hand, and in the resulting scuffle, she discovered a strong affinity for manipulating aether to her will. Cocobuki was amused and intrigued by this young spitfire merc, and took her under his wing as his personal protégé.Diavola joined the guild and studied hard, eventually becoming a mage of considerable talent. Once her magical tuition was complete, she moved on to studies in music, art, dance, cuisine, politics and history, striving to educate herself on everything she could about Eorzean culture. She used this knowledge to climb social ladders and curry favor within the court and political circles, vowing to lobby for the rights of refugees like her until each and every displaced Ala Mhigan found a home.

• Biography
• Recent Years

In Recent Years

After completing her official studies with the guild, Diavola's grasp of magic continued to strengthen, and she began to explore the darker side of thaumaturgy, eventually becoming a fully fledged black mage. In one particularly harrowing ritual facing the primal Ifrit, her right eye was irreparably damaged by her own out-of-control magic, leaving a visible scar across her face. While she maintains sight, her eye remains an icy, aetheric blue color, several shades paler than her natural deep sapphire hue.Regrettably, Diavola's mastery of thaumaturgy never returned to full strength after the accident. Desperate to get back what she had lost, she trained with experts from every school of magic, eventually going as far as trading favors with a suspected voidsent and working in secret with local beast tribes to gain access to primal secrets. She examined and dissected the source of their immense power, hoping to find a path back to her own. Instead, that knowledge lead her down a different path of magical attunement: that of the summoner.

Once her powers stabilized, Diavola began exploring beyond Eorzea. From the icy streets of Ishgard to the farthest reaches of Kugane and the East, she grew from a mercenary to a true adventurer, helping the locals and becoming fast friends with most everyone she met.She advocated for the Ala Mhigan refugees everywhere she went, and utilized the contacts she made to weave a web of political influence, gaining access to members of the ruling Syndicate in Ul'Dah, and working closely with the Scions of the Seventh Dawn.Diavola's participation in the liberations of both Ala Mhigo and Doma garnered no small amount of negative attention from Garlemald, placing a large target on her back with Imperial spies (and reportedly, the exiled Prince Zenos himself).

In her travels, Diavola amassed a sizeable personal fortune and put down some roots, splitting her time between homes in Gridania and the Far East, where she invests her funds in supporting the re-building of the Doman Enclave and restoration of Ala Mhigo.When she does have a rare extended stay at home, Dia can be either be found with botany tools in hand, tending to her garden or tucked away in her woodland cottage, practicing alchemy and reading books from her extensive library.However, with the imminent Imperial threat quelled, Diavola has allowed her eternal wanderlust to get the better of her once more, and the call of distant lands became too irresistible to ignore. After returning from recent trips to Radz-at-Han and Sharlayan, Dia is currently journeying to the New World in search of new and inspiring cultures and people.

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Primary Residence: Blackheart Manor | Marilith, Dynamis | Goblet W21-P19
Eastern Residence: Scarlet House | Coeurl, Crystal | Shirogane W21-P14
Northern Residence: Greystone Abbey | Marilith, Dynamis | Empyreum W11-P22
Summer Cottage: Paradise Falls | Coeurl, Crystal | Lavender Beds W21-P29Business Office: Lucky Devil, Inc. | Coeurl, Crystal | Shirogane Kobai Goten W21 Apt. 50
Lounge Venue: Lucky Devil Lounge | Coeurl, Crystal | Shirogane W21-P13

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