Star Chariot Timeline (Minor Spoilers)

 Year 1553: 

 At the end of the year, Rem, currently 3 summers old, wakes up experiencing sharp pain on the side of his face. To their mother’s shock, she finds an abnormal growth on his right cheek. Rem is rushed to the chirurgeon for an emergency surgery. A red stone-like object was forced out of their skin. The wound took many moons to heal, eventually leaving a twin star-shaped scar on their cheek. The whereabouts of the red stone is currently unknown. 

 Rem learns basic reading and writing. Quickly becomes friends with one of the tribe’s most prominent members, Camie Amara. Camie being a few years older, becomes sort of an “older sister” to Rem. The two of them contrast in talents, with Camie having a natural affinity for learning and aether manipulation and Rem having difficulties with focusing on anything aether-related. Rem instead focuses on becoming the “class clown”, playing various instruments and performing humorous acts to garner the attention of the other villagers. 

 Rem begins going through stages of puberty. With their gender revealed to be male, Rem’s mother fears the worst for his fate. Meanwhile, Rem is constantly plagued by nightmares and visions of horrid destruction. 

 Experiments with the mysterious Dalamud lead to the complete annihilation of the Bozja Citadel in an event known as the Bozja Incident.

 The Amara clan’s traditions state that every few years during the spring season, the males of the tribe return home from protecting the woods after a long harsh winter. Feasts and celebrations are had and males take the opportunity to bed their lovers. It is during this brief period of time that younger men who have reached maturity are drafted to join their brethren.  

 The current Amara leader deemed it necessary to change tradition in response to the Garlean threat, so the recruitment process had been changed to draft males immediately after puberty, at the age of 14 Summers.  

 Due to a technicality, Rem’s mother was able to withhold his recruitment on the grounds that his namesday was technically in the summer of the year, thus Rem had technically only been 13 summers old at the time of recruitment. This will have a lasting effect on Rem, being left behind a generation of recruits. 

 At 15 summer’s old, Rem could no longer avoid the inevitable. After a tearful farewell, Rem says goodbye to his mother and Camie to join his “father”. 

 The combat training was harsh indeed. Not taking any of his weaknesses into account, Rem was constantly pushed to do what he believed was impossible for him to do. His peers looked down on him and mocked him constantly, while the leader was met with disappointment on a daily basis.  

 Rem, used to the loving admiration he was given at home, yearned for attentiveness amongst his peers. He looked for any opportunity to prove himself worthy of such. 

 By the turn of the new year, Rem’s skills with archery barely improved. His vision was constantly obscured by what he thought was bad eyesight. (Turns out, the abundance of Aether in the woods gave him the ability of an advanced future sight; being able to see where the target will move to much sooner than before it moves.Thus leading to inaccurate shots.) 

 An opportunity presented itself. Rem ran off looking for supplies when he stumbled upon a newly built Garlean camp. This detachment of soldiers was led by a man known as Cyprus. Instead of running off to warn his fellow brothers, Rem believed his moment came. He carefully aimed his bow at Cyprus and loosened an arrow, which surprisingly would have met its mark. Unfortunately, Rem was outmatched by this man’s experience in battle as Cyprus instinctively parried the incoming shot. 

 Rem was subdued and beaten, and captured by the soldiers. The rest of the Viera warriors arrived at the scene and looked onwards from the shadows. Rem noticed their presences, and was struck with a sense of dread when he witnessed his father turn away in one last look of disappointment. 

 The soldiers, led by Cyprus, transported Rem to a larger Garlean stronghold on the outskirts of the Skatay woods, closer to the desert. It was here where Cato rem Vaelontius was in charge, being monitored by his assistant Marcus quo Asina and shadowed by Soren Steelforte. Many of the armed forces here were mercenaries from Dalmasca, one of which was the Bangaa dragoon unit, Anjelo. 

 With a Garlean shock collar equipped, Rem was interrogated by Cyprus, forced to reveal the location of the Amara village under the false promise that no one would be harmed. The empire believed that this village was hoarding large amounts of aether crystals and feared the ramifications of such, due to recent reports of beast tribes all over Aldenard using crystals as leverage.  

 Rem agreed to lead the army to his home. 

 Upon arrival at the village, The Garlean unit was met with the full force of the Amara tribe’s fighting force. Both men and women stood ready for battle behind the Amara tribe leader, all wielding bows and spears. Negotiations were cut short when Rem was offered as a bargaining chip. The leader of the Amara tribe ordered his men to shoot first, thus sparking a large-scale battle. 

 Rem managed to escape his captors in the confusion of battle and struck Cyprus Laurellian with a spear, managing to end his life. This would be the first time Rem has taken a life.  

 The battle persisted as waves of Viera fell to the overwhelming might of the Empire. Cato took to the frontlines of battle and eventually wandered off. Soren and Marcus desperately searched for him. The rest of the soldiers fought through the village until they cornered the remaining Viera women at the town’s center. In a desperate last ditch effort, an attempt was made to s̸̤͖͚̘͓̈́͗̊͊̈̃͂u̴̢̡̟̫̬̹͂̈́͌̈́̄̈̋̓̕̚m̵͔͉̼̺͖̦͔̜̩̫̺̜̳͐̆͗͆͛̇͋̒͜͝͝͝ͅm̵͙̖̟̟̘̟̘̯̠͖̗̝̪̰̍̎́̿̍̅͌̀͋̒̎̈̒̑͘ờ̶̰̤̦͇̈́̀̐̊͊̈͌̾̈́͛n̷̢͓̬̬̲̼̯̯̏̒̂̒̇̂̀̓̑̈́̓́̚͠͝ ̷͚̝̹̖͓̬̤͉̤̼͍̐͘a̶̧͔̗̭̤͉̭̹̳͎͙̓̈́̊̓̈́̋͗̇̈́̄̚͜͠͠ ̸̢̧̧̳̝̫̮̝̣̪͕͂̽̅̓̌̽̍̿͋̔͠͠ͅp̴̨̛̛̦̝̹̰̮̱͎͇̪̫̝̣͙̀̈́̋̽̓̉́̋͌͐̂́͜r̵̠̭̠͕͖̮̠͍̫̄̀ì̴̢̗̖̤̠̝̬̤͙̐̈́̋͘m̴̛̲̥͓̟̼͚̀͆̐̍̆̄̍̍̕͝͠a̷̡͍̯̥̖͕̠̯͒͊́̓̅̓̉̀̆̊̄̒̂̊l̷͎̯̰͖͖̲̱̲̪̀̑̏̍̔̋̈́͐̓̈́́̚͜ using C̴̮͈̱̼̞̖͎̖͎̙̻͇̱̽͐͗͐͂̀͘͝ä̸̗́̿̾̊̈͑͆́͝͠m̴̨̢̡̭̯̰̭͚̱̫̥͋̽̄̄̔̃̊͑̈́̉͝͠͝i̴̞̝̞̪̰̼͙̼͒́͂͝ͅę̴̨̝͔͕̘̺͕̟͇̟̞͈̀ͅ ą̶̭̞̥͇͚̌́́̌̉̓̿̈̄͑̽̕͝ș̸͐͑̊̏̓̕͠ͅ ̸̺̪̊ä̵̞̮̙̫́̃͊̾͐̀̌͑̐͘͠ cataly……… 

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 ………………………………………………………………………………..found in a hidden grove behind the village. The grove was illuminated by the light of the crystals that were sunken at the bottom of the lake. Cato, being watched by Soren in the shadows, succumbed to the overwhelming might of the n̶͖̤̊́̐̏̂̈̋̈͝ȩ̶͓̠̯̣͇̭͔̍͗̀̒̾̉̍̀͒w̴̭̗̜̗̲͎̮͇̗̣̠̪͍̟̏̉̀͌̃͛͛͂̈́͘l̶̄̅̂̉͘͜y̴͖̠̞̲̬̟̜͈͉̗̥̳̅̇͝ ̶̨̙͎͓̹͇̰̞̎̅̈́͐͐̈͊̈́͐̐̕͜ͅs̴̩̩̝̖̉u̸̺͒͊̑̌̍͛̄̄̉̾̚͘m̸̨̡͚̯͙̰̼̹͎̗̠̒̄͐̂̈́̾̂̕͘m̵̢̺̙͈̥̦̆̉õ̷̳̲͚̞̻͙͎ń̶̜̪̟͈̥͂e̷̢̪̮̭̔̓̈́̈͛̄͒̈̏͜͝͠ḋ̵̢̳̓̀̀͂̐̈̋̐͘͘ ̶̡̼̺̩͚̼̖͉̪̰̭̼̠̒̀͑̇̽̈́̚͝Ḩ̴̢͓̰̞̙͈͕͈̪̮̪̼̜͊̅̄̓̋͛͛̓̆̃̃̈́̇̅̆è̵̢̛̛̯̿͆̎̿̿̃̀m̵̻̩̻̞͉͈͔̞̝͔͊̈́̿̍̅̅̔͛͂͘ḙ̶̡͈̣͕̩̜́̄̌͘r̵̗͕͇̹̯̺̩̮͖͙̖͈͓̭̈́͊͌̒̍̀̌à̶̻͙͜ ………………….. ………………………..…Ŗ̸̙̳̼̗̪̘̲̹̮͖͆̉̽̓͘-̸̨͔̼̜̱͈̭̅̎̏͆̑̋̾͒̑̋͗́̊Ŕ̷̢̰̝͇̬̬͍̐̓̒̽̾́͑͆͋͌̋̈͆͝E̶̱̋̾̓̋́̊̈́̔͌̅̀͒̏͠M̴̨̧̢̮͎̜̻̻̲̠̱͕̱̤̿̍͊͛̀͜͝ ̴̢̮͔̹̲̈̈́̐̏̃̇P̷̡̛̹͇̰͈͍̺̥͓̺̰̗̻͖L̶̥͙͎̈́̆͠ͅĘ̷̜͙͙̱̣̭̝̜͈̬̯͔̺̐̀͆̈́̓͆̾̈̆́͆̿͋̆͐Ȧ̷̧̧͙̰͇̹͎͍͓̰͛̈́͌̔͘S̵̛͚̣͈͐̔̆̽̒̂͆̚E̴̛͚̼͚̝̺̳̖̝͕͌̂̉̊́̓͜ ̶̨̮̼̲̟̓̀̔R̸̩̍̐͋̏̈́̚͘U̸͎̩͖͎͍̹̥͈͎̼̿̈́̔̈́̋ͅN̶͉̓̇͠ 

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 Rem was found unconscious in the grove, next to Cato’s body. Soren Steelforte, with the help of the mercenary Anjelo, transported Rem carefully back to the Dalmascan desert and eventually back to the capital city Rabanastre. No other soldiers involved in the battle, Garlean nor Amara, survived that day. 

 

 Rem was kept under supervision of Anjelo, laying low in a quaint bar in Rabanastre, while Soren marched off, preparing to deal with the repercussions of such a massive Garlean loss in an unapproved campaign. Soren planned to return at a later date, to pay Anjelo a massive fee for his services and to recruit Rem for his own personal reasons. 

 Year 1568: 

 Rem continues to work under Anjelo, unaware of the exact details of the battle. Anjelo teaches Rem some basic spearwork on the side, and Rem practices reprising his role as a musician.  

 As the Autumn seasons approach, unwanted attention is drawn to the bar. Soren prepares to make his return before something drastic happens. 

 Out of sheer luck, the soldiers responsible for causing a scene at the bar were attacked the following night by a “terrorist” group. The mysterious group caused multiple explosions in this section of the city, inciting mass panic. In the chaos, Anjelo urged Rem to run away before Soren could return and claim him.  

 Rem bumps into the leader responsible for the attack on Rabanastre. Calling themselves the “Chariots”, Lost Hrothgar Draganek Nova aimed to free the POWs of the empire. With nothing else to lose, Rem follows the Chariots along with other freed slaves. 

 Later on in the year, Rem expresses interest in the Chariot rebel group’s motives. He becomes fast friends with another fighter named Radiant Mountain. Although the two of them have different moral views, they both agree on resisting against the Empire. Knowing this may be his second chance, Rem pledges his loyalty to Draganek and hopes that he might become the warrior he failed to become once. 

 Draganek, referred to exclusively as “Master” by Rem, teaches the boy how to fight using a gunblade. Unlike Rem’s “father”, Master took note of Rem’s weaknesses. (No control over aether and blurred vision). 

 For the rest of the winter season, Master Nova led his chariots through various campaigns around the Dalmascan regions, freeing captured prisoners and destroying Garlean fortresses. 

 The Chariots arranged one final, large-scale mission. A giant Ceruleum plant was to be destroyed and its prisoned workers were to be transported across the sea on a vessel, arranged by deals made with pirates. The first half of the mission was largely successful. However, the escape across the plains toward the ship developed into a battleground. 

 Soren Steelforte made his return, and unleashed chaos in an attempt to reclaim Rem and regain favor with the Empire. Using magicks unseen before, he resurrected husks of former soldiers and used them as his army. One of them being Anjelo, the Bangaa that took charge of Rem’s care.  

 After a heartbreaking battle, Master Draganek Nova fell was slain and passed on his Azure Gunblade to Rem, a blade specially outfitted for non-aether use (possibly reverse engineered from Garlean weaponry). Rem and Radiant fought back against Anjelo’s shadow, and managed to deal a blow to Soren large enough to stop the onslaught of attacks. The rest of the prisoners of war and Chariots that survived, along with Rem and Radiant, made their way to the vessel and escaped. 

 The boat docks at the continent of Thavnair before making its way to Eorzea. Rem and Radiant decide to ride the boat to the end, taking on the advice of the late Master to start a life anew. 

 Summer arrives, the boat on it’s way to Limsa Lominsa. Rem is influenced by Radiant to change his identity before registering as a citizen. Using a similar naming convention as the Hellsguards (and with the help of a mysterious Astrologian), Rem renames himself as Star Chariot, in honor of the Chariots and the world in which he hopes to explore and protect.  

 Radiant snickers at the coincidental star markings on his face. 

 Star attempts to find work as a disciple of the land (one of the few things he was good at back home). He finds himself living in the streets of Ul'dah, amongst the Ala Mhigan immigrants. The corruption of the nobles in the city prevents Star from ever making enough gil to afford a place to live. 

 One day, a scholar approaches Star. Claiming to be from a distant paradise, he offers Star a place to live in return for knowledge on where he obtained a certain “artifact”. Throwing caution to the wind, Star accepted the proposal. 

 On the exact date of his namesday, Star officially celebrates his 20th Summer as a new citizen of Old Sharlayan. He would spend the next few years enrolled as a student and take on requisition jobs after he graduated. But of course, history repeats itself and he yet again forgoes his studies in favor of drawing attention from the crowds (especially the females) and playing music. 

 One of the scholars notes that he might be failing because of his poor eyesight, so a special pair of crafting glasses were offered to Star. The special lenses actually dampened the strength of visual aether, to allow precise and accurate vision when crafting with small objects like jewelry. The glasses seem to work perfectly for Star, and improve his abilities to aim. Unfortunately, the days of shooting a bow are over but at the very least he can see the board clearly.