History Characters / FinalFantasyXISacredCityOfAdoulin

* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold" This is what separates her from Naja Salaheem. Where as Naja is just out for money and abuses her employees, keeping them in a cycle of debt, where as Lhe is working for the best of her city and recognizes and rewards hard workers.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite her tough persona she takes care of her workers. Or at least the works the work hard for her.

** ParentalNeglect

* InHarmonyWithNature: Being the head of the geomancers and the supposed reincarnation of the primal geemancer. [[spoiler:It turns out that she isn't as in tune with nature as she thought.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The end of the geomancer storyline reveals that [[spoiler:the geomancers where the ones causing their own sickness.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Unlike the other geomancers, Ikhi Askamot treats Sylvie and her father with respect

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: She often gets caught in between the two warring factions of the cities.
** TheHorseshoeEffect: As time goes on, she gets fustrated by the two factions bickering that she completely gives up on both sides

[[folder:Grand Chancellor S. Adoulin]]

Arciela's brother and the current Grand Chancellor of the city of Adoulin. To much controversy, he has recently ordered the city to resume its colonization after centuries of rest, seemingly breaking the city's pact with the forest that surrounds it. He has been transformed into a leafkin for most of the story.

Recently the council has decided to undo King August's pact with the wilderness and begin again on its colonization efforts within the Ulbuka wildness, a controversial decision that has caused massive divides within the city. To help with its effort, the city has began recruiting from the middle lands, helped by its use of teleporters

* BalefulPolymorph: After the ''Seekers of Adoulin'' story, he gains the ability change from his hume form and leafkin versions at will.

* CoolHat: His hat helps with crafting and crafting growth.

!![[center:'''Navigation''' [[Characters/FinalFantasyXITheAdventurer The Adventurer]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIRepublicOfBastok The Republic of Bastok]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIKingdomOfSanDoria The Kingdom of San d'Oria]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIFederationOfWindurst The Federation of Windurst]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIGrandDuchyOfJeuno The Grand Duchy of Jueno]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIMarquisateOfTavnazia The Marquisate of Tavnazia]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIEmpireOfAhtUrhgan The Empire of Aht Urhgan]] | The Sacred City of Adoulin | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXITheUlbukaWilderness The Ulbuka Wilderness]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIOtherLocationsAndIndependentCharacters Other Locations and Independent Characters]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIBeastmen Beastmen]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIDeitiesAvatarsAndOtherImmortalEntities Deities, Avatars, and Immortal Entities]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIJobs Jobs]]]]

* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Gal]]: As the minister of education.

** [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother to Her Men]]: Midras begins to see her as a mother figure.

* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies:]] The conclusion he comes to during the end of his side quest, when he looks back of the influences that both his biological dad and Cid have had in his life.

* MisterExposition: He is incredibly well informed of Adoulin's history.

Head of The Inventors Coalition, the enterprise whose inventions are used to help improve the lives of Adoulin's citizens. Amchuchu is particularly interested in ways to help with the productivity of vegetable growth within Adolins water ways

* ClearTheirName: Raibaht hinted that Midras wanted to [[spoiler:clear Cids name from the Palborough Mines incidentby investigating explosives. He ends up doing this with the help of The Adventurer]]

A mysterious man in black that helps Arciela and The Adventurer at several points during the story. While he appears hume, he is in fact the seventh Naakual, former Xol under Hades and loyal friend to King August

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]: Look at his photo.

[[folder:Grand Chancellor Ygnas S. Adoulin]]

* CursedWithAwesome: His transformation was meant to be a curse for reversing King August's decree. Instead he uses it as a chance to learn about what it means to be closer to nature
* CuteMute: Since he's still not used to his leafkin body, things like his balance is off giving him a more goofy appearance

* NonHumanSidekick: He becomes this to Arciela after his transformation
* PlantPerson: As a leafkin

The current minister of finance who runs an incredibly efficient ministry. Recently however, people have began noticing some cracks in his work

* {{Bookworm}}: Is noted to often has his nose in the book, even as a young child
* CynicismCatalyst: The death of his father changed his personality and priorities according to those who where friends with him
* ChildhoodFriends: With Margret from The Scouts Coalition
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:He spends most of the story possessed by Hades]]

* MinoredInAssKicking

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]

The minister of education and the head of the Order of Renaye, the order of geomancers. She deeply opposes the recent colonization efforts, but is more reserved in her criticisms than others on her side
* InHarmonyWithNature: Being the head of the geomancers and the supposed reincarnation of the primal geemancer. [[spoiler:It turns out that she isn't as in tune with nature as she thought]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The end of the geomancer storyline reveals that [[spoiler:the geomancers where the ones causing their own sickness]]

* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Gal]]

* BoringButPractical: Compared to her counterparts in Bastok, Jeuno and At Urhgan who are working on airships or giant weapons, Amchuchu's focus is on growing vegetables
* CallToAgriculture: Justified because of the city's struggle to grow enough food to support itself

* GeniusBruiser: As well as being head of The Inventors Coalition, she is a gifted Rune Fencer
* MagicKnight: As a Runefencer
* TheMentor: To Midras
** [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother to Her Men]]: Midras begins to see her as a mother figure
* MistakenAge: She insists she is too young to be Midras's mother
* PintsizePowerhouse: She is both a Rune Fencer and Tarutaru

Cid's son, who was adopted by him after his biological father was killed in the Palborough Mines incident. Years before Adoulin City resumed its colonization effort, Midras traveled to the city to study under and work with Amchuchu

* CoolHat: His hat helps with crafting and crafting growth
* HappilyAdopted: With Cid
* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies:]] The conclusion he comes to during the end of his side quest, when he looks back of the influences that both his biological dad and Cid have had in his life
* LegacyCharacter: He resumes the Final Fantasy tradition of Cid having a younger relation called Mid
* LovableCoward: He is easily scared by Leafkin
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]: [[spoiler:He has actually being working for The Tenshodo in secret, passing on information about Adoulin and the Ulbuka wilderness]]

[[folder:Teodor (Unmarked Spoilers)]]

* BigDamnHeroes: He turns up half way through the battle with Hades

* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite his appearance he is really friendly and helps Arciela out throught the story

* HeelFaceTurn: He was originally aligned with Hades, but swapped sides to August with the rest of the Naakual

* IntriguedByHumanity: The reason he hangs around Adoulin is because he enjoys being able to interact with humanity
* MisterExposition: He is incredibly well informed of Adoulin's history

* WalkingSpoiler: Although he is introduced fairly early on, his true role in the story is only revealed during the final parts of the story

A young exorcist whose repretation for her ability is matched only by her repretation for her attitude. She is brought back to Adoulin to try and lift Ygnas's curse.

* DefrostingTheIceQueen: It takes until after the main story, but eventually she does warm to The Adventurer [[spoiler:after they help her come to terms with her mothers death]]

* SmugSnake: Despite her ego, she is completely unable to comprehend whats going on with the curse.
* StarterVillain: She acts as an early story antagonist. After she is defeated is t

* AchievementInIgnorance: What ever she was trying to do to save Sylvie, holding a true communion with The Higher Power wasn't what she had planned
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: In her attempt to save Sylvie, she ends up waking The Higher Power / [[spoiler:Siren]] who then curses the geomancers. [[spoiler:It turns out that it isn't The Higher Powers doing, but a result of the geomancers loosing their way]]
* BrutalHonesty: After Sylvie goes to her for help, the first thing Lhaiso tells her is that her father is probably already dead
* DueToTheDead: She makes sure [[spoiler:Sylvia's father is given a proper burial, despite their ideological difference]]
* TheMentor: To Ikhi Askamot
* NeutralNoLonger: She tells Sylvie that she isn't able to help with her father's disappearance. This doesn't end up lasting long, as she turns up soon afterwards go help The Adventurer from a bunch of malboros
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Like Ikhi, she treats Sylvie with respect

The geomancer who guides The Adventurer through their own development. Sylvie and her father often give support to the colonization efforts, which makes her somewhat of an outcast among the order of geomancers
* AccidentalInnuendo: She calls geomancy Adoulins [[TheOldestProfession oldest profession]], and accidentally makes it sound like she is trying to hook you up with her father

* TheDescendantsOfCain: She is a descendant of Zacariah, the disciple of Sih Renaye who betrayed her. [[spoiler:It turns out that that was false, and the teachings of Zacariah regarding the lifestream are what ends up saving the day]]
* DisappearedDad: Her father disappears part way through the geomancer. [[spoiler:He dies soon after Sylvie finds him]]

* InHarmonyWithNature: Naturally, being a geomancer and all. [[spoiler:It turns out she is more in tune with nature than the other geomancers thought]]
* TheLifestream: She teaches The Adventurer about it. The Vana'diel version is somewhat different from other versions, in that the souls of the five races aren't part of it (they are instead reincarnated via the five mother crystals)
* TheMentor: To The Adventurer

* MixedMetaphor: A common occurrence

* PintsizePowerhouse

The gemonancer who guides The Adventurer through their own development. Sylvie and her father often give support to the colonization efforts, which makes her somewhat of an outcast among the order of geomancers

* TheDitz

* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHapp]: [[spoiler:Despite falling in love with The Adventurer, she acknowledges that they can't settle down in Adoulin, and will always need to be free]]

* HeelTurnFace: He was originally aligned with Hades, but swapped sides to August with the rest of the Naakual

Arciela's brother and the current Grand Chancellor of the city of Adoulin. To much controversy, he has recently ordered the city to resume its colonization after centuries of rest, seemingly breaking the city's pact with the forest that surrounds it. He has been transformed into a leafkin [[spoiler:by King August]]
* [[spoiler:AbdicateTheThrone]]
* BalefulPolymorph
* BunnyEarsLawyer: His ways of going of approaching his job are somewhat unusual, much to Arcielia's fustration.

* PlantPerson
* {{Transflormation}}
* TricksterMentor: Shows shades of this towards Arciela during the main story and to other characters in ''The Ygnas Directive'' sidequast.

* [[spoiler:TheChainsOfCommanding:]] She finds this to be the case during the post story side quest, after [[spoiler:taking on the role of Grand Chancellor]]
* [[spoiler:IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy]]: [[spoiler:Despite falling in love with The Adventurer, she acknowledges that they can't settle down in Adoulin, and will always need to be free]]

* OfCorsetsSexy

* [[spoiler:ReasonableAuthorityFigure:]] She becomes this at the end of the story.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Aimed at the heads of the orders

* [[spoiler:AndIMustScream:]] [[spoiler:He has been trapped in Tartarus for thousands of years. Having said that his spirits are surprisingly good when he gets out]]

* LightIsGood
* [[spoiler:LivingLegend:]] He is revealed to be this during the final moments of the ''Seekers of Adoulin'' story.

* [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]]
* [[spoiler:ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated:]] [[spoiler:Despite history claiming that he died during his battle with Hades, he has actually been alive the whole time, trapped in the dark dimension of Tartarus.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething

* {{Bookworm}}

* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession:]] He spends most of the story [[spoiler:possessed by Hades]]

* [[spoiler: JerkassRealization:]] After Arciela's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. Eventually.

* [[spoiler:NiceJobBreakingItHero:]] The end of the geomancer storyline reveals that [[spoiler:the geomancers where the ones causing their own sickness]]

* [[spoiler:ClearTheirName:]] Raibaht hinted that Midras wanted to [[spoiler:clear Cids name from the Palborough Mines incidentby investigating explosives. He ends up doing this with the help of The Adventurer]]

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]

[[folder:Teodor]]

A mysterious man in black that helps Arciela and The Adventurer at several points during the story.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:He turns up half way through the battle with Hades]]
* [[spoiler:CompleteImmortality]]: [[spoiler:He is literally killed by The Adventurer during the latter part of the story....only for him to get up and continue on as normal.]]
* CulturedWarrior: He is well read, well dressed and [[spoiler:One of Hades' former generals.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite his appearance he is really friendly
** [[spoiler:DarkIsEvil]]: [[spoiler:When he worked for Hades.]]

* [[spoiler:HumanoidAbomination]]: [[spoiler:He lost his humanity centuries ago. Whatever he is now, he definitely isn't human.]]
* [[spoiler:IntriguedByHumanity:]] The reason he hangs around Adoulin

* [[spoiler:Really700YearsOld]]: [[spoiler:He was already centuries old when Morimar was born.]]
* [[spoiler:WasOnceAMan:]] [[spoiler:He stopped being human over a millennium ago.]]

* [[spoiler:EasilyForgiven:]] [[spoiler: Arciela forgives her pretty easily for trying to steal her soul.]]

* [[spoiler:JerkWithAHeartOfGold:]] [[spoiler:She becomes this post character development.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk

* StarterVillain

* [[spoiler:MentorOccupationalHazard:]] Not her, her own [[spoiler:mentor, her father dies part way through the geomancer story]]

* SociallyAwkwardHero

* BiTheWay: Out of all of Final Fantasy XI's six leading ladies, Arciela's [[spoiler:feelings towards The Adventurer are the most romantic, regardless of whet gender The Adventurer is.]]

* CharmPerson: August has a great record of turning enemies into friends, including Darrcuiln's father, Sajj'aka and the seven Nakul
* DifficultButAwesome: His trust spell is one of the most difficult to get in the game, but he is up there with the Elvaan Ark Angel as one of the best tank trusts in the game
* TheGoodKing

* [[spoiler:EasilyForgiven:]] [[spoiler: Arciela forgives her pretty easily for trying to steal her soul.

* GrumpyOldMan

* EyepatchOfPower
* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Naja Salaheem. Both are hardass Mithra who head an enterprise with the goal to recruit outsides for the city states current political goals. The big difference is the Naja Salaheem is a greedy BadBoss, where as Lhe Lhangavo is tough but fair

* HappilyAdopted

* CulturedWarrior
* DarkIsNotEvil

* TheGambler

* [[spoiler:IntriguedByHumanity]]
* MisterExposition

* [[spoiler:WasOnceAMan]]
* WalkingSpoiler

* BreakTheHaughty
* [[spoiler:EasilyForgiven]]

* MissingMom
* [[spoiler:SmugSnake]]

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* KungFuWizard

* BadassBureaucrat

* NotHimself

* HappilyMarried

* CallToAgriculture: Justified in the city's struggle to grow enough food to support itself

Cid's son, who was adopted by him after his biological father was killed in the Palborough Mines incident. Years before Adoulin City resumed its colonization effort, Midras traveled to the city to study under and work with Amchuch

* AllTheOtherReindeer: Most of the other gemonacers look down on her and her father for both their support of the colonization efforts and because she is a descendant of Zacriah, the traitot

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* [[spoiler: JerkassRealization:]] After Arciela's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.

* ParentalSubstitute: Kind of. While he took Ingrid in after her mother died, Ingrid claims that neither him or his wife treated her like a daughter

The city state located on the western continent of Ulbuka. The city is split into two halves - The western half is located on the Ulbuka continent, and the eastern half is located on The Isle of Adoulin. The two halves are connected by The Big Bridge in the middle. The city was founded centuries ago by August Adoulin and his loyal eleven knights who cleared the region of the local beastmen and built the castle on The Isle of Man, from which the city grew around. After years of a peaceful reign, Adoulin and his eleven knights left on a expedition into the Ulbuka wilderness to fight of an expanding evil. Although they succeeded in fighting back the evil, all but one of the knights had died, including King August himself. On his death bed he formed a pact the the spirits of Ulbuka that no more would a citizen of Adoulin step foot into the Ulbuka wilderness.

* BunnyEarsLawyer
* CursedWithAwesome: While his transformation was meant to be a curse. Instead he uses it as a chance to learn about what it means to be closer to nature

* KarmicTransformation

* BiTheWay: Out of all of Final Fantasy XI's six leading ladies, Arciela's [[spoiler:feelings towards The Adventurer are the most romantic, regardless of whet gender The Adventurer is]]

The legendary founder of The Sacred City of Adoulin. He cleared the area of the beastmen tribes before building the castle that he would go on to be the centre of the city. After a successful golden rule, August took his eleven most loyal knights into the wildness to stop Hades in his evil plot. Although he was successful in stopping Hades, August and all but one of the knights had died in the process.

* IdealHero