since i have a huge ff x brainrot lately, kinnara is getting a ff x au !
hailing from the little island of itsukushima is an ancient lineage of musicians turned summoners. sometimes, their pilgrimages would end in glory and all of spira would chant their name in chorus, other times they would end in defeat and their name would be silently carved onto stone ... but not once, was their name tarnished or their precious aid refused by those plagued by the never - ending wrath of sin. ever since the very first settlement in the island, her family has had the duty of protecting not only the land, but also those who inhabit it: aside from the sanctified figure of the summoner ( one for each generation ) , every member of the family was traditionally schooled in the different arts of war and nurture since childhood, be them the arts of valorous warriors or of selfless healers, it mattered not.
unfortunately, spira is a land of tragedy and this is something that kinnara has learnt ever since she was a child. kinnara's older sister, a fledgling summoner who had excitedly departed from the island alongside her parents who served as her guardians, precociously died during their journey due to the sudden ambush of sin and its spores thus, the role of the new summoner for the new generation was shifted onto the shoulders of kinnara who, back then, was mere years old.
despite the efforts of the last high summoner and his selfless sacrifice, the calm was never long enough, it was never powerful enough to thoroughly placate the destructive hunger of the countless fiends that would traverse the sea with the unique purpose of laying the island to waste. while kinnara studied night and day in order to hone her abilities and thus prepare herself for her future journey, more and more souls were lost to the never - ending assaults of fiends and demons: soon enough, the road in front of her was one paved onto the corpses of those who had sacrificed themselves to protect their loved ones.
eventually, sin returned ... and once sin returned, the island of itsukushima was amidst the first territories to be attacked. with barely any warrior still standing on their feet and with no healer left but kinnara herself, the defenses of the island collapsed ▬▬ where once songs could be heard, only burning ruins and hastily crafted graves now remained. kinnara was the only survivor of the assault, and although gratitude not once ceased to burn within her breastbone, the sight of her loved ones dying right in front of her was more than enough to scar her deeply.
with no one but the ghosts of her family keeping her company, she decided to leave the ruined island behind and set forth to begin her own pilgrimage.