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Asahi sas Brutus is a non-player character from Final Fantasy XIV. He is an ambassador from Garlemald Empire, and the stepbrother of Yotsuyu.

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Appearance

Asahi is a young Hyuran with pale skin and short black hair and eyes. He wears a Garlean white uniform with Doman aesthetics.

Personality

Upon his initial introduction, Asahi presents himself as a kind-hearted and understanding individual who wishes to broker peace between Garlemald and Doma as the Empire's voice. Being of Doman blood, he is appalled at the destruction left in his stepsister's wake when he sees the ruins and disarray his home village was left in under her rule. During a battle with the Red Kojin, he even willingly shields Isse and Azami from their attacks

When left alone with the Warrior of Light however, he reveals his true colors with a scathing look towards them as a hate-filled man wants nothing more than vengeance for Zenos' defeat. Asahi's admiration of Zenos crosses into love, proclaiming none alive loves him more. This love however fueled his jealousy towards his sister as she was given more power over him, which he openly displays by cursing her, kicking and shooting her weakened body. He is also conniving and scheming, not above using his own parents to get what he wants, even if it meant their deaths and despite being an influential voice in the Populares, he believes in none of their ideals, using his position as Ambassador to repeatedly antagonize the adventurer into attacking him, knowing full well that harm brought to him would violate the treaty between Garlemald and Doma.

Story

Asahi was born as the sole child of a Doman couple. He was noted for his high aptitude and after his parents met with a Garlean officer, he was planned to be conscripted into Garlean service. Not much is known about his upbringing, though in an Echo vision, he was seen being saved by Zenos after he was cornered by Doman soldiers opposing the Empire's invasion. On that day, he fell in love with the crown prince and became his most loyal servant. Over the years, he rose to power in Doma, eventually becoming the Tribunis with the rank of sas.

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Rise of a New Sun

Sometime after Doma's liberation, Asahi is approached by the Emperor to conduct negotiations with Doma on a united front to combat the Primal threat, instructing him to parley with a prisoner exchange as a sign of good will. Before embarking on his mission, he is called away by a revived Zenos, instructing him to disrupt the treaty, claiming that they cannot fight the Primals as an alliance. He arrives at Yanxia on behalf of the Emperor to negotiate peace with Doma, speaking to the young lord Hien on negotiations. He reveals to him and the Scions that Garlemald though does not recognize Doma's sovereignty, wishes to collaborate with them on combating the Primals through a united front, on the condition that Doma ceases all summoning within their homeland. Hien reassures him that none will take place and will take measures to police the Red Kojin on the matter, though explains to them that such gods were only summoned out of grief and desperation. He explains that he is part of a faction within the Empire called the Populares which practices more peaceful ideals and unification, which Varis has begun taking into consideration. At the same time, they are greatly opposed by the Optimates, a faction of hardline pure-blooded Garleans who wish to undermine them. As a sign of trust, they offer a prisoner exchange. Asahi however, wishes to have one other prisoner in particular, that of Yotsuyu, though Hien is reluctant to return her to their custody until further notice. He is left into the care of Yugiri while he and his party explore his homeland of Namai with the Warrior of Light and Alisaie joining them shortly.

Traveling across the land of Yanxia, Asahi bears witness to the destruction by the rule of his stepsister, appalled at the ruined state she had left in and hopes to restore Doma to its former glory. On their way to the village, they notice a couple of young villagers ambushed by the Red Kojin. He and the Scions quickly draw their weapons and slay them, with Asahi shielding their attacks on the youths. After the battle, Asahi comforts the two, claiming that the Red Kojin's actions were a result of the Empire. Returning to the shore, Hien appears with his answer, agreeing to the prisoner exchange though he reasons that she may be of no use to the Empire as she is suffering from amnesia and is a changed person though he would be willing to return her to Garlemald should her memories return before the appointed hour. Despite this, Asahi wishes to see his sister one last time to see if her memories would change upon seeing her. Though she expresses confusion, they leave on friendly terms, though not before handing her a moon-shaped mirror as a parting gift.

On his way back to the airship, he pulls the Warrior of Light aside alone and reveals his true colors with a glare of raw anger with the ominous promise of a reckoning, ensuring they would pay for the death of Zenos while taunting him knowing that any harm to him would violate the terms of the peace treaty. Satisfied, he departs to report back to his superiors, claiming that things were "going easier than planned".


Under the Moonlight

Asahi is seen waiting at the Imperial camp and meets with Hien right before the hour, showing up with Yotsuyu to show her in good health, though still bereft of her memories. Asahi however had other plans and attempted to further restore Yotsuyu's memories by bringing forth their parents, the encounter leaving his stepsister visibly shaken. Though nothing is changed, he later whispers to her that she will return to him soon. With one last push, he escorts their parents to the Doman Enclave, using their greed and selfishness to convince her to return to Garlean service. Though his plan worked, her grief prompted her to murder her parents on the spot for showing no remorse, only greed and disgust towards her, stating that if she can't escape her nature, she'll embrace it.

FFXIV Asahi Crazy

Asahi expresses his emotions.

Asahi meets with Hien at Castrum Fluminis at the promised hour, prepared to exchange prisoners. Before doing so, he reveals his plan to undermine peaceful negotiations, revealing Yotsuyu restored to her former self, holding aloft the same mirror and his supply crates containing a large amount of crystals, enough to call forth a summoning, transforming into an eikon of Doman legend called Tsukiyomi. Through manipulation, he made this summoning so as to paint Doma as violators of the treaty and orders his men to retreat, depending on the Warrior of Light to slay her. Following the battle's conclusion, Asahi reenters the room with a gun in hand, repeatedly shooting his weakened sibling. He then quickly shifts to place blame on the Warrior of Light and Doma for having violated the terms of condition due to the summoning, happily goading Warrior of Light into attacking him knowing that harming an ambassador would further damage relations, following up by claiming that such relations were strained the moment Yotsuyu transformed into a primal. He then angrily expresses his hatred and jealousy over Zenos giving his less-faithful stepsister more power than he, his most loyal follower.

FFXIV Asahi vs Yotsuyu

Yotsuyu kills Asahi.

He repeatedly curses her name and kicks her broken form out of sheer anger at the perceived injustice and unfairness of his position. Before he can finish her, he is suddenly impaled by her swords, having used the last of her eikon power to fatally wound him. Yotsuyu tells him that from the first, Asahi was one of the people she wanted to personally kill for fueling her hatred and pushing her into becoming the monster she lived as. With him in his dying breaths, Yotsuyu's vengeance is spent and dies peacefully. The tribunis on his death throes, curses the Warrior of Light and promises that Zenos will come after them before dying. Unfortunately for Asahi, his plans to disrupt the prisoner exchange ended in failure when his fellow Popularis subordinate Maxima overheard the details in secret and allowed the exchange to go as planned, with Varis later learning of this plot.

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Etymology

Asahi means "morning sun" in Japanese.

He might be intentionally named to oppose his stepsister Yotsuyu (meaning "night dew" in Japanese).