My, my. This is certainly a far cry from your days at the Arcanists' Guild.
Whastrach to Martyn.
Whastrach Ahldwaensyn is a non-player character in Final Fantasy XIV. He is an antagonist in the blue mage storyline and a previous compatriot to Martyn Goodfellow.
Story[]
Early life[]
Whastrach studied foreign magic at the arcanists' guild in Limsa and traveled to the New World, Tural, with another student named Martyn to visit the Whalaqee that reside in Lapis Canyon. Eventually, Whastrach decided that blue magic would not be profitable and left the expedition, instead focusing on the market of ceruleum.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn[]
Whastrach came visiting Ul'dah on business, and while there he heard rumors of the Masked Carnivale and blue magic, believing Martyn was behind it. In his spare time, he visited Martyn to see if the rumors were true and joked about his current position before leaving.
When Martyn was injured in one of his bouts, Whastrach came to teach the Warrior of Light in his stead. Whastrach met the Warrior at Hammerlea with a Magitek Vanguard he had retrieved from Castrum Meridianum. After its defeat, he told the Warrior how the age of swords and sorcery was at its end and how magitek and cerulean would be used by the grand companies sooner or later to keep up with the Garlean army. He told the Warrior that when they wanted to let go of these old relics and leave Martyn, they could come to him. After his offer, Martyn came out berating him, and Whastrach told him not to worry as the Warrior of Light was on their way to being a competent blue mage. Whastrach questioned why Martyn never came to him about obtaining the medicine for the Whalaqee as there had never been bad blood between them, and that he could do much more with his resources. After convincing Martyn about it, he left to make some arrangements and produce the medicine in bulk to the people.
Whastrach traveled to the New World to distribute the medicine to the Whalaqee people and had them sign a form to hand over their Lapis Canyon in exchange. The elders signed it not knowing how to read Eorzean, and he returned to Eorzea. Martyn confronted Whastrach about his underhanded dealings with the Whalaqee, and the two got into an argument. Royse came along and helped come to an agreement by fighting in the Celestium.
Whastrach in his Azulmagia costume.
Whastrach gave the Warrior of Light time to train and prepare for the fight, gloating how it would not matter as he was a skilled Blue Mage. He was given a new outfit and title in the arena, fighting under the guise of Azulmagia. After losing the fight, Whastrach agreed to the terms and not to mine on sacred ground. He was reminded that he was a businessman and not a monster, and asks Ceadda to assist him in avoiding excavating sacred ground.
Characteristics[]
Appearance[]
Whastrach is a male sea wolf Roegadyn with gray skin and black hair with dark red highlights. He wears a russet brown ramie coat of casting, and republican fingerless gloves that have sharp fingernails, with augmented lost pantaloons of casting and pteroskin shoes.
Personality[]
Whastrach is a businessman who has a company that mines and refines ceruleum. He sees it as a major profit as many from Eorzea use it for airships. He believes magic is old-fashioned and ceruleum and magitek will be the future. He is shady in his dealings, tricking the Whalaqee village elders into signing the rights away to their sacred canyon.
Gameplay[]
Whastrach appears in the Masked Carnivale event Dirty Rotten Azulmagia where he will be fought in three acts, using powerful blue mage abilities against the player.
Etymology[]
His name means "Wax Dragon" in the Roegadyn language.