When one asks how something started they must first look at everything leading up to that particular event. This three part prologue about how Lunar Haven was formed starts not with the guild itself forming but with the leader of the guild, a young man named Nobutaka Fairclough, arriving in Eorzea. At this time the eastern land of Doma has just recently been taken over by a large empire known as the Garleans. After watching many of his countrymen fall at the hands of the Empire's fierce mechanical beasts Nobutaka has set out on a ship from Doma to the west, the land of Eorzea, the only place not currently under heavy Garlean occupation. This is how our story begins. Not with a dramatic bang, but with a young man on the verge of death.

"I can't breath."

Every breath, provided you could call it that, caused intense pain. After a wave capsized the small boat Nobutaka Fairclough had fallen into the ocean's salty brine. At first the young Doman had tried to swim back to the surface, to get any kind of breath, but as the storm clouds thundered overhead and the waves turned around him he was dragged deeper and deeper into the whirl. The Hyur's golden brown hair turning in the water and sticking to his face as he tried to reach out for safety that never existed. Doma had been taken over by the Garlean Empire and Nobutaka was one of the first to get on a boat and attempt to flee.

"Any of you wretched Domans that attempt to leave will be cursed. The gods themselves will strike you down for going against the empire!"
He didn't believe them. He hated the Garleans with every fiber of his being. He would travel far beyond the Garlean's reach and someday return to Doma. That was all his heart desired. Now what had it gotten him? Even in the salty ocean he tried to cry and soon after blacked out. Feeling himself floating in the waves he could hear a voice speaking to him.
"Do you truely wish to live child?"
"YES! I WANT TO LIVE! PLEASE! I NEED TO BE STRONGER! I NEED TO STOP THEM!"
In his dream Nobutaka kept screaming out about how all he wanted to do was to live. All around him he felt a soft embrace as he cried out more and more.
"Very well child. Be warned though, if you choose to live it will be a life of combat. You will act on my behalf. You will restore order to this world."
Unsure of what to say Nobutaka's eyes shot open as he began violently coughing. He was on his back, he didn't know how or why but he quickly rolled over on his stomach and started couhing downwards as more and more salt water came out his lungs. His body shook violently as he looked around. He was on dry land. He wasn't even on a beach but actual dry land. As he tried to move his body it screamed in pain forcing him to just lay on the ground as a voice overhead spoke to him.

"Hey, hey. Don't try moving too quickly. I got you out of the ocean just a day ago and thought I was hauling a corpse off to Limsa." the man was dark skinned with kind eyes. He looked to be easily forty-five or older compared to Nobutaka's appearance of roughly seventeen. Next to the two of them was a nice campfire with a bit of fish cooking above it. The man handed a small fish on a metal skewer to Nobu.
"Limsa? LIMSA! WAIT! THIS IS...THIS IS EORZEA!" instantly he began violently coughing again, more sea water coming out of his throat.
"Woah kiddo. Slow down. Yes, this is Eorzea. Name's Brennan. I'm a traveler. Who are you my white haired friend?"
Instantly Nobutaka blinked a bit.
"Sir, I think.."
Though he noticed out of the corner of his eyes something strange. As he slowly lifted his hand to his soft hair and pulled it down he instantly recoild. His hair had become white. Was something wrong with him? Brennan looked at the boy curiously.
"You seemed surprised. Is...something wrong?"
"My hair was brown right before..."

Then he remembered it all. His eyes went even wider.
"I HEARED A VOICE! A VOICE AS I WAS DROWNING!"
With that his eyes began to glow a florescent green/blue. Brennan just gazed at the boy startled.
"To hell with it. We need to go. Now. Come on boy, we are taking you to Limsa right away!"

That is how Nobutaka took his first step into the land of Eorzea. It would be a long carriage ride that involved a lot of sleeping, a lot of talking, and one very drunken moogle. Before he knew it Nobutaka would arrive in the ocean city of Limsa Lominsa. It was a bustling city with all sorts of artisans, pirates and adventurers. As he looked around it was clear that the architecture was completely different from his home back in Doma. More than once he would be so busy looking at the people and buildings that he would bump into a stray adventurer without even realizing it and be forced to apolagize.

Showing A preference for magic he was quicly taken to the arcanist guild. Inside the guild he learned how to manipulate aether in order to create carbuncles. After summoning his first carbuncle he was given a very simple task. Go out and defeat a group of corrupted sheep. No one was really sure what had made the sheep go crazy but they had been trampling begining adventurers. Gaining his first weapon, a thick book, he set out from Limsa towards the East.

The sheep weren't hard to find by any means. Though it was clear they actually looked more like rams. The moment they saw Nobutaka they began charging directly at him in a large group, forcing both him and his glowing blue carbuncle to jump out of the way. As he began casting various curses on the sheep the large, galloping swarm suddenly turned directions and began running away from him. A bit confused Nobutaka looked at his glowing blue carbuncle.
"Well that was easy." he said to the nodding minion. Though as he turned around to go back towards Limsa it was clear why the sheep, even in madness, had runa way. A large creature with a mouth the size of a man, thick legs, and extremely long arms roared at his face. As the hulking Gobbuue attempted to swipe at him Nobutaka quickly raised his book as a make shift shield and was thrown across the meadow. Grabbing his bleeding left arm he looked at the large creature as it charged towards him. The carbuncle quickly moving to block it on to get crushed under foot and dispelled. As Nobu put his arms and legs up to try and guard from the beast's maw a long pike suddenly slammed through it's skull. The creature's eyes going wide in shock and then blank and dead as it slammed into the ground. On top of the body, holding the lance, was a rather sweaty looking cat man. Wiping the sweat from his red hair the muscular lancer looke at Nobutaka.
"Oh man, that was close." he said with a warm grinn. Behind him a cat woman holding a large bow with lightly colored fur and gentle eyes looked at the lancer.
"Taking uneeded risks."

Looking at the lancer and archer Nobutaka just nodded a bit before speaking.
"Um, thank you."
he said a bit sheepishly, still clutching his bleeding arm. As the female archer walked over she began mumblin a few words as a glowling light appeared around her hand and Nobutaka's arm quickly healed up. Meanwhile the lancer dug his spear out of the creature and walked over with a grinn.
"I'm Kai, and this is Rameli. Nice to meet you."
Helping Nobutaka up and dusting them off a bit the young arcanist gave a deep bow.
"Nobutaka Fairclough" he said quietly.
"Thank you for saving me, and my arm."
As he tried moving the warm it seemed completely repaired. It was a nice feeling to be sure. Gathering his energy he re-summoned his carbuncle and looked at the two. They seemed far better equipped than himself to be sure. The three would spend most of the afternoon trying to find and slay the wild sheep in order to complete Nobutaka's mission. As they did they would quickly become friends.

As the returned to the city Nobutaka finally receieved his first bit of coin in Limsa. The Arcanist guild master handed him some gill and he was able to start renting himself a room at the Drowning Wench. A large bar and inn in Limsa. Sitting at the bar eating his meal he was completely exhausted. Using aether and keeping it summoned as a carbuncle took far more energy and concentration than the young man was use to. Seeing Nobutaka half asleep even while eating a well muscled cat girl with thick blue hair and a large axe sat next to him.
"You alright friend? You look like you are about to drop dead."
"I...just arrived. It is really rough here."
at Nobu's response the cat girl started chuckling and put his large axe against the counter to rest.
"Well, don't feel too down. If you ever need anything I don't mind helping new adventurers. Plus you could always join a guild." Nobutaka just looked at her curiously.
"They are officially called Free Companies. They are groups of adventurers that help each other and complete large missions for the city states. You should try one out." Nobutaka shook his head a bit. The thought he could be useful to any such organization seemed well beyond him at the moment. Though he was curious as to who this person was.
"My name is Nobutaka Fairclough. Who are you?" he asked. The cat girl smiled wide.
"Caffe latte. I'm a guild leader of a one person guild. Nice to meet you."
S
haking hands the two would talk for quite a while about the state of Oerzea and how one could adventure in these lands. Finally when Caffe herself had to turn in for the night the two parted ways and Nobutaka managed to make it to an inn bed. As he slept that first evening he was unsure of what the future would bring. Magic, adventurers. It was all pleasent. Though how long until the Garlean threat made it's way to these lands? What of the people back in Doma?