Osi'ra was born and raised in Radz-At-Han, Thavnair. He belonged to a very, VERY large family, one with eight other siblings, which consisted of two older sisters, four older brothers, and two younger sisters. Despite being Keepers, they have never considered themselves traditional. Their family has stayed together for the most part, including the boys. The boys and Osi'ra remained with their sisters and their mother to provide for them; though, there was hardly any providing anyway, as their family was well-off. Thus, they worked moreso to keep themselves productive and useful.
Eventually, once things seemed to be appearing tense at home with the Garlean empire, the Pumdhagus left Thavnair and traveled to Thanalan, where they would make their new home. Upon arrival, mother Osi was quick to become an influential power in Ul'dah with her family’s riches, generational skills, as well as their overall knowledge regarding bureaucracy and economics. Their family is full of artisans, professionals, and entertainers, and they were quick to put all of these talents to use. Thanks to all of this, she has become a political figure; but, certainly not one nearly as large or authoritative as those in the syndicate of Ul'dah.
Unfortunately, Osi'ra and many of her siblings felt rather out-of-place in Ul'dah, feeling discomfort and even loathing towards the hierarchy, caste system, and how things were ran as a whole. How the poor were treated like dirt, how immigrants and refugees of low-status were tossed away and barely given any help. Because of this, Osi'ra and Osi'a, their eldest brother, spoke out often and tried to fight against this system, yet were punished in result by their mother.
One eve, Osi'a’s life was taken. He was murdered, and Osi'ra believes it was an act done by monetarists who wanted to silence them. As a result, Osi'ra left Ul'dah with all of his belongings and traveled through Thanalan, having purchased land in the South near the Forgotten Springs and built his very own library there. She misses her brother greatly, as well as the rest of her family, but she refuses to ever see them again. Not because he feels they betrayed him, but because he is afraid of them getting into danger if he was to stick around, and partly due to the resentment he feels towards his mother and her lack of action or concern.
These days, Osi'ra remains outside of Ul'dah and bounces between Kugane, his employer's Free Company estate, the one they have provided him, or his library. Occasionally he will make visits to Ul'dah in disguise as a Keeper named Orah Raiamshali to keep her identity secured, purchasing whatever goods she requires before going back into hiding. Hiding, because she does not want to get discovered by the Brass Blades in Ul'dah, nor be found by her hunter; a villainous person who incites pain for entertainment, and is the reason why Osi'ra's vision was taken. Having fought back, this earned Osi'ra their attention and ire, as they then vowed to her that they would find her and be her death.
Initially, Osi'ra was absolutely devastated over the loss of his vision, as he once believed that due to his loss of sight, Menphina no longer wished to commune with him. He has eventually learned to live with the fact he will never see the stars again, but he still feels as though Menphina spurns him and refuses to speak to him due to his disability.
Even so, with the loss of seeing as most do, he has gained the ability of aethersight. Rather, he's always had this ability, yet he was unable to use it prior to now. He certainly cannot see the way most do, and still requires an assistive device or person to navigate the streets, but he is able to at least tell when something with aether is before him.
