Ok now here’s a post about my Anemo sword user OC from Snezhnaya, the courier Praskovya or Pana (or who I usually refer as Panya because it just sounds better wwww
Courier - Pana, 25. A part of Adventurer's Guild of Snezhnaya branch who specifically works on mailing and package delivery to and from Snezhnaya. She never picky with whom her client is but coincidentally, most of her clients are either low ranking Fatui members or their relatives. It doesn't matter to what corner of Teyvat the package had to be delivered, she wouldn't mind doing it. Such a free-spirited anemo sword user.
When she was young she had a really close childhood friend she called Granya, a man coming from a well-known merchant family. The two was like two peas on a pod who understand each other deeply. That's why the time when they turned 15 and both of them had an argument over Granya's wish to run away from his family, she can't understand why did he left her too into thin air. Losing your best friend isn't something she can be used to, this is what drove her to join Adventurer's Guild to heal herself as she turned 17. That's where she met her senior, a well-known courier in Snezhnaya.
That courier taught her many things, about places in Snezhnaya and about the world outside it that she never had a chance to see yet, being a rookie and all. That courier was a good person and she was the first person that propose the idea of international delivery service for the people of Snezhnaya that has been separated from their family members. It was a hard fight but eventually, the courier idea got accepted.The night before her senior's delivery debut, both of them had a drink, told each other their story and how Pana wished she could also follow her senior's track. That senior had helped her heals from her young loss and if there's anything she wanted is that for her senior's ambition to be true.
But as the next day came and days turned months, she never heard of them again. It was only at the fifth month that news finally arrived that the senior had an accident and died. This affect the international shipping project's credibility which then was planned to be terminated.
This second loss she got,
This time she faced the Guild's head. Tell them she willing to replace her senior place and refuse for the project termination. They decline at first since she isn't credible enough for such job but she take it anyway. She wanted to face her loss better this time, not just by facing the other way and attach herself to some new good person to be her anchor. And she will.By the time she finished her first batch of delivery to Fountaine, she found her own bag to be heavier. That's when she got her Anemo Vision.
When she was 22, she met a Fatui man on Liyue, a Hydrogunner Legionnaire who catch her when she was about to move again to Snezhnaya.
"You are that Courier right? I heard you from the other men that you do delivery from and to Snezhnaya, right?"
She nods, and that man handed her a letter with his scarred, grubby hand, "Please, send this to my family."That was how she met Dmitri, a leader of certain Fatui Skirmishers' team that will stir up her life in an interesting turn.
About two months later...Dmitri's family want her to send a reply. It was not a message but instead a bulky box. She remember the time his wife and their children hugged her and told her how grateful they are to finally heard from him after many years, just like almost all the other families that asked her service.When she stepped onto Dmitri's camp, she was stopped by a tall man with a staff and bandage covered his face who stared omniously at her.
"What business an Adventurer had with a Fatui Skirmishers' camp?"
"Oh, I'm looking for sir Dmitri, the Hydrogunner Legionnaire." She then saluted at him, "Name is Praskovya of Snezhnaya's Adventurer's Guild, part of Guild's the International Delivery Service to and from Snezhnaya. May I have an audience?"
The man, a Geochanter, was frozen for a moment. He then slowly nodded and led her the way. There was silence between them as they approach the camp. It is not unusual since she does found some Skirmishers to be a quiet individuals.
As she approaching, there was also three other men at the camp: a Cryogunner, an Electrohammer, and Dmitri, the Hydrogunner. When all the eyes on her, the big guy clads in blue welcome her warmly as he introduce her to his other team members. That's when she learned that the man that escort her named Yevgraf, quite an uncommon Snezhnayan name that is oddly familiar.She then handed him his package and told him about his wife and children, Anatolya and Pyotr. He rejoiced, "Oh May Tsaritsa bless your work, dear miss Courier. Can you come again tomorrow? I will write a reply for them as soon as possible.”
Since then, it has become some sort of habit to visit that team every time she went to Liyue, for Dmitri had become her regular. Eventually, two other guy enter the team. First it was an Anemoboxer named Valentin who somehow hit it easily with her as a sparring buddy. Later, it was a new energetic rookie, a Pyroslinger named Konstantin who enters when the team was moved to Dragonspine after 2 years of knowing them. This guy was also another fun addition to the group who shared the same passion on Vodka with her.
Around that time, she also tried to get close to Geochanter, who somehow kind of unwilling to be around her. She even tried to get to talk to him by giving him some package from 'unknown origin' that actually came from her. Eventually they get closer and would sometimes he'd willingly accompany her when she left the camp.
But at one point, they become sort of distanced themselves when both starts to dig out that they indeed shared a past: for Grasha was her long lost childhood friend. This make their relationship became a tad bit awkward but eventually, they made up and get back on their feet once again.
Will it ended up with romance? How would it turns out? I’ll left it into your interpretation.
APPENDIXES (QnA):
Q. Why not make her a Fatui if she'd be kind of associated with them?
Honestly, I want her to be some sort of 'neutral' character. It'd give me (and her) more freedom to write and play with her character wwww
Q. Why 'Praskovya' and 'Pana'?
She wants other to not be too formal with her that's why she usually insist people to call her nickname instead of her first name.
Q. Does she has any relation to the higher ups and Harbingers?
Not at all. For one, I think those higher ups barely need her help for sending letters and communication for they had their own connections. On the other hand, I feel like the low-ranked Fatui and other Snezhnayan might not have such things and had to rely on common delivery services. With that idea in mind, I want Pana to be that person that provide such service. That's why while she had many contacts among the Fatui, she never had any with the elites and Harbingers. So yeah, basically I want an OC that can chill with the Fatui, without being a Fatui, but still can make sense. I mean, isn't it comforting when you, a homesick worker for some organization that works internationally who haven't be heard of your loved ones probably for months, years, or maybe never, one day finally met someone that can help you tied the loose ends? That's what kind of a person Pana is.
