Too Many Pseudonyms

SELECTION:  “Stars light clear our path.”

JOB:  Knight-Errant (Tank)

WEAPONS:  Time-worn Longsword, Freehand Spellcasting/Striking.

AI BEHAVIOR:  Utilizing focused, relentless offense in melee with magical support, Wyra is an aggressive and technical front line fighter. Always targeting the largest or most threatening enemy first, she begins fights with Pounce and Lion’s Roar to gather the opposition and interrupt spell casters. Lacking baseline AoE enmity otherwise, untargeted enemies will often be drawn away - only to be immediately Pounced again, often several foes in sequence. When reduced below 50% health, facing five or more targets, or after a certain amount of time has passed since engaging, Wyra will call upon her darkside and gain additional damage features, multi-target attacks, and self-healing to offset the blood price. Faced with large groups of minor enemies, she will continue advancing mid-fight to engage a second group of more substantial challengers. Moving the bare minimum to avoid AoEs or perform encounter mechanics, Wyra can be depended upon to hold her ground when not valiantly charging into something - often her immediate follow-up, to rejoin the battle with Pounce or to use Perilune in defense of a threatened ally (Prioritizing Upa if in the party). Refusing to draw from the group for strength, Wyra will never use Limit Breaks.

ACTIONS:

Fang and Claw Combo : A standard three hit combo with no special bonuses.

Prise de Fer : Potent Self-targeted Shield, Counters attacks in melee with scaling potency based on amount of shield remaining for the duration.

Lion’s Roar : Minor Enmity-only attack with a large AoE. Interrupts.

Pounce : High damage single-target gap closer with additional enmity and stun.

Perilune : Ally targeted movement ability, target is immune to K.O. for a brief duration. (Applies a high potency shield to both if Upa is in the party.)

New Moon : Stance. Suffer damage over time, but heal for a portion of damage done. All damage increased. Replaces Fang and Claw combo with Lunar Eclipse combo. Ends if restored to full HP.

Lunar Eclipse Combo : High potency melee AoE combo.

BATTLE LINES:

“A brambled trail ahead, be certain....”  –  (Duty Start.)

“You face Ser Wyra Nimh, Nymeia’s Lion!”  –  (Battle start, Spoken Foes, Bosses.)

“End this swiftly, suffer none to skulk away.”  –  (Battle start, Beasts/Monsters.)

“Move in haste and die, craven!”  –  (Pounce, lost Enmity)

“Heh- Ahh-...haha! Hah hah hah!”  –  (New Moon activates.)

“...At your side, my Star.”  –  (Perilune, Upa in party)

LIMIT BREAK:

N/A

KO’D:

“I will not surrend-...ugh.”

“No! I must return to....”

REVIVED:

“A thousand times again if I must!”

Bold any fears which apply to your muse. Italicize what makes them uncomfortable. Strikethrough what they actually enjoy or prefer. 

Svana Heart

the dark ⋆ fire ⋆ open water ⋆ deep water ⋆ being alone ⋆ crowded spaces ⋆ confined spaces ⋆ change ⋆ failure ⋆ war ⋆ loss of control ⋆ powerlessness ⋆ prison ⋆ blood ⋆ drowning ⋆ suffocation ⋆ public speaking ⋆ natural animals ⋆ the supernatural ⋆ heights ⋆ death ⋆ dying ⋆ intimacy ⋆ rejection ⋆ abandonment ⋆ loss ⋆ the unknown ⋆ the future ⋆ not being good enough ⋆ scary stories ⋆ speaking to new people ⋆ poverty ⋆ loud noises ⋆ being touched ⋆ forgetting  ⋆ being forgotten

K’velkha Odh

the dark ⋆ fire ⋆ open water ⋆ deep water ⋆ being alone ⋆ crowded spaces ⋆ confined spaces ⋆ change ⋆ failure ⋆ war ⋆ loss of control ⋆ powerlessness ⋆ prison ⋆ blood ⋆ drowning ⋆ suffocation ⋆ public speaking ⋆ natural animals ⋆ the supernatural ⋆ heights ⋆ death ⋆ dying ⋆ intimacy ⋆ rejection ⋆ abandonment ⋆ loss ⋆ the unknown ⋆ the future ⋆ not being good enough ⋆ scary stories ⋆ speaking to new people ⋆ poverty ⋆ loud noises ⋆ being touched ⋆ forgetting  ⋆ being forgotten 

Chaotic Neutral-

A chaotic neutral character follows his whims. He is an individualist first and last. He values his own liberty but doesn't strive to protect others' freedom. He avoids authority, resents restrictions, and challenges traditions. A chaotic neutral character does not intentionally disrupt organizations as part of a campaign of anarchy. To do so, he would have to be motivated either by good (and a desire to liberate others) or evil (and a desire to make those different from himself suffer). A chaotic neutral character may be unpredictable, but his behavior is not totally random. He is not as likely to jump off a bridge as to cross it. Chaotic neutral is the best alignment you can be because it represents true freedom from both society's restrictions and a do-gooder's zeal. However, chaotic neutral can be a dangerous alignment when it seeks to eliminate all authority, harmony, and order in society.

Detailed Results:

Alignment: Lawful Good ----- XXXXXXXXXXXX (12) Neutral Good ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (23) Chaotic Good ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (26) Lawful Neutral -- XXXXXXXXXXXX (12) True Neutral ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (23) Chaotic Neutral - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (26) Lawful Evil ----- XXXXXXXX (8) Neutral Evil ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (19) Chaotic Evil ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (22)

Law & Chaos: Law ----- X (1) Neutral - XXXXXXXXXXXX (12) Chaos --- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (15)

So then!

Back to hunting for fresh blood and new faces. As the title goes, I’m looking to find some contacts for in-game RP on Balmung. While I’m writing this little primer for the sake of anyone who’d take a personal interest, it should be said that I am in the market for RP groups and organizations as well and would welcome any sort of FC references. I’m interested in just about anything within the bounds of what you’d expect, long term plots or brief novelty one-offs. Format and style are not particularly concerning, tried a bit of everything over the years and I’d be happy to see something new on top of everything else. She is one of my longest running characters so I hope to deliver on any expectations for consistency and availability.

Down to the brass tacks, All about Wyra,

She was born to a nomadic tribe native to the northern Shroud and general area of Coerthas. Though rich in tradition, with her mothers archaic guidance serving as the spiritual center of their small culture, and somewhat more populous than typical Keeper clans besides, they were ultimately little more than self-glorified bandits and poachers, often chaffing against the claims of their neighbors. Turmoil within the group in her youth forced a flight into more civilized society, leaving her alone, impoverished, and very poorly adjusted. Some years and countless troubles later she found a niche as a gladiator and escaped abject poverty, which has strongly affected her perspectives on personal strength and resilience. She has since ‘retired’ her title as Nymeia’s Lion and abandoned the sands, a reluctant concession to circumstance, but has found assorted opportunities from turn to turn on account of that experience. Presently she considers taking students to train out of a property seized in Shirogane, of all unlikely places, and gives particular interest to the beleaguered locals denied such opportunities. Though for want of much success or interest in her tutelage her true preoccupation is with the occasional quest or challenge, an adventurer’s life through and through.

More personally, these days she has finally begun reach out from behind her steely reservations. A close circle of friends and spending ample time in quiet self-reflection have dulled the rough corners to her character, but coming to understand her place in the world is no small feat and the years of asceticism have left her ill prepared for acting upon motivations long denied.

And to wrap it all up,

Having been here there and everywhere over the years, it should be no great trouble on my part to organize a meetup with Wyra, or elaborate on current events should anyone wish to work their way in more organically. I am absolutely eager to clarify any details and consider other arrangements, either to make RP possible or simply create a more conducive setting for it.

LAYER ONE : THE OUTSIDE

Name:  Wyra Nimh (Nymeia's Lion, 'The Insatiable' to a particular bunch of mad cultists)

Eye Color:  Gold and Blue

Hair Style/Color: Long, wavy, styled and maintained only to a simple, practical extent. Off-white.

Height:  5′10″

Clothing Style:  Armor. Alternatively, anything well-fitted and practical, with occasional interest in loose, flowing, airy cloth.

LAYER TWO: THE INSIDE

Your Fears:  “So many things beyond my control, and what they may do left uncontested.”

Your Guilty Pleasure:  “I... rather like sweets, little cakes.”

Your Biggest Pet Peeve:  “Hollow words, empty threats. Liars are trouble enough when they aren't needlessly loud.”

Your Ambition for the Future:  “Well, if I can survive the rest and those I care for are safe, I would like to finally take time for some sort of hobby.”

LAYER THREE: THOUGHTS

Your First Thoughts Waking Up:  “....”                                          (Actual thoughts begin half a bell later)

What You Think About the Most:  “What else could be done....”

What You Think About Before Bed:   “Mayhaps I'll check the locks, just once more."

Your Best Quality Is:  “Determination. For all of life's challenges, and the many more taken by choice, I still have yet to yield.”

LAYER FOUR: WHAT’S BETTER?

Single or Group Dates:  “How would... is it even a 'date' in a group? Is it not still single dates, but together, or are you all courting the whole assembly?”(Bewildered speculation continues a while before abruptly abandoning the question)

To be Loved or Respected:  “What shallow love is there without respect? Is that not pity, more than love? Both, if it can be done, but respect alone is a trifle before the rest."

Beauty or Brains:  “One ought have 'brains' enough to realize how much can be said by impression alone, how one's bearing, how a brilliant spirit can touch every soul it crosses as a guiding lantern in the night. That is beauty.”

Dogs or Cats:  “How so, precisely? A bit scant for meat.... Ah, pets? No, I have never considered them much.”

LAYER FIVE: DO YOU?

Lie:  “No. Never by my word, nor in spirit or action where I may prevent it.”

Believe in Yourself:  “I am the manner of fool with full faith in overcoming my own failures, at some rate.”

Believe in Love:  “More than anything else now in all its many forms. Love for a spouse, a stranger, those who depend upon me, those who I admire... What a grim world it is for those who know nothing of love.”

Want Someone:  “I- ah, how do you... that is a difficult question.”

LAYER SIX: EVER?

Been on Stage:  “Countless times have I stood upon the greatest stage in all Eorzea, there in the Coliseum. Make no mistake though, I do not perform. Some mockeries of martial skill prefer to prance about for the crowds. I stand there by merit."

Done Drugs:  “What precisely is a 'drug', by your measure?”

Changed Who You Were to Fit In:  She has to work through a bout of beleaguered, bitter laughter before answering in brief. "...No."

LAYER SEVEN: FAVORITES

Favorite Color:  “Silver, shining and pure like the soft glow of moonlight.”

Favorite Animal:  “Not something I have considered much, ah, ... perhaps that odd tapir? There’s something inexplicably... well, it seems pleasant enough.”

Favorite Food:  “I am not so discerning. Anything will suffice. Though, mn, are baked treats a 'food', strictly?"

Favorite Game:  “Games are not something I know well, perhaps riddles and questions?" Inspiration dawns with a soft smile in a delayed recollection, "...Though I most enjoy seeing the little ones at their own games, more than any known to me."

LAYER EIGHT: AGE

Day Your Next Birthday Will Be:  “The thirteenth eve of the sixth umbral, when Menphina watches from her highest.”

How Old Will You Be:  Reluctance,“--Twenty-five.”

Age You Lost Your Virginity:  “I am not sure I-... No, those are unnecessary questions.”

Does Age Matter:  “Everything matters, most of all the full question to such vagaries.”

LAYER NINE: IN A BOY OR GIRL

Best Personality:  “Their own, as unbound and glorious as it can be shown.”

Best Eye Color:  “Green, I suppose, like the verdant woods in summer. Yet more that they are as rich as that than by the color alone.”

Best Hair Color:  “I- ah, hm. Well, I... Red has a certain charm, does it not?"

Best thing to do with a Partner:  “Fight. No one speaks more clearly than in action, without time or purpose for anything but sincerity. ...Although, perhaps any real contest would suffice."

LAYER TEN: FINISH THE SENTENCE

I love:  “Too carefully.”

I feel:  “More than I can bare."

I hide:  “My weaknesses."

I miss:  “Simplicity."

I wish:  “...For a drink, after all this, truly. If only peace, however fleeting, were as easy for-... no, more than anything I wish them well."