Kiht Jakkya

Kiht Jakkya
Gender	Female
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Keepers of the Moon [Shriekshroom Clan]
Citizenship	Black Shroud ((Gridania))
Age	18
Height	Nearly 5 fulms ((feet)) tall
Hair/fur	Black
Eyes	Dark Blue

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Character

General

Kiht Jakkya is a very traditional Keeper. She lives in the remnants of a once proud and prosperous clan called the Shriekshrrom Clan. Named such for the fact that they made a living off of the harvesting of fungars and the trading of the shriekshrooms. That and the hunting of animals in the Black Shroud once sustained the clan. This small clan once had two large families, but is now reduced to one family that has a single surviving member from the other family. A total of 12 members currently live as part of the Shriekshroom clan.

Kiht Jakkya is one of five sisters with one brother. Her mother is the matriarch of the clan, but the authority of Kiht's two aunts is also respected. One of Kiht's aunts has two daughters. The 12th member of the clan is a male who is the last remaining member of the other family that once was the second half of the Shriekshroom Clan.

All other members of the clan, including Kiht's father, have died; mostly, in battle with the Ixal. Depleted resources and hunting grounds in Black Shroud after the calamity, forced the clan to try and hunt in or near Ixal territory. This wouldn't have been the case if the Gridanians hadn't denied her clan the right to hunt near Gridania. Also they put restrictions on the hunting of certain animals which made the clan get into frequent conflicts with the Woodwailers.

Kiht was once captured by the Gridanians, but was released after six months. While she was their captive, a sympathetic Elzen decided to impart to her a lot of knowledge on nature, the world and the ways of the Lancers. Kiht returned to her clan as an improved huntress who helped her clan establish a dialogue with the Gridanians. While the Gridanians wouldn't be considered the clan's allies, they are no longer enemies.

Appearance

Kiht Jakkya is a young huntress and long-range scout for the Shriekshroom Clan. She is small, even by Miqo'te standards, but that is actually true of most of the females in her small clan. The Jakkya family has black fur with pale skin and is highly nocturnal. Kiht usually appears serious and doesn't often show her emotions easily. The hard life that she has shared with her clan in the Black Shroud has made her serious and often well-guarded. She has a teardrop tattoo on her forehead witch represents a tear of Menphina. She keeps her black hair short, and swept back. She has a small scar close to her left eye as a result of an Ixal attempting to take her life when she was a child.

Behavior

Kiht is willful and somewhat stubborn in her views. She is often suspicious and mistrusting of anyone who isn't a Keeper of the Moon. She has a strong curiosity and is naive about things that do not relate to the Black Shroud or Keeper traditions. She is fierce in battle, but often calm otherwise. She may even be shy around certain people.

Her attitude towards other races is as follows:

Keepers: Automatically trusts them. ((Assumes that they are trustworthy and traditional. Such an attitude can lead to problems with bad, or non-traditional Keepers))

Seekers: Respects them, but thinks they are misguided.

Elzen: Sees them as skilled and efficient, but often arrogant and selfish. ((Would hate them if it hadn't been for her Elzen mentor while she was a captive in Gridania))

Hyur: Sees them as unpredictable and chaotic. Thinks Hyur women are weak-willed, and Hyur men are sex addicts who care for not much more than vices and pleasure.

Roegadyns: Knows little about them beyond the rumors. Would be uncertain and nervous around them.

Lalafell: Funds them strange and creepy. Always unsure of how to deal with them. Sees them as too friendly, but hears they can be quite fiendish.

Combat

General

Kiht is a spear huntress. Responsible within her clan for dealing with charging animals, and/or dealing the killing blow to tough animals. She is also a protector of the archers and casters in her clan during any battle. With the reduction of clan members over the past 6 years, she has had to take on more roles. She is now a long-range scout and surveyor as well. Sometimes she must hunt on her own because of the need for the clan to cover as much hunting ground as possible. Feeding 12 members may not seem like it should be hard, but species protection and growing Ixal territory is making the clan desperate as food gets harder and harder to come by. Even harvesting Fungars is becoming difficult, and the demand for shriekshrooms is falling.

Kiht has learned lancer skills in addition to her clan-taught spear skills due to the Elzen mentor she had during her six months in Gridania. She has clan-taught hand-to-hand combat skills as well. However, she wasn't raised to be an archer. Now that her clan is so small it would be a benefit for her to know archery, but the matriarch didn't predict that the calamity would happen. One day, Kiht will learn archery, but she is too busy now to learn more than the basics. Kiht does not have the aether to be much of a caster, so she never learned any magic. Both males, one of her sisters, and her mother are accomplished magic users though.

Details

Kiht carries a bone harpoon that was made by her father. It is her treasured weapon. She may have to replace it one day due to an expected need for something more efficient, but for now, she does not want to part with it. She also carries a few javelins with her so that she may throw them at an enemy for a preemptive strike, but that is currently her only ranged ability. She often uses her javelins for attacking prey that would otherwise not let her get close.

Kiht's hand-to-hand combat skills are not on the level of Pugilist, but she can use them effectively as a last resort.

Kiht also bites if she has to.

In charging Kiht will sometimes call out her clan's "wild cry" "yai ai ai ai ai ai ai!!" The meaning of the cry has been lost over the generations, but the huntresses still do it out of tradition.

Tendencies

Likes

• Meat. Six years after the calamity, she is tired of her clan having to eat more vegetables than they ever have had to. She is crazy for fish, pork and exotic meats.
• Traditions, rituals and dancing. She always enjoys her clan's dance events. Usually the dances are done in order to celebrate the gods.
• Plant life. She likes flowers and trees. When she is not with her clan in the Black Shroud she often climbs the very tall trees in order to find a safe place to sleep during the day.
• Rain. She may not be fond of the getting wet part, but the beauty of rain is hard for her to not like.
• Darkness. She feels safest when most things can barely see her. But she can always see them...
• Hunting. Nothing better than a good hunt; especially, with others at her side.
• Exploring. She likes to go where she should not go; do what she should not do. A sort of mischievous side to her personality.

Dislikes

• Sunlight and heat. This makes Thanalan a big challenge.
• Ixal. Nothing she hates more.
• Being seen as weak. She hates that most males form the other races see her as weaker because she is female.
• Lalafell. She doesn't hate them, but find them disturbing. She has daymares about Lalafell with knives attempting to kill her in her sleep.
• Birds. She associates them Ixal.
• Submissive females. She doesn't think women should be bit*@es, but she thinks women make better leaders, and should be strong both in body and in mind. At least, strong in mind.
• Male authority. She will always be a bit stubborn towards male authority.
• Foul smells. She has a super sensitive nose.

Hobbies/Talents

• Tracking and scouting, even at night.
• Leather-working ((Still learning))
• Music and dancing to it.

Other

• Loves shiny objects, but doesn't care for monetary value.
• Prefers to be in encampments, or outdoors, rather than cities.
• Likes to observe people.

Relationships

Family

Just her clan. Only one male currently in her clan that she is not related to.

Friends

Outside her clan she only knows her Elzen mentor. She wishes she can speak to him/her, but Kiht is not allowed near Gridania. She is not opposed to making friends, but hardly trusts anyone at first.

Enemies

Her only enemies so far are the Ixal. There was the band of masked men who took many of her sisters away years ago, but she does not know who they were or any of their names. The clan Matriarch believes they were slavers. That was a sad day.

Rumors

Note

Rumors are the only information that anyone can know ICly before meeting Kiht Jakkya in the game.

Common Rumors 90% Accurate

• Woodwailer: Gods that moon-cat was fast. I saw her kill an animal that is a protected species! However, there was no way I could catch her!
• Mercenary: I be arrivin der scene uhv der fight, boot me dint have anythin ta fight! All der Ixal thad be causin truble be keeled by sum ambursh... Fulla arrows n stab wounds dey wer!
• Hyur Woman: I walked outside my house to get some fresh air one night; what I saw outside scared the seven hells out of me. A group of 10 to 15 Miqo'te were scrounging around the settlement. They were digging in trash barrels, and trying to get into storage houses! I called out to them. I asked them what they were doing here. They all stopped and looked at me. They were dead quiet, and they stared at me for what seemed like minutes! I went back into my house!

Moderate Rumors 75% Accurate

• Hyur Man: When a young Elzen child was stolen one day, he was returned a few nights later. No one saw who stole him or returned him, but he was unharmed. The boy could barley talk because he was so young, but he said a lady with a black furry tail found him and showed him to other furry-tailed ladies. They fed him a lot of food and then an older, grumpy, furry-tail lady said he had to go back home. So they took him back to his settlement.
• Elzen Merchant: Why why why does that Miqo'te girl keep bugging me!? Can't she see I'm busy! She never buys anything, anything! Just asks me countless questions about the places I've been. How am I supposed to know if the other places I go to have Keeper clans? I don't pay attention to most of the dirt-poor cat people I come across!
• Elzen Woodwailer: She frequently asks to speak with ((undecided mentor name)). However, Keepers with a poaching record are not allowed in Gridania. We do not need the Elementals angry with us! She is probably lying anydays. There is no way one of our honored lancers would mentor her!

Rare Rumors 40% Accurate

• Gridanian Scout: I once stumbled upon a group of Miqo'te moon-cats during one of their rituals. They were eating the hearts of recently killed Ixal!
• Mercenary: I was hired, in secrecy, to put an end to them bloody poacher cats. I learned that you shouldn't corner em! One of em gave me this! *points to a freakish scar on his face where his left eye use to be*. I mean, crikey, them bone harpoons hurt!
• Traveling Merchant: I saw a band of men in Black Shroud the other day. They wore masks, and had a bunch of cuffs and cages with them. I thought they were hunters at first but then I noticed they had a Miqo'te in cuffs! They were slavers I say! Nobody I tell seems to care that the local Moonkeeper clans are being attacked. The Woodwailers don't believe me.

PC Rumors

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