Naoh'ra Ohndai
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 Divinity is the colour of gold | |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Miqo'te |
| Clan | Keeper of the Moon |
| Citizenship | Unaffiliated |
| Age | 31 |
| Name Day | 29th sun of the 1st umbral moon |
| Guardian | Menphina |
| Occupation | Priest of the Order of Nald'thal / Thaumaturgy Teacher |
| Free Company | The Gullwings <Spira> |
| Sexuality | Panromantic |
Name: Naoh'ra Ohndai (Now-rah On-dye)
Age: Assumed to be 31, is unsure of his exact age at the present time due to counting errors
Home: The Black Shroud
Current Residence: In the Free Company Home.
Occupation: Priest of the Order of Nald'thal, mostly deals in funerary rites and funerals. He also moves and embalms the dead, and does some coroner duties in cases of suspicious deaths in Ul'dah.
Income: Middle class or high income, fluctuating.
Talents/Skills: Thaumaturgy, cosmetics, learning botany.
Romantic Relationships: Courting Amadiaux Begnaud
Theme song:Ghost - Mystery Skulls
Server: Balmung
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Blog: http://oops-lost-enochian.tumblr.com/
Height: 5'10"
Race: Miqo'te -- Keeper of the Moon
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Grey
Hair Style: Short and choppy.
Skin color: A very dark black, much like asphalt.
Distinguishing features: The first thing you'd most likely notice is the missing leg. He also wears blue face paints that mimic shooting stars in an attempt to connect spiritually with Menphina.
How he dresses: Most often he wears thick fabrics, mostly robes, cowls or jackets even in the city state of Ul'dah. He wears gloves much of the time out of habit and almost always has a staff of some sort with him. Otherwise he wears a pair of glasses, one pair for reading and another he carries with him to block the sun if he gets caught up in the day.
Mannerisms: He wiggles his fingers when he's thinking or has a word on the tip of his tongue as he helps him to concentrate. He stares often and does not speak much unless directly engaged in conversation he's interested in, in which case he can make more arm and hand gestures.
Hobbies: He has recently started learning the art and practice of botany as his skills as a hunter have diminished and he wishes to continue living on the land. What better way than to know where to find food, and if it's okay to eat through botany. He used to sing much more often, but rarely if at all ever does anymore. His most encompassing hobby is thaumaturgy, and he practices often.
Speech patterns: In an attempt to emulate Menphina he tries to speak in a slow and gentle tone, or simply take on a quiet listener attitude and not say much at all. More often when he speaks he can come off as irritated and rude, but he has been trying to change that. He always has a raspy voice regardless of his mood as he is subjected to inscents and smoke most of the day.
Educational Background: He has no formal schooling in maths, history or the like, and has recently learned how to write through Mip Map and his own studies. He has studied Thaumaturgy a long while, and has been reading the tomes now that he has learned to read.
Intelligence Level: Average
Positive traits:
- Decisive
- Objective
- Passionate
- Reliable
- Romantic
- Family orientated
Neutral:
- Private
- self-conscious
- Serious
- Strong drive for learning/teaching
Negative:
- Sarcastic
- Argumentative
- Awkward
- Rude
- Stubborn
- Impatient
- Short sighted
- Impulsive
- Cold/unempathetic
Naoh'ra one of the numerous priests of the Order of Nald'thal. He has only recently finished his studies and often teaches those just starting out the basics of Thaumaturgy and it's history, as well as how to properly treat the dead. He even teaches those students how to give the funeral rites so as to ease the souls journey into Thal's realm. Because he was only recently ordained, he keeps his group of students small and his teaching is overseen by more experienced priests.
You can near always find him either in Ul'dah or in Camp Drybone's church, though he also travels around to more secluded area's so he may give the rites to the dead who can not be transported to the church itself. He lives and was born in the Shroud, however this is not an ideal place to find him as he travels and spends the majority of his time in ul'dah.
He dreams of having a large family and many children one day, but has been so engulfed in his work that he hasn't really tried to find mates who share those ideals.
In the past, he used to be a minstrel, often singing in the Quicksand and coming up with limericks for handfuls of gil. He enjoyed it greatly and to this day still loves to sing, and will often sing the sun to sleep and greet the moon with slow, calm music.
More recently in an attempt to really hone his skills and find some adventure and excitement, he joined up with the Crescent Eminence to hunt voidsent. He has also begun building a new church for the Order of Nald'thal and will hold funerals and various other services within it's walls. Such as embalming and rites, filling out proper paper work and wills with the living, and keeping a bone room and morgue and lychyard within the property.
Naoh'ra struggled for a while to find his connection to Menphina, and for a long time doubted she heard him or even loved him. He would sit in the shroud in the dead of night and scream to her, cry, holler, sing and climb to the tippy tops of trees in an attempt to touch the moon. He eventually started to paint himself more, or ritualistically dot his skin like stars with piercings to give her a home with him if he looked like the night sky.
Recently he went to stay at her stone in the snowy highlands. He sat there for ten days with only a few jackets and other warm clothes. He is unsure if it was a hallucination or if she had really come to see him, but he swears on his life she came to him. She touched his cheeks, kissed the top of his head and told him she loved him. He found complete joy in this and believes he's very special to her, and loves her very very dearly. He promptly returned home to pray in warmth to her, and is making an effort to emulate her and how she had treated him that brief time in the snowy night.
For the complete RP/drabble of this event, please hit the following link to read it on my blog! XX
Naoh'ra believes 100% that the face paints are a form of communication to Menphina, and paints what he wants from her on his face. Whether that be a blessing of protection when wandering the night, of new beginnings, fertility, luck in the hunt, or even just to show his love for her. He often paints shooting stars, in hopes she will give him what he wishes for. He uses the blues as it was the same colour Naoh had used for her paints, though when asking for fertility and luck in finding a mate, he will use purple and violets.
Naoh Ohndai was a wonderfully kind and sincere Thaumaturge, who focused her study in the line of mortician work. She often treated the dead with respect, and comforted those whom had recently lost.
She held wonderful funeral services, and was an all around amazing lady.
Outside of her work, she wanted to have a lot of children, and had actually had been pregnant with (hopefully) her next son. She was hoping so dearly for another little boy but she passed away in the calamity before the child could be born. She had always felt lucky to have mothered so many boys, only one of her children born female.
She always surrounded herself with life and love, and was very gentle and caring toward her family and even strangers. When hearing of her passing, Naoh'ra felt an incredibly deep sadness, and decided that no one else had set better footsteps but her, and he took up the same path of thaumaturgy and mortician work as she had.
Naoh'ra has been and still studies thaumaturgy after Naoh's passions. He wanted to carry on her legacy as best he could, and even worked with the Order of Nald'thal in Ul'dah for a time. He primarily focuses on preparing the dead for funerals through embalming, but now is one of the trusted priests to preform the funeral rites to allow passing into Thal's realm to be smoother.
He currently works in both Ul'dah and in Drybone, however as work calls him around he will often travel to other city states to tend to the dead there.
Surprisingly, he has found an odd comfort with those he works on and purifies, and enjoys learning and teaching Thaumaturgy to those who will pay and listen. He tends to be a little picky about his students however, and will often judge them at a first glance and test their core morals before he will accept them as a student. He teaches those peaceful Thaumaturges the very root of the art and does not typically teach others how to use it for it's more modern use in combat. He leaves that to Cocobuki in Ul'dah, and focus' on teaching his students how to preserve and tend to a body, not destroy it.
"A raging fire to cleanse the corpse; a freezing blizzard to halt corruption; a jolt of lightning to expel the sins of mortal life."
Some small Thaumaturgical facts below:
- Aether pools within ones self swell in times of intense fear and duress (fire 3/thundercloud procs anyone?? :D)
- There are 307 verses of funerary rites for the virtuous fallen.
- Thaumaturgy: The Yawning Abyss was written by Zozomaya.
- Priestess Mamane is strict about noise in the THM guild.
- the last will and testament of a patron of the Ossuary, which contains a vengeance order – a service provided by the thaumaturges whereby revenge is exacted upon who or whatever took the life of the deceased. Mostly these are acted out against the wildlife of Thanalan, such as stray billygoats or other attackers. Rarely will the Order deal with a murderer.
- Thaumaturges under the Order only accept laws from those with enough gil to 'pay a sultana's ransom', therefore they typically deal with the wealthy in ul'dah regarding the laws of the city.
- Should a Thaumaturge not have an appropriate amount of aether reserves within their body to work with, they are likely to end up killing themselves if they try to force more than a small flicker of flame of spark of lightning. Straining to get more aether from your reserves than you have can potentially ignite your very life blood, and in the worst case burn you alive from the inside out. (this is shown with black magic moreso than Thaumaturgy, however the principle is the same: too little aether you can safely work with coupled with trying to use too much to manipulate a spell = disaster for the caster, and a painful death.
- The Ossuary houses the order of nald'thal, and assists souls into Thal's realm. Thal does not only measure wealth in money, but in everything that the soul leaves behind in our world when passing on into his on their dying breath. This includes food, housing, gil, clothes, livestock, and anything else of value that you can't take with you into the after life.
(The following is information I have gathered on the Thaumaturges guild and the Order of Nald'thal from 1.0. a WIP for now!)
- Thaumaturges working with the Order are protected by the Order against vengeance deeds and wills, such as when a Thaumaturge exacts revenge on who or what had killed someone unnaturally and that now dead persons will requested vengeance, the Thaumaturge that executed them is protected from another coming after them in turn.
- Stated above, Thaumaturges of the ossuary will go through with vengeance wills for the Order of Nald'thal, and by taking on the burden of hatred and anger from the soul, it will be able to be at peace in Thal's realm. Compensation must me made in writing in the will before death for the deed to be carried out, as no payment will get services dismissed.
- Limsa is known for not liking the Order of Nald'thal, and it's hard to give them funeral rites because so many of them are lost at sea and without a corpse you can't really hold a proper funeral that the Order and Ossuary promises.
- All Thaumaturges under the Order must answer to it's laws, and can be executed by the Order if it comes to that. (such as murder, where a thaumaturge kills another outside of a vengeance will.)
- Your virtue is a measure of your very exsistence – your birth and station, childhood and (womanhood/manhood), knowledge and wisdom, power and wealth. Do not think wealth to be limited to the monetary. Wealth, to the Order, consists of all things a soul leaves behind when it departs this realm.
- Arrzaneth Ossuary guides its followers that they might leave as much in their wake as possible.
- The following is an example of a vengeance order: “My last will and testament… I hereby leave one third of my total estate to the Order of Nald’thal of the Arrzaneth Ossuary. In return for this consideration, I humbly request that my death be avenged should my days be cut short by unnatural causes.”
- (to be continued, I will be writing down all the dialogue from the quests as well as I find them and linking a post here about it! Thank you for your patience)
- 1.0 quest dialogue pt 1
- 1.0 THM sidequest revelry in rivalry dialogue
- 1.0 THM Law and the Order Dialogue
Naoh'ra is skilled in Thaumaturgy, and considers himself to be one of the more competent users. However, he chooses not to use it in combat as much as he can, though when worst comes to worst and he's forced he will not hesitate.
He has a superb sense of hearing and scent, and pretty touch and go balance. He only has good vision in the pitch darkness of night, however, and any bright lights at all, even when exposed for long periods of time hurts his eyes and he can't see a thing.
He is pitiful in hand to hand combat and can be easily overtaken should anyone come after him, and he's quite easy to catch off guard when he is not actively engaged with something that calls for alertness, such as hunting. When working/studying, he can be easily startled.
Positive:
- Mhastoum Greingohtsyn: Good friend, Naoh'ra even thinks of him as family at this point. He has found a wonderful amount of support and care from the sea bear, and can't help but respect and love him. He enjoys their times they get to spend together, and feels a sense of kinship with a recent confiding between the two during the Rising events in Ul'dah. Naoh'ra is facinated by Mhastoum's ears.
- Aran'sae Dia: Good friend, Naoh'ra used to have strong romantic feelings for Aran'sae, but sees him as more family than anything. He loves him with all his heart and enjoys their time together and the conversations they have. He can't wait to hear about his meditations in the Shroud, and what he had learned of the Elementals while he was there. Also, about that moogle he brought home. Serious, is that real????
- Amadiaux Begnaud: Met him in the shroud on a cloudy night while he was attempting to charge moonstone in the moonlight. They had a wonderful conversation, that ended in a very surprising kiss and a wish to court, which Naoh'ra had accepted. He wishes to keep their romance to privacy, as he fears what others would think of Amadiaux should they find he was with a Miqo'te of all things. He believes the fates brought them together, as Oschon shown Amadiaux where to go, and Menphina guided their sweet nothings in the moonlight. Or it was just dumb luck.
- Rhuya'to Viqqoh: He met this keeper not long ago when he got himself stuck in a leg trap in the Shroud. Rhuya'to allowed him to his living space where Naoh'ra was allowed to meet his children and they have been friends since. He isn't sure how he feels about him as a whole, and hardly knows much of anything about him, but he cares for him quite a bit regardless and is incredibly happy and honoured to be a part of his family.
- Mipije Papije: A good friend of Naoh'ras, who taught and inspired him to read and write and seek out knowledge like no other. He also gave him a little ice box to carry his food in and he adores it. Serious, it's so useful!
- Nathaniel of Salem: Works with him under the Order of Nald'thal, as they are both priests. They are good friends and he thinks of them as being on good terms and they get along quite well. Naoh'ra feels a sense of kinship between them and holds him in high regard.
Neutral:
- C'sanhsa Tia: He used to not like C'sanhsa that much but he hardly knows him or sees him around so he's fairly neutral about him as a whole. Serious, he hardly knows anything about him, so he has taken a more relaxed approach to him. He wishes to mend their friendship, and wants to be some significant part of his life despite how he had treated him before.
- Pimrhi Dia: No longer uncomfortable around her, he has found an odd peace in her presence. He wishes to see her more often, and give her the care that she obviously needs.
- Sven Volkorus: Bumped into him and got talking and hunting in the shroud with him. He gets along with him fairly well for the fact they are both dads. That's about it for now, but he does hope they can talk more.
Negative:
- K'ovu Tia: Dude literally stole his leg and blew it up with a firework, calls him names and kicks his crutches out from under him, then stabbed him once. Naoh'ra dislikes him greatly.
- S'imba Tia: He doesn't like him, but a good bit of gil to pretend to be his master to help him escape some group? Sure! Money's money.
- Abeodan Silverbrand: This hyur demanded Naoh'ra get him teeth, and after a while Naoh'ra got fed up with his demands and incinerated the teeth he got for him. A fight broke out. They aren't on good terms.
Family:
- Naoh Ohndai: Mother, THE most wonderful lady ever to be.
- Dhebi'a Lyehga: Father, never knew him growing up.
- Naoh'a Ohndai: Brother, old man. Doesn't know much about him.
- Naoh'to Ohndai: Brother, also an old man, twin brother of Naoh'a.
- Rihn Ohndai: Sister, the most mature out of all of them. Stayed with the clan and is an excellent huntress and conjurer.
- Naoh'li Ohndai: Brother, trouble maker.
- Naoh'sae Ohndai: Brother, one year older than Naoh'ra, living with his mate outside of the clan.
Children:
- Vhana leelha
- Noha'a Nala
- Luka Yandhi
- Korolon Nala
- Davzzi Sonjha
- Dao'to Nala
All of his children are currently living with their mothers.
Naoh'ra lost his left leg from the mid thigh down about 2 years ago. He used to have a prosthetic that he'd cover with loose pants, however K'ovu blew it up and he has not had the will or the funds to get a new one made. This generally gets in the way of him being able to keep up with others, and he has a hard time with balance without his cane. Often he will joke about his missing leg, though he does not tolerate others joking about it.
He suffers from chronic pain where his leg ends, and when it is bad he can be completely incapacitated for a day and remain in bed. Often it isn't more than a dull pain, but when it hurts, it hurts.
- Light hurts his eyes and he finds it very difficult to see when it's bright.
- He stares a lot; he just doesn't blink as often as others might.
- He collects moonstones and rocks that look like the moon and puts them around Menphina's stone when he goes to visit.
- Naoh'ra finds a special comfort with ice, often even sleeping with a bag or box of it or ice crystals to keep cool.
- He had recently tried to create weapons that could bring thaumaturgy to other combat classes, but ultimately failed.
- Naoh'ra has a very hard time walking without his prosthetic, and mostly resorts to an odd hopping with the help of a cane. He has been saving up to buy a new leg.
- He tends to be very quiet and tries his best to not make much noise with either his voice or movements, as Priestess Mamane is very strict about it in the THM guild.
- Naoh'ra sometimes has the tendency to 'burst into flame' when he's startled, the fright often sparking his fingers and on reflex he often either goes to throw fire or actually does, having once burnt off someones eyebrows and incinerated his cane in separate instances.
- Naoh'ra wears the same coloured face paints as his mother used to wear, though uses purples when looking for a mate.
- He gets irritated when others shorten his name to Naoh, as he feels that it is taking away his identity as a without that prefex others are referring to his mother.
Naoh'ra at one time had been very romantically inclined and sought out romance above other forms of relationships, but as of recently has shunned romance in its entirety and even feels guilt about the feeling as a whole. He refuses to pursue romantic partners and will often drive those potentially interested in him away. This is not to say he will not seek out mates to father more children, but he will build very limited emotional bonds with those partners and will often be on his way and only visit to see the children and make sure they're healthy and growing well.
The following few links were all graciously drawn by friends of mine :D all are linked to their blogs/wiki's and all are lovely!! Thanks everyone!
This photo was drawn by my good friend Cammy, her blog at the following link tumblr And the following link here is a post she made that is a complete art break down for the Fayth picture here! Fayth breakdown
Pouty nerd by http://big-buff-cheato-puff.tumblr.com/
bitch said what by http://sea-bear-kupo.tumblr.com
See also this photo he is in tfw your squad of demon hunters is composed of miscreants by Nathaniel of Salem
The lovely http://dravanian.tumblr.com/ drew these two photos of Naoh'ra, one of which features their nerd cat Aegyl!
The following are pictures I drew of this nerd, linked and labeled accordingly.
- Note: None of the nsfw links are canon, I just wanted to draw them lmao )
The following are a couple of playlists I listen to while writing Naoh'ra that inspire his character! Feel free to take a listen.
Common Rumours(Easy to overhear):
- "He teaches Thaumaturgy and it's history at the Ossuary."
- "He smells like smoke and death, it's a little unsettling."
- "He's such a grump."
- "He really doesn't say much, but I guess he has a sore throat? Maybe he's sick."
Moderate Rumours(Moderately easy to overhear):
- "I hear he's recently been sworn in to the Order."
- "He has a tendency to eavesdrop, it's annoying."
- "He was yelling at the moon in the Shroud and Coerthas, serious he's crazy."
Rare Rumours(Difficult/rare to overhear):
- "I hear he's a part of some occult."
PC Rumours (Feel free to add!):
- "He's got a stick so far up his rear he could legitimately be called a miq'abob." -C'sanhsa Tia
- "The guy burned my shirt up...so attached his prosthetic to a fire work and blew it to pieces in the heavens." - K'ovu Tia
- "He's quite the quick reader, from what I've seen. I wonder if he could teach me that skill." - Lolohala Memehala
- "... He better have washed those urns he keeps ashes in or I swear to Nophica..." - Aran'sae Dia
- "Naoh'ra is...irritable. Deep inside him, however, is someone whom I can call 'friend'." -Mhastoum Greingohtsyn
- "He seems nice. He was the one who gave me the news my father, X'vett, passed away... And then he hit on me..." - X'vhana Vett
- "Handsome man who lies. He speaks and causes pain and grief that taste like Galago Mint and Honey across my lips. Ooo... How sweet his lies are... I can still taste them." - Pimrhi Dia
- "He's got this air about him, it's cold, but not malevolent...is that wierd?" - Colson Rundall
- "A Keeper working for the Traders? Really, he is an odd thing to have as a colleague. But the man is more than dedicated, and falls - with me - in that handful of Priests of Nald'thal who keep on fighting corruption in the city. Trustworthy, I'd say. That is enough for me to tolerate him." - Nathaniel of Salem
- "I know for a fact he responds to 'Daddy'." - Rhuya'to Viqqoh
