Tasa Rhyzul

Tasa Rhyzul
Gender	Female
Race	Elezen
Clan	Wildwood
Citizenship	Limsa Lominsa
Age	Fourty something
Sexuality	No preference
Occupation	Freelance adventurer
Guardian	None.
Nameday	1st Sun of the 6th Astral Moon
Alignment	Chaotic Good

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Character

"Beware a woman with nothing to lose."

General

To say Tasa was a curious sight was an assumption many had made before in the past. Elezen were rarely found wearing armor, even fewer with an axe on their back, but there she was, one of the finest examples to call the axe her own. She referred to Limsa Lominsa as her home, even holding the accent rather heavily when she fell onto her old ways.

Name

Given name: Unknown to her.

Acquired names: Tasa, the name her adoptive father gave her. "Rhyzul," the last name of a hyur she had taken as part of a promise to the man.

Appearance

Tall, elegant, and strangely beautiful were terms used to describe Elezens. It was true these things could be used to describe Tasa, but her eyes all but shattered the idea. They were the eyes of someone who had seen and done many things in the past, things that may just haunt them to this very day. Even with her lips curled in laughter the smiles oh so rarely really reached the icy blue gaze.

Besides that, she is a typical warrior in appearance, usually garbed in plated armor with a wicked axe hanging from her back. Various scars of war linger along her body, and the only thing of note many can see is the curious markings along her face. They don't wash away in the rain, hinting to their permanent nature.

Speech

With a voice deep and weathered with age and experience Tasa addresses both friend and foe alike in a thickly accented tone. Through conscious effort and practice she has begun suppressing it, but at times she falls into her old ways of speaking like a sailor.

Behavior

To friends and allies Tasa is a boisterous, easy going woman who seems to have not a care in the world. She is kind, warm, and ever ready to jest and laugh with anyone she has the privilege to get to know. Still, this warmth comes with a chilling gaze to those whom would wrong her. She is certainly the kind of a woman to hold a grudge until any sort of wound is mended.

Motivations: Protecting those who need it, attempting to atone for her past sins and wrong doings.

Disposition: An easy going but fiercely loyal friend who isn't afraid to play rough and seek blood for blood.

Outlook: Grimly optimistic.

Positive Personality Traits

Protective, friendly, motherly, easy going, determined.

Negative Personality Traits

Vindictive, chaotic, stubborn, cocky.

Combat

While Tasa rarely finds herself in combat these days, the woman is a rather degrading opponent to have. Through countless years of training and fighting along with surviving a few wounds that would have felled a lesser man she has grown very confident in herself.

Commonly, when she doesn't respect her opponent, she toys with them, almost walking into strikes to give them the sense of winning before suddenly letting her opponent know they've walked into the perfect spot for Tasa to carve a hefty blow into their body. Her axe is much like herself, sharp and wicked.

If someone shows they can actually earn her respect Tasa is far more careful and calculated. At this point it become more a fight to control blood than to end her opponent. She rarely wishes to kill, but unfortunate accidents do exist. The more her opponent finds their strikes finding home, the stronger the woman seems to be. She is, in all senses of the word, a berserker whom thrives when she's on death's doorstep.

But should she find herself once again mingling with Death, the beast within is unleashed. Little can stop her, death blows merely causing her to flinch and her own swings wild and destructive. At this stage she's on a timer, and should she not end her opponent before it's up her body fails her and she would succumb to her wounds.

Tendencies

LIKES ■ Has almost an obsession with various kinds of juices. ■ She never turns down a friendly bout, her favorite is mud wrestling. ■ A cozy pub and a friendly wench are quoted to be things that she cannot get enough of.

DISLIKES ■ Young adventurers who consider themselves her equal. ■ The reckless and stupid. ■ Shady people.

MISC. QUIRKS ■ Despite frequenting pubs across Eorzea, Tasa rarely drinks. ■ Tasa has very poor reading and writing skills, pirates don't need letters! ■ Despite being an Elezen she actually dislikes Gridania and the people within it. She views them as detached from the real world.

HOBBIES/TALENTS ■ Tasa is quite the pub gambler. She loves cards and dice games. ■ She takes jobs for the miner's guild on occasion, she says she enjoys the 'honest work.' ■ Her skill with an axe is second to none, but she has almost zero combat talent in anything else.

Relationships

Family

Tasa never knew her birth parents. She was raised by a Sea Wolf pirate until she was about twenty years of age. The crew and that man were her family growing up and she wouldn't have traded them for the world. Currently though she does not keep in contact with them, and at times has trouble even recalling their faces to memory.

Enemies

While Tasa's main enemies are anyone whom would be viewed as evil or corrupt, save for general threats against Eorzea she doesn't have very many of them for a woman so plagued by conflict.

Player Character Standing

♥ Romantic Interest    ♥ Sexual Desire    ♥ Platonic Love     ● Good Standing    ● Neutral Standing    ● Poor Standing

♥♥●Lirael Friont - A fellow Elezen, a Duskwight no less, whom Tasa really hit it off with when they first met. The pair were noted for being very close, however Lirael's sudden disappearance has not boded well with the woman and she has made a small effort to find her.

♥●Barbarccia Valadis - If there ever existed a more love/hate relationship than this, Tasa is not aware of it. The pair became fast friends over a long night in a pub and soon forged an alliance withing the Harbingers that gave Tasa something to fight for when she needed it most. Despite a rocky relationship the pair have found some closure and Tasa's hatred has since left her.

●Faye Covington - While Tasa rarely enjoys the company of nobles she has found Faye pleasant enough to converse with on the few times they've spoken. Recently working along side the monochromatic Hyur has given Tasa a chance to get a proper opinion of the girl. Still rocky, but Faye has earned some respect.

♥●Bartolomeo Filangieri - It was within the same hour Tasa had despised and then respected the knight known as Bartolomeo. While at first glance the they seem like black and white, the pair share a strong sense of duty and honor. They've only recently met, but Tasa considers the man a friend. She sees much promise in him, even if the relationship is young, and may view him in a different light from most.

♥●Jancis Milburga - A midlander whom Tasa has shared an occasional passing words with. Her soft words and eagerness to work together has earned Jancis a good deal of respect from Tasa with her modest appearance welcoming a softer eye from the Elezen.

Rumors

Common Rumors

"She's a good soldier, as red as they come." - Heard around the Maelstrom soldiers.

"She swings a good pick, hate to see what her axe could do to someone." - Miner's guild members.

"I've heard there ain't a sailor that beat her in an arm wrestle in ages. Never saw an Elezen so strong." - Regulars at the Drowning Wench.

Moderate Rumors

"Th'ell is an Elezen doin' in Limsa? She ain't a native 'round 'ere. S'a story there." - Sailors of Limsa Lominsa

"You know... I've never seen her look twice at a man." - Bar maids of the Drowning Wench.

"She never seems to run out of gil. I wonder where she gets it all. Maybe she isn't as honest as she looks." - Gamblers around the Hourglass.

Rare Rumors

"We Elezen tend to keep to ourselves. To see one outside of Gridania is a real sight. You know... There was a noble house that crumbled away about thirty years ago when the head of the house went missing. Him, his wife, and his only child. We just figured them all dead though, but it makes you wonder." - Older, higher class members of Gridania

"Have you ever seen her without her armor? She's just... Scars. How did a pretty girl like that get so damn beaten up. I mean... She is one hell of a warrior, but Twelve forgive the things she must have seen and done to get so many." - Regulars of Bronze Lake.

History/Timeline

Her history is told over pubs and campfires, far too much has happened to the woman to be recounted in detail here.

Affiliations

Storm Captain of the Maelstrom Legion.