Umi kanzato
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Character
General
Mostly seen in the forest of Gridania, she spends very little time in the large cities, although when she does she is often complaining about the crowds and the harsh heat or cold. Although most of her tribe can be placed as playful and welcoming she isn't the type to simply smile and open her arms to a complete stranger, thus she is always on edge and never trust anyone. With a narrow view on life and the way things should be handled, this young Miqo'te is very straight forward, she will ask very awkward questions, try to pin the person down and believes very strongly in moral manners and standing. Although she was raised in the woods she can be easily confused as a city cat which she takes high offense to.
Appearance
Umi is a tiny Miqo'te who is unaffected by her height, perhaps one of the shortest in her whole clan. Whatever curves she might possess are modest, but usually covered up by over sized shirts that hide most of her body, besides the skirt that she wears that nicely shows off her well built Miqo'te legs.
With pale skin in contrast to the deep blue that her hair is made up of, the few purple strands seemingly making her skin glow in the darkness. This goes on saying that her red eyes make her look more evil that what she really is. Although she is a laid back person she tried to keep her hair and clothes very neat and in order, thus she doesn't like to do the dirty work.
Besides the normally clothing, Umi is attached to anything that is the color blue or a lush green, although she would never be caught wearing green. With her funds normally gone she has a very hard time funding her other lover for the soft fabrics that she often comes across, this proves a problem for her only for a little bit but during those times she is often cranky and can get annoyed very easily.
Personality
When most people look at Umi they are forced to smile just to be nice, after all the glares she could send are not bright and friendly. Her bad mood demeanor often creates a tense air about her causing many people to shy away from or leave her alone, and just above a normal person would do so very happily. However, she's incredibly loyal to those she cares about, literally to the point of death, and She would, unhesitatingly, jump in the way to save someone she knows without a single thought of the danger. Umi is often very truthful and though many would look at this as a good thing the gift of truth in her mouth could lead to a bad thing. Unafraid of asking questions most wouldn't due to politeness, Umi has a knack for prying for information and bringing up topics many would be too shy about approaching.
Umi relationships with people is very bad, in fact she can't even get out a hello without more crude words flowing right after! Her world is enclosed around trusting the truth, what your eyes and ears hear, it is rare for her to trust anyone else but herself or her tribe.In spite of this, Umi can be very trusting once she gets to know someone, this can cause problems because, since she had never had a friend or someone to care for, she becomes possessive. She doesn't know how to act around people and shy away from other friends or people she personally doesn't know, this brings another wedge between her and the people around her causing a large gap that she is not willing to fill. This leads to the question that perhaps she is hiding something that causes this social problem.
Taking her studies in healing and Herbs very seriously, Umi pushes her self beyond the point of breaking, she hardly sleeps and even though she has a bed and room is hardly there resting. This makes her body very weak compared to most of her clan, while others can run free for miles Umi will be lucky to make it a few feet, this is perhaps where her hate for others come into play, to her so many people for granted what they have and still want more. While she is often noted to be mean or cranky, Umi can be actually very nice when she wants to be, just don't wake her up. On the times that she does sleep, Umi sleeps for hours upon hours before getting up and repeating her process, this causes her not to be a morning person and to simply break down when someone wakes her up, but catch her in a good mood right after her morning sugar fix and you'll be in heaven! This is a part of her that she tries to hide from everyone.
Her love for animals and sweets out weigh her hate for the Seekers of the sun, even the males surprisingly. With many dogs and cats owned by her in her tribe waiting for her daily visits, Umi can't help but hate everyone else that tries to come between them, this is perhaps one reason she hates serious work. Often playing with cats like a child would, she can be heard talking to it and sometimes singing, she is very nervous about doing this in public but cute things seem to be attached to her by the hip once she finds them.
Combat
General
With Umi normally in cities, reading or simply spying on people, what does she need combat for? One would think none correct? With a staff in hand she threw her self into learning healing and how to become a full conjurer, though she made many mistakes along the way. With no one at her side she tends to stay out of the enemies reach standing just from her reach and theirs before cursing them and then entrapping them in the earth before they could touch her. However, her attack spells are weak and if she gives too much of her Mana to her guardian it would spell her doom by hitting the monster in the head repeatedly. Normally she would use someone else as a 'meat shield' and simply claim when they get overly hurt that they should watch themselves better, claiming no fault on her own. Truth be told Umi is scared of death of fighting, although she talks big and teases people all the time she would most likely wiggle her way out of a fight if she could, after all her most powerful spells are her healing and she would rather be doing that then fighting something that someone else could.
Tendencies
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Relationships
- ♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Sexual Desire ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Neutral Standing ● Poor Standing
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Rumours
- ■ "She only ever smiles when she has a book in her hand." - Gridanian Librarian
- ■ "It's a little weird that she's always muttering about a herb... I thought all Miqo'te had tribes to tend to." - Gossipy Highlander
- ■ "She doesn't ever talk about her family but she has a pride of an Alpha Female Miqo'te. I wonder where her tribe is." - Suspicious Inn Keeper
- ■ "I heard her talking about some kind of sickness, but once she saw me I could have sworn I died from her glare!" - Wandering Lalafel
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History/Timeline
Raised in a small tribe in the Black Shroud, Umi was 'a lady in waiting' as the tribes around them slowly started to rebuild around them. Her tribe was very isolate however, they kept to themselves and never once spoke to anyone outside of the tribe. This caused them to become strangers to the people inside of the city as well as the surrounding tribes, needless to say this caused problems for them. Although most of the Keepers of the Moon are known to be collected and calm, food was very short at the time causing many small fights to happen, raids more often then naught, but her small tribe had always been able to push back and defend their way off life. One day, for seemingly no reason, the whole tribe disappeared into the darkness of the forest, nothing but the remaining tents, the small smoke from the tribes fire, welcomed curious eyes that came to deep through the trees. No one was left and so everyone assumed that the small tribe had been completely wiped out.
It wasn't till one day that a small girl and a elder woman wrapped in a thick robe appeared into the city that whispers begun. It was easy to see that they were not part of the world around them, it looked as if they had been trapped in the past, away from everything but their own world. Although the girl was very cruel, everyone over time started to come to realize that her words were meant to hold some sort of kindness to them and she became well known in the small circle of people that she reached out to. The woman wrapped in the robe had never been seen again... With healing classes making her a very skilled Conjurer, Umi worked hard. There was little time to play in what one would call her childhood but she was skilled and earned enough money to care for her self and her 'roommate', sometimes her jobs forced her to leave the city days at a time.
It wasn't till she started to get older that sleep started to take its toll. Sometimes falling asleep on a bench or in the pub, sometimes during her classes with her teacher that caused her to get behind more times then once. Still people saw that she pushed her self and many of the people that knew her helped as much as they could, even when she would yell at them and tell them she didn't need it. Then one day no jobs came in... Umi had empty pockets and the little money she had was used to buy food and medication for her 'roommate' so she progressively got thinner and thinner, losing so much strength she could no longer even heal a small scratch. In that moment the young Miqo'te had never been so scared, to touch death and face it, yet in a weird way she welcomed it. When all else seemed lost Umi found her self facing her last choice, her last chance, a Free Company. She had never been close to anyone besides the people that helped her when she first moved to the city. The inn keeper, the bar owner, the shop keepers, everyone that had been in her small circle, she had to choose.
It took a while to actually get a hold of someone, to walk through those mansion doors and tell them what was needed, what /she/ needed. They explained she would be part of the medical staff, part of the clean up crew basically but in exchange for being on duty and putting in her hours she would get food and board all paid for by the company. That meant more money in her pocket for her research, so Umi gladly accepted.
Needless to say her roommate didn't stay behind at the inn.
Time Line
Footnotes
Theme Song: TBD
TV Tropes: TBD
Alignment: Neutral
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