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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
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She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
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Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
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Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
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It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father, as well as a handful of older and younger sisters.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Skratti never kept especially close tabs on her sisters -- her older sisters all left the clan to start their own, or were run off by their mother, and she never had much time for her younger sisters due to her being constantly groomed as the next Matriarch, by her mother. Of her direct family, the only one she's pretty sure is dead is her mother. She ''believes'' she witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed by the flames of the Calamity. But then again, she was also a terrified young girl when it happened, so maybe her eyes played tricks on her.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they might no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : Naz seems like a decent enough person, to Skratti, and another fishing buddy is always welcome.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they were once friends, months without speaking more than a word or two to each other has left Skratti realizing they haven't been for a while.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti spent a length of time trying to fix whatever was broken, but eventually gave up when a mutual friend informed her that Cho felt she and Skratti were not compatible.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : Ennara and Skratti started as friends, and then dated for a while.. and then had a bad breakup, which left them not on great terms. Then they worked things out, and things seemed good until Ennara tried to suggest a return to being more than friends, only to break things off less than a day later. Skratti has no idea what to think about Ennara, now.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
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::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
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::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
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=== Early History ===<br />
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Skratti grew up in the middle of a pack of children, and as the chosen female heir was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Two of her three older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his favorite daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
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There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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As far as Skratti knew, from that point on she had become the new Matriarch of her clan, a fact which she has done her best to absolutely ignore whenever possible.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
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Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
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Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
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=== Present Day ===<br />
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Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
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::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
::* Other Keeper Matriarchs or clan members looking to absorb smaller clans to increase their own size and strength.<br />
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There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Older or younger sisters. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
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=== Annotations ===<br />
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I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=96131Skratti Bowens2015-06-09T01:53:52Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Neutral Standing */</p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
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She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
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Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
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Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
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It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father, as well as a handful of older and younger sisters.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Skratti never kept especially close tabs on her sisters -- her older sisters all left the clan to start their own, or were run off by their mother, and she never had much time for her younger sisters due to her being constantly groomed as the next Matriarch, by her mother. Of her direct family, the only one she's pretty sure is dead is her mother. She ''believes'' she witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed by the flames of the Calamity. But then again, she was also a terrified young girl when it happened, so maybe her eyes played tricks on her.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they might no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they were once friends, months without speaking more than a word or two to each other has left Skratti realizing they haven't been for a while.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti spent a length of time trying to fix whatever was broken, but eventually gave up when a mutual friend informed her that Cho felt she and Skratti were not compatible.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : Ennara and Skratti started as friends, and then dated for a while.. and then had a bad breakup, which left them not on great terms. Then they worked things out, and things seemed good until Ennara tried to suggest a return to being more than friends, only to break things off less than a day later. Skratti has no idea what to think about Ennara, now.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
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=== Early History ===<br />
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Skratti grew up in the middle of a pack of children, and as the chosen female heir was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Two of her three older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his favorite daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
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There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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As far as Skratti knew, from that point on she had become the new Matriarch of her clan, a fact which she has done her best to absolutely ignore whenever possible.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
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=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
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::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
::* Other Keeper Matriarchs or clan members looking to absorb smaller clans to increase their own size and strength.<br />
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There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Older or younger sisters. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
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=== Annotations ===<br />
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| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
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| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
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She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
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Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
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Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
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It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father, as well as a handful of older and younger sisters.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Skratti never kept especially close tabs on her sisters -- her older sisters all left the clan to start their own, or were run off by their mother, and she never had much time for her younger sisters due to her being constantly groomed as the next Matriarch, by her mother. Of her direct family, the only one she's pretty sure is dead is her mother. She ''believes'' she witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed by the flames of the Calamity. But then again, she was also a terrified young girl when it happened, so maybe her eyes played tricks on her.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they might no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they were once friends, months without speaking more than a word or two to each other has left Skratti realizing they haven't been for a while.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti spent a length of time trying to fix whatever was broken, but eventually gave up when a mutual friend informed her that Cho felt she and Skratti were not compatible.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up in the middle of a pack of children, and as the chosen female heir was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Two of her three older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his favorite daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
As far as Skratti knew, from that point on she had become the new Matriarch of her clan, a fact which she has done her best to absolutely ignore whenever possible.<br />
<br />
=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
::* Other Keeper Matriarchs or clan members looking to absorb smaller clans to increase their own size and strength.<br />
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There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Older or younger sisters. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
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=== Annotations ===<br />
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I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=96129Skratti Bowens2015-06-09T01:49:05Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Neutral Standing */</p>
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| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
<br />
She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
<br />
It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father, as well as a handful of older and younger sisters.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Skratti never kept especially close tabs on her sisters -- her older sisters all left the clan to start their own, or were run off by their mother, and she never had much time for her younger sisters due to her being constantly groomed as the next Matriarch, by her mother. Of her direct family, the only one she's pretty sure is dead is her mother. She ''believes'' she witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed by the flames of the Calamity. But then again, she was also a terrified young girl when it happened, so maybe her eyes played tricks on her.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they might no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they were once friends, months without speaking more than a word or two to each other has left Skratti realizing they haven't been for a while.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti spent a length of time trying to fix whatever was broken, but eventually gave up when a mutual friend informed her that Cho felt she and Skratti were not compatible.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
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::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
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::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
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=== Early History ===<br />
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Skratti grew up in the middle of a pack of children, and as the chosen female heir was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Two of her three older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his favorite daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
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There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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As far as Skratti knew, from that point on she had become the new Matriarch of her clan, a fact which she has done her best to absolutely ignore whenever possible.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
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Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
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::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
::* Other Keeper Matriarchs or clan members looking to absorb smaller clans to increase their own size and strength.<br />
<br />
There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Older or younger sisters. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
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=== Annotations ===<br />
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I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=96128Skratti Bowens2015-06-09T01:46:23Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Positive Standing */</p>
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| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
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| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
<br />
She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
<br />
Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
<br />
Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
<br />
It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father, as well as a handful of older and younger sisters.<br />
<br />
As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Skratti never kept especially close tabs on her sisters -- her older sisters all left the clan to start their own, or were run off by their mother, and she never had much time for her younger sisters due to her being constantly groomed as the next Matriarch, by her mother. Of her direct family, the only one she's pretty sure is dead is her mother. She ''believes'' she witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed by the flames of the Calamity. But then again, she was also a terrified young girl when it happened, so maybe her eyes played tricks on her.<br />
<br />
<br />
(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they might no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
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::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
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=== Early History ===<br />
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Skratti grew up in the middle of a pack of children, and as the chosen female heir was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Two of her three older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his favorite daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
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There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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As far as Skratti knew, from that point on she had become the new Matriarch of her clan, a fact which she has done her best to absolutely ignore whenever possible.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
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Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
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Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
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=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
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::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
::* Other Keeper Matriarchs or clan members looking to absorb smaller clans to increase their own size and strength.<br />
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There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Older or younger sisters. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
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=== Annotations ===<br />
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| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
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| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
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| stat_2_value = 18<br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
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She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
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Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
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Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
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It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father, as well as a handful of older and younger sisters.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Skratti never kept especially close tabs on her sisters -- her older sisters all left the clan to start their own, or were run off by their mother, and she never had much time for her younger sisters due to her being constantly groomed as the next Matriarch, by her mother. Of her direct family, the only one she's pretty sure is dead is her mother. She ''believes'' she witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed by the flames of the Calamity. But then again, she was also a terrified young girl when it happened, so maybe her eyes played tricks on her.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they might no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship to where it was before.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
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::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
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::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up in the middle of a pack of children, and as the chosen female heir was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Two of her three older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his favorite daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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As far as Skratti knew, from that point on she had become the new Matriarch of her clan, a fact which she has done her best to absolutely ignore whenever possible.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
::* Other Keeper Matriarchs or clan members looking to absorb smaller clans to increase their own size and strength.<br />
<br />
There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Older or younger sisters. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=84620Skratti Bowens2015-04-10T08:30:26Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Neutral Standing */</p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
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She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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{| style="width: 76%; background-color:#560319; text-align:center;" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"<br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
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Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
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Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
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It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father, as well as a handful of older and younger sisters.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Skratti never kept especially close tabs on her sisters -- her older sisters all left the clan to start their own, or were run off by their mother, and she never had much time for her younger sisters due to her being constantly groomed as the next Matriarch, by her mother. Of her direct family, the only one she's pretty sure is dead is her mother. She ''believes'' she witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed by the flames of the Calamity. But then again, she was also a terrified young girl when it happened, so maybe her eyes played tricks on her.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they might no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
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::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
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::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
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=== Early History ===<br />
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Skratti grew up in the middle of a pack of children, and as the chosen female heir was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Two of her three older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his favorite daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
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There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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As far as Skratti knew, from that point on she had become the new Matriarch of her clan, a fact which she has done her best to absolutely ignore whenever possible.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
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Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
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Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
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=== Present Day ===<br />
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Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
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::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
::* Other Keeper Matriarchs or clan members looking to absorb smaller clans to increase their own size and strength.<br />
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There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Older or younger sisters. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
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=== Annotations ===<br />
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I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=83593Skratti Bowens2015-04-06T21:17:00Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Family */</p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
<br />
She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
<br />
Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
<br />
Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
<br />
It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father, as well as a handful of older and younger sisters.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Skratti never kept especially close tabs on her sisters -- her older sisters all left the clan to start their own, or were run off by their mother, and she never had much time for her younger sisters due to her being constantly groomed as the next Matriarch, by her mother. Of her direct family, the only one she's pretty sure is dead is her mother. She ''believes'' she witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed by the flames of the Calamity. But then again, she was also a terrified young girl when it happened, so maybe her eyes played tricks on her.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they might no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
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::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
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::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
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=== Early History ===<br />
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Skratti grew up in the middle of a pack of children, and as the chosen female heir was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Two of her three older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his favorite daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
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There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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As far as Skratti knew, from that point on she had become the new Matriarch of her clan, a fact which she has done her best to absolutely ignore whenever possible.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
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Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
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Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
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=== Present Day ===<br />
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Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
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::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
::* Other Keeper Matriarchs or clan members looking to absorb smaller clans to increase their own size and strength.<br />
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There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Older or younger sisters. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
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=== Annotations ===<br />
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| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
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| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
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| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
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She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
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Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
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Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
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It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father, as well as a handful of younger sisters.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Skratti never kept especially close tabs on her sisters -- her older sisters all left the clan to start their own, or were run off by their mother, and she never had much time for her younger sisters due to her being constantly groomed as the next Matriarch, by her mother. Of her direct family, the only one she's pretty sure is dead is her mother. She ''believes'' she witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed by the flames of the Calamity. But then again, she was also a terrified young girl when it happened, so maybe her eyes played tricks on her.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they might no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
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::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
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::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
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=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up in the middle of a pack of children, and as the chosen female heir was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Two of her three older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his favorite daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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As far as Skratti knew, from that point on she had become the new Matriarch of her clan, a fact which she has done her best to absolutely ignore whenever possible.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
::* Other Keeper Matriarchs or clan members looking to absorb smaller clans to increase their own size and strength.<br />
<br />
There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Older or younger sisters. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=82051Skratti Bowens2015-03-30T18:10:45Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Early History */</p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
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She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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{| style="width: 76%; background-color:#560319; text-align:center;" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"<br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
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Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
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Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
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It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father, as well as a handful of younger sisters.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Skratti never kept especially close tabs on her sisters -- her older sisters all left the clan to start their own, or were run off by their mother, and she never had much time for her younger sisters due to her being constantly groomed as the next Matriarch, by her mother. Of her direct family, the only one she's pretty sure is dead is her mother. She ''believes'' she witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed by the flames of the Calamity. But then again, she was also a terrified young girl when it happened, so maybe her eyes played tricks on her.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they might no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
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::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
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::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
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=== Early History ===<br />
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Skratti grew up in the middle of a pack of children, and as the chosen female heir was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Two of her three older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his favorite daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
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There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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As far as Skratti knew, from that point on she had become the new Matriarch of her clan, a fact which she has done her best to absolutely ignore whenever possible.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
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Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
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Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
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=== Present Day ===<br />
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Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
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::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
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There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Older or younger sisters. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
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=== Annotations ===<br />
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I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=82050Skratti Bowens2015-03-30T17:57:49Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Character Connections */</p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
<br />
She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
<br />
Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
<br />
It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father, as well as a handful of younger sisters.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Skratti never kept especially close tabs on her sisters -- her older sisters all left the clan to start their own, or were run off by their mother, and she never had much time for her younger sisters due to her being constantly groomed as the next Matriarch, by her mother. Of her direct family, the only one she's pretty sure is dead is her mother. She ''believes'' she witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed by the flames of the Calamity. But then again, she was also a terrified young girl when it happened, so maybe her eyes played tricks on her.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they might no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
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::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
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::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
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=== Early History ===<br />
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Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
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There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
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Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
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Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
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=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
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::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
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There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Older or younger sisters. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
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=== Annotations ===<br />
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| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
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| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
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| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
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She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
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Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
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Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
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It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father, as well as a handful of younger sisters.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Skratti never kept especially close tabs on her sisters -- her older sisters all left the clan to start their own, or were run off by their mother, and she never had much time for her younger sisters due to her being constantly groomed as the next Matriarch, by her mother. Of her direct family, the only one she's pretty sure is dead is her mother. She ''believes'' she witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed by the flames of the Calamity. But then again, she was also a terrified young girl when it happened, so maybe her eyes played tricks on her.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they might no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
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::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
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::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
<br />
There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=82046Skratti Bowens2015-03-30T15:35:25Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Family */</p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
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She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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{| style="width: 76%; background-color:#560319; text-align:center;" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"<br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
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Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
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Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
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It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Of her direct family, the only one she's pretty sure is dead is her mother. She ''believes'' she witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed by the flames of the Calamity. But then again, she was also a terrified young girl when it happened, so maybe her eyes played tricks on her.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they would no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
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::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
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::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
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=== Early History ===<br />
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Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
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There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
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Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
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Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
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=== Present Day ===<br />
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Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
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::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
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There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
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=== Annotations ===<br />
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I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=82045Skratti Bowens2015-03-30T15:34:13Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Character Connections */</p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
<br />
She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
<br />
Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
<br />
Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
<br />
It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Of her direct family, the only one she's sure is dead is her mother. She witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed in the flames and chaos the Calamity caused.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they would no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
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=== Early History ===<br />
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Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
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There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
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There's always room for interesting surprises, as well. Long lost brothers, or members of the Keeper clans they were married into. Perhaps even the reappearance of her father or mother, if someone were so inclined.<br />
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=== Annotations ===<br />
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I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81874Skratti Bowens2015-03-28T18:29:09Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Family */</p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
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She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
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Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
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Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
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It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Of her direct family, the only one she's sure is dead is her mother. She witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed in the flames and chaos the Calamity caused.<br />
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(*note: As her three brothers were all sent off to join other Keeper families, they would no longer share the same surname as her. Food for thought.)<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
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::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81872Skratti Bowens2015-03-28T18:28:15Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Family */</p>
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| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
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She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
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Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
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Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
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It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
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As far as she is aware, all of her family is dead. Her three brothers were married off into other Keeper clans when she was very young, all as part of her mother's machinations, and she hasn't heard a word from any of them since before the Calamity. Her father, too, is long since missing. Of her direct family, the only one she's sure is dead is her mother. She witnessed her mother die before her very eyes, consumed in the flames and chaos the Calamity caused.<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
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::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
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::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
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=== Early History ===<br />
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Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
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There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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=== More Recently ===<br />
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Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
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Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
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=== Present Day ===<br />
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Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
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::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
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=== Annotations ===<br />
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I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81871Skratti Bowens2015-03-28T18:22:56Z<p>Skrattybones: /* More Recently */</p>
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
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She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
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Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
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Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
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It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
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=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
Despite her allegiance to her friends and Company, Skratti also has her hands in a massive chunk of the various undergrounds and black markets across Eorzea. A network of spies and informants, originally cultivated by her mother, became hers on the event of her mother's death. Even so, Skratti maintains the ruse that she's simply a point of contact between her informants and her mother. No reason to let them think otherwise, when her mother's reputation is a large part of how she is able to manage her affairs on her own.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81870Skratti Bowens2015-03-28T18:19:37Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Behavior and Personality */</p>
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| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
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| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
<br />
She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
<br />
Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
<br />
Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
<br />
It isn't uncommon to find Skratti simply staring off into space. The way her mind works is somewhat unique -- she is constantly crunching probabilities in her head, which almost always guide her decisions. This often enables her to give multiple points of view on any given situation. Feed more variables into her, and she can come up with multiple scenarios and their respective likelihoods of occurrence.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
=== Positive Standing ===<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
<br />
=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81658Skratti Bowens2015-03-27T20:06:14Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Positive Standing */</p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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<br/><br />
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<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
<br />
She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
<br />
Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
<br />
Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
=== Positive Standing ===<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Though Skratti hasn't seen Nesi for a while, she's genuinely fond of the woman. Nesi's caring nature quickly won her over, and so Skratti considers Nesi one of the very few people worth keeping secrets for.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
<br />
=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81656Skratti Bowens2015-03-27T19:59:17Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Positive Standing */</p>
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
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<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
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She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
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Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
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Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
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=== Positive Standing ===<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''' : Vasque introduced Skratti to oranges, a food she had never had before, which quickly became her favorite food. While they don't hang out as much as Skratti and some of her other friends do, Skratti still considers her a part of her inner circle.<br />
<br />
=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
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I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81655Skratti Bowens2015-03-27T19:57:04Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Positive Standing */</p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
<br />
She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
<br />
Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
<br />
Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
<br />
{| style="width: 76%; background-color:#560319; text-align:center;" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"<br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
=== Positive Standing ===<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Aldyet Lannis]]''' : Skratti met Aldyet through their mutual friend Nazeru, and quite quickly took a liking to the girl.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
<br />
=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81650Skratti Bowens2015-03-27T19:52:03Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
<br />
She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
<br />
Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
<br />
Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
<br />
{| style="width: 76%; background-color:#560319; text-align:center;" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"<br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Player Character Relationships</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
=== Positive Standing ===<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Friederike Visconti]]''' : Frie was a librarian at one point, which meant it wasn't very long before Skratti stumbled across her, and then quickly decided they would be friends.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Neutral Standing ===<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Rhuya Lanbatal]]''' : Rhuya kind of scares Skratti, but she's interesting to talk to. And Frie likes her, so she can't be a bad person, right?<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81533Skratti Bowens2015-03-27T00:23:26Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
<br />
She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
<br />
Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
<br />
Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
<br />
{| style="width: 76%; background-color:#560319; text-align:center;" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"<br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div>===<br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Neutral Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81532Skratti Bowens2015-03-27T00:22:42Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
<br />
She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
<br />
Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
<br />
Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
<br />
{| style="width: 76%; background-color:#560319; text-align:center;" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"<br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div>===<br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Neutral Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81531Skratti Bowens2015-03-27T00:20:57Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
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| name = <div style="padding-bottom:15px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Gridanian Forests<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 18<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Secret<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, The Lover <br />
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}}<font size="3">''A twist of the knife is painful, to be sure. But the right word in the right ear at the wrong time can be fatal.''</font> <br />
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Skratti leads something of a dual life. One half is that of your everyday adventuring type -- slaying monsters, filling quest contracts, and making gil. In the grand scheme of things, she's barely average in terms of what an adventurer should be. Easily passed over for missions, easily dismissed from attentions. It's all in service, though, of the other half of her life, that of an Information Broker deeply connected with the dark, underground places of the world.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, freckled Miqo'te with red hair. <br />
<br />
She has gone through several distinct phases during her time in the public eye. The first of which was very tomboyish, complete with the dirty, bland clothes and knotted hair typical of Ul'dah street rats. This was followed by a dramatic change pushed on her by friends, turning her into a well groomed, attractive young lady.<br />
<br />
Her most recent appearance seems to be a blend of the two, something she is more comfortable with. While she still tends to favor some of the clothing given to her as part of her previous makeover, she has dropped most of the makeup and jewelery, letting her hair grow wild and knotted into dreadlocks, giving her a slightly more feral presence.<br />
<br />
Depending on whether or not there are strangers around, Skratti can often slip into a very quiet demeanor. If she's in a comfortable situation, though, she can become very chatty, and oftentimes has a mischievous glint in her eye.<br />
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{| style="width: 76%; background-color:#560319; text-align:center;" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"<br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''<br/></span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Light Blue/ Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Deep Red with Soft Red Tips</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Small and Thin</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Quiet, with an odd cadence and speech pattern</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Whatever she feels like wearing. She has no one specific style.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">An odd, aetherically induced heterochromia.</span><br />
|}<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright. She is also adept at slipping in and out of personalities, going so far as to fully create fake lives, known as Legends, and live as that person totally and completely if a job calls for it.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:26px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself. Despite her reluctance at fighting, she has some skill in almost every area, though she's by no means proficient in the more physical forms of combat.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div>===<br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti is head over heels for Lyuri. Initially unsure of what to make of the woman, or even how to deal with her at all, a rather circuitous route of experiences led Skratti from being Lyuri's employee employee, to an acquaintance, to confidante, to finally being a person Skratti would do almost anything for, with no questions asked. <br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti likes Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Skratti considers Jilyan a close friend, even if the two don't hang out often enough. Off and on business partners, Skratti has little issue with helping Jilyan out with anything she might need.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and offered him a position as her bodyguard, should she ever need one. They've since become close friends.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well. Skratti doesn't quite trust Roswyn completely, but she respects her talents and professionalism to the point that Skratti will often consider how Roswyn might approach a situation, and then act accordingly.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Neutral Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : There was a point in time where Skratti had thought Chokho might become her best friend, but a difference in how they look at the world created some kind of schism between them. Skratti doesn't really understand it, and is too stubborn to think about it too hard, but still hopes they can someday repair their friendship.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust interesting. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:20px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== More Recently ===<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her. She had also joined a Free Company, seeking to break the solitude of her life, though more recently she's back on her own again.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
Skratti reemerged after several months, looking more grown up than before. She's gained a bit of height, a small bit of weight, and looks more like a wild animal than she ever did, even during her days on the streets of Ul'dah.<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:21px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Skratti:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her as a nondescript freelancer named Kathrynne.<br />
::*Anyone with ties to the Ul'dahn underground.<br />
::*Anyone who frequents bars, especially the bars with a bad reputation.<br />
::*Anyone desiring access to black market goods.<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81529Skratti Bowens2015-03-26T23:19:32Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.png<br />
| imagewidth =<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
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}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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<br/><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div><br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti finds Lyuri rather perplexing. From the little amount of time she's had around the woman she's been able to deduce almost nothing about her, or even confirm or deny any of the rumors she's heard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : Skratti has only had a few brief encounters with Cho, and isn't sure whether or not to try and be friends, or to run away as fast as possible.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti adores Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Jilyan is one of Skratti's business partners, as well as her friend. Though Skratti still acts like a tomboy, it's all thanks to Jilyan that she doesn't look like one all the time anymore.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and has been toying with the idea of trying to employ him as a bodyguard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust fascinating. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
(Under Construction)<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81528Skratti Bowens2015-03-26T23:18:56Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
<hr />
<div><div style="font-family:Georgia"><br />
{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.png<br />
| imagewidth = 312<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div><br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti finds Lyuri rather perplexing. From the little amount of time she's had around the woman she's been able to deduce almost nothing about her, or even confirm or deny any of the rumors she's heard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : Skratti has only had a few brief encounters with Cho, and isn't sure whether or not to try and be friends, or to run away as fast as possible.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti adores Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Jilyan is one of Skratti's business partners, as well as her friend. Though Skratti still acts like a tomboy, it's all thanks to Jilyan that she doesn't look like one all the time anymore.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and has been toying with the idea of trying to employ him as a bodyguard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust fascinating. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
(Under Construction)<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81527Skratti Bowens2015-03-26T23:18:34Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
<hr />
<div><div style="font-family:Georgia"><br />
{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.png<br />
| imagewidth = 253<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div><br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti finds Lyuri rather perplexing. From the little amount of time she's had around the woman she's been able to deduce almost nothing about her, or even confirm or deny any of the rumors she's heard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : Skratti has only had a few brief encounters with Cho, and isn't sure whether or not to try and be friends, or to run away as fast as possible.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti adores Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Jilyan is one of Skratti's business partners, as well as her friend. Though Skratti still acts like a tomboy, it's all thanks to Jilyan that she doesn't look like one all the time anymore.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and has been toying with the idea of trying to employ him as a bodyguard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust fascinating. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
(Under Construction)<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=81526Skratti Bowens2015-03-26T23:18:16Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti2.png<br />
| imagewidth = 256<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div><br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti finds Lyuri rather perplexing. From the little amount of time she's had around the woman she's been able to deduce almost nothing about her, or even confirm or deny any of the rumors she's heard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : Skratti has only had a few brief encounters with Cho, and isn't sure whether or not to try and be friends, or to run away as fast as possible.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti adores Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Jilyan is one of Skratti's business partners, as well as her friend. Though Skratti still acts like a tomboy, it's all thanks to Jilyan that she doesn't look like one all the time anymore.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and has been toying with the idea of trying to employ him as a bodyguard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust fascinating. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
(Under Construction)<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=File:Skratti2.jpg&diff=81525File:Skratti2.jpg2015-03-26T23:17:56Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
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<div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=41302Skratti Bowens2014-07-16T08:54:21Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Family */</p>
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<div><div style="font-family:Georgia"><br />
{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti1.png<br />
| imagewidth = 253<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
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While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
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Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
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Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
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Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
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:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
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:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
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:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
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:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div><br />
=== Family ===<br />
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Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti finds Lyuri rather perplexing. From the little amount of time she's had around the woman she's been able to deduce almost nothing about her, or even confirm or deny any of the rumors she's heard.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : Skratti has only had a few brief encounters with Cho, and isn't sure whether or not to try and be friends, or to run away as fast as possible.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti adores Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Jilyan is one of Skratti's business partners, as well as her friend. Though Skratti still acts like a tomboy, it's all thanks to Jilyan that she doesn't look like one all the time anymore.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and has been toying with the idea of trying to employ him as a bodyguard.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust fascinating. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : While Skratti's first impression of Nazeru was to avoid her at all costs, her second impression was much more favorable. Finding the woman quite charming, the two became close in a rather short amount of time, and now Skratti considers Nazeru one of her closest friends.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
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::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
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=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
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::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
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=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
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::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
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=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
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::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
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:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
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=== Early History ===<br />
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Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
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Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
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For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
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In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
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One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
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A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
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There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
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And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
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=== Present Day ===<br />
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Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
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I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lyuri_Felnica&diff=41301Lyuri Felnica2014-07-16T08:47:40Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Player Character Relationships */</p>
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| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#3D9140;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;"> Lyuri Felnica</div><br />
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| title = "It seems both wise and foolish to let the past dictate our present. If I had to choose now... I hope to err on the foolish side for the rest of my life."<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Hyur<br />
| clan = Midlander<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Believed to be around Limsa Lominsa<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 22<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = 5 fulms 6 ilms<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Halone, The Fury<br />
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}}<font size="3">''A gentle woman oft appearing distracted, though her eyes would tell otherwise.''</font><br />
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Lyuri grew up in a happy and seemingly carefree environment, simply tagging along with her parents as they traveled the world of Eorzea. Abruptly orphaned at the age of 17, she wandered aimlessly with her best friend for a few weeks until the Calamity struck, at which point she simply dropped off the face of Eorzea until only about a year ago. Resurfacing in each of the three great city-states, Lyuri appeared to be alive and well, even recruiting to a cause.<br />
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Nowadays Lyuri heads the Eclipsis Free Company, which acts similar to an independent and more finely tuned adventurer's guild. On the surface it appears to be a regular place to hire workers from for different jobs. However, anyone with an onze of sense knows how it's nigh impossible to make it anywhere in Ul'dah without getting your hands somewhat dirty.<br />
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<font style="color:#008080;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Lyuri does not freely share intimate details about her life or history with people. Certain information and personal relationship information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Lyuri has discussed it with your character in some manner.</font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#3D9140; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
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Lyuri stands slightly above the average height for a Midlander female. Her ocean blue hair carries light tones of green and is pulled back into a ponytail, while her bangs are pulled to the side and often obscure her right eye from view. She's found that this hairstyle generally leads to far less uncomfortable questions about her odd eyes. When she doesn't appear to be staring off into the distance, her expression is most often calm and reserved save for her eyes, which shift to catch every detail they can. One could easily describe Lyuri's outfits of choice as 'conservative'.<br />
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Lyuri often has a difficult time if she attempts to appear intimidating due to her merely average stature. Over the years, though, she's discovered that a smile can have just as much potential as a brandished weapon.<br />
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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span><br />
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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span><br />
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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Left: Ice Blue, Right: Faded Black</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Ocean blue with soft green tones</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Fairly average build for a Midlander. Her lack of apparent muscles has caused a few to misjudge her strength and speed.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Soft, yet carries an assertive undertone</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Most often switches between casual and formal attire, all of it appearing rather conservative. She appears to be branching out a bit as of late.</span><br />
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Her black iris quite often leaves people unsettled, curious, or both. She also carries a very faint mark upon her right cheek as well.</span><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#3D9140; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div>===<br />
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When it comes down to business, Lyuri could best be described as softspoken yet unyielding. She will often try to spin deals and situations in a way that leaves the other participant(s) happy while still getting what she wants. Among good company, though, she swifty reveals a more playful nature involving cracking jokes and witty verbal jabs; when appropriate, of course.<br />
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With more personal matters such as those of the heart, Lyuri is still rather naive and finds herself easily flustered. As time goes by she's grown slightly more accustomed to these kinds of topics, but they do still leave her feeling at least slightly uncomfortable.<br />
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Recently, the stress that comes with her position has weighed rather visibly on Lyuri. As a result, her general demeanor has become more tense, and she's allowed her frustration and anger to get the better of her a few times. Each time she snaps at someone, she curses the turmoil in her life which she attributes the outbursts to.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#3D9140; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
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Lyuri has always had an abnormally high amount of latent aether within her body, but the sheer amount makes it rather difficult to control. Early attempts to cast magic oft resulted in wounds, which were not always limited to herself. Due to these traumatic experiences, Lyuri chose to forsake more traditional magic use out of fear of hurting others unintentionally.<br />
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In her teenage years, she took up the sword under the tutelage of her father. Since the calamity passed, Lyuri has been known to seek out non-violent solutions to problems, though she understands that the world won't always work in her favor. As such, she keeps up her practice with the blade, albeit much less nowadays than before.<br />
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Lyuri's weapons of choice are two half swords, appearing as though a single blade were cut down the middle length-wise. Both blades are slightly shorter than your average longsword, and the absence of a back to each blade creates an elongated hole when the two are brought together. While they can function individually, the nature of their design makes them rather brittle.<br />
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While the strange design of her dual blades seems rather impractical, Lyuri works around this by channeling aether into the weapons as though they were foci. Doing so effectively seals the blades into a single sword, albeit temporarioly. With enough concentration, Lyuri can even give the aether, and thus the sword, elemental properties. However, she's only succeeded thus far at maintaining an ice element. Despite her aetheric reserves, these techniques can be extremely taxing so she will attempt to avoid prolonged battles.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#3D9140; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Occupation, Skills, and Pastimes</div>===<br />
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Lyuri actively leads the free company Eclipsis, a job which takes up most of her time. She handles a majority of the company's busywork, business negotiations, and contract approvals. As such, she rarely, if ever, participates in the fulfillment of contracts herself.<br />
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:*A good meal; particularly dodo<br />
:*Fine teas<br />
:*A sense of familial/friendly bonds<br />
:*Intelligent/engaging conversations<br />
:*Joking about/teasing friends<br />
:*Rain<br />
:*Tactical thinking/analysis<br />
:*Helping others<br />
:*Discovering new information (slightly nosy)<br />
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:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Liars and those who harm others for personal gain<br />
:*Weak-willed people<br />
:*Those who expect a 'free ride' in life<br />
:*Strong alcohol<br />
:*Blatant foolishness<br />
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:*Persuasion<br />
:*Reading people/situations<br />
:*Number crunching/logistics<br />
:*Swordplay<br />
:*Tactics<br />
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:*Potentially hurting those she cares about<br />
:*Facing something she doesn't understand<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
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It is rather rare for Lyuri to bring up her family as their mention alone causes a pained look upon her face. When asked about them by others, she will often act evasive, only truly discussing them with those she's come to trust.<br />
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'''<u>Father</u>:''' Godfrey Loneslayer (Highlander) - A man known for his calm ferocity. His softspoken words and gentle demeanor conflicted greatly with the ruthlessness he showed in combat. His friends would make jokes about how the only weapon to ever pierce his steel will was the smile of a certain Lyndis Felnica. As they traveled, Lyuri almost never saw her father without his sword and shield. Presumed to have died alongside Lyndis.<br />
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'''<u>Mother</u>:''' Lyndis Felnica (Midlander) - Her smile more infectious than any plague, Lyndis practically epitomized the phrase "happy-go-lucky". She was ever kind to others, preferring to tend to others' wounds rather than join the fray herself. Lyndis perished about six months before the calamity. Lyuri's fondest memories of her are when she would tell fantastical stories before bedtime.<br />
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'''<u>Best Friend</u>:''' Jayce Bellveil (Midlander) - A boy of Lyuri's age, Jayce ran away from his home (at least, that was the story he gave). After a year or two of life as a street rat, he met Lyuri and the two became fast friends, Thanks to Lyuri's incessant begging, Godfrey and Lyndis eventually gave in and semi-adopted the boy into their family. In reality, he was just one more person tagging along on all their travels.<br />
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<br><center>''<font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">♥</font> Sexual Desire&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic Love &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font> Good Standing&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> Neutral Standing&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> Poor Standing&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="color:#F02311;" size="3"><b>!</b></font> Recent Standing Change</center>''<br />
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<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''': While thaumaturgy tends to give her the creeps, something about Argust manages to assuage this inherent fear. Despite his apparent antisocial tendencies, Lyuri has known him to be both skilled and reliable. He is certainly someone she can trust when it comes to company matters. </td><br />
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<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : Still a bit of a mystery, Lyuri fails to understand just what drives this woman. What she does know is that Cho's humor often leaves much to be desired, though she can't quite bring herself to grow truly frustrated with her. Something about that carefree attitude speaks to her. </td><br />
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<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : There was a time when Lyuri and Ennara appeared to be near inseparable. However, what was once a friend openness between them has dwindled to more of a guarded and awkward cautiousness. While Lyuri still considers her a friend, she can't be sure the Highlander woman does the same. </td><br />
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<td style="width=50%;"><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Skratti Bowens]]''' : Being rather new to Eclipsis means little with Skratti as she's already proven herself to be smart, resourceful, and an invaluable asset. Lyuri holds her doubts as to the woman's true skills and how she comes across the information she does, but at this point it seems far wiser to not look a gift chocobo in the beak. </td><br />
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<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : - The pink-haired Miqo'te woman honestly reminds Lyuri of herself at times, and it frustrates her to no end. Regardless, Lyuri knows that Roswyn's resources and contacts make her far more desirable as an ally, even if she can be rather unpredictable at times. She thinks of Roswyn as a friend, but deigns to tread carefully around her when possible.</td><br />
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<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : - Lyuri knows very little about this man apart from the fact that he always seems to be by Roswyn's side. After observing his actions as both a ruthless fighter and a devout guardian, she cannot deny that she holds nothing but respect for the man. </td><br />
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<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : - Though rough around the edges, Lyuri can't help but admire Nazeri. She realizes that if it wasn't for meeting this woman, she would hardly be the person she is today. Quite often Lyuri finds herself reprimanding Naz one minute and laughing with her the next. All she can really say is that she's very glad they're on speaking terms again. </td><br />
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<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Jessla Naskall]]''' : - She doesn't agree with everything Jess gets herself into, but the boastful pirate is no doubt a valuable business partner. Jessla's recent abcense has given Lyuri much cause to worry. </td><br />
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<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''': This woman's calm demeanor and efficient industriousness quickly earned Lyuri's attention. Promoted to an officer rank within Eclipsis, Lyuri knows she can trust Nesi to help keep everything running. Even nowadays, the woman still seems to always be busy with one thing or another. </td><br />
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</table><br />
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<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#3D9140; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div><br />
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<table border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;table-layout:fixed;width:80%;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"><br />
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Under Construction<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#3D9140; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Have ye seen tha' eye o' her's? It ain't natural, I tell ye.<br />
::*Sometimes she looks like she's just standing around, staring off into the distance. I don't know what's distracting her, nor do I want to.<br />
::*I've seen a Roegadyn thrice her size wilt like a guity pup after arguing with her.<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Seeing her fight is a treat. Much rather observe than partake, though.<br />
::*That company of her's seems fine enough, but they don't really try and make much of a name for themselves. Wonder why that is?<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*I've heard she meets with pirates and similar ilk on the regular.<br />
::*You know, she reminds me of some ghastly being I saw not long after the calamity. Half-dead and clothers torn to shred, it looked like, but it fled for its life as soon as I drew near.<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#3D9140; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Childhood ===<br />
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Under Construction<br />
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=== Adolescence ===<br />
<br />
Under Construction<br />
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=== Present ===<br />
<br />
Under Construction<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:9px;height:30px;background:#3D9140; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Soundtrack</div>===<br />
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Under Construction<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:11px;height:30px;background:#3D9140; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Character Connections</div>===<br />
<br />
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Lyuri:<br />
<br />
::*Anyone who regularly visits the Sapphire Exchange or other vendors throughout Ul'dah.<br />
::*Merchants/traders who conduct business through Ul'dah'n channels.<br />
::*Members of the Ul'dah'n underground or black market.<br />
::*Those seeking hired help for mercenary, delivery, and crafting work.<br />
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=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
I used the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first.<br />
</div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=41045Skratti Bowens2014-07-13T21:45:16Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Family */</p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti1.png<br />
| imagewidth = 253<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
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}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
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<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
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<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
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</table><br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div><br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti finds Lyuri rather perplexing. From the little amount of time she's had around the woman she's been able to deduce almost nothing about her, or even confirm or deny any of the rumors she's heard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : Skratti has only had a few brief encounters with Cho, and isn't sure whether or not to try and be friends, or to run away as fast as possible.<br />
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<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
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<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti adores Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Jilyan is one of Skratti's business partners, as well as her friend. Though Skratti still acts like a tomboy, it's all thanks to Jilyan that she doesn't look like one all the time anymore.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and has been toying with the idea of trying to employ him as a bodyguard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : Roswyn sometimes seems to be the polar opposite of Skratti in how they go about doing things, but Skratti feels like their different points of view on almost everything seem compliment each other quite well.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust fascinating. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
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<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
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(Under Construction)<br />
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
:*"You should take some time to talk with her. She's a very interesting girl." - [[Roswyn Valhuri]]<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=40383Skratti Bowens2014-07-05T02:09:30Z<p>Skrattybones: /* Player Character Rumors */</p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti1.png<br />
| imagewidth = 253<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div><br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti finds Lyuri rather perplexing. From the little amount of time she's had around the woman she's been able to deduce almost nothing about her, or even confirm or deny any of the rumors she's heard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : Skratti has only had a few brief encounters with Cho, and isn't sure whether or not to try and be friends, or to run away as fast as possible.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti adores Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Jilyan is one of Skratti's business partners, as well as her friend. Though Skratti still acts like a tomboy, it's all thanks to Jilyan that she doesn't look like one all the time anymore.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and has been toying with the idea of trying to employ him as a bodyguard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust fascinating. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
(Under Construction)<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of her!<br />
<br />
:*"Someone's got a seeecret ~♪" - [[Chokho Viqqoh]]<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=40374Skratti Bowens2014-07-04T22:35:37Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
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{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti1.png<br />
| imagewidth = 253<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div><br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti finds Lyuri rather perplexing. From the little amount of time she's had around the woman she's been able to deduce almost nothing about her, or even confirm or deny any of the rumors she's heard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : Skratti has only had a few brief encounters with Cho, and isn't sure whether or not to try and be friends, or to run away as fast as possible.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti adores Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Jilyan is one of Skratti's business partners, as well as her friend. Though Skratti still acts like a tomboy, it's all thanks to Jilyan that she doesn't look like one all the time anymore.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and has been toying with the idea of trying to employ him as a bodyguard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : Skratti finds Argust fascinating. He doesn't seem to talk much, and hates crowds, which makes him seem like a puzzle to be solved.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
(Under Construction)<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Rumors</div>===<br />
=== Common Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"That tiny girl? She's always in the Quicksand, reading by herself." <br />
::*"I saw her poking at one of those ornamental displays in Ul'dah. Maybe she likes the flowers in it?"<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Moderate Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"She seems to know a lot of shady people. With a mother like her's, though, I can understand why." <br />
<br />
<br />
=== Rare Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*"Just keep away from her, y'understand? She's got a way of finding out things you'd rather not get found out."<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Player Character Rumors ===<br />
<br />
::*Feel free to add if you know of him!<br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=40325Skratti Bowens2014-07-04T20:26:14Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
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<div><div style="font-family:Georgia"><br />
{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti1.png<br />
| imagewidth = 253<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div><br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to. If pressed for details, Skratti will usually reveal she has three older brothers, plus her mother and father.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''' : Skratti finds Lyuri rather perplexing. From the little amount of time she's had around the woman she's been able to deduce almost nothing about her, or even confirm or deny any of the rumors she's heard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : Skratti has only had a few brief encounters with Cho, and isn't sure whether or not to try and be friends, or to run away as fast as possible.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Ennara Calian]]''' : As one of the first people Skratti spent any amount of time with she is rather fond of Ennara.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : Skratti adores Loro. He gave her a tour of the Free Company's base the day she joined, and keeps an eye out for her.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Jilyan is one of Skratti's business partners, as well as her friend. Though Skratti still acts like a tomboy, it's all thanks to Jilyan that she doesn't look like one all the time anymore.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[Orpheus Arkouda]]''' : Skratti met Orpheus completely by chance, as she ducked into a bar to escape a sudden spat of rain. She thinks he's rather handsome, and has been toying with the idea of trying to employ him as a bodyguard.<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#C24640;" size="3"></font>'''[[J'nangho Jhimei]]''' : J'nangho managed to capture Skratti's interest with a song, and then cemented that interest by telling her fortune. Skratti finds her interesting, since it sounds like her line of work is the flip side of what J'nangho does for a living.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=40318Skratti Bowens2014-07-04T19:17:09Z<p>Skrattybones: Undo revision 40317 by Skrattybones (talk)</p>
<hr />
<div><div style="font-family:Georgia"><br />
{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti1.png<br />
| imagewidth = 253<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div><br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=40317Skratti Bowens2014-07-04T19:12:15Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
<hr />
<div><div style="font-family:Georgia"><br />
{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti1.png<br />
| imagewidth = 253<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div><br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> <br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div><br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div><br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to.<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=40316Skratti Bowens2014-07-04T19:10:41Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
<hr />
<div><div style="font-family:Georgia"><br />
{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti1.png<br />
| imagewidth = 253<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div><br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Positive Standing''</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div><br />
<br><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=40220Skratti Bowens2014-07-03T15:01:13Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
<hr />
<div><div style="font-family:Georgia"><br />
{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti1.png<br />
| imagewidth = 253<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Pansexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div>===<br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=40204Skratti Bowens2014-07-03T12:01:09Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
<hr />
<div><div style="font-family:Georgia"><br />
{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti1.png<br />
| imagewidth = 253<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Bisexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Menphina, the Lover<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div>===<br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=40004Skratti Bowens2014-07-01T10:49:26Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
<hr />
<div><div style="font-family:Georgia"><br />
{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti1.png<br />
| imagewidth = 253<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Bisexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Byregot, the Builder<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information '''is''' my business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div>===<br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=39799Skratti Bowens2014-06-29T15:55:35Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
<hr />
<div><div style="font-family:Georgia"><br />
{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image = Skratti1.png<br />
| imagewidth = 253<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Bisexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Byregot, the Builder<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information is '''my''' business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div>===<br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=File:Skratti1.png&diff=39797File:Skratti1.png2014-06-29T15:53:26Z<p>Skrattybones: </p>
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<div></div>Skrattyboneshttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Skratti_Bowens&diff=39795Skratti Bowens2014-06-29T15:49:51Z<p>Skrattybones: Created page with "<div style="font-family:Georgia"> {{Infobox-character | name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Sk..."</p>
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<div><div style="font-family:Georgia"><br />
{{Infobox-character<br />
| name = <div style="padding-top:7px;height:30px;text-align:center;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color: #FFFFFF;"> Skratti Bowens</div><br />
| image =<br />
| imagewidth = 350<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| citizenship = Unaffiliated<br />
| race = Miqo'te<br />
| clan = Keeper of the Moon<br />
| stat_1 = Place of Birth<br />
| stat_1_value = Unknown<br />
| stat_2 = Age<br />
| stat_2_value = 17 1/2<br />
| stat_3 = Sexuality<br />
| stat_3_value = Bisexual<br />
| stat_4 = Height<br />
| stat_4_value = Short<br />
| stat_5 = Guardian <br />
| stat_5_value = Byregot, the Builder<br />
<br />
}}<font size="3">"''My business is information, and '''your''' information is '''my''' business.''"</font> <br />
<br />
Skratti is less an adventurer and more a child playing at being one. The youngest of four siblings, her parents split away from their tribe to form their own, smaller family, who often wandered the continent in nomadic fashion.<br />
<br />
Having been working as a rather ineffective adventurer for over almost eight years, Skratti's true profession is one adopted from her mother -- that of dealing in information. She tends to collect information of all sorts and hold it close to the chest until it's worth parting ways with it. Or perhaps she's just not very good at working within the shadows, either. Who knows?<br />
<br />
<br />
<font style="color:#FF6666;" size="2">'''★'''Information here may seem limited. This is intentional. Skratti does not share details about her life or history with people freely. Certain information is ambiguous because it is not publicly discussed. Anything listed here is strictly OOC knowledge unless Skratti has discussed it with your character. </font><br />
<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Appearance</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti is a short, pale, thin, red haired Miqo'te female who often comes off as rather tomboyish. Her small stature often leaves her sitting quietly, and this in turn often leaves her subconciously shrinking back to try and seem as little as possible. <br />
<br />
While a part of this outward appearance is definitely true, instead of learning to change herself Skratti instead learned how to to use it to her advantage. An almost constantly ignored individual is often the type to overhear things and whispers not meant for the public, after all.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Behavior and Personality</div> ===<br />
<br />
Skratti often speaks with very deliberately chosen words and phrases, punctuated by pauses or "umm's" and "uh's" due to her odd natural speech. Growing up, her family had a multitude of strange phrases -- odd sounding things, often multiple words running together, and some phrases that, to them, mean the opposite of what other people may think they mean, or phrases that sound entirely like nonsense. She spends a great deal of time studying the 'proper' way to speak, helped along by a notebook filled with 'proper' words and phrases.<br />
<br />
Mostly quiet, she isn't so shy as to avoid a conversation, and is quick -- eager, even, to form companionships. Beneath the surface, however, lies something distant. Not quite maliciousness, there's an often dormant coldness that can sometimes bubble up, influencing her actions or decisions. Less 'evil', and more 'pragmatic apathy'.<br />
<br />
Skratti considers herself a rather adept liar, though she personally doesn't care to lie. When it comes to things she'd rather not reveal she tends to simply bend the truth by being overly vague rather than lie outright.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:26px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Combat</div>===<br />
<br />
Skratti tends toward the more supportive side of skills, focusing more specifically on the magical aspects of combat. She would much rather let others do the hitting and make sure they don't hurt themselves too badly, rather than do the hitting herself.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">Points of Interest</div>===<br />
<br />
<br />
<table width="1000" border="0" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Likes:'''<br />
:*People<br />
:*Crowds<br />
:*Books<br />
:*Fishing <br />
:*Fish <br />
:*Compliments<br />
:*Eavesdropping<br />
:*Learning<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Dislikes:'''<br />
:*Being outsmarted <br />
:*Letting her friends down<br />
:*Being weak <br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Skills:'''<br />
:*Expert Fisher and Survivalist<br />
:*Exceedingly well read<br />
:*Decent actor and conversationalist <br />
:*Situational awareness, focused on analyzation and prediction<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top" width="350" scope="col"><div align="left"><br />
:'''Fears:'''<br />
:*Being alone<br />
:*Poor reactions to decisions in her past<br />
</div><br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div>===<br />
=== Family ===<br />
<br />
Skratti speaks very highly of her family, and will often tell stories about them in conversation, though she's quite careful to never be specific about their location or what they're currently up to.<br />
<br />
===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:30px;background:#439258; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF">History</div>===<br />
<br />
=== Early History ===<br />
<br />
Skratti grew up the youngest of four children, and as the only female child was given a certain amount of leeway by her family. Her two older brothers were both Miners, while the youngest brother was a Botanist. Skratti spent a large chunk of time learning to fish from her father, which is where she developed her affinity for the activity.<br />
<br />
Eventually, around the age of ten, Skratti decided she wanted to become an adventurer. With how much her family roamed around she had already developed a taste for travel, but she didn't think it fair to only travel and not help people wherever they stopped. Directly opposing that was her mother, a mysterious figure for as long as Skratti could remember. If the mining or the botany didn't bring in enough Gil to meet their basic needs, her mother was always there, whispering a word or two to the right person to bring them in a fresh source of money.<br />
<br />
For two years Skratti (with ample assistance from her father) trained in secret to become an adventurer. Her father tolerated the desire, assuming Skratti would eventually grow out of it -- and he couldn't help but dote on his only daughter. As they trained he explained, in bits and pieces, what it was her mother actually *did*; she was a dealer of information.<br />
<br />
In their travels her mother would often come across interesting pieces of information, and often sell that information to interested parties if the price was right. Her mother also used this considerable network to keep her family under control, a fact that rubbed Skratti the wrong way.<br />
<br />
One day, at the age of twelve, Skratti decided she wanted out and snuck off on her own. Glorious adventuring awaited for her, and she couldn't help but be optimistic. If the adventuring didn't go well, she reasoned, she still knew how to live off the land.<br />
<br />
A few weeks later came the Calamity. Despite having 'wandered off', Skratti hadn't actually strayed too far from where her family was supposed to be, and through the chaos she rushed back to find them, but came up mostly unsuccessful.<br />
<br />
There was a moment, though. A brief moment, where she was absolutely sure she saw her mother about to be consumed by flame. Enough of a moment that she was absolutely sure she could have saved her, but instead her young mind was struck by a thought. Her mother's profession was the reason she wasn't even allowed to be an adventurer in the first place, and it also seemed to be a constant source of money. With her mother out of the way, Skratti could take over and do whatever she wanted -- adventuring included.<br />
<br />
And then her mother was no longer there, just the flames, and a passerby scooped her up and carried her away from the scene, to safety.<br />
<br />
=== Present Day ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Skratti has been mostly on her own since the Calamity, doing her best at adventuring, but mostly exploring and fishing to stay fed. She occasionally dips her toe into the seedier side of the world -- that's where the best clients are for the kind of goods she happens to deal in, when the mood strikes her.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Annotations ===<br />
<br />
<br />
I used a modified version of the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first. </div></div>Skrattybones