Vasque Desmarais

2015-05-01T22:51:47Z

Vasque Desmarais:

{{Infobox-character
| title = "Vasque Desmarais"
| gender = Female
| image = 42c205bac00fd8fb80639083082dea1a.png
| imagewidth = 500
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| stat_1 = Place of birth
| stat_1_value = Ishgard
| stat_2 = Age
| stat_2_value = 30
| stat_3 = Weight
| stat_3_value = You'll wanna make her a sandwich.
}}

<font style="color:#FF66CC;" size="2">'''★'''Vasque is a physician and surgeon, as well as a traditional conjuror/arcanist-type healer. She studies crystals and aether and their applications in medicine, and is fascinated by the history of medicine, as well as anatomy and physiology. If your character has a similar bent, hit her up! She's always looking for fellow sawbones.</font>

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Basic Info</div>===
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Vasque Desmarais is an intellectual powerhouse wrapped in a small, blonde shell. There is nothing that doesn't interest her, nothing that she doesn't wish to know more of. Her gift manifests itself in an almost profound grasp of language and emotion, one that brings both comfort and strife to her life, and the lives of those around her.

Vasque's life has taken her all over the world, and for the most part her experiences, both good and bad, have made her more understanding and kind. Despite that, she most certainly has high expectations of people and does not suffer fools gladly. Her standards for herself are high, and she often doesn't understand why other people are not so demanding on their character.

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<font style="color:#FF66CC;" size="2">'''★'''You can generally assume any personal character knowledge here is NOT something easily accessible on an IC level! Vasque is very private and keeps her own counsel.</font>

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<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #FFCCCC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''LIKES''</center></div></h3>
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Rain / Thunderstorms
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Medicine / Research
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Cooking
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Books
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Taking care of others
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Redecorating her space
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Intellectualism

<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3><span class="mw-headline">
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #DFD59E;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''DISLIKES''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Violence
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Willful ignorance
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Snakes
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Maliciousness
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Xenophobes

<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3><span class="mw-headline">
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #CACFA5;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''OTHER''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Vice(s): Lust, workaholism, not taking care of her own health.
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Food: Alligator Salad [http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Alligator_Salad] ; Cho's teriyaki on ANYTHING.
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink: Wine

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Appearance</div>===

Vasque is petite and slim with very pale blonde hair and large, inquisitive hazel eyes. Her body is fit and toned, mainly because she enjoys running and training at skills and jobs she is never likely to use. Full of energy and rarely still, Vasque is constantly on the go. Her metabolism runs at full tilt, and she often has trouble keeping on weight. Coupled with a workaholic personality and some history of serious hunger, food often falls off Vasque's radar, closely followed by her clothes falling off her body.

Her face is very pretty, prettier than she herself realizes, and this gives Vasque a sweet unselfconsciousness that seems to draw in those around her. She's got more than her share of admirers, and finds herself having to "let 'em down easy" more often than she would like. She dresses well, and prefers to wear black, white, pink, and red.

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|-
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">'''Eyes'''</span><br/>
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">'''Hair'''</span>
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">'''Skin'''</span>
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">'''Body Type'''</span>
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">'''Voice'''</span>
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">'''Clothing'''</span>
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">'''Notable Features'''</span>
|-
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">Pale Hazel, almost wheaten</span>
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">Very pale blonde, almost towhead in spots</span>
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">Pale, like cream or porcelain</span>
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">Petite and fit</span>
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">Educated and lilting, with a hint of Ishgardian accent to it, unnoticeable to most.</span>
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">She likes to look good. Especially in pink or red.</span>
| <span style="color:#5F5F5F">Two beauty marks on her face, one on her right cheek, and the other under her bottom lip, to the left. </span>
|}

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Behavior & Personality</div>===

Vasque is bright and quick, and she makes friends easily, but she tends to get lost in her own thoughts. An excellent doctor, she is much in demand for both her medical skills and her professionalism, and sometimes she finds herself overwhelmed by the demands of her busy company. She likes to curl up in her room with her mate, Chokho, or a book, when she needs to unwind.

She is a "pleaser" and often goes out of her way to make others happy, even at her own expense. She has recently been working on saying "no" and making what she herself wants a priority, but she occassionally falls into old habits and says things she cannot ever make good on.

Vasque has a very hard time with willful ignorance and stupidity; she will go out of her way to teach or help someone, but the moment they display any hard-headedness about something that is factually wrong, she practically writes them off, and it is very hard to get back into her good graces once she has done so.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Skills</div>===

<font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="2">'''★'''Not all Vasque's skills are reflected by her in-game job. She is gifted in magics but is also a surgeon, a researcher, and a scientist.</font>

Vasque is a gifted doctor and surgeon. Raised almost entirely by her librarian/researcher father, she has been studying the natural world since she was a very small child. Naturally bright and inquisitive, Vasque turns her considerable knowledge and talent toward any professional problem she encounters, and often will make connections cross-discipline that are astonishing and insightful. Fluent in several languages, including ancient ones, she has spent many years studying history, philosophy, religion, and linguistics. She sometimes reverts to Ishgardian when under extreme duress, it being the language of her earliest years.

Vasque has spent much of her life in the study of anatomy and physiology, and her skills in non-magic healing are formidable. Though she is well-versed in arcanima and conjury, it is often her skills as a surgeon that save lives, especially in situations were her patients are aetherically-sensitive.

All this focus on intellectual pursuits hides somewhat Vasque's lack of talent as a fighter. She is physically fit and not at all clumsy, but weaponskills do not come easily to her, even when she works at it. Though she did for a time make an attempt to follow her mate's path into shinobi, Vasque now recognizes that her true gifts are in healing, and she has made peace with the fact that she cannot be good at -everything-. She is content to let the talented fighters in her company take charge, and she is more than willing to patch them up when they come home from their battles.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Biography</div>===

'''''CHILDHOOD'''''
[[File:Ishgard.jpg|500px|thumb|right|The Banner of her Homeland]]

Vasque Elisabeth Desmarais was born the second child to Laurence Desmarais and Elisabeth Binoche in Ishgard. Laurence was a renowned researcher and librarian for the Holy See, and his scholarship in the fields of history, philosphy, and language were both the source of his fame and his reason for eventually fleeing to Coerthas. Vasque's mother was one of the dragoons of legend, and was killed in the Dragonsong wars when Vasque was a very small child. Her older brother, Julien Laurence, died as a boy in Ishgard under circumstances Vasque herself never talks about.

After the death of her mother and brother, Vasque's father become more reckless and outspoken about his scholarship, drawing unwanted attention from the Holy See and the Inquisitors. Worried for his small daughter, he packed little Vasque up, along with a few precious volumes and a family scrapbook, and headed south into Coerthas.

Easily finding work at the Observatorium, Laurence settled in and began once again to work on his scholarship, drawing attention via his masterful publications about astronomy throughout the ages. Vasque was brought everywhere with him, thanks to a paranoia about leaving her anywhere out of his sight, and her father never spoke to her as a child, but always an equal. Vasque thrived under his tutelage, and her every interest was indulged, making her a prodigy in not only the eyes of her father, but his fellow researchers.

[[File:Youngvasque.png|250px|thumb|left|Vasque as a young girl]]

When Vasque was about seven, her father received an offer to become one of the Head Librarians at the prestigious Gridanian Library, and he accepted with gracious excitement. The opportunities for his gifted young daughter were numerous, and soon Vasque was being tutored by some of Gridania's most talented scholars. Vasque was fortunate to land several apprenticeships and her drive and talent won her the respect of her masters. By the time she was fourteen, her focus was almost exclusively on medicine.

'''''YOUNG ADULTHOOD'''''

Vasque continued to study, forging ahead of her peers and indeed her fellow scholars in the fields of anatomy and physiology. Her father's sensitivity to aether made learning alternative medicines a priority for her, and she would often beg, borrow, and even steal bodies upon which to learn. Though her obsession with cadavers disturbed some, Vasque was undeterred and her insistence on this field of scholarship has saved the lives of many.

'''''ADULTHOOD'''''

The Calamity changed Vasque's life forever; her beloved father was killed when a flaming tree collapsed onto their home in the Shroud. His loss is something Vasque never really got over, and she poured all her energy into the recovery effort, working tirelessly to help the wounded. She gave herself over to her scholarship once the dust had settled, locking herself away in the recesses of her mind to try and forget the profound loss.

A turning point came when Vasque was kidnapped by pirates and forced into slavery aboard the ship "Jackdaw." Repeated blows to the head during her abduction rendered her completely without memory when she awoke aboard the ship; all she new was her name, and the only possession she owned was a simple leather collar that had been made for her by someone Vasque no longer remembered.

[[File:Piratedays.png|250px|thumb|right|Fresh off the Boat]]

Vasque's considerable intellect had little else to focus on while she was slaving away shipboard, and she learned the ins and outs of sailing, navigation, marine life, and more; when she was doing hard labor, all her thoughts were focused on trying to remember who she was.

Eventually, her ship was boarded and sunk off the coast of Limsa Lominsa, and Vasque clung to flotsam and was washed ashore believing herself to be a sailor far younger than she really was. She ran into few people she knew, but one contact, Nazeru Auronas, would prove to be the link to her past that eventually brought Vasque's memory back.

Vasque was taken in by Nazeru and joined her Free Company, Eclipsis, making many new friends there, including Chokho Viqqoh, who would eventually become the most important person in Cho's life. Vasque's journey to remembering was a rocky one, full of tumultuous relationships both personal and workaday, and led to her finally leaving that company to join a more active one that had a need for a talented doctor.

'''''PRESENT DAY'''''

[[File:Thoughsofhome.png|250px|thumb|left|Thoughts turn toward the North]]

Vasque is currently an Officer as well as Head Doctor for the Free Wing Society. Additionally, she visits the Doman refugees and Little Ala Mhigo, offering her services free of charge for those who need them. Much of her attention is turned North, and recently she served as a doctor on the front lines of the Ishgardian conflict, seeing for herself how desperately the Holy See needs help from her sister City-States.

She currently lives in Gridania with her mate, Chokho Viqqoh.

<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''RUMORS''</center></div>
''Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC!''
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #90AB76;">◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "That girl can carry her liquor and sing a shanty, but she's no pirate."
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "Always seems to have some girl hanging on her every word...she seems clueless, though"
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "She saved my kid brother in the camps in Ala Mhigo. Good doctor."

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #F37E1D;">◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear)</div></b>

: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "Heard she cuts up corpses. No idea where she gets 'em."
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "She's always with that black miqo'te...strange, both of 'em."
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "Ishgardian name on a hyur...wonder if she's one of them Inquisitors."

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #D83018;">◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#D83018;" size="3">■</font> "Be curious to know just -how- she's learnt so much about bodies..."

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #aac5b4;">◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the characters of other players)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#D83018;" size="3">■</font> "She's an amazing doctor, and an all-around smarty-pants. I'm glad I get to have her as a friend." - [[Cassandra Lachance]]
(Add your own if you know Vasque!))

<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''RELATIONS''</center></div>
: <center><font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Interest     <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> Good Standing     <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> Watching</center>

: <font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> [[Chokho Viqqoh]] - Vasque and Chokho met when they were dating other people, and their first encounter started off poorly but quickly improved. Within weeks they were the best of friends, though there was something under the surface that made Vasque wonder. Over time, they became very close, and difficult relationships drew them closer until, finally, they both proclaimed their love. Cho continues to be the most important person in Vasque's life.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Aldyet Lannis]] - Aldyet was Vasque's first serious relationship, and she fell very hard for this sweet paladin, eventually accepting her marriage proposal. Poor decisions throughout their relationship drove a wedge between them that eventually could not be ignored, and the two parted ways, though Aldyet remains important to Vasque and will always have a place in her heart.

: <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> [[Ennara Calian]] - Ennara and Vasque originally met through Nazeru while Vasque's memory was gone, and a one-night-stand left both of them feeling ambivalent. A chance encounter later made them rethink their initial impressions, and Vasque found in Ennara someone who shared her intellectual interests. Soon, time researching and talking drew them closer, and now Vasque considers Ennara one of her closest friends and confidants.

: <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> [[X'raena Tsuhne]] - Vasque met Raena when she was taking care of a mutual friend, and the two became closer when Vasque developed a medicine to ease Raena's symptoms. On-and-off-again lovers, Vasque is fond of the miqo'te and hopes things work out for her in her own relationship.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Ciciru Ciru]] - This wisecracking teenage lalafell got Vasque's attention in Pearl Lane when she was in dire need of medical help; Vasque has been her guardian ever since. Through her learning to read, to her becoming a miqo'te to stave off death by poison, Ciciru is the kid sister Vasque never had.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Lyuri Felnica]] - Vasque met Lyuri purely by chance when she saw the woman wandering around looking lost and sad. Their first conversations piqued Vasque's curiosity, and eventually Vasque would be called upon to save Lyuri's life. They remain friends, though Vasque is often unsure of what Lyuri is really thinking.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Skratti Bowens ]] - Vasque met Skratti after she'd disappeared without a trace, and after handling a significant medical problem, the two became friends. Skratti seems intimidated by Vasque, though, and the two are not much more than acquaintances.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Nazeru Auronas]] - Nazeru remains one of Vasque's most difficult and rocky relationships. A lot of strife, pain, and misunderstanding have driven the two of them to separate sides of the world, but a mutual attraction and undeniable affection somehow draw them together like magnets. Vasque keeps an eye on Nazeru, and speaks with her now and then, but she knows they are explosive when they get too close.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Salem Nuhn]] - Salem's reveal about his past gave Vasque an unexpected gift, and though she does not see him often, he remains in her heart.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Xiao Ohmsford]] - Cho's little sister is one of the most important people to Vasque, and someone she would do anything for; indeed, Vasque has taught Xiao to read and to cook, as well as how to better interpret her enigmatic big sister. She wishes they were closer and that she had more time to spend with the girl.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Ludivine Goultard]] - Vasque and Ludi had a brief burst of mutual attraction that they both agreed was best left alone; Ludi remains important to Vasque, and she keeps an eye on her.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Cassandra Lachance]] - Vasque knows there is more to this young woman than she lets on, but whatever Vasque herself has discovered, she keeps a lid on.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[X'Kohu Tia]] - Kohu manages to drive Vasque crazy with his mix of boyish charm and complete disregard for propriety. Recently, Kohu has asked to apprentice under Vasque and so she is currently working on a curricula for him, though she doesn't believe he has the makings of a truly devoted doctor.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Alexaria Whiteraven]] - This friend of Cho is a mystery to Vasque, and they became acquainted under less than idea circumstances. Vasque doesn't really -get- Alex, but she knows her importance to Cho and hopes someday to mend the rift between them.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[R'shanah Fehxi ]] - Shanah came to Free Wing during a recent recruitment wave, and within a short time managed to nearly blow her hand off. Vasque saved the hand, and gained a friend in the doing. She fully expects the girl to blow herself up someday, and tries, for now, to at least keep her patched up.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[R'miki Levellen ]] - Mikiki Miki, as she was first known to Vasque, was a strange little lalafell with a penchant for women's undergarments and smutty fiction. Over time, Miki has grown into her own, and Vasque gets a kick out of the spirited woman.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Inspiration</div>===
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A few of the pieces I like best are showcased below:

: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmmjoc6gLsM I Don't Know] - Vasque genuinely loves people and sees the good in everyone around her, even in the little things. She notices much and misses little.

: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLSjZHshqj0 Our Love Is Easy] - The anthem of Vasque's love for Cho.

: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gkLzLxVtoM Classical Gas] - Vasque's mind never stops working, never hesitates, and this relentless and syncopated piece brings that to mind.

: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhd0s6L19w8 Two of Us] - "We're on our way home."

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:''Template credit goes to [[Bancroft Gairn]]... Stolen via Cho. All thanks to them both.''

[[category:Player Character]]
[[category:Hyur Midlander]]
[[category:Hyur]]

Vasque Desmarais

2015-05-01T22:49:49Z

Vasque Desmarais: /* Appearance */

{{Infobox-character
| title = "Vasque Desmarais"
| gender = Female
| image = 42c205bac00fd8fb80639083082dea1a.png
| imagewidth = 500
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| stat_1 = Place of birth
| stat_1_value = Ishgard
| stat_2 = Age
| stat_2_value = 30
| stat_3 = Weight
| stat_3_value = You'll wanna make her a sandwich.
}}

<font style="color:#FF66CC;" size="2">'''★'''Vasque is a physician and surgeon, as well as a traditional conjuror/arcanist-type healer. She studies crystals and aether and their applications in medicine, and is fascinated by the history of medicine, as well as anatomy and physiology. If your character has a similar bent, hit her up! She's always looking for fellow sawbones.</font>

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Basic Info</div>===
<table style="position:center;" width="75%">

Vasque Desmarais is an intellectual powerhouse wrapped in a small, blonde shell. There is nothing that doesn't interest her, nothing that she doesn't wish to know more of. Her gift manifests itself in an almost profound grasp of language and emotion, one that brings both comfort and strife to her life, and the lives of those around her.

Vasque's life has taken her all over the world, and for the most part her experiences, both good and bad, have made her more understanding and kind. Despite that, she most certainly has high expectations of people and does not suffer fools gladly. Her standards for herself are high, and she often doesn't understand why other people are not so demanding on their character.

:

<font style="color:#FF66CC;" size="2">'''★'''You can generally assume any personal character knowledge here is NOT something easily accessible on an IC level! Vasque is very private and keeps her own counsel.</font>

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<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #FFCCCC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''LIKES''</center></div></h3>
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Rain / Thunderstorms
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Medicine / Research
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Cooking
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Books
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Taking care of others
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Redecorating her space
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Intellectualism

<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3><span class="mw-headline">
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #DFD59E;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''DISLIKES''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Violence
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Willful ignorance
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Snakes
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Maliciousness
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Xenophobes

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #CACFA5;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''OTHER''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Vice(s): Lust, workaholism, not taking care of her own health.
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Food: Alligator Salad [http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Alligator_Salad] ; Cho's teriyaki on ANYTHING.
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink: Wine

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Appearance</div>===

Vasque is petite and slim with very pale blonde hair and large, inquisitive hazel eyes. Her body is fit and toned, mainly because she enjoys running and training at skills and jobs she is never likely to use. Full of energy and rarely still, Vasque is constantly on the go. Her metabolism runs at full tilt, and she often has trouble keeping on weight. Coupled with a workaholic personality and some history of serious hunger, food often falls off Vasque's radar, closely followed by her clothes falling off her body.

Her face is very pretty, prettier than she herself realizes, and this gives Vasque a sweet unselfconsciousness that seems to draw in those around her. She's got more than her share of admirers, and finds herself having to "let 'em down easy" more often than she would like. She dresses well, and prefers to wear black, white, pink, and red.

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|-
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">'''Eyes'''</span><br/>
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">'''Hair'''</span>
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">'''Skin'''</span>
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">'''Body Type'''</span>
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">'''Voice'''</span>
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">'''Clothing'''</span>
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">'''Notable Features'''</span>
|-
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">Pale Hazel, almost wheaten</span>
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">Very pale blonde, almost towhead in spots</span>
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">Pale, like cream or porcelain</span>
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">Petite and fit</span>
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">Educated and lilting, with a hint of Ishgardian accent to it, unnoticeable to most.</span>
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">She likes to look good. Especially in pink or red.</span>
| <span style="color:#FFCCCC">Two beauty marks on her face, one on her right cheek, and the other under her bottom lip, to the left. </span>
|}

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Behavior & Personality</div>===

Vasque is bright and quick, and she makes friends easily, but she tends to get lost in her own thoughts. An excellent doctor, she is much in demand for both her medical skills and her professionalism, and sometimes she finds herself overwhelmed by the demands of her busy company. She likes to curl up in her room with her mate, Chokho, or a book, when she needs to unwind.

She is a "pleaser" and often goes out of her way to make others happy, even at her own expense. She has recently been working on saying "no" and making what she herself wants a priority, but she occassionally falls into old habits and says things she cannot ever make good on.

Vasque has a very hard time with willful ignorance and stupidity; she will go out of her way to teach or help someone, but the moment they display any hard-headedness about something that is factually wrong, she practically writes them off, and it is very hard to get back into her good graces once she has done so.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Skills</div>===

<font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="2">'''★'''Not all Vasque's skills are reflected by her in-game job. She is gifted in magics but is also a surgeon, a researcher, and a scientist.</font>

Vasque is a gifted doctor and surgeon. Raised almost entirely by her librarian/researcher father, she has been studying the natural world since she was a very small child. Naturally bright and inquisitive, Vasque turns her considerable knowledge and talent toward any professional problem she encounters, and often will make connections cross-discipline that are astonishing and insightful. Fluent in several languages, including ancient ones, she has spent many years studying history, philosophy, religion, and linguistics. She sometimes reverts to Ishgardian when under extreme duress, it being the language of her earliest years.

Vasque has spent much of her life in the study of anatomy and physiology, and her skills in non-magic healing are formidable. Though she is well-versed in arcanima and conjury, it is often her skills as a surgeon that save lives, especially in situations were her patients are aetherically-sensitive.

All this focus on intellectual pursuits hides somewhat Vasque's lack of talent as a fighter. She is physically fit and not at all clumsy, but weaponskills do not come easily to her, even when she works at it. Though she did for a time make an attempt to follow her mate's path into shinobi, Vasque now recognizes that her true gifts are in healing, and she has made peace with the fact that she cannot be good at -everything-. She is content to let the talented fighters in her company take charge, and she is more than willing to patch them up when they come home from their battles.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Biography</div>===

'''''CHILDHOOD'''''
[[File:Ishgard.jpg|500px|thumb|right|The Banner of her Homeland]]

Vasque Elisabeth Desmarais was born the second child to Laurence Desmarais and Elisabeth Binoche in Ishgard. Laurence was a renowned researcher and librarian for the Holy See, and his scholarship in the fields of history, philosphy, and language were both the source of his fame and his reason for eventually fleeing to Coerthas. Vasque's mother was one of the dragoons of legend, and was killed in the Dragonsong wars when Vasque was a very small child. Her older brother, Julien Laurence, died as a boy in Ishgard under circumstances Vasque herself never talks about.

After the death of her mother and brother, Vasque's father become more reckless and outspoken about his scholarship, drawing unwanted attention from the Holy See and the Inquisitors. Worried for his small daughter, he packed little Vasque up, along with a few precious volumes and a family scrapbook, and headed south into Coerthas.

Easily finding work at the Observatorium, Laurence settled in and began once again to work on his scholarship, drawing attention via his masterful publications about astronomy throughout the ages. Vasque was brought everywhere with him, thanks to a paranoia about leaving her anywhere out of his sight, and her father never spoke to her as a child, but always an equal. Vasque thrived under his tutelage, and her every interest was indulged, making her a prodigy in not only the eyes of her father, but his fellow researchers.

[[File:Youngvasque.png|250px|thumb|left|Vasque as a young girl]]

When Vasque was about seven, her father received an offer to become one of the Head Librarians at the prestigious Gridanian Library, and he accepted with gracious excitement. The opportunities for his gifted young daughter were numerous, and soon Vasque was being tutored by some of Gridania's most talented scholars. Vasque was fortunate to land several apprenticeships and her drive and talent won her the respect of her masters. By the time she was fourteen, her focus was almost exclusively on medicine.

'''''YOUNG ADULTHOOD'''''

Vasque continued to study, forging ahead of her peers and indeed her fellow scholars in the fields of anatomy and physiology. Her father's sensitivity to aether made learning alternative medicines a priority for her, and she would often beg, borrow, and even steal bodies upon which to learn. Though her obsession with cadavers disturbed some, Vasque was undeterred and her insistence on this field of scholarship has saved the lives of many.

'''''ADULTHOOD'''''

The Calamity changed Vasque's life forever; her beloved father was killed when a flaming tree collapsed onto their home in the Shroud. His loss is something Vasque never really got over, and she poured all her energy into the recovery effort, working tirelessly to help the wounded. She gave herself over to her scholarship once the dust had settled, locking herself away in the recesses of her mind to try and forget the profound loss.

A turning point came when Vasque was kidnapped by pirates and forced into slavery aboard the ship "Jackdaw." Repeated blows to the head during her abduction rendered her completely without memory when she awoke aboard the ship; all she new was her name, and the only possession she owned was a simple leather collar that had been made for her by someone Vasque no longer remembered.

[[File:Piratedays.png|250px|thumb|right|Fresh off the Boat]]

Vasque's considerable intellect had little else to focus on while she was slaving away shipboard, and she learned the ins and outs of sailing, navigation, marine life, and more; when she was doing hard labor, all her thoughts were focused on trying to remember who she was.

Eventually, her ship was boarded and sunk off the coast of Limsa Lominsa, and Vasque clung to flotsam and was washed ashore believing herself to be a sailor far younger than she really was. She ran into few people she knew, but one contact, Nazeru Auronas, would prove to be the link to her past that eventually brought Vasque's memory back.

Vasque was taken in by Nazeru and joined her Free Company, Eclipsis, making many new friends there, including Chokho Viqqoh, who would eventually become the most important person in Cho's life. Vasque's journey to remembering was a rocky one, full of tumultuous relationships both personal and workaday, and led to her finally leaving that company to join a more active one that had a need for a talented doctor.

'''''PRESENT DAY'''''

[[File:Thoughsofhome.png|250px|thumb|left|Thoughts turn toward the North]]

Vasque is currently an Officer as well as Head Doctor for the Free Wing Society. Additionally, she visits the Doman refugees and Little Ala Mhigo, offering her services free of charge for those who need them. Much of her attention is turned North, and recently she served as a doctor on the front lines of the Ishgardian conflict, seeing for herself how desperately the Holy See needs help from her sister City-States.

She currently lives in Gridania with her mate, Chokho Viqqoh.

<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''RUMORS''</center></div>
''Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC!''
<div style="border:0px solid; padding:8px;"><b>
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #90AB76;">◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "That girl can carry her liquor and sing a shanty, but she's no pirate."
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "Always seems to have some girl hanging on her every word...she seems clueless, though"
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "She saved my kid brother in the camps in Ala Mhigo. Good doctor."

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #F37E1D;">◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear)</div></b>

: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "Heard she cuts up corpses. No idea where she gets 'em."
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "She's always with that black miqo'te...strange, both of 'em."
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "Ishgardian name on a hyur...wonder if she's one of them Inquisitors."

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #D83018;">◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#D83018;" size="3">■</font> "Be curious to know just -how- she's learnt so much about bodies..."

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #aac5b4;">◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the characters of other players)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#D83018;" size="3">■</font> "She's an amazing doctor, and an all-around smarty-pants. I'm glad I get to have her as a friend." - [[Cassandra Lachance]]
(Add your own if you know Vasque!))

<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''RELATIONS''</center></div>
: <center><font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Interest     <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> Good Standing     <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> Watching</center>

: <font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> [[Chokho Viqqoh]] - Vasque and Chokho met when they were dating other people, and their first encounter started off poorly but quickly improved. Within weeks they were the best of friends, though there was something under the surface that made Vasque wonder. Over time, they became very close, and difficult relationships drew them closer until, finally, they both proclaimed their love. Cho continues to be the most important person in Vasque's life.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Aldyet Lannis]] - Aldyet was Vasque's first serious relationship, and she fell very hard for this sweet paladin, eventually accepting her marriage proposal. Poor decisions throughout their relationship drove a wedge between them that eventually could not be ignored, and the two parted ways, though Aldyet remains important to Vasque and will always have a place in her heart.

: <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> [[Ennara Calian]] - Ennara and Vasque originally met through Nazeru while Vasque's memory was gone, and a one-night-stand left both of them feeling ambivalent. A chance encounter later made them rethink their initial impressions, and Vasque found in Ennara someone who shared her intellectual interests. Soon, time researching and talking drew them closer, and now Vasque considers Ennara one of her closest friends and confidants.

: <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> [[X'raena Tsuhne]] - Vasque met Raena when she was taking care of a mutual friend, and the two became closer when Vasque developed a medicine to ease Raena's symptoms. On-and-off-again lovers, Vasque is fond of the miqo'te and hopes things work out for her in her own relationship.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Ciciru Ciru]] - This wisecracking teenage lalafell got Vasque's attention in Pearl Lane when she was in dire need of medical help; Vasque has been her guardian ever since. Through her learning to read, to her becoming a miqo'te to stave off death by poison, Ciciru is the kid sister Vasque never had.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Lyuri Felnica]] - Vasque met Lyuri purely by chance when she saw the woman wandering around looking lost and sad. Their first conversations piqued Vasque's curiosity, and eventually Vasque would be called upon to save Lyuri's life. They remain friends, though Vasque is often unsure of what Lyuri is really thinking.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Skratti Bowens ]] - Vasque met Skratti after she'd disappeared without a trace, and after handling a significant medical problem, the two became friends. Skratti seems intimidated by Vasque, though, and the two are not much more than acquaintances.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Nazeru Auronas]] - Nazeru remains one of Vasque's most difficult and rocky relationships. A lot of strife, pain, and misunderstanding have driven the two of them to separate sides of the world, but a mutual attraction and undeniable affection somehow draw them together like magnets. Vasque keeps an eye on Nazeru, and speaks with her now and then, but she knows they are explosive when they get too close.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Salem Nuhn]] - Salem's reveal about his past gave Vasque an unexpected gift, and though she does not see him often, he remains in her heart.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Xiao Ohmsford]] - Cho's little sister is one of the most important people to Vasque, and someone she would do anything for; indeed, Vasque has taught Xiao to read and to cook, as well as how to better interpret her enigmatic big sister. She wishes they were closer and that she had more time to spend with the girl.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Ludivine Goultard]] - Vasque and Ludi had a brief burst of mutual attraction that they both agreed was best left alone; Ludi remains important to Vasque, and she keeps an eye on her.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Cassandra Lachance]] - Vasque knows there is more to this young woman than she lets on, but whatever Vasque herself has discovered, she keeps a lid on.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[X'Kohu Tia]] - Kohu manages to drive Vasque crazy with his mix of boyish charm and complete disregard for propriety. Recently, Kohu has asked to apprentice under Vasque and so she is currently working on a curricula for him, though she doesn't believe he has the makings of a truly devoted doctor.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Alexaria Whiteraven]] - This friend of Cho is a mystery to Vasque, and they became acquainted under less than idea circumstances. Vasque doesn't really -get- Alex, but she knows her importance to Cho and hopes someday to mend the rift between them.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[R'shanah Fehxi ]] - Shanah came to Free Wing during a recent recruitment wave, and within a short time managed to nearly blow her hand off. Vasque saved the hand, and gained a friend in the doing. She fully expects the girl to blow herself up someday, and tries, for now, to at least keep her patched up.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[R'miki Levellen ]] - Mikiki Miki, as she was first known to Vasque, was a strange little lalafell with a penchant for women's undergarments and smutty fiction. Over time, Miki has grown into her own, and Vasque gets a kick out of the spirited woman.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Inspiration</div>===
<table style="position:center;" width="100%">

A few of the pieces I like best are showcased below:

: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmmjoc6gLsM I Don't Know] - Vasque genuinely loves people and sees the good in everyone around her, even in the little things. She notices much and misses little.

: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLSjZHshqj0 Our Love Is Easy] - The anthem of Vasque's love for Cho.

: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gkLzLxVtoM Classical Gas] - Vasque's mind never stops working, never hesitates, and this relentless and syncopated piece brings that to mind.

: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhd0s6L19w8 Two of Us] - "We're on our way home."

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:''Template credit goes to [[Bancroft Gairn]]... Stolen via Cho. All thanks to them both.''

[[category:Player Character]]
[[category:Hyur Midlander]]
[[category:Hyur]]

Vasque Desmarais

2015-05-01T22:48:39Z

Vasque Desmarais:

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| gender = Female
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| imagewidth = 500
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| stat_1 = Place of birth
| stat_1_value = Ishgard
| stat_2 = Age
| stat_2_value = 30
| stat_3 = Weight
| stat_3_value = You'll wanna make her a sandwich.
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<font style="color:#FF66CC;" size="2">'''★'''Vasque is a physician and surgeon, as well as a traditional conjuror/arcanist-type healer. She studies crystals and aether and their applications in medicine, and is fascinated by the history of medicine, as well as anatomy and physiology. If your character has a similar bent, hit her up! She's always looking for fellow sawbones.</font>

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Basic Info</div>===
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Vasque Desmarais is an intellectual powerhouse wrapped in a small, blonde shell. There is nothing that doesn't interest her, nothing that she doesn't wish to know more of. Her gift manifests itself in an almost profound grasp of language and emotion, one that brings both comfort and strife to her life, and the lives of those around her.

Vasque's life has taken her all over the world, and for the most part her experiences, both good and bad, have made her more understanding and kind. Despite that, she most certainly has high expectations of people and does not suffer fools gladly. Her standards for herself are high, and she often doesn't understand why other people are not so demanding on their character.

:

<font style="color:#FF66CC;" size="2">'''★'''You can generally assume any personal character knowledge here is NOT something easily accessible on an IC level! Vasque is very private and keeps her own counsel.</font>

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<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #FFCCCC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''LIKES''</center></div></h3>
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Rain / Thunderstorms
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Medicine / Research
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Cooking
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Books
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Taking care of others
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Redecorating her space
: <font style="color:#FFCCCC;" size="3">■</font> Intellectualism

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #DFD59E;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''DISLIKES''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Violence
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Willful ignorance
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Snakes
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Maliciousness
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Xenophobes

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #CACFA5;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''OTHER''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Vice(s): Lust, workaholism, not taking care of her own health.
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Food: Alligator Salad [http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Alligator_Salad] ; Cho's teriyaki on ANYTHING.
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink: Wine

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Appearance</div>===

Vasque is petite and slim with very pale blonde hair and large, inquisitive hazel eyes. Her body is fit and toned, mainly because she enjoys running and training at skills and jobs she is never likely to use. Full of energy and rarely still, Vasque is constantly on the go. Her metabolism runs at full tilt, and she often has trouble keeping on weight. Coupled with a workaholic personality and some history of serious hunger, food often falls off Vasque's radar, closely followed by her clothes falling off her body.

Her face is very pretty, prettier than she herself realizes, and this gives Vasque a sweet unselfconsciousness that seems to draw in those around her. She's got more than her share of admirers, and finds herself having to "let 'em down easy" more often than she would like. She dresses well, and prefers to wear black, white, pink, and red.

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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Eyes'''</span><br/>
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Hair'''</span>
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Skin'''</span>
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Body Type'''</span>
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Voice'''</span>
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Clothing'''</span>
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">'''Notable Features'''</span>
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| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale Hazel, almost wheaten</span>
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Very pale blonde, almost towhead in spots</span>
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Pale, like cream or porcelain</span>
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Petite and fit</span>
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Educated and lilting, with a hint of Ishgardian accent to it, unnoticeable to most.</span>
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">She likes to look good. Especially in pink or red.</span>
| <span style="color:#f0f8ff">Two beauty marks on her face, one on her right cheek, and the other under her bottom lip, to the left. </span>
|}

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Behavior & Personality</div>===

Vasque is bright and quick, and she makes friends easily, but she tends to get lost in her own thoughts. An excellent doctor, she is much in demand for both her medical skills and her professionalism, and sometimes she finds herself overwhelmed by the demands of her busy company. She likes to curl up in her room with her mate, Chokho, or a book, when she needs to unwind.

She is a "pleaser" and often goes out of her way to make others happy, even at her own expense. She has recently been working on saying "no" and making what she herself wants a priority, but she occassionally falls into old habits and says things she cannot ever make good on.

Vasque has a very hard time with willful ignorance and stupidity; she will go out of her way to teach or help someone, but the moment they display any hard-headedness about something that is factually wrong, she practically writes them off, and it is very hard to get back into her good graces once she has done so.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Skills</div>===

<font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="2">'''★'''Not all Vasque's skills are reflected by her in-game job. She is gifted in magics but is also a surgeon, a researcher, and a scientist.</font>

Vasque is a gifted doctor and surgeon. Raised almost entirely by her librarian/researcher father, she has been studying the natural world since she was a very small child. Naturally bright and inquisitive, Vasque turns her considerable knowledge and talent toward any professional problem she encounters, and often will make connections cross-discipline that are astonishing and insightful. Fluent in several languages, including ancient ones, she has spent many years studying history, philosophy, religion, and linguistics. She sometimes reverts to Ishgardian when under extreme duress, it being the language of her earliest years.

Vasque has spent much of her life in the study of anatomy and physiology, and her skills in non-magic healing are formidable. Though she is well-versed in arcanima and conjury, it is often her skills as a surgeon that save lives, especially in situations were her patients are aetherically-sensitive.

All this focus on intellectual pursuits hides somewhat Vasque's lack of talent as a fighter. She is physically fit and not at all clumsy, but weaponskills do not come easily to her, even when she works at it. Though she did for a time make an attempt to follow her mate's path into shinobi, Vasque now recognizes that her true gifts are in healing, and she has made peace with the fact that she cannot be good at -everything-. She is content to let the talented fighters in her company take charge, and she is more than willing to patch them up when they come home from their battles.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Biography</div>===

'''''CHILDHOOD'''''
[[File:Ishgard.jpg|500px|thumb|right|The Banner of her Homeland]]

Vasque Elisabeth Desmarais was born the second child to Laurence Desmarais and Elisabeth Binoche in Ishgard. Laurence was a renowned researcher and librarian for the Holy See, and his scholarship in the fields of history, philosphy, and language were both the source of his fame and his reason for eventually fleeing to Coerthas. Vasque's mother was one of the dragoons of legend, and was killed in the Dragonsong wars when Vasque was a very small child. Her older brother, Julien Laurence, died as a boy in Ishgard under circumstances Vasque herself never talks about.

After the death of her mother and brother, Vasque's father become more reckless and outspoken about his scholarship, drawing unwanted attention from the Holy See and the Inquisitors. Worried for his small daughter, he packed little Vasque up, along with a few precious volumes and a family scrapbook, and headed south into Coerthas.

Easily finding work at the Observatorium, Laurence settled in and began once again to work on his scholarship, drawing attention via his masterful publications about astronomy throughout the ages. Vasque was brought everywhere with him, thanks to a paranoia about leaving her anywhere out of his sight, and her father never spoke to her as a child, but always an equal. Vasque thrived under his tutelage, and her every interest was indulged, making her a prodigy in not only the eyes of her father, but his fellow researchers.

[[File:Youngvasque.png|250px|thumb|left|Vasque as a young girl]]

When Vasque was about seven, her father received an offer to become one of the Head Librarians at the prestigious Gridanian Library, and he accepted with gracious excitement. The opportunities for his gifted young daughter were numerous, and soon Vasque was being tutored by some of Gridania's most talented scholars. Vasque was fortunate to land several apprenticeships and her drive and talent won her the respect of her masters. By the time she was fourteen, her focus was almost exclusively on medicine.

'''''YOUNG ADULTHOOD'''''

Vasque continued to study, forging ahead of her peers and indeed her fellow scholars in the fields of anatomy and physiology. Her father's sensitivity to aether made learning alternative medicines a priority for her, and she would often beg, borrow, and even steal bodies upon which to learn. Though her obsession with cadavers disturbed some, Vasque was undeterred and her insistence on this field of scholarship has saved the lives of many.

'''''ADULTHOOD'''''

The Calamity changed Vasque's life forever; her beloved father was killed when a flaming tree collapsed onto their home in the Shroud. His loss is something Vasque never really got over, and she poured all her energy into the recovery effort, working tirelessly to help the wounded. She gave herself over to her scholarship once the dust had settled, locking herself away in the recesses of her mind to try and forget the profound loss.

A turning point came when Vasque was kidnapped by pirates and forced into slavery aboard the ship "Jackdaw." Repeated blows to the head during her abduction rendered her completely without memory when she awoke aboard the ship; all she new was her name, and the only possession she owned was a simple leather collar that had been made for her by someone Vasque no longer remembered.

[[File:Piratedays.png|250px|thumb|right|Fresh off the Boat]]

Vasque's considerable intellect had little else to focus on while she was slaving away shipboard, and she learned the ins and outs of sailing, navigation, marine life, and more; when she was doing hard labor, all her thoughts were focused on trying to remember who she was.

Eventually, her ship was boarded and sunk off the coast of Limsa Lominsa, and Vasque clung to flotsam and was washed ashore believing herself to be a sailor far younger than she really was. She ran into few people she knew, but one contact, Nazeru Auronas, would prove to be the link to her past that eventually brought Vasque's memory back.

Vasque was taken in by Nazeru and joined her Free Company, Eclipsis, making many new friends there, including Chokho Viqqoh, who would eventually become the most important person in Cho's life. Vasque's journey to remembering was a rocky one, full of tumultuous relationships both personal and workaday, and led to her finally leaving that company to join a more active one that had a need for a talented doctor.

'''''PRESENT DAY'''''

[[File:Thoughsofhome.png|250px|thumb|left|Thoughts turn toward the North]]

Vasque is currently an Officer as well as Head Doctor for the Free Wing Society. Additionally, she visits the Doman refugees and Little Ala Mhigo, offering her services free of charge for those who need them. Much of her attention is turned North, and recently she served as a doctor on the front lines of the Ishgardian conflict, seeing for herself how desperately the Holy See needs help from her sister City-States.

She currently lives in Gridania with her mate, Chokho Viqqoh.

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''Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC!''
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #90AB76;">◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "That girl can carry her liquor and sing a shanty, but she's no pirate."
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "Always seems to have some girl hanging on her every word...she seems clueless, though"
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "She saved my kid brother in the camps in Ala Mhigo. Good doctor."

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #F37E1D;">◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear)</div></b>

: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "Heard she cuts up corpses. No idea where she gets 'em."
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "She's always with that black miqo'te...strange, both of 'em."
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "Ishgardian name on a hyur...wonder if she's one of them Inquisitors."

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #D83018;">◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#D83018;" size="3">■</font> "Be curious to know just -how- she's learnt so much about bodies..."

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #aac5b4;">◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the characters of other players)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#D83018;" size="3">■</font> "She's an amazing doctor, and an all-around smarty-pants. I'm glad I get to have her as a friend." - [[Cassandra Lachance]]
(Add your own if you know Vasque!))

<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''RELATIONS''</center></div>
: <center><font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Interest     <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> Good Standing     <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> Watching</center>

: <font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> [[Chokho Viqqoh]] - Vasque and Chokho met when they were dating other people, and their first encounter started off poorly but quickly improved. Within weeks they were the best of friends, though there was something under the surface that made Vasque wonder. Over time, they became very close, and difficult relationships drew them closer until, finally, they both proclaimed their love. Cho continues to be the most important person in Vasque's life.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Aldyet Lannis]] - Aldyet was Vasque's first serious relationship, and she fell very hard for this sweet paladin, eventually accepting her marriage proposal. Poor decisions throughout their relationship drove a wedge between them that eventually could not be ignored, and the two parted ways, though Aldyet remains important to Vasque and will always have a place in her heart.

: <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> [[Ennara Calian]] - Ennara and Vasque originally met through Nazeru while Vasque's memory was gone, and a one-night-stand left both of them feeling ambivalent. A chance encounter later made them rethink their initial impressions, and Vasque found in Ennara someone who shared her intellectual interests. Soon, time researching and talking drew them closer, and now Vasque considers Ennara one of her closest friends and confidants.

: <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> [[X'raena Tsuhne]] - Vasque met Raena when she was taking care of a mutual friend, and the two became closer when Vasque developed a medicine to ease Raena's symptoms. On-and-off-again lovers, Vasque is fond of the miqo'te and hopes things work out for her in her own relationship.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Ciciru Ciru]] - This wisecracking teenage lalafell got Vasque's attention in Pearl Lane when she was in dire need of medical help; Vasque has been her guardian ever since. Through her learning to read, to her becoming a miqo'te to stave off death by poison, Ciciru is the kid sister Vasque never had.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Lyuri Felnica]] - Vasque met Lyuri purely by chance when she saw the woman wandering around looking lost and sad. Their first conversations piqued Vasque's curiosity, and eventually Vasque would be called upon to save Lyuri's life. They remain friends, though Vasque is often unsure of what Lyuri is really thinking.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Skratti Bowens ]] - Vasque met Skratti after she'd disappeared without a trace, and after handling a significant medical problem, the two became friends. Skratti seems intimidated by Vasque, though, and the two are not much more than acquaintances.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Nazeru Auronas]] - Nazeru remains one of Vasque's most difficult and rocky relationships. A lot of strife, pain, and misunderstanding have driven the two of them to separate sides of the world, but a mutual attraction and undeniable affection somehow draw them together like magnets. Vasque keeps an eye on Nazeru, and speaks with her now and then, but she knows they are explosive when they get too close.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Salem Nuhn]] - Salem's reveal about his past gave Vasque an unexpected gift, and though she does not see him often, he remains in her heart.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Xiao Ohmsford]] - Cho's little sister is one of the most important people to Vasque, and someone she would do anything for; indeed, Vasque has taught Xiao to read and to cook, as well as how to better interpret her enigmatic big sister. She wishes they were closer and that she had more time to spend with the girl.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Ludivine Goultard]] - Vasque and Ludi had a brief burst of mutual attraction that they both agreed was best left alone; Ludi remains important to Vasque, and she keeps an eye on her.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Cassandra Lachance]] - Vasque knows there is more to this young woman than she lets on, but whatever Vasque herself has discovered, she keeps a lid on.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[X'Kohu Tia]] - Kohu manages to drive Vasque crazy with his mix of boyish charm and complete disregard for propriety. Recently, Kohu has asked to apprentice under Vasque and so she is currently working on a curricula for him, though she doesn't believe he has the makings of a truly devoted doctor.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Alexaria Whiteraven]] - This friend of Cho is a mystery to Vasque, and they became acquainted under less than idea circumstances. Vasque doesn't really -get- Alex, but she knows her importance to Cho and hopes someday to mend the rift between them.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[R'shanah Fehxi ]] - Shanah came to Free Wing during a recent recruitment wave, and within a short time managed to nearly blow her hand off. Vasque saved the hand, and gained a friend in the doing. She fully expects the girl to blow herself up someday, and tries, for now, to at least keep her patched up.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[R'miki Levellen ]] - Mikiki Miki, as she was first known to Vasque, was a strange little lalafell with a penchant for women's undergarments and smutty fiction. Over time, Miki has grown into her own, and Vasque gets a kick out of the spirited woman.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Inspiration</div>===
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A few of the pieces I like best are showcased below:

: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmmjoc6gLsM I Don't Know] - Vasque genuinely loves people and sees the good in everyone around her, even in the little things. She notices much and misses little.

: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLSjZHshqj0 Our Love Is Easy] - The anthem of Vasque's love for Cho.

: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gkLzLxVtoM Classical Gas] - Vasque's mind never stops working, never hesitates, and this relentless and syncopated piece brings that to mind.

: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhd0s6L19w8 Two of Us] - "We're on our way home."

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:''Template credit goes to [[Bancroft Gairn]]... Stolen via Cho. All thanks to them both.''

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[[category:Hyur Midlander]]
[[category:Hyur]]

Ennara Calian

2015-05-01T22:40:32Z

Vasque Desmarais:

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| gender = Female
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}}<font size="3">''She's all heart, so don't break it.''</font>

Ennara was born in the poor districts of Ul'dah. She grew up learning to survive on the streets until she was found, and taken care of, by a kindly Roegadyn by the name of Broken Wing.

<font style="color:#FAA07A;" size="2">'''★'''Anything you read in this is strictly OOC knowledge unless you have been informed IC. </font>

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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Appearance</div>===

Ennara is a Highlander woman with dark red hair and purple eyes. She's slightly above average in height, but sports a solid musculature, honed by years of hard labor. She is rather curvy and accepts this fact, though she's not terribly inclined to play it up beyond wearing flattering clothing.

Ennara often comes off as passionate about what she's currently focusing on, whether it's a person or a task at hand. Interrupting her during this time is a good chance to get snapped at. Attempting to, or coming off as attempting to, take her focus from her will often incite a round of quiet anger.

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| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Eyes'''<br/></span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Hair'''</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Skin'''</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Body Type'''</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Voice'''</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Clothing'''</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Notable Features'''</span>
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| <span style="color:#DC143C">Purple</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">Dark Red</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">Tanned</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">Sturdy with strong shoulders and a solid core.</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">Slightly quiet unless agitated.</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">Usually simple, with a tunic and trousers. Recently, she has taken a liking to skirts.</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">Ennara has a large bright red tattoo on her right cheek, as well as a scar crossing her right eye.</span>
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Behavior and Personality</div> ===

Ennara strives to do what she feels is right. This can often lead her to personal battles within herself when multiple options seem equally valid.

She tends to remain quiet until she grows more comfortable with the person or people present.

Ennara is in love with the idea of being in love. She falls hard and fast when she meets someone she's interested in, and takes breakups to heart. If she's going through a breakup, her emotions will careen back and forth as she makes an attempt to deal with further disappointment

Her upbringing and recent experiences have left her an odd combination of both openness and a lack of trust. She will tell you the truth, but she'll jump to conclusions if there's something that hints at disloyalty.

She has a strong tendency to overthink things, either getting herself frustrated with people for imagined slights or becoming angry with herself for perceived failures.

===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Combat</div>===

Ennara prefers to fight with her bow at a distance, and will use obstacles and the terrain to keep it that way. She will then, if possible, use blunted arrows in an attempt to render her opponent unconscious. Should her opponent manage to close the distance, she'll switch to one of two styles, depending on what the opponent is wielding. The first style, she'll abandon her bow and use an arrow as a makeshift dagger, keeping her other hand free. The second potential style is the usage of her reinforced bow to parry light weapon strikes while she, again, uses an arrow as a makeshift dagger.

Ennara has next to no innate aetheric control and she knows it. She has studied magic in an effort to learn how to combat it, but she knows it's unlikely that she'll ever wield it herself.

She prefers not to kill, aiming to disable or render unconscious, her opponents unless necessary. Should you push her to this point though, she will pursue this goal with a single-minded devotion akin to a fanatic. There are very few people who can calm her down when she reaches this point, though they do exist.

===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Occupation, Skills, and Pastimes</div>===
Ennara is a skilled hunter and a knowledgeable miner. She prefers hunting over mining due to the peace and quiet that accompanies it.

She loves performing for her friends and is a moderately skilled musician. She'll often bring her harp out at parties, accompanying it with her voice.

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:'''Likes:'''
:*Grilled Dodo
:*Watching talented people perform in their respective fields.
:*Attractive people
:*Good hearted people, whether their values line up with her's or not.
:*Accomplishing tasks she sets for herself.
:*Playfully teasing those she considers friends
:*Loyalty
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:'''Dislikes:'''
:*Liars and those they betray trust
:*Men that view her as nothing but something to be "conquered"
:*People attempting to force their values on her.
:*Stupidity
:*Having her intense emotions devalued.
:*People assuming she needs protection or cannot adequately defend herself.
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:'''Skills:'''
:*Music: Harp and Singing
:*Bow Marksmanship
:*Tracking
:*Study
:*Thinking Logically
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:'''Fears:'''
:*Being abandoned by those she loves.
:*Hurting those she loves.
:*Failure to keep those around her safe.
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C;font-size:30px;color:#C0C0C0;">Relationships</div>===
=== Family ===

Ennara was born in Ul'dah to a pair of Highlanders who decided that they'd rather leave Ala Mhigo. Her father passed away when she was sixteen, in what was deemed an accident. Her mother is still alive and healthy, residing in Ul'dah.

<br/>'''Father:''' Adalbert Longaxe – Adalbert was a decently skilled warrior in his own right, though when he got married, he chose to leave for Ul'dah in hopes of giving his family a prosperous life. When his attempts failed, he fell into an angry depression and turned to drink to dull the pain.

<br/>'''Mother:''' Bergeta Thorne - Bergeta is an unassuming mild-mannered woman. She cares deeply for her daughter in her own right, but years of pain related to her husband has driven most of her displays of affection inward.

===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div>===

<br><center>''<font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">♥</font> Sexual Desire    <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic Love     <font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font> Good Standing    <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> Neutral Standing    <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> Poor Standing    <font style="color:#F02311;" size="3"><b>!</b></font> Recent Standing Change</center>''

<center>It's possible for someone to be on a positive side and be neutral and a negative side and be neutral. Think alignments. Also always capable of changing. </center>
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<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''': Lyuri Felnica. That name will bring a torrent of emotion from Ennara, which she'll do her best to keep hidden. Her first love, whom she's having a hard time letting go, and who was once her best friend. Now their relationship is strained. They have both expressed the desire to remain friends, though perhaps it'd be best if they stayed apart for awhile. </td>

<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Nesi, this tiny unassuming Midlander is one of the few to truly find her way into Ennara's heart. When they first met, Ennara viewed her merely as an innocent, albeit cute, girl who could be a good friend. As time has passed, she's learned that this isn't such an accurate assessment at all, and that Nesi has faced her own share of problems that Ennara can only offer her support with. </td>
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<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Skratti Bowens]]''' : - Ennara first met this young Miqo'te girl through the Free Company that they both belong to. She found out that Skratti was being potentially dragged into a very similar situation that Ennara herself had inadvertently been placed into. Given the circumstances, Ennara took on a sort of guardian role for the younger girl. Eventually, a mutual friend convinced Ennara to give dating Skratti a try, but personal choices and lifestyle differences proved too much for the Highlander to accommodate. Ennara still adores Skratti and wishes to remain close to her, though the Miqo'te has since been avoiding her. </td>

<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Vasque Desmarais]]''': - Vasque is, without a shadow of a doubt, the foremost person in Ennara's heart. There is absolutely nothing Ennara wouldn't do for this woman. They met by chance through a mutual friend, parting after a single night together. Months later, they reconnected, again by chance. Since then, the two have grown closer daily, until Ennara fell in love with this brilliant woman. </td>

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<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : - An enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in a veil of secrecy. Ennara knows that there's much more than meets the eye to this Miqo'te, though the specifics aren't known to her. What she does know is that Roswyn seems to put herself into dangerous situations that, while Ennara, again, can't say what they are exactly, she realizes that they're for the common good. Should Roswyn need her help one day, Ennara trusts the Miqo'te enough to offer a hand almost without questions asked. </td>

<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Alexaria Whiteraven]]''' : - This woman was one of Ennara's first serious crushes, barring a few from her childhood. They originally met when walking through Ul'dah and happening across eachother in very similar outfits, the only difference was that Ennara's was black and Alexaria's was white. They decided to talk, to get to know one another. She fell hard and fast for the Highlander. She knew that it likely wouldn't play out the way she wanted it to, due to Alexaria's vow of celibacy, but Ennara's heart wants what it wants. This continued for a few weeks before Alexaria effectively told her no more. Ennara took it hard and drifted away for awhile, though they have recently rekindled their friendship. </td>

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<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : - This is a woman who'll aggravate Ennara to no end. They both share a stubbornness that manifests when they think they're right. Ennara doesn't agree with a number of Nazeru's personal life decisions, but... still, the Highlander adores and loves the woman. She knows that despite Nazeru's abrasiveness at times, she can count on her to tell her exactly what she thinks. Their relationship has ultimately blossomed into a somewhat sisterly love, mingled with the occasional round of sexual desire. Ultimately, despite their differences, she knows that she can count on Nazeru to be there for her with what she needs, whether it's a friendly pat on the shoulder, a kick in the ass, or something different. </td>

<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : - Ennara doesn't actually know a whole lot about Loronus, except that deep down, he's got a good heart. They've had their differences, but at this point, Loronus has settled into the role of good friend and potentially goofy little brother. </td>

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<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : - Chokho, she's a good woman. Ennara is very fond of this Miqo'te, even if she thinks that some of her life choices are a bit away from what she'd choose herself. That doesn't matter though, because Chokho cares deeply and has dedicated herself to making others happy wherever she can. Ennara views this lofty goal with the utmost respect, even if Chokho's flirty nature grates on her nerves at times. Still, there isn't much Ennara wouldn't do for this Miqo'te, as she feels they share a close bond after Ennara helped her out of a rough situation. </td>

<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Cassandra Lachance]]''' : - Cassandra is a very good friend of Ennara's, as well as a former lover. She cared, and still cares, very deeply for the Midlander and wants her to find joy wherever she can. She realizes that Cass needs things that Ennara can't provide, so she chose to step aside and let the woman pursue her own happiness.
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<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Lilithium Altair]]''' : - Lilithium, Lili, is a woman that Ennara respects above almost all others. The leader of her company, helper of the poor, mother of half a dozen or so it seems, and still finds the time to help those around her with whatever they might need.
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<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Ludivine Goultard]]''' : - Ludivine is a bit of an enigma to Ennara, they've spoken a few times and got to know eachother decently, but there is still very much about this Duskwight that she doesn't know. Still, what she does know, she finds pleasant and friendly.
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<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : - A skilled Thaumaturge and her superior in Eclipsis. They haven't spoken as much as she'd like, but the times they have, he's left her rather impressed. Particularly one night involving a Voidsent infestation. She knows that, despite Argust's reluctance to socialize, she can trust him to have her back if she needs the support. </td>

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<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div>
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<td style="width=50%;"><font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Xel'naga Trellvani]]''' : This man has harmed Ennara in the past. The details have become less of a guarded secret for Ennara than they could be, but she really only shares them with those close to her. Suffice to say that she utterly loathes him and, should he die, she wouldn't complain in the slightest if it were due to his forehead suddenly sprouting feathers due to a certain Highlander's intervention. </td>

<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Ennara had disliked this girl for a long time, due to a betrayal. Perhaps that distaste is softening a bit with time? Perhaps it's softening a bit as she watches her interact with others? Or perhaps she's just not dwelling on the circumstances as much these days. Regardless of the causes, most of Ennara's open hostility has vanished towards the Miqo'te, though she still possesses a certain level of distrust. </td>
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Rumors</div>===
=== Common Rumors ===

::*Oh, you mean the slum girl who used to snatch food from the carts as a kid?
::*She has a surprising eye for aesthetics, doesn't she?
::*That woman's got some troubles, mind you. Still, she manages to look pretty cheerful, doesn't she?

=== Moderate Rumors ===

::*That girl knows her way around the city. I've seen her duck into an alleyway before, and when I caught up to look... she was just gone. Don't know where she went.
::*I hear that an old Roegadyn took her under his wing when she was a child. Probably the only reason she didn't turn out as a troublemaker.
::*I've seen her flirt with Hyur, Elezen, and even Roegadyn... never saw her display an interest beyond friendship towards a Miqo'te though... wonder why.

=== Rare Rumors ===

::*'Whispers' I heard that her father's death wasn't no accident at all. The man was a violent drunk, and one day, just when she's blossomin' into a gorgeous woman, he winds up dead with a knife in his gut... makes ya think, huh?
::*This woman is a lot more skilled than she lets on. I've seen her fight, never saw someone wield a bucket so effectively before.
::*I've seen her go from happy to sad in a matter of minutes. Might have some sort of emotional instability due to traumas she's faced in the past.

=== Player Character Rumors ===

::*Feel free to add if you know of her!

::*[[Chokho Viqqoh]] - Ennara is a fantastic individual. She's come a long way since I've known her, and I am proud to call her a friend.

::*[[Kale Aideron]] - 'er, yea'? Yea', nice lass, she is. I mean, I would, but bloody 'ells it'd be in 'er best 'ealth to be a lil' more decisive...

::*[[Lilithium Altair]] - A lovely employee of mine! I knew her when she was younger and she's grown into quite a beautiful woman.

::*[[Ludivine Goultard]] - From a bad first meetin', I think it's fair to say we get along pretty well now. She tries hard to protect people, and I respect that.

===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">History</div>===

=== Childhood ===

Ennara was born and raised in the city of Ul'dah. She grew up in the poorest districts of Ul'dah, living hand to mouth for the longest time. She took to theft to feed herself, because her parents just couldn't find work to sustain them all.

She found comfort in a group of young friends living in similar situations as her. She became a de facto leader in her circle due to being one of the oldest as well as the biggest due to her natural Highlander height. This circle of friends was incredibly loyal to eachother and would never simply leave someone behind if trouble broke out.

=== Adolescence ===

A chance meeting at the age of 14 changed Ennara's life drastically. An older Roegadyn man by the name of Broken Wing offered her bread. She took it and kicked him in the shin. This continued for a few days before he decided to tell her that she didn't have to kick him in the shin to get more bread. Over time, her trust for the man grew until she was willing to let him help her in the long term. He taught her to read and write. He taught her manners that her parents never instilled upon her. He taught her the value of a hard day's work. It's no exaggeration to say that if she never met him, she'd likely have died young or wound up in prison.

The next couple years were pretty mundane, at least until Ennara's 16th year. She would suffer two traumatic experiences in the matter of a couple of months. First, there was a beautiful young Thaumaturge, by the name of Amelia, whom Ennara met while out running errands for Broken Wing. These two grew inseparable over the next couple months, the young former street rat and the older, but still young, Thaumaturge. This continued for awhile with Ennara eventually falling in love with Amelia. But it was not to be. Amelia left one fateful day for a battle that would, with no exaggeration, determine the fate of Eorzea. She fought on the fields of Carteneau and was never seen again.

Ennara didn't have time to dwell on her loss of Amelia though. The Calamity and the proceeding hardships drove that worry away. Her father, Adalbert, retreated further into drink after The Calamity, and became even more violent. One night he entered Ennara's room, intent on teaching her a lesson for some imagined insult. She was prepared for this and had started sleeping with a knife under her pillow. A physical exchange happened that ended with a drunken Adalbert stumbling into Ennara's knife, embedding it deep into his stomach. He did not survive his wounds.

=== Present ===

Ennara is currently going through some hardships, but a new perspective on life instilled by a close friend has driven her to look simply for happiness. They agreed that once she was happy, other things should begin to fall into place.

===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:9px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Character Soundtrack</div> ===

Under Construction

===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:11px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Character Connections</div>===
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Ennara:

::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her from the shopping she does around the city.
::*Anyone who grew up in the poorer districts of Ul'dah might know her from her childhood.
::*Anyone who visits the Quicksand may recognize her from her visits, albeit infrequent as they are.
::*Anyone who is looking for a group to perform various jobs may come into contact with her due to her Free Company.
::*Anyone who opens conversation with her in public. She tends not to open it herself unless you interest her in a particular way.

=== Annotations ===

I used (and edited) the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first.

Ennara Calian

2015-05-01T22:32:02Z

Vasque Desmarais:

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}}<font size="3">''She's all heart, so don't break it.''</font>

Ennara was born in the poor districts of Ul'dah. She grew up learning to survive on the streets until she was found, and taken care of, by a kindly Roegadyn by the name of Broken Wing.

<font style="color:#FAA07A;" size="2">'''★'''Anything you read in this is strictly OOC knowledge unless you have been informed IC. </font>

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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:4px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Appearance</div>===

Ennara is a Highlander woman with dark red hair and purple eyes. She's slightly above average in height, but sports a solid musculature, honed by years of hard labor. She is rather curvy and accepts this fact, though she's not terribly inclined to play it up beyond wearing flattering clothing.

Ennara often comes off as passionate about what she's currently focusing on, whether it's a person or a task at hand. Interrupting her during this time is a good chance to get snapped at. Attempting to, or coming off as attempting to, take her focus from her will often incite a round of quiet anger.

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| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Eyes'''<br/></span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Hair'''</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Skin'''</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Body Type'''</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Voice'''</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Clothing'''</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">'''Notable Features'''</span>
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| <span style="color:#DC143C">Purple</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">Dark Red</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">Tanned</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">Sturdy with strong shoulders and a solid core.</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">Slightly quiet unless agitated.</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">Usually simple, with a tunic and trousers. Recently, she has taken a liking to skirts.</span>
| <span style="color:#DC143C">Ennara has a large bright red tattoo on her right cheek, as well as a scar crossing her right eye.</span>
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Behavior and Personality</div> ===

Ennara strives to do what she feels is right. This can often lead her to personal battles within herself when multiple options seem equally valid.

She tends to remain quiet until she grows more comfortable with the person or people present.

Ennara is in love with the idea of being in love. She falls hard and fast when she meets someone she's interested in, and takes breakups to heart. If she's going through a breakup, her emotions will careen back and forth as she makes an attempt to deal with further disappointment

Her upbringing and recent experiences have left her an odd combination of both openness and a lack of trust. She will tell you the truth, but she'll jump to conclusions if there's something that hints at disloyalty.

She has a strong tendency to overthink things, either getting herself frustrated with people for imagined slights or becoming angry with herself for perceived failures.

===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Combat</div>===

Ennara prefers to fight with her bow at a distance, and will use obstacles and the terrain to keep it that way. She will then, if possible, use blunted arrows in an attempt to render her opponent unconscious. Should her opponent manage to close the distance, she'll switch to one of two styles, depending on what the opponent is wielding. The first style, she'll abandon her bow and use an arrow as a makeshift dagger, keeping her other hand free. The second potential style is the usage of her reinforced bow to parry light weapon strikes while she, again, uses an arrow as a makeshift dagger.

Ennara has next to no innate aetheric control and she knows it. She has studied magic in an effort to learn how to combat it, but she knows it's unlikely that she'll ever wield it herself.

She prefers not to kill, aiming to disable or render unconscious, her opponents unless necessary. Should you push her to this point though, she will pursue this goal with a single-minded devotion akin to a fanatic. There are very few people who can calm her down when she reaches this point, though they do exist.

===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:8px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Occupation, Skills, and Pastimes</div>===
Ennara is a skilled hunter and a knowledgeable miner. She prefers hunting over mining due to the peace and quiet that accompanies it.

She loves performing for her friends and is a moderately skilled musician. She'll often bring her harp out at parties, accompanying it with her voice.

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:'''Likes:'''
:*Grilled Dodo
:*Watching talented people perform in their respective fields.
:*Attractive people
:*Good hearted people, whether their values line up with her's or not.
:*Accomplishing tasks she sets for herself.
:*Playfully teasing those she considers friends
:*Loyalty
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:'''Dislikes:'''
:*Liars and those they betray trust
:*Men that view her as nothing but something to be "conquered"
:*People attempting to force their values on her.
:*Stupidity
:*Having her intense emotions devalued.
:*People assuming she needs protection or cannot adequately defend herself.
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:'''Skills:'''
:*Music: Harp and Singing
:*Bow Marksmanship
:*Tracking
:*Study
:*Thinking Logically
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:'''Fears:'''
:*Being abandoned by those she loves.
:*Hurting those she loves.
:*Failure to keep those around her safe.
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C;font-size:30px;color:#C0C0C0;">Relationships</div>===
=== Family ===

Ennara was born in Ul'dah to a pair of Highlanders who decided that they'd rather leave Ala Mhigo. Her father passed away when she was sixteen, in what was deemed an accident. Her mother is still alive and healthy, residing in Ul'dah.

<br/>'''Father:''' Adalbert Longaxe – Adalbert was a decently skilled warrior in his own right, though when he got married, he chose to leave for Ul'dah in hopes of giving his family a prosperous life. When his attempts failed, he fell into an angry depression and turned to drink to dull the pain.

<br/>'''Mother:''' Bergeta Thorne - Bergeta is an unassuming mild-mannered woman. She cares deeply for her daughter in her own right, but years of pain related to her husband has driven most of her displays of affection inward.

===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319;font-size:30px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Player Character Relationships''</div>===

<br><center>''<font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">♥</font> Sexual Desire    <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic Love     <font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font> Good Standing    <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> Neutral Standing    <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> Poor Standing    <font style="color:#F02311;" size="3"><b>!</b></font> Recent Standing Change</center>''

<center>It's possible for someone to be on a positive side and be neutral and a negative side and be neutral. Think alignments. Also always capable of changing. </center>
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<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Lyuri Felnica]]''': Lyuri Felnica. That name will bring a torrent of emotion from Ennara, which she'll do her best to keep hidden. Her first love, whom she's having a hard time letting go, and who was once her best friend. Now their relationship is strained. They have both expressed the desire to remain friends, though perhaps it'd be best if they stayed apart for awhile. </td>

<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Nesi Greene]]''' : Nesi, this tiny unassuming Midlander is one of the few to truly find her way into Ennara's heart. When they first met, Ennara viewed her merely as an innocent, albeit cute, girl who could be a good friend. As time has passed, she's learned that this isn't such an accurate assessment at all, and that Nesi has faced her own share of problems that Ennara can only offer her support with. </td>
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<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Skratti Bowens]]''' : - Ennara first met this young Miqo'te girl through the Free Company that they both belong to. She found out that Skratti was being potentially dragged into a very similar situation that Ennara herself had inadvertently been placed into. Given the circumstances, Ennara took on a sort of guardian role for the younger girl. Eventually, a mutual friend convinced Ennara to give dating Skratti a try, but personal choices and lifestyle differences proved too much for the Highlander to accommodate. Ennara still adores Skratti and wishes to remain close to her, though the Miqo'te has since been avoiding her. </td>

<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Argust Clow]]''' : - A skilled Thaumaturge and her superior in Eclipsis. They haven't spoken as much as she'd like, but the times they have, he's left her rather impressed. Particularly one night involving a Voidsent infestation. She knows that, despite Argust's reluctance to socialize, she can trust him to have her back if she needs the support. </td>

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<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Roswyn Valhuri]]''' : - An enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in a veil of secrecy. Ennara knows that there's much more than meets the eye to this Miqo'te, though the specifics aren't known to her. What she does know is that Roswyn seems to put herself into dangerous situations that, while Ennara, again, can't say what they are exactly, she realizes that they're for the common good. Should Roswyn need her help one day, Ennara trusts the Miqo'te enough to offer a hand almost without questions asked. </td>

<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Alexaria Whiteraven]]''' : - This woman was one of Ennara's first serious crushes, barring a few from her childhood. They originally met when walking through Ul'dah and happening across eachother in very similar outfits, the only difference was that Ennara's was black and Alexaria's was white. They decided to talk, to get to know one another. She fell hard and fast for the Highlander. She knew that it likely wouldn't play out the way she wanted it to, due to Alexaria's vow of celibacy, but Ennara's heart wants what it wants. This continued for a few weeks before Alexaria effectively told her no more. Ennara took it hard and drifted away for awhile, though they have recently rekindled their friendship. </td>

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<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Nazeru Auronas]]''' : - This is a woman who'll aggravate Ennara to no end. They both share a stubbornness that manifests when they think they're right. Ennara doesn't agree with a number of Nazeru's personal life decisions, but... still, the Highlander adores and loves the woman. She knows that despite Nazeru's abrasiveness at times, she can count on her to tell her exactly what she thinks. Their relationship has ultimately blossomed into a somewhat sisterly love, mingled with the occasional round of sexual desire. Ultimately, despite their differences, she knows that she can count on Nazeru to be there for her with what she needs, whether it's a friendly pat on the shoulder, a kick in the ass, or something different. </td>

<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Loronus Deatro]]''' : - Ennara doesn't actually know a whole lot about Loronus, except that deep down, he's got a good heart. They've had their differences, but at this point, Loronus has settled into the role of good friend and potentially goofy little brother. </td>

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<td style="width:50%";><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Chokho Viqqoh]]''' : - Chokho, she's a good woman. Ennara is very fond of this Miqo'te, even if she thinks that some of her life choices are a bit away from what she'd choose herself. That doesn't matter though, because Chokho cares deeply and has dedicated herself to making others happy wherever she can. Ennara views this lofty goal with the utmost respect, even if Chokho's flirty nature grates on her nerves at times. Still, there isn't much Ennara wouldn't do for this Miqo'te, as she feels they share a close bond after Ennara helped her out of a rough situation. </td>

<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Cassandra Lachance]]''' : - Cassandra is a very good friend of Ennara's, as well as a former lover. She cared, and still cares, very deeply for the Midlander and wants her to find joy wherever she can. She realizes that Cass needs things that Ennara can't provide, so she chose to step aside and let the woman pursue her own happiness.
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<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font>'''[[Lilithium Altair]]''' : - Lilithium, Lili, is a woman that Ennara respects above almost all others. The leader of her company, helper of the poor, mother of half a dozen or so it seems, and still finds the time to help those around her with whatever they might need.
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<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#4e9362;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Ludivine Goultard]]''' : - Ludivine is a bit of an enigma to Ennara, they've spoken a few times and got to know eachother decently, but there is still very much about this Duskwight that she doesn't know. Still, what she does know, she finds pleasant and friendly.
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<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:17px;height:30px;background:#560319; font-size:30px; color:#FFFFFF;">''Negative Standing''</div>
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<td style="width=50%;"><font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Xel'naga Trellvani]]''' : This man has harmed Ennara in the past. The details have become less of a guarded secret for Ennara than they could be, but she really only shares them with those close to her. Suffice to say that she utterly loathes him and, should he die, she wouldn't complain in the slightest if it were due to his forehead suddenly sprouting feathers due to a certain Highlander's intervention. </td>

<td style="width:50%;"><font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Jilyan Sakura]]''' : Ennara had disliked this girl for a long time, due to a betrayal. Perhaps that distaste is softening a bit with time? Perhaps it's softening a bit as she watches her interact with others? Or perhaps she's just not dwelling on the circumstances as much these days. Regardless of the causes, most of Ennara's open hostility has vanished towards the Miqo'te, though she still possesses a certain level of distrust. </td>
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===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:7px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Rumors</div>===
=== Common Rumors ===

::*Oh, you mean the slum girl who used to snatch food from the carts as a kid?
::*She has a surprising eye for aesthetics, doesn't she?
::*That woman's got some troubles, mind you. Still, she manages to look pretty cheerful, doesn't she?

=== Moderate Rumors ===

::*That girl knows her way around the city. I've seen her duck into an alleyway before, and when I caught up to look... she was just gone. Don't know where she went.
::*I hear that an old Roegadyn took her under his wing when she was a child. Probably the only reason she didn't turn out as a troublemaker.
::*I've seen her flirt with Hyur, Elezen, and even Roegadyn... never saw her display an interest beyond friendship towards a Miqo'te though... wonder why.

=== Rare Rumors ===

::*'Whispers' I heard that her father's death wasn't no accident at all. The man was a violent drunk, and one day, just when she's blossomin' into a gorgeous woman, he winds up dead with a knife in his gut... makes ya think, huh?
::*This woman is a lot more skilled than she lets on. I've seen her fight, never saw someone wield a bucket so effectively before.
::*I've seen her go from happy to sad in a matter of minutes. Might have some sort of emotional instability due to traumas she's faced in the past.

=== Player Character Rumors ===

::*Feel free to add if you know of her!

::*[[Chokho Viqqoh]] - Ennara is a fantastic individual. She's come a long way since I've known her, and I am proud to call her a friend.

::*[[Kale Aideron]] - 'er, yea'? Yea', nice lass, she is. I mean, I would, but bloody 'ells it'd be in 'er best 'ealth to be a lil' more decisive...

::*[[Lilithium Altair]] - A lovely employee of mine! I knew her when she was younger and she's grown into quite a beautiful woman.

::*[[Ludivine Goultard]] - From a bad first meetin', I think it's fair to say we get along pretty well now. She tries hard to protect people, and I respect that.

===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:10px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">History</div>===

=== Childhood ===

Ennara was born and raised in the city of Ul'dah. She grew up in the poorest districts of Ul'dah, living hand to mouth for the longest time. She took to theft to feed herself, because her parents just couldn't find work to sustain them all.

She found comfort in a group of young friends living in similar situations as her. She became a de facto leader in her circle due to being one of the oldest as well as the biggest due to her natural Highlander height. This circle of friends was incredibly loyal to eachother and would never simply leave someone behind if trouble broke out.

=== Adolescence ===

A chance meeting at the age of 14 changed Ennara's life drastically. An older Roegadyn man by the name of Broken Wing offered her bread. She took it and kicked him in the shin. This continued for a few days before he decided to tell her that she didn't have to kick him in the shin to get more bread. Over time, her trust for the man grew until she was willing to let him help her in the long term. He taught her to read and write. He taught her manners that her parents never instilled upon her. He taught her the value of a hard day's work. It's no exaggeration to say that if she never met him, she'd likely have died young or wound up in prison.

The next couple years were pretty mundane, at least until Ennara's 16th year. She would suffer two traumatic experiences in the matter of a couple of months. First, there was a beautiful young Thaumaturge, by the name of Amelia, whom Ennara met while out running errands for Broken Wing. These two grew inseparable over the next couple months, the young former street rat and the older, but still young, Thaumaturge. This continued for awhile with Ennara eventually falling in love with Amelia. But it was not to be. Amelia left one fateful day for a battle that would, with no exaggeration, determine the fate of Eorzea. She fought on the fields of Carteneau and was never seen again.

Ennara didn't have time to dwell on her loss of Amelia though. The Calamity and the proceeding hardships drove that worry away. Her father, Adalbert, retreated further into drink after The Calamity, and became even more violent. One night he entered Ennara's room, intent on teaching her a lesson for some imagined insult. She was prepared for this and had started sleeping with a knife under her pillow. A physical exchange happened that ended with a drunken Adalbert stumbling into Ennara's knife, embedding it deep into his stomach. He did not survive his wounds.

=== Present ===

Ennara is currently going through some hardships, but a new perspective on life instilled by a close friend has driven her to look simply for happiness. They agreed that once she was happy, other things should begin to fall into place.

===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:9px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Character Soundtrack</div> ===

Under Construction

===<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-top:11px;height:50px;background:#CD5C5C; font-size:30px; color:#C0C0C0">Character Connections</div>===
The following characters may have the possibility of an RP link with Ennara:

::*Anyone who has lived in Ul'dah might recognize her from the shopping she does around the city.
::*Anyone who grew up in the poorer districts of Ul'dah might know her from her childhood.
::*Anyone who visits the Quicksand may recognize her from her visits, albeit infrequent as they are.
::*Anyone who is looking for a group to perform various jobs may come into contact with her due to her Free Company.
::*Anyone who opens conversation with her in public. She tends not to open it herself unless you interest her in a particular way.

=== Annotations ===

I used (and edited) the template page of [[Roswyn Valhuri]] after asking for permission first.