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'''Kannadi Albedo''' (''KAHN-ah-dee'' ● ''al-BAY-doh'') is a scholar of monsters, behavior, and monster behavior. Somehow she has managed to fit that into an aristocratic upbringing. | '''Kannadi Albedo''' (''KAHN-ah-dee'' ● ''al-BAY-doh'') is a scholar of monsters, behavior, and monster behavior. Somehow she has managed to fit that into an aristocratic upbringing. | ||
| − | + | Despairing of ever catching up to the new fauna that arose after the Calamity, she turned her studies to magic. For her day jobs, she currently serves as the Immortal Flames' Hunt Mark Coordinating Officer, Hunt Mark Investigative Assessment Officer, and Hunt Mark Foreign Liason. | |
===Physical Description=== | ===Physical Description=== | ||
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She also has a dry sense of humor and occasionally makes observations which employ it. | She also has a dry sense of humor and occasionally makes observations which employ it. | ||
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| + | Lately she has shown a trend of workaholic introversion. | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
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Kannadi is who you get when a decade and a half of expensive high-class education helps sculpt, but fails to completely stick to, a smart young lady who has a passion for scientific observation and a knack for magic. In addition to being a craftswoman of profitable talent, she is a published author of informative booklets on notorious monsters as well as the uncredited co-author of ''On the Properties of Beastmen''. (Don't get her started on that one.) | Kannadi is who you get when a decade and a half of expensive high-class education helps sculpt, but fails to completely stick to, a smart young lady who has a passion for scientific observation and a knack for magic. In addition to being a craftswoman of profitable talent, she is a published author of informative booklets on notorious monsters as well as the uncredited co-author of ''On the Properties of Beastmen''. (Don't get her started on that one.) | ||
| − | Her education and personal wealth allowed her to follow her whims, which led her through a geological survey bureau, a research/exploration academy, and most lately a certain league of adventurers. | + | Her education and personal wealth allowed her to follow her whims, which led her through a geological survey bureau, a research/exploration academy, and most lately a certain league of adventurers. She currently holds an officer's commission in the Immortal Flames as a Second Lieutenant, with very good prospects of promotion. |
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| + | In the past year she suffered symptoms of what the considered to be depression -- introversion, lack of interest in once-favored activities, preference for routine and impersonal data acquisition, and choosing study over people. However, it eventually became clear to her that she numbers among the sub-one-percent of sensitives psychologically affected by direct exposure to the irreproducible proximity of Dalamud. | ||
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| + | Whereas Dalamud cultists, fanatics, and other lunatics exhibited mind-altering faith more or less immediately, Kannadi experienced a long-arc deepening of her cognitive capacity. She believes she is no more intelligent than she was, but she can do much more with what she has. | ||
| − | + | In short, Kannadi easily understands new information and magics when they either come in well-ordered form or bear contextual similarity to existing forms, but she lacks the true creativity of establishing wholly new forms herself. To her great consternation. | |
===Family=== | ===Family=== | ||
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'''Kannadi's Extant Relatives:''' | '''Kannadi's Extant Relatives:''' | ||
| − | : <li>'''Father:''' Torrent Albedo ( | + | : <li>'''Father:''' Torrent Albedo (58), curator of the "History's Torrent" Museum in Ul'dah. A former treasure-hunting adventurer even before the term became common, many of the exhibits were attained by his hand. |
| − | : <li>'''Mother:''' Avani Lahar-Albedo ( | + | : <li>'''Mother:''' Avani Lahar-Albedo (55), full-time priestess for Ul'dah's Nophican community. Highly devout even before her family's collapse. Very well-read. |
: <li>'''Cousins:''' | : <li>'''Cousins:''' | ||
| − | ::<li>Rasim Albedo ( | + | ::<li>Rasim Albedo (36) |
| − | ::<li>Leyla Albedo ( | + | ::<li>Leyla Albedo (28) |
| − | ::<li>Dima Albedo ( | + | ::<li>Dima Albedo (31) |
| − | ::<li>Nadra Albedo ( | + | ::<li>Nadra Albedo (25) |
| − | ::<li>Airavata Lahar ( | + | ::<li>Airavata Lahar (30) |
| − | ::<li>Akupara Lahar ( | + | ::<li>Akupara Lahar (30) |
: <li>'''Uncles:''' | : <li>'''Uncles:''' | ||
| − | ::<li>Rilo Albedo ( | + | ::<li>Rilo Albedo (50) |
| − | ::<li>Avinash Lahar ( | + | ::<li>Avinash Lahar (61) |
| − | : <li>'''Grandmother:''' Karen Albedo (??) - Family matriarch and capitalist shark, legally deceased. Actually restored to her | + | : <li>'''Grandmother:''' Karen Albedo (??) - Family matriarch and capitalist shark, legally deceased. Actually restored to her powerful youth by a spell devised by her granddaughter Kannadi. Currently traveling under an assumed identity as Kannadi's long-lost cousin "Karrun." |
===Published Works=== | ===Published Works=== | ||
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* '''Comparisons of Amdapori and Late-Period Sil’dihn Architecture''' | * '''Comparisons of Amdapori and Late-Period Sil’dihn Architecture''' | ||
A detailed juxtaposition of architectural similarities between ancient Amdapor and pre-collapse Sil'dih. Commissioned by the Flames leadership to provide scientific reasons why the necropolis of Sil'dih should not be opened to adventurers. A sleeper hit among Ul'dah's ancient conspiracy set. | A detailed juxtaposition of architectural similarities between ancient Amdapor and pre-collapse Sil'dih. Commissioned by the Flames leadership to provide scientific reasons why the necropolis of Sil'dih should not be opened to adventurers. A sleeper hit among Ul'dah's ancient conspiracy set. | ||
| + | * '''[http://www.tale-ffxiv.com/boards/topic/5008-thaumaturgy-a-discipline-of-the-self/ Thaumaturgy: A Discipline of the Self]''' | ||
| + | An article explaining thaumaturgy. Published as a cover article of the Adventurer's Guild Quarterly. | ||
===Unpublished Works=== | ===Unpublished Works=== | ||
| + | * '''[http://www.tale-ffxiv.com/boards/topic/5223-classified-threat-assessment/ Threat Assessment of Free Company THE ADVENTURE LEAGUE OF EORZEA ("TALE")]''' | ||
| + | A classified document held by the Immortal Flames, detailing in brief the most potentially dangerous members of Kannadi's Free Company. | ||
| + | * '''[http://www.tale-ffxiv.com/boards/topic/5191-classified-immortal-flames-report-on-void-ark/ On Void Ark]''' | ||
| + | A classified document held by the Immortal Flames, detailing in brief an exploration of the ancient Mhacian construct. | ||
* '''''[redacted]'' of the Hound''' | * '''''[redacted]'' of the Hound''' | ||
A classified document held by the Immortal Flames, allegedly reproducing in detail the lines upon the face of Dalamud and discussing at length their similarity to obscure arcanist geometry. | A classified document held by the Immortal Flames, allegedly reproducing in detail the lines upon the face of Dalamud and discussing at length their similarity to obscure arcanist geometry. | ||
Revision as of 09:28, 3 January 2016
 Kannadi Albedo
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| Race | Hyur |
| Clan | Midlander |
| Citizenship | Ul'dah |
| Age | 30 |
| Namesday | Second Sun, Fifth Astral Moon |
| Occupations | Ecologist, researcher |
| Disciplines | Black Mage, Scholar, Goldsmith, etc. |
| Deity | Azeyma, the Warden |
Kannadi Albedo (KAHN-ah-dee ● al-BAY-doh) is a scholar of monsters, behavior, and monster behavior. Somehow she has managed to fit that into an aristocratic upbringing.
Despairing of ever catching up to the new fauna that arose after the Calamity, she turned her studies to magic. For her day jobs, she currently serves as the Immortal Flames' Hunt Mark Coordinating Officer, Hunt Mark Investigative Assessment Officer, and Hunt Mark Foreign Liason.
Contents
Physical Description
Though tall for a Midlander woman, Kannadi is more identifiable by her style of dress: even in the oppressive heat of Thanalan, she's rarely out of long sleeves and unbroken skin coverage neck to toe. Gloves aren't uncommon for her either. The style and material of it all trends toward the expensive.
Above the neck, her skin is a medium brown, her eyes are light gray, and her hair is dark brown and very exactingly kept. She often wears jewelry as well, save for field work where it might get damaged.
The typical length and coverage of her clothing conceals a surprisingly fit and toned physique, the sort honed through long days of extensive walking, hiking, and studies of monsters and geology. She couldn't out-sprint a cactuar, but she could outpace most creatures, as she occasionally must when they do not take kindly to being studied.
Personality
Polite with permanently proper diction and fastidious attention to detail, which some may confuse for haughtiness but which is simply indicative of her adherence to educated professionalism. She's very much a scholar (both lowercase-s and capital-S) and defines herself by what she knows and doesn't know. What she knows are magic and monsters. On those subjects she is authoritative and (tries to be) interesting.
Kannadi is rarely angered, just annoyed or disappointed -- and even on those occasions when she is angry, she's not apt to show it beyond curtness and withering looks.
Her careful investments and her family's wealth have put her in the enviable position of not needing to do much work at all, which has caused her no shortage of guilt. In response to how Ul'dah's less fortunate live and what other wealthy Ul'dahns do with their freedom, Kannadi donates frequently and generously between her deliberately long hours of work.
She also has a dry sense of humor and occasionally makes observations which employ it.
Lately she has shown a trend of workaholic introversion.
Background
Kannadi is who you get when a decade and a half of expensive high-class education helps sculpt, but fails to completely stick to, a smart young lady who has a passion for scientific observation and a knack for magic. In addition to being a craftswoman of profitable talent, she is a published author of informative booklets on notorious monsters as well as the uncredited co-author of On the Properties of Beastmen. (Don't get her started on that one.)
Her education and personal wealth allowed her to follow her whims, which led her through a geological survey bureau, a research/exploration academy, and most lately a certain league of adventurers. She currently holds an officer's commission in the Immortal Flames as a Second Lieutenant, with very good prospects of promotion.
In the past year she suffered symptoms of what the considered to be depression -- introversion, lack of interest in once-favored activities, preference for routine and impersonal data acquisition, and choosing study over people. However, it eventually became clear to her that she numbers among the sub-one-percent of sensitives psychologically affected by direct exposure to the irreproducible proximity of Dalamud.
Whereas Dalamud cultists, fanatics, and other lunatics exhibited mind-altering faith more or less immediately, Kannadi experienced a long-arc deepening of her cognitive capacity. She believes she is no more intelligent than she was, but she can do much more with what she has.
In short, Kannadi easily understands new information and magics when they either come in well-ordered form or bear contextual similarity to existing forms, but she lacks the true creativity of establishing wholly new forms herself. To her great consternation.
Family
Family is very important to Kannadi, being that she is the product of two notable ones.
The Albedos are a wealthy family built on finance and carnivorous opportunism. The Calamity claimed many of their records and therefore much of their fortune, but decisive action by family matriarch and former Syndicate member Karen "the Silver Giant" saved them from the depredations of competitors. Though their wealth no longer ranks among Ul'dah's 1% or even 10%, they are still very comfortable and work to stay that way.
The Lahar family, once very prominent in Eorzea's textile industry, has crumbled to a humble standing. The Garlean attack on Ala Mhigo destroyed most of their wealth and claimed multiple family members, and the Calamity's ruin claimed nearly all the rest. The last two Lahars of their generation have no interest in rebuilding what was lost, but rather look to build for the future.
Kannadi's Extant Relatives:
- Father: Torrent Albedo (58), curator of the "History's Torrent" Museum in Ul'dah. A former treasure-hunting adventurer even before the term became common, many of the exhibits were attained by his hand.
- Mother: Avani Lahar-Albedo (55), full-time priestess for Ul'dah's Nophican community. Highly devout even before her family's collapse. Very well-read.
- Cousins:
- Rasim Albedo (36)
- Leyla Albedo (28)
- Dima Albedo (31)
- Nadra Albedo (25)
- Airavata Lahar (30)
- Akupara Lahar (30)
- Cousins:
- Uncles:
- Rilo Albedo (50)
- Avinash Lahar (61)
- Uncles:
- Grandmother: Karen Albedo (??) - Family matriarch and capitalist shark, legally deceased. Actually restored to her powerful youth by a spell devised by her granddaughter Kannadi. Currently traveling under an assumed identity as Kannadi's long-lost cousin "Karrun."
Published Works
- Concerning Kobolds
A brief pamphlet on the kobold beastkin. Out of print, copies impossible to find.
An informative booklet of Thanalan's twelve deadliest monster species.
An informative listing of notorious monsters for all adventurers of Eorzea. Written in 1572, yet out of print by 1577 due to being a whole realm out of date, it is still possible to find among rare book dealers.
- On the Properties of Beastmen
A scientific study of beastmen, for which Kannadi is an uncredited co-author. She was left off the byline over a disagreement regarding the book's sale price; she wanted it cheaper.
- The Ecological Impact of Natural Chemical Changes in Maiden Grass Upon Lava Toad Population of Southern Thanalan
A dry yet interesting report on environmental adaptations in maiden grass of Forgotten Springs, and their consequences.
- Comparisons of Amdapori and Late-Period Sil’dihn Architecture
A detailed juxtaposition of architectural similarities between ancient Amdapor and pre-collapse Sil'dih. Commissioned by the Flames leadership to provide scientific reasons why the necropolis of Sil'dih should not be opened to adventurers. A sleeper hit among Ul'dah's ancient conspiracy set.
An article explaining thaumaturgy. Published as a cover article of the Adventurer's Guild Quarterly.
Unpublished Works
A classified document held by the Immortal Flames, detailing in brief the most potentially dangerous members of Kannadi's Free Company.
A classified document held by the Immortal Flames, detailing in brief an exploration of the ancient Mhacian construct.
- [redacted] of the Hound
A classified document held by the Immortal Flames, allegedly reproducing in detail the lines upon the face of Dalamud and discussing at length their similarity to obscure arcanist geometry.
- On [redacted] of [redacted]
A classified document held by the Immortal Flames, allegedly pertaining to methods of repairing a fractured soul.
- On Absorption, Retention, and Extraction of [redacted] Based Upon Observations of [redacted]
A classified document held by the Immortal Flames, allegedly setting out a basic theory of aether-based information storage within a physical object.
- Minutes of the [redacted] Meeting on [redacted] Concerning Aetheryte Travel Taxation
A classified document held by the Immortal Flames, allegedly containing offhand commentary by 2LT Kannadi Albedo about the feasibility of using the aetheryte network in the summoning of a Primal.
- [redacted]
A classified document held by the Immortal Flames, allegedly a report on contradictions inherent in the flight muscles of dragons.
- Notes: M.Scp, & Flow Observed
A personal notebook in Kannadi's possession, detailing an invention of hers called a Manascope, the tracks and patterns of aether that the Manascope can observe, and how each one seems to behave. Constantly in the process of editing. Will likely never see publication.
Theme Music
- General: Rabao (FFXI Piano Collection)
- Battle: Something to Protect (FFIX OST)
- Travel: Royal Blood, Fraternal Love (Edgar & Sabin) (FFVI Balance and Ruin, Overclocked Remix)
- Emotional: Rose of May (FFIX OST)
- In Study: Whispers of the Gods (FFXI Piano Collection)
- Internal Struggle: Aishou (Fullmetal Alchemist OST 3)
