Grey Hound

GREY HOUND

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VITAL INFORMATION ■ BIRTH NAME R'mehro Tia ■ ALIAS Grey Hound ■ NICKNAMES Rem (rarely); Grey ■ RACE & CLAN Miqo'te, Seeker of the Sun ■ GENDER Male ■ THEME I'll Be Good

OTHER STATISTICS ■ CITIZENSHIP Unaffiliated ■ RESIDENCE Mists, Ward 1, Plot 60 ■ OCCUPATIONS Tracker/Investigator; Healer ■ PATRON DEITY Not practicing ■ HEIGHT 5 fulms, 8 ilms ■ TV TROPES Unscrupulous Hero; Death Seeker; The Atoner

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• Details
• Combat
• History
• Relationships
• OOC Notes

GENERAL APPEARANCE

Common Appearance: Grey Hound is tall for Miqo'te standards at 5 fulms 8 ilms. His hair and fur are auburn in color, long tail ending in a more brownish shade at the tuft. His eyes are green, though the right one looks like clouded colored glass, ruined by an old wound. The flesh around the eye is disfigured by scarring, the result of severe force from some jagged object. His clothing is usually worn and patched, stained and dusted from travel.

He obviously does not get enough sleep: his eyes are perpetually dark-ringed, indicating poor sleeping habits.

Scars & Markings: The grotesque scarring of his right eye is the clearest identifier of his person. Whatever assault caused the damage was not clean, but brutal, leaving a line of uneven scarring from his brow down his right cheek, almost entirely blinding the eye.

While not immediately evident considering his penchant for being heavily-clothed, the rest of his body is thickly road-mapped with scars. They're of varying ages and sources, from burns to puncture wounds to long slashes, a testament to a life spent previously in highway robbery, currently spent in mercenary-type jobs.

His left leg was severely damaged during a routine job for his Free Company, leaving the limb crippled and the Miqo'te lacking his previous agility and physical capabilities.

Voice: His accent and word usage is difficult to place; it's as if he's adopted a variety of ways to say the same thing. Perhaps due to travel, or perhaps a deliberate attempt on his part. His voice is usually soft, calm, and his stoic nature tends to leak into his tone. Even when angered, his voice tends to level.

Clothing: His attire is pieced together from leathers and simple cloth, the occasional scrap of bone (some of... questionable source) adding to the ensemble. The leather is boiled, offering sturdier protection than mere wool or cotton would provide. He keeps a small, wickedly-sharp hunting knife sheathed at his left leg, and an old gun strapped across his back. Needing a staff to assist him in walking, his hands are often occupied by a very simple jade crook. He favors hats or hoods or helms that hide or at least shade the ugly scarring of his face.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Ambidextrous (though he prefers to use his left hand).
• The right eye is not entirely blinded and can detect movement.
• Has a pet Gaelikitten, who he is uncharacteristically fond of.
• Functional alcoholic.
• Illiterate. He's quick to come up with an excuse as to why he can't read something as opposed to admitting this.

• He doesn't have much interest in learning, it frustrates and flusters him uncharacteristically quickly.

• Bad habit: grinding his teeth. He does it when annoyed, but can also be caught doing it when he's in deep thought or trying to come up with a strategic answer to something.

PERSONALITY

The Miqo'te displays little emotion most of the time. Though he can and does offer the occasional grin or snark, his disposition is usually fairly stoic. He has a tendency to be stubborn in his opinions and beliefs and is slow to change his mind once it's been set. While his intentions are often undeniably good, he often falls into the 'ends justify the means' trap and has no qualms with doing terrible things for a righteous goal. There is a genuine desire to be the 'hero' in him, wanting to be the good guy and aid people, but he often regresses to his brutal and violent tendencies while trying to accomplish this improbable goal.

As a Warden and leader of a division in s sister's Free Company, he can be seen as strict and almost unforgiving. His expectations are high, and he would be the first, albeit reluctantly, to admit that he expects too much too soon from people. For his stringent, rigid attitude and how quick he can be to point out flaws or faults in someone, his loyalty is as steadfast as a hound, befitting his name. He is slow to anger, and even with his physical disabilities, once he snaps, he can get remarkably violent: on more than a couple occasions, he has taken a chunk of flesh from someone's throat with his teeth. He has a terrible knack for holding grudges with obstinance a mule could admire.

Grey's only hobbies appear to be drinking, hunting and people-watching, which he can do contentedly for hours on end, observing as if genuinely interested in the goings-on around him. After a time in his presence, it usually becomes clear that he is not entirely stable. The way his eyes wander suggest that he is looking at things that are not really there, and on occasion, if caught unawares, he has been overheard talking to seemingly no one.

L I K E S ■ Hunting. ■ Drinking. ■ People-watching. ■ Working.	D I S L I K E S ■ Empty boasts/threats. ■ Being approached on his blind side. ■ An empty flask.	I N T O L E R A B L E ■ Water. Aquaphobic. ■ Hypocrisy and/or double standards. Nothing ruffles his feathers quicker.
S T R E N G T H S ■ Relentless. ■ Observant. ■ Protective. ■ Self-sacrificing. ■ Sympathetic.	F L A W S ■ Obstinate. ■ Bloodlust. ■ Cruelty streak. ■ Prideful. ■ While sympathetic, can lack empathy.	M O T I V A T I O N S ■ Duty. ■ Loyalty. ■ Death (eventually).

COMBAT

Though crippled and lacking his former physical prowess, if hard-pressed, he would still lash out like a cornered, rabid hound. Savage and merciless, he is not averse to fighting dirty, going so far as to biting out chunks of flesh, gouging at eyes, throwing sand at an opponent's face, or going for the low blow. His potential brutality is tempered by the fact that he is an easy target, near effortless to overpower in melee with a cheap shot to his bad leg.
Forced to adapt to this lifestyle, Grey has rekindled an interest in guns, long-range rifles in particular. Having a knack for conjury lends its hand in self-defense, though his art leans more towards healing than anything offensive.

HISTORY

THE BEGINNING The Tribe The tribe Grey was born into was atypical, functioning more like a pack of wild dogs than like a civilized nomadic people. Allegedly, the tribe had been started by a Tia who had departed the original Raptor tribe to become a Nunh on his own, hence members having the similar R suffix to their names. Regardless of whether or not this was the truth, the naming convention stuck, but the tribe itself never became anything more than a large band of murderous cutthroats who roamed the coasts of La Noscea, committing highway robbery and murder as they saw fit. Highly unconventional, the Nunh of this tribe served as both primary breader and leader, and fighting for leadership always ended in death. Another unheard of tradition the tribe practiced was to slay the newest litter of the previous Nunh upon their death, which led to many'a mother fleeing in the dead of night with child in tow... though not all of them were always successful in their escape. There was no place for softness or weakness, and children and the elderly who became too ill or too weak to keep up with the tribe were left to die on their own. Whether or not the tribe still remains and functions in La Noscea is anyone's guess, though Grey doesn't seem terribly concerned about encountering any of his old 'family'.

THE NOW Outriders Grey Hound now serves in a Free Company known as the Outriders, an FC his half-sister Naomi Kett founded not long after the siblings were united. While Grey wasn't on board with the company at first, he did eventually join and became one of the Wardens to help run the company. Though not always able to join expeditions with his physical limitations, Grey has found a niche as a healer tending to wounded company members, as well as a lead investigator for the company, organizing a unit known as the Outrider's Investigation Unit. The ORIU is hired to investigate a wide variety of things, from strange deaths to disappearances to thefts.

RELATIONSHIPS

Outriders Investigation Unit COLD CORPSE (Open Case) Where: Remote Central Thanlan, then vineyard in Middle La Noscea Number of Victims: Unknown (est. 7 - 19+?) Case Opened 08/18 Subject Name: Cleaver (alleged; witness report) General Info: ORIU formally known as Bloodhounds Unit was called to Black Brush Station to deal with what was thought to be, and to some degree was, a 'creature' problem. After questioning multiple residents in and around the station, the team was given descriptions of a wild variety of creatures, including a dragon, a snake and a lion. We were also informed of bodies being discovered found frozen solid. The next order of business was to go hunting. After staking out a location where one of the corpses was located, the maimed bodies of several efts were found, partially eaten and rotten. A chimera eventually returned to the scene and was terminated, its head severed and returned to the station as proof of its demise. Upon return to the station, the team discovered that three more bodies were found after the beast's death, frozen solid, not a drop of blood. Two members of the team later went to investigate where one of these bodies was found. It was a cave in remote central Thanlan. Mining cart tracks did pass through the caves, and the cavern was tended, indicating that it was at least trafficked somewhat. This means that the killer knows the area well enough to know the pattern of the man who comes through to tend the torches in the area (name withheld, man has been cleared). A smear of blood in the shape of a medium-human-sized hand print was found on the underside of the table where the corpse was found, and otherwise, the scene was pristine. Small blood droplets led outside of the cave and seemingly vanished. From here the killer appeared to go dormant for almost two months. On 11/14, two bodies were found butchered and packaged like meat at a market in the shed of a vineyard farmer. Through investigation, it was discovered the killer seemed to have been working as a farmhand for this farmer during the time he was 'dormant'. He had left the farmer's employment only a week ago and returned to stock his shed with the frozen packaged bodies of two unidentified bodies. The bodies were likely supposed to be discovered while still in their frozen states early the next morning, the farmer informed the team that his wife did not feel well due to seasonal ailments and he didn't get to his vineyard until much later that morning. By the time he got to his shed, the meat had thawed, leaving a lot of water and a rotten mess. From all accounts, it appears that the killer returned the farmer's house to obtain the key to the shed, as opposed to breaking in, and actually returned the key to its rightful place after unloading the bodies into the shed, after locking up once more. Further questioning of the farmer revealed that the subject was a very skilled and valued farmhand while being employed and the farmer had no problems with the man. The farmer stated that he was one of the best farmhands he'd ever hired. The farmer gave a basic physical description of the man, as well as a name, though the name may be false. It also appears the killer is aware of our investigations and a taunting message was left. The only blood found at the scene was that used to write the message near the ceiling of the shed, reading "Nice to meat you again..." Caution is advised. Subject is growing in confidence and seems to be turning this into a game to play with members of the team. Profile: The killer is left-handed based on reports from Black Brush Station as well as reports from the farmer in La Noscea who he apparently worked under for approximately a month and a half during his cooling off time. He is neither lalafell nor roegadyn based on the handprint found in his blood on the underside of the table in the second body location. The amount of blood and the heavy pooling near the palmprint indicates deep wound that if not tended to magically, should have left a cut deep enough to scar. Based on speaking to residents and merchants in the Black Brush Station, the killer only targets those who will not be missed straight away or at all: travelers passing through, vagrants and the like. He never targets wealthy merchants of permanent members with homes and jobs in the area. Freezing the bodies is ]either an important ritual to him or he was using the recent infestation of the chimera to help hide his crimes. While he was initially using the chimera to hide his crimes, the freezing of the bodies still holds significance as he continues to do it even without the chimera's presence as a cover. Something about the chimera triggered his attacks; before the chimera appeared, there were no reports of spree killings or deaths of such spectacular fashions. Physical Description: (based on eyewitness) Height: 6'8 (? approx.) Age 30 yrs (approx) Hair: Black Eyes: Dark (brown/black?) Skin: Tanned

RELATIONSHIP STATUS LEGEND

♥ Family – ☀ Platonic – ∞ Involved – ღ Romantic – ♡ Passionate –❣ Physical – ♦ Friend – ★ Acquaintance – $ Business – ✝ Deceased – ✔ Positive – ✖ Negative – ● Neutral – � Unsure – ☠ Enemy

PC Naomi Kett ♦ ♥ - Sister Character's Thoughts: "Lucky girl..." Beginning as a simple business associate for a sellsword group the pair began starting up, they spent a great deal of time together, and she became a confidant to some of Grey's more unsavory deeds. The pair eventually discovered they share blood, having the same father, though Naomi was spirited away by her mother shortly after her birth. Anevay Newmoon ☀♡ - Unhealthy Attraction Character's Thoughts: "I can't." Grey and Anevay met when she interviewed him to join a past free company. She quickly earned his trust when she aided him in being released from a company cell after an unfortunate incident not long after his recruitment. His fondness of her grew rapidly during subsequent encounters, and though the two both departed Bastion and went their separate ways, they remained in contact. An acquaintance evolved into a friendship, and he now finds himself attracted to her beyond that of friends. This poses a precarious situation, considering her commitment to another and his own devoted obsession over a long lost lover. Shane Ma'iitsoh ★ ✔ - Little Brother He Never Had :D Character's Thoughts: "Little too eager... but a quick study. Grey met Shane through Vin, and Shane joined the Outrider free company shortly after. By the younger Miqo'te's request, Grey began to train him in the art of knives, and has grown to see him as the younger brother he never got to have. Though overly critical when teaching Shane, he enjoys his sessions mentoring him, almost seeing him like the brother he never had. Rav Anders ★ ✔ - Colleague Character's Thoughts: "Almost as much patience as Ramona..." Rav is an acquaintance met through Naomi in the Outriders Free Company. While his opinion of the man was very lacking for a long stretch of time, he now sees Rav as an asset to Naomi's company. They shared a stint as Wardens together before Rav moved on to station in Ishgard. Ramona Zale ★ ✔ - Colleague Character's Thoughts: "A Warden position will suit her. Hopefully keep her heart steady." Quiet and poised, Ramona grew on Grey quickly after their introduction. Though the two rarely interact outside of company business, he was quick to suggest her name as Rav's replacement for Warden. Her steady head and eternal patience makes her a perfect fit to handle Vanguard duty... and part of him hopes that this will keep her and her weak heart out of situations that might jeopardize her health. Selan Tzitch � - It's Complicated Character's Thoughts: "She's as crazy as I am." Selan was a past partner-in-crime (quite literally!) not long after Grey had left his tribe. Unstable as he was, the two inevitably had a falling out when Selan thought he was trying to cheat her out of their ill-gotten goods. The two have since reconnected after years apart and have formed a tolerable sort of truce. Eyvindr Koltrast ♦ - Long-Time Friend Character's Thoughts: "He needs someone to look out for him... and I owe him." Grey met Vin not long after the severe damage to his eye and face. Vin managed to save his life (though not the eye), and Grey felt immediately and unconditionally obligated to repay this debt. He does so by doggedly looking after his friend.

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OOC NOTES

OOC INFORMATION RP Limits I don't do the ERPs. It'd be easier to seduce Rem's chocobo than Rem anyway. It's fine if you're into it though, I honestly don't care. ^^ Not to say Rem might never get romantically involved, but... well, see chocobo statement above. I'm game for all kinds of gore and swearing and whatever else though, so don't worry about offending li'l old me. Player Info I am based in the USA Central Timezone (-6/-5). I've got a fairly crazy work schedule as I work for a non-profit organization that caters to clients 24/7 every day of the year. I'm usually on late nights for my time zone. I'm also fairly new at RPing here in FF so just a heads up if I'm a complete moron. :3 Lyrics @ history section is Laura Palmer by Bastille.

RP HOOKS ■ Hunter/tracker for hire. ■ Willing to train others. ■ Was a murderer/thief (highwayman).