User:Lukas

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Miqo'te

Seeker of the Sun

Limsa Lominsa

3th sun, 4th UM

5 fulm 8 ilm

170 ponze

Heterosexual

Llymlaen

Team Red

Outriders

GENERAL INFO

Lukas Madrazo is your typical True-Neutral aligned Treasure Hunter. Leader of Team Red, a group dedicated to treasure hunting and a former thief/bandit. Lukas turned away from the chaotic lifestyle in order to pursue a lifestyle where he doesn't constantly have people after his head. For the most part, that previous lifestyle is behind him, though every now and then debris from his past does appear on the road forward.

Lukas is an easy-going guy, who seems to be the personified adaptation of the word 'chill.' He doesn't often get worked up about much, though there are very few things that trigger him. While his personality helps him think of tactful approaches when things get touch, it can also be a negative quality. He often wont care much about things he should care about, which can make him a bad leader, though he'd rather be a reliable number two.

Lukas is currently a part of the Free Company known as Outriders, a group of adventurers who simply help out wherever they're needed for a small fee. Team Red is a small faction within this company.

APPEARANCE

A seasoned adventurer is a good way to describe his appearance. He's often wearing red goggles, for the most part he wears them because they look nice. But he's got plenty of other excuses such as keeping his eyes hidden so that women can't tell if he's eyeing their cleavage, or so that you can't really read his emotional state based off his eyes. He'll often make something up on the spot too.

On his left ear, he wears a bomb earing which is actually a bomb with the strength of a firecracker. His left cheek also has what he likes to refer to as a "fancy scar," which he received at the age of seventeen for not being a loyal lover. [sad horn]

Other than those special objects, his hair his black and his skin is dark. He's got a little stubble on his chin that he will likely never shave. His eyes are golden and he stands pretty tall... for a miqo'te. To others who aren't miqo'te or Lalafell, his height is nothing impressive.

LIKES ■ Honesty Above all else, Renee values honesty and lives a philosophy centred around the idea and ideal of its pursuit, dedicated to it to the point that she avoids actively deceiving others at all costs. ■ Music Not just a bard, but a Limsan and the child of a sailor, Renee generally prefers singing and harps as both make for easy travel. Rarely, she can be found wielding a fiddle. ■ Writing Believing herself partially responsible for the future of the bardic arts, Renee is a hoarder of fantastic-yet-true stories. ■ Woodworking An artefact of her time in the Shroud, Renee is a carpenter of considerable artistic talent and, upon returning to Limsa Lominsa, learned the skills of a shipwright. ■ Limsa Lominsa Patriotic nearly to a fault, Renee believes deeply in both the might and right of her homeland. She is deeply loyal to the thalassocracy, its Admiral, and the rule of law they represent. ■ The word "motherly" Renee's attitude towards much of The Coral Sea, the membership of the same, and a few of her personal friends has taken a fairly parental turn as she's managed to slowly mature to the point a few have called her out on it. She can't help but feel it's proof she's actually matured as a person.

DISLIKES ■ Dishonesty Be it people causing harm by lying to others or causing harm by lying to themselves, Renee openly dislikes people who live their lives without at least passing regard to the value of honesty. ■ Cowardice Renee will readily encourage people who can't fight for themselves to think of their own safety, but one of the easiest ways to lose her respect is to have the power to act and choose not to out of fear. ■ Selfishness Renee has no problem with self-interest and a desire for personal gain, but she draws a stark line with people who live their lives at the detriment of others. ■ Pirates Renee appreciates the history of piracy Limsa had to claw out of and is openly hostile to people who romanticise it and worse to those who would try to bring it back. ■ Racism Between being an adventurer and having grown up in a city with few Elezen, Renee has little tolerance for those with little tolerance. ■ The word "motherly" For however much she might like whatever the word might represent, it being used to describe her makes her uncomfortable on a deep, visceral level.

MOTIVATION ■ Security The Becquerels are a family of the dead and dying and Renee's own life has been defined by a great deal of aimlessness. She eagerly seeks to have a place of her own, both literal and figurative, where she can settle down to a peaceful, prosperous life. ■ Redemption Renee walks around with her fair share of regrets for decisions made in the past. While she's emotionally balanced enough they don't bog her down, she has an inherent desire to prove to herself that she is, in fact, a truly worthwhile person. ■ Love A passionate idealist, Renee's a true romantic and values love as not just the gratification of another, but an ideal truly worthy of earnest pursuit. She cares about loving and earning the love of those she cares about. ■ Self-Control As something she once had a desperate lack of, Renee puts a great deal of weight on self-control and maintaining it within reason, but that doesn't mean she doesn't enjoy life. Renee eagerly seeks a life of... ■ Hedonism A trait she's always had and, for a time, suffered for. Whether she's an earnest and passionate bon vivant or a demented and mentally-unwell lecher might be up for debate, but Renee values the chance to live her life well and share the pleasures of that life with others.

STRENGTHS ■ Tenacious A quality that's defined much of her later life and earned her standing in the Maelstrom. Renee is deliberate about when she engages in conflict, but when she does, she draws stark lines and is willing, if not always eager, to make decisions, come what consequences may. ■ Loyal Though she tries to be at least genial with most everyone she meets, Renee rarely gives others the benefit of her intensely trusting loyalty. To those she does, it is an earnest bond and one that is desperately hard to break and rarely broken without dire cost. ■ Passionate When anyone or anything manages to gain her true affections, Renee's overwhelming earnestness is either an incredible boon or a terribly obnoxious problem. This is especially the case with people she believes need her protection, guidance, or otherwise meddling. ■ Intelligent Being quick-witted and well-educated makes Renee a strong thinker with a tendency to delve into the philosophical. On the battlefield, Renee is a deliberate tactician who rarely leaps into a fray without a well-formed and flexible plan. ■ Socially Deft If nothing else and when it doesn't violate her devotion to an honest life, Renee is capable of practised social grace and considerable charisma or, failing that, considerable superficial charm and outright manipulation. ■ Confident She's aware of her flaws, even pride, but she believes strongly in herself as a good, worthwhile person. The confidence she shows extends far beyond superficial bravado.

WEAKNESSES ■ Prideful For better or worse and often worse, Renee believes herself inherently better than most people. While she has her talents and usually keeps this fault in check, it is entirely possible for her self-righteous habits to come through and rarely do they do so in a way that inspires more confidence than aggravation in others. ■ Meddling While it might be born out of caring for people, Renee has a terrible and terribly obnoxious habit of meddling in the lives of those she feels a combination of worthy, interesting, and needy. ■ Jealous Renee's jealousy goes hand-in-hand with her deep trust. She's protective of what and who she considers hers and, for how much she cares about loving and being loved, fears the loss of those very loved ones. ■ Occasionally Tactless Appreciating open honesty has its downsides. While rarely oafish, Renee tires quickly of showing "unnecessary" grace to people she considers fools and will gladly deliver hard, honest truths just to be done with a frustrating issue. This rarely actually makes anything better. ■ Introspective Being aware of this fault, she seeks the company of those she has some intimate connection with, but her pride often gets the best of her and causes her to fail to fully divulge in just what way she's suffering. When this happens, she tends to pull away from people, dwell on her discomfort, and succumb to a grim moodiness.

QUIRKS ■ "Flowery" From ornate speaking habits, to wild gestures of her hands, and to how she dresses, Renee is especially showy. Whether or not it's ridiculous ostentation or simply a genuine love of theatrics is impossible to tell for sure, but it's a presentation she lowers only when matters require she dial herself down from a solid 11. ■ Intensely Spiritual Much of Renee's adult life has been defined by the spiritual and it shows. She measures problems in equal parts between mortal concerns and those of a "higher" nature. An experience with either death or near-death only intensified this. ■ Handsy There's a point between "fond acquaintance" and "dear friend" where Renee becomes really quite uncomfortable and cares little for personal space. ■ Lacks Self-Control In some areas of her life, Renee possesses incredible discipline and self-control. In other areas of her life, that is absolutely, positively not the case. Her waistline is doubtlessly a clue to one of those areas.

COMBAT

Renee is a surprisingly deadly combatant, making up for what she lacks in certain areas of physicality with a calm, tactical mind, brutal efficiency, and, when necessary, overwhelming force utterly divorced from any concept of proportional response. Renee took up the gun with the spread of modern mechanics as the product of combining Lominsan tactics and Ishgardian technology. Though her technical technical as a machinist don't set her ahead of her field, her aim with and understanding of firearms makes up for her shortcomings in the more cutting-edge aspects of her field.

While she does have some cursory training in other weapons and the sword in particular, this training serves largely as a means of exercise and general combat practise. Her field of expertise is absolutely ranged combat and she relies heavily on the tactics of that speciality. What sets her apart as a combatant is a well-focused calm, eschewing anger and instead focusing on the task at hand with a calm and usually lethal intent. Renee is well aware of her abilities in direct combat and while that is indeed a weakness, she makes it a very difficult to exploit it usually by engaging in tactics many might call unfair.

In terms of both her abilities in combat and her general personality, Renee does not take well to light scraps or, in fact, "honourable" combat. She relies on stealth, the element of surprise, efficiency, and even what some might call actual cheating to ensure victory. Certainly, Renee is not at all embracing the expectations that come with her appearance as a means to get close and land a decisive blow before a fight even begins in earnest. Her attitude towards combat as a lawless affair that must be ended as swiftly as possible goes a long way to explain just why she so eagerly avoids prolonged violence until absolutely necessary.

INTERACTIONS

RUMOURS Some of these rumours are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumours under the Player Character category! ◢ COMMON RUMOURS - Easily overheard. Use these freely! ■ “Aye, Becquerel? I knew that gawky shite a good epoch back. More charm than wits with that one, got run out of Limsa after years of chasing women and laying with the wrong fathers' daughters. Got that 'appetite' under control well enough now, though.” - a longshoreman in Limsa Lominsa ■ “Captain Becquerel's a fine officer, certainly, but uh... Well I did hear she almost throw a private off a bridge for questioning orders direct from the Admiral. Only almost! She's wonderfully loyal to the thalassocracy, maybe a little rabid, but... Well, yes, very loyal!” - a junior officer stationed at the Aftcastle ■ “She's a fine enough woman, isn't she? But she's not, though. I knew that Becquerel back when he was still Renaud, oh was he a charmer and he had hands like you wouldn't believe... Not right though, is it? Nobody who loves themselves that much changes like that for nothing. Damned suspicious, if you ask me.” - a waitress at the Drowning Wench ■ “Don't rightly know why she's in the Maelstrom. See this bow? It's a genuine Becquerel! Sold it to me herself, 'patriot's discount' she said! Hells, I beat a half-dead fishback the rest of the way with the damned thing and it still works a treat! Can't tell you what she learned in Gridania, but be damned if Limsa don't need more woodworkers of her grade.” - an overly enthusiastic Yellowjacket ◢ UNCOMMON RUMORS - A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first! ■ “Becquerel? I worked with him or, rather, her isn't it now? Certainly fine work from an outsider and a good deal more trustworthy than a lot of adventurers before the Calamity, if not quite as skilled. Really thought they were going to settle down and stay, join up with the Gods' Quiver. Good sort, they are, if a bit brutal. 'Tis rare to see an outsider hunt the Coerlclaw so viciously. Suppose fear's a good a tactic as any.” - a member of the Gods' Quiver in the Carline Canopy ■ “What, the dark-skinned, loud, 'Wildwood' with too much jewellery? Surely you mean that Friloux woman, don't you? Oh, I suppose that could be Becquerel, too, but really, it's half-dozen of one, six of the other, isn't it? Even look alike... huh.” - a merchant in Ul'dah selling imported bows ■ “Madame Becquerel? I repaired her roof, you know. The woman's an absolute terror, even if she is every bit of a hundred years old. Suppose that's Ishgardians for you, isn't it? Even when they leave the place for good, they take a little bit of it with them, don't they? Related to those weird Valentione folk as I hear it told! Wait, you mean her grandchild? Hells, don't much know them.” - a carpenter in Gridania ■ “Oh, aye, I know the Apkallu. Good sort, good sort, true and true, real bleedin' heart and all that, but hells. Y'ever seen the inside o' a pirate, like after gettin' flayed and left t' rot in th' sun? I have... After Becquerel got their mitts on 'em.” - a drunken Lalafell drinking with a group of Maelstrom veterans in Limsa Lominsa ◢ RARE RUMOURS - Very rarely overheard. Please ask before using! ■ “I knew Vivienne and Beauvissoix, Thal keep them, lovely folk they were, died fighting at Carteneau. But their child? Could've come from Vivienne's stock, sure enough, she was a bit of a mix herself, but I knew her damned well and she was barren, couldn't conceive. Now I don't know many dark-skinned Elezen Beauvissoix was close to, but I do know a certain brothel owner who was friend to both of them.” - an older Roegadyn woman claiming to be a deckhand of The Coral Sea, the original one ■ “Captain Becquerel's a good officer, certainly, and a fine example of why we let our officers have such free reign, but she's not nearly as smooth as that grin of hers would have you think. After what happened with Shyrdoenwyn, Becquerel nearly getting done in by his own first mate... The man was dead, let me tell you. You don't bleed that much and live. He got back on his feet, sure enough, but you spend that many moons having to work just to breathe while putting that much into trying to fix your First Mate? Little wonder he took it so hard when she died. I'm damned surprised he didn't die a second time. I probably wouldn't be able to look myself in the mirror either, but then... She doesn't have to see that old face anymore, does she?” - a senior Maelstrom officer stationed at the Moraby Drydocks ◢ PLAYER CHARACTER RUMOURS - Feel free to add rumors of your own! ■ “Feel free to add your own rumours here!” - some random schlub ■ “Wakkeyha... Waking Oak. She stands tall and proud, with roots that reach far below the earth and branches the stretch far into the sky. When ill winds blow, she will not yield to them, yet nor will she break. Still, she is but waking. Learning what such reaches and powers mean, unaware of the strength she possesses. It is a shame, and a grace.” - Staelufre Lysmerl ■ "I know her from Meli's party! People talked about her like is very important to them. She is tricky too. She try make me think she is man." - Flickering Ember

RELATIONS ♥ Romantic Love | ♥ Platonic Love | ♥ Sexual Attraction | ✔ Positive | ✖ Negative | ● Neutral note: Characters with whom Renee's had considerable dealings. Updated when the player manages to remember! Annaliese Sellecere ( ✔ ♥ ) Met through Giselle, Renee appreciates Annaliese's more serious attitude and appreciates even more that attitude doesn't go far enough to become sour and unpleasant. Between Giselle and Annaliese, Renee has the feeling of actually belonging to a relatively normal social group, even if most of what they do together is smoke, gossip, and meddle in the lives of people who don't want them meddling in their lives. Chise Tobukizu ( ♥/♥ ♥ ) For almost no explicable reason, Renee absolutely adores Chise and feels a genuine, eager love for her. Renee likes the person Chise is but she sees in Chise something she has seen in others and, to a much lesser extent, sees in herself. She seems someone for whom any hope of true normalcy was stolen by war. Worse yet, she sees someone who has been so robbed of any concept of a normal, healthy, stable life that she can't recognise just how unsustainable her own life is. Still, Renee doesn't pity Chise outright, she merely sees Chise's happiness as a kind of personal project, as something good she wants to bring into the world. The obliviousness she feigns around much of Chise's discomfort with open affection is something she believes she does for Chise's sake as, in her mind, the discomfort is nothing more than a kind of growing pain. All her meddling and affection aside, Renee has no real end-game plan for Chise beyond wanting to work with her organisation much in the way the Maelstrom works with the Upright Thieves and obnoxiously intertwining her life with Chise's if for literally no other reason than she really, truly does love the awful creature. Dhemgeim Shyrdoenwyn ( ♥ ♥ ) Dhemgeim was a friend and a catalyst for an immense amount of change in Renee's life, including some of the most obvious. Though they were wildly different people, Renee viewed their lives as oddly similar, capable of great potential but hampered by deep flaws. It was Renee's experience with Dhemgeim, both in life and in death, that turned her desire to enable the potential of others into a more nurturing and even parental desire to protect the good in others. In death, Dhemgeim holds a unique place in Renee's heart and while she will own the woman's flaws, Renee assertively defends Dhemgeim's memory. Ehla Selhah ( ♥ ♥ ) Almost immediately upon meeting her, Renee was fond of Ehla and that fondness only grew with time and has evolved into a unique and, arguably, uniquely unhealthy relationship. They share much of their senses of humour, though Ehla tends to be the more vindictive of the two. With Ehla's tendency to not just hide the truth but lie outright, Renee dreads the possibility of being unable to tell what from Ehla is true and what isn't, but is fond enough of her to trust her. Being a romantic but not an idiot, Renee is well aware Ehla is deeply flawed but sees her as a victim of circumstances and otherwise a genuinely good person. For better or worse (arguably usually worse), Renee wants little more from Ehla than honesty and love. Georgette Friloux ( ✔ ♥ ) Renee deeply values everything Georgette did for her in her youth. Georgette and the Muse provided Renee a healthy, or at least non-destructive, outlet for what was almost certainly a form of addiction. For better or worse, Renee almost sees Georgette as a role model, an intelligent and generally shrewd woman who knows well how to guard what is hers, whatever her motivations might be. Giselle Friloux ( ✔ ♥ ) Given their almost unseemly similarities, Giselle and Renee made fast friends with one-another. The two have an odd connection through Giselle's mother, Georgette, but met and became friends independently, though their mutual appreciate for the Muse - Georgette's brothel - hastened the growth of their friendship. The bizarre similarities between Renee and Giselle are a frequent subject of discussion and humour, but they write off these similarities as coincidence. They are, in fact, complete idiots. Jancis Milburga ( ✔ ♥ ) Renee appreciates Jancis' seemingly unflinching grace as a diplomat and views her as an almost aspirational figure as Renee believes her to be someone considerably more "normal" than herself while still being uniquely decent. L'aenoh Tia ( ✔ ) An officer of The Coral Sea and a friend. Given his "unique" personality, Renee choosing L'aenoh as an officer lead to some consternation with certain members of the company, but it was a decision Renee has been glad to see validated by a stalwart and surprisingly reliable companion. With L'aenoh having married her sister, Renee accepts the man as a brother. Reinette Sompt ( ♥/♥ ♥ ) Without a doubt, Renee deeply cares for Reinette and aches for every pain the woman feels. To say Renee is in love with Reinette is a massive understatement but Renee is emotionally healthy and generally mature enough to live with her unrequited affections (usually) without inflicting herself on the poor woman any more than she already does with everyone else, though her bias for Reinette often blinds her to the woman's very mortal flaws. With Reinette now serving as Renee's First Officer and Practitioner to The Coral Sea, Renee has taken it upon herself to do what she can to improve Reinette's lot in life and help the woman see the good in herself. Rinhilda Stonebreaker ( ♥ ♥ ) Rinhilda represents the stable, reliable life Renee wants for herself in the long-term. Their relationship started around doing light adventuring work together, but as Rinhilda left the lifestyle of adventuring, Renee started getting an idea of just what it means to live a more "normal" life. Sarchetseg Horo ( ♥ ♥ ) Staelufre Lysmerl ( ♥ ) Staelufre is one of the one of the first people Renee consistently travelled with and fought alongside as an actual partner. Renee very much views their relationship as familial to the point of calling her sister and grants the Miqo'te no small amount of leeway and favouritism. In spite of whatever Staelufre may see Renee as, Renee sees Staelufre as a peer and a dear companion in life. Tausenadel Geispsyrsyn ( ✔ ) An officer of The Coral Sea and someone Renee considers a friend. Renee appreciates Tausenadel's more "sensitive" approach to things and generally tender heart, though it may not always be entirely obvious to him. She's come to show him considerably more patience after the death of his wife, Dhemgeim Shyrdoenwyn, fully aware of the immense pain he undoubtedly suffers for it. Renee appreciates Tausenadel for having much the same view of Limsa Lominsa and the thalassocracy's current regime as a truly worthy break from Limsa's not-always-upstanding past. Though it is not something she'd put to plain words for fear of embarrassing the man, she views Tausenadel as the kind of man most Limsans should be. Vilsewaen Steinhoh ( ♥ ) Unlike Staelufre, Renee does not view Vilsewaen as a parental figure but a mentor and a friend. Through Vilsewaen, Renee's already spiritual view of the world deepened and developed into an appreciation of nobler callings than simple security. MISCELLANY Potential Hooks ■ An officer of the Maelstrom: There are a million and one reasons someone might need to get a hold of someone with Renee's rank, as someone in the Maelstrom or otherwise. ■ Carpentry: Renee's a talented carpenter who's well-known enough that someone in need of one may well come looking for her. Outside Links: ■ Character Tumblr - Occasionally-updated character blog with all manner of extra stuff going on Misc Info: ■ Template adapted from Bancroft Gairn, with edits by Xheja Rajhera / N'hadiya Khei.