Reima Awen

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Gender	Female
Race	Hyur
Clan	Midlander
Citizenship	Gridania
Age	21
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Messenger
Height/Weight	5 fulms 3 ilms/106 ponz
Orientation	Heterosexual
Relatives	Rhys Awen (Father, Presumed Dead) Elimere Awen (Mother, Presumed Dead)

Author's Note: This page is still under construction.

"What good is our still having a world to live in, if we are afraid to find what it is we are living for?"

Basic Info

Under construction.

Appearance & Personality

Physical Appearance

■ Build: Slight, slender ■ Height: 5 fulms 3 ilms. ■ Weight: 106 ponz. ■ Hair Color: Auburn ■ Hair Style: Typically worn loose, or in low plaits.

■ Eye Color: Grey-hazel ■ Skintone: Fair ■ Distinguishing Features: While not a physical characteristic, Reima is rarely without a specific pendant; a shard of crystal dangling from a silver chain.

Under construction.

Mannerisms

■ Often toying with the crystalline amulet around her neck. ■ Has a tendency to lose herself in "deep thought" while in public. ■ Occasionally appears to be speaking to herself.

Personality

Under construction.

By nature a bright and cheerful person, Reima is rarely seen without a smile on her face. She bears a genuine love for even the simplest aspects of the world around her, and so tries--despite whatever hardships she may have faced--to view most things with an optimistic attitude and a youthful enthusiasm. This coupled with the way in which she wears her heart quite visibly on her sleeve, lead many to believe Reima a rather naive individual. While that assessment might be true, it doesn’t stop the young woman from trying to be taken seriously.

Behind the smiles, however, is an unspoken loneliness and solemnity. Reima is aware that despite having lived five years of her life as a refugee in Ul’dah, she’s never quite fit in as one of its people. Coming “home” to Gridania and facing treatment no different than that of any other outsider has established the Calamity as having stolen away not only the bulk of her memories, but her place in the world as well. To this day, she finds her greatest comforts alone in the presence of those things that others cannot see or hear.

LIKES ■ Heights and scenic vantage points ■ Birds ■ Music ■ Warm Winds ■ Thunderstorms ■ Spicy foods

DISLIKES ■ Awkward situations ■ Mean-spirited individuals and general cruelty ■ Being treated like a child ■ The dark

KEY TRAITS ■ Kind-hearted ■ Naive ■ Headstrong ■ Wistful ■ Curious ■ Gentle ■ Clumsy ■ Adventurous

Hobbies and Talents

■ Has some small musical talent with the flute, pipes, and harp. While she enjoys singing, Reima reserves that pastime for privacy. ■ As a fledgling Hearer, is able to commune with Hydaelyn’s elementals ■ Is a passable weaver and seamstress ■ Handles a bow with amateur skill

Biography

Before the Calamity

Reima’s life before the events of Carteneau remains as a series of vague memories, as the shock of what transpired that day was enough to tear them asunder. Born in the Twelveswood to the archer Rhys Awen and his wife Elimere, Reima was raised to uphold the same traditions as any other who called the Shroud home. Growing up, she revered the Elementals and was instructed in the basics of Conjury by her mother. To this, Reima took quickly, and found happiness in her ability to speak with the spirits of nature and to aid others through their boon.

That barely-remembered life of peace would come to an abrupt halt as Eorzea faced the end of Sixth Astral Era. Reima would be separated from her mother and father when they set out for Mor Dhona and what would become the Battle of Carteneau. Though Reima followed, fervently insisting that she could be of use, she would be turned away by Elimere. In their final moments together, Elimere would bestow upon her daughter a single sliver of crystal long-worn around her neck; an heirloom passed down for so long that its story was lost to time...

...much as Reima’s own would be.

After the Calamity

The crowded, desperate, and sorrowful streets of Ul’dah were the first of Reima’s new memories. All that happened prior to the fall of Dalamud was an unknown, save for her name. She knew that something awful had happened--everyone knew. Eorzea had been left in ruins, and the young woman found herself utterly lost and alone.

Fortune would come in the form of a Dunesfolk Seamstress, Babayo Bayo, who took pity on the bedraggled youngling sleeping outside her shop front night after night. It was Babayo who took the girl in, washed her and clothed her, and put her to work as an apprentice weaver. Reima obliged without question, thankful for the turn of fate. The Lalafell proved to be a stern but nevertheless compassionate guardian, and Reima would spend the next five years eking out a new life amongst the people of Ul’dah.

As time went on, flickers and fragments of Reima’s previous world would slowly begin to return. It began with quiet, whispered voices that she could barely understand. Before long, there were dreams as well; memories of green. They came as visions of sprawling forests and secret glades with their carpets of flowers. Gradually, the voices that Reima picked up on the winds began to make more sense, and the connection she once shared with the Elementals creaked open like a door with hinges that had been long rusted shut.

Reima knew of Gridania, shrouded in the safety and sanctity of the Twelveswood, and knew too of the conjurers of Stillglade Fane. She knew that they were a folk who could speak with the unseen things of this world--that were the world--and began to wonder if they might aid in riddling out the voices and their whispers. Knowing that there was a “something” to be fulfilled in her, Reima resolved to make her way north toward the Black Shroud. Bidding farewell to Babayo and thanking the Lalafell for everything she had done, the young woman took up what few belongings she kept and, in the warm seasons of 1577, caught a caravan bound for answers.

Present Day

For just over a year, Reima studied with the conjurers of Stillglade Fane. Returning to Gridania had sparked a surge of newly returned memory--and of remembered purpose--but so much was still lost in the fires of the Calamity. All the same, the girl accepted what was, and the bond between she and the Elementals began to strengthen anew. Reima understood the whispers now--most, at least.

Her dreams did not cease, and carried with them now a far stranger nostalgia. In those rare, disjointed visions were grand, spiraling towers that touched the skies, while now and then there was sight of a gallant, smiling figure obscured by a blinding light. While Reima was slowly able to associate some of her dreaming with the returning memory of her time in Gridania--and those waned--it was these more surreal images and their dusty familiarity that perplexed her. Perhaps, had they not come so frequently, she would have forgotten them altogether. Instead, they lingered in her mind as though they’d been a part of her all along.

Fueled by incorrigible curiosity and an adventurous spirit that grows all the more free by the day, Reima is determined to continue filling the voids left in her mind and heart. To that end, she holds on to the strange visions that still plague her and to those whispers that she cannot yet identify, developing a fascination with the uncharted lands and ancient secrets of Hydaelyn. To this day, as she seeks to do what she might for a world that’s given her a new life, she keeps the company of invisible friends close beside her and a crystal suspended over her heart; the comfort of both a guide toward whatever she might uncover.

RUMORS Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! ◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard) ■ "There's something not quite right with that one. Always talkin' to things that ain’t there." ■ ■ ◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ■ ■ ■ ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ ■ ■ ◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players) ■ ■ ■ ■

RELATIONS ♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Poor Standing ♥ Babayo Bayo (NPC) : Description

Roleplaying Connections

You might know Reima if…

■ ...you've done business with the seamstress Babayo Bayo in Ul’dah since the Calamity (Year 1572 ET). Reima would make deliveries and perform some mending work. ■ ...you’ve spotted her while in the Ruby Road Exchange, in Ul’dah. She could often be found browsing the stalls and speaking in a friendly manner with merchants, and so may appear to be familiar. ■ ...you’ve frequented the Stillglade Fane in Gridania at any point since the launch of FFXIV ARR (Year 1577 ET).

Contacts and Out-of-Character Information

■ I thoroughly enjoy random roleplaying, and I welcome walk-ups! Please send me a "/tell" if you think I might be OOC, as I am still trying to absorb the game's main story content. ■ You can reach me at the RPC through a private message to "Reima". ■ Feel free to contact me through my FFXIV Character Tumblr, as well!

Footnotes

Theme Song: Key to My Heart (Piano)

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