Momone Mone

[edit] Basic Information Background Relations Miscellaneous Rumors OOC Notes Error creating thumbnail: File missing  Momone Mone Error creating thumbnail: File missing "At your service!" Gender Female Race Lalafell Clan Dunesfolk Citizenship Ul'dah Age 39 Relationship Status Single Occupation Free Paladin Height/Weight 3'1"/49 lbs Orientation Straight Rendezvous of Stars Server: Balmung Role-Play Style: Family Friendly w/ some Mature Themes Contacts: D'ranmaia Shenn Website: Rendezvous of Stars Language: English Time-Zone: Primarily CST but EU friendly RP Element: The Star of Abundance Headquarters: Ward 8, the Goblet Appearance Put stuff in here! Personality Momone carries very strong notions of what it means to be a knight, and holds herself to an extremely high standard of what that entails: courtesy, kindness, holding one's word as their bond, duty, and self-sacrifice. So committed is Momone to living this ideal and paying homage to the knights and Sultansworn of old that, for a time, on taking up the mantle of Sultansworn, she adopted the archaic form of the common tongue for her speech. Though she was first ridiculed for it, she endured in adopting it, and used it for several years. Curiously, she has recently dropped its usage and returned to speaking in her normal vernacular. To Momone, an Oath is an Oath, and though she was released from her service as a Sultansworn to become a Free Paladin, she carried deep personal guilt over the decision to ask to be released from it - which was spurred on by the greater destiny and circumstances regarding the Rendezvous of Stars. Despite the support she has received from friends she was willing to confide in, and eventually coming to peace with her decision, she still expects that she will have to answer to the Twelve at the end of her life for the reasons she broke her oath. Although she chose the life of a paladin, Momone maintained her culinary skills as a hobby, and is an extremely accomplished culinarian. She particularly enjoys challenging, technical cooking, but is loathe to admit it out of worry that to do so would be prideful. Throughout the course of her life, she has developed 'crushes' on a few men, but has never known how to act on any of them. She chose, instead, to quietly endure them: unsure of how to actually express her affection with any of them. She has only 'dated' someone once, recently, which ended in heartbreak for the inexperienced Lalafell. Momone is attracted primarily to other Lalafellin men, but has also been attracted to Elezen, Midlanders and - only once - a Highlander. Momone enjoys reading, greatly, and goes to books for insight into problems just as much as she would to a trainer or an expert in a field. On a personal note, she is very interested in the history of Ishgard: home to some of the most storied knights that have existed. Known among her friends and acquaintances for having a friendly, warm, and gregarious disposition, on return from a sudden absence related to the ongoings of the Rendezvous of Stars, she has also seemed more religiously preoccupied. She is also now extremely reluctant to travel by aetheryte, and will seek other modes of transport wherever possible. Background Momone Mone was born and raised in Ul'dah, and has lived in or within the vicinity of the great City-State her whole life. The only child of a fishmonger and a seamstress with a prodigal talent for cooking, she was born into what would be described among the Ul'dahn people as a 'middle-class' family that was part of the merchant class. Earning most of their coin through selling fish, food, or tailoring work, the trio of them lived a relatively uncomplicated life set apart from the political machinations which truly ran the world in which they lived. As a girl, Momone was incredibly close to her family, and had the good fortune of growing up in a home with an equally loving mother and father. In her formative years, she was never far away from them, and in their shadows learned the basics of the trades which formed the foundation of their family's livelihood. Yet, of those skills, cooking was what took root in Momone. In her mother's kitchen, Momone was a constant shadow, eagerly helping to prepare pies and dishes made with the catch that her father brought each day. Yet culinary pursuits were not all that captivated her. The city's own Sultansworn were a focal point for girlish dreams of far-away fantasies of knights in gleaming armour, protecting the weak and helping those most in need. But her childish fantasies did not fade; they grew into a passion, and the stories and history of the noble order sworn to protect the lives of the royal family supplanted themselves in her heart. Convinced she had found her life's calling, she enlisted in the Immortal Flames at age 20 with the intention of shaping herself into the knight she wanted to be. Enlisting as a greenhorn with no martial experience at all, Momone resolved to learn the sword and shield from the beginning. Though hardly a quick study, she remained willfully determined to master the art, and initially made up for her physical weaknesses with tenacity. Training tirelessly while serving her duty, she eventually began to rise through the ranks of the Flames. At 27, she received her first promotion into the Sergeant ranks, and at 33 was promoted to Chief Flame Sergeant of her Unit. Through the years of service, her determination never faltered, and she became a mentor to training other greenhorn Flames. The political movements of the Sixth Astral Era, however, eventually brought the Garlean conflict to Ul'dah. As part of the grand alliance between Eorzea's Grand Companies, Momone Mone and her unit of the Flames marched on the Carteneau Flats. Though the Flames took heavy losses in all, Momone survived, and received her final promotion to Second Flame Lieutenant after. After helping to put the Flames back together in the wake of the Calamity, at the urging of her comrades, friends, and family who knew her dreams, Momone sought application to undergo the trials to become Sultansworn. Undertaken before the order's 'relaxing' of the trials, the training itself tested her martial prowess, her knowledge of the order's history, and her honour. One year later, Momone took her vows, becoming Sultansworn at age 36. However, in mysterious circumstances which baffled her fellow Sworn brothers and sisters, as well as her former comrades in the Flames, Momone submitted to Grandmaster Papashan to be released from her Oath and permitted to walk the path of the Free Paladin. Though he consented, the mystery behind why Momone seemed to throw away her lifelong dream only two years after attaining it remains unsolved. It is rumoured that she has been spending much of her free time at a Host Club situated in the Goblet, and that she may have given up on her training entirely to become a cook. Relations ♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Platonic Love ♦ Friends ● Good Standing ★ Bound by Fate ✖ Enemies ● Bad Standing ➘ Long Lost Friend ➵ Employee/Colleague ☛ Acquaintance ✗ Deceased Family Status Name Details ♥ Pepena Pena Momone's mother - Now a sous chef at the Bismarck, and the origin for her own talent for cooking. They are very protective of one another. ♥✗ Mimidai Gegedai Momone's father - a fisherman and merchant who lived a relatively peaceful existence with her mother and she. Her father and mother often quarrelled, but love held out for the pair. Died from a sudden illness two years after the Calamity. The Stars Status Name Details ★ Mikh'a Elakha Her respect for Mikh'a continues to grow for each time they meet. He is one of the few figures in her life that she would go above and beyond for. ● N'khai Nunh They've been through a lot together, friendship prevailing dire circumstances. ● Ronin'ra Jinehga Despite everything they've been through, despite the harm he has brought - intentional or not - she continues to trust him enough to let him visit. There's a part of his charm she can not resist, and even though he has been a fool, she regards him as one of the smartest people she knows. He is still alive, after all. ● Kale Aideron An old friend that she still pesters with a visit now and then. ♦ ★ Aeron Volkova If she could put words to it, she would describe their friendship as a curious one. Despite being from very different walks of life, she finds she has a lot more in common with Aeron than she'd ever guessed she would have. ● Emelc Vrand A frequent sight when she is in Ul'dah, she enjoys talking with him and occasionally does a bit of work together. ● Maidar Haragin She knows him as "Grey", and met him in Ul'dah. She suspects he's involved in some manner of illegal trade. ☛ Blazerro Draken They met at an auction and then attended a more relaxed event together, leaving Nailah with a good impression. ☛ J'inarah Marad & J'kilid Tia Business associates which she frequently sees at social occasions. She has grown fond of them and their operation, and especially likes beating them in dodgeball. ➵ Wah'gahr Lupercal Luper is one of the best hiring she's seen in the company for a long time. She enjoys working with him. ➵ Sinkur Kagon They met in the Dravanian Forelands. She had her foot stuck in a trap, and he helped her free. In return, she brought him to Thanalan and later hired him. ➵ Lorelei Larkin She does not know a lot about Lorelei, but wants to do the best she can to help him. ➵ June Barkolov She doesn't know much about June, but appreciates her work in the Company. ➵ N'velhi Tia Trouble got a name. Despite everything, she still sees some good in him. ➵ Y'lani Kalihd Nailah is still puzzled by the dialect. ➵ Mauh'a Relehna Whilst a compromise may have been reached between them, she is unlikely to ever trust him again. ➵ Xylen Kendai ➵ Haydn'to Kalmar Recently hired for the purposes of gaining intel. She also broke his nose once. ➵ Vin Demonte ➵ Leon Raines ➵ Y'ahna Tia He gives so many compliments that they lose their meaning. ➵ Cirina Malqir ➵ Sayuri Yona ➘ Leanna Vist Former employee of the Kindred. ➘ Jikam Constans Jikam has turned out to be as good a friend as he is a business partner. However it has been many moons since she last heard from him. ➘ Vincent Lacroix By now, she is convinced he might have perished. ➘ Lorric Wright She has not seen Lorric anywhere for quite a while. ➘ W'pondahl Amih Now and then Nailah wonders if Pond is still doing alright. ➘ Templeton Leach An old acquaintance. ✖ Vijara Windaar A long conflict turned bloody. Vijara is now deceased. ● Syleion Zereius She largely perceives him as a miserable idiot and a hopeless romantic, occasionally wondering why some good people have to turn out to be daft. ● Sashana Star Hell will likely have to freeze over before these two ever, genuinely, see eye to eye again.