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| − | Altima is a Seeker of the sun Miqo'te. One would always see Altima clad in some sort of battle garb. She is quite the slender miqo'te when out of armor. Altima also has purple eyes, one of which was blinded after getting hit with a battlefield-wide attack during the battle of Carteneau. Luckily upon her rescue, they managed to do a quick procedure to repair it and she regained her eyesight back but the procedure wasn't fully successful as her right eye has become discolored and faded. Most people call the eye ominous as no one in Eorzea has ever heard of a spell to revive a dead eye | + | Altima is a Seeker of the sun Miqo'te. One would always see Altima clad in some sort of battle garb. She is quite the slender miqo'te when out of armor. Altima also has purple eyes, one of which was blinded after getting hit with a battlefield-wide attack during the battle of Carteneau. Luckily upon her rescue, they managed to do a quick procedure to repair it and she regained her eyesight back but the procedure wasn't fully successful as her right eye has become discolored and faded. Most people call the eye ominous as no one in Eorzea has ever heard of a spell to revive a dead eye. |
===Behavior=== | ===Behavior=== | ||
| − | + | She is generally quiet and friendly around strangers due to the nature of her work. It does take a while to garner her complete trust as sellswords earn their share of enemies and she has definitely made some along the way. However, once a bond is formed she can be quite chatty and loud towards those that would interact with her. | |
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| + | She does exude a certain amount of dignity, possibly due to her former standing in her home country. | ||
==Combat== | ==Combat== | ||
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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
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| + | She is somewhat proficient in many combat styles and weapons as her training was based on the idea that by using a certain weapon, one learns the nuances, advantages and disadvantages that it brings. However,she has a strong preference for openhanded combat, axes and polearms. She's also seen to have high affinity with thaumaturgy. | ||
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==Tendencies== | ==Tendencies== | ||
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==Rumors== | ==Rumors== | ||
===Common Rumors=== | ===Common Rumors=== | ||
| − | ::* | + | ::* She's going to die in some back alley if she keeps doing what she's doing. - local guardsman |
| − | ::* | + | ::* Definitely one of the better sellswords i've seen in these parts. - Satisfied customer |
| − | ::* | + | ::* Useless, What use is a sellsword that doesn't do anything you ask? - Ul'dahn loanshark. |
===Moderate Rumors=== | ===Moderate Rumors=== | ||
| − | ::* | + | ::* I don't like it when she looks at me. It feels like her right eye is staring deep into my soul. It gives me the goosebumps. - Local shopkeeper. |
| − | ::* | + | ::* I've seen her fight with my own eyes. It's like watching lightning strike. It's magnificent - Arena combatant |
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===Rare Rumors=== | ===Rare Rumors=== | ||
| − | ::* | + | ::* She appears to be looking for something and would do anything for information. Hehe. - Shady tavernkeeper. |
| − | ::* | + | ::* I wouldn't want to be in the same unit as her. Some people have said that a reaper follows her around. - Immortal Flame. |
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===PC Rumors=== | ===PC Rumors=== | ||
| − | ::* | + | ::* None as of the moment. |
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==History/Timeline== | ==History/Timeline== | ||
| − | + | Altima hailed from a small hyur town on a certain continent to the west. She was a war orphan from a campaign that lasted a number of years between 2 warring kingdoms. Altima was eventually picked up at a very young age by a modest Hyur family who ran a local blacksmith and raised her like their own child. Thus, she is unaware of Miqote customs and embraces Hyur culture more than anything else. It was also them that gave her the name Altima, from the legend of the holy angel who guided souls to heaven and aiding in their reincarnation, in hopes that she would receive the angel’s guidance. | |
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| + | She lived a simple life helping her adopted hyur family with the family business until the frontlines of the war reached the town that she lived in. Her town was raided eventually and her adoptive parents were slain. She was then taken in by a Altessia Shadebreaker, a noblewoman/knight who happened to be a close family friend. Growing up inside the Noble’s manse, she learned the ways of chivalry and eventually became a faux noble. Upon reaching her teens, she had started training in the arts of openhanded combat for self-defense and discipline. It was then that she realized her passion for fighting and convinced her adoptive father to let her join the knights corps. She had a knack for it and rose into knighthood at a very rapid pace. | ||
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| + | Upon graduating the academy, she was sent into various battlefields and had moderate success throughout her career. When the war ended, tragedy befell the nobles of the land. Infighting between nobles became a problem and eventually her adoptive mother had passed away for reasons unknown. her relatives who had not considered her to be a “real member of the family” had decided cast her aside unless she would live the life of a common servant and obey their commands. | ||
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| + | Disgusted and stripped of her noble ranking. She left behind the shadebreaker name and gave herself the surname Zeroblade.Shen then decided to forge her own path in life as a sellsword while upholding the values that her mother Altessia cherished. Lost and alone, she encountered a strange man who talked about special stones called auracites that could grant any wish and bestowed upon her the knowledge of where to find them. After learning more about this, she said her goodbyes to her homeland and left for Eorzea where a few of the stones were supposed to be located. | ||
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| + | Upon landing in Uldah, she set up shop and apparently had initial trouble living there. People were crafty and would trick her out of her money with false leads. Eventually she signed up with the immortal flames as a part of a reserve unit to earn more money to continue her search. She participated in multiple skirmishes against the Garleans. However, with each dead end she encountered, her resolve wavered and she had wished to go back home. She decided to help the immortal flames with one last mission before returning to her homeland. This was the battle of Carnteneau | ||
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| + | Altima was assigned to one of the flanking groups so she did not experience much combat However, It was there that she and her unit got hit with an area wide attack by Bahamut almost killing her and costing her eyesight from her right eye.. Half dead and half blinded, she watched bahamut as he razed the entire battlefield and waited for her life to end until, fortunately, passerby had restored her health and her eye using a strange technique/spell. Before she could have the chance to thank the person, Louisioux had initiated the transportation spells to save the adventurers participating in the battle and started to fade out of existence. During that time, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of what seemed to be a necklace carrying a familiar stone worn by the traveller. | ||
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| + | 5 years passed and she emerged just outside of Camp Drybone. Upon realizing that the stones do actually exists, she decides to stay in Eorzea to continue her search for it. | ||
==Annotations== | ==Annotations== | ||
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 Altima Zeroblade
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| Gender | Female |
| Race | Miqo'te |
| Clan | Seeker of the Sun |
| Citizenship | Ul'dah |
Contents
Character
General
Altima is Miqote who migrated to Eorzea a couple of years before the end of the 6th umbral era. She currently works as a freelance sellsword/mercenary for hire in Ul’dah to make ends meet.
She is often seen doing various jobs for the residents of ul’dah and the local guard. Occasionally, she dabbles in immortal flames business as well and participates in skirmishes against invaders.
She often frequents Taverns, especially the quicksand, to relax and at the same time look for information for her missions.
Appearance
Altima is a Seeker of the sun Miqo'te. One would always see Altima clad in some sort of battle garb. She is quite the slender miqo'te when out of armor. Altima also has purple eyes, one of which was blinded after getting hit with a battlefield-wide attack during the battle of Carteneau. Luckily upon her rescue, they managed to do a quick procedure to repair it and she regained her eyesight back but the procedure wasn't fully successful as her right eye has become discolored and faded. Most people call the eye ominous as no one in Eorzea has ever heard of a spell to revive a dead eye.
Behavior
She is generally quiet and friendly around strangers due to the nature of her work. It does take a while to garner her complete trust as sellswords earn their share of enemies and she has definitely made some along the way. However, once a bond is formed she can be quite chatty and loud towards those that would interact with her.
She does exude a certain amount of dignity, possibly due to her former standing in her home country.
Combat
General
She is somewhat proficient in many combat styles and weapons as her training was based on the idea that by using a certain weapon, one learns the nuances, advantages and disadvantages that it brings. However,she has a strong preference for openhanded combat, axes and polearms. She's also seen to have high affinity with thaumaturgy.
Tendencies
Likes
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Relationships
Family
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Friends
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Enemies
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Rumors
Common Rumors
- She's going to die in some back alley if she keeps doing what she's doing. - local guardsman
- Definitely one of the better sellswords i've seen in these parts. - Satisfied customer
- Useless, What use is a sellsword that doesn't do anything you ask? - Ul'dahn loanshark.
Moderate Rumors
- I don't like it when she looks at me. It feels like her right eye is staring deep into my soul. It gives me the goosebumps. - Local shopkeeper.
- I've seen her fight with my own eyes. It's like watching lightning strike. It's magnificent - Arena combatant
Rare Rumors
- She appears to be looking for something and would do anything for information. Hehe. - Shady tavernkeeper.
- I wouldn't want to be in the same unit as her. Some people have said that a reaper follows her around. - Immortal Flame.
PC Rumors
- None as of the moment.
History/Timeline
Altima hailed from a small hyur town on a certain continent to the west. She was a war orphan from a campaign that lasted a number of years between 2 warring kingdoms. Altima was eventually picked up at a very young age by a modest Hyur family who ran a local blacksmith and raised her like their own child. Thus, she is unaware of Miqote customs and embraces Hyur culture more than anything else. It was also them that gave her the name Altima, from the legend of the holy angel who guided souls to heaven and aiding in their reincarnation, in hopes that she would receive the angel’s guidance.
She lived a simple life helping her adopted hyur family with the family business until the frontlines of the war reached the town that she lived in. Her town was raided eventually and her adoptive parents were slain. She was then taken in by a Altessia Shadebreaker, a noblewoman/knight who happened to be a close family friend. Growing up inside the Noble’s manse, she learned the ways of chivalry and eventually became a faux noble. Upon reaching her teens, she had started training in the arts of openhanded combat for self-defense and discipline. It was then that she realized her passion for fighting and convinced her adoptive father to let her join the knights corps. She had a knack for it and rose into knighthood at a very rapid pace.
Upon graduating the academy, she was sent into various battlefields and had moderate success throughout her career. When the war ended, tragedy befell the nobles of the land. Infighting between nobles became a problem and eventually her adoptive mother had passed away for reasons unknown. her relatives who had not considered her to be a “real member of the family” had decided cast her aside unless she would live the life of a common servant and obey their commands.
Disgusted and stripped of her noble ranking. She left behind the shadebreaker name and gave herself the surname Zeroblade.Shen then decided to forge her own path in life as a sellsword while upholding the values that her mother Altessia cherished. Lost and alone, she encountered a strange man who talked about special stones called auracites that could grant any wish and bestowed upon her the knowledge of where to find them. After learning more about this, she said her goodbyes to her homeland and left for Eorzea where a few of the stones were supposed to be located.
Upon landing in Uldah, she set up shop and apparently had initial trouble living there. People were crafty and would trick her out of her money with false leads. Eventually she signed up with the immortal flames as a part of a reserve unit to earn more money to continue her search. She participated in multiple skirmishes against the Garleans. However, with each dead end she encountered, her resolve wavered and she had wished to go back home. She decided to help the immortal flames with one last mission before returning to her homeland. This was the battle of Carnteneau
Altima was assigned to one of the flanking groups so she did not experience much combat However, It was there that she and her unit got hit with an area wide attack by Bahamut almost killing her and costing her eyesight from her right eye.. Half dead and half blinded, she watched bahamut as he razed the entire battlefield and waited for her life to end until, fortunately, passerby had restored her health and her eye using a strange technique/spell. Before she could have the chance to thank the person, Louisioux had initiated the transportation spells to save the adventurers participating in the battle and started to fade out of existence. During that time, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of what seemed to be a necklace carrying a familiar stone worn by the traveller.
5 years passed and she emerged just outside of Camp Drybone. Upon realizing that the stones do actually exists, she decides to stay in Eorzea to continue her search for it.
Annotations
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