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Perhaps best described as a semi-feral, leaking dingy patched with sheer stubbornness and wishful thinking, Sarnai is a woman of many internal conflicts, confusions, and is prone to reaction over thought. Though people are one of the things that definitely make her anxious, she manages to be quite cordial with most of them. If she likes you, you'll find a deadpan smartass alternating between warm words and playful barbs - Sarnai is not the best at displaying affection or cameredie, but she does try in her own way. For most however, she presents a reasonable but relatively unapproachable front. Sarnai is prone to concealing her thoughts and feelings regardless of whether or not it actually matters, believing an impassive and unmoveable facade is nessecary to move through life without trouble. | Perhaps best described as a semi-feral, leaking dingy patched with sheer stubbornness and wishful thinking, Sarnai is a woman of many internal conflicts, confusions, and is prone to reaction over thought. Though people are one of the things that definitely make her anxious, she manages to be quite cordial with most of them. If she likes you, you'll find a deadpan smartass alternating between warm words and playful barbs - Sarnai is not the best at displaying affection or cameredie, but she does try in her own way. For most however, she presents a reasonable but relatively unapproachable front. Sarnai is prone to concealing her thoughts and feelings regardless of whether or not it actually matters, believing an impassive and unmoveable facade is nessecary to move through life without trouble. | ||
As an ex-soldier and a (usually) professional mercenary, Sarnai has a good grasp of her temper and there are few things which can actually genuinely irritate her to the point of spitting fury. You'll know when you find them. Despite her stoicism, she is very prone to expressing her mood in body language and nervous habits, particularly with her tail. | As an ex-soldier and a (usually) professional mercenary, Sarnai has a good grasp of her temper and there are few things which can actually genuinely irritate her to the point of spitting fury. You'll know when you find them. Despite her stoicism, she is very prone to expressing her mood in body language and nervous habits, particularly with her tail. | ||
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia"><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <font style="color:#444146;">'''Music'''. Most people like some form of music, but Sarnai is entranced by skilled use of instruments of any kind. She finds melody immensely soothing. Not sure if Sarnai's nearby? Play a flute or sing. She'll scurry out of the woodwork immediately. </font></div> | : <div style="font-family:Georgia"><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <font style="color:#444146;">'''Music'''. Most people like some form of music, but Sarnai is entranced by skilled use of instruments of any kind. She finds melody immensely soothing. Not sure if Sarnai's nearby? Play a flute or sing. She'll scurry out of the woodwork immediately. </font></div> | ||
: <div style="font-family:Georgia"><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <font style="color:#444146;">'''Crafting'''. Sarnai is ''TERRIBLE'' at making delicate things. She's barely capable of sewing in a straight line. But she does greatly enjoy the calm that comes with simply making something, or more realistically - watching others craft. </font></div> | : <div style="font-family:Georgia"><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <font style="color:#444146;">'''Crafting'''. Sarnai is ''TERRIBLE'' at making delicate things. She's barely capable of sewing in a straight line. But she does greatly enjoy the calm that comes with simply making something, or more realistically - watching others craft. </font></div> | ||
− | : <div style="font-family:Georgia"><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <font style="color:#444146;">'''Horses'''. Upon her fourth year of service to the Maelstrom, Sarnai was overjoyed to be presented with her own bay gelding, complete with blazoned barding. Horses are something she has ridden ever since she was small, and few things make her as happy as simply racing across the countryside astride his back.</font></div> | + | : <div style="font-family:Georgia"><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <font style="color:#444146;">'''Horses'''. Upon her fourth year of service to the Maelstrom, Sarnai was overjoyed to be presented with her own bay gelding, complete with blazoned barding. She named him Temur, and loves him dearly. Horses are something she has ridden ever since she was small, and few things make her as happy as simply racing across the countryside astride his back.</font></div> |
− | : <div style="font-family:Georgia"><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <font style="color:#444146;">'''Au Ra'''. Sarnai was already half-grown by the first time she ever saw another race. She doesn't quite... "get" eorzean races and feels far more comfortable in the prescence of other Au Ra. Particularly Xaela. Particularly Xaela | + | : <div style="font-family:Georgia"><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <font style="color:#444146;">'''Au Ra'''. Sarnai was already half-grown by the first time she ever saw another race. She doesn't quite... "get" eorzean races and feels far more comfortable in the prescence of other Au Ra. Particularly Xaela. Particularly Xaela males. Not that she'd ever admit such a thing of course.</font></div> |
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+ | : <div style="font-family:Georgia"><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <font style="color:#444146;">Sarnai's favored weapon is a foreign zweihander she had restored from a damaged, discarded blade. Like most of her things, she gave it a name - Amlalt, a xaelic word that means Promise. She often thinks of the weapon as a companion as much as a tool.</font></div> | ||
+ | : <div style="font-family:Georgia"><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <font style="color:#444146;">Likewise, Sarnai's bow has a name - Nogaikhazaj baina, or the Dog's Bite, as it belonged to her father before her.</font></div> | ||
+ | : <div style="font-family:Georgia"><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <font style="color:#444146;">Sarnai isn't particularly fond of keeping pets, but she has a few beasts as companions. Gyeilsuvag, her Yol, lives mostly wild in Othard's fanged crescent - Temur, her horse, she (attempts) to keep contained outside her apartment... Or at least out of people's gardens. Though she also owns a chocobo named Keelie, she only ever takes the bird on hunting trips as she is not particularly fond of them and he has a temper that gives her pause.</font></div> | ||
+ | : <div style="font-family:Georgia"><font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <font style="color:#444146;">Sarnai is fascinated by primals, although she has never seen one due to the risk of enthrallment. She would probably risk it for a chance to fight one.</font></div> | ||
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− | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Alias:</b> Ash | + | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Alias:</b> Ash, Snappy |
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Citizenship:</b> Limsa Lominsa | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Citizenship:</b> Limsa Lominsa | ||
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Birthplace:</b> Azim Steppe | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Birthplace:</b> Azim Steppe | ||
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Ethnicity:</b> Tribal Raen (Malaguld) | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Ethnicity:</b> Tribal Raen (Malaguld) | ||
− | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Language(s):</b> Xaelic, Yanxian, Eorzean | + | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Language(s):</b> Xaelic, Yanxian, Eorzean (Spoken word only) |
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Orientation:</b> Heterosexual | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Orientation:</b> Heterosexual | ||
− | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Marital Status:</b> Single | + | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Marital Status:</b> Single 'n absolutely hopeless |
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Commonly found in:</b> Limsa Lominsa, La Noscea, Mist, The Shroud, Reunion, Azim Steppe, Yanxia, Kugane | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Commonly found in:</b> Limsa Lominsa, La Noscea, Mist, The Shroud, Reunion, Azim Steppe, Yanxia, Kugane | ||
− | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Occupation:</b> Mercenary | + | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Occupation:</b> Mercenary, Huntress, ''Fate's Cross'' Trainee/Problem Child |
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Hair color:</b> Blonde | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Hair color:</b> Blonde | ||
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Eye color:</b> Red | : <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> <b>Eye color:</b> Red |
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Sarnai Malaguld is a warrior hailing from the Far East - born and raised on the wild steppes of Azim and the Ryakgyr Peninsula. Though she has traveled far through her life she still strongly identifies as a tribal raen, no matter what she is forced to become to adapt to the situations she finds herself in. She wields a bow and sword with a well-practiced air, more at home in the wilds than in a city. Her life has lead her to many places, seen her fill many roles - from a tiny spitfire hefting her father's sword against imaginary enemies, to a lone huntress on the wild steppe, to a fugitive in foreign lands. From a penniless vagrant washing up on La Noscean shores, to a Storm recruit, to a haggard mercenary. Perhaps to something more, still.. Recently, Sarnai's life has taken a turn for the inconvenient. No longer in the employ of the Maelstrom, she lacks a purpose and has found herself falling back into the role of a wandering mercenarcy to keep her coinpurse weighted. Perhaps she's simply grown used to being told what to do and no longer remembers what it is like to be truly free. She haunts the streets of sprawling cities foreign to her, dogged wherever she goes by the furtive whispering of a strange etched stone she carries close to her heart...
A keen eye may notice...
Sarnai is largely monochromatic in color. Every hair, scale and feature on her body is a uniform ivory-white, from her thick eyelashes to her short-but-sharp claws. Her skin is very pale, with only the slightest tinge of pink added from much time in the sun. Deep crimson eyes offer the only spark of color.
Sarnai is built taller and a little broader than most auri females - still somewhat shorter than a hyur, but much more solid. She is quite lean, but otherwise packed with functional muscle. There is no mistaking her build for anything other than the body of a warrior. There is the suggestion of natural curves to her form, but she would seem to be a bit too underfed and haggard to give them prominence. All in all, she is built much like a steppe tiger - solid, sleek, and powerful. Smeared across the centre of Sarnai's face is a grey blazon much like a cross or the hilt of a sword. Parts of it frequently rub off into her bangs, leaving them stained grey. From the burned scent, it seems to be mostly made of ash, and is quite water soluable. She is rarely seen without it, and protests at its removal - there is clearly some significance. Her horns are diamond-shaped in cross-section, and though they are quite substantial looking and come down to formidable points, they are not significantly less delicate than any other au ra's horns. Her right horn has a sizeable notch towards the upper point. Sarnai's tail is long and slender, terminating in two sets of barbs and a spaded tip. It is long enough that the tip may drag on the ground if she does not carry it properly, and is prone to expressive fits of movement and gesture. Sarnai's scale patterns are slightly unusual, with very few present on her limbs and torso. The patterning on her dorsal stripe is particularly ornate and spreads across the entirety of her shoulderblades, stretching from the base of her neck to the base of her tail. More notable than her pale scales however, would perhaps be the scars that ravage the plane of her skin. Most are small and superficial in appearance, faded slices and nicks that may have come from sparring or swordplay, but there are two specifically of note that draw the eye immediately when exposed, for their particularly jarring appearance. From the outside of Sarnai's left thigh to her right bicep, a deep, angry-red scar stands in stark contrast to her pale skin. From the way it wraps around the curvature of her body it is hard to believe the warrior survived. It looks as if she has almost been cut in two, if not all the way through. And encircling her throat, a similar bizarrely awful scar - this one looks almost like a deep seam between her scales, though the purple-pink of scarred tissue is unmistakeable. Both scars look as if they should have resulted from fatal injuries, and both have clearly left major weaknesses. Their prescence - and the fact Sarnai is still walking around quite the thing - suggests they're quite old, and yet they somehow don't look like they've entirely healed over properly. These scars are not normally visible under Sarnai's usual attire, her neck scar being concealed by a scarf she almost never removes and she's not fond of belly tops.
Perhaps best described as a semi-feral, leaking dingy patched with sheer stubbornness and wishful thinking, Sarnai is a woman of many internal conflicts, confusions, and is prone to reaction over thought. Though people are one of the things that definitely make her anxious, she manages to be quite cordial with most of them. If she likes you, you'll find a deadpan smartass alternating between warm words and playful barbs - Sarnai is not the best at displaying affection or cameredie, but she does try in her own way. For most however, she presents a reasonable but relatively unapproachable front. Sarnai is prone to concealing her thoughts and feelings regardless of whether or not it actually matters, believing an impassive and unmoveable facade is nessecary to move through life without trouble. As an ex-soldier and a (usually) professional mercenary, Sarnai has a good grasp of her temper and there are few things which can actually genuinely irritate her to the point of spitting fury. You'll know when you find them. Despite her stoicism, she is very prone to expressing her mood in body language and nervous habits, particularly with her tail. Sarnai is easily motivated by alcohol, opportunity to challenge herself, moral obligation, or the promise of being pet on the head and told she's a good girl.
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