Rauffe Bell

Rauffe Bell
Gender	Female
Race	Hyur
Clan	Midlander
Citizenship	Gridania
Class	Archer
Profession	Adventurer
Free Company	The Venture Association

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Character

Warning: this profile contains backstory elements that involve being the victim of various forms of assault, including sexual. These are plot points for her as well. Player discretion is advised.

General:

Full Name: Rauffe Bell

Pronunciation: Ra Oof Bell

Birthplace: Pearl Lane, Ul'Dah, Thanalan

Current Residence: La Noscea

Relationship Status: Single

Religion: Azeyma, the Warden

Appearance:

Height: 5'8"

Build: Relatively athletic, very little chub..

Skin Color: Tanned.

Eye Color: Cornflower blue.

Hair Color: White

General Clothing Style: Either her normal Archer's armor of leather and straps, or whatever clothing she feels good in. Always tries to cover up her chest.

Voice: Rather deep and masculine for a woman her age, backwater ruffian's accent..

Behavior:

Rauffe's a pretty friendly girl, although a bit of an aggresive sort. Her friends know of the things that will never fail to provoke angry and over the top reactions. She's also easily embarassed, can get quite jealous of people at times, and when she feels that she's crossed a line she shouldn't have, she becomes submissive, quiet and apologetic.

Abilities: 

Knowing the right end of a dagger and bloodying up her knuckles more than a few times has saved her from certain demise, but she has picked up the art of the Archer as of late. She has a small amount of magic capability, namely through the weaving of songs that she's learning from her various bard trainings, but neither offensively nor defensively does she know magical ability. She's also taken up more calming arts such as botany and carpentry, and is even trying her hand at cooking as well, following in the steps of one of her Free Company seniors.

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Traits

Likes: Rauffe likes drinking, talking to people, telling tales, drinking, eating most anything (and a lot of it), drinking, exploring... did I mention she has an alcohol problem?

Dislikes: Those who wish to trample on others, assholes, mushrooms, but not much else.

Hobbies & Talents: Cooking, shooting things and people with arrows, and overeating.

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Relationships

Family:

• Her Parents (Atlan Jorah and Marie Jorah): Rauffe unfortunately was never aware of her parents, or if she was her memory was extremely poor. All she knows is that she was sold by them to pay a debt of some kind to the Ochre Daggers, an underground, hidden-in-plain-sight criminal group operating out of Thanalan that dealt with human trafficking. As a result, she has no blood-related family that she can speak of to her knowledge.

Friends:

• Hokujin Doujin: The leader and one of the founding members of the Venture Association, where she currently works. A man with eccentric tendencies, Rauffe still considers him someone of high respect.

• K'ailia Yohko: Former Headmaster of the Ul'dah Garden, now a founding member of Hokujin's Free Company, The Venture Association.

• Ambie Lapin: A founding member of The Venture Association, and someone Rauffe looks up to extremely loyally. Some might detect a blush if ever asked about her.

• Tyerial Oendrake: A Duskwight Bard who makes his living by adventuring, who has joined up with The Venture Association.

• Jael Montfort: A Hyur Highlander Sultansworn who reached out to Hokujin to show her the ways of the Free Paladin. She also has joined TVA.

More to come.

Rumors:

Common Rumors (Easily overheard):

• "Rauffe? Never even heard of the girl."
• "Seen her out in the forests of the Shround a few times doin' missions and training, but other than that, don't know much about her."
• "She's certainly got an active dog."

Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear):

• "She managed to drink a Roegadyn under the table once! Without even spilling a drop!"
• "Seems nice enough, albeit a bit rough around the edges."
• "She seems very protective of herself, if anything. Wonder why that is?"

Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard):

• "Wasn't she... y'know... with them? Not by her own choice, it looked like. Was so long ago, I don't remember much about it..."
• "She's been running with Venture lately, a huge supporter and sort of an unofficial promoter for them. Dunno if it's really warranted, though, she seems fairly new to the whole adventuring business judging from the cut of her arms."
• "She tried to skewer an accused rapist in the middle of the Steps! Right in front of a Sultansworn, no less!"

Player Character Rumors (If you want to share one, feel free)

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History

Early Childhood

Rauffe was born about 13 years prior to the Calamity, the happy accident of Atlan and Marie Jorah. Atlan and Marie were a couple that were, as couples go, wont to luxury and impulsivity, and for a short while after Rauffe was born, the three of them were the happiest and richest that they've ever been. Unfortunately, that aforementioned impulsivity finally caught up with the young couple, who had run up one too many times against the Ochre Daggers, a rather large criminal organization that had been running under the radar in Ul'Dah for some time. Specializing in moneylending and prostitution, the Jorahs had borrowed more than they could repay - and when it came time to pay up or face the blade, the Jorah's sacrificed the young Rauffe to them as payment, in exchange for never going down that path that led to this again. The young girl was half-abducted, half-taken in by the Ochre Blades, and while she wasn't mistreated physically by the people in the gang themselves, their clients were another story entirely. One could even have spotted some of the Sultansworn's elite among the client base, and all too quickly she lost her illusion that adults were actually competent and looking out for their younger. Various scars, welts and other damages could still be found on Rauffe's body to this day. Her last name came from the item that was in her hand once she was accepted as tribute - a small bell she had picked up wiht her parents - and its symbol was branded into her neck, as was the custom for the Ochre Blades' "employees".

9 year she spent in the "employ" of the Blades' division, 9 years she spent staring at the ceiling for her gil, 9 years she spent being lashed and bitten and whacked. 9 years turned a child into a slave. Only a miracle, in her dull eyes, would set her free.

The Calamity

The Calamity was considered a blessing in disguise for Rauffe, as she was only 13 at the time. Yet when it struck, Bahamut himself tearing his way out of Dalamud and raining down destruction, she made her escape under the guise of a young child without parents. Clad in nothing more than a hempen sheet torn up into a cloak-like robe, and nothing more than a small blade on her person, she ran away into the surrounding desert of Thanalan. Scared, out of breath and starving for water, she collapsed outside of the Coliseum, just barely out of the wake of the disaster.

But she had no idea who was the person who surely saved her, for when she regained consciousness, she found herself in one of the beds in the Sultansworn's female barracks, washed clean and her wounds looked after. She sought out her savior, but no man or woman in the guard military was able to remember just who it was. Surely it was someone in the force, but still... the memory of the few Sultansworn that had been affiliated with the Ochre Blades haunted her. Once again, she made a break for it, out of paranoid fear that she'd be brought back kicking and screaming.

Post-Calamity to Present Day

Rauffe's adolescence was spent among the beggars and poor of Pearl Lane, falling away from whatever normal life she could have had for herself ever again. Less and less did she wear feminine clothing, or really anything that could even distinguish her from any of the other layabouts and such on the lane, and more did she adopt a more masculine appearance - short, choppy hair, wrapped chest flat enough to pass for any other young man, pants and so on. Not by choice, sadly, as the Ochre Blades themselves did seek revenge - or at least sought her. For whatever reason, the Sultansworn - the exact same ones on the Blades' payroll - started to do their best to clear out Pearl Lane, whether by eviction forcibly or finding positions within the Immortal Flames or Sultansworn for those out of a job. Her cover was falling away quickly, and the reappearance of some of the more "hungry" Blades was just proving it to her that Ul'Dah wasn't safe anymore.

So she ran when she was old enough to travel via ship, one last time. Hoping to find a place where the Blades wouldn't even touch her, where she could make a clean break from the life that once declared her its puppet. She stowed away on a carriage, headed towards the Shroud, still almost clearly masculine by the looks of things. Headed to Gridania, to pursue the life of someone whose blade and arrow would be finally treasured and needed for good, rather than just basic survival.

And her adventures haven't stopped since. She's started to come out of her self-imposed walls a bit, especially helped by the fine members of the Venture Association, which took her in and gave her a job as a Junior Associate, after a long set of trials. While she may not be as skilled nor as trained as the members of the Venture Association, she looks up to them as heroes of her time, those to emulate and follow their example.

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