Ophelia Walker

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Race	Hyur
Clan	Midlander
Citizenship	Limsa Lominsa

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Basic Info

Pronunciation: (oh-feel-ee-ah wah-kur)

Nickname(s): Ophie, Lia

Title(s): none

Age: 22

Race: Hyur / Midlander

Gender: Female

Occupation: Apprentice pastry chef at the Bismark. Volunteers at hospitals on occasion. Member of the Disciples branch in the Knights of the Twelve

Appearance at a glance: Ophelia is a small slight girl with young innocent looking features, pale skin, dark chestnut hair, and ocean blue eyes.

Distinguishing features: There is a beauty mark under and to the side of her left eye.

Voice / Speaking style Though she doesn’t have much of an accent, no one would mistake Ophelia’s manner of speak for anything but common. She doesn’t have a tendency for eloquent language but rather prefers to be efficient while communicating. When excited she often speaks rapidly, sometimes so fast that her words blend together, and when frustrated or disappointed she’ll hardly speak at all, unless prompted or provoked. Overall she tends to be polite, on her best days, though she’s not above shouting or cursing.

Fashion of choice: She favors simple clothes, often in muted, pastel colors with white or cream, and tends to dress for the weather rather than the occasion. Ophelia leans more towards efficiency rather than modesty, though she’s not hesitant to show some cleavage, thigh, or even her midriff when she’s relaxing.

Weapons of choice: Her father Perce made sure that Ophelia inherited his knowledge of how to use a sword and shield, and she’s adequate with the weapons, but rarely carries a shield to her father’s dismay. She chooses to use a sword when she ventures off by herself, though she usually prefers to stick with groups and her staff when possible. Besides her skills with a sword she has a small arsenal of spells, mostly earth magic for damaging and slowing enemies down enough so she can defeat them if they’re weak or run away if they’re too strong for her.

Personality

On the surface, Ophelia presents herself as a kind and caring person, though she can be forgetful and oblivious to obvious things at times. To some, especially those that may be labeled ‘sketchy,’ Ophelia might often come off as innocent or naive. She has a fairly simple outlook on life that doesn’t factor in many things outside of what she’s experienced, and being a young sheltered girl she hasn’t experienced all that much. Her overprotective father tried to shelter her from most of the ‘evil’ in the world, and due to his jaded perspective that turned out to simply be most of the world. Though she’s seen the physical effects of crime, war, and other things one might label ‘evil’ through her training as a healer and time volunteering at hospitals, she doesn’t fully or even partially grasp the psychological effects such things can have on a person. Ophelia simply has yet to experience any form of true hardship, so labels of ‘naive’ are fairly accurate when it comes to her outlook and some of her opinions.

Though she’s talented at staying calm and collected when under pressure, she can snap when she’s blindsided by hardships and adversity. If this comes in a verbal form she often tries to give as good as she gets, occasionally lowering herself to the other person’s stance in order to retort accurately. She often feels foolish afterwards, especially in the case of arguments with her father or other loved ones, and usually the fight will go out of her when she removes herself from the situation. She’s quick to get herself caught in a fight but also quick to forgive and quick to apologize as well. If the hardship comes in a physical form she will sometimes trade blows, though not unless she deems it necessary. Usually this means the moment she’s struck, as Ophelia isn’t the type of person to make the first move or land the first hit.

Around her family, friends, and other loved ones Ophelia tends to relax more with her demeanor and speaking style. Though she avoids it in public, around those she trusts she’ll swear on occasion, if it fits the situation, and even drink, though she’s never been truly drunk before. Occasionally she’ll even act flirty, though most of the time she’s being overly nice and doesn’t realize how her words may be taken. This works both ways, however, as she’s particularly bad at realizing when she’s being come on to, and even when she does she’s horrible at responding with anything but nervous laughter and some excuse to exit the situation in a hurry. Romance has never been something she’s been talented in, the boys where she grew up that weren’t scared off by the thought of her father were usually deterred by her father interfering or threatening them when they got what he deemed ‘too close’ which tended to be anywhere near her. Ophelia remains oblivious to this fact and has convinced herself that she’ll find love once it comes looking for her, and that waiting around for such a thing simply isn’t productive. While she would eventually like to settle down and raise a family with someone, those goals are much longer-term than the ones of owning her own bakery or becoming a fully-fledged healer at a hospital. She’s still torn between the two.

When it comes to things considered ‘evil’ Ophelia has a fairly stereotypical view on the matter. She could think of few situations that would ever truly justify a crime, and even in those situations she would most often think the consequences for such actions, namely the punishment for such crimes, would also be justified: cause and effect. However Ophelia would do anything for her family and loved ones, even if that meant doing something ‘evil’ herself. She’s uncomfortable with falsehoods, but she’s fairly talented at telling them if she thinks of them like stories rather than lying. Though she tries to avoid physical violence she’s not above cuffing someone on the back of the head if they’re being idiotic, but if they seemed truly hurt she’d offer to heal them immediately and would be very remorseful.