Asada H'cate

Asada H'cate
Icebreaker
Gender	Female
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Keeper of the Moon
Citizenship	Ul'Dah / Limsa Lominsa
Guardian	Llymlaen, the Navigator
Nameday	5th Sun of the 4th Umbral Moon
Grand Company	Maelstrom/Second Storm Lieutenant
Free Company	Blackwood Company <BLACK>
Primary Job	Scholar

Character

General

The adopted daughter of wealthy Ul'dahn merchants, Asada H'cate has struggled her whole life to find a place where she belongs. Currently she works for the Blackwood Company as a waitress in the Tipsy Tonberry, a tavern in the Lavender Beds, adventuring in her spare time trying to find answers about what happened during the Calamity, and trying to discover who her biological parents are and why they abandoned her.

Vital Statistics

Age - 18, despite being an accomplished adventurer in her own right, Asada is quite young.

Gender - Female

Sexual Orientation - Lesbian

Body Type - Short and curvy, perhaps even a little bit chubby. Asada has spent her life buried in books and has generally avoided strenuous physical activity when she can help it.

Hair - Long and pin straight. Asada isn't lazy when it comes to caring for her hair and it shows, it is always clean and untangled. The same goes for the thick fur on her tail and ears.

Eyes - The only physical similarity between Asada and her adoptive family are the wine red eyes. Asada's eyes also have a glossy nature to them which almost resembles that of the Dunesfolk Lalafell who took her in as a child.

Tail - Asada has a medium-length, very bushy tail covered in thick, black fur.

Skin tone - Pale for someone who grew up in the desert, but Asada never did spend very much time outside.

Personality

At first meeting, Asada is very timid and unsure of herself, but she quickly becomes very affectionate and flirty if she feels safe and she is given the chance. Despite being the effective equivalent to nobility in Ul'dah, Asada insists that she is nothing special, and usually tries to hide the facts of her upbringing when meeting new people. She is extremely loving, and this personality trait led her to become a healer for some of the most challenging and dangerous quests of the Seventh Umbral Era and beyond. Despite this adventuring experience, she is very young and is still victim to bouts of emotional immaturity, especially in matters of love.

Tendencies

Likes

• Cuddling
• Books
• Dressing up

Dislikes

• The Garlean Empire
• Bullies
• People who act entitled

Hobbies/Talents

• Dancing
• Chocobo-raising
• Reading and Writing

Other

• Has a slight stutter when she's nervous
• Impeccable hygiene
• Fiercely curious

Relationships

Family

Redd Nakoma - Redd is Asada's older brother, and the biological son of their parents. He's a kind and emotionally generous Lalafell who is fiercely loyal to Ul'dah and the Sultana. Through all the bullying and the sadness and the loneliness of Asada's life, Redd is the one person who has always been there for her.

Yayamo Nakoma and Jukoma Nakoma - Asada's mother and father were two of the most successful independent merchants in Ul'dah, who managed to amass a fortune yet remain unaffiliated with the Syndicate or the Sultansworn. They have traveled extensively, plying ancient trade routes and establishing new ones all in order to increase their fortunes. It was on one such journey that they found an infant miqo'te, abandoned on the sands and near death. The baby had the deep red eyes of the Nakoma family, and Yayamo and Jukoma took it as a sign from Azeyma and Menphina that they were meant to have this baby, so they took her in and raised her as the daughter of a highly respected Ul'dahn family. On the eve of the Calamity five years ago—shortly before Asada's thirteenth birthday—Yayamo and Jukoma traveled to Ala Mhigo on a trade mission, seeking to open the borders of the empire-occupied city. Their fate is unknown, as their mission was interrupted when the primal Bahamut burst forth from Dalamud and laid waste to the lands of Eorzea. Asada believes her parents were captured by Garleans, though in truth they are probably dead.

Rumors

Common Rumors

• "That girl is nothing more than the pity case of a wealthy family, she brings shame on Ul'dah." - Overheard in the Quicksand
• "When she came 'ere lookin' fer work I 'anded 'er an apron an' a serving tray. Turns out the broad wanted ta save Eorzea!" - Baderon
• "She's an adventurer? You mean she won't spend the night with me for a few gil?" - Buscarron's Druthers patron

Moderate Rumors

• "Asada is the angel of Highbridge! She saved my life when I was ambushed by Qiqirn raiders." - Amaljina and Sons caravan driver
• "At first I thought she was just a dancing girl, but by now she's saved my life more times than I dare recount." - Y'shtola

Rare Rumors

• "There was an adventurer exploring the ruins of Dalamud near here, I think she had a deathwish." -Wood Wailer at Fallgourd Float
• "We both possess the Echo, but somehow hers seems...different." - Minfilia

History/Timeline

The Kitten in the Desert

Asada H'cate's birth name, and her true birth date, may never be known, but as far as Yayamo and Jukoma Nakoma were concerned, she was born on the 5th Sun of the 4th Umbral Moon, in the year 1559 of the Sixth Astral Era, two years after the fall of Ala Mhigo. It was on that morning that the Nakomas found an infant miqo'te abandoned by the side of the road in the desert. She was badly sunburned, dehydrated, and near death, and the Nakomas were no strangers to suffering. They had been in Ala Mhigo when the city fell, and they dealt with the refugees on a daily basis. They also knew that babies were occasionally abandoned in the desert for any number of reasons, and that perhaps they should simply let the Twelve run their course. But when the little girl opened her eyes, they could no longer walk away. Anyone would know those eyes belonged to a Nakoma—deep red, wide, and glossy—and even if this girl wasn't a lalafell, Yayamo and Jukoma saw those eyes as a sign from Azeyma and Menphina that this baby was their responsibility. Yayamo scooped up the frail child in her arms and wrapped her in a scarf, holding the bundle against her chest and fretting as she listened to the whimpers of the baby all the way home to the city.

The rumors began almost immediately after Yayamo and Jukoma stepped through the Gate of Thal. That one of Ul'dah's most successful families would take in a pity case like this was unheard of. Of course, knowing Yayamo and Jukoma and their love for Ala Mhigo, most people assumed they would give the baby to the refugees. After all, they already had a son, they didn't need a daughter, much less a half-dead miqo'te newborn. Indeed, when the lalafell couple named their daughter Asada H'cate—giving a Sun Seeker name to a Moon Keeper girl—doubts flew as to whether this family could raise the girl. But, in the end, the Nakomas kept Asada, and they decided to raise her as one of their own, a sister for their son, Redd.

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