Khoba Lhyr

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Gender	Female
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Moon Keeper
Citizenship	Gridania
Age	23
Sexuality	Heterosexual
Occupation	Freelance healing, conjurer, adorable hobo
Nameday	1st Sun, Second Umbral Moon
Patron	Oschon

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Character

General

Given her mother's name of Tahlu, a woman she never had the chance to meet, so instead adopting her father's name as her surname on her departure from her home tribe, Khoba Lhyr is a cheerful, good-humored conjurer fresh out of the green cradle of the Shroud. What she lacks in experience she makes up for in eagerness, and has a keen desire to see what the wide world has to offer the intrepid or foolish wanderer. Unexpectedly and jubilantly smitten with a Wildwood met my chance, the oft alone-but-not-lonely miqo'te is learning the joys that come with pacing the path alongside another. An enthusiastic student and sometimes unlikely teacher, Khoba is keen to indulge and share in the natural pleasures of life, usually in the form of long midday naps and romps in dirt or grass.

Appearance

Naturally dusky-skinned, with a small but wiry frame. Khoba is short but not lacking in strength, balancing modest feminine curves with lean muscle. Her eyes are slightly differing shades of a honey-orange color, coupled with the large, permanently rounded pupils of her race. Tawny and gold hair is generally kept inexpertly trimmed, cropped short behind her head with a visibly imprecise hand. She almost always sports choppy bangs, and the hair framing her face is left longer though often plaited or tied to brush her collarbones. Like all miqo'te she bears feline ears and a tail covered in fur the same shades as her hair, and her teeth are sharper than other hominid races. A thin scar bisects her right eyebrow and trails onto the cheekbone below, and the sole of her right foot bares a faint tattoo of a flowering branch

Personality

At first, second, and tenth glance Khoba seems an easy read; relaxed, playful, and friendly. Rarely without a smile and a quip, the Keeper is nearly an inexhaustible fount of amiability and good-humor. Beneath the initial bright veneer of open friendliness (oft crossing the line into flirtiness without notice) and joking she greets the world with, Khoba remains much the same though a bit less rampantly and inexhaustibly cheerful. She is quite capable of seriousness and calm, and keenly enjoys inaction as deeply as she does action; a time and place for each. As a firm believer that life is to be enjoyed, she will take it upon herself to ensure the smiles or laughter of those around her. There are few lengths she would not go to for the sake of humor and general cheer. Moments of introspection or reflection are saved for privacy, and even then are few and far between. With her feet planted and her eyes ahead, Khoba does not spend much time looking behind her.

Humor, sarcasm, and easy banter are staples of her socialization and thought process, and the miqo'te at times can seem hardly able to make it two sentences without some joke or raillery. A jovial habit developed by choice, in company Khoba perpetually seeks to retain and share a sense of ease and friendly comfort. Quick to initiate or reciprocate physical contact, the Keeper enjoys being close to others in the most basic sense of the word.

And though she makes friends readily enough, Khoba does not quickly nor easily adopt others into close confidence nor camaraderie. Raised of a small, traditional Keeper tribe in the Shroud, the largely nomadic and hermetic upbringing of her most formative years simply has her accustomed to constant flux and inconsistent company. Quite happy enough alone or with fair-weather friends and passing acquaintances, Khoba may simply lack the more basic social skills of standard culture to cultivate a stronger web of companionship. Those she comes to care for, however, are assured unyielding loyalty and a lifetime of affectionate teasing. Few things raise her ire, but she will not hesitate to make her anger known in a moment of temper. She does not seek conflict but neither will she shy away from it when a solution becomes necessary. Personal upset and sadness are handled more discreetly, tucked away behind more smiles until a moment of privacy.

Beneath her nonchalance and easygoing nature, the conjurer may be a surprisingly steady individual, unwavering in her honesty and steadfast in her word. She knows herself to be prone to selfishness and possessiveness by nature or nurture or some mix of the two, and so keeps her personal possessions few but highly regarded. Constant travel makes such a thing easy, though, and if asked she will claim not to feel as though she is at all lacking.

Khoba likes to speak and to listen, to learn and to see and to try everything for herself. Very fond of trees. Her manners are often a bit rough or unrefined in familiar company. A perhaps surprising trait, Khoba has a deep well of patience that rarely runs dry.

Combat

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Scrappy conjurer

On top of a childhood well-educated in every aspect of survival, Khoba is a skilled conjurer, passable healer, and currently undergoing training at the pugilist's guild in Ul'dah. Despite identifying herself foremost as a conjurer, Khoba can take and give more than a few good hits. Despite her small stature the miqo'te is physically quite capable, though a simple advantage of size in an opponent will have her relying on agility and acrobatics. Khoba does not seek combat, but enjoys physical spars and training, and will not shy from using violence as a tool for a person or cause she cares for.

Miscellanea

Likes Trees Long midday naps Humor

Dislikes Excessive heat Small spaces Wearing shoes

Hobbies/Talents Sleeping Conjury Survivalism

Relationships

♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Sexual Desire ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Neutral Standing ● Poor Standing

• ♥♥ Emilienoix Bellegarde: Khoba's favorite person in existence. She loves the elezen fiercely and deeply though often expresses the sentiment in less profound and pretty ways. Khoba knows people fall in and out of love all their time, but thinks each has only a single heart to give in all their lives; and hers has found it's way into Emil's pocket. She does not plan nor wish to retrieve it, despite the uncertainties and confusion in their own relationship following the resurfacing of his memories regarding a childhood love he never had the chance to mourn. Resolute, Khoba intends to see them through the turbulence, together, by any means necessary. The need hasn't yet and hopefully never will rise, but the Keeper would kill for the man, without qualm.

• ♥Lhyr'a Rhalenn: Khoba's father, a city-born Keeper who adopted the tribal lifestyle to live with Khoba's mother, despite the unabashed disdain of the clan's Matriarch. A childhood of watching her father need duck his head and hold his tongue to retain his place, even on the fringes, of their clan has made Khoba intensely protective of her father. They have shared an easy and close bond all their lives, and even in her wanderings Khoba never fails to send letters and trinkets home.

• ●Rahm Tahlu- Her grandmother and the Tahlu clan Matriarch. Khoba learned much under Rahm's tutelage as she grew, though learned to both respect and detest the woman. They share pride and stubborness in spades, and Rahm's rigidity opposed to Khoba's lax nature rarely let the two see eye to eye. Khoba has not seen her grandmother since the day she left the clan grounds at the age of fifteen, and does not wish to.

• ♥Zeean Wraithor- A gladiator Khoba met during a foray into Ul'dah. Though they seem to share little in the way of experience and lifestyle, Khoba is uncommonly fond of the man. She has a keen interest in helping him enjoy the world and greet it honestly, and has found she learns much from their simple conversation. Zeean is the first person Khoba seeks when she is troubled enough to wish outside aid, trusting the older miqo'tes advice as an apparent substitute for her distant father.

Rumors

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History/Timeline

Born of a Matriarch's daughter and a city-born male, Khoba was raised through adolescence in a nomadic, traditional Keeper tribe. She lost her mother when she was to young to even remember so much as her face, and was raised by her father in the midst of a female-dominant society. After years struggling to reconcile her own place and sense of self with the mixed messages received from her doting but mistreated father and the stricter, harsher teachings of her aunts and grandmother, Khoba finally made her dislike of the strict matriarchy be known at age fifteen. Coming to blows with the tribal leader, Khoba assured her allowance to leave with her father when he was to be dismissed following her maturity. The two made the short immigration to Gridania, where her father Lhyr'a easily integrated back into modern society. Khoba struggled to mesh so easily, unnerved by everything from walls to shoes to beds and the constant press of so many people. Conjury proved a fine distraction and one she could almost claim a talent for, and in the halls of the conjurer's guild Khoba found something to enjoy.

Though it took years to solidify the idea of Gridania being home rather than the more encompassing sprawl of the Shroud, Khoba now has an undeniable fondness of the city even if she still prefers more open spaces. Having sufficiently completed her studies with the guild, the Keeper left her father and their new home several moons ago, and is again playing at the life of a nomad. Simply wishing to see what the wider world had to offer, she wandered wherever seemed to catch her interest. Ul'dah proved the first and most pivotal landmark on her haphazard path, where she happened to catch the attention of one self-proclaimed gentleman-scoundrel, Emilienoix Bellegarde. Amiably declining his initial invitation to share an inn room on their first meeting, subsequent encounters struck up a friendship that stumbled quickly into a romantic engagement.

Quite happy with the unexpected detour and head-over-heels for the elezen, Khoba lingered in and about Ul'dah to remain nearer Emilienoix, though the two quickly took to indulging her wanderlust and straying away from the unspoken nexus of the merchant city.

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Emilienoix and Khoba

Notes

• Alignment: Neutral
• Voice model: Emily Rose
• Tropes: Cats Are Snarkers, Plucky Girl, Earthy Barefoot Character
• Playlist: Mooncalled

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