Nabi keeps her jet black hair cropped above her shoulder, else it would get in her way of her work. While she keeps herself well groomed and cleaned, her choices are made for practicality and comfort first and foremost. Her dark locks and sun-kissed complexion contrast against her warm golden eyes that are usually wont to look about her surroundings, ever curious. Her onyx scales mark her as Xaela, but aside from occasional tribal wardrobe, she does not seem to abide by the ways of the Xaela.
It is easy to see that she has a cheerful personality and has a youthful energy about her. She greets everyone cheerfully and without reserve.
Scars & Markings: A detailed and complex mark resembling butterfly wings spans over her back.
Clothing: She prefers comfortable clothing while she travels, from loose fitting robes or a combination of tunic and breeches. A small butterfly charm is usually pinned in her hair, with a flower bell hanging from red braided cords. Traces of silver and gold wires can be seen woven in.
She also often carries a sack with her, slung over her shoulder and back. It is usually filled with all sorts of unusual knickknacks, but those with a keen sense of smell could discern various herbs among her collections.
Likes
Gaining knowledge on medicines, herbs, and aether - Her mother was a talented shaman and healer of her tribe, and has taught Nabi all she knows of herbs and their medicinal properties since she was young. Nabi has since expanded her knowledge, and is always looking to study various materials for different uses. Recently has a particular curiosity when it comes to corrupted aether and its effects.
Small things - Whether it be hummingbirds, fireflies, or tiny flower petals, she can't help but adore tiny beautiful things.
Outdoors - Despite the fact that she spends a lot of time indoors brewing potions, she tries to enjoy the outdoors as much as possible. She loves weather of all types, including rain and wind, unless it is unhealthy and unsustainable -- like the freezing cold.
Dislikes
Rigid Traditions - Her tribe and ancestors are known for their long standing heritage of war. It is why her mother risked her life to run away, and Nabi has a natural aversion to such strict culture.
Violence - Having been removed from the Kharlu tribe and being raised in the tranquil mercantile port city, Nabi has not been exposed to the violence people can inflict upon each other. She has treated wounds however that arises from such a conflict. While she is not a vocal opponent of it, the thought of such brutality frightens her.
Anything deemed predetermined - Nabi has come to learn that true freedom is resisting paths and chains that others lay out for you. After witnessing sacrifices that were made on her behalf, she is determined to see that everyone she loves makes their own choices for their happiness as well.
Fears
Being powerless to help those she loves - Nabi lost her mother when she was young. While some circumstances were beyond her control, a part of her still believes that if she had been more skilled, it could have been prevented. She has vowed to herself never to lose another loved one like that again.
Being forced to return to her family's tribe - While meeting some members of her mother's tribe has familiarized Nabi with her ancestry, she is still afraid that some sects of the Kharlu would forcibly take her back to the Steppe.
Being discovered by the Jhungid - The long standing antagonism between the Kharlu and the Jhungid is well known to her. And the very few Jhungid Nabi has encountered have been all violent fanatics. She still harbors great unease when it comes to this warring tribe.
Drowning - She fell off a boat when she was very young and nearly drowned. While she is an excellent swimmer, she still has nightmares now and then about drowning and becomes anxious on long sea voyages.
Quirks
Favorite Hobby - Drawing herbs, flowers, and sources of reagents in her mother's old tome and the new one gifted to her. She likes keeping notes on medicines which includes pictures of how to find them in nature.
Forward - When she is curious about something, she rarely recognizes people's personal space or privacy. It may come from her practice as a healer. It can come across as socially awkward at times.
Enthusiastic - Nabi is easily excited and her energy sometimes seems boundless. When she gets an idea in her head, she is quick to act upon it, although sometimes she may come to regret it later. This is especially the case if the matter is of greater importance.
Guileless - She often says what she thinks, and her emotions show easily upon her face. She readily believes people at their word.
Optimistic - Nabi has an optimistic outlook on life, which allows her to easily forgive, forget, and hope for the best.
Adventurous Culinarian - She was taught how to cook by her mother, but also by her Hingan guardian, Mimiyo. She likes to experiment with cooking, melding flavors from both cultures.
While the love Nabi has for her mother still holds true, there were many secrets that Chanai had kept from Nabi that made Nabi question her deceased mother many times since. Even while much of these mysteries will never be answered, with the help of her friends and loved ones, Nabi has come to accept her mother's decisions.
A Hingan hyur in his mid-fifties, runs a stall in Kugane that sells various herbs and spices. He lets Nabi occasionally help out, as she also peddles her medicinal herbs there as well. It is a mutually beneficial business relationship, since her cheery disposition usually attracts more customers to the stall than his cranky demeanor. Nabi calls him 'uncle' as a term of endearment, to which he complains overly much.
Wife to Yoshinari, the woman loves to poke her nose into everything, including the business, the gossips of other merchants, and also that of Nabi's. Nabi calls her 'aunt' in an affectionate way.
Brother to her mother, Nabi remembers him only by name and vague images in her memory. He was always a frightening figure of an Au Ra, and to a young girl of six winters, he was the most intimidating figure whom everyone in the tribe respected. His name still frightens her to this sun, but she has not heard or spoken of him in years.
Nabi only encountered Batuhan through pure chance, when she went into the illegal fighting pits underground to help Anchor Saltborn. Batuhan was the first Kharlu she had encountered since her mother fled from the Steppe. He turned out to be the blood sworn guardian to her cousin, Arasen, and besought her to return home to her own tribe to fulfill her destiny as a Peacebearer. Nabi eventually came to see his kind and patient heart, and his genuine desire for peace in the Steppe. Despite the Kharlu's unwavering loyalty to Nabi's rather dubious cousin, she has come to trust this warrior.
He was a cousin Nabi did not remember, and yet Arasen came to her with truths she did not want to hear and never sought to find. A student of an udgan, Arasen was well-spoken and learned, but he made no secret about putting a greater purpose above all else, which unfortunately included what he perceives as Nabi's destined path. And despite suffering a betrayal and cruelty at his hands, Nabi's continued offer of friendship and sympathy eventually turned Arasen from his own path of self sacrifice and damnation.
Nabi met this Hingan lord at the very end of her ordeal in the mountains, escaping from the clutches of Elam Grave. He was on the trail of one of the Doman lords that were involved in that illegal underground operation, and while the Doman in question was dead, somehow Kagero saw it worthwhile to provide her with new employment since her former clinic had burnt down. He is likely just keeping an eye on her in case her accidental involvement with the Doman criminal lords reared its ugly head again, but for now, Nabi sees Lord Kozakura as her benefactor and seeks to fulfill the terms of her employment to the best of her ability.
A Highlander representing a company called Stonesthrow Consortium from Eorzea, he has shown keen interest in some of Nabi's concoctions. He broached the subject of Nabi working exclusively for his employer and has offered her what seems like a lucrative deal. He seemed charming and generous at first, but when refused, showed an angry and violent temper. When she tried to end their contract for good, he had his men drug her and abduct her, to sell her to a Doman lord to work in his drug house. He is also responsible for bringing much suffering onto Anchor for his interference in her well-being. Due to events over a year ago, Nabi believes him to have met his demised under the ruins of a mountain.
A friend of Tserende, she initially met him when he agreed to accompany both of them to the Steppe. Since then, she has become used to his brusque nature and even his crude humor, perhaps even fond of it, for she knows there is an earnest man beneath it all who is driven to find his own purpose. He does seem to always be surrounded by trouble and violence, which makes her relieved to see him intact every time he takes the time to visit her. She has not seen him in almost a year, but that does not mean she considers him any less of a friend, or hopes for his well-being.
Nabi became acquainted with this foul tempered Confederate pirate when she had to pay the Ruby Tithe for passage to the mainland a few times. She was acquainted with him as an irritable and reckless man, but one who honored his contract. But their lives would become inextricably entwined when he came to work for Elam only to find her abducted by Grave with the intention of being sold to a Doman lord. But instead of fulfilling his agreement with his employer, Anchor slew the men working for both Grave and the Doman lord in a fit of rage. It has been a long journey of mutual sacrifice and discovery since, but Nabi has come to know the man beneath the anger and the hurt, and believes she has seen his true heart. She considers him, her heart and her home.
A Highlander from the west who visited her stall seeking medicines, Nabi sensed something troubling about the woman's well-being. She tried to help the her as best as she could, but only ended up getting duped and lured out into the Steppe and stranded there. She suspects that the woman was also responsible for robbery and vandalism of her stall, causing her to lose a great deal of medicines and supplies. Due to a strange twist of fate, Nabi was then called upon to heal her when she was found with a broken arm and hand, and since then, Shael seems to have developed a reluctant friendship and trust with the Xaela. During her time of captivity under Grave, Nabi has come to realize that Shael's loyalty and friendship go far deeper than the woman would ever admit to.
Nabi met this beautiful Xaela woman as she approached her stall looking for specific potions. Nabi saw Ghoa for everything she herself was not: a beautiful, refined, worldly woman. She instantly admired the fact that she seems to know how to say just the right thing. Nabi felt empowered by her, and trusted her advice, but later discovered that she was working for the man who has orchestrated her worst nightmare. Ghoa and Nabi has since rekindled their friendship, Ghoa becoming a confidant of sorts for Nabi when it comes to her feelings for Anchor. Nabi has also recently discovered that Ghoa was made a slave by her mother's tribe, the Kharlu, which motivates her to try and right the wrongs that was done to the Xaela in her younger years.
Nabi encountered him on one of her usual trips to the Umineko Tea House, where upon the end of the day, they just sold the last of their dango, much to Nabi's disappointment. But the customer in front of her, a pale haired man, elected to give her his order instead. She thanked him and tried to strike up a conversation, but he departed soon after, seemingly distracted. She has seen him a few more times at the Tea House since and eventually they even sat for awhile to share tea and dango. Due to recent events, Nabi considers him a trusted friend, since he has shown willingness to aid her in her time of need.
One of the first natives of the Steppe that Nabi has met, she has taken a liking to him quickly. He seems forthright as well as knowledgeable regarding the Steppe, and he has given her sage advice regarding the Xaela culture. He has also offered to show her parts of her homeland, which still remains much of a mystery to her. Since their first meeting, he has taken to calling her "Friend Nabi" after which he has forever become "Friend Akhutai" in her mind. Recently, he has offered his help in her dealings with her mother's tribe, and has shown a protective streak when it comes to her. She is starting to trust him more with each sun.
Nabi does not even truly know this miqo'te's real name, for Ghoa calls him one thing and he introduces himself as another. But that doesn't matter to her, for he has Ghoa's heart and therefore Nabi's trust. Despite his outwardly stoic and aloof disposition, he has shown her kindness when they talked privately, and a keen insight into her troubles that showed her the miqo'te has a good intuitive eye for assessing certain situations. He has offered her aid should she ever need it, and while Nabi trusts his word, she hopes it will never be the case.
Nabi met this Viera warrior when she walked up to her stall, lost in Kugane. Immediately Nabi was fascinated by her, for her bold sense of humor, the ease she held herself despite impressive and intimidating looking armor, and most of all, her dexterity despite a pair of striking heels she sported. Despite the woman's teasing nature, the two got along well, and Nabi hopes she will visit again more often as her travels find her in the East.
He was the first to answer her new advertisement for a guard, but over the months that they have worked together, the two developed a trust and then eventually admitted affection for each other. She came to appreciate his discerning eye, his wry humor, and his courteous ways, but even more so his ever comforting presence. But in recent trials, Nabi has discovered he also has a cold pragmatic side to him, one that she finds unfamiliar and puzzling. Despite her plea to help Anchor Saltborn, he refused. He eventually helped her gain her freedom from the shadows of Elam Grave, but afterwards Tserende left without saying a word to her, leaving her confused.
Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under the Player Character category!
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◢ Common Rumors - Easily overheard. Use these freely!
■ "Nabi? She's always bumping into people, her head buried in a book." -- Sekiseigumi guard
■ "Oh, I wouldn't go to that girl for healing. She asks for unusual things in return." -- an old Kugane resident
■ "She never had friends her own age while growing up here. But she's always been bubbly, even all by herself." -- Mimiyo Naeuri
◢ Uncommon Rumors -A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first!
■ "Her mother brought her to Kugane when she was but a wee thing! Look at her now, all grown up and running her own clinic." -- Kugane silk vendor
■ "She doesn't have to go to the Steppe herself for what she needs, but sometimes she insists!" -- an adventurer
■ "She concocts her own medicine. Kami knows what are in some of them. I heard she's traded with the Bolir. And we know what they peddle." -- Thavnairain guard
◢ Rare Rumors -Very rarely overheard. Please ask before using!
■ "She has the most sordid company: an ijin and an pirate. And some say a poisonmaker too. Mayhap that innocent smile of hers is to hide things." -- Kugane herbal vendor
■ "She used to have a small scar on her shoulder. Now I hear there is a huge mark that spans her entire back." -- Kugane customer
■ "Her old stall and clinic on Rakuza district burnt down. Some of us suspected arson, knowing the powers that control that district. But nothing was ever proven, and the House Kozakura made all the questions disappear." -- one of the Sekiseigumi guards
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◢ Player Character Rumors -Feel free to add rumors of your own!
■ "Infuriatingly nice. Annoyingly cheerful. Incessant rambler. ... Pretty good healer though. Don't mess with her else you mess with me. Got that?" -- Highlander wearing some fly shades
■ "It is a little strange to see a Xaela running a stall in Kugane. But she acts more Hingan than... no, I stand corrected. She does not act much like Hingan residents either. A spirited woman, she. " -- Marius Aventine
■ "Who would've thought that I'd find a skilled alchemist amongst Xaelas of all races. I thought they were all plain roaming tribals. Starting to see uses for a few though. This one? Definitely." -- Elam Grave
■ "The lost daughter is all I hoped she would be, compassionate, with a light of the sun in her eyes. I know she can fulfill the destiny that was foretold. But I am starting to wonder, if she should?" -- Batuhan Kharlu
■ I will play mature content and themes (violence, sexuality, drug / alcohol use) as long as they're logical in a plot-driven encounter. Coarse and excessive language. Temporary injury and incapacitation. Temporary imprisonment. Most walk-up encounters.
■ Ask about long-term and/or permanent injury and disfigurement. Long-term captivity or imprisonment.
■ I won't play permanent character death or rape plots or gruesome torture scenes.
RP Hooks
■ She has recently landed on the docks of Eorzea! She looks rather lost, although rather than dismay, her eyes are wide with curiosity. She is looking for any knowledge on Mor Dhona and will give rapt attention to anyone with such information.
■ She is really new to Eorzea and its culture. She is curious to learn all sorts of things. What to do. What not to do...
■ She is a healer/alchemist, and will offer aid to anyone in need, despite the fact that she is likely short of both funds and supplies.
■ She loves learning new recipes, both medicinal and culinary. Do you have a scrumptious dish? She will likely come over and ask you about it.
■ Members of the Kharlu or Jhungid tribe may recognize her features as being very similar to a skilled shaman that left the tribe over two decades ago. Or bear some resemblance to one of the most violent Kharlu warlords.
Disclaimer
■ If an aspect of RP makes you uncomfortable in a scene we're playing, please send me a /tell, letting me know. Communication is very important, more important than potentially keeping immersion.
Time Zone/Server
■ PST
■ Balmung
Credit
Thank you all for letting me use/alter your codes. If it weren't for you my wiki would not look how it does.
