Mara Lynne
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| OOC Character Information | |||||||||
| Main Job(s): | Dark Knight | ||||||||
| Main Tradeskill: | Armourer/Blacksmith | ||||||||
| Preferred Role: | Protector | ||||||||
| Server: | Balmung | ||||||||
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| Alignment: | Chaotic Neutral | ||||||||
| Reputation: | Quite Well Known | ||||||||
| Occupation: | Protector/Crafter | ||||||||
| Education: | Former Armouring Apprentice. | ||||||||
| Marital Status: | Single | ||||||||
| Sexuality: | Bisexual | ||||||||
| Guardian: | Halone, The Fury | ||||||||
| Free Company | |||||||||
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| Items Carried | |||||||||
| Golden Locket, Armouring Equipment, Titanium Armour or Casual clothing, sometimes a Two-handed Sword. | |||||||||
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| Race: | Hyur | ||||||||
| Clan: | Midlander | ||||||||
| Age: | 37 | ||||||||
| Height: | 171 cm | ||||||||
| Weight: | 182 ponze (When out of armour) | ||||||||
| Eyes: | Blue | ||||||||
| Hair: | Auburn Red | ||||||||
| Complexion: | Tanned | ||||||||
| Physical Build: | Muscular | ||||||||
| Notable Features: | Scarred | ||||||||
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Contents
Character
Mara is a kind woman, but can be prone to be blunt to those who she talks to. She will likely open up to you more as she gets to know you and will always try to give confidence to those who are around her. Though if she ever hears anything she considers to be horrendous or even nonsensical she will become somewhat of a nasty woman and speak her mind very openly about her opinion.
Being from La Noscea, Mara carries a tough-girl sort of personality and will always stand up for herself and those who cannot do so themselves. Her sympathy to others is without care and she will always watch those from a distance or up close depending on her relationship with them, but also stay out of their way if it is involving such things as relationship issues and anything else that she feels can be easily resolved.
She would also have a problem with certain issues. Mainly involved around her daughter and her brother, to which most of her past revolves around.
Mara is currently under employment with Bexy Amalaryssia's Free Company upon recently arriving back to Eorzea from a very long journey with her daughter.
Behaviour
Speech- Having the past Mara did, she has developed a drawl of a typical Limsan accent as well as lazy sentences whenever she can. She replaces a lot of words with common sentences and will constantly talk in such a way that is not very commonly heard around Eorzea.
Mind- Hard, but strong. She rarely keeps anything secret from her friends and will always willingly talk to others about their problems as well. She is a kind woman and will always want to back you up, but even so much as jokingly tease about her daughter and she will likely become very serious, very quickly.
Emotions- Being somewhat cold when it comes to her job, Mara would do well to hide them and deal with the situation later. When off duty, however, there is a whirlwind of emotion stuck inside Mara's mind. She tries her best not to show them, but will to those she considers her best friends, or even her family.
Combat
Mara would explicitly use a two-handed sword, her main draw being her natural strength and strong armour. She is a very tough woman and will likely take a lot of shots to take down and will always use her sword and Aether capability to strike at her foes. She also knows how to use a one-handed sword and shield, however she has recently found no cause to use them.
Her main drawback from her fighting is that she can be very slow. The armour she created provides extra protection, but lacks in speed and flexibility. She can also be prone to anger issues from time to time, due to her being a follower of Halone and a former member of the House of Durandaire in Coerthas, though it was very brief.
Tendencies
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Relationships
♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Neutral Standing ● Poor Standing ● Wary ★ Trusted ♦ Feared † Deceased ? Unknown
Kin
† James Lynne: Mara's deceased father, the man Mara still remembers as being a gentle, caring and loving man.
"Ye an' mum didn' deserve wha' ye did. I miss ye, dad... I wanna see ye again, it... *Sob*"
† Elvana Lynne: Mara's deceased mother, to whom she still looks upon as the inspiration of her life and thinks about constantly.
"I never go' t' say 'ow much I loved ye, mum. If ye could see me now, I'm sure ye'd be proud o' me. Tell dad I said hi, hm? I really do miss ye both."
? Kieran Lynne: Mara's presumed deceased brother. The one who has had the most influence on anyone in her life, Keiran would have both been very caring of Mara, however when older, he forced himself upon her. To which Mara has the most conflicted love/hate relationship with. He would also be the source of many dark moments of Mara's past and at times still effects her today. Mara would assume he died when she was younger, however.
"I'm kinda glad yer buried, but a' same time, I do miss the times when ye took care o' me when I needed ye. Gods, yer such a fuckin' idio', I hate ye so much."
† Miranda White-Lynne: Mara's deceased daughter whom was killed by a stab wound in Central Coerthas before entering Ishgard.
"I... Can' believe yer gone. Me own flesh n' blood... The only thing I had left. I wish I could 'ave been a better mother t' ye."
? Jack Manny: Mara's former tutor and adopted father. The man whom would train Mara in the art of armouring/blacksmithing and also how to use a sword and shield effectively.
"Thanks fer takin' me in when ye did, Jack. I still feel uncomfy callin' ye "dad" bu'... I loved ye like a father, regardless. Where did ye go though? Where did all o' ye go... I wan' clarification!"
? Lucian Southmoore: Mara's ex-husband, the man she would love since childhood and marry two cycles after her daughter was born.
"Jus' like Jack, ye disappeared, lad. Though we 'ave drifted apar' an' I found many others 'long way, ye still in my hear'. Hope yer alrigh'."
♥●★● Brendan White: The male Guardian to her daughter and fellow business man, now just an old friend.
"Thank ye fer takin' care of 'er when she were still... Alive... I... *Sighs*"
♥●★ Janice White: The Female Elezen who is married to Brendan White. Mara would somewhat more trust her than her lover, but still keep a close eye on her regardless.
"Sorry lass, I go' no words fer ye righ' now. Ye did ye best, tha's all I can say..."
Kith
♥●★ Bexy Amalaryssia Mara's best friend as of right now and her employer, to which she will protect like one of her own family. The two would first start off very shaky, but when Mara returned to the Defense of the Kindred, they quickly became friends despite their disjointed past.
"I woul' do anythin' t' protect ye, lass. Yer all I 'ave left o' terms o' friendship. I love ye like a sister, I really do. Jus' call me name, love... I'll be there fer ye as always."
♥●★ Tallera Weaver: An old friend that Mara still holds close in her heart, however she knows what they used to have is long gone. She rarely sees her now and ponders how she's doing.
"Sorry I jus' disappeared on ye, love. Me daughter came first an'... I know I shoulda said bye, bu'... I dunno. I'm jus' a stupid fucker sometime an' ye know i'. I'll always like ye though, lass, as a friend."
♥●★ Peneli Zuneli: A Lalafell that shares a common background with Mara in that he is from Limsa and lost his parents at an early age as well. The two would recently meet and seemingly get on the same as they once did.
"I've been an idio' to ye, lad. We shared somethin' special once before, bu'... I've gone n' fucked it up. I still respect the fuck outta ya though and hope I can make it up to ye."
●★ Yuyuki Yuki: A Lalafell she has known for a while but until fairly recently has not got to know all too well and despite having known her before, she feels an air of safety around her.
"Yer an interestin' contrast from yer sister-- Koko. Bu', I look at ye like a friend and cu'e as a button. Hope I get t'know ye more some day, lass."
●♦ Rarashid Kokoshid: The loose cannon that Mara became friends with in her early days of the Kindred. Mara has previously flirted with her, but Koko generally seems uninterested. She is also a Thaumaturge and a cultist-esque figure which strikes a tiny bit of fear in to Mara's heart.
"One hell o' a scary lass. No' one I'd wanna fuck wi' personally, but she's no doubt beautiful and good t' talk to when ya can ge' a word in edge-wise. She does 'ave a lotta problems though... I wish she didn'. Though, I ain't seen ye in a while either, should really ge' down t' findin' ye again."
● Lulula Lulu: The girlfriend of Peneli Zuneli and old friend of Mara's. She would look at her like her own daughter at times, as she would bear a striking resemblance to her daughter in younger years.
"I's uncanny, lass. Yer so cheery, ye go' her smile, her eyes, even her hair colour. Ye bring back a lotta good memories, bu' ya also show a lotta maturity for ye age. Gotta admit, yer a great lass and I hope I get t'know ye more. I's jus' a shame a' times tha' yer similarities remind me tha' I shoulda been a better mother t' my daughter whilst she were still alive."
History
Born in the far North section of La Noscea, on the 22nd Sun of the Fifth Umbral Moon, Mara Lynne started off as a regular child, growing up around her mother, father and a brother that she loved very dearly and close in her heart. By the age of five, she had discovered the Twelve in what was known to her as the greatest discovery of her life. She had finally found something that was very worth fighting for.
On a fateful day, when she was only five years old... Tragedy struck her home land and atrocities befell her and her family, whom she had sworn to protect. Her family were held and dishonoured by Pirates from the lowest of order. She herself avoiding harm by being forced to make iron for the Pirates in order to survive long enough and keep her family from being tortured by the pirates any longer.
A few years later, after much toil and hardship, her family had all been beaten so hard that they had passed away due to neglect by the Pirate band. It was if by miracle, however that she was saved by a passing merchant group who had saved her from the Pirates by sneaking her out during the night.
From then on, she was taken care of and raised in a proper manner to be as tough as they come, without becoming callous by the fellow merchants who were way beyond her senior. She picked up the trait of blacksmithing from a kind man who taught her everything she now knows today.
A man Mara never realized was on the caravan was her brother, who had also sneaked aboard when the others weren't looking. She would continue her study of blacksmithing and fighting along side her friends until one day she saw her brothers face. The two reunited and eventually learned together. When it came to them travelling to an area just outside Coerthas, the caravan was attacked by masked raiders. They fought them off, but Mara's brother had been shot by an arrow and would later disappear from the caravan without reason. Mara would assume that her brother was dead and marked a grave for him back in La Noscea a few years later.
After all this occurred and Mara was older, the caravan came to a stop briefly in Coerthas once more, where she had learned about The Fury, Halone and quickly followed his principles. She then began her training at the age of 13, which involved sword and shield combat and wearing heavy armour by her now adopted father, Jack Manny. The two would train day and night, until Mara had learned the ways she fights now.
A blip happened, where the others went searching for food for their caravan, they had left Mara alone to guard the caravan. On that day, she was approached by a bandit who forced a knife to her throat and told her to strip, knowing Mara had no choice, she did so and suffered the consequences. At the age of 14, she herself became victim to what her parents had suffered before. By the time the rest arrived back, she was nothing more than a blank shell on the floor. Eight months later, she gave birth to her daughter, to which the caravan crew helped raise due to Mara wanting to keep the child.
After the cycles passed, the Caravan would stop on its last destination. Arriving at Eastern Thanalan, her Caravan was ambushed by a group of Amal'jaa as an attempt to ransack it. The crew fought off the Amal'jaa, giving Mara just enough time to escape from the carnage as she headed to Ul'dah for help. As soon as she was able to, however, the scene had just stopped, the Caravan destroyed however no bodies were found, leaving Mara to believe that they could still be alive somewhere, however also remaining with the thought that they had either been captured or killed by the rampaging Amal'jaa.
As she returned to Ul'dah, Mara went without a job for a while, surviving as best she could in Ul'dah and looking for handouts and hoping that someone would give her a job. This is when Mara would meet a Miqo'te known as Emelia Iscantel, whom offered her a place to stay at a house she inhabited in the Goblet, known as the Kindred Free Company. There she would meet Sastra Mortier whom would offer her a job knowing Mara's past as an armoursmith and protector.
Mara would serve under the group for a while, getting up to a lot of deeds and generally making a lot of friends, including most notably Bexy Amalaryssia whom was at the time just another defense member. Starting off with the most unfortunate of beginnings, the two would argue and generally not like one another. Bexy finding Mara a bit too tomboyish and Mara finding Bexy a bit weak. However, the two would find later that they bounce off each other and quickly became friends.
Moons later, Mara left the Kindred to their own, disappearing from sight to reunite with her daughter and in hopes, win her over. Mara was a changed woman, looking at her daughter as someone she loved rather than a forced mistake that plagued her past. The two would travel for about six moons or more, happily together as Mara found the joy of freedom upon her daughter and became a lot more complacent than what she once was.
When Mara returned, however, she had discovered that Bexy had also left the Kindred, along side many other people she once knew. Mara would ask her for a job, considering she was poor at the time due to being with her daughter so long and Bexy welcomed here back with open arms. She would now reside in her Free Company house and get on generally well with everyone except for her husband. Ironically, as soon as she returned, the two would once again be thrust in to battle as they had done before, helping one of her old colleagues, Reiko Takahashi.
After doing so, a few suns later, they all had decided to head to Ishgard. To which the smile would quickly vanish from Mara's lips once more. Upon travelling, they had discovered something rather grizzly in that her own daughter, after spending so much time being with her, had been killed by a stab wound by a chest. Unleashing a whirlwind of emotion in Mara's mind, allowing her to decide on her fate from now on in that she would protect anyone no matter the cost. Hearing voices in her head, she decided to pick up a two-handed sword and follow the voices. She was then forever decided on becoming a Dark Knight. This is how she would remain for the rest of her days.
The most recent event that happened in to Mara's life, becoming engaged to Tierney Weaver would make her incredibly happy, setting her upon the right path. Though she would quickly come to regret and try to find a way out of the situation. Relying on her friends for an excuse, Mara would change her hair colour and remove the tattoo from her face thanks to Bexy. Though this plan was also quickly abolished as soon as an Aetherical practice by Max would cause the woman to go in to a state of unconciousness, thus losing some of her prior memory. She would not remember anything at all about the past few moons. The fact her daughter died, saving Reiko and helping Yumi and even most of her relationships have been changed back to how they once were as a result.
Rumours
Commonly Heard Rumours
"The red head? Yeah, seen her a few times. She seems lonely somehow. A lot of pain in those eyes." - Trading Merchant in Thanalan.
"I feel sorry for her... She almost seems out of it at times, like she's had some kind of bad trauma in her life. A woman with that beauty should not be scarred and tattooed. I wonder what's troubling her." - Gossiping Wench in Quicksand.
"She's go' one heck of a fuckin' attitude on 'er." - Limsan Blacksmith.
Lesser Heard Rumours
"Heard she likes to sleep around. I don't know if that's true, but she seems like she would be above all that." - Barmaid in Drowning Wench.
"Crafted me the best looking piece of armour I've ever seen. She must have had great training to make what she did in such little time." - Adoring Customer in Thanalan.
"Pure-hearted, but extremely blunt... A deadly mix for such a beautiful woman." - Enamoured Pretty Boy.
PC Rumours
"Kind of silly... A little brash, and a lot unrefined. But she's Mara, and I'd have her no other way. We've been through a lot together, she and I... Worked together, for a time. There are few others I'd trust as her by my side in combat." - Bexy Amalaryssia
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Trivia
- Mara Lynne's name is loosely based off of Marilyn Monroe, a joke that was introduced as she was invented as a character in World of Warcraft.
- Though she has the Highlander model, Mara Lynne is indeed a Midlander. This is not a typo and I would like to clarify that I prefer the Highlander model.
- Initially planned to be a sort of inspired by "Pirates of the Caribbean"'s Will Turner, however this idea was scrapped and now she is a unique character not based on anyone
Other Notes
Template from Bexy Amalaryssia!
