Shofie Mahowyn
Author note: This information is oudated. Some of Shofie's history has changed. However, her appearance, personality, and relationships are all the same. This is the current working revision of this character sheet, however, there are some pending changes since the release of the lorebook Encyclopedia Eorzea. I will edit again and remove this text once those changes are in effect.
| Shofie Mahowyn | |
 Art by Shofie Mahowyn [10] | |
| Gender | Female |
| Race | Miqo'te |
| Clan | Mixed race |
| Citizenship | Unaffiliated |
| Age | 21 |
| Height | 4 Fulms 9 ilms |
| Weight | 135 ponz |
| Occupation | Treasure Hunter/Criminal |
| Alignment | Chaotic Neutral |
Contents
Quick Info
■ CURRENT ALIAS: Shofie Mahowyn
■ BIRTH NAME: Currently Unknown
■ RACE: Mixed race Miqo'te (Seeker of the Moon)
■ GENDER: Female
■ HEIGHT: 4'9" ilms
■ WEIGHT: 135 ponz
■ NAMEDAY: 26th Day of Fifth Umbral Moon
■ ORIENTATION Pansexual
■ MARITAL STATUS: Married to Rhen Maverick
Physical
Shofie is a short, very muscular, dark-skinned miqo'te woman. Her physique is like that of a weight-lifter. She is not svelte or thin, and most of her weight comes from the sheer amount of muscle she carries on her small frame. She has a somewhat stocky appearance, due to her muscle. Her shoulders and arms are notably very large. Her figure is not particularly feminine, and she is very flat-chested, due to how muscular she is. She frequently gets mistaken as male, something which does not really bother her. She carries herself with the casual, confident air of someone who is used to winning most of the fights she starts.
Shofie is mixed-race, her mother a Keeper of the Moon, and her father a Seeker of the Sun. This isn't usually immediately obvious to most people, but a fellow miqo'te might notice it pretty quickly.
Shofie has dark red hair, which she usually keeps cropped very short, as she finds long hair annoying when it gets in her face. Her hair could be accurately described as "fluffy", and while not widely known, if her hair gets long, it's actually quite curly.
She has heterochromia--her left eye is blue, her right eye green. From a distance, they look very similar; it's not until one gets closer this difference is usually discernible.
She has noticeable freckles on her cheeks and across the bridge of her nose. Her nose is dark.
Shofie has a large, purple tattoo on her left shoulder of a crescent moon, and a series of approximately 30 stars of varying sizes that trail over the left side of her body. Some of the stars travel as high as her neck, down her left arm, and down her side, over onto her belly, and the top of her buttocks. Unless she is covered fully from neck to toe, at least a few of the stars or part of the moon will be visible on either her neck or her forearm. See reference sheet below.
Despite being a brawler, Shofie's body is mostly free from all but the most minor of scars. The only notable exception is a large scar a few inches to the left of her navel. The scar is clearly a healed deep stab wound. If someone happens to see this scar and comment on it, she will immediately become sullen and withdrawn, or outright hostile. She will not talk about it.
Shofie is rarely found without some kind of armor that completely covers her body; she feels unsafe otherwise. Even when she is dressed down for a simple trip into town, she will still wear clothing that covers most of her body. Shofie nearly always wears a simple cloth or leather wrap around her tail, and it is sure to cover her tail at the base.
Personality and Behavior
Shofie is fun-loving and adventurous often to the point of recklessness. She will often dive into something without thinking. She thinks and acts with her heart, and is exceptionally passionate in anything she decides to commit herself to, and incredibly difficult to drag into something she's not interested in.
She is a very sharp individual, however, her personality lends itself more to apathy in most things that don't directly concern or interest her. This can lend the impression to some that she is a bit of an airhead. She is exceptionally clumsy, particularly when attempting to handle delicate things. Her husband Rhen has prohibited her from handling glasses in the tavern in response to her smashing so many by accident.
She is an expressive individual, very animated when talking, very messy when she eats. She lacks manners and tact, and is often blunt when talking to people.
Her voice is somewhat deep.
History
AUTHOR NOTE: THIS INFORMATION WOULD NOT BE KNOWN TO YOU UNLESS SHOFIE ACTUALLY TOLD YOU. IT IS INCLUDED HERE FOR THE SAKE OF BEING THOROUGH.
Shofie's father was unable to become a Nunh, so he decided to take to a life of adventure, and happened to meet an interested female Keeper. A brief affair ensued, the product of which was Shofie. Shofie's father left well before she was born, and he is entirely unaware of her existence. Her mother had hoped she could hide the secret of her love affair with the Seeker, but was dismayed when Shofie ended up looking nearly identical to her father, and nothing like the rest of the clan. Shofie grew up lonely, enduring bullying from nearly everyone in her clan. Her clan is a highly superstitious, xenophobic, and sexist society, and little kindness was paid her way.
Despite all this, her mother tried to teach her the family's magicks, which Shofie picked up on easily, as a prodigy would. She was a strong caster, and had much potential. She was sent to Gridania to further her study, and learn how to integrate with people in the city.
Shofie Mahowyn is not her birth name. She was the first, and, until Rhen took her last name, only Mahowyn.
Before the Calamity
Shofie left her clan, and her ties with her mother and clanmates was entirely severed due to the bullying. She spent a few moons living off the land, catching fish and trading it for supplies. Eventually, she joined the Twin Adders, hoping for a sense of direction or purpose with her life.
The Dusk Wolves
Shofie and her husband Rhen manage a small company of treasure hunters, called The Dusk Wolves, exploring Eorzea and finding rare valuables to sell to the highest bidders. These items are not always obtained in the most legal of ways, and as such, they have ties to the Black Market, and many of Eorzea's criminals.
Shofie is the face of the small company, handling contacts for the others. Despite her often less-than-serious personality, with Rhen's guidance, she is a shrewd business woman. Where Rhen is the brains of The Dusk Wolves, thinking and analytical; Shofie is it's heart--passionate, raw power.
On missions, Shofie serves as the brute force while the others are a bit more adept at finesse. Unlike Rhen and the others, Shofie is not very stealthy or particularly graceful. Shofie is not allowed along on stealth missions, as she is inelegant and clumsy.
Currently, Rhen and Shofie have acquired a small tavern in The Goblet called The Coeurl's Whisker, and use it as a means of laundering money they obtain in less-than-legal ways. Most people, including much of The Whisker's staff, have no idea the small bar is used for this purpose. The average person would have no knowledge of this. The Coeurl's Whisker is, for all intents and purposes to the average outsider, just a normal tavern/inn.
Behind closed doors, Shofie and Rhen manage a lot of contacts, have black market dealings, and traffic goods to the highest bidders, all while making sure their own pockets are lined nicely in the process.
Combat
Her fighting style is that of a berserker, a burst of semi-controlled aether that magically enhances her rage. This stems from her training with magic when she was younger, but the way she uses the aether is not something she was taught formally. It's a sort of "cobbled-together" self-taught manipulation of aether to suit her purpose.
She will fight rationally and even calmly until she becomes injured, or more specifically, has her blood drawn. Then she is unrelenting. Once angered, she fights much more aggressively and wildly and becomes incredibly dangerous in this state for both friend and foe. If her blood gets drawn, she may outright frenzy and become completely uncontrollable. Her anger is both her greatest strength and her greatest weakness. Her efforts to control it have been met with failure. After much practice, she is able to safely spar with others, but she knows these are not life-and-death situations, so doesn't take the combat as seriously in the first place.
People close to her know to stay clear of her in her frenzied state, as she may strike friends just as easily as foe. She is exceptionally dangerous, but at a cost. She is burst damage, not sustained. She can't keep up her frenzied combat style for more than a few minutes. So far, the only person able to safely approach her in this state is Rhen. She breaks down completely if he attempts to stop her or restrain her, because her fear of hurting her only loved one overrides her otherwise blind anger.
She has been used in the past a few times as something akin to a grenade; intentionally set off into a frenzy, and flung into the thick of enemies to cut them down.
When she was with her clan, she was taught how to use a lance, and is very adept at it as a result. The clan used lances not only as weapons, but also during dances for display. She is actually a capable dancer due to the clan requiring strict practice, however, she flatly refuses to do this anymore, finding it distasteful.
However, since disassociating herself from her clan, she has taken up more physical-based forms of combat than the kind her clan taught her. Finding enjoyment from swinging a fist or an axe, she eventually all but set aside her training as a lancer. She finds immense pleasure from combat with a skilled opponent, caring little for physical pain.
She is skilled in fist-fighting, lances, and axes, and has some minor ability with a bow and a gun, though she does not favor ranged combat, so she never excelled with bows or guns. She basically knows how to not shoot herself in the foot, and that's about it.
Relationships
Rhen Maverick: (Rhen Mahowyn) It was through sheer random chance she was thrown together with Rhen Maverick, and the pair became close. The friendship blossomed into more, with the two eventually pledging themselves together, and Rhen taking Shofie's last name as an expression of his love for her. Shofie is utterly devoted to him, and loves him more than anything in life. She goes to great lengths to try to protect him (though he does not need it). Shofie and Rhen regard one another as family. Since Rhen never really had a family, and Shofie lost hers, they both value this association highly. Shofie is unflinchingly loyal to Rhen, and as a result, to The Dusk Wolves. If anything causes problems for either, Shofie will not hesitate to deal with it in a swift, if not brutal, fashion.
Due to Rhen's desire to never speak unless absolutely necessary, Shofie has become something of a translator for him, particularly when handling business involving The Dusk Wolves. She can read his intent and meaning so well, that when the pair are talking to people, she will often look to Rhen for his answer, before giving it for him, so he doesn't have to actually talk. Subtle nods, eye and ear movements convey more than enough information for Shofie to give accurate answers. She has gotten so good at this, people sometimes joke that the pair might be telepathic.
U'ratuo Feya: (U'ratuo Caedis) U'ratuo is someone Shofie considers a friend, and Shofie is actually a little protective of her. U'ratuo is The Coeurl Whisker's loyal (if not somewhat beleaguered) waitress, often having to serve Shofie's burnt offerings and placating customers. She is paid rather nicely, though. Occasionally tends the bar if Rhen is absent, as Shofie is prohibited by Rhen from handling anything glass.
A'rihnn Tia: Employed by The Coeurl's Whisker, offering sarcastic commentary on lots of goings-on in the tavern. No one seems to actually know what he was hired to do. Has recently taken over at The Whisker's cook, much to Shofie's relief, as he as far better at it than she ever was. Shofie is currently attempting to entice him into working for them in a more illegal capacity.
Butz: Rhen's snowy white chocobo, Butz, who is hostile and outright nasty to everyone. Shofie feeds him by throwing his food into the stall. She has a relatively healthy fear of the big, bitey bird. Rhen seems to manage him well enough, however.
Info about the roleplayer
■ Age: 39
■ GENDER: Sometimes
■ ROLEPLAYING STYLE: Rapid-fire conversational style, or long paragraph style, depending on the roleplaying medium and who I am interacting with.
■ RATING: Mature. Violence, criminal activity, foul language, darker themes. I will not ERP.
Gallery
Art on this page is by myself unless otherwise noted.
Reference sheet by Shofie [1]
Art by Rhen [2] This shows off how I picture her body type really well.
Art by Rhen [3]
Art by Nnamier [4]
Art by Rhen [5] Morning stretches
Artwork by Whinecraft [6]
Artwork by Cheppo [7]
Art by Meishali
Art by Ashlen Hart [8]
Art by Lunie-Junk [9]
Shofie and Rhen (older pic of Shofie, but the pic is cute.)
Rhen and Shofie's Wedding
