Shashato Shato
| Shashato Shato | |
 Shashato, deep in thought. | |
| Gender | Female |
| Race | Lalafell |
| Clan | Dunesfolk |
| Citizenship | Limsa Lomisa |
| Age | 31 |
| Occupation | Researcher, Freelance Arcane Bombast |
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Character
General
Often times when one fails to fell a wall again and again, they rethink their strategy or find a stronger hammer. Shashato does not just take up a new hammer, but rather design a competently new one, slam it repeatedly into said figurative wall until she's left beating it with its handle.
Delusional is often times the way she is described, an illusion she is well aware of yet somehow continues to act completely convinced that every idea she comes up with is pure and unbridled gold. Or, rather, refinable.
Blessed by a streak of good luck and much of a preacher as she is a scholar, she encourages others to follow in their beliefs and promotes self confidence, with the usual reminder of "Remember - you too can be the best... After me of course."
This odd combination of a positive and negative personality trait often times leaves her in conflict. She is not inherently malevolent but does not hold back from being competitive. She believes in being proactive, yet hates being one-upped. Often times this leads to her begrudgingly lowering herself from her high horse. But make no mistake - Shashato believes that she is without a doubt bound to make a ground breaking discovery. Eventually.
When around others, this personality of hers can wear on them rather swiftly, especially if she feels particularly indulgent, although this is usually innocent, like one of those people at parties that tend to believe that everything they bring up is worth listening about and small talk is king. However often times she fails to face how brittle she truly is, and ends up sympathising very quickly and even becoming flustered. Not to mention the temper tantrums she's prone to.
Despite this, she clings to her confidence to get her through the day. Rather than moaping, she tries her back to be proactive.
Appearance
Relatively tall as far as Lalafell go, Sha keeps up the appearance of a typical Dunesfolk, with warm tan skin, soft features and a rotund physique, kept on the stout side. Whilst this might seem indicative of a sedentary lifestyle, her bruised knees and strong legs say otherwise. As a queer contrast, her hands are delicate and unblemished - like that of a scribe.
Her eyes are a vibrant and luminous pale green,a color that accentuates the nature of the Dunesfolk's eyes. Her cheeks are round and whitened, her nose rather petite and baring a particular dark hue, like a little mouse's nose. Her hair is often times kept in tribute to her love of complexity, it's red-brown nature kept shaped in banded braids at either side of her head, a shortened mid fringe with straightened sides. Often times (usually absent mindedly) she tends to stick certain objects into her hair as decoration or to hold, be they quills, pins, jewels...
Her ears are long darkened towards the tips and rather down - tilted, one ear studded with a hooped silver earring. As both an artistic statement and tradition, she has been tattooed around the brow and eyes in classical arcane style with a rather clashing purple hue.
Personality
Combat
General
Generally preferring not to end up engaging in combat in the first place, Shashato prefers not to use her magic's destructive capabilities unless in dire need or target practice, which in itself is a very subjective term. When backed up into a corner, especially if against a multitude of foes, she chooses to immediately try to make some distance between herself and her foes before aiming to intimidate them in any way she can. Shouting out threats, trash talk, pointless yelling and calling out attacks are amongst her deadly arsenal.
When her carbuncle is in combat with her, she tends to cooperate and try flanking her opponent, aiming to use her love of tactics to her advantage. Such tactics tend to vary in effectivity and quality, however she does love to play smart.
She chooses to dress light when in combat, as to try coming off as considering it a simple task. Focusing mainly on arcanist techniques, she often favors hit and run moves with ample healing techniques thrown in for good measure. The somatic qualities of her spellcasting is often times exaggerated in order to distract.
