Khoba Lhyr
 Khoba Lhyr
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[[Image: |250px]]"Dad always told me, 'Khoba, it's hard to enjoy the world when it's weighing on your shoulders.' So, I just try keeping it rolling under my feet instead." | |
| Gender | Female |
| Race | Miqo'te |
| Clan | Keeper of the Moon |
| Citizenship | Gridania |
| Age | 23 |
| Sexuality | Heterosexual |
| Occupation | Freelance healing, conjurer, adorable hobo |
| Nameday | 1st Sun, Second Umbral Moon |
| Patron | Oschon |
Contents
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 her freckled 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
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
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Relationships
Alphabetical by surname.
- ♥ 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.
- ♥ ● Kyrio Lamansque- A fellow miqo'te initially met in Ul'dah on a trip to the Quicksand. Khoba took an immediate and almost reflexive liking to her fellow Moon Keeper, endeared and perhaps a bit concerned by the snippets of his history that were shared. Despite their relatively new friendship their shared sense of lax humor has sparked an apparent mutual, and perhaps instinctual, respect and affection. Khoba's own recent forays into pugilism have her eying the male as a potential tutor, though she has yet to make a formal request. She seems to be intent on making it a habit to be in Thanalan whenever Kyrio intends to participate in the Grindstone, naming herself his 'personal physician'.
- ♥ ● Lhyr'a Rhalenn(NPC): 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.
- ● Y'lyfriel Sikah- A friend and former(?) guildmate of Emilienoix's who Khoba happily, albeit nervously, agreed to meet through request. Though she knows little enough of the other woman Khoba likes her well enough and respects her greatly for her apparent care and concern into Emilienoix's happiness and well-being. Khoba grows increasingly fond of 'Miss Y'Lyfriel' each time they happen to meet.
- ● Rahm Tahlu(NPC)- 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 Thanlan-based substitute for her distantly located father. Zeean's unwavering patience with the younger Keeper have only endeared her further to the man, and despite the gap in their years and experience Khoba has developed a definite protective streak on his behalf.
Rumors
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- "She'll make a great Matriarch someday, should she decide to lead a family." - Kyrio Lamansque
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 too young to even remember so much as her face, and was raised by a father content to live on the fringes of a female-dominant society to have a hand in the rearing of his only child. 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 urban society. Khoba, despite her stubborn attempts, struggled to mesh so easily, unnerved by everything from walls to shoes to normal beds and the constant press of so many people and walls. 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 specifically 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 successfully completed her studies with the guild, the Keeper left her father and their new home nearly a full cycle of moons ago, and is again playing at the life of a contented nomad. Simply wishing to see what the wider world has to offer, she wanders wherever seems to catch her interest- often chasing landmarks or stories heard from others. Ul'dah has proven to be the most pivotal landmark on her haphazard path, where she happened one evening 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 pursuit.
Quite happy with the unexpected detour and head-over-heels for the elezen, Khoba lingers in and about Ul'dah to remain nearer Emilienoix, though the two have quickly taken to indulging her wanderlust and straying away from the unspoken nexus of the merchant city.
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Notes
- Alignment: Neutral
- Voice model: Emily Rose
- Tropes: Cats Are Snarkers, Plucky Girl, Earthy Barefoot Character
- Playlist: Mooncalled
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