Annaliese Sellecerre

Annaliese Sellecerre
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Gender	Female
Race	Elezen
Clan	Duskwight
Citizenship	Limsa Lominsa
Religion	Halone, the Fury
Age	32
Nameday	28th Sun of the 2nd Umbral Moon
Height	6 fulms 4 ilms
Occupation	Bodyguard, Freelancer
Server; Free Company	Balmung; The Coral Sea

Annaliese Sellecerre (27th Sun 6th Umbral Moon) is a Duskwight Elezen who hails from the underground in the mountains of Coerthas.  Work in progress, in need of an update!

Basic Info

LIKES ■ Rain ■ Travel ■Sparring ■The Ocean ■Solitude

DISLIKES ■ Crowds ■ Injustice ■ Racism ■ Feeling Restricted

OTHER ■ Alignment: Neutral/Neutral Good ■ Vice(s): Herbal cigarettes, alcohol, strong weed, work ■ Favorite Food: Grilled or Roast Dodo ■ Favorite Drink: Chamomile Tea ■ Favorite Color: Blue, Deep Gray

Appearance & Personality

Very tall with a tendency to loom, Annaliese is tautly muscled and athletically built, with broad shoulders, modest bust, and a streamlined body. Her dark skin is coated with scars obscured by layers of clothing and armor. She has a long face, square jaw, and a prominent, aquiline nose with tell-tale signs of being broken at least once. Arched, expressive brows frame an unsettlingly intense, silver gaze. It's a face prone to withering stares as often as sly smiles, though her natural expression tends toward heavy-lidded and squinting in harsh light. Thick and wavy, especially curly when soaked, thick, black hair falls to the middle quadrant of her back. Most of her hair is managed into tight, neat braids with metal clasps at their ends.

Distinguishing Features: Most noticeably an aquiline nose and chiseled cheekbones. An old scar on her forehead that’s several shades lighter than her skin. A scar at the edge of her right eyebrow. A vertical scar runs from the corner of her upper lip to nearly the cleft in her chin. Callused hands and fingers. Large, bat-like ears, pale eyes.

Personality: Solitary, business-focused, and serious, Annaliese is easily labeled as aloof or simply introverted. Where she fails in expressing herself verbally, her expression typically compensates. A tendency to be too analytical often trumps her thoughts, but for the most part, she is reserved and polite, if a bit awkward.

Rather serious and a bit prickly, she is occasionally charming if her guard is dispensed of and she remembers how to, well, interact with people. Self-discipline slips in the presence of good company, good drinks, a good meal, or the flash of gil, and so smiles and jokes come more easily. Losses suffered from the Calamity have taken their toll on her well-being, though, and its effects are, to her disappointment, often apparent. Even now, things as seemingly simple as interacting with those above ground escape her grasp. Despite impressions, she is a woman of intense, quiet, feeling. Slow to trust but recklessly loyal, there is a softness beneath the chip on her shoulder and more than occasional social awkwardness.

Speech: Soft spoken. She is articulate and careful, tending to pause in search of a word.

Personal Strengths: Meticulous, loyal, driven, observant, athletic, business-savvy. In combat, her wiry build strengthens her blows, her quick reflexes serve her well, and she is exceedingly nimble...

Personal Weaknesses:… but if she stops moving, she’s liable to lose several teeth or end up on the business end of a sword. She’s more often than not serious to a fault and terse. "All work and no play" and all that. Slow to anger, but severe temper. Bright light irritates her pale, sensitive eyes quite a bit. Sensitive ears mean crowded, urban areas drive her into auditory overload, but they make her quite skilled at close combat.

Character Flaws: Cynical, aloof, sarcastic, stubborn, vengeful, with a tendency toward social awkwardness. If she had a Sin, it'd be Pride. Light and sound sensitive.

Personality Quirks: A tendency to cut through the thick of things (combined with social awkwardness) is sometimes achieved with overt, unconscious bluntness. Often silent, just as often snarky. Tends toward close-mouthed smiles. A knife is always somewhere on her person. Smokes cigarettes (aggressively) when nervous. Exceedingly slow to anger, much like a long-burning fuse, but has an explosive temper.

Biography

Heavily Abridged: Annaliese Sellecerre (27th Sun 6th Umbral Moon) is a Duskwight Elezen who hails from the underground in the mountains of Coerthas. Born into a long-fallen house of nobles, she spent her childhood and adolescence toiling alongside her family doing backbreaking mining and excavation work. In later years, following an interest in the precious gems she was scraping from the earth, the realization of their value led to pocketing some of the raw material, refining it, and selling it to merchants.

This did not, however, go unnoticed for terribly long, and was eventually punished. Most of her family (and much of her city) was lost in the Calamity from a resulting cave-in and rock slide, though her sister remains alive. Her whereabouts were and remain to be unknown, however, and the difficult years that followed led to Anna's wandering toward Ul'dah as a refugee, scraping out a living as a pickpocket and raider until her eventual disentanglement.

Present-day, she has since (seemingly, at least) reformed and taken to honest work as a bodyguard, goldsmith, and general contractor of martial jobs.

Orientation: Homosexual

Religion: Halone, The Fury

Hobbies and Talents: Reading, sparring, fishing, traveling, hand-to-hand combat, poisons, venoms. She enjoys fine drink and good food, though her culinary ventures are often of necessity rather than luxury. Younger days of caving and raiding cultivated an interest and skill in gem-cutting, and she possesses well-honed survival, smithing, and alchemical skills.

Special Talents: Primarily, Anna is a practitioner of hand-to-hand combat. She has quite the musical ear but lacks instrumental skill to accompany it and outright refuses to sing. (At least around others) So it's largely kept to herself. Nimble, strong, good with her hands, a skilled pugilist and one-time pickpocket, street-smart and business-minded.

Favored Weapons: Claws - Most commonly used against armed or armored opponents. They are used to disarm and deflect blows as well as wound and kill.
Wrapped Fists or Hora - Used in hand-to-hand combat or most situations. It allows her to more easily utilize her fists and grapple when necessary.
Daggers/Knives - She favors a pair of daggers a bit shorter than her forearm.

Favored Attire: Jerkins, knitted shirts, plated gloves, sarouels, high boots. Anything that covers her as fully as possible, really. Her wardrobe is comprised almost entirely of dark, rich colors as well as earth tones and varying shades of blue.

Inventory: While traveling, she prides herself on packing light: Linen, dried food, salted meats, poultices, and a collection of potions. Otherwise, a gil satchel, knife, and several vials line her belt.

Miscellaneous

RUMORS Some of these rumors are untrue or greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! ◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard) ■ "Worked as a guard for my caravan, once. Good worker, but quiet. Too quiet, makes you wonder what's goin' on up there." ◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ■ ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ ◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players) ■ ■ ■ ■

RELATIONS Annaliese’s solitary leaning, combined with a laxness toward sharing and an isolated upbringing, has made it difficult to build friendships. At least those not based around the exchange of gil. ♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Poor Standing ● Deceased ♥ Giselle Friloux           (Lover) Their particular mix of animosity and chemistry both confuses and intrigues her, as does their rather ambiguous relationship. Despite a large (very large) number of differences, and as eyebrow-raising as it is, she's drawn to the woman. Even if she finds her, more often than not, infuriating, that has since been fading with time. ● Sigurd Rainecourt ● Heteph Asanti ● Dhemgein Shyrdoenwyn  ● I'tsu Fhuz ● Celine Sellecerre

Gallery

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Footnotes

Faceclaim and voice are Antje Traue.

Theme Song:

TV Tropes: The Stoic; Heroic Safe Mode; The Atoner; Knight in Sour Armor; He Who Fights Monsters; Fragile Speedster; Cigarette of Anxiety; Slasher Smile

IC and Inspiration Tumblr: sellecerre.tumblr.com

Art Credit: Profile art by rambeltilx@tumblr