Arala Makeo

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Arala Makeo
Gender	Female
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	None
Citizenship	Ul'dah
Age	24

Character

General

Arala Makeo was born not from a tribe and in the city of Ul'dah between her mother and father who had a relationship on their own. When she was a young child, Arala looked up to her father so much that she dreamed to be a Paladin like he was. She trained day and night to begin her rise up and be like her father. Only problem is that Arala has no idea where he has gone. It is assumed he went missing after she reached the age of sixteen and was never heard from again.

Appearance

Arala's hair is a light brown color with her tips in a black like fur, presumed to be like her father's hair color. Her right eye is a yellow tint that matches the strange Tattoo on her forehead, but has recently been shown to be false. Wtih the help of her friend, Ninifae Nira, she was able to see through a new eye but through the use of sound.. Her other eye is white, which is her natural eye color.

Behavior

Arala is adventurous and lighthearted in humor. She enjoys some good jokes from time to time. She is prone to being shy around whomever she likes which she retaliates in anger. Her attitude changes in battle when things get serious. Protective, chivalrous and ever so strong to help those in need, Arala is a friend you do not want to pass up.

Combat

General

Arala does not fight head on but rather defensively. Her sword is not the danger but the shield. She is capable of tossing the shield and use it like a projectile for a range attack. With her speed she is agile enough to dodge most attacks but not all. Because she plays defensive most of the time, her sword strikes are quick and fast. Rarely do they even draw blood.

She does not fight when there is no need to but she will not back down from pulling her shield out in public.

Tendencies

Likes

• She enjoys food...way too much.
• The Beaches in La Nocea are her ideal vacations
• Those who show her kindess

Dislikes

• Dishonorable adventurers
• People praying on the weak
• Being treated like a weakling

Hobbies/Talents

• Her right eye acts as her night vision when she closes her left eye.
• One of her favorite hobbies as a kid was making jewelery, which hailed from her mother's side.

Other

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Relationships

Family

Her mother was very kind to her when raising Arala and never once denied her to set out on her own journey. She is a Seeker of the Sun Miqo'te. After a little scuffle and sabotage, Arala's mother was taken intocustody of attempted murder of her own daughter.

She idolized her father and wishes to be like him one day despite him being a Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te. Despite him being a spy, P'rth did all he could to protect everyone he loved and cared about as well as Ul'dah to his last breath.

Friends

Among her friends is a Chocobo named Bou. To her, Bou is her first friend since she was little and has served as her companion throughout her journey in Eorzea. Bou tends to be a bit nosy with a little curious nature on the side. Despite this, Bou has shown to be also protective of Arala and in some situations would aid her when possible.

A Hyru named Robert Colt entered her life sometime after becoming a sultainsworn and became her first friend. He is a Dragoon who roams around alone usually yet every day the two seem to get closer and closer. Arala tends to make fun of Colt and jokes about him but she means well in keeping thir spirits high during such downtime. As of late, their relationship has been questionable but there is no denying the two have some form of love between them.

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A Lalafel named Ninifae Nira is a scholar and skilled in various fields. Seemingly loves books in Arala's eyes, she appreciates the extra help when Arala can barely understand situations as is. With everything new, Arala always asks Nira for information and help. She is very much a mother like figure to Arala and enjoyes her company a lot.

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A Hyru named Aya Foxheart who tends the bar at the Quicksand is like a sister to Arala and helps her out much like one. Theyare considered best friends.

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A Miqo'te named Tana Firesong became her friend after many encounters with talking. Though Tana and Robert do not get along, Arala never once denied her friends place in her heart. Tana also has strong feelings to Arala despite her devotion to Colt.

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Enemies

((WIP))

Rumors

Common Rumors

• "She is far too kind"
• "Gentle when she speaks, brutal in combat"

Moderate Rumors

• "Her mother is a very skilled Goldsmith."

Rare Rumors

• "I heard she is scared of Cactuars."

PC Rumors

History/Timeline

Early Years

While growing up in Ul'dah was hard for her mother and father, Arala remembers the city fondly has her home. Days spent playing with toys and listening to her father's stories and adventures he went on. Arala had little to no friends but it never bothered her much. When she turned Fifteen, Arala trained to use a shortsword first then a shield before using both for practice. Spending most of her teen life in preperation to be like her father. She idolized the man a lot.

As she was approaching the age of an adult, word came about her father's dissaperance for some time. The news to Arala was hard but figuring it was for a reason, she decided to keep on with her idea and become a paladin like he was. 

Sultainsworn Paladin

With her future still being planned and whether to be a Free Paladin or not later, Arala started her journey as a Sultainsworn Paladin. Yet most of her early jobs were to stand and act like a guard for most establishments. without much real action, it dawned on Arala that the tasks she took from the adventurer's guild were far more involved. It would take her a while to decide to become a free paladin in the end

Free Paladin

After aiding her new friends, Colt and Nira, Arala took a slow process to become a Free Paladin and go on new adventures with her pals. Many include saving one another and making new friends along the way.

The Weight of Heavy Burdens

Arala received an unmarked letter which led her to the location of Castrum Centri in Mor Dhona which talked about her missing father. Upon reading the entrance she was approached by a tall Hyur male in dark brown armor from head to toe. Wielding a large battle axe. His demand was to extract Arala's false eye made years ago. Yet after denying him, she got her answer about her father's fate. Apparently her father was a Spy for the man and because he had a relationship and a child, the Hyur slew her father. After showing the shield to her as proof, Arala engaged in a short fight which ended in her being tossed around with ease.

In order to escape, she handed over a small white stone instead of her eye and made a dash back to Ul'dah. After explaining the situation to her companion, Nira insisted that the two did what they could to avoid their eyes. Yet the words Nira left on Arala were that the Spies could of been easily integrated within their community. Heightening Arala's senses and making those she met harder to trust.

after much time of research, she slowly started to regain her trust in Colt but there was the matter of her eye. Work went under way to create a new eye for her to see out of but it still had it's problems. The technology they used was not as advanced as what the Garlean Empire used but they had to make due. In that time, Nira had a theory about the old eye she had. That it could contain information on it. Work started to make a scope to see into it.

While Nira was occupied, Arala found the shocking truth about the eye. It had plans to make a very volatile bomb and locations around Ul'dah. Knowing this, Arala attempted to break the eye but with no luck she turned to Colt to help break it for her. But what she did not know all this time was that using her father's Linkpearl this whole time was the reason for the Hyur man (Now revealed named Koma) to even know about Arala's fake eye. All the conversations she had over the linkpearl and in person were revealed to the enemy all this time. Feeling unsafe and angered, she shattered her only link with her friends and ran off to confront Koma to finish the fight before he could get the plans.

After a long and stressful fight, Koma was struck down at the hands of Colt but with his last breath he attempted to use his makeshift Cerulium Bomb to kill them with him. Arala used her father's old shield as Nira helped Colt get behind her. The odd mist on the shield that emenated as she held it blocked the most dangerous part of the bomb but the explosion still pushed them back some ways.

In the end, Koma was defeated and the plans were lost forever to blow up Ul'dah. Arala quickly reunited with her father through his shield and swears to carry his burdens along with her own. Feeling like more of a protecter than ever, Arala returned to Ul'dah for a good rest...but the explosion left Arala's hair looking a bit blue from the Cerulium explosion. Hopefully it's not permanent. 

Gallery

After the Cerulium Explosion, Arala's hair color changed.