Aurou Mhirata

Aurou Mhirata
"Would you mind sharing with me?"
Gender	Female
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Keeper of the Moon
Citizenship	Sharlayan
Age	25
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Journalist / Researcher
Height/Weight	4 fulms 10 ilms / 95 ponz
Orientation	??
Alignment	Chaotic Good

Aurou Mhirata is a Miqo'te woman that can often be found in and around Ul'dah. She is a journalist often keeping notes as she goes about her day. While generally approachable she can be reserved, wanting to be cautious about what she shares. Unbeknownst to others, to her knowledge, she hails from the northern nation of Sharlayan, seeking to record information about present day Eorzea to seal away in history volumes. She has lived in and out of Eorzea over the past several years, even being present for the Calamity where she acted as a battlefield healer in addition to her own personal quest of preserving the memory of the encounter. She remains neutral in her standing among the Eorzean companies and is unaffiliated with any of the mercenary groups created by locals.

Appearance and Behavior

Aurou is as unintimidating as they come, as far as looks are concerned. She is on the shorter side for a Miqo'te and stands at the height of a child for the taller races. Her build is thin with the soft muscle tone of a non-combatant, lending to the appearance that she has done very little heavy lifting or hard labor in her lifetime. She often is wearing towns clothing or the cloth robes and coats of a caster. Her plum colored hair is usually pulled away from her face in some manner, be it a pony tail, braid, or simply brushed aside.

Aurou has crystal blue eyes that often reflect an look of mischievousness. Her skin is pale grey with white stripes on her face, a mark of her Keeper lineage. More often than not she wears a light colored paint design on her face, masking or drawing attention away from some of her features. She keeps the fur on her tail meticulously brushed, never to let a hair be out of place. Her ears are usually erect so as to listen to conversations around her, though they often are a give away to her mood or feelings depending on how she holds them.

She speaks in a strong accent that she believes is 'normal' for Eorzeans after spending time on the field with Adventurers. Her natural speech is clear and precise, though she rarely uses it around those she doesn't know or trust.

Personality and Demeanor

Aurou is an inquisitive woman by nature. She is curious to a fault, allowing her own need to know to get the better of her. She can range from bubbly to somber on any given sun depending on what is happening around her. She can be quick to anger if she feels she is being played or isn't getting her way. She habitually will listen to talk before entering into conversation if there is other chatter happening before she approaches.

Skills and Education

Aurou is a trained mage with considerable Aetherical strength should she choose to apply herself. The daughter of a historian and spellmaster, she began both book and practical learning at a young age. Her formal training ended at the onset of the Calamity when she ventured out to begin life on her own. She maintains her studies as she travels, ever interested in pushing her abilities.

Biography

Early Life (1554-1572)

Aurou was born during a springtime storm in the nation of Sharlayan to Kohta and Reti'a Mhirata. To her parents' delight, the young Miqo'te showed considerable prowess in her Aether manipulation lessons beginning in her third cycle. The daughter accompanied her parents while they lived in the Idyllshire settlement during it's final two cycles, returning to the nation in 1762. Her time spent on Eorzean soil had a lasting effect, driving the girl to spend more of her studies on it's history than on her spellcasting. After her 16th Namesday Aurou began following in her mother's footsteps, focusing on the country to the south.

Calamity and Aftermath (1572-1577)

Upon hearing news of the Red Moon descending upon Eorzea, Aurou was dispatched to the Dravanian Hinterlands to venture further south in hopes of documenting the happenings of the war between Eorzea and Garlemald. She put both her writing and magical abilities to use as she documented the fighting and also rendered aid to fallen Eorzeans. Present during the Battle of Carteneau, she witnessed the final moments of Dalamud's decent before she was escorted to safer grounds. While fleeing from an almost certain death, Aurou's book of notes, experiences, interviews, and personal thoughts fell from her grasp forever to be lost. Feeling utterly defeated by both the turn of the war and the loss of work, she decided to remain in Eorzea to further assist in whatever way she could with the recovery before returning home to Sharlayan.

Aurou spent the next three cycles within Eorzean borders, trying to piece back together her lost work and further lend her hand to the recovery efforts of the war torn nation. She continued to record her experiences and meetings with those that she met during her stay. At the conclusion of the third cycle after Dalamud's fall, she returned home to share her stories and have them archived with other documented information on Eorzean history and culture.

Present - Her story thus far... (1577-??)

Aurou again returned to Eorzea after the dust had completely settled and those who had vanished into the rift returned. Her fascination with the foreign country still as high as ever, she's settled into an inn room for a prolonged stay. She's allowed her focus to shift from Eorzea's conflict with it's neighbors to the citizens and their feats.

Realizing that not all of the stories that she's run across are worth storing away with the dark history that she had previously covered, she began to keep a separate book to scribe these tales in.

Basic Info

Likes ■ Bustling cities and ports, meeting with travelers ■ Conversing and gossiping ■ Collecting trinkets, particularly shiny or jeweled objects ■ Fair weather and warm climates ■ Fuzzy companion animals ■ Sitting in front of a fire to write ■ Competitions ■ Trading information and secrets ■ Learning of other cultures and traditions ■ The color blue ■ Herbal tea and berries ■ Visiting taverns and drinking

Dislikes ■ Listening to someone talk in circles ■ Physical combat and unnecessary violence ■ Repetitive chores and tasks ■ Being taken for a fool, tricked ■ Rain or windy weather ■ Creatures that are capable of devouring her in a single bite ■ Hunting or gathering her own food ■ Being seen as nothing more than a pretty face

Other ■ Names Day: 23rd Sun of the Second Umbral Moon, 1554 ■ Birth place: Sharlayan ■ Guardian Deity: Nymeia ■ Chocobo: Sonnet

Relations

♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Sexual Desire ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Neutral Standing ● Poor Standing ! Recent Change

●: Sataka Tanshi : Aurou met the towering Au Ra man while chasing rumors in The Goblet. His innocent outlook and curiosity with the world around him captivated her. The mystery surrounding the man (even to himself) only further grabbed her attention. She finds his presence calming and somewhat comforting.

●: Flickering Ember : Ember is another interesting person to Aurou. She's spoken to the child-like woman a few times, forming a loose friendship through their interactions. She sees Ember as someone to watch over when she's around, the Roe's unquestioning trust in Aurou is something that she has yet to come across in anyone else.

●: Tenrai Kamadori : At their first meeting, Aurou saw Tenrai as nothing more than a flirt. She still sees him that way, however, she now pities the Miqo'te cross. Seeing him at a low point has made her feel a little sorry for him; her opinion of the man is still in flux.

Rumors Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! ◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard) ■ "Typical woman. Talk talk talk talk, always gabbin'." -Merchant ■ "I always see her sitting around the Quicksand, writing in her little book. She seems content to only keep her own company." -Merchant's Wife ■ "Aurou? Ha! Tha' one's a riot once th' drinks start flowin'." -Lominsan Fisherman ■ "Lady Aurou always looks right at home when she takes her time to speak to people in Ul'dah. She's always asking questions, she's quite inquisitive. Come to think of it, though... She never talks about herself." -Bookkeeper from the Thaumaturge's Guild ■ "Tha' girls always wit' a different man every time I see 'er. Sometimes she's even wit' a -woman-. She gets 'round, tha's all I'm sayin'." -Barkeep ■ "She shuuure knows sum *hic* good *hic* 'angover cures.. hehe." -Drunken Hyur ◢ Moderate Rumors (Somewhat difficult to overhear) ■ "She ain't much of a fighter. Heard tell that she was on th' field durin' The Battle o' Cartenau. Wonder 'ow true that is?" -Coliseum Fighter ■ "She'll do just about anything to get what she's after, if ye know what I mean." -Barkeep ■ "One day she's speakin' like the saltiest sailor t' ever sail Th' Indigo Deep, th' next she talks all proper an' fancy-like." -Traveling Lalafall ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ "The woman is a spy, plain and simple. Why else would she want to know so much?" -Speculating Elezan ■ "Ehh, 'spy' might be pushin' it. She's definitely a foreigner. Can't even wager a guess 'ere she's from, tho'." -Roegadyn countering Elezan ■ "I heard she's from Dravania!" -Eavesdropping Miqo'te ◢ PC Rumors (Written by other players, both Anonymous and Signed welcome) ■ ■ ■

Inventory Items that Aurou frequently has on her person, whether visible or stashed away ■ Quills, often kept tucked beneath a hair piece ■ Two or three small leather bound writing books ■ Canvas satchel

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Footnotes and OOC

Please feel free to utilize any of the above information in RP, but make sure that it would make sense for your character to know such things. I rarely will pre-coordinate RP's and even more rarely will allow for do-overs. I like for my interactions to be as organic and free flowing as possible! It's more fun that way~ Feel free to contact me in game (on the Balmung server) or via the RPC. I play during EST evenings and nights, and also can be found online throughout the day during the weekends.

I will feed plot hooks and hints as I see fit based on the amount of interaction given. Aurou, by nature and design, is a somewhat secretive character about her own history. It may take two or three sessions before she feels that she can trust another enough to open up. She is not an open book, a relationship must be built or be in the works.

Adaptation and inspiration of Templates by Bancroft Gairn and D'lyhhia Lhuil -- Thank you for making this easy!

Last information update : 9/12/2015