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{{Infobox-character
| name = Cima Fhae
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| name = Chani Drift
| image = Blackandwhite.png
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| image = Chaniferrer.png
| imagewidth = 300
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| imagewidth = 350
| caption = "Life's a waning candle - just asking to get snuffed out."
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| caption = Imp o' the Sea
| title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWRypqz5-o Theme Song: Born To Be Wild]
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| title = [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b1wt3-zpzQ Theme Song: Little Greenback]
 
| gender = Female
 
| gender = Female
| citizenship = Ul'dah
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| citizenship = Drifter
 
| race = Miqo'te
 
| race = Miqo'te
 
| clan = Keeper of the Moon
 
| clan = Keeper of the Moon
 
| stat_1 = Birthplace
 
| stat_1 = Birthplace
| stat_1_value = The Black Shroud
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| stat_1_value = Limsa Lominsa
| stat_2 = Age
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| stat_2 = Namesday
| stat_2_value = 18 (as of 1577)
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| stat_2_value = 10/03 (1559)
| stat_3 = Occupation
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| stat_3 = Guardian
| stat_3_value = Pawnbroker, Treasure Hunter
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| stat_3_value = [[Llymlaen, the Navigator]]
| stat_4 = Disciple
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| stat_4 = Occupation
| stat_4_value = Botanist
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| stat_4_value = <strike>Thief</strike> for Hire
| stat_5 = Job
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| stat_5 = Player
| stat_5_value = Aspiring Monk
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| stat_5_value = [http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=762 Kitty Wizard]
| stat_6 =  
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| stat_6 = Server
| stat_6_value =  
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| stat_6_value = Balmung
 
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<font style="color:#466b69;" size="2">'''Cima Fhae'''</font> [''see-ma <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3"></font> f/r/-ay''] is a... well, that is... Cima specializes in the procurement and trade of antique oddities... among other things. Simply put: you want it, she can find it. At a price.
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'''Chani Drift''' is a simple stray with a<strike>n unhealthy obsession</strike> love of three things: games, money and booze. Career-wise, she considers herself a specialist in the procurement and trade of goods. You want it, she can find it. At a price.  
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:''"Is it a needful thing?"''
  
===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;">Character</div>===
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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #55a5bd;font-size:11px;color:#d5dada;">Basic Info</div>===
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: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEtbfzMLVWU Stray Cat Strut]
=====<div style="padding:0px 30px; font-size:14px;color:#466b69;">Etymology</div>=====
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She's a small, shapely thing - a once gawky foundation turned to womanform. Or turning, judging by the chub of her cheeks and occasional stumbles, fumbles and tumbles (she's a ditsy helmsman). Her voice is bubbly and boisterous (inside voice? what inside voice?) and her tongue as foul as a sailor's. A tad of fire touches her blonde hair and her eyes are the sky and the sea. Beyond that, no real noteworthy brands. She's got a dim-witted smile though.  
[http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Cima Cima] [http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Fay Fhae] - translation: ''treasure'', ''faith''. Fae may also refer to ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy faeries]''. The 'h' is silent unless pronounced in Miqo'te tongue. Resembles the Roegadyn word "Frae" which prompted the Styr-siblings' pet-name "Fraestyr": ''free star''. Her name may also be associated with ''fray'' (the unraveling or wearing of fabric) in regards to the intentions of the Spinner.
 
  
=====<div style="padding:0px 30px; font-size:14px;color:#466b69;">Appearance</div>=====
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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #55a5bd;font-size:11px;color:#d5dada;">History</div>===
:: ''Height: 4 fulms 8 ilms / Weight: Approx 95 ponz''
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: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY All Along the Watchtower]
A slight sprite of a creature with wiry tone, Cima is built small but strong [''akin to: [http://soulcalibur.wikia.com/wiki/Talim#Gallery Talim]'']. Her eyes are large, expressive and the colour of rubies, while her hair is a pine green pixie-cut with lengthy bangs. She has a small, up-turned nose and pouting lips usually found in a broad, impish grin. A noticeable scar tapers over her left eye, a result of clumsiness and ill-timing on her part. Her skin, blemished here and there by other noteworthy injuries, is the typical Keeper complexion and as such, burns easily in sunlight. Around her neck dangles a bell-pendant - tinkling like wind-chimes with the subtlest of movements. She carries herself with a casual saunter.  
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Chani grew up as a typical Lominsan youth: playing pirates, pulling pranks on tourists, pissing off the deckhands... She was happy (even with three older brothers tormenting her mercilessly.) Unfortunately her mother caught a cold, and it developed, and one can see where this leads to. Except before her passing, their was hope. An expensive one. The family's father (a failing merchant) said ''"'Ey!"''... and turned to gambling. If he could just get that jackpot! Needles to say, he racked up some serious monetary debts (the drinking didn't help). And when the hope faded and the family should've moved on... well, he approached a pirate gang for financial assistance. Except after a while the benefactors suspected the father was attempting to weasel out of his servitude, and so the Knights of Barracuda were anonymously tipped off on a "major pirate den" at Chani's residence. Acting on this information, the Knights ransacked the place, setting it ablaze and arresting the three brothers. Luckily (or not so?), Chani's escape was masked by the ensuing takedown of her brothers. As for the fate of her father... well, none of it she's very sure on. And as there's nothing she's been able to do (or find) in the ten years since, Chani has drifted on with her life.
  
Cima doesn't care much for appearances - rough n' tough tomboy.
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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #55a5bd;font-size:11px;color:#d5dada;">Personality</div>===
 
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: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMbATaj7Il8 Born to be Wild]
=====<div style="padding:0px 30px; font-size:14px;color:#466b69;">Personality</div>=====
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A loudmouth and tomfool, Chani is knowledge-starved and thrill-seeking. Trouble's her name and danger's her game. She acts out of her best interests and isn't above pushing someone under the choco-coach if it means another day of life in her lungs. I advise you to watch your pockets around this one: what's yours is hers, and what's hers is hers. And expect the unexpected. Or maybe she's predictably unpredictable. Good luck!
Cima has always had a flare for trouble. Headstrong, scrappy and capricious, she is irreversibly reckless and ruled by her element, Fire. She may as well have been born a Seeker, for her only Keeper-qualities are her doggedness, brooding stare and fondness for night.
 
 
 
Growing up Cima never conducted herself with the token-Fhae composure and was frequently scolded for her daring and rebellious behaviour - a bla-red, very red sheep (great-muma Sia suspected a foul sire; her muma Euna thought her delightfully spunky.) While the loss of her family should've (''maybe?'') served as an opportunity to self-reflect (and gain some sense of... consideration), it merely strengthened her dangerous, live-fast die-hard resolve. In Cima's mind, life's a one-way (cliff-hanging) street and if she's going down, she's going to do it kicking and screaming. It's hard to tell with her if she recognizes the frailty of her existence (and compensates), considers herself invincible, or simply has a death wish. Her impulsive nature will likely be the end of her... but she demands to go out with a bang. Heroically, ofcourse. To pay her dues.
 
 
 
Since the misfortune of her childhood, Cima's decided to a take closet-method to religion and worshiping the Twelve. While still faithful, she considers herself sinful and unworthy (essentially of being their spokesperson/fan) and seeks to win back her right to life (Ex. rarely speaking of the Gods in vain despite her foul language, praying silently to herself when she thinks no one's looking, etc). Her spirituality and link to the world is incredibly personal (and sacred) to her - but about as deeply secret (and denied) as her past guilts. (Ex. it'd take a lot to get Cima to own up to her Echo. To own up to it, she'd have to admit the tragedy was her fault, and she can't bring herself to do that. She'd demand a translator if approached by a Moogle and negate any attempts to communicate).
 
 
 
Perhaps her only redeeming qualities are her desire to save, protect and let live. She is a furious feline when it comes to the well-being and freedom of her comrades - hells! even strangers, like or dislike, she's a true nationalist! Cima will fight to the bitter end for anyone with light in their hearts (excluding her prejudices - she really hates those guys, light or not). I suppose having said that, the only real perks of having her bond in friendship is her contagious spark of life (encouraging, whether it takes jabs or hugs to get you going), her eternal loyalty... and her fist in a bar fight.
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;"><center>''Interests''</center></div></h3>
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Horticulture, herbalism
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Salvation
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Thrills: mischief and mayhem
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Adventure! Quests, exploring
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Weapons in particular, unusual artifacts
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Music
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;"><center>''Concerns''</center></div></span></h3>
 
 
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Beastmen
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> The Twelve, the Elementals
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Missing Warriors of Light
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> The Past, Present and Future
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Imperial "scum"
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> The Echo
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;"><center>''In-Game''</center></div></span></h3>
 
 
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Namesday: 13/09 (1559)
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Guardian: Halone, the Fury
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Height: Shortest at 0%
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Voice: Eleven ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8tHYSVr5fY ♫])
 
 
 
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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;">Story</div>===
 
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=====<div style="padding:0px 30px; font-size:14px;color:#466b69;">Overview</div>=====
 
Under construction. [[File:Eastshroud.png|right|220px|Eastshroud.png]]
 
Cima was born in the Eastern Shroud to the Fhae family - shamans recognized by the forestfolk for their mystery, cunning and eerie intuition. They visited Gridania and hamlets on occasion, offering herbal remedies and fortune-telling (among other things) for various goods and supplies. The group consisted of: Sia the Great-Muma and All-Hearing, Nea the Eldest and Wisest, Vica the Elder Middle and Strongest, Risa the Younger Middle and Keenest, Euna the Youngest and Seer. Sia's daughters had several children each, and Cima was daughter to Euna. All were born under the Earth or Water element - save Cima, who was Fire - and their clan-totem was the Frog.
 
 
 
While Cima lacked the artful tact and serene disposition of her clan-mates, she did possess the Echo. The skill was dismissed as the Fhae's inherent ability to talk to the trees, and so the gift was overlooked. Instead, her kin focused on scolding her for her impulsive, brash and nosy nature (Except Euna - her muma cherished her dearly). Cima just wanted to do right and sought positive recognition.
 
 
 
On a particularly bright, moonlit night, Cima of eight cycles heard whisperings among the wood. Intrigued (and bored), she snuck away from her family's camp and sought the source of the unusual sounds. Whoever it was, they were making crude jokes - and Cima found it painfully funny. Unfortunately she ''did'' discover the faces of the voices, and more unfortunately led the voices and their faces back - Ixali.
 
 
 
She was still caught in a daze when the wandering crusader, Fohcs, and his trusted young coeurl, Klyn-Koena, discovered her captive in the Ixali camp. They managed to free her and narrowly escaped - and so began the bombardment of questions, among them being: ''"Why did they take you?"'' / ''"How long were you prisoner?"'' / ''"Where is your family?"'' ... Cima gaped at her rescuer. They took her because they thought it ''painfully funny'' that a Miqo'te (of so few cycles!) could understand them. She hadn't been paying attention to the turns of days to nights. And her family...
 
 
 
Fohcs took the girl under his wing. WIP.
 
 
 
===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;">Abilities</div>===
 
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;"><center>''Skills''</center></div></span></h3>
 
 
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Survivalist - Wild child, born and raised. Crouching Miqo'te, Hidden Hunter. Recognizes the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ogQ0uge06o Bare Necessities].
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Combatant - Spent five years getting trained on a day-to-day basis by Fohcs. Adept with a knife. Prefers short, light blades such as rapiers. Inherent Miqo'te skill at archery. Packs a punch but is rough around the edges (lacks discipline.) Likes to fight close-quarters, and only fights dirty if she ''really'' hates the guy.
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Ocarinst - Adopted hobby from Fohcs. A tad? obsessive with the instrument's condition, as it is her last memento of him. She is not nearly as good a player as he was and her songs typically take on a sad sound.
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Magician - Her capacity for using magic is strongest when she seeks to protect... and sometimes destroy!
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> The Echo... - Would be a useful tool, except she sees it as some sort of dangerous curse and refuses to acknowledge it.
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;"><center>''Strengths/Weaknesses''</center></div></h3>
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Attacks with speed and randomness.
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Dives before looking.
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Not very stealthy - in fact she is quite clumsy (does not pay attention/her mind races a mile a minute), and pointy-tools are liabilities.
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Throws her entirety into her attacks in an attempt to overwhelm.
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Prone to blind-fury.
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Exhausts herself quickly due to the above.
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Does not work well in a team - disobedient/cocky.
 
 
 
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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;">Affiliations</div>===
 
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;"><center>''Relationships''</center></div></span></h3>
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Eyrifohc Styrsyn: /Wandering Fox, Son of Star/ "Fohcs."
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Klyn-Koena: /Small Queen/ "Koena."
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> [[Wilfwyb Styrwyn]]: /Wolf-Woman, Daughter of Star/ "Wilfie."
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> [[Melle Cranberry]]:</td>
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;"><center>''Organizations''</center></div></span></h3>
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Member of [[Rosa]]
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> The Pawnshop ''Finders, Keepers'' located on Emerald Avenue, Ul'dah
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Keeper Clan of shamans, ''Frog-Fhae''</tr></table>
 
 
 
===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;">Miscellaneous</div>===
 
''Credit to [http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=594 Knave] for allowing me to use their pretty layout coding scheme! d(=^・ω・^=)b''
 
 
 
[http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=2331 RP Preferences]
 
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=====<div style="padding:0px 30px; font-size:14px;color:#466b69;">Trivia</div>=====
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Actually related to [[Ami Faye]] of 1.0. Disregard the previous spelling of "Faye" (not that she spelled it out for anyone anyway), and she is the half-Keeper, half-Seeker offspring of Euna. Euna was a cute, dreamy little ditz of a Miqo'te and slept with the wrong lad. Sia was horrified and the halfbreed was left at Gridania's orphanage. While Cima has no recollection of an "Ami" in her family, she does hold a resemblance. Permission to use in role-play, though I doubt anyone will! So more of a fun fact, really. (Cima is Ami, reversed, but with the "Sia" sound to hopefully quell her mother's rage.)
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Decided to make the coeurl mount an integral component to Cima's story - what the hell, might as well!
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Inspirations - [http://galactica.wikia.com/wiki/Kara_Thrace Starbuck], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland Alice in Wonderland], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on:_The_Professional The Professional], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunslinger_Girl Gunslinger Girl], [http://soulcalibur.wikia.com/wiki/Talim Talim], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurney_Halleck Gurney Halleck]
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;"><center>''Rumours''</center></div></span></h3>
 
''Word of mouth. True or False?''
 
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #90AB76;">◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard)</div></b>
 
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "Thinks she's tough shite, that one. That's what you get for giving brats claws."
 
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "'er stupid coeurl ate m' dodo! Came back t' a mess o' blood an' feathers, an' tha' thing! licking its chops. Savage beasts - th' both o' them!"
 
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "Y'know that Roegadyn-run pawnshop down the street? Heard a sorrowful tune drifting from the window above it... there was a few of us just stopped there, listening. Something about it..."
 
<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #F37E1D;">◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear)</div></b>
 
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "Saw this green-haired lass get kicked around in the arena - bloody brutual! Ahaha! 'Least she choked on them foul words of hers."
 
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "She offered o' read my palm... ... scar'ly accurate. You don't wanna know, but just... keep away from that g'rl!"
 
<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #D83018;">◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard)</div></b>
 
: <font style="color:#D83018;" size="3">■</font> "She looks like a sleepyhead to me - see how skinny she is! Heard she sells that shite too."
 
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #90c594;font-size:14px;color:#466b69;"><center>''Wanted''</center></div></span></h3>
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> If anyone wants to play Fohcs/Wilfie.
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Someone to train her by the sword.
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Customers, clients, business associates.
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Acquaintances from her travels as a child.
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Keeper clans.
 
 
 
Cima is a pawnbroker at ''Finders, Keepers'' on Emerald Avenue, Ul'dah. They receive their artifacts and baubles from all corners of Eorzea. If your character requires something unusual, be it a relic or product of the black market - please give me a ring! It'd be fun to make some connections this way. Wilfie sends Cima out to do all sorts of odd jobs - be it errand-running, pick-ups and drop-offs, and hunting for treasures of their own. If you have a courier, merchant, smuggler, treasure hunter, thief, etc that counts as a potential connection as well!
 
 
 
Also, obviously, no reaaal gil is required for this role-play idea, I just wanna have an excuse to mingle with all sorts of character breeds (and have fun doing it!). The price would be pretend-gil or shinies of some-sort or another. Cima and Wilfie collect rabbit trinkets.
 
 
 
I'm not sure what my schedule will be like at the time of release, but I hope to be able to invest a good chunk of my time into gaming and such.</tr></table>
 
 
 
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: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Art
 
:<spoiler>[http://postimg.org/image/ilhy7vsaf// ”Is life always this hard, or is it just when you’re a kid?”]
 
[[File:Fhaesmoke.png]]</spoiler>
 
:<spoiler>[[File:Greencimafhae.png]]</spoiler>
 
: <font style="color:#466b69;" size="3">■</font> Beta
 
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:<spoiler>[[File:Missfhae.png]]</spoiler>
 

Latest revision as of 18:40, 30 September 2013

 Chani Drift
Chaniferrer.png
Imp o' the Sea
Theme Song: Little Greenback
Gender Female
Race Miqo'te
Clan Keeper of the Moon
Citizenship Drifter
Birthplace Limsa Lominsa
Namesday 10/03 (1559)
Guardian Llymlaen, the Navigator
Occupation Thief for Hire
Player Kitty Wizard
Server Balmung

Chani Drift is a simple stray with an unhealthy obsession love of three things: games, money and booze. Career-wise, she considers herself a specialist in the procurement and trade of goods. You want it, she can find it. At a price.

"Is it a needful thing?"

Basic Info

Stray Cat Strut

She's a small, shapely thing - a once gawky foundation turned to womanform. Or turning, judging by the chub of her cheeks and occasional stumbles, fumbles and tumbles (she's a ditsy helmsman). Her voice is bubbly and boisterous (inside voice? what inside voice?) and her tongue as foul as a sailor's. A tad of fire touches her blonde hair and her eyes are the sky and the sea. Beyond that, no real noteworthy brands. She's got a dim-witted smile though.

History

All Along the Watchtower

Chani grew up as a typical Lominsan youth: playing pirates, pulling pranks on tourists, pissing off the deckhands... She was happy (even with three older brothers tormenting her mercilessly.) Unfortunately her mother caught a cold, and it developed, and one can see where this leads to. Except before her passing, their was hope. An expensive one. The family's father (a failing merchant) said "'Ey!"... and turned to gambling. If he could just get that jackpot! Needles to say, he racked up some serious monetary debts (the drinking didn't help). And when the hope faded and the family should've moved on... well, he approached a pirate gang for financial assistance. Except after a while the benefactors suspected the father was attempting to weasel out of his servitude, and so the Knights of Barracuda were anonymously tipped off on a "major pirate den" at Chani's residence. Acting on this information, the Knights ransacked the place, setting it ablaze and arresting the three brothers. Luckily (or not so?), Chani's escape was masked by the ensuing takedown of her brothers. As for the fate of her father... well, none of it she's very sure on. And as there's nothing she's been able to do (or find) in the ten years since, Chani has drifted on with her life.

Personality

Born to be Wild

A loudmouth and tomfool, Chani is knowledge-starved and thrill-seeking. Trouble's her name and danger's her game. She acts out of her best interests and isn't above pushing someone under the choco-coach if it means another day of life in her lungs. I advise you to watch your pockets around this one: what's yours is hers, and what's hers is hers. And expect the unexpected. Or maybe she's predictably unpredictable. Good luck!