Diamanda Argentum

Ashelia Bunansa
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Gender	Female
Race	Hyur
Clan	Midlander
Citizenship	Garlemald
Place of Birth	Dalmasca
Guardian	Byregot, the Builder
Nameday	4th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon (Age: 24)
Occupation	Magitek Engineer, Machinist
Pronunciation	"æʃ.ɛl.i.ɑ bu.næn.sa"

Born an "aan" in imperially-annexed Ilsabard and orphaned by war, Ashelia Bunansa was conscripted from her homeland of Dalmasca at the age of fifteen to serve as an "oen" in the XIVth Imperial Legion. Gifted at working with magitek from a young age, she was soon made a "jen" as an engineer. Horrified by the ramifications proposed by Garlemald's "Project Meteor," Ashelia defected from the imperial army and contacted Garlond Ironworks in 1572 of the Sixth Astral Era.

Since the Calamity, she has come to look up to Jessie Jaye as a mentor figure, learning much from the interim leader of the Ironworks as an engineer over the five years of Cid's absence. It was with help from Jessie that she crafted a set of magitek-augmented gear as well as a magitek bow and repeater akin to those crafted by her mentor for Rowena's House of Splendors. Due to her skill as a gunner, Ashelia often seeks to lend her aid to the realm not only as an engineer, but as a combatant on the side of Eorzea.

Appearance

"Whoops! That's not supposed to be on fire!" —Ashelia Bunansa

Small of build and stature, Ashelia Bunansa is an unimposing Midlander woman who stands at five-fulms-and-four-ilms tall and weighs no more than 120 ponze. While she has some tone to her arm and back muscles from years of archery and engineering, her skin is mostly smooth and soft. Her most distinguishing feature is a long scar drawn across the bridge of her nose, which she received during her time in the imperial army.

Wearing a bright smile and filled with a youthful enthusiasm obvious from one look into her deep, blue eyes, Ashelia often has a skip in her step. Because of her work, her clothing and face can sometimes become stained with grease. While she's typically very clean, the smell of machinery and ceruleum tends to hang around her. She doesn't wear a lot of makeup, just some eyeliner and lip gloss that can easily be reapplied if smudged.

A spiky mess of straight, blonde hair sits atop Ashelia's head. The majority is spiked backwards save for the hair at the nape of her neck, which is brushed down. A spiky fringe frames the right side of her face, covering her right eye slightly. Her hair is typically clean, as she washes it often, but it can sometimes become greasy if she neglects to wash up. She keeps any other body hair shaved using a special tool of her own invention.

Because she works with her hands, Ashelia sometimes suffers blisters on her fingers and keeps her nails cut short. She paints them occasionally, but the nail polish tends to chip off soon after. She tends to wear very little jewelry, despite being a skilled goldsmith, but is fond of leather necklaces with feathers attached to them.

Years of hefting her family's Bravura have left her hands calloused and tough. She keeps her fingernails short and free of decoration, but always seems to file them in such a way that they match unless she happens to break one. It's not unusual for her face to be slightly darker than the rest of her body, as her armor doesn't cover the front of her face below her nose.

When she speaks, Red is prone to being proud and boisterous in her deep contralto. She has a frank manner of speech and isn't the type to use overly complicated words to get her point across. Despite her brevity, she's quite fluent in the common tongue—both in reading and writing—and shows both intelligence and wit under her bluster.

Outfits Casual Wear: For everyday wear, Ashelia prefers to wear items made of Garlean fabrics not often seen outside of imperially-annexed provinces. One of her more common outfits is a sleeveless, plum purple, sweater that zips up to the neck worn over a sleeveless, snow white vest fastened at the waist with brown leather. Her pair of loam brown shorts covers very little of her legs, and the bark brown skirt with an acorn brown belt only covers about the first quarter of her thighs. An elbow-length sleeve covers Ashe's lower left arm, and a pair of leather bands decorates her upper right arm. Both her hands are protected by a pair of fingerless, Othard blue leather gloves with golden knuckles and pair of black boots are strapped to her feet. Lastly, a rose-colored satchel sits on her left thigh, wrapped around her waist, and a glowing, magitek shoulderguard of Ashe's own design decorates her left shoulder. Expeditioner's Outfit: Ashelia wears a thick, long-sleeved antique leather tabard over her chest. Buckled at her waist, the brown garments tuck into the pair of matching gloves covering her hands. Various necklaces decorate the opening of her collar, the most noticeable one set with a blue feather. The outfit cuts off at her thighs, revealing part of her matching pantalettees, with frilled cloth adorning its right side. She usually keeps her binoculars and canteen attached to the tabard. Antique leather thighboots, Ashe's favored footwear, reveal only the barest of her inner thighs. Ironworks Engineer Uniform: The attire of the Garlond Ironworks includes an black engineer's doublet with white trimmings worn over a long-sleeved, blue shirt, a pair of black slops, black thighboots with white plating from the knee down, a pair of fingerless gloves, and welder's goggles. It's designed for ease of movement and functionality so as not to hinder the engineer's work. Its made to be practical whether on the battlefield or in the workshop. Ironworks Machinist Armor: Forged of wootz steel and wolfram and based on the brilliant designs of Jessie Jaye often found available for sale in Revenant's Toll, Ashelia forged this suit of Ironworks Aiming armor herself. Every individual piece was painstakingly built in an effort to emulate her idol's handiwork, and her own skill is displayed in every lovingly-crafted ilm of the outfit. The mask, designed with an interface that allows an easier field of vision in dark locations, rises from the eyes with a touch to the earpiece. It's made in such a way that having linkshells installed for communication is simple and convenient. The mask also protects from bright flashes and braces the neck and jaw in case of sudden assaults. Adorning the body is the corselet, spun with Garlean fibers and reinforced with wootz and wolfram plates. The black, white, and blue colors match the typical motifs of Garlond Ironworks, and the spiked shoulder guard is emblazoned with its emblem. The soft fabrics and flared skirt ending make the corselet comfortable to wear. Leather brais cover the legs of the armor, crafted with saurian and chimerical kirimu leathers. Two, blue belt cross at the waist and the outfit's crotch is designed in such a way that it doesn't restrict movement. However, it can cause a bit of a draft due to how it exposes parts of the front and back of the thighs. The vambraces and leg guards are forged in an identical style to the rest of the outfit. The gloves are mostly metal with a leather under-layer, while the boots are primarily leather with metal adorning the feet and knees. The thighboots also amplify the wearer's natural abilities, allowing her to jump and run faster than normal. The pièce de résistance of the set is the Ironworks Magitek Repeater. Formed of interconnecting parts of wolfram and wootz, the repeater is a collapsible scoped rifle enhanced by the aetheroransformer invented by Stephanivien de Haillenarte. This device converts the wielder's mana into lightning-aspected energy to power her special ammunition and other innovations of the Skysteel Manufactory.

Basic Info Date of Birth: 4th Sun of the Fourth Astral Moon, Year 1553, Sixth Astral Era Height: Average (5'4") Weight: Slender (120 ponze) Complexion: Fair-skinned Hair: Short, Spiky and Blonde Eyes: Blue Particular Traits: Scar along nose bridge. Voice: Mezzo-soprano Clothing Style: Garlean fabrics with boots. Laterality: Right-Handed

Preferences

Likes ■ Magitek ■ Airships ■

Dislikes ■

Favorites ■ Food: Rolanberry Shaved Ice ■ Drink: Pineapple Juice ■ Color: Storm Blue ■ Place: Idyllshire ■ Festival: The Rising

Other ■ Alignment: Neutral Good ■ Vices: ■ Religion: None. ■ Goal: To use magitek to save lives.

Personality

Flaws ■

Fears ■

Talents ■ Skilled magitek engineer. ■ Excellent sniper. ■ Ace airship pilot.

Tropes ■ Action Girl ■ Cool Airship ■ ClockworkCreature ■ Ditzy Genius ■ Firing One-Handed ■ Improbable Aiming Skills ■ Magitek ■ Wrench Wench

Intelligence

Quirks

Comparisons Final Fantasy Characters: Edgar Roni Figaro (FFVI) Other Game Characters: Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles) Anime Characters: Winry Rockbell (Fullmetal Alchemist), Bulma (Dragon Ball)

Abilities and Skills

Personal ■ Precise Aim ■ Detail-Oriented ■

Weapons ■ Rifle ■ Longbow

Magic

Crafting ■ Magitek ■ Goldsmith ■ Carpenter ■ Armorer

Family and Relationships

Family

Friends and Acquaintances ■ Jessie Jaye ■ Cerys Somerled ■ Sam Hophell

Enemies ■ Garlemald ■ Amalj'aa

Affiliations

■ Garlond Ironworks

■ Skysteel Manufactory

■ Highwind Skyways

■ Garlean Empire (defected)

Rumors

Note: This section is editable by anyone. Just keep in mind that the rumors here may be both true or false.

Biography

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Early Life

- Childhood in Dalmasca

XIVth Imperial Legion

- Imperial Conscription

- XIVth Imperial Legion

Garlond Ironworks

- Garlond Ironworks

- After the Calamity

- Cid's Return

- Operation Archon

Seventh Astral Era

- Revenant's Toll

- Skysteel Manufactory

- The Sea of Clouds

Nicknames ■ Ashe Current Residence Revenant's Toll or the Cloud Nine Gallery