Ehla Selhah

❝Nahahahahahahaha!!❞

GENERAL INFO

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Miqo'te

Mixed

Gridania

18

23rd sun, 3rd AM

Nophica

the coral sea

Ehla is an unpleasant being and she does little to hide the fact. Her tongue is barbed, her laughter is sharp and shrill, and her lips take on an impish curl.

LIKES ■The Professor. Ehla holds him in high regard and speaks well of him to others, though the two always seem to be squabbling when they are together. From an outsider's perspective, their relationship seems to be rather one-sided and perhaps bordering on inappropriate from the way Ehla goes on about him. ■Her mother. From Ehla's perspective, Lahza was forced to sacrifice home and clan in order to care for the burden the Seeker thrust on-- well, in her. Though it's plain her mother loves her unconditionally, Ehla works tirelessly to prove her worth, to prove that this burden her mother shoulders was worth all the pain and sacrifice. ■Her chocobo. Firewater. She made off with a satchel of chocobo eggs during the chaos of the Calamity, rescued, she claims, from the burning stables. Firewater was the only chick to hatch from the clutch but instead of returning him to Bentbranch, she kept the bird to raise as her companion. They share a close bond and Ehla treats him as if he were her own child, occasionally allowing him to stay in her quarters at the Still Shore instead of the stables. ■Fishing. One would think that with Ehla's disposition, she wouldn't have the patience for the sport. On the contrary, Ehla finds fishing very therapeutic and she's been known to disappear for weeks on fishing ventures in order to clear her mind after particularly distressing events.

DISLIKES ■Ishgard. When she was sixteen, she married an Ishgardian and lived on the outskirts very, very briefly before his unfortunate and completely unforeseen tumble down the Witchdrop. The people were as inhospitable as the land, and there were dragons, and it was cold. The Professor had told her there were unicorns there, but he lied. She hated it. When company business calls her there, she always seems to be on edge. ■Gigantoads. One swallowed her as a girl and she had to be cut free from its stomach. If she sees one, she wants to kill it so that no child should have to suffer what she went through. ■Weak people. Blood in the water sends her into a feeding frenzy. She targets them specifically, either to drag them down or to build them up as a means to an end.

STRENGTHS ■Intelligent. Though lowborn, Ehla possesses a keen intelligence and sharp wit about her. Perhaps it is because she is lowborn, she craves for knowledge and desperately seeks to prove herself as something better than the mutt from the farmlands. ■Manipulative. A strength, if only because it is an art she has practiced and honed long before she ever lifted a grimoire. A necessity to survival, she would claim, and it may have been so with her upbringing. Keepers were just a touch more tolerated than those damnable Duskwight, and even as a child, Ehla could sense the way they regarded her and her mother with suspicion. It was early in her youth that she learned to don a mask, play a part, lower their guard, wheedle into their good graces. Become beloved, trusted, then twist, twist, twist around her finger. ■Loyal Her trust is hard earned but once she has chosen a person to devote herself to, she remains steadfast in her loyalty. ■Sympathetic Not entirely heartless, there are a few things that easily garner her sympathy: children,

WEAKNESSES ■Vicious. She is a school yard bully, and relentless once she has sunk her teeth into a victim. From subtle slights, to outright low blows, she aims for the best way to burrow beneath a person's skin and will not yield until it becomes a tired shtick or she finds another poor soul to torment. ■Liar. Lies to make a story more interesting, lies to cover her tracks, lies to cover her lies, lies to cover those lies. Lies, lies, lies.

QUIRKS ■Hideous laughter. It will pierce your ears and send chills running up your spine. ■Superstitious. She hails from the Shroud, where they worship trees and perform elaborate ceremonies in order to please their fickle Elementals. Of course, that sticks with her. She delights in stories of the occult, but also remains fearful of higher powers, occasionally relying on old and odd Gridanian traditions to protect her from the being's wrath.

APPEARANCE

Tall for a miqo'te woman, she was once described as a willowy, waifish thing but has grown decidedly pear-shaped from indulging in the luxuries the Coral Sea provides. Fat adds a soft layer to muscle, unevenly distributed to her hips and thighs, though it is easy to tell that she is strong.

There's a youthful aura about her, from the way she rocks from heel to toe, to the impishly insolent grin that seems to linger. Freckles cover her entire body, messily splattered across her cheeks, nose, and shoulders. A number of mundane scars mar her skin, most of their stories forgotten, but most notable and freshest ones are the gruesome, sunken claw marks down her back, inflicted by an Ahriman.

COMBAT

Following the Calamity, Ehla has honed her skills as an Arcanist under the careful guidance of her professor. Before then, she briefly trained in Conjury but her volatile and aggressive nature was not suited for the guild and so she left before she could be dismissed. Her roots lie in archery, though, having needed to hunt in the Shroud from an early age but her skills are not trained for combat.

HISTORY

NOTE: Information presented here may be used as RP hooks within reasonable means. Ask me!

PRE-CALAMITY Origins ■ 1559: Born to Lahza Nelhah on the twenty third sun of the Third Astral Moon. The kit's lion tail and rosy complexion immediately made it apparent that the child had not been sired Lahza's dusky and dashing mated partner as she had claimed. Oops.

POST-CALAMITY The Professor ■ 00: The Coral Sea ■ Currently ...

INTERACTIONS

RUMORS Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under the Player Character category! ◢ COMMON RUMORS - Easily overheard. Use these freely! ■"The Selhah clan was once part of the Nelhah clan. The mother changed the name after birthing the half-breed and moving off the territory." - Miqo'te in South Shroud. ◢ UNCOMMON RUMORS - A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first! ■ “That scholar came to town after the Calamity and swept her right up to take her back to the big city with him. She was a kit, for Twelve's sake-- she's still a kit! Why her mother ever allowed this arrangement, I'll never know.”- Gridania. ◢ RARE RUMORS - Very rarely overheard. Please ask before using! ■ .. ■ .. ■ .. ◢ PLAYER CHARACTER RUMORS - Feel free to add rumors of your own! ■ "Feel free to add your own rumors here!" - Ehla Selhah

RELATIONS ♥ Romantic Attraction | ♥ Platonic Love | ✔ Positive | ✖ Negative | ● Neutral note: Characters with whom Ehla has interacted. Renee Becquerel ( ♥ ) - Leader The two have grown quite close quite quickly since Renee's transition from Renaud, despite Ehla's deep-seated distaste for the man. Ehla has a penchant for telling Renee just what she thinks of her, but the woman doesn't seem too put off by her barbs and exchanges a few of her own instead. Though Ehla considers Renee one of her closest companions within the company, she still remains very guarded and erects walls to shut her out. Faezbhar Rysswilf ( ♥ ) - Cuddle Buddy They surprised some old ladies when Faezbhar jumped out of a cake at the wrong Valentione's Day party. They then stole an Ixali airship with said old ladies and have had a beautiful friendship ever since. Y'rhen Tia ( ✔ ) - Battle Butler Purchased from Memeli Meli for a mere four thousand gil, Rhen has been renamed 'Rin' by Ehla and serves as her butler/retainer/minion. She swears it's legal. Valentinoix Thibault ( ♥● ) - Tall, Dark, and Stoic He is a Duskwight from the Shroud and was treated cruelly by them. Naturally, she finds herself sympathetic to his plight. But rather than establishing some deep, emotional connection over their similar origins, Ehla chooses to mouthbreathe over his lanky form instead, edging ever closer into his personal space to try to watch him squirm. She thinks he's super cute and openly proclaims so. Reginald Ozrik ( ● ) - Floppy Haired Hyur Ehla is very hot-and-cold with Reginald. Some days, he is a target for her bullying while other days, she shows him glints of tenderness. Sigurd Rainecourt ( ✖ ) - Target Practice She bullies him whenever she can. He's an easy target and doesn't usually fight back.

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■ Template adapted from Bancroft Gairn, with edits by Xheja Rajhera / N'hadiya Khei & Giselle Friloux. Further edited and adapted by Miqo'te Senpai.

■ Ehla’s face claim is Anna Arendshorst.