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− | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#666666;"> | + | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#666666;">Hien tends to keep his hair long and tied back. His natural color is black, but he likes to add highlights of different colors, though he has a preference for white in particular. His eyes are dark green with a very faint glow to his limbal rings.</div> |
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− | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#666666;"> | + | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#666666;">Hien is of average height for his race and gender with an athletic build that suits his profession well. He has several scars, though only the one above his left eye is visible whilst dressed. There are others, particularly across his arms, shoulders and back from , as well as several other scars on his arms, shoulders and back but he tends to dress in a way which hides these from view. <br><br>Amongst the scars on his upper arms, Hien also possess a tattoo, given to him by his clan to mark his passage into adulthood. It is not a mark he particularly likes to show off as some might recognize it and the clan to which it is connected, raising awkward questions he would rather not deal with.</div> |
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− | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#666666;"> | + | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#666666;"> Hien tends to dress smart but comfortable; he prefers dark, muted colors and well-fitting clothes. He is very fussy about his privacy and conscious of the scars he bears leading him to avoid any attire that might reveal the more obvious marks on his shoulders and back. He prefers long sleeved shirts and coats, usually picking fabrics that are suitable for the local climate.</div> |
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− | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#666666;">On the outside | + | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#666666;">On the outside Hien is genial and friendly individual, a man who spends most of his public time managing his own private bar. However, close observers might note that he tends to listen more than he talks and is more than willing to let loose tongues wag, often encouraging them share more than they initially intend. He is a collector of information, with no particular preference for its method of acquisition, and is usually willing to pay a price for particularly useful knowledge. <br><br>As an individual, he is fiercely loyal to his allies, but he can be both vengeful and vindictive toward those he feels have crossed him. Toward individuals whom he does not know, particular if they happen to become the focus of one of his jobs, he can be manipulative and occasionally two-faced. Though unlikely to ever double cross an individual unless first wronged himself, he will occasionally manipulate events to engender the best outcome for his own interests, and he is not afraid to don a mask a play the fool if it will get him what he wants. <br><br>He is a careful and calculating individual, a manipulator who prefers to tie strings to people with which make them dance, rather than resorting to the use of violence. He is not averse to using physical threats when necessary, however he commonly believes that there are easier ways to get what he wants than with brutality, and that intimidation does not always need be physical in nature.</div> |
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− | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#666666;"> | + | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#666666;">Hien generally speaks in a manner which conveys confidence, if not a little arrogance, when dealing with people on a day to day basis. He is usually polite and comes across as both well educated and reasonable, unless he wishes otherwise. He will raise his voice rarely when angry or belligerently drunk (a state that does occur very often), though he prefers the subtleties of a softer tone when seeking to intimidate threats of violence. <br><br>He is also capable of falling into speech patterns that will convey an entirely different personality if it suits his needs, making him something of a chameleon in public company. This is more common when he is playing a role or trying to extract information from someone who does not respond to his usual demeanor. </div> |
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− | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#666666;"> | + | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#666666;">Hien's motivations can be complicated, and are not always easy to see; often he can appear to act for one reason, whilst his real intention may turn out to be something else entirely. His primary motivations, however, usually revolve around one of two things: loyalty toward those to whom he has given it and, in more specific situations, the protection of someone close to him. He takes the concepts of duty and loyalty quite seriously, and is capable of going to fairly extreme lengths to see something through once he has given his word on it, whether that be in business or personal matters.<br><br>His obsession with secrets and whispers is driven by the belief that it is the thing you don't see coming that will often get you killed, as well as an understanding of the value that information can have to the right people.</div> |
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− | : <div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; font-family:Georgia;color:#666666;"> | + | : <div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; font-family:Georgia;color:#666666;">Hien is an ambush fighter who prefers to set up or control the field of battle from a distance, making the firearm his preferred choice of weapon. If caught off guard, or should an attack from a distance be difficult or too risky, he will often default to the use of a knife or short sword instead. He will only fight unarmed if he has no other choice and he usually carries more than one knife on his person to ensure that he is rarely without a back-up should he be relieved of his main.<br><br>Hien likes to be able to set up the field of battle to his own advantage, and is not averse to using dirty tricks and questionable tactics to ensure victory. If sniping from a distance is out of the question, he may resort to the use of poisons in order to skew the odds in his favor in close quarters, or to avoid a fight entirely. |
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− | : <div style="font-family:Georgia;color:#666666;"><font size="2"><br> | + | : <div style="font-family:Georgia;color:#666666;"><font size="2"><br>Hien was born and raised in Doma but fled the city state in his mid twenties in order to escape trouble of his own making. For generations, his family had made their coin by selling their skills in assassination and espionage to those who commanded their loyalty or possessed the coin to buy it. But when one of their patrons put a mark on a close friend of his, Hien risked the wrath of his family to help the man escape. However, switching loyalties came at a price. Fearing pursuit for this betrayal and confident that the Kiba would try to drag the man's whereabouts out of him, Hien boarded a ship and paid the captain handsomely to ferry him as far away as they were traveling.<br><br>A few weeks into their journey, the merchant vessel came under attack by pirates. The captain of the pirate crew not only recognized Hien from pervious interactions with his family, but threatened to turn him over to them unless he agreed to put his blade to use as part of the pirate crew. The threat that was compounded after the man forcibly uncovered the secret Hien was hiding and used it to further strengthen his control. In order to protect the man to whom he had sworn his loyalty, in defiance of his own family's will, Hien reluctantly agreed to the captain's demands and found himself forced to serve unwillingly under a man who was both vindictive and cruel - not only toward those he preyed up, but to those who crewed with him as well.<br><br>When the crew of the ship finally mutinied against him, Hien was there with the ringleaders. It was his suggestion to leave the captain, bloodied but not yet dead, on an island where they walled him up inside a cave with only a bottle of poison-tainted water. If he chose to take it to escape the much slower fate of starving alone, the poison would promise the man a most agonizing death.</font></div><br> |
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− | : <div style="font-family:Georgia;color:#666666;"><font size="2"><br> | + | : <div style="font-family:Georgia;color:#666666;"><font size="2"><br>Hien remained with the pirate crew for a year longer until the rebellion in Doma drew him back to his homeland, searching for signs of his family's survival in the rubble of the Garlean-wrought devastation. He found only vague rumors that suggested one sister may have survived the razing to flee west with the refugees, but further digging uncovered slightly more solid confirmation on presence of his uncles somewhere to the north of the city. Not wishing to cross paths with them lest they still hold a grudge for his betrayal, he rejoined the pirates and with them sailed west after the refugees. It seemed the wisest course of action given the destruction and, though he had no desire to remain a pirate for the rest of his days, if his sister had gone west with the others, he was keen to find her. She, alone of all of them, had understood the motives behind his perceived betrayal and though bound by the will of the family, had indicated that she did not wish him ill as they did.<br><br>After landing in Eorzea, the pirate crew returned to more familiar waters of the east and Hien left them for good. However, he still maintains some contact with the captain, who serves as a liaison between himself and an important contact in Doma, as well as keeping him informed of his family's activities back home.</font></div><br> |
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− | : <div style="font-family:Georgia;color:#666666;"><font size="2"><br>He found his sister, Kasumi Kiba, in Revenant's Toll, and she confirmed his long-held suspicions regarding his uncles. Though he made a few tentative attempts at contacting them, Kasumi warned him that neither seemed inclined to forgive nor forget and while things had changed following the razing of Doma, the survivors of his own family were still set against him on principle for what he had done. That news effectively put an end to any hope of reconciliation with anyone beside Kasumi, and so he turned his attention to the future.<br><br>He had no desire to return to a life of piracy, and yet was not entirely willing to put the skills and traditions of his upbringing aside. Thus, when news came from his contact in Doma who strongly suggested he remain in Eorzea and put this knowledge and experience to good use, he decided to begin by building a new network of assassins, spies and information brokers - this time without the politics, machinations and petty rivalries of the old hierarchy. Though there may be ulterior motives behind this scheme, | + | : <div style="font-family:Georgia;color:#666666;"><font size="2"><br>He found his sister, Kasumi Kiba, in Revenant's Toll, and she confirmed his long-held suspicions regarding his uncles. Though he made a few tentative attempts at contacting them, Kasumi warned him that neither seemed inclined to forgive nor forget and while things had changed following the razing of Doma, the survivors of his own family were still set against him on principle for what he had done. That news effectively put an end to any hope of reconciliation with anyone beside Kasumi, and so he turned his attention to the future.<br><br>He had no desire to return to a life of piracy, and yet was not entirely willing to put the skills and traditions of his upbringing aside. Thus, when news came from his contact in Doma who strongly suggested he remain in Eorzea and put this knowledge and experience to good use, he decided to begin by building a new network of assassins, spies and information brokers - this time without the politics, machinations and petty rivalries of the old hierarchy. Though there may be ulterior motives behind this scheme, Hien does not share them with the majority of the organization, simply content for now to build up his connections and operate the network for the profit and prosperity of its members alone.</font></div> |
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− | : <div style="font-family:Georgia;color:#666666;"><font size="2"><br>■ '''Theme:''' The House of the Four Winds is built around the concept of a small network of highly skilled professional criminals who have come together in collaboration so that they might (amongst other things) take on bigger, better paying, more challenging jobs than they ever could alone. It is a co-operative, collaborative organization of specialized individuals seeking to make a name for themselves in the criminal underworld. The group is designed to be small both IC and OOC, and ICly members are expected to abide by a strict code of loyalty to the organization and one another.<br><br>■ '''Recruitment:''' Whilst IC membership is by invitation only, OOCly the LS is always open to new members. If you'd like to join please send a message | + | : <div style="font-family:Georgia;color:#666666;"><font size="2"><br>■ '''Theme:''' The House of the Four Winds is built around the concept of a small network of highly skilled professional criminals who have come together in collaboration so that they might (amongst other things) take on bigger, better paying, more challenging jobs than they ever could alone. It is a co-operative, collaborative organization of specialized individuals seeking to make a name for themselves in the criminal underworld. The group is designed to be small both IC and OOC, and ICly members are expected to abide by a strict code of loyalty to the organization and one another.<br><br>■ '''Recruitment:''' Whilst IC membership is by invitation only, OOCly the LS is always open to new members. If you'd like to join please send a message Hien in-game. We are specifically looking for active members who are interested in our concept and who RP characters who are highly skilled in their professions.<br><br>■ '''RP Style:''' We are a lore abiding (but not lore obsessive--a little bending is fine now and then) LS with a darker, criminal theme. We encourage members to get together for RP whenever they feel like it, without needing to wait for official events, however we will also be running more formal storyline and events.<br><br>■ '''No FC Requirement:''' We a LS with no attached Free Company though we may create one in the future if follow in the future if interest is high enough. However, for now this is a LS based group designed to allow people to engage in RP with our members without the need to commit to or abandon an FC.<br><br>■ '''RP Locations:''' The LS that characters are given is entirely IC and can be used to contact other members at any time (we have a seperate one for OOC discussions). We also have a small tavern setting in the Goblet (Ward 2 subdivision, Apartment 67) which is used for casual RP. We also like to get out and RP in the wider game world, so don't expect us to spend our days sitting in the tavern getting drunk all the time.</font></div> |
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Hien Kurogane
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