Joyful Song
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Confident, powerful
"Nymian Scholar" Attire: When presented the opportunity to do so, whether it be at some manner of dinner party or formal event, Song will typically don her traditional Nymian Scholar's attire. "Combat Scholar" Attire: Mixing together both Nymian and Sharlayan designs in green, gold, and white, this attire represents its wearer perfectly....a balance of elegance, utility, and practicality. The Aethercells on her gloves store excess aether so that she might use it in special instances where she or an ally is low. "Head Librarian:" A black, feathered coat which Joyful is most often seen wearing while doing research or organization. It has several dozens of pouches for her personal collection of tomes, which she carries around on her for reference, and her Aetherometer--a device which allows her to store, measure, and identify potentially dangerous levels of aether without physically interacting with it. "COMET Commander" Attire: An adorable purple jacket featuring Joyful's amethyst carbuncle perched on her shoulders. Commonly worn on formal occasions or when addressing the members of the Free Company. |
Personality
However, she is actually rather sensual, warm, and friendly behind her layers and layers of thick skin. She cares for the safety and well-being of people she meets, but would rather see them fight for their survival, rather than running and hiding. In spite of everything that has happened to her, Joyful tries her best to be realistically optimistic towards people she doesn't know; she is wary, but still makes efforts to be trusting to others. Arrogant to a fault, prideful of her knowledge, heritage, and courage, she finds it difficult to admit when she's wrong, if she ever does at all. To her, weakness is something she'd rather hide.
It is often remarked by onlookers that she spends most of her brawls overjoyed and giddy at having outsmarted her opponents, often taking her enemies off-guard with just how incredibly implausible some of her schemes really are. Her sleight of hand tricks are a marvel to behold when not on the receiving end...In terms of combat, Joyful Song delights in being the center of attention, being something of a brash, egotistical show-off at times, and typically goading enemies into attacking her while planning several steps ahead of them. She is not a woman who shies away from stooping as low as surly taunts, or even outright death threats, and her determination to see victory is so high that those who know her well are somewhat surprised she's not lost a limb...or worse. While usually kind to people, Joyful Song isn't shy about returning wrongs tenfold to those who spread them, and is far from squeamish about gruesomely wounding her opponents if she feels the need to do so to make a point.
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Relationships
♦ Sarale Nallamond
♦ Agine Ormendthal
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Early Age, Sixth Astral Era Joyful Song was born and raised within the Capital of Sharlayan by perhaps two of the wealthiest people in the area—Eifadoenn Ghimbryd, a well-known Goldsmith, and her husband Gohtfyr Haemrkoen, one of the finest men to ever turn rocks and stones into metal to build and create. Between the pair of them, Joyful was raised with the love and concern for the old and new alike, uncovering the secrets of the past with an understanding it may help the future, while generating one's own imprint into history with their own feats. Often, they would visit their home-away-from-home in the Dravanian Hinterlands, where the family owned a small estate, and it was there that Song immediately fell in love with the most prominent building there...the Great Library. Curious and stubborn to a fault, Joyful was often seen in her new parents' rather extensive library, reading as much as she could get her hands upon...and when the books at home had run dry of new information, Song found herself determined at only the ripe age of eight summers to enter into the Great Gubal Library, of which countless attempts to sneak past Voidsent, Soulkin, and mortal guards wrought no fruit. To the frustration of both of her parents, Joyful was something of a troublemaker, apt to ignoring the social norms of Sharlayan way, though this was simply out of an earlier upbringing outside of it. Despite her constant scuffles with security, Joyful tried time and time again until at last, Gohtfyr became utterly fed up and relented to allowing her apprenticeship into the Answering Quarter.
Adulthood
:In the wake of the Calamity's aftermath, much was needed...and what she could provide now for her newly adopted homeland, Joyful was both eager and solemn to provide. Having witnessed but a sliver of the grim fate the Garleans had decided to bring upon the realm, Song 's heart rekindled with new fire and new purpose...to first rebuild Limsa Lominsa to stability, and to then dedicate herself wholly to aiding the Ala Mhigan Resistance with her skills. Though her abilities were far from masterful, Joyful brought solace in any way she could muster, from using her knowledge as a Goldsmith and Armorer to aid with masonry and rebuilding, to mending the wounds of the injured and downtrodden. Eventually, however, Limsa Lominsa returned to her feet, and Song was left without a home to call her own. Convinced her life's work was gone with the passing of the Calamity, she turned to the only place that would take her—the crew of the Kracken's Arms.
“Why in the seven pissin' hells would I ever take your little bet for?” The other questioned. “Shut your maw, n' wait your turn, a'fore I stuff somethin' in it to make you silent,” he told her, with a leer.
“Very well,” Song responded, coolly. “But are you to tell me that you are too afraid of me to play simple games? What might that say to your crew, that you're too afraid of a woman tied and bound and beaten?”
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Moving Forward
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