Kinono Kino

Kinono Kino
Gender	Female
Race	Lalafell
Clan	Mixed (physically dunesfolk)
Citizenship	Ul'dahn
Age	24
Height	3 fulms 1.5 ilms
Weight	42 ponz
Profession	Adventurer
Patron Deity	Nophica
Server	Balmung

Kinono Kino is an adventurer and explorer. She currently resides within the Goblet.

Appearance

Kinono is just over 3 fulms tall. Her hair is a dark red. She usually dresses in medium- to light-utilitarian clothes, such as leather, cloth, and chainmail. She typically avoids strictly heavy armor due to the amount of time it takes to put on and take off. When not working she prefers to wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing though has an occasional penchant for wearing finery. Kinono is far-sighted, so she will typically wear glasses when not working, or when opting to use weapons at close range.

History

Kinono Kino was born in Ul'dah and grew up along the routes and within the towns and outposts within Thanalan. She is the sole daughter of two self-reliant and only modestly successful traders. Opting to never settle down, and thus never dig unnecessarily into profits or waste too much time settled, the family lived nearly always travelling, stopping for only suns or weeks at a time to unload stock and resupply before moving on.

So their daughter was brought along with them, growing up from infancy along these trade routes, outposts, and the occasional stop in Ul'dah. Her mother tried her best to school her, teaching her to read and write, as well math, geography, and a scant bit of history, all in the hopes of rasing her to embrace the same travelling merchant lifestyle that they had come to call their own. Unfortunately for the young woman's parents, this would never come to be.

The young merchant-in-training made her dislike of the profession well known to the couple, so when she disappeared one night (along with a smattering of goods and supplies) while their cart had been travelling, and just as she was to come of-age in a few moons, they did not take it as much of a surprise. Instead of breaking from their schedule to look for the girl, they decided that she would return to them in time when she realized how large and dangerous the world was while she was on her own.

The young woman ran away in the dead of night, though it was not a prescribed career she ran from. She made her way through the desert over a period of days, surviving off the small amount of supplies she had relieved her parents of and (being unable to hunt for herself) whatever floral seemed succulent enough to eat or be drinken from. Not many of these plants were actually deemed suitable for consumption. Despite the arid land, dangerous monsters, beastmen , and dream flower-fueled missteps, she was able to find passage cheaply (thanks to a not-entirely lawful crew) to Limsa Lominsa after making it to Vesper Bay.

She was discovered in a cargo crate under the inspection of the Arcanist's Guild. The captain of the ship claimed no knowledge of her presence, naming her a stowaway. Kinono Kino was offered sanctuary with the guild, on the grounds that she work enough to pay for her own inn room and food. Showing a marked knack for the keeping of inventory and numbers, she had no trouble at all earning her keep at Mealvan's Gate.It was shortly after this profession change that the Calamity occurred. This did little to change her resolve though; she had found a home and work which didn't require a lifelong investment. She had steady quarters, steady food, steady scenery, and for a time she was happy.

Five years pass by in this way, and world news she heard around the city begins to make her feel anxious. Tales of primals stirring and of the Empire's renewed offensive, as well as general malaise and restlessness regarding her work, fueled her desire to become an adventurer. It was a simple matter to obtain an arcamina book with which to channel aether given her profession, but a less simple matter to maintain a practice schedule. Despite the ease with which the usage came to her, she lacked the patience for study and practice. While she quit her work at Mealvan's and sought employ with the Adventurer's Guild instead, it wasn't long before she dropped the usage of arcanima almost completely in favor of more martial, and in her eyes, visceral weapons. It now how she lives, as an adventurer, training, exploring, earning, and selling what she can so that she may attempt to make the world a better place.

Personality

Kinono Kino is overall bright and cheerful, ever drawn to those in need, other helping hands such as herself, or anyone with a story to tell. Her favorite hobby is reading, particular romance and adventure stories, so she has a huge fascination with the concept of romance, and idealizes love. She believes strongly in the notion of soul-mates, and does truly believe that everyone in the world, every single soul, has one other soul they were meant to be paired with. She is proud of her racial heritage, but she is very quick to lose her temper when she feels she is being lied to, pandered to or patronized, and can be made jealous very easily. Despite her adoration of romance and love, her knowledge and patience for other concepts tends to be fairly utilitarian, spending only enough time with the basest of concepts until she has enough to get by with it.

Despite her hatred of other people's mis-truths, she is not above playing tricks or lying herself, and has been known to feign ignorance or put up a facade for long periods of time for the sake of tickling her own humor. She is quick to trust on first-meetings, and is ever eager to provide hugs should they be needed or wanted. She has the eyes of an optimist and always tries to see the best in people, until they personally wrong her. Even if it is in some minor way, she can be slow to forgive; conversely she is quick to wave off any transgressions she was not around to witness and were not committed against her.

She has also been known to experiment casually by imbibing any random substance that interests her, showing typically little regard for personal safety.

Affiliations

• Harmony, a small free company which she helped found along with a group of close friends.
• Ul'dahn Adventurer's Guild

Characteristics

• Nicknames: Kino, Kicks, Kiks, Little Mountain
• Age: 24
  • Nameday: 12th Sun of the 5th Astral Moon
• Gender: Female
  • Sexuality: Bisexual
  • Marital Status: Married
• Alignment: Chaotic Good
• Height: 3 fulms, 1.5 ilms
• Weight: 42 ponz
• Body: Average
• Hair: Long, deep red textured with darker strands.
• Eyes: Pale blue
• Skin: Pale midtone
• Clothing: Ranging from loose and free-flowing, to fancy, to light armor suitable for battle.

Likes

• Books, particularly romance and adventure
• Exploration, of land, sea, and ruins
• Telling jokes, playing tricks
• Having her hair brushed by other people
• Wine (usually red)
• Desserts, eggs
• Meeting new people
• Babazan (her husband)

Dislikes

• Other women touching Babazan
• Forgetfulness in others
• Vegetables
• Ignorance
• Curtness
• Cactuars, tonberries
• "The sound of breaking glass."

Areas of Expertise

• Classical romance
• Martial weapons (proficient, but by no means mastered)

Strengths

• Quick learner
• Fast on her feet (not currently)

Weaknesses

• Stubborness
• Impatience
• Jealousy
• All the typical physical disadvantages of being short

Other Notes

Naming

Kinono Kino was named in plainsfolk style, despite taking on more dunesfolk traits physically. She doesn't find this particularly odd, and usually doesn't bring it up unless someone asks. She is used to have her name shortened, to the point that she will typically introduced herself as just "Kino" or offer, "most people call me Kino."

References

A Big Thanks

To L'yhta Mahre for the wiki template. Thanks L'yhta!