Laurla Caer

Latest Activities (RP Hooks): Hiding. . .

Birth Name:Laurla aan Caer.

Alias:Arrow.

Nicknames: Brat, Spark. ✗

Gender: Female.

Race & Clan: Hyur | Midlander.

Nameday: 32st Sun of the 5th Umbral Moon.

Height 5 fulms, 3 ilms.

Weight: 115 ponze.

Birthplace: ? ? ?.

Residence: Alternates between Gridania and The Forgotten Springs in Southern Thanalan.

Patron Deity: Nymeia, the Spinner.

Relationship Status: Single.

Occupation: Adventurer, Part Time help at the Foxglove.

Disposition: Chaotic Good. | ESFP.

APPEARANCEPERSONALITYCOMBAT/SKILLSRELATIONSHIPSRUMORSOOC

APPEARANCE

GENERAL APPEARANCE: Below the average of what a hyur woman usually stands at, Laurla aan Caer is a petite woman at 5'3", lithe and fit. Her skin is tanned, healthy looking, and well polished, good hygiene being a big deal for her. Her hair is an ash blonde, natural, and long to her lower back, and the only thing on her she let's slip up, as it is usually left a tangled, wild unkempt mess. Before, in service, she'd kept it shorter, yet still considered 'mildly long', due to the fighting she'd been doing, but since escaping and turning over a new leaf in attempt to change her person, Laurla's hair has grown to what it is today, fondly. The only time she cuts it is when the ends begin to split and becoming dead ends, to give it life again.

Laurla's eyes are a soft pink. Makeup is frequently worn, depending on her outfit or where she's going and what's she's doing that day.

Laurla is a very emotionally driven individual, therefore, her mannerisms and facial expressions are ever changing due to how expressive she is when happy, sad, and worse, angry. Were one to look at her, despite her attempts at lying about her emotions, unfortunately the woman is an open book. It's quite clear she's not who she says she is, but attempts to try as much as possible. Due to her personality and expressive attitude, that's why many hardly expect her to be a Garlean runaway. It is, perhaps, her saving grace.

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SCARS & MARKINGS: Though being in the military for an long time, Laurla's skin is surprisingly lacking in scars, though one notable one on her left side, as though a piece of metal or shrapnel had grazed her side albeit a bit too deep.

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VOICE: Slightly high pitched, her emotions clearly detectable through her tonal shifts and fluctuations.

「Example of her speaking voice. |
Example of her singing voice. #1 Example of her singing voice. #2」

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ATTIRE: Laurla is no shy woman, nor is she humble in her appearance. Donning from the most risque to the most modest outfits, Laurla has clearly involved herself in the fashions of Eorzea since her escape, enjoying looking her best at any moment, even the smallest of occasions. Heeled shoes are a must for her, particularly dissatisfied with her height. Though escaping into Gridania and making it her pseudo home, Laurla travels through Eorzea, experiencing the different cultures, thus you can find her sporting an array of outfits. She has no preference.

PERSONALITY

"I'm doing my best. Running was the start. I don't know what my future holds, but...it can't be much worse than this."

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[ naive ] [ passionate / emotional ] [ gregarious ] [ devil may care ] [ reckless ] [ impatient ] [ defiant / bold ]

Laurla's a driven individual. Emotional and passionate when roused to a cause, defiant and bold, yet reckless with herself, seemingly all the more willing to put herself in harms way for just about anyone. There's a naivety about her, that borders on 'stupid', one might say. She sees the best in people, even when there isn't, believing most anyone is capable of good if they were simply to try. She's kind and she's sweet, and she'd do anything for anyone if they merely asked, no questions asked, to a certain extent. Laurla wants to make the best of her life, make other's lives the best they can be, but underneath those ideals, the truth is she's fearful and almost cares very little about her own well being to a very unhealthy degree, while also being selfish and wanting more for her life, not especially believing she deserves it, but because she craves for something to live for. She's a walking contradiction, that just shows she has no clue what she wants in life, and grasping at straws. Still, she laughs easier, smiles more and feels a bit more at peace than she had prior.

While in the empire, she had been, while not drastically different, a shadow of the her she is today. Laurla was more careful, not with her physical self but with her mental, trying hard to last in the war front despite the odds. She was fearful then as she is now, making friends, or attempting to, just for them to end of dead or missing within months or even weeks. She was still emotional, finding herself crying more then than she does now, but in secret. She struggled to maintain an image of strength for those around her, while slowly falling a part herself one piece at a time.

PREFERENCES

LIKES

• Moogles - They're honestly too cute for their own good.
• Cinnamon / Vanilla - One could say the fragrance is a match to her personality perfectly.
• Naps - A bit too much.
• Playing the Violin - A past time, she's been learning and enjoying. She's quite good at it..
• Parties / Social Events - Despite her need to remain incognito, she clearly enjoys being around other people and enjoying company and entertainment.
• Cats - Perhaps due to their independent nature. Coeurl, she's found, are her favorite.

DISLIKES

• Garleans / Garlemald / The Empire - She ran away for a reason.
• Hestitation / Waiting - A bit of a impatient person, time spent standing still is time spent doing more productive things.
• Stoic / Cold People - Party poopers. Smile a bit.
• Greasy Foods - Her stomach aches at the thought of it.
• Morbals - Nasty pests, no good comes of them.
• Vegetables - She's the type of person to shove that on somebody else's plate.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES

QUIRKS

• Nervously twirls her hair around her index finger.
• When she lies she smiles and doesn't look you in the eye.
• Gives advice, but doesn't take her own.
• Forgives easily.
• Her eyes always wander to the night sky - star watcher.

TRIVIA

• Literary Associations - Icarus, Helen of Troy.
• Image Associations - Lightning, Cloaks, Bloody Lips/Teeth/Hands, Flowers in Ribcage.
• Laurla is the type of person that takes what she wants without second guessing, no backseat driving for her. She waits for no man or woman.
• Despite how impatient she is, Laurla is very observant and perceptive to her surroundings and especially to people's feelings.
• It's quite clear her cheeriness is a farce to hide her aching scars, but she refuses to let them hinder her any longer.
• She's a really, really bad liar.
• Laurla was surprised to find she was musically inclined and has taken a liking to singing and playing violin for people.
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MUSIC

Icarus
Artist: Bastille.
Context: Character Theme

Blindness
Artist: Metric.
Context: Character Theme.

Dead Hearts
Artist: Stars.
Context: Character Theme.

You Don't Own Me
Artist: Grace.
Context: Character Theme.

Paradise
Artist: Coldplay.
Context: Character Theme.

Believer
Artist: Imagine Dragons.
Context: Character Theme.

lovely
Artist: Billie Eilish feat. Khalid.
Context: Laurla v.s. Her Mind v.s. The World.

Bipolar Nightmare
Artist: Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi.
Context: Battle Theme

In Dreams
Artist: Yoko Shimomura.
Context: Inspiration

(Fuck A) Silver Lining
Artist: Panic! At The Disco.
Context: Inspiration

Bishop's Knife Trick
Artist: Fall Out Boy.
Context: Inspiration

Immortals
Artist: Fall Out Boy.
Context: Inspiration

SKILLS & ABILITIES

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Attributes
	Strength	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		P.Defense	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Dexterity	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		M.Defense	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Martial Prowess	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		Intelligence	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Magic Affinity	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		Luck	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █

If there is one thing Laurla can say good about the military service she'd been thrown head first into, it is that she came out poised and combat capable. Agile and quick due to her short stature and high stamina, the woman finds herself capable of close range and later, with much practice and effort, long range, the latter only chosen due to her dissatisfaction with being close to the target out of fear. Not of them, but of herself. To see the whites of their eyes as her blades pierce flesh, Laurla discovered within the first couple of months of combat in the field and nights spent crying alone, vomiting due to overworking herself, that she simply couldn't handle it. Range combat, then, became preferred, a bow replacing her daggers, of which then became out of practice and lacking.

It was further in her career that she discovered she could manipulate aether, due to her Dalmascan descent. Being new to her, to a certain extent, Laurla is unpracticed, and it is something she has rarely dabbled in due to her own personal feelings. Manipulating aether had brought her closer to being desired by the empire, a benefit to their cause, as well as a good test subject, perhaps. All the more reason to never use it, and so she didn't. Laurla, thus, has no interest in casting magics, despite her untapped potential.

Though fit, Laurla is clearly unable to take hits after hits. She's small, and has her limits, perhaps far less than a normal person. More so her own beliefs and fears attribute to her combat, as she is much more emotional. She would rather let someone off, than have to fight and kill them, despite her being able to put up a good fight. She's not very strong, weak martial prowess, and her defense is very low.

She's not at all fit to be making battle plans, but for the most part she can follow them, so long as her emotions are kept in check. Laurla can make or break a team, despite her willingness to work in them, due to this. She tries her hardest, but one would consider her very unfit for combat despite her abilities. Perhaps the sidelines is where she belongs, yet not where she's willing to stay if the people she cares about are in the thick of conflict.

STATUS LEGEND

♥ Relationship

♡ Interest

ღ Complicated

★ Trusted

♦ Business Partnership

⧖ Out of Contact

✝ Deceased

● Positive

● Negative

● Neutral

≈ Unsure

CONTACTS

Realistically, it doesn't take much for Laurla to like you. So long as you aren't pure Garlean, or Garlean sympathizers. She's not a hard nut to crack, often times far too trusting for her own good.

Nero rem Castulus ( ღ ● ) - ENEMY

Former commander and friend. Perhaps more, at least in her case. Her escape from Baelsar's Wall was nothing short of traitorous, as well as her actions that lead to her managed escape, of which she deeply regrets. Laurla's fearful of what he thinks of her because of her decision, but at the same time cannot let him take her back, for surely what she did, they would sentence her to death and he'd be unable to stop it. The woman knows he's on the hunt, she'd be foolish to think they'd instruct anyone else with such a task. It brings her great pain, to know that he'll be the one to drag her back, putting his own title and status on the line. Personal reasons or duty, she doesn't know what drives him. Laurla hopes he never finds her. How could she ever look him in the eyes again? Character Tracks: One Summer's Day

Theodosia jen Castulus ( ● ) - ENEMY'S SISTER
The sister to her former commander, and once a friend and confidant, despite Theodosia's clear higher status. Laurla would pretend to hate her before admitting the grief she felt upon leaving her behind. Character Tracks: Merry Go Round of Life

U'shaala Hena ( ● ) - THE WARMAIDEN

In light of recent activity in Gridanian, Laurla made the move to expand her horizon and happened upon U'shaala, a seeker of the sun who made their home the Forgotten Springs. Laurla and her connected almost immediately, bonding over a love for adventure. She offered her home to her, as well as her skills in survival and hunting she learned as a child with the rest of her tribe. Since meeting, Laurla was gifted a couerl to ride. Southern Thanalan is becoming a second home to her, and she's all the more willing to allow it. Character Tracks: Dance Macabre | Hip Hop Medley

Etienne Desrosiers ( ● ) - THE ROSE

Taking her in to her home, as well as offering her a job in her shop The Foxglove, Laurla is thankful for this woman. She did not ask where she'd came from or why she looked the way she was, nor did she question the name Laurla gave her, of which was not her own clearly. Etienne had all the more reason to, but she didn't. A curious woman, that's for sure, seen as eccentric and funny acting by most Gridanians she's encountered. Nevertheless, a welcoming company. Laurla just hopes she hasn't brought danger into her household. Character Tracks: [- Title]

Fin Anjeaux ( ● ) - THE EX-SPY
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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! Any PC rumours marked red are considered rare, and will need permission from the gossiper or player before usage.

COMMON RUMORS - Easily overheard. Use these freely!

■ "Heard she works with an herbalist or something, not sure where she came from, just that funny acting girl houses her. Seems nice enough though." - Gridanian Stall Owner

■ "She's such a nice girl! Ask her for help, and she'll drop everything to do it! And I mean everything, ahaha!!" - Old Gridanian Woman

■ "Calls herself Arrow, but you know that's not her real name." - Buscarron Druthers Bar Keep

■ "Comes and goes as she pleases. I guess that's just an adventurer's life." - Quicksand Regular

UNCOMMON RUMORS - A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first!

■ "Saw her crawling through the bushes round Nine Ivies, bloody and battered. Looked like fresh hell if ya asked me." - Elezen Adventurer

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RARE RUMORS - Very rarely overheard. Please ask before using!

■ "Garlean spy, but ya didn't hear it from me. How do I know? She shies away from any contact with them. Steers clear of them entirely. Within reason, aren't we all scared of them to an extent, but the look on her face when passing Baelsar's Wall? She's got secrets. She ain't from here, she's from there. I know it." - Angry Gridanian

■ “A certain man came in looking for her the other day. Didn't seem like the type of guy to mess with. Now, I didn't tell the truth, said I didn't know who she was, but makes you wonder. Just who is she?” - Buscarron

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PLAYER INFORMATION

My name is Nikki! I'm a Medium-Casual Roleplayer from the Eastern Timezone (EST) on Balmung. I am really new to the in-game RP scene, however not new to rp in general, but I'm willing to learn! If not in-game, I rp in Discord or alternatively for longer lit Google Docs. There must be a clear separation of IC and OOC at all times. This is really important to me. My characters opinion, actions, ect, does not translate to my feelings. I’m open to most rp, however, if you’re underage I will not engage in anything that could put either of us in a bad situation. That being said if you are uncomfortable with something please tell me, I don’t want to cause anyone stress, it’s all about having fun. Communication is important to me, so please talk to me if you have any worries!

Personal RP Limitations

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■ I WILL PLAY ■ ✓ Long-term Roleplay. I'm very interested in plot-based rp! ✓ Combat Roleplay. ✓ Organic romances. ✓ Sexual tension/actions. ✓ Slice-of-Life Roleplay. ✓ Paragraph Roleplay. ✓ Discord Roleplay. ■ I AM OKAY WITH | ASK ABOUT ■ ● Themes from the dark, serious, and mature (violence, torture, murder, drug / alcohol use, etc.) ● Serious injury. Temporary injury and incapacitation of mind or body. Temporary captivity or imprisonment. ● I'm not all there with the lore, meaning to say that I'm not especially knowledgeable, so lore-bending is fine with me. ■ I WON'T PLAY ■ × Strictly ERP that is outside of organic plot growth. My character is very hesitate to give and recieve physical contact, so it would require a lot of growth. Please don't approach me looking for an exception, it will not be well received. × Rape. × Permanent character death unless asked of by myself. × Any sexual or romantic relations with a character that is a minor.

RP HOOKS

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■ MAIN VERSE ■ ■ Frequents Buscarron's Druther. | Drinking and having a fun time. You might catch her here enjoying herself far more than any other place you might spot her, feeling like she can let herself relax a bit more in the peaceful environment. ■ Willing to help anyone, any cause. | Laurla's a kind soul, looking to make friends and work, being unable to sit still for long periods of time. Dona ■ The soft, almost sad sounding tune of a violin playing outside the Carline Canopy. | Still being polished, but the raw emotions still hitting you. Perhaps it draws you in? She doesn't play for money, no hat or bucket to toss gil, it seems she merely wishes to practice in the open. ■ She's a Garlean runaway. | Though she shrouds that with a pseudo name, calling herself Arrow instead of Laurla, an ex comrade or one of another cohort might had heard of someone escaping through Baelsar's Wall, and a casualty that rumors suggest was her doing. Laurla hides it as well as she can, but the fact of the matter is she's a bad liar when confronted. Maybe your a runaway, or maybe you know she's being hunted for defecting. Either way there are telltale signs. ■ Text, text, text, text. | Text, text, text, text.

CHARACTER TROPES

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■ MAIN VERSE ■ ■ Rebellious Spirit ■ The Fool ■ The Pollyanna ■ Fatal Flaw ■ His Own Worst Enemy ■ Leeroy Jenkins

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