Liadan Summerfield
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LIADAN SUMMERFIELD
HEAR, FEEL, THINK
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"Everything that is, is alive."
■ ALIASES... Lia, Hearer Summerfield ■ RACE & CLAN... Hyur, midlander. ■ GENDER... Female. ■ AGE & NAMEDAY... Twenty -five Summers. 15th Sun, 5th Astral Moon. ■ ORIENTATION... Heterosexual. ■ MARITAL STATUS... Single. |
■ BIRTHPLACE... River's Bend, East Shroud. ■ CURRENT RESIDENCE... Mist, La Noscea. ■ WORK... Healer, Hearer, Pilgrim ■ PATRON DEITY... Nophica. ■ HEIGHT & WEIGHT... 5'2". Weighs around 125-130 lbs. ■ ALIGNMENT... Neutral Good, (There's never a wrong time to do the right thing). |
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P E R S O N A L I T Y
Brave. Suspicious. Compassionate. Xenophobic. Loyal. Liadan is perhaps a contradiction to those who do not know her well. Raised in the heart of the East Shroud, in a village that no longer exists, her attitudes towards outsiders have been shaped by her isolated upbringing. Like most native Gridanians, she is deeply respectful of the Twelveswood and the Padjal who serve as intermediaries between man and elemental. And like most native Gridanians, she is suspicious and even hostile towards outsiders, particularly those of non-Hyur or non-Wildwood origin. To say that she is racist is accurate, though she might be the most polite racist you've ever met.
Liadan will always do what she believes is right, even if what is "right" moves against her fellow Hearers, or even if "what is right" would favor a foreigner. As distrustful as she is of outsiders, she is not one to twist the words of the elementals, nor is she one to misuse her social status within the Twelveswood.
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A P P E A R A N C E
Liadan is a petite woman with gentle curves at best. Standing at only 5'2" in height, she is shorter than many female Miqo'te, much to her consternation. It's very hard to look down your nose at someone when they tower over you, after all. Her eyes are a deep green that some call "forest," though she would probably dispute it, and she has been blessed with dark, almost wine-red hair that she normally wears loose around her shoulders.
Liadan's clothing choices are practical, and she often wears belts that contain pouches for her herbal remedies. Rarely is she seen in anything overly fancy outside of ceremonial situations. She has commented on more than one occasion that one reason she dislikes Ul'dah so intensely is the heat that makes her normal clothing feel suffocating.
C O M B A T & W E A P O N R Y
While Liadan is extremely strong magically, she has almost no physical combat skills. She simply doesn't have the "knack" for combat.
Because of this, Liadan generally tries to avoid combat when possible. If pressed, she will fall back on her Conjury to wreak elemental havok on those attempting to do her harm.
Though Liadan has little to no combat skills, she is very strong magically. If pressed and cornered, she has been known to conjure storms from clear skies, and call treants to her aid. She has little desire to kill, however, and will often choose what she hopes are non-lethal methods to protect herself. |
H I S T O R Y
Born in an isolated village deep in the Eastern Shroud, Liadan spent most of her formative years in the forest or helping her family on their small stead. Her parents noticed her nascent ability to Hear the spirits of the forest when she was quite small. But because they feared she might be taken from them for training, they pretended that her abilities didn't exist, and convinced the young child that she was lying or confused when she tried to explain what she was hearing. Liadan, out of both a desire to please her parents and due to sheer ignorance, over time began to ignore the whispers at the corner of her mind, becoming very good at pretending they didn't exist. Until she believed she heard nothing at all.
All that changed the year Liadan turned seventeen, the year before the Calamity. One completely ordinary summer day, her small, isolated village near the border with Ala Mhigo was attacked by a squad of Imperial soldiers, who proceeded to sack and burn the village, killing most of the inhabitants without mercy. Liadan witnessed her mother cut down before her, but as the soldiers came for her, something happened that no one expected. No one at all.
For the Elementals already knew Liadan was one of their chosen, and the combination of her grief, terror, and rage roused their attention and gave focus to their responding rage, inciting a terrifying Greenwrath in response to the encroachment of their land, and the threat to one of their chosen. When the Greenwrath was spent, not a soul remained to speak of what had happened in that tiny village...not a soul except Liadan, who, overcome with the screaming rage of the Elementals, had fled deeper into the Shroud. By the time she was a found by a group of Wailers and Conjurers dispatched to investigate the Greenwrath, she was nearly catatonic. She would not speak for a full two moons after the incident.
What passing Conjurers had failed to see for almost two decades was quickly sorted out once she arrived at the Fane, and Liadan soon found herself being trained in Conjury, something she discovered she had a natural affinity for. Over the next five years, she would find her solace in solitude and training, honing her skills and learning the path she had been born to walk.
Origins
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Recent Times
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I N T E R A C T I O N S
Not all of what you read here are true rumors! Remember gossip is a thing for IC purposes! ◢ Common Rumors - Easily overheard. Use these freely!
◢ Uncommon Rumors - A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first!
◢ Rare Rumors - Very rarely overheard. Please ask before using!
◢ Player Character Rumors - Feel free to add rumors of your own!
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H O O K S & C O N N E C T I O N S
As leeched from the person's post before me here is a handy list of ways for our characters to be involved in some way or another. These are not inclusive and I am happy to include you in backstory/ongoing history if you are to ask!
BACKSTORY HOOKS:
FAMILY HOOKS:
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ADVENTURE HOOKS:
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G A L L E R Y
F O O T N O T E S
- Template from Bancroft Gairn with editing by Xheja Rajhera. Feel free to use, but please leave credits / link-backs in place! Used with permission from Hotaru Gin
- Personal RP Limits:
- ■ Do: Mature themes in RP (including violence, drug use, sexuality, etc.) as appropriate in the course of RP. "Dark" and criminal themes. Coarse and excessive language. Temporary injury and incapacitation. Temporary captivity or imprisonment.
- ■ Ask: Any type of major character-altering disfigurement or injury. Long-term imprisonment.
- ■ Don't: Permanent character death or assassination attempts without discussion. IC/OOC bleed over.