Oko Kaprei

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OKO KAPREI

gridanian ✦ conjurer ✦ herbalist.

basic information

Oko Kaprei ( oh-ko kah-prey ), born the 1st day of the 4th Umbral moon, a Keeper of the Moon hailing from the Black Shroud,
is young and wide-eyed, not quite innocent and yet not quite hardened by the world, she faces days with an air of promise.

Years of stories from her clan and her father has led her wishing to see the world, to make her own adventures;
the Calamity provided gateway, rations spread thin and ties thinner, she left her family to alleviate the difficulty.
She now travels, often favoring Ul'dah to anywhere else due to its bustling city streets, helping those where she can.

important bits ✦ A L I A S:: Oko Kaprei ✦ R A C E & C L A N:: Miqo'te | Keeper of the Moon ✦ N A M E D A Y:: 1st Sun of the 4th Umbral Moon. ✦ A G E:: Nineteen years. ✦ G E N D E R:: Female. ✦ O R I E N T A T I O N:: Asexual(?), panromantic. ✦ R E L A T I O N S H I P:: None.

additional info ✦ N A T I O N A L I T Y:: Gridanian. ✦ R E S I D E N C E:: Apartment in Gridania. ✦ O C C U P A T I O N:: Conjurer & Herbalist. ✦ D I E T Y:: Azeyma the Warden. ✦ H E I G H T:: Four fulms, eleven ilms. ✦ W E I G H T:: 117 ponz. ✦ A L I G N M E N T:: Neutral Good

likes ✦ Rainy mornings, when mist hangs low. ✦ Sweets, like jelly or cheesecake. ✦ Her little brother, whom she cherishes. ✦ Stars and the horizon beyond.

dislikes ✦ Bitter tarts and lemons. ✦ Too many people confronting her. ✦ In reference to the above, large crowds can trigger anxiety. ✦ Being treated as lesser by others. ✦ Wood Wailers; they make her nervous.

other ✦ VICES:: Hopeless Romantic, Alcohol. ✦ FAVORITE FOOD:: Rolanberry Cheesecake. ✦ FAVORITE DRINK:: Chamomile Tea. ✦ FAVORITE COLOR:: Red & pink. ✦ THEME SONG:: ♪♫♪♫

personality

Originally, before leaving the Shroud to become an official Gridanian citizen, Oko wasn't one for speaking. She knew how, yes, but her ability to was limited; her family had always been more of the quiet type, using as few words as possible to get the point across. What she did know, entirely, was huntspeak, something she slips into only when she is comfortable with another miqo'te, say a member of her family, or a close friend. So, when she came to Gridania post-Calamity, she had to learn. Her mother was proficient enough, and worked to teach her and her younger brother the way of the common tongue, but it was still not enough to spare them strange looks whenever they spoke. So, Oko studied incredibly hard to learn how, and takes this very seriously. If she slips up, or someone points it out, she will grow bright red and apologize on the spot, out of force of habit. She also makes sure to use larger words, as if to exemplify and mark how hard she has worked to become a more eloquent person. It's not to show off, but to prove she is the same as anyone else.

And, despite what may seem like a welcoming personality, Oko is actually still learning how to properly converse on a casual level. Smart as she is, she has a hard time socializing, though one on one conversations tend to be the easiest for her. She has a slight anxiety that acts up when she's in groups, causing her to grow uncomfortably silent, even if she knows several of the members involved. This is not something anyone can control, or that's anyone's fault, she just happens to live in fear of being seen as lesser, and big conversations tends to make her wonder if any of them are judging her. It's something she's attempted to work through in recent months, her silent nature ceding away into something much more open. Where she once would stay silent for moments at a time, discouraging people from talking to her, she has become slightly easier to talk to, words coming with ease more often than not.

Though she is very sweet mostly, she also tends to fuss over details, though tries to be understanding of others despite it, and often finds herself conflicted. This comes from two sources, her mother being headstrong, and the fact that she doesn't fully comprehend quite everything she sees. Books can only take you so far, and so she is still working to make sense of it all. As well as this, she can often be blunt, or too forthright, should her desire to voice herself (something her older brother instilled in her from a young age) prove too strong against her will to be silent. She is also prone to being nosy, and thinking she knows whats best for her friends, or perhaps that she knows absolutely everything. She has a motherly air about her, putting on concern for each of her compatriots. She is stubborn and headstrong to those who know her, often unmoving in her beliefs and her work, but does her best to be understanding of those around her.

Oko is also very interested, however, in others when they are not speaking to her, choosing to stand in populated locations to listen to the things happening around her. She loves the sounds of people talking and chatting, not necessarily paying attention to their words but just the tones of their voice. Having grown up in a forest, it can be both quiet and droning, with the sounds of the creatures, and a crowded city street is no different to her. Merely a different kind of forest for her to wander through.

As a healer, she is very skilled. First of all, she is naturally inclined toward the aether and the elementals, adept at coaxing them out to heal those around her should the need arise. She grew up deeply disliking how the conjurers would use their powers so sparingly, almost cruelly, and wanted to find a way to be different from that, in order to help her friends and family, and further, everyone whose lives were scarred by the Calamity and onwards.

appearance

Oko is short, standing at four fulm eleven ilm, and though small, isn't exactly waifish. Muscle-mass has been upkept, though not to a noticable extent, from her time as a child wielding a bow to help her family hunt for food. Her thin arms hide behind what appears to be jelly strength to lift more than one would think, and her eyes cast a silvery shine, often nigh white in the right light, with hair the shade of milk and cream. Skin is pale, with a smattering of freckles across rosy cheeks, leftover from days in the sun. All in all, she has a cute, compact frame; only a few scars in places covered by clothing where accidents on the hunt happened, or when she was simply a clumsy child.

Posture wise, Oko carries herself gently, each step appearing as calculated as the last. She does her best to put on an air of hospitality and kindness, picked up from observing the conjury guild as well as the padjali, in order to make herself seem more approachable, where once she had been messy and wild, what one would call uncivilized. She has worked extensively to bring her perception up in the eye of the Gridanian public, which has always been scrutinizing, especially to those of her race. Still, though, at times, she is prone to idle bouts of clumsiness, when she forgets she's walking, or that she's to be doing something.

And, at others, she can seem almost gruff, little remnants of her father, from the days she'd spend with him. These moments are few and far between, as her mother taught her the air of kindness long before her fathers taught her the motions of moving through trees. If this is pointed out, the girl will get exceedingly embarrassed and immediately straighten her back. It's a point of anxiety for her, unfortunately.

biography

Oko was born to a relatively small clan within the Black Shroud. It had once been bigger, but over time, began slowly dwindling especially after the Calamity struck and wedged a rift between them. She is the second daughter, but third child out of four. Relatives include mother Usei, father Jurna'li, sister Jeiha, and her two brothers Usei'a and Usei'to. Jurna'li died when Oko was seven, whilst hunting. This left a blow to the clan that served to further thin ranks, as he'd been a staple in the community as well as her mother, who was by all means the lead matriarch, and a hole in Usei that was filled, over time, by Karo'sae (who would later father Usei'to.)

As a child, she spent much of her time traipsing through the forest with her older brother Usei'a, their father, and two members of the clan Karo'sae and Gira'to. Gira'to was not part of the clan by blood, but was acknowledged nigh on as such having been around for so long. They taught her how to use a bow and how to hunt, as well as sparingly in the art of the sword (learned from the Guild in Gridania, when they had been young and adventurous themselves), and to hold her own, though she never much liked it, when her mother taught her the importance of respecting the forest.

When she was ten or so was when she made contact with Sylphs, beyond watching them from a distance with her sister and mother, befriending one who had straggled too far from Little Solace who taught her about plants and trees and even tried to teach her how to fly once (which ended in scraped knees and lots of crying.) Unfortunately this was only on a trip, as they didn't frequent East Shroud often, and this was the extent of it. Still, the Sylph she became friends with helped her deepen her love of the forests.

Then, the Calamity.

The first year prior to the event, what little remained of her clan dispersed save for the close males to her mother and her siblings, out of desperation to survive when Gridania could not properly supply. Oko, her mother, and her young brother Usei'to moved themselves into New Gridania, where they were hardly accepted but not quite denied. During the next year, Oko and her family worked to build good standing within the society they'd moved themselves into, a stark change from the quiet life they lived in the Shroud.

Oko would join the Conjurer's Guild, utilizing her knowledge of the wood and natural connection with it, and became quite good at it.

Third-year post Calamity would yield Oko losing a family member. Usei'a and Jeiha, out on a hunt where they ought not have been hunting, were cornered by Wood Wailers who had mistaken them for Couerlclaws, They ran, but Jeiha was taken out by an archer, and her brother hadn't the time to rescue her. The Wailers left her body, and it wasn't until much later they were able to retrieve it, to give her a proper burial. Oko was devastated, but took it as a sign that staying in Gridania would be no good for her, seeing as her mother struggled to feed the both of them. She had no place among them, and wanting to live the stories they told her when she was young, and wanting to make her own, Oko departed Gridania once of sufficient mastery, in search of the world.

She still visits, every so often, with tales to tell her family, and gifts to give. She cares deeply for her family, and by extension Gridania, though she's never quite felt herself part of the country.

Since her departure, her clan has all but dwindled to her mother, brothers, and the two males who acted as fathers in stay of Jurna'li, and the sparing number of those who seemed to disperse to other locations while still keeping Kaprei tacked to the end of their name, to greener grasses, so to speak. Their clan is all but gone, but what's left clings together regardless.

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After the opening of Ishgard's gates, Oko disappeared from most places. Some wondered where she went, and wondered why.

Upon hearing that her brother wasn't doing so good, after being attacked by an Ixali after venturing into parts of the Shroud he was not accustomed to, Oko returned home to Gridania. It was only right she help her mother and brother, as they were almost the only family she had left. When not caring for them, she would hone her abilities as a conjurer, as well as keeping in line with the Trapper's laws to hunt with her bow, to provide a bit more food for her family, who still struggled now and then to provide for themselves.

Now, however, she has decided to go on wanderings again, after her mother found work at a mill in the city, and can now be found perusing local areas with a renewed fervor.

miscellaneous

rumors Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! ◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard) ✦ "That girl's awful quiet-- she just stands around. S'kinda weird, y'know?" - A patron to the Quicksand. ✦ "She's got a hell of a connection to them elementals, I heard. Can't say for myself, though." - A traveler. ✦ "I talked to her once, quite some time ago. Hardly spoke, however, and would not look at me. I think she thought she was better than me, hah!" - A pompous Gridanian. ◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ✦ "Mercenary friend o' mine said she healed him and all his men, for free t'boot! Can't imagine doin' that kinda work for nothing! She must be somethin'." - A tipsy Roegadyn. ✦ .. ✦ .. ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ✦ "Oko? She used to come to the library daily, when she was younger. Poor child could hardly speak a word at first, but she studied hard. I haven't seen her in such a long time." - An aging librarian. ✦ "I heard her family became Couerlclaws! Someone said her sister went and got herself killed. Serves them Miqo'te right. Can't they just live responsibly?" - A rowdy Hyuran. ✦ .. ◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players) ✦ "Yes, you could say we're close friends. She's timid, but she has a heart of gold. She's helped me in ways where others would've simply run away." - Suko'to Nbolo ✦ ✦ ✦

relations ♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Neutral Standing ● Poor Standing ● Suko'to Nbolo : Once, Oko felt very fondly for Suko'to. Her feelings were.. a bit stronger than she liked to lead on-- but he'd been her first love. The single kiss they shared, she recalls upon from time to time with a gentle smile. However, they were on two different paths, ones far from each other, and.. it didn't work. Still, she hasn't seen him in the longest of times, and... she misses him. Perhaps, after a while, they may meet again. ● Ethri'a Valnyr : A Keeper she has met on two occasions, and found almost a welcome personality from so many extroverted characters wandering the realm. He seems very secretive, and the sort not to open up lightly, but Oko feels that perhaps she has just the space to wedge her fingers in the cracks in the door. She thinks he needs friends, and just might think herself fit for the part. Now, it's just a matter of running into him again. Unfortunately, she has not seen him in quite a while. ● Zy'dala Shen : Despite being afraid of her at the start, Oko has come to find a perfect, loving friend within Zy'dala. The Seeker often looks out for Oko in ways that she didn't know she needed to be looked after-- even upon a long break, one in which they did not see each other for months, they picked up their friendship almost immediately. Oko loves her dearly.

footnotes

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TV Tropes: White Magician Girl, Nature Lover

important!

conjurer/white mage = in character!! you may approach me at any time for a walk-up if i am in cnj/whm!

if i am not cnj or whm, send a tell. oko is primarily a healer, but she has been considering branching out. ask me.

i may rp smut, or mrp, but not without sufficient grounds. suffice to say, oko will need to build a relationship. a good one.

if you have any other questions, please let me know via tell!