Oko Kaprei
 Oko Kaprei
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| Gender | Female |
| Race | Miqo'te |
| Clan | Keepers of the Moon |
| Citizenship | Gridanian |
| Age | 22 |
| Height | 4 fulms 11 ilms |
| Diety | Azeyma |
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Basic Info
, born the 1st day of the 4th Umbral moon, is 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. Loyal to her friends, yet painfully inept at truly conversing to make said friends, she can count those she considers close on one hand.Years of stories from her clan in the Couerlclaws 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.
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Oko Kaprei
( oh-ko kah-prey )
Appearance & Personality
Oko is short, standing at four fulm eleven ilm, and though small, is by no meals waifish. Muscle-mass has been upkept, though not to a noticable extent, and her thin arms hide behind what appears to be jelly strength to lift more than one would think. Her eyes cast a silvery shine, often nigh white in the right light, with hair the shade of milk.
She carries herself gently, as one of grace may, each step appearing as calculated as the last. 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, and of Gira'to's, from the days she'd spend with them. 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.
Despite what may seem like a welcoming personality, Oko is actually poor at conversation. With those she's unfamiliar with, her words come slowly, or not at all, and silence is recurring. Outside of her family, the clan and select Couerlclaws, she'd never quite made friends. Something which never bothered her, mind you, but... truly turned out to hinder her once her travels began. However, it can take minutes at the least to warm up to someone, and she'll settle quite easily into conversation. If she likes you, that is.
If she does not, her words will continue on in quiet, hushed tones, curt and unsure, or perhaps even uninterested.
Still, it should be noted that she harbors a fear of being spoken to by too many at once, or strangers at the very least, and should there be too many individuals she does not know surrounding her, she will clam up, and grow what one might considered selectively mute. One to two people is fine, but if the number grows, she finds herself at loss for word.
Oko is, though, very interested in others when they are not speaking to her,choosing to stand in populated locations to listen to the things happening around her. 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.
She is well-versed, reading and writing come easily, and has an expanded enough vocabulary. This came not from her mother, but rather via integrating into Gridanian society, reading books and studying language, in hopes to better fit in with the community that distrusted her. She fusses over details, though tries to be understanding of others despite it, and often finds herself conflicted. She can often be blunt, or too forthright, should her desire to voice herself (something Usei'a instilled in her from a young age) prove too strong against her will to be silent.
Biography
Oko was born to a relatively small clan within the Black Shroud. It had once been bigger, but over time, due to its affiliation with the Couerlclaw poachers, began slowly dwindling. 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, 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 swords, 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 first made real 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 outside the ranks of the Coeurlclaws soon filtered into it, out of desperation to feed their family 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, were cornered by Wood Wailers. 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; her mother struggled to feed her brother, and the Couerlclaws struggled to feed themselves. 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, occasionally, but she never stays long. She often can hardly bear to.
Miscellaneous
Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! ◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard)
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Footnotes
- Template by Bancroft Gairn
- Theme Song: Arrival of the Birds & Transformation
- TV Tropes: White Magician Girl, Nature Lover
