Qara Hotgo
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| Qaratai Hotgo | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Race | Au Ra |
| Clan | Xeala (Hotgo Tribe) |
| Citizenship | None |
| Age | 20 |
| Height | 5'3" |
| Hair | Black with Blue Highlights |
| Eyes | Red with blue limbal rings |
| Birthplace | Great Plains of Othard |
| Registered Professions | High-priority Courier |
Qaratai Hotgo (Qara Hotgo in-game) is a young courier from an Au Ra Xaela tribe that is all but destroyed. When she lived in Othard, she was responsible for delivering important messages and parcels for her tribe. She would journey on horseback to other tribes, and even act as messenger on the battlefield. She rarely took part in direct warfare, but has survived a few skirmishes with those who wanted to stop her deliveries.
In the present, she supports the peoples of the new homeland. She is too young and ignorant to know what her future may hold, but she seeks to make a life for herself. If there is anything left of the Hotgo tribe, she will find it. She currently works as a Freelance Courier who will take on messenger jobs even the Moogles may not be willing or able to accomplish.
General Appearance
Qara has skin tanned by the sun with hair darker than her scales and horns. Blue highlights in her hair display her spirit color, and her deep red eyes have contrasting blue limbal rings. She is a bit on the tall side for female Au Ra, but still short compared to the peoples of other races. Scales are abundant on her neck and chin. However, the skin on her face can sometimes been seen with markings and smudges of paint. She preserves her tribe's cultural practice of displaying her moods with the use of colorful face paints; each color having a different meaning.
Character Music
Important Trinkets
A violet-bladed short-sword made by the Kagon tribe. Either kept on Horsebird or Qara's belt.
A Mythrite Zweihander rewarded to Qara after she delivered a message from Whitebrim Fort to Dragonhead during the Dravanian siege of The Steps of Faith.
A bracelet made of polished bone segmented into four parts. At its center rests a purple, lightning-attuned crystal within a simple gold frame. It is said that the materials of bone and gold made excellent catalysts to help channel one's aether. A starlight gift from Zanzan to Qara to aid her in her magical training. Worn to this day.
A silver chain that is made with an eastern design. The main pendant itself has a gold sun-like frame with blue hues that weaved along its edges like ribbons. Within the frame was an obsidian black backdrop with fragments of Moonstones shaped into small circles as stars. The indentations inside gives the illusion of the stars and the sky moving as one would see it. There is a second hidden feature. Held up to a full moon, the pendant will expose a hidden message for any who can see.
"For Qara Hotgo and Zanzan Yanzan. May their love be as endless as the night sky itself." Crafted by Arala Makeo.
Qara is often shy and quiet despite her job. The most vibrant displays of emotions from the girl are often in the form of her face paint she uses to display her moods. Her reserved personality hides an inner curiosity and desire to be social. She will often find awkward ways to force herself into a social situations -if- she feels safe doing so. In the instance someone gets her to open up, she can be quite talkative and friendly. However, getting her to open up may take time or effort.
While Qara takes her duties and job very seriously, her ability to accept having fun may need encouraging. She is often focused on work, and will not let fear stop her from doing her job. Beyond that, she has much to learn.
Qara's Colors
Different colors of face paint have different meanings for Qara. Once someone gets to know her, they'll begin to see the colors almost like another form of body-language. Qara's family's paint color definitions may be different from other family units that lived in the Hotgo tribe.
- Colors
- Blue
- Qara's spirit color. She wears it when she feels her best, and most confident.
- Black
- Her rage color. She wears it when preparing to fight, or when she gets angry.
- Red
- Her love color. Be it platonic or romantic, she'll wear red when her passion grows strong.
- Green
- Her joy color. Not to be confused with blue, green is applied when she feels innocent happiness.
- Yellow
- Her sadness color. She doesn't like to show her sadness despite what she was taught, but she'll often wear it to help show sympathy for the suffering of another.
- Purple
- This rarely-used color is righteous fury.
- White
- Her diplomatic color. She wears this to make amends, or show that she will remain peaceful.
- Pink
- Her humility color. She wears it to show when she is embarrassed, or bashful.
- Orange
- Her fear color. She only really wears it as a display of caution to others. Not all instances of fear will have her painting her face orange.
Because paint colors change shades due to drying and whether, she does not use different shades of the same colors to represent variations of her general emotions. Instead, she usually marks the strongest emotions she is feeling in a general sense. However, different color combinations can give greater detail to her emotional state, but it is less common for her to use more than one color at a time.
- Combinations
- Blue and Purple
- Confidence and Fury. The Warriors of Qara's family would wear this combination of colors when in a battle they prepared for. Qara wears the combination in battle often.
- Red and Pink
- Love and Humility. Often worn in rare instances of public displays of great affection; such as a marriage ceremony.
- Green and Yellow
- Hope and Sympathy. Worn when acting as council for another. Often used in funerals and remembrance ceremonies.
- Red and Purple
- ..."Greatma use to say: the best part of a couple's fight is making up..."
More combinations exists, and more will be defined in the future.
The marks of paint Qara makes are simple smudges or lines. Only in ceremonies does she make coherent symbols on her face using the paints.
The paints do not replace facial expressions or body language for her. They are used for emotional honesty and clarity as taught by her culture.
Qara was never expected to be a warrior in her tribe. However, the danger of her messenger role made it necessary for her family to train her in sword combat. She has trained with the use of one-handed and two-handed swords since childhood, so she knows how to fight with them well enough.
Now that she has combat experience under her belt, she has taken on mentors to teach her more. She is developing skills with magic and melee combat under the tutelage of Maric Thornharte and Zanzan Yanzan. After months of training, she is displaying swift development of magics that are empowered by emotions. Some call these magics the "Dark Arts".
- Current Combat Skills
- One-handed swords
- 7/10
- Two-handed swords
- 8/10
- Dark Art/Knight Magic
- 5/10 (In-training with Maric Thornharte)
Art created by: kylexy8835. Click to see larger.
Please note that some of the rumors may be exaggerated or even false.
Common Rumors (Easily overheard)
- Postmoogle: “She has helped us a great deal with dangerous deliveries! Dare I say, she may be as reliable as any of my comrades, kupo!”
- Ishgard Knight: “The girl is looks barely an adult, but she delivered a package to one of our outposts during a blizzard. I did not expect such boldness of one so quiet...”
- Quicksand Patron: “She gave me a letter 'n read it to me jus' as I was bein' hauled away by Brass Blades... Tha's dedication...”
Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear)
- Gridanian citizen: “She delivered my Chocobo then taught me how to train it. It wasn't training like I've seen at Bentbranch, but it works!”
- La Noscea Pirate: “Tha' pretty an' strange little horned girl escaped our five ambushes afore, but she won' get away a sixth time!”
- Priest of the Twelve: “She does not believe in the Twelve. It is a wonder that they have not given her a holy smiting!”
Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard)
- Random Xaela Man: “........Where have you seen her? I have some... Business... With her.”
- Drowning Wench Patron: “The demon girl? I dunno, but don't trust them succubuses! She paints blood on her face!”
PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players)
Shria Kagon: "Qara...? She was a dear friend for many years. I always felt I needed to teach her how to lighten up a little, but her focus on the job at hand was one of the things I loved and miss about her."
Zanzan Yanzan: "Qara... She lost everything dear to her. Yet, here she stands. A passionate and undying fire. She is quite beautiful, yes? What captured my heart, however, was her own. There is not another person I love more than her. What a star she is..."
- Anyone is free to add!
Likes
- Wind.
- Riding.
- Spicy Foods.
- Horses.
- Animals.
- Colorful trinkets.
- Moogles.
- Reading.
Dislikes
- Voidsent.
- Being compared to voidsent.
- Bandits.
- Dotharl tribe and its members.
- Violent people.
- Hunting for sport.
- Sweet foods.
- Alcohol.
- Eorzean priests.
- OOC Note
- The following is strictly Qara's IC opinion of people she knows. Information may be inaccurate.
♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Neutral ● Poor Standing ♥ Sexual tension ☠ Deceased
- ♥ Shria Kagon: "Like sister. She saved me, protected me and kept me company. I found her again in Eorzea. She is first real friend in this land."
- ● Maric Thornharte: "Hero, protector, knight. Like what I want to be."
- ♥ Zanzan Yanzan: "He's very sweet."
- ♥ Xanadu Hotgo: "The last of my tribe that I know about. She's also my cousin. Very important to me."
