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''Vocal References for what he sounds like when he is sing-speaking:''  
 
''Vocal References for what he sounds like when he is sing-speaking:''  
  
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx8hrhBZJ98 Perfect example of the higher birdlike overtone singing he does when he's excited, AND examples of the lower throatvoice he does when in a neutral mood]
 
  
  
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[[File:IconCombo.png|30px|]]  '''Likes'''
 
[[File:IconCombo.png|30px|]]  '''Likes'''
  
* Tea ( Bitter ones are the best! )
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* Tea
* Food
 
 
* Intelligence
 
* Intelligence
 
* Methodical Actions
 
* Methodical Actions
 
* Blue things
 
* Blue things
* Ritual / habitual patterns
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* People he can 'train'
* Hiding in dark corners
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* Cuddling Miqo'te and Lalafell
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* Ritualistic / habitual patterns
 
* Playing music
 
* Playing music
* Food
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* People who can verbally spar with him
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* Indulging in opiates
 
* Skill that comes from practice
 
* Skill that comes from practice
 
* Successfully not breaking small things
 
* Successfully not breaking small things
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[[File:IconCombo.png|30px|]]  '''Dislikes'''
 
[[File:IconCombo.png|30px|]]  '''Dislikes'''
  
 
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* Anything even mildly spicy
*Anything even mildly spicy ( Table pepper is his bane )
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* Rudeness/Cruelty without purpose
* Rudeness
 
 
* Over-sexuality
 
* Over-sexuality
 
* Small Talk
 
* Small Talk
 
* Any PDA
 
* Any PDA
 
* Desperation
 
* Desperation
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* Folding paper
 
* Folding paper
 
* Singing
 
* Singing
* Gardening
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* Management
  
  

Revision as of 05:12, 17 March 2019

 Qarajin Qalli
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Gender Male
Race Au Ra
Clan Unknown
Citizenship Undeclared
Patron Diety Althyk, the Keeper
Age 23
Marital Status Single
Height 7 fulm, 1 ilms
Weight 280 ponz
Orientation Bisexual, males preferred


IconCombo.pngAppearance


This black-scale Au Ra has olive skin, though most of the time he is fully painted with white chalk and the deep natural color of his flesh is lost to the casual eye. He doesn't have any scars that a cursory glance can witness, and his tall frame strains to heights tall enough to require ducking through many doors. The Qalli is broad of shoulder, hinting at the great strength hidden in his upper body. Unknown to most, his form is riddled with various piercings and colorful art inked into his flesh.


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Qarajin ( Kara-JEEN ) has been called a few things. Quiet. Polite. Stoic. Shy. Two-faced. He does tend to think carefully before he speaks; the fact that 'speaking' instead of 'singing' being difficult for him aside, the Au Ra man is very different depending on the situation he is being engaged within. Even though the often-outgoing ways of Eorzean culture constantly leaves him feeling mentally overwhelmed, he combats it with a deep-set sense of honor and chivalry that can easily be manipulated into anger.. even with his extreme self-control.

The face that most people will see is a personable, friendly, smiling companion. Qarajin takes his image quite seriously, and will compose himself with representation of the Doman Enclave he works for to an impeccable T. Anything less than perfection is, of course, not acceptable. He is the party starter, the man who will laugh at all your jokes; the drinking partner you trust to get you home, the sparring buddy that will take the fall with grace. In conversation with non-Xaela, any southern fool would be able to notice the intensely Othardian overtones of his low tenor; there is without fail a cadence and rhythm to his statements, still a sense of music in every deadpan sentence.

Qara is someone who isn't too easily rubbed the wrong way, but if he dislikes the person who is speaking to him you can bet they'll know it. However, when he pulls off his companion mask to be honest with himself and others people will find that his naturally blunt manner can still give that impression without meaning to. It's safe to say that if Qarajin smiles around something or someone when he is not 'working', he enjoys whatever or whomever it is immensely. The easiest ways to get him to crack a grin is in a fight. The black-scale is witty ( though he usually keeps it to himself ), intensely private, jealous, and maybe a bit too passive for his own good. The blackscale is a man who has a deep-set belief in self-respect and honor, however: he is not a selfish creature, but neither is he a man who lacks the strength to stand up for his code should he be pushed to test it.





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IconCombo.png What He's Doing Today

Qarajin faded from telling for a long while, on a journey past the horizons of Aldenard to become practiced in the medicines of the East-- both gaining a minor medical license to practice as a doctor, and also to partake of them to silence his 'curse' as a Conjurer. Upon his return, he found that the Ul'dahn-based Eastern Enclave he'd been keeping an eye on had finally opened its doors to the Eorzean public; he can now be found there, employed beneath its roof as its Head Taikomochi. Within he can be found haunting its gardens and most usually found with an instrument beneath its many cherry blossom trees.


IconCombo.png Tropes:

Spock Speak : The Qalli are a people used to singing communication: forcing himself to subdue this out of a general dislike for the tradition and the funny looks he gets in Eorzea, Qarajin's learned association of emotional cues from musical notation leaves his 'speaking' voice very dull and monotone in comparison. He simply has great difficulty translating vocal patterns into emotional reaction now, though he is very good at mimicing it if needed.

Dissonant Serenity : Qarajin keeps his calm demeanor in close to all situations; he will ever be the eye of the storm. Whether this is because of his brutal logic or his simple-mindedness, who can say?

The Stoic / When he Smiles : This is an easy misinterpretation of the man's personality. His neutral way of speaking is a side-effect, and so when he does show facial emotion it usually takes people ( those who know that most of the time he will simply be mimicing it ) by surprise.

Deadpan Snarker : Qarajin is gifted with wit, and can calmly heave scathing insult without so much as lifting a brow. Because of this, it's sometimes hard to tell if he's actually upset or just throwing salt.

Team Dad : The man is always watching for ways to help others help themselves. If this means patching up hurts, taking hits, or even slapping them over the head when they're down, he's good for it.


IconBlue.png Music/Themes:

Fever Ray: 'If I Had a Heart'

Vocal References for what he sounds like when he is sing-speaking:






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As a shaman, Qarajin's responsibilities were not primarily combat-oriented; his skills ran more along the lines of divination, reading the weather, and providing advice and guidance based on the natural world around him. Often he is seen without martial weapon, though in his hands a simple wooden stave becomes a deadly device.

Should Qarajin be, at any time, lacking in his ability to heave elemental martial arts, the man will fall back onto his staff itself: he is most comfortable with one his size, which would leave something about 7 fulms long as his best weight. Such a huge weapon, swung with practiced force, has enough blunt impact to shatter bone. He is also not unskilled with great swords, their huge size far more comfortable with his form.



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IconCombo.png Likes

  • Tea
  • Intelligence
  • Methodical Actions
  • Blue things
  • People he can 'train'
  • Cuddling Miqo'te and Lalafell
  • Ritualistic / habitual patterns
  • Playing music
  • People who can verbally spar with him
  • Indulging in opiates
  • Skill that comes from practice
  • Successfully not breaking small things


IconCombo.png Dislikes

  • Anything even mildly spicy
  • Rudeness/Cruelty without purpose
  • Over-sexuality
  • Small Talk
  • Any PDA
  • Desperation


IconCombo.png Hobbies/Talents

  • Making people uncomfortable
  • Folding paper
  • Singing
  • Management


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Kean'wo Mujuuk : A miqo'te courtesan from Ul'dah, Qarajin finds himself enamored by the bit of living artwork. Time has seen his facination mature into something deadly close to love, though he knows the folly of his affection; woe betides those who fall too deeply for the men and women of the night. However, Kean'wo has made it known that he's turned to the sea, a new love, and Qarajin is working on slowly accepting that he cannot expect the wind to stop and love him back.

Kulain Qalli : Another shaman, the song she sings was a breath of fresh air to him in this southern, emotionless people. She leads the tribe of Qalli that he could be found within before he broke from traditions.

Ataashi Dotharl : Qarajin names this Dotharl his brother, and perhaps rightfully so; Atashi is one of the few people who can bring out the shaman's playful brutality, and more often than not these two idiots could be found competing with one another in various, friendly ways. Though they have since walked divergent paths, Qarajin still thinks back fondly on the other Dotharl.

Narin Dazkar : This half-hyur Auri lad has a strange relationship with the shaman; Qarajin veered wildly between utterly protective and uneededly cruel when it comes to the man, leaving it anyone's guess to his honest feelings when it comes to the Dazkar.

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The Xaela's childhood is what one would expect; a childhood of training, war, blood, and fierce honor in death. He was one of many Dotharl, born to war and blade, and ( assumedly ) destined to die young and full of fierce glory. He quickly favored the longstaff and zweihander, taking to a very heavy-handed style of martial combat quickly.

Qarajin was first made aware of his shamanistic 'blessings' when a passing sickness took him up in storm. He was young, just past his fifteenth year, and his fevers showed him terrible things that stick with him to this day. When the sickness did not abate after nearly two months, he was abandoned by his Dotharl brethren to the mercies of the unforgiving steppe winds. Fearless and delusional and stuck with an open ancestral commune without any training, the young man was found face-down and dead nearly five days later after having repeatedly slammed himself into a stone outcropping in a desperate bid to silence the voices he could not understand.

When his eyes opened in his next life, he thought himself in some kind of terrible punishment of the Dusk Mother; he had been reborn -Qalli-. The change was painful and slow in the boy when his past life returned...Still, change he did, though even today there are parts of him that are in dissonance.

He began to consider before cutting, to place the word before the sword, and to give consideration at last to the whispers that he had always been able to hear but had never understood. Self-control became his mantra, and a steadfast pursuit of self-perfection.

When the Garleans passed through on their way to conquer, he had already left. The whispers had come on the wind, long before the plumes of smoke and the metal monsters. The small unit he had been part of scattered, each to their own way. Such it is, that the shaman came to the southern songless place of Eorzea. It has been almost a decade since he has come hence, and Qarajin is doing well enough for himself.

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