Shin Nelhah

Shinnan Nelhah
Gender	Female
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Keeper of the Moon
Citizenship	Gridanian
Age	28
Occupation	Toxicologist
Guardian Deity	Menphina, the Lover
Affiliations	The Silver Sigil Guild (TSS)
Server	Balmung

Shin Nelhah Toxicologist by trade, professional smartass by nature

Appearance

Shin is very short in stature if not even one of the shortest Miqo’te to exist. Short ginger hairs and with freckles adorning her cheeks, she is often teased about her looks and it drives her crazy. Vibrant mint green eyes also make her a stand out despite the fact that she always wears glasses due to her very poor eyesight.

Always wearing black clothes usualy consisting of long skirts and long sleeved shirts, she also sports a pair of black gloves which she uses to hide all the snakes bites and scars from her work, not wanting to alarm anyone or give any wrong impressions.

Personality

She tends to be reserved and anti-social but it's merely a facade to hide her boldness, spunky and slightly arrogant know-it-all nature. Despite her harsh honesty, she is a good person at heart, simply a bit too direct at times with her words. Well-mannered and polite, she definitely knows how to leave a good impression on people when required. She will always pick the people she talks to, and will never interact with worthless beings. Her judgement is almost cruel but it helps her to save time.

Eager to learn more and with a curious nature, she is seen very often with her nose stuck in a book, often crashing onto obstacles while walking or tripping over staircases. Multitasking is not her forte. Shin values her friendships greatly even if it may appear the other way around. She is not the type to show off her good side as she prefers to present herself as generally distant to avoid any sort of overly close relationships

Tendencies

Likes

• Fruit
• Sweets
• Reading
• Annoying people to brinks of insanity

Dislikes

• People who have no goals in life and are a waste of life
• Dangerous heights
• Deep water (cannot swim)
• People making fun of her looks
• All shades of pink
• Cute things
• Spicy food

Hobbies/Talents

• Books being an escape from everyday dull life, she often indulges in some good books; mostly about her profession
• Enjoys long walks and being away from big cities, indulging in the silence of nature far away from stupid and useless people
• Has a very good memory for the smallest details and will gladly remind people of things past
• A knack to convince and manipulate people with her wits
• Loves riddles and any other games that stimulate the brain

Rumours

Known to all Rumours

• "She's a bitch"

Common Rumours

• "She is good at what she does... but only if you can ignore her personality"

Rare Rumours

• "I once saw her smile... And she was helping some refugees..."

Relationships

♥ Romantic Interest    ♥ Platonic Love     ● Good Standing    ● Neutral Standing    ● Poor Standing

Love Interests

• ♥ Sini'to Shadar (30)

Friends

• ♥ Adham Hadad (15)

• ♥ Naoh'to Maimhov (32)

• ● Ririfu Rifu (18)

• ● Seseli Seli (36)

• ● Tonka Tuff (23)

• ● Noir Velacia (20)

Acquaintances

• ● Satomi Hakase (22)
• ● Dietrich Dracht (35)
• ● C'kayah Polaali (24)
• ● Magnus Beastcaller (32)
• ● Edda Holt (24)

Enemies

• ● O'rahn Kevelan (19)
• ● L'Dhala Tia (36)
• ● Drazi Rae (25)

History

Upbringing

Born in the Shroud in Bentbranch to an agricultural family with four older brothers, she was always the odd-ball which did not necessarily enjoy what her family was dedicated to. Big terrains of fields belonged to her family and working in them was the daily routine for her parents and the eldest brothers with a couple employees.

From the beginning, it was clear that she wasn’t going to follow in the family tradition and she did everything to displease her parents and those around her like a rebel. Stuck-up and certain of herself, she quickly gained the reputation of headstrong even as a child and needed to be involved in absolutely everything involving the community.

Teased and annoyed by her brothers due to being the only girl in the family apart from her mother, she quickly grew a backbone and a short temper, snapping at every little annoying word or complaint sent her way, often exploding in utter rage; a trait which remains until today. Due to her brothers’ influence, she grew up to be a tomboy and has little love for the fine ladies in society or the girly lasses. Slowly growing older, she was finally told that she’d have to work in the fields and her immense rebel phase set in as she’d wake up early morning and go to the woods where she sat for hours on end, merely enjoying the calm and nature surrounding her. It created a certain respect for nature, and at the same time, hatred for people.

Adulthood

When she came of age and got the opportunity to leave the family home, she immediately did without thinking twice, cutting all ties with her past to start anew. On very rare occasions communicating via letters, but even then her relation with her family was cold. She never speaks of her family until this very day.

With time, she started to study herbalism, nature being her one love where she felt she truly belonged and enjoyed. Quickly, the hobby became a passion and she got into it professionally; creating anti-toxins, poisons and other applications for medicine for those that could not afford help at first. Gradually, she made a name for herself in the community and opened her own office, but still helps those in serious need for free without advertising it. Due to her job, very often she had incidents where she got bitten or poisoned, however, she survived each time thanks to her inventions, and over time became a walking immune system. She is completely resistant to most toxins and illnesses.

The desire to help people and challenge herself brought her to Ul’dah where she is currently residing. Life there is definitely different than in the Shroud but she adapted fairly quickly to the bustle of the infamous trade city. Most of her time, anyway, is spent out in the desert collecting poisonous plants, animals and anything else she can get her hands on to satisfy her thirst for more.

Teaching at Vylbrand Academy

A chance meeting with one of the few professors at the renown Vylbrand Academy, Shin was offered a position as professor and having nothing else to do, she accepted. Stepping into the dignified position of a professor, Shin still bent many rules and had no respect for them, finding them outrageous and downright ridiculous. She became the biology teacher and would often take out students into the field while in class she would merely give them so many tasks that she became the most hated teacher.

In her free time, she indulged in the laboratory with Satomi Hakase, a fellow professor but of alchemy. The two often caused quite the ruckus and even once blew up a hallway in the dormitories. However, despite all the chaos, Shin remained in the academy as an invaluable member and respected individual.

Her teaching style was rather radical and not very ethical but she managed to bring up quite a few good students who were her pride and joy.

Establishing The Silver Sigil

After leaving Vylbrand Academy and deciding to return to her old profession, she bought her first house in the Goblet in Ul’dah, opening her very first office there.

The peace was short-lived as she re-united with some old acquaintances from Vylbrand who had left the Academy due to some unfortunate events. Seeing as they had nowhere to go, she donated her house to the people and in change, kept her small office within the home. As more people somehow ended up staying in the place, Shin got confused and was definitely not enjoying the ruckus and the presence of so many unknown faces. Overtime, the house got transformed into an Adventurers’ Guild which had her absolutely flabbergasted. Without saying anything and still very opposed to it, she remained. Her office in a small corner of the house as she still treasures her privacy and wants as much peace and quiet as relatively possible.

She gets clients on a daily basis and most of her income comes from big bulk orders from hospitals and also from the army. Shin does not differentiate customer from customer, thus, she will provide whatever one pays for no matter for what ends they utilize her products.