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| name = Shofie Mahowyn
 
| image = Chrysler.png|Art by Shofie [http://shofie-ffxiv.tumblr.com/]
 
| imagewidth =
 
| caption = Art by Shofie Mahowyn [http://shofie-ffxiv.tumblr.com/]
 
| gender = Female
 
| race = Miqo'te
 
| clan = Biracial
 
| stat_1 = Age
 
| stat_1_value = 23
 
| stat_2 = Height
 
| stat_2_value = 4 Fulms 9 ilms
 
| stat_3 = Weight
 
| stat_3_value = 140 ponz
 
| stat_4 = Occupation
 
| stat_4_value = Tavern Keeper/Moneylender
 
| stat_5 = Alignment
 
| stat_5_value = Chaotic Neutral
 
| stat_6 = Server
 
| stat_6_value = Balmung
 
}}
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #a88c70;font-size:24px;color:#000000;">Quick Info</div></span></h3>
 
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:12px;color:#a88c70;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#4a4250;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''CURRENT ALIAS:'''</font>  <font style="font-family:Georgia;"> Shofie Mahowyn</font>
 
 
 
<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:12px;color:#a88c70;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#4a4250;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''KNOWN ALIASES:'''</font>  <font style="font-family:Georgia;">The Fist of The Wolf, The Red Lion</font>
 
 
 
<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:12px;color:#a88c70;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#4a4250;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''BIRTH NAME:'''</font>  <font style="font-family:Georgia;"> [REDACTED] </font>
 
 
 
<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:12px;color:#a88c70;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#4a4250;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''RACE:'''</font>  <font style="font-family:Georgia;"> Mixed race Miqo'te (Seeker of the Moon)</font>
 
 
 
<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:12px;color:#a88c70;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#4a4250;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''GENDER:'''</font>  <font style="font-family:Georgia;"> Female</font>
 
 
 
<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:12px;color:#a88c70;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#4a4250;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''HEIGHT:'''</font>  <font style="font-family:Georgia;"> 4'9" ilms</font>
 
 
 
<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:12px;color:#a88c70;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#4a4250;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''WEIGHT:'''</font>  <font style="font-family:Georgia;"> 135 ponz</font>
 
 
 
<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:12px;color:#a88c70;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#4a4250;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''NAMEDAY:'''</font>  <font style="font-family:Georgia;"> 26th Day of Fifth Umbral Moon, 1553</font>
 
 
 
<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:12px;color:#a88c70;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#4a4250;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''OCCUPATION'''</font>  <font style="font-family:Georgia;padding:0px 5px;"> Treasure hunter/thief/muscle for ''The Dusk Wolves''</font>
 
 
 
<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:12px;color:#a88c70;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#4a4250;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''MARITAL STATUS:'''</font>  <font style="font-family:Georgia;padding:0px 5px;"> Married to Rhen Mahowyn (Né [[Rhen Maverick]])</font>
 
 
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #a88c70;font-size:24px;color:#000000;">Physical</div></span></h3>
 
 
 
Shofie is a short, ''very'' muscular, dark-skinned miqo'te woman. Her shoulders and arms are notably very large. She frequently gets mistaken as male, especially when wearing full armor, something which does not really bother her. She carries herself with the casual, confident air of someone who is used to winning most of the fights she starts.
 
 
 
Shofie is biracial, her mother a Keeper of the Moon, and her father a Seeker of the Sun. This isn't usually immediately obvious to most people, but a fellow miqo'te might notice it pretty quickly.
 
 
 
[[File:Workoutclothes-red.png|left|700px|]]
 
 
 
Shofie has dark red hair, which she usually keeps cut very short, as her husband Rhen admonishes her about it being dangerous when it's long.
 
 
 
She has heterochromia--her left eye is blue, her right eye green. From a distance, they look very similar; it's not until one gets closer this difference is usually discernible.
 
 
 
She has noticeable freckles on her cheeks. Her nose is dark. She has noticeable fangs, on both the top and bottom of her mouth.
 
 
 
Shofie has a large, purple tattoo on her left shoulder of a crescent moon, and a series of approximately 30 stars of varying sizes that trail over the left side of her body. Some of the stars travel as high as her neck, down her left arm, and down her side, over onto her belly, and the top of her buttocks. Unless she is covered fully from neck to toe, at least a few of the stars or part of the moon will be visible on either her neck or her forearm.
 
 
 
Shofie is rarely found without some kind of armor that completely covers her body; she feels unsafe otherwise. Even when she is dressed down for a simple trip into town, she will still wear clothing that covers most of her body. Shofie nearly always wears a simple cloth or leather wrap around her tail, and it is sure to cover her tail at the base.
 
 
 
Despite being a brawler, Shofie's body is mostly free from all but the most minor of scars. The only notable exception is a large scar a few inches to the left of her navel. [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars The scar is clearly a healed deep stab wound.] If someone happens to see this scar and comment on it, she will immediately become sullen and withdrawn, or outright hostile. She will not talk about it.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #a88c70;font-size:24px;color:#000000;">Personality and Behavior</div></span></h3>
 
 
 
Shofie is fun-loving and adventurous often to the point of recklessness. She will often dive into something without thinking. She thinks and acts with her heart, and is exceptionally passionate in anything she decides to commit herself to, and incredibly difficult to drag into something she's ''not'' interested in. She is a very sharp individual, however, her personality lends itself more to apathy in most things that don't directly concern or interest her. This can lend the impression to some that she is a bit of an airhead.  When it's time to get down to business, she becomes very focused and serious.
 
 
She is an expressive individual, very animated when talking, very messy when she eats. She lacks manners and tact, and is often blunt when talking to people.
 
 
 
Shofie tends to dress herself in autumn colors; reds, browns, oranges.
 
 
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #a88c70;font-size:24px;color:#000000;">Combat</div></span></h3>
 
 
 
Her fighting style is that of a ''berserker'', a burst of barely-controlled aether that magically enhances her rage. This stems from her training with magic when she was younger, but the way she uses the aether is not something she was taught formally. It's a cobbled together self-taught manipulation of aether to suit her purposes.
 
 
 
She will fight rationally and even calmly until she becomes injured, or more specifically, has her blood drawn or is angered; then she is unrelenting. She may outright frenzy and become completely uncontrollable. Her anger is both her greatest strength and her greatest weakness. Her anger is both her greatest strength and her greatest weakness and her efforts to control it have been met with failure.
 
 
 
People close to her know to stay clear of her in her frenzied state, as she may strike friends just as easily as foe. She is exceptionally dangerous, but at a cost, as she can't keep up her frenzied combat style for more than a few minutes. So far, the only person able to safely approach her in this state is Rhen. She breaks down completely if he attempts to stop her or restrain her, because her fear of hurting her only loved one overrides her otherwise blind anger.
 
 
 
She has been used in the past a few times as something akin to a grenade; intentionally set into a frenzy, and flung into the thick of enemies to cut them down.
 
 
 
[[File:Sharkfishing.png|left|400px|]]
 
She finds immense pleasure in combat with a skilled opponent, caring little for physical pain, however, it frequently takes awhile for her to reach this breaking point.
 
 
 
She is skilled in fist-fighting and axes, and has some very minor ability with a bow and a gun, though she does not favor ranged combat.
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #a88c70;font-size:24px;color:#000000;">Shofie's Halberd</div></span></h3>
 
 
 
Shofie’s clan put incredibly heavy emphasis on spearwork.
 
 
 
Spears were used in hunting, fishing, and less obviously in things like dance displays. Shofie is actually an astonishingly accomplished dancer as a result of relentless training since she was about four. This lends her an edge in combat situations, as she weaves in and out easily among multiple opponents.
 
 
 
Girls were taught how to make their spears at a very young age, and modified them constantly as they grew.
 
 
 
[[File:Shofieshalberd.jpg|right|400px|]]
 
 
 
Frequently, they’d tie special cloth to them, and add small sets of beads. The most accomplished hunters had more beads and ribbons; and their spears made more noise as a result. It was a sign of how amazing a hunter was if their spear was laden with extra beads, because of the skill it took to make the beads quiet on the hunt, and yet be effective enough to kill anything with it.
 
 
 
When Shofie left her clan, she abandoned her spear, and her mother broke it in a symbol of disowning her. Attempting to distance herself from her kin, she made herself a new weapon, one unlike anything she had personally seen before, while still making use of techniques she was familiar with.
 
 
 
It is intentionally devoid of colorful cloth and beads, and shaped far differently than anything she would’ve learned to make back home. It’s heavier, and she uses the blade as a shield as much as a striking weapon.
 
 
 
She hobbled it together herself, purposeful and raw, functional above all else.
 
 
 
Her combat style is unrelenting, but light on her feet. Her halberd is constantly in motion, making a personal “bubble” around herself that makes it difficult to get close to her. She does not fight fair, and will resort to any tactic to fell an opponent. She has been known to throw her halberd at people, shove it violently at them, swing it similarly to a baseball bat, stab people, and so forth.
 
 
 
Every time she manages to break it, she repairs it, occasionally reinventing the look of the thing when she has to fully replace the shaft or the axehead, but she always keeps it fairly simple. The size of the axehead has grown as Shofie grew stronger over the years, making the thing weigh so much it is beyond practical for most others to wield, but for her, it is an extension of herself, as much a part of her as her own arm.
 
 
 
Despite her penchant for naming things (Shofie is responsible for naming most of Rhen’s devices and weapons), she has never deigned to give her halberd a formal name, perhaps due to the fact she never keeps any incarnation of it around for very long before destroying it.
 
 
 
 
 
[[File:Thewolvesjpg.jpg|right|500px|]]
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #a88c70;font-size:24px;color:#000000;">The Dusk Wolves</div></span></h3>
 
 
 
Rhen acquired a small tavern in The Goblet and spent time fixing it up, naming it ''The Coeurl's Whisker'', which he now runs with Shofie. Despite her often less-than-serious personality, with Rhen's guidance, Shofie is a shrewd business woman. Where Rhen is the brains of ''The Dusk Wolves'', thinking and analytical; Shofie is it's heart--passionate and raw. Using their wealth and resources, The Dusk Wolves now function mainly as moneylenders and couriers, willing to hold items for anyone with enough coin.
 
 
 
Shofie has a room in ''The Whisker'' dedicated to keeping the weird sundries she finds on some of their forays, as well as storing goods for clientele.
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #a88c70;font-size:24px;color:#000000;">History</div></span></h3>
 
'''''AUTHOR NOTE: THIS INFORMATION WOULD NOT BE KNOWN TO YOU UNLESS SHOFIE ACTUALLY TOLD YOU. IT IS INCLUDED HERE FOR THE SAKE OF BEING THOROUGH, AND AS MUCH FOR MY OWN RECORD.'''''
 
 
 
Shofie's father, an M tribe Tia, who was formerly a Nunh but stepped down for the benefit of the tribe, and while adapting to a wandering life, happened to encounter an female Keeper of the Moon in the nearby Shroud. A brief affair ensued, the product of which was Shofie. Shofie's father left well before she was born however, and he was entirely unaware of her existence. He later died protecting the M tribe.
 
 
 
Her mother had hoped she could hide the secret of her love affair with the Seeker from her xenophobic clan, but was dismayed when Shofie ended up looking nearly identical to her father, and nothing like the rest of the clan. Shofie grew up lonely, enduring bullying from nearly everyone in her clan.
 
 
 
Despite all this, her mother tried to teach her the family's magicks. She was a strong caster, and had much potential, however she had little to no control. When she was 17, was sent to Gridania to further her study, as well as to socialize and integrate with cityfolk.
 
 
 
Instead, Shofie decided to take the opportunity to distance herself from her clan as much as possible, and joined the Adventurer's Guild, fulfilling odd jobs for a few years, striving to find independence. During this time, she sustained a rather severe injury that had her laid up for nearly a month. The injury has since left her unable to conceive, much to her dismay.
 
 
 
After her recovery, Shofie decided to join the Twin Adders. She thrived in the military's structured environment for a few years, even earning herself a decent rank, as well as a home of her own.
 
 
 
In 1572, her squadron is sent to the Carteneau Flats. Shofie balks due to her extreme increasing discomfort of the current events, and decides to desert the battlefield entirely, fleeing to Limsa Lominsa. The Calamity roared across the land, and stranded Shofie in Limsa with no coin or means home. Upon a chance encounter with a pirate named Rhen Maverick, she agrees to work for safe passage back to Gridania. Upon arriving finally, Shofie is deemed a war hero, as her superiors believe she survived due to heroic acts, and not desertion. She is granted a modest home in the Lavender Beds, and permanently allowed to keep her assigned chocobo; a feisty white bird named Butz.
 
 
 
Shofie decides to quit the military, disillusioned and unhappy with the guilt of surviving as a result of cowardice, and contacts Rhen once again, looking for more permanent work with ''The Dusk Wolves''.
 
 
 
The Dusk Wolves started fixing chocobo races, and Shofie's small stature and astonishing strength gave her an edge as a jockey. After winning and "losing" many races, they decide to pull out of the operation. Shofie had grown fond of her race bird, Buttons, and decided to keep him. Using their wealth and resources, the Dusk Wolves now operate mainly as moneylenders and couriers, willing to hold and ferry items for anyone with enough coin.
 
 
 
Shofie and Rhen grow close during the years, [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDragon with Shofie serving as Rhen's second-in-command], and the relationship that started as strictly a business association blossomed into love. They marry, and Rhen, having no family or formal ties of his own, takes Shofie's last name.
 
 
 
Shofie makes the decision to stop running.
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #a88c70;font-size:24px;color:#000000;">Bonus Information</div></span></h3>
 
Most of this information is not known to <i>anyone</i>, save Rhen, and a few members of the inner circle of <i>The Dusk Wolves</i>.
 
 
 
Shofie is best described as a Bersker meets Red Mage. She has described herself as having "too much aether", and feels she is "too small to contain it all". She feels her aether is uncontrollable and wild. A few people may have seen her berserking, but at this point, this is fairly uncommon, and usually intentional to some degree. She still struggles to get herself <i>back under control</i> once she has enraged, however, but she has gotten pretty good at avoiding it unless she wants or needs to.
 
 
 
As a result of her massive aether pool, she can summon weapons made from pure aether. These almost invariably take the shape of an axe, her preferred weapon, but she can theoretically make any weapon she wishes in this fashion. She has yet to create anything but an axe or halberd, however. They are always glowing and bright red, and frequently appear to be emitting embers and chains. She can destroy and create these 'soul weapons' at will, and while they can hold their shape when removed from her, she often discards them as soon as they get too far away, dismissing them in a flurry of embers and pieces of broken chains. She prefers to summon another weapon in it's place immediately, rather than retrieving the lost one. This ability is very rarely used, but not difficult for her to do. The weapons she summons can change shape even after she summons them, since she is manipulating her aether at will. She heavily prefers the axe form, but she has been known to use chains as well. She can use these to attack or defend herself, though her propensity for defending herself is somewhat significantly lower than pressing the attack.
 
 
If she desires, she can create weapons for other people. This causes a more significant strain on her than creating them for herself, however, and she generally doesn't like doing this. Most people would describe this weapon as feeling very heavy, extremely hot to the touch, and uncomfortable or even painful to hold for any length of time. The only person who has successfully been able to wield Shofie's aether weapon contructs for any length of time is Rhen.
 
 
 
When she berserks, the only way to beat her in a fight is to flatly avoid her entirely, or avoid her until she burns herself out from sheer exhaustion. She will rampage, but it is not an unintelligent rampage. She is just unrelenting and violent. It is extremely difficult to get her to this point, however, thanks in no small part to her training daily with Rhen.
 
 
 
[[File:Shofieoops.png|right|500px|Shofie's aether axe]]
 
 
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #a88c70;font-size:24px;color:#000000;">Relationships</div></span></h3>
 
 
 
 
 
[[File:Fight-small.png|left|500px|Shofie and Rhen]]
 
 
 
'''[[Rhen Maverick]]''':
 
('''Rhen Mahowyn''') It was through sheer random chance she was thrown together with the pirate named Rhen Maverick, and the pair eventually became close. He was her Captain, and she his loyal First Mate. This partnership blossomed into more, with the two eventually pledging themselves together, and Rhen taking Shofie's last name as an expression of his love for her. Shofie is utterly devoted to him, and loves him more than anything in life. She goes to great lengths to try to protect him (though he does not need it). Shofie is unflinchingly loyal to Rhen, and as a result, to ''The Dusk Wolves''. If anything causes problems for either, Shofie will not hesitate to deal with it in a swift, and oftentimes brutal, fashion.
 
 
 
Due to Rhen's Expressive Aphasia, Shofie has become something of a translator for him, particularly when handling business involving The Dusk Wolves. She can read his intent and meaning so well, that when the pair are talking to people, she will often look to Rhen for his answer, before giving it for him, so he doesn't have to actually talk. Subtle nods, eye and ear movements convey more than enough information for Shofie to give accurate answers. She has gotten so good at this, people sometimes joke that the pair might be telepathic.
 
 
 
'''[[Butz]]''':
 
Shofie's snowy white chocobo, Butz, who is hostile and outright nasty to everyone. Shofie feeds him by throwing his food into the stall. She has a healthy fear of the bird. Rhen seems to manage him well enough, however, so Shofie gifted him to Rhen.
 
 
 
'''[[Buttons]]''': Shofie's 'actual' chocobo, one she obtained during her stint as a chocobo jockey to fix races. Buttons and Shofie raced very well together, and Shofie was so fond of the bird, she decided to keep him, and he now serves as a much more manageable steed than Butz did for her.
 
 
 
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:12px;color:#a88c70;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#4a4250;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''FURTHER READING:'''</font>  <font style="font-family:Georgia;">In-character blog: https://shofie-ffxiv.tumblr.com <p>
 
Art blog: https://maverwyn.tumblr.com
 
 
 
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<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #a88c70;font-size:24px;color:#000000;">Gallery</div></span></h3>
 
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Art on this page is by myself unless otherwise noted.
 
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File:Momoshofie2.png|Art by Momo [http://momo-deary.tumblr.com]
 
 
 
File:Workoutclothes-purple2.png|Art by Shofie [http://maverwyn.tumblr.com]
 
 
 
File:Ref-pirate2.png|Pirate reference [http://maverwyn.tumblr.com]
 
 
 
File:Ref-basic.png|Basic clothing reference [http://maverwyn.tumblr.com]
 
 
 
File:Ref-workout.png|Workout clothing reference [http://maverwyn.tumblr.com]
 
 
 
File:Shofie-flex.jpg|Art by Rhen [http://rhen-ffxiv.tumblr.com/]
 
 
 
File:Musclecatshof.jpg|Art by Rhen [http://rhen-ffxiv.tumblr.com/]
 
 
 
File:Nnamier-shofie-commission-small.png|Art by Nnamier [http://nnamier.tumblr.com]
 
 
 
File:morningstretches.jpg|Art by Rhen [http://rhen-ffxiv.tumblr.com/] Morning stretches
 
 
 
File:Pirategea2r.png|Art by Shofie [http://maverwyn.tumblr.com/]
 
 
 
File:Outfitwithstars.png|Art by Shofie [http://maverwyn.tumblr.com]
 
 
 
File:Shofieeyeshine.png|Art by Shofie [http://maverwyn.tumblr.com]
 
 
 
File:Whinecraft-shofie.png |Artwork by Omoshiro-i [http://omoshiro-i.tumblr.com/]
 
 
 
File:Thewolvesjpg.jpg |Artwork by Maverwyn [http://maverwyn.tumblr.com/]
 
 
 
File:Cheppo-donationsketch.png|Artwork by Cheppo [http://cheppo.tumblr.com/]
 
 
 
File:Shofie-arts-glow.png|Art by Meishali [http://borderbipoline.tumblr.com/]
 
 
 
File:Shofie-and-rhen-by-ashlenhart.jpg|Art by Ashlen Hart [http://ashlenhart.tumblr.com]
 
 
 
File:Lunkiejunk-shofieandrhen.png|Art by Lunie-Junk [http://lunie-junk.tumblr.com]
 
 
 
File:Shofie-ayeshen.jpg|Art by Ayeshun [http://ayeshun.tumblr.com/]
 
 
 
File:Blueorbotp.png|Shofie and Rhen
 
 
 
File:Mahowynwedding.png|Rhen and Shofie's Wedding
 
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