Shuyin Rayen

SHUYIN RAYEN
"A good meal a day keeps sadness away!"
Character Information

Full Name	Shuyin Rayen / Mayael Laufoix / Atra Dayhelm
Nickname(s)	-
Race	Miqo'te
Subrace	Seeker of the Sun
Gender	Female
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual
Relationship Status	Single
Nameday	21st Sun of the First Umbral Moon
Age	27
Guardian	Thaliak
Birthplace	Thavnair
Occupation	Accountant
Family	Adoptive parents, ⬧︎♓︎□︎⬧︎⧫︎❒︎♋︎📪︎ □︎🙰♍︎♓︎♏︎♍︎

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General Information

A young, perhaps a bit enigmatic woman, who hides her true self behind cheerful mask of kindness and playfullness... as well as gambling addiction.

Appearance

Rather short and fragile looking Seeker with dark, nigh black hair with faint, red highlights, deep purple eyes and a cheerful smile. Her skin and build show that she didn't have to deal with a lot of physical labor and that she generally takes care of herself. Usually wears comfortable, light clothes which don't hinder movement, keep her warm, and if they can be fashionable at the same time? All the better!

Personality

Personality Traits

• Friendly
• Curious
• Outgoing
• Knowledgable
• Smart
• Hardworking
• Humble
• Loyal
• Playful
• Confident
• Secretive

Mannerisms

Shuyin likes to think logically and tries to apply that logic to the world in which she lives. She's a very optimistic person, always willing to help someone out or relax a bit in some nice, comfy spot (level of comfyness drastically improves when food is around). As a curious, wandering soul whe has her head up in the clouds fairly often, pondering about her next great adventure, next challenge, next... gambling table. A confident, friendly, kind woman could very well be the stereotypical person in the spotlight of any social meeting, but it almost never happens, as she retains a humble attitude and never tries to stand out too much, especially at the cost of attention towards other people around her. While interacting with others, she usually tries to be calm, respectful and she listens to people well, striving to be able to put herself in their position, before making any judgements. Questions regarding her past or her specifically are mostly dismissed, one way or another.

Philosophy & Ideals

Shuyin is a humble, enigmatic girl who draws attention away from herself and keeps her distance by acting carefree and frivolous. She sees herself as someone who's better off without forming strong bonds with other people. Due to this, she keeps travelling and rarely stays in one place for too long. "Things tend to get a bit boring after some time. If you stay in one place for too long, the fresh, sea breeze you felt the first time starts to stink with fish and be too cold for your skin, so why not change the environment before it happens and keep the memories the way you want them to be?"

There's time to act and there's time to wait. Shuyin is a patient person who understands that rushing forward with hot-headed attitude may sometimes cause more harm than good, but she also knows that there are moments when time is of essence. She believes that one shouldn't sway towards either of these approaches and tries to retain a balanced state of mind, balanced attitute and a balanced way of life. "Just because you like sweet food, doesn't mean you hate sour food, even if they are kind of opposite things. The same can be applied to everything else. I think that if you can find balance, life is far more interesting, tasty and overall more enjoyable."

No force in the universe can convince her that careful planning and solid preparation, especially data-driven preparation, is going to cause her trouble. She always comes with a plan. Or five. "Life is like a game of chess. There are correct moves and incorrect moves. You should always be aware of the state of the playing field, your available resources and possibilities. Only then you can take the optimal course of actions."

Quirks

• Whenever she's nervous, Shuyin will run her hand through her hair, over and over. Sometimes it can look really silly.
• Shuyin likes to keep her hands busy. If she's not holding anything specifically needed in her hands, she's probably munching on peanuts.
• Being a listener, Shuyin prefers to avoid extended eye contact, despite being a rather outgoing person, and she responds better to words that are auditory.

Likes		Dislikes
Food Reading Traveling		Sleeping Strong alcohols Brussels

Skills		Education
Magic Card games and chess Medicine		Magic Medicine Strategy

Strengths		Flaws
Creative Versatile Experienced		🙰♏︎⬧︎⧫︎ ◻︎❒︎⌘︎♏︎🙵●︎♏︎⧫︎♋︎ Awfully reliant on having a plan Terribly weak physically

Fears		Favorites
Death Dogs ⬧︎♋︎❍︎♏︎🙰 ⬧︎♓︎♏︎♌︎♓︎♏︎		Bubble chocolate Open spaces Birds

Early Life

Childhood

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Raised by travelling sharlayan botanists, Petra and Adrien Laufoix, Mayael was a rather unlucky child and misfortune kept following her, whether it would be often breaking furniture and toys or food going bad when it shouldn't. Despite that, she was a happy girl and had a lot of resolve to study to follow her parents' footsteps and travel the world to see different kinds of things.

Adolescence

After Maya reached age of seven, she was sent to Academia Aetherica, one of the sharlayan academies which educated people in subjects such as magic, medicine (both magical and non-aetherical), history, social etiquette, mathmatics or even strategy. She quickly became a pupil of most of the teachers and initially it made her the enemy of all the students. Her results weren't however a matter of innate abilities or some sleeping within her talents, but rather hard work and determination to study more than the others. Eventually everyone got used to that weird girl who studies way too much even for bookworms' standards and she was able to make friends.

Several years into her stay at the academy, she had a number of preferred subjects, such as magic, medicine, strategy and history and as such she was slacking a bit more when it came to less interesting for her topics. Regardless of that, she maintained the status of one of the best students of the academy and she worked hard to live up to that title.

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Adulthood

Shuyin Rayen was a traveling gambler, who despite her young age was exceptionally good at winning, especially in card games. Though she was rarely cheating, and she was never caught doing that, she knew that her tendencies to take out much more money from the casinos than she had before stepping in were related to not just her card tricks, but also the fact that people around her seemed to have a really bad luck. She tried to not abuse it too much, but being unable to find a stable job made it difficult for her, especially given that she was somewhat addicted to gourmet food, as such covering the expenses of her travels and food choices led her to gambling rings more often than she'd ever want to admit.

Years passed and she traveled to all kinds of places. 💧︎♒︎◆︎⍓︎♓︎■︎ ❍︎♓︎♋︎●︎♋︎ ⬥︎♓︎⌘︎🙰♏︎ ■︎♓︎♏︎❍︎♋︎●︎ 🙵♋︎⌘︎♎︎♏︎♑︎□︎ ♎︎■︎♓︎♋︎📬︎ 🕈︎♓︎♎︎⌘︎♓︎♋︎●︎♋︎ ❒︎□︎⌘︎■︎⍓︎♍︎♒︎ ●︎◆︎♎︎⌘︎♓︎📪︎ ⌘︎■︎♋︎🙰□︎❍︎♏︎ ♓︎ □︎♌︎♍︎♏︎ ⧫︎⬥︎♋︎❒︎⌘︎♏︎📪︎ ■︎♓︎♏︎♌︎♏︎⌘︎◻︎♓︎♏︎♍︎⌘︎♏︎■︎⬧︎⧫︎⬥︎♋︎ ♓︎ □︎♌︎♓︎♏︎⧫︎■︎♓︎♍︎♏︎ ♎︎□︎♌︎❒︎□︎♌︎⍓︎⧫︎◆︎📬︎ 🏱︎□︎ 🙰♋︎🙵♓︎❍︎⬧︎ ♍︎⌘︎♋︎⬧︎♓︎♏︎📪︎ 🙰♏︎♎︎■︎♋︎📪︎ 🙵□︎■︎🙵❒︎♏︎⧫︎■︎♋︎ ⧫︎⬥︎♋︎❒︎⌘︎ ⬧︎⧫︎♋︎●︎♏︎ ◻︎□︎🙰♋︎⬥︎♓︎♋︎●︎♋︎ ⬧︎♓︎♏︎ ⬥︎ 🙰♏︎🙰 ◆︎❍︎⍓︎⬧︎●︎♏︎📬︎ ☼︎◆︎♎︎□︎⬥︎●︎□︎⬧︎♋︎ 🙵□︎♌︎♓︎♏︎⧫︎♋︎ □︎ ⌘︎♓︎♏︎●︎□︎■︎⍓︎♍︎♒︎ □︎♍︎⌘︎♋︎♍︎♒︎ ♓︎ 🙵□︎♍︎♓︎♍︎♒︎ ◆︎⬧︎⌘︎♋︎♍︎♒︎📬︎ ☠︎♓︎♏︎ ◻︎□︎⧫︎❒︎♋︎♐︎♓︎♋︎♍︎ ⌘︎❒︎□︎⌘︎◆︎❍︎♓︎♏︎♍︎ ♎︎●︎♋︎♍︎⌘︎♏︎♑︎□︎ ⬥︎♍︎♓︎♋︎⌘︎ ⬥︎♓︎♎︎⌘︎♓︎ ⧫︎♏︎ □︎⬧︎□︎♌︎♏︎📪︎ ◻︎□︎⬧︎⧫︎♋︎■︎□︎⬥︎♓︎●︎♋︎ ⌘︎■︎♋︎●︎♏︎⌘︎♍︎ 🙰♋︎ ♓︎ □︎♎︎🙵❒︎⍓︎♍︎ ◻︎□︎⬥︎□︎♎︎⍓︎ 🙵❒︎⍓︎🙰♋︎♍︎♏︎ ⬧︎♓︎♏︎ ⌘︎♋︎ ⧫︎⍓︎❍︎♓︎ ⬥︎♓︎⌘︎🙰♋︎❍︎♓︎📬︎ At last, she turned her steps towards Eorzea.

Common		Uncommon
These are rumors that are easily overheard or public knowledge. Use them freely!* "Miss Shuyin is a wandering soul, she's having a hard time sitting in one place for too long, but if you need a drinking companion and someone to chat with, she's definitely capable of keeping people entertained... As long as you don't drink anything too strong." - Momodi, Proprietress of Quicksands "She doesn't look like it, but that girl is really witty and knowledgable. Apparently she enjoyed studying a lot, because she seems to be very well versed in all kinds of things." - Carline Canopy's patron "Me swear, if ye let this one talk, ye better brace yer butt for a billion of questions and silly nicknames." - Annoyed merchant from Hawkers' Alley * Some rumors may be partially or entirely untrue.		These rumors may take a little digging to find. Use sparingly or ask permission before use.* "It's so easy to get caught up in a chat about nothing with her. She's the kind of person, you know, that feels very easy to share your burdens with. Come to think of it, she never speaks of herself though." - Elegant lady from Gridania "She looks innocent and naive, but she'll crush you in a Triple Triad match and I mean it." - Gold Saucer's Patron "For someone who supposedly is interested in just food and traveling, she borrows books from the library terribly often." - Yayake, Receptionist of the Thaumaturges' Guild * Some rumors may be partially or entirely untrue.

Rare		Player Character
These rumors are very difficult to find. Ask permission before use.* "It was a late evening already and few people were at the restaurant, suddenly one of the patrons, who looked a bit pale for quite a while already, collapsed on the floor. She reacted immediately, identified that the man was actually poisoned and brought him back from brink of death with just a couple of potions and first aid." - Ul'dahn noble "You haven't heard that from me, but this one is terribly inqusitive when it comes to cults and shady magicks. Must've a grudge or somethin'." - Immortal Flames Sergeant * Some rumors may be partially or entirely untrue.		These are rumors made by other characters. They are color coded for common, uncommon, or rare.* "Common Rumor" - Rumor Source "Uncommon Rumor" - Rumor Source "Rare Rumor" - Rumor Source * Some rumors may be partially or entirely untrue.

Relationship Status Key

• ☀ Loved One
• ❤ In Love
• ✿ Attraction
• § Complicated
• ♫ Friend


• ✔ Good Standing
• ✘ Poor Standing
• ● Neutral
• ✫ Uncertain
• ✞ Deceased

Close Friends		Family
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Friends		Acquaintances
Friend Name ☀❤✿§♫✔✘●✫✞ Description of relationship (optional). Friend Name ☀❤✿§♫✔✘●✫✞ Description of relationship (optional). Friend Name ☀❤✿§♫✔✘●✫✞ Description of relationship (optional).		Acquaintance Name ☀❤✿§♫✔✘●✫✞ Description of relationship (optional). Acquaintance Name ☀❤✿§♫✔✘●✫✞ Description of relationship (optional). Acquaintance Name ☀❤✿§♫✔✘●✫✞ Description of relationship (optional).

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Likely Locations		Affiliations
Thanalan: High La Noscea: High Gold Saucer: High Black Shroud: Medium Mor Dhona: Medium Coerthas: Low Yanxia: Low Idyllshire: Low Dravania: Low Azim Steppe: Low Ruby Sea: Very Low Kugane: Very low Ishgard: Very Low Doman Enclave: Very Low		Severian: The master of the Alchemists' Guild is a man kind enough to provide Shuyin with medicines and potions very discreetly and without her needing to ever show up there personally, something she always appreciates a lot. Momodi Modi: The owner of the Quicksands, someone who always gave Shuyin good advice and helped her find her way around Ul'dah when she first arrived. She always leaves her coins at Momodi's establishment and the proprietress always discreetly adds water to Shuyin's drinks to help her stand her ground longer. Professor Theor Urlen: A powerful and well-known thaumaturgist, former military advisor, who currently is a professor at the Sharlayan Academia Aetherica and teaches tactics.

RP Hooks

• Just an accountant

  Do you want ancient ruins? We don't have them. Oh, you're into fighting monsters, huh? Not this time buddy. You want some fun adventure? Easy! Just look elsewhere! She's actually just an accoutant, goddamn it!

• Hunter of cults

  Rumours have it, that shady cults lurking in all corners of Eorzea are running into lots of trouble, as someone is often investigating them and either eliminating their leaders or snitching on them to the Eorzean Alliance and various adventuring companies, which deal with the threats quickly. Whoever it is, seems to have a lot of inside information.

• A really knowledgable lass, somehow

  For some reason, this outgoing, but rather humble and simple girl knows a lot. If you need advice regarding history, people might point their fingers in h34 direction, even if it doesn't make all that much sense at the first glance. If you really, really, really need her help, just bring some snacks and wine.

Acceptable RP		Unacceptable RP
Heavy, dark themes High fantasy adventures Mysteries and puzzles are always welcome More adventures goddamn it!		Erotic RP is a no-go in 99% of cases Just not interested, so if our characters do this, it's just a 'fade-to-black' thing that happened I'm basically open to any other kind of RP, so I have nothing to put here

Player Info

I am a simple human being who enjoys things such as quenching thirst and hunger, supplying my body with oxygen and other, similiar human activities. If you are a human being as well, we can surely communicate in order to find a way to play this game together in harmony and optimize the output of enjoyment from said activity.

My Policies

• OOC =/= IC

  This is the core and one of the most important rules for me. Please try to keep in mind that I am by no means even in 1/100th as cool as my character is and I definitely am not my character. If my character dislikes your character... Well, that doesn't mean I dislike you.

• Let's talk

  Is there something you want from the RP? Is there something you dislike or like in particular or are there themes that you'd rather avoid or would prefer to stick to? We can talk. OOC discussion is the golden road to enjoyable RP.

• Much respect, my fellow human!

  Please keep in mind that I am a living, breathing person, as much as you are. Let's treat each other with respect, since it's all fun and games here. Don't do anything to me you wouldn't want to be done to you.

OOC Character Info		Links
Inspiration for combat abilities: Have you ever heard of these mages guys and gals? Pretty cool. Character name: No, I don't know if her name has any meaning. No, I don't speak japanese, so yes, odds are it doesn't make sense. And I don't care. I am happy with my life, seriously: I always had a tendency to make characters with tragic backstories. I tried to do something different. I failed.		Battle theme: Battle theme - Battle theme WARNING: It's a trap. #deep: Click the link only if you have open, philosophical mind of a true intellectual.

Wiki Info		Credits
This wiki page is updated as the character's story changes. Last Updated: March 8, 2019		Please leave the credits section intact! Many people work very hard on their themes; please do not disrespect them! This theme was lovingly coded by Shieke. Feel free to use this theme for your character! I have taken inspiration from the following people: Bancroft Gairn: General theme ideas. Suen Shyu: Tab layout. Glioca Sargonnai: Layout, Barebones content template. Meallaire Sergenaux: Theme content. A big thank you to all these lovely people!