Siha Xinkei

Siha Xinkei
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us." - Marianne Williamson
Gender	Female
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Keeper of the Moon
Citizenship	Limsa Lominsa
Age	27
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Freelance Mage
Height/Weight	4'10" / Slight
Orientation	No preference
Relatives	Shota Xinkei (Mother) Yuzu'ya Wilzuun (Father)

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Siha Xinkei (pronounced /See-ha Sheen-kay/) (28th Sun 6th Astral Moon) is a keeper of the moon currently on a pilgrimage to better her knowledge of aether usage, as it stands she's quite adept and one of the more powerful magus though she's unaware of this.

Biography

Siha's history begins with the history of her clan, they started out as the usual Keepers, staying fast to the forests in Gridania despite the conflict with the locals but eventually a small band grew weary of the constant fighting and strife, breaking off they headed for a new place. Ul'dah was out of the question with its lack of water and always scorching heat, so they traveled to the next best place, Limsa Lominsa. There they settled and prospered under the leadership of the three 'dominant' families of the tribesmen and women that had come along, one happening to be the family of Shota Xinkei (Siha's mother), and their lives were as peaceful as any clan living in isolation outside of the city in the cliffs overlooking the ocean. The clan kept to itself and only ventured to the city when absolutely necessary, and that wasn't often for them, so when Siha was born it was into a clan rife with tradition but also infighting. She was an anomaly, her entire family was, with 9 older boys and only girl most looked upon her mother as unblessed by Menphina and it had warped the Miqo'te woman into a foul embittered, and defensive thing who was obsessed with appearances.

This all proved to be bad news for the young Siha who was nothing short of a disaster child, born the only child from a fling between her mother and a pirate Miqo'te (Yuzu'ya), she was clumsy and much too outgoing and unrefined for her mothers taste but Shota couldn't simply disown her. It would have shown weakness and there was no father to pass her to as he had no idea he'd fathered a child and being a man of the sea Shota had no way and no want to find him again. Instead the mother was hard on the girl and tried her best to hide her disdain behind sugary veiled threats, accidents and underhanded snide comments towards the unsuspecting little girl. The rest of the clan left Shota to her devices with the girl, unwilling to touch the tainted females progeny and so it only embittered Shota more that the birth of a girl wasn't finally her ticket back into the good graces and standings of the clan.

Siha blinded herself to her mothers mistreatment and instead contented herself with wandering far and wide, days at a time when she could manage, and she usually could with her mother always hoping she just wouldn't come back. All of Shota's bitterness was attached to the girl through no fault other than she was a female and still unworthy of gaining her mother favor, she was a failed hope and it made Shota hate her innocent daughter. Siha's brothers as well as the most of the clan had little love for their sister, the brothers because they would take any chance to curry Shota's favor and dodge her ire, while the clan simply saw her as cursed like her mother and the rather destructive screw up of the clan. Still Siha kept up her spirits and started on the path of the Arcanist, aether had always fascinated her and despite being clumsy the girl wasn't completely dull, in fact she was rather sharp! It wasn't until the girl had turned 15 that her visions started, but when they did it was as if hell had broken loose on her, they were frequent and terrible and worst of all she dreamed of the Calamity with no inkling that it was something to actually come to pass.

When the Calamity did come to pass the clan the girl came from was devastated like any others and lost almost half their numbers to the event, but the emotional damage went far beyond that for the budding seeress who not only had the privileged of knowing those that died but knowing she could have warned them. She had dreamed it after all. For months she was inconsolable, isolating herself from everyone in her clan, she had to force herself to come to terms with that guilt or bury and as before...she buried it, leaving it a deep wound with only a thin covering to keep it from reopening but covered it was. She returned to the clan and her studies but her confidence was shattered and so her skills suffered more until her mother could hardly look at her without shame, that's when Shota was given a way out after hearing of tradition that other clans employed, pilgrimage. She would toss the girl into the wilds with a vague idea of what she was doing and hope for the worst, that her daughter would never return regardless of if it was due to death or misdirection.

Siha had no idea the pilgrimage her mother gave her with shining eyes was anything less than honest and a chance to prove herself so she took it eagerly and has every intention of fulfilling her mother's expectations.

Present

Presently Siha has mastered more than her fair share of Aether manipulation, successfully having delved into both light and dark magics in her quest to save her brother and then ultimately bring him back from his 'death'. A similar crusade to save yet another Red Wing from Nald'Thal has finally netted her the attentions of the Empire over her brother, and it is now -she- who is entertained to be the threat just as much as he is. Her near deaths have proven that she has yet a rough road to travel but she's prepared to fight to her last and utilize every moment she's given.

PC Standings and Rumors

RUMORS Remember that some of these may or may not be true. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! ◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard) ■ "Tha' girl is sweet, but ah don' think she's got a full crew manin' 'er helm" ■ "I don't think she's old enough to be out on her own just yet..." ■ "You could swindle the clothes right off of her if you had a good enough sob story!" ■ "She always seems to be hanging around with one man or another when she's not alone...you know what that looks like." ◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ■ "I hear she's on some sort of pilgrimage to master the aether" ■ "That Carbuncle she keeps around seems like it's the only friend she's got in the world" ■ "It's always the sweet ones that are a little off, maybe she's out on her own for a reason..." ■ "I hear her family's trying to hunt her down, snubbed 'em she did, and their matriarch didn't like tha' too much!" ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ "I hear her clan exiled her for being an embarrassment, they just sent her out to let nature run its course" ■ "I heard she blacks out sometimes, spouts a bunch of nonsense under her breath before snappin' out of it too" ■ "I heard her clan is some batch of psychos, even eat their own kind, wonder if she's some kind of 'inspector' for 'em" ■ "I hear 'er father is a pirate, I know a man, looks just like 'er...might even act like her, kind of a big ol' kid. Crazy man" ■ "I saw her use her magic once, summoned something that looked like a primal right out of the ground! Scared the bells out of me!" ◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players) ■ "There are people in Ul'dah who share the same dream, like a copse of trees that share the same root. And then there's this girl, Siha. Her dreams are like that, but she dreams them while she's awake. What's the connection?" - C'kayah Tia, overheard talking with an unidentified Miqo'te in Ul'dah. ■ "She is my sister in heart and oath. So much has happened of late, I would like nothing more than to just sit with her and talk. I miss her." - Roen Deneith ■ "Deceptively strong, and just as white as she looks. I wouldn't try to upset her, if I were you." Kahn'a Od'hilkas ■ "Erik's sister? Well she's trusting, dangerously so for her own sake. I almost kidnapped her once simply by tricking her to travel with me and she only got away cause the guard I was with stopped me. She's nice though. And easy to socialize with, but she certainly isn't as dangerous as her brother. Least I don't have a reason to assume so anyway." - Askier Mergrey ■ "Too clever by half, her. Clever... and pure-hearted. So you'd best watch y'selves, now... she's with us." - Osric Melkire ■ "I used to adore this woman, but when I noticed her desire to be with those of the underground - I lost hope. Her vision to see what is right is entangled by the false emotions that she carries for the others who hold nothing but malice. Alas, the darkness that sweeps over is brought upon herself. I will not speak more of her any longer." - Bartolomeo Filangieri ■ "I barely know her, yet I find myself wishing to know more. However, what I do know? She is beauty made flesh. She is perfection." - Aerostein Epitaph ■ "I first saw her outside the Quicksand. She didn't know I was watching her and that later that evening I was going to kidnap her. She was fortunate in the way things turned out. Now that the whole mess is sorted she won't leave me be. Every time she sees me she stops me. Hells damn it all." - Grieving Hound ■ "So much of my life is a secret, or false, or lonely. She is the only person, the only person in this whole world that knows me. On paper she is an oath-sister, some cheap label used by my people to adopt or be adopted into a family, but to me she is every bit my true sister as my Tietra. For the longest time I was alone, a terrible thing for a anyone, but in her I found home. An unconditional love that surprises even me. She will always be my star, and I her sky. She is the light of my world." - Erik Mynhier ■ "Siha? She's a level-headed woman from what I've seen. She's well-liked by her peers and is friends with alot of people I hope to be friends with myself. I like her. B-B-BUT I don't -like- her, like her. N-n-not that she isn't lovely! Wait, no, that came out wrong! She's.....that is....I mean..." - Zachary Evans-turning red with embarrassment ■ "The lovely blonde Miqo' girl? I've met her...! She seems so quiet and sweet; I hope she comes around again!" - Aya Foxheart

RELATIONS ♥ Romantic Interest    ♥ Attraction   ♥ Platonic    ● Ally    ● Neutral    ● Rival ♥ Askier Mergrey : Siha's opinion of Askier has ping ponged more than once since she met him, she's gone from liking him, to hating him, to feeling sorry for him and finally back to liking him again. She sympathizes with everything the male has had to go through and has finally settled into what she hopes will be a budding friendship with the male. As of late she's saw a vulnerable side to Askier and she feels for the male and his plight, her simple friendly feelings blossoming into something like motherly protection. For a brief time she was angry with the male but has come to pity him more than anything. ● C'kayah Tia : A Seeker of the Sun that started off as a good friend but whom Siha has developed strong feelings for. She's always kept these feelings to herself, unsure of them at first, but with the threat of death looming over her head she decided it was finally time that the male knew how she felt. His reaction was positive but due to miscommunication and lack of time on both of their parts, they were unable to find one another, and both took it for a lack of interest. Now she's recently discovered that C'kayah has officially mated and her feelings for him skewed somewhere between broken love and hate for a while. Now it's faded to mere discomfort and she's not one who plans on finding him if she can avoid it. ♥ ♥ Endemerrin Rosethorne : What started as a quick friendship that grew into a crush has become full blow infatuation with this man. Though she's still learning things about Endemerrin she can't deny that in his presence she feels her worries ease and smiles come easier, slowly but surely he's breaking down her walls and convincing her that maybe love isn't all that frightening after all. ♥ Erik Mynhier : Siha's older oath brother, the two have been as close a blood siblings since their first meeting together. Siha has saved him in return for him saving her and devoted herself to him unlike she has for any other. ♥ Grieving Hound : Hound has saved Siha's life twice so far and the girl has a feeling there will be many times more the way that her luck runs. Ever since Hound kept her from getting kidnapped Siha has developed an affection for her that has only grown as the two have spent some time together. She feels safe whenever the Roe woman is by her side and enjoys her company, even as silent as she usually is, she's determined to convince Hound she IS a good woman and to learn as much about her as possible. Recently Siha was able to glimpse into the woman's past and learned things about her she hadn't expected, and her feelings for the Roe have gradually changed causing her to think hard when she's near. ♥ Kahn'a Od'hilkas : A member of The Red Wings, under her brother's command, Siha thinks the world of this male Keeper. She's come to see both the soft, caring side of him as well as the brave and valiant side. What was once a crush has faded and Siha now sees Kahn'a as another brother to her, she'd do anything for the male and knows that he would do the same. ● Kiht Jakkya : A protector and close friend to Roen, at least this is what Siha has come to believe, the woman seems genuine in her wish to protect Siha's sister and care for her. Those convictions alone have made her an ally, along with the mere feeling the woman gives the blonde girl, she senses a sincere warmth in Kiht that inspires comfort. ● Kolhi'to Embhre : Her initial impression of Kol was a no nonsense, capable, and strong man. Since their initial meetings and a walk together that allowed her to become somewhat of a confidant Siha has come to be fond of the male. She definitely counts him among her friends after he not only helped save her life but has proved himself invaluable support for the girl. Her recent goings on have kept her away from him sadly. ● Osric Melkire : Though the road has been rocky Siha counts Osric among the many people she calls family, and she deems the man someone she can trust, with invaluable wisdom. She can't help the slight image of him that she's built in her head of a man who is immovable by any threat, no matter how dangerous or tricky, Osric is simply stronger or trickier to her and it'd be hard to convince her otherwise. ♥ Roen Deneith : Yet another oath sibling to Siha, the young Miqo'te looks up to the red haired Roen and loves her just as deeply as if they were born of the same blood. She doesn't hesitate to confide anything to Roen and when she feels there is no one else to turn to knows that she can and will be able to turn to Roen for whatever she had need of. She worries after the woman like any sister and does her best to protect her despite the other woman's independent and strong streak. ● Roswyn Valhuri : Roswyn and Siha met in an odd fashion, the woman coming upon her when she was being accosted and screeched at by a rather large Roe man for reasons unknown to her at first. Roswyn was quick to lend a hand despite some misunderstandings along the way, and after a few more meetings to clear those up and some idle chat Siha has found herself liking the woman. Roswyn seems calm and wise to the girl, as well as strong, much like Siha herself wishes she was. She might look up to her more than she'd openly admit. Recently she has discovered that her budding friendship was cut short by Roswyn's death, devastating news to say the least. ♥ Titor Jaraba : Titor started off as nothing special, a replace for their passed doctor that she did not want but the Gods seemed to have other plans for the pair. As the new Doctor befriended her newly adopted brother she found herself having to interact with him more and eventually finding some platonic affection. This however has blossomed into a bond resembling the one she has with Erik, it is not quite as deep but the two have shared mememories, something that she has never experienced both ways. It has left her devoted and fond of the scientist to the point where she's sure she would lay her life down to protect him should the need arise. ● Whran'a Mhakaracca : A Keeper male that Siha met on one of her worse nights, the male did his best to make sure the woman was kept safe and encouraged not to drink too much. Saving her for a second time has earned him a place firmly in her category of allies and she plans to learn more about him as days pass, from what he's told her thus far there is a deep instilled respect in him but also a longing that she can relate to. ● Zachary Evans : A hyur that first became a bodyguard and then a friend, Siha cares about him just as deeply as the rest of her family. Her feelings for him leave her confused as of late and she's not quite sure of her footing around him, but she knows no matter how she feels her caring will never change and her opinion of him will be unwavering. She firmly believes the man has a heart of gold and wants nothing more than to be a hero, she only hopes that one day he'll realize that he's good enough as he is.

Gallery

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  Done by Emadra!

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Themes

● Hiroki Kikuta - Secret of Mana (Main Theme)
● NieR OST - This Dream (Main Theme 2)
● Lizz - Ventus's Theme (Lullaby for Askier)
● Amanda Seyfried(cover) - Lil Red Riding Hood (Grieving Hound's Theme)
● Gregory & The Hawk - Boats & Birds (Erik's Theme)
● Fireflight - Fire In My Eyes (Friends and Family Theme)
● Amy Grant - Eye to Eye (Bartolomeo's Theme)
● Reba McEntire - I'll Be (Roen's Theme)
● Not Alone - Red (Kahn'a's Theme)
● Daughtry - Waiting for Superman (Zac's Theme)
● Rogue Valley - The Wolves and the Ravens (Kolhi'to's Theme)
● John Legend/The Roots - The Fire (Osric's Theme)
● Tom Odell - Heal (Titor's Theme)