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Annessa Thorne is a Hyur Midlander currently based in Lima Lominsa where she has been living and working since the events of the Calamity. With no memory of her past she has built herself a small but comfortable life in the maritime city. However dreams and nightmares plague her sleep, awakening hazy, shadowy memories that suggest her past is not quite to innocent as she had thought. Studying the art of the arcanum from Limsa Lominsa’s Arcanists she is quietly planning a trip to Ul’dah in search of answers.
 
 
''(This is a work in progress, I'll be adding more as fas as I can)''
 
 
 
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===A Brief History===
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===Basics===
  
Annessa Thorne woke five years ago in the city of Limsa Lominsa with little memory of who she was or how she had arrived. She believes herself to be the victim of the Calamity; that her memory loss may have been brought on by injuries sustained during the chaos. But whatever brought her to the maritime city remains a mystery to her - only hazy memories and chaotic, incoherent dreams give her any clue to her past or purpose.  
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Taryn is of tall-average height for a hyur and of fairly average build, being not particularly stocky nor overly thin. Appearance is as seen to the right; dark hair, dark green eyes and a tanned skin tone. He has a number of scars; one which is visible the lower right side of his jaw, the rest mostly to his torso and upper arms. Aside from those he also has a fairly distinct black tattoo on the left side of his face as can be seen in the image.  
  
She awoke safe and (aside from the memory loss and a raging headache) relatively sound in unfamiliar surroundings, her injuries tended with care by a stranger who had found her near the docks. A search of her meager possessions suggested a recent stay in the mercantile city of Ul’dah and the potions and herbs found in her small pack indicated past work as an alchemist, botanist or some similar trade. But any knowledge she may have accumulated in her past life was as hazy and shrouded now as the memories of her past. With little coin and no real trail to follow Limsa Lominsa became her home.
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===Personality===
  
She adopted the name Annessa Thorne, a temporary alias in place of her real and now long forgotten identity. With little else to go on and no money to speak of she has spent the past five years building a new life in the maritime city, working part time as a bartender and waitress at the Drowning Wench; a temporary situation she has assured herself she will leave as soon as a better alternative presents itself. Whatever her trade in the past the prospect of spending the rest of her life serving drinks and waiting on drunken customers in the Wench holds little appeal. In the hours she has free she has been learning from the city’s Arcanists, introduced to the art by the same person who found and rescued her from the docks during the disaster.  
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Taryn is generally a reserved, quiet individual who keeps his thoughts to himself. Though he can occasionally be seen frequenting taverns and other establishments he appears to prefer his own company or that of a few close friends over rowdy gatherings of strangers.
  
Her missing past is a source of intense frustration. Her dreams of late have grown dark and frightening; strange scenes of murder and violence, out of kilter with her current, normal existence. One in particular keeps surfacing again and again and it is this dream which tempts her into travelling to the city of Ul’dah in search of answers. Just as soon as she can afford to travel…
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The midlander has a cautious, watchful nature; something learned from his experiences since since leaving Ul'dah. He tends to pay close attention to small details, a habit developed in recent times; much of which he has spent working as a security escort for trading caravans and individuals ever since leaving Ul'dah.
  
===Appearance===
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Taryn is also an almost obsessive collector of books and scrolls, mostly pertaining to the area of Magi-tek development, evidence of a fascination with the subject. 
  
Annessa is of average height and weight for a Midlander, with long reddish brown hair that she keeps tied back from her face. She tends to favour a more conservative style of dress, preferring practical over pretty and balks at spending more coin than necessary on what she considers to be frivolous adornments. As a result she has developed something of a plain, unremarkable look, blending in with the crowd with strangely practiced ease.
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===History===
  
===Personality/Behaviour===
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Though Taryn was born in the city of Gridania he and his family relocated to Ul'dah when he was roughly six years old. As a youth he learned the basics of his family's trade from his father though the Calamity prevented him from following through on that career. He is also known to have studied the art of thaumaturgy in Ul’dah and has some significant skill in the art.
  
Normally a calm, easy going person Annessa projects a relaxed and friendly demeanor to the outside world. She comes across on first impressions as amiable though perhaps a little reserved, making friends easily but being careful not to let others get too close. Where others in her position might have withdrawn from society or searched for answers to questions of their missing past Annessa has instead integrated well into life in Limsa Lominsa, always keen to meet new people and happy to listen endlessly to the stories and tales brought to the city by passing adventurers.  
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In the aftermath of the Calamity he left Ul'dah with his surviving relatives, making for the city of Gridania where they have since remained. He stayed only a year in that city before leaving again to take up a different line of employment to the trade he would otherwise have inherited. After assisting his elder sister to lay the foundations of her own business in the city (which she now uses to support both herself and their mother) he left Gridania, spending several years working in a protection/security/mercenary capacity for a variety of employers before making his way to the city of Limsa Lominsa two years ago. He has remained there ever since working as a security guard for a small Magi-tek Research and Development company which was later absorbed by the growing XI:7.
  
However she has grown more wary of late; the dark dreams that plague her nighttime hours have awoken shadowy, half recalled memories that suggest that she may not be all that she is pretending to be. And she is keenly aware of the strangely vulnerable position that her missing memories place her in; the possibility that someone from her past could walk right through the door and she would never know who they were is an alarming one. In the past such musings would have filled her with hope, but that feeling has been replaced with one of fear. If the contents of her dreams are any indication of her past, she may not want that person to walk through those doors.
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===Family===
  
The distinctly vulnerable feelings roused by this fact have lent a certain jumpiness to her manner. Each new, unfamiliar face is scanned apprehensively, as though she hopes she might catch a glimmer of warning before disaster strikes. At time goes on each new encounter brings with it a growing sense of unease. The need for answers that has plagued her the past five years has taken on a more urgent tone. Though her dreams may be nothing more than tormented fantasies or even half remembered tales there are answers to be found and she would rather find them herself than have them exposed for all the world to see – particularly if the truth is darker than she had believed.
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Taryn’s family reside in the city of Gridania where they returned from Ul'dah after the Calamity. His elder sister Alyssa runs her own business which his mother, Marianne, assists with. Taryn’s father and younger sister perished in the disaster. His family once ran a lucrative jewellery business in the city of Ul’dah prior to the Calamity, however the disaster all but demolished the vast majority of their holdings and decimated their finances.
  
===A Deeper History: The Missing Pieces===
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===Skills, Interests and Experience===
  
''Side note: Unless your character is directly from Annessa's past this information is to be regarded as OOC only. Annessa herself has no memory of her past, but if anyone should wish their character to have some kind of history with her (specifically regarding her life as a Garlean spy and assassin) please get in touch with me in game (or PM Annessa at the RPC forums).''
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Though born in Gridania Taryn spent most of his years growing up in the city of Ul'dah. He is relatively skilled in the art of thaumaturgy, having studied with the guild there for many years prior to the Calamity. After the disaster Taryn fell back on his experience with the art in order to survive without the money he had been accustomed too; taking up jobs escorting merchants and guarding caravans up until his arrival in the city of Limsa Lominsa two years ago. Since settling in Limsa Lominsa he has continued to make use of these combat orientated skills, filling security and protection roles within a number of small groups and companies in the city.
  
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If the Calamity had not interrupted the course of things Taryn would have taken over the family’s jewellery business in Ul’dah. He learned the craft of goldsmithing from his father but the advent of the Calamity means that such skills have never been put too much use. To this date he has shown no interest in taking up his family’s trade or trying to resurrect the family business.

Latest revision as of 03:12, 10 September 2013

Limsa Lominsa-transparent.png Taryn Thorne
Tarynthornesmall.png
Gender Male
Race Hyur
Clan Midlander
Citizenship Limsa Lominsa
Age 27
Free Company XI:7
Position within XI:7 Director of Internal Operations

Basics

Taryn is of tall-average height for a hyur and of fairly average build, being not particularly stocky nor overly thin. Appearance is as seen to the right; dark hair, dark green eyes and a tanned skin tone. He has a number of scars; one which is visible the lower right side of his jaw, the rest mostly to his torso and upper arms. Aside from those he also has a fairly distinct black tattoo on the left side of his face as can be seen in the image.

Personality

Taryn is generally a reserved, quiet individual who keeps his thoughts to himself. Though he can occasionally be seen frequenting taverns and other establishments he appears to prefer his own company or that of a few close friends over rowdy gatherings of strangers.

The midlander has a cautious, watchful nature; something learned from his experiences since since leaving Ul'dah. He tends to pay close attention to small details, a habit developed in recent times; much of which he has spent working as a security escort for trading caravans and individuals ever since leaving Ul'dah.

Taryn is also an almost obsessive collector of books and scrolls, mostly pertaining to the area of Magi-tek development, evidence of a fascination with the subject.

History

Though Taryn was born in the city of Gridania he and his family relocated to Ul'dah when he was roughly six years old. As a youth he learned the basics of his family's trade from his father though the Calamity prevented him from following through on that career. He is also known to have studied the art of thaumaturgy in Ul’dah and has some significant skill in the art.

In the aftermath of the Calamity he left Ul'dah with his surviving relatives, making for the city of Gridania where they have since remained. He stayed only a year in that city before leaving again to take up a different line of employment to the trade he would otherwise have inherited. After assisting his elder sister to lay the foundations of her own business in the city (which she now uses to support both herself and their mother) he left Gridania, spending several years working in a protection/security/mercenary capacity for a variety of employers before making his way to the city of Limsa Lominsa two years ago. He has remained there ever since working as a security guard for a small Magi-tek Research and Development company which was later absorbed by the growing XI:7.

Family

Taryn’s family reside in the city of Gridania where they returned from Ul'dah after the Calamity. His elder sister Alyssa runs her own business which his mother, Marianne, assists with. Taryn’s father and younger sister perished in the disaster. His family once ran a lucrative jewellery business in the city of Ul’dah prior to the Calamity, however the disaster all but demolished the vast majority of their holdings and decimated their finances.

Skills, Interests and Experience

Though born in Gridania Taryn spent most of his years growing up in the city of Ul'dah. He is relatively skilled in the art of thaumaturgy, having studied with the guild there for many years prior to the Calamity. After the disaster Taryn fell back on his experience with the art in order to survive without the money he had been accustomed too; taking up jobs escorting merchants and guarding caravans up until his arrival in the city of Limsa Lominsa two years ago. Since settling in Limsa Lominsa he has continued to make use of these combat orientated skills, filling security and protection roles within a number of small groups and companies in the city.

If the Calamity had not interrupted the course of things Taryn would have taken over the family’s jewellery business in Ul’dah. He learned the craft of goldsmithing from his father but the advent of the Calamity means that such skills have never been put too much use. To this date he has shown no interest in taking up his family’s trade or trying to resurrect the family business.