Avidia is an excellent portrayal of Garlean attributes in some senses; in others - namely her stature - she is not. Despite being quite muscular and fit, she is, unfortunately, very short for a Pureblood. She stands at only five fulm four ilms, at least half a fulm below the average height for her race and gender. While her height might not be very impressive, she makes up for it in the way she carries herself. One would be a fool to dismiss her based on her height alone. Not only does she cut an intimidating figure with her constant glare and rigid soldier's posture, but those who are close to her know that she can back up any of her threats with considerable physical skill. While being petite, when her clothes are removed one can see with ease what years of training and combat have done to her body. She is almost all muscle, coiled up tight like a cat waiting to spring. She is naturally pale, and does not seem the type to tan from time spent in the sun, but rather burns instead. Her hair is incredibly soft and thick, requiring a significant amount of time spent to tame it in the morning. Its natural color is snow white, and under certain light - like sunlight - it seems to reflect rainbows, almost like a prism. Similar to her hair, her eyes are devoid of color, rather being a light silver color.
Scars & Markings: Avidia has several scars. One is across the bridge of her nose, very thin and small. The more noticeable one is the ones on her back, however: whip marks from torture, carefully arranged in the shape of wings, showing that whoever tortured her took their sweet time. She also has burn scars on her knees, where her legs cut off, but those are fading. She has a very noticeable lack of legs from the knees down. While they were blown off, careful surgery evened out the jagged wounds on her legs. She now uses magitek limbs, and incredibly beautiful ones: they are carefully crafted, made of a sleek white metal. She also, of course, has the Garlean third eye on her forehead, the same silver color as her other eyes. She usually hides this, however, either with makeup and prosthetics (when she's putting in effort) or with her bangs (when she doesn't care).
Clothing: Avidia's preferred style is somewhere between formal and punk. Leather jackets, tall boots, leather pants, and bow ties all work their ways into her sense of style. She also prefers as little color as possible; if she does wear color, it is nearly always blue. While undercover, she will wear whatever she needs to, but she prefers clothes that she can easily fight in in case her cover be blown. For actual battle gear, she likes it to be as light as possible, allowing her her full range of movement.
When one meets Avidia when she's on duty, one might be greeted with a charming, outgoing Midlander girl. One who has quite the skill and interest in conversation. She speaks incredibly easily, and garners up friendships as if they were cheap drinks she was purchasing at a bar. But the reality of Avidia is, sadly, quite different. That would be her spy persona they meet: The one she puts on when she's undercover. Instead of all that, Avidia in reality is rude, aloof, apathetic, and stern. While she can be incredibly loyal and kind to those she is close to, it is INCREDIBLY hard to get into her inner circle. She prefers to keep people at a distance, for her own protection: her walls are thicker than bloody Baelsar's Wall. Despite her cold and unfriendly demeanor, she is still very competent in the fields that she specializes in, and often times people will withstand her personality in exchange for what she can offer to them.
Likes
Wolves and Dogs.
Her "inner circle".
Well crafted weapons.
Music.
Sweets.
Dislikes
Non-Garleans.
Ignorance.
Neglectful parents.
Humid climates.
Drugs.
Fears
Fire.
Pregnancy.
Abandonment.
Trivia
Favorite Food: Rolanberry Tart, Pastry Fish, Fish Soup
Favorite Drink: Ishgardian Tea, Ul'dahn Coffee
Favorite Color: Blue
Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under the Player Character category!
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◢ Common Rumors - Easily overheard. Use these freely!
■ "She hangs around that Miqo'te, doesn't she...? The greasy one who always looks like he's about to vomit."
■ "I see her all the time, yeah. Always dressed for combat, always with sum' crazy amount of knives on her. Dunno what her job is, but it seems to be a dangerous. A pity for a pretty little thing like her."
◢ Uncommon Rumors -A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first!
■ "She used to stay alongside this... tall Elezen. Scary-looking woman, dressed all in white. But for some while she disappeared a while ago... Never see her with her anymore."
■ "The white-haired one? .... Black-haired...? I dunno about that... Sure she don't have a sister?"
◢ Rare Rumors -Very rarely overheard. Please ask before using!
■ "I thought I caught a glimpse of metal under her pants once... I dunno, though, didn't wanna go up to her n' ask."
◢ Imperial Rumors -Only available for Imperials! Rarity varies. When in doubt, please ask.
■ "Graduated real early, that one. I remember when she joined: This tiny little thing. Nobody thought she'd get anywhere, but boy did she prove them wrong. Just goes to show what people will do when they have motivations like that."
■ "Snow White, she went by. A real prodigy. You were lucky if you had her on your team."
■ "I remember when they made that just display of her... strung her up in the middle of the square, they did. Something about crimes against the state, but nobody was concerend about that. Everyone was too struck by what they were doing to her. Stripped her right down and flayed the skin off her back. They left her there for days, I recall. Amazed that she's still got faith in them after that."
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◢ Player Character Rumors -Feel free to add rumors of your own!
Nightmare Context: Every night, Avidia is visited by night terrors.
Entire playlist can be found here. Songs used set a mood, lyrics may not reflect the views of my character. The following links will take you to Youtube. Please mind your speakers.
■ I will play Almost everything that can be covered by an "M/RP" tag. This includes dark themes, torture, violence, drugs, kidnapping, horror, and many more. I'm not a very squeamish person - at least not with fiction - so pretty much anything is fine with me. Basically anything you might find in an episode of Game of Thrones (minus any sexual aspects) I'm okay with! I'm also down for either casual RP or plot RP, and the length of that plot doesn't matter! If I'm already involved in super plotty RP I might turn it down, but I absolutely love RP with big stories so the chances of me turning it down are pretty slim. I'm willing to RP Avidia as either a protagonist (usually for Garlean affairs) or an antagonist, but some thing to remember is she was designed as a villian, so if you want her on the protagonist's side you should know that she is most definitely not a goody-two-shoes hero. She's pretty cruel (not unnecessarily cruel and sadistic, however) and very much an ends justify the means character, so do with that what you will.
■ Ask about Anything that could be considered "semi-permanent" (i.e. mutilation, kidnapping, etc).
■ I won't play ERP. That's just a hard no. I won't do it and you might as well not even ask because the answer will always, ALWAYS be no. Sorry, but it's just not my thing. It's fine to have Avidia sleep with someone, but if that happens it will be fade to black, and I am VERY particular to who she sleeps with due to her personality. Also, like I said up above, I don't like to RP Garlean stuff in public. If you want to RP a plot where your character finds out she's a Garlean and confronts her, I'm ALL for that, but please ask ahead of time. Don't just point fingers at her in the middle of the Quicksand or something.
Disclaimer
■ If an aspect of RP makes you uncomfortable in a scene we're playing, please send me a /tell, letting me know. Communication is very important, more important than potentially keeping immersion.
Links Out
Links that lead off the wiki, but are technically relevant to the character.
