J'azih Rava

J'azih Rava
Gender	Male
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Seekers of the Sun
Citizenship	Limsa Lominsa
Patron Diety	Llymlaen, The Navigator
Nameday	28th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon
Age	23
Occupation	Axing (Currently under employed...)
Marital Status	Pfffft
Orientation	mostly into fellas as long as they're tough as heck

BRAND SPANKIN' NEW WORK IN PROGRESS

Still figuring the character out.

Until then, here are the basics!

Demeanor

Pretty darn friendly, quick to smile and laugh and give totally manly punches to the arm. While he isn't well educated, J'azih has a lot of opinions and will happily tell you them, even if they are astoundingly dumb. He isn't one for social graces and can come across as rude without meaning to, but really its more like being rude around you rather than being rude specifically to you.

Personality

Loud, Kind-hearted, likes helping, quick to forgive despite how riled he can get when something wounds his pride. Forgetful, somewhat lazy, open minded, somewhat crass. More likely to listen to women than men, especially women in authority -- mostly because all the women in his life have been varying degrees of terrifying.

Appearance

J'azih is short and a little sensitive about it. He compensates by holding himself as though he were a much bigger person, in both posture and posturing. He's quite lean despite how much he eats, made up of corded muscles and calluses from all that axe swinging -- and scars from when he didn't swing fast enough. He has the typically pale eyes of his people -- green -- with hair that matches his ears and tail -- black -- and is not especially attractive; though, his small stature and expressive features make him kinda cute in his own way. If you squint.

Likes

■ Food -- anything. All of it.

■ fighting -- friendship is a punch in the mouth.

■ sleeping -- he fell asleep in a sunbeam.

■ animals -- he would very much like to pet every animal.

■ stories -- the good kind, not the kissing kind.

Dislikes

■ Math -- numbers are for nerds.

■ people condescending to him -- even if he doesn't know what condescending means

■ Rain -- makes his armor cold and creaky

■ Polite society -- mostly because he is awful at it, even when he tries his best. So stuff 'em!

Strengths

■ Sleeping at uncomfortable looking angles

■ Walking on his hands and other dumb acrobatic tricks that are mostly impossible in armor

■ Fitting a whole bread roll in his mouth

■ Taking a hit and giving one back

Weaknesses

■ Practically Illiterate - his handwriting looks like it was done by a monkey with a crayon

■ Not especially bright besides...

■ No head for magics

■ Terrible sense of direction

■ Can't reach the top shelf

■ A bit brash - definitely a leap and look on the way down sort of guy

History/Timeline

Background

It all started once upon a time when a spoony bard of a Tia left his clan with grand aspirations of traveling the world and living a life of action and adventure on the high seas. He hopped on the first ship pulling up anchor, not overly concerned with the moral shortcomings of the crew -- as pirates were Romantic, and far more likely to set him on the path of adventure than that perfectly law abiding turnip shipping vessel. Unfortunately, as J'reh had lived his whole life up to this point in the desert, he didn't think to factor his debilitating sea sickness into the narrative. Bent over the rails and heaving for most of the trip, a pirate lass stopped laughing long enough to feel sorry for the lad, and the rest was happily ever after.

Or at least, that's how his mother used to tell it when J'azih and his sister were young. She told all sorts of stories about her time at sea, besting the law and battling sea monsters, fending off fellow pirates and exploring strange new lands. His sister told him these stories too, about growing up on a pirate ship and all the tales their father would tell when she stayed with him on dry land. J'azih wanted to grow up and be a sailor just like his mum -- its a shame he inherited his father's sea legs.

His mother died when he was still a kid, and his sister took care of him to the best of her abilities, balancing raising a child while trying to get into the weavers guild. J'azih took odd jobs to help out rather than learning his letters or numbers, spending most of his youth tussling like a ruffian, learning to swing an axe like his dear departed mum, and trying not to get boxed upside the head for being what many would term: "A right little shit."

More Recently...

Living the dream.

Well... living a life of not quite poverty while doing odd jobs and being muscle for hire. Which is a dream, if not the dream.

Relationships

Family

■ J'nissa Arii (sister) -- Alive, in her 30s, and married with a baby. She works as a seamstress and still bosses him around whenever she gets the chance.

■ M'bannon Arii (Brother-in-law) -- He's okay. Builds ships for a living, loves his wife, only has 7 fingers.

■ M'hira Arii (niece) -- She's a baby.

■ M'ralha Rava (mother) -- Dead, pretty rad pirate back in her day and only settled down after her second kid was born. Nothing glamorous, just got sick and kicked the bucket. She lamented on her death bed that her ridiculous fop of a husband died heroically and she didn't even get an explosion or two. (Her children loved her, so they had her cremated and put into a canon ball.)

■ J'reh Tia (father) -- Aforementioned Spoony Bard. Died before J'azih was actually born on one of his few voyages out to sea with his family, done in by a sea monster. Or rival pirates. Or the authorities. Or twenty sea monsters. There were a lot of different versions of the "Sis, tell me th' one about da' again" story.

Friends

■ YOU ARE BLOODY BRILLIANT!

Enemies

■ YOU LOOKIN' TO GET HIT, MATE?

Rumors

Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC!

Common Rumors (Easily overheard)

■ "'e's a sweet enough lad, tae be sure. But, oh an' I 'ate tae gossip but, gods luv 'im I think 'is mum mighta dropped 'im on 'is 'ead few times when 'e was jus' a wee barn.." - Roegadyn woman doing her washing. Actually loves to gossip.

Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear)

■ "Don't think his barmy parents ever tied the knot what with them kids keepin' their mum's name an' all." - Miqo'te who nobody asked, but he's still judging other people's life choices.

■ "He ain't allowed in the culinary guild no more. Guild master has his name written on a board an' everything." - Novice Chef who was not there for the incident. Or the incidents that followed.

■ "He let me practice makin' dresses on 'im when he was a lad." - His big mouthed sister.

Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard)

■ "He still lets me use 'im for dress fittin' if 'e's about." - His LYING big mouthed sister.

PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players)

■ INSERT SMACK TALK HERE

OOC Info

DISCLAIMER: I'm pretty new to FFXIV but a long time mmo player -- though I haven't actually rped in about a year, so I'm a little bit rusty. I'm looking for new friends and connections for in-game rp, but if we become pals I am super open to other rp platforms too! (Y'know, stuff like googledocs, tumblr, chat programs, etc) Also holy crap I messed up making this page in the right place a billion times I am sorry!!!

Hard Limits ■ Uh, man I don't know, like I ain't about sexual lalas but if you are, you do you pal. Do you. ■ If you think it might make me uncomfortable but aren't sure, just ask. I am a chill person.

Hooks & RP Favorites ■ FIGHT ME!!!! ■ no but for real, verbal and physical sparring. You can be as mean as you want to my characters, I am strict ic does not translate to ooc. ■ I will be laughing ooc.

External Links ■ This is my tumblr, I HOPE YOU LIKE DUMB STUFF BECAUSE I DO

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