Mandy Arixan
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To say Mandy Arixan comes from humble beginings would be quite the understatement. In her not-too distant past, she was a street rat of the truest form, and isn't afraid to flaunt her heritage. Her rough demeanor and lack of manners seems to put off those of a finer disposition at first, though her kind-hearted nature tends to win people over in the end. Most of the time she means well, even if she is in the habit of opening her mouth before she thinks about the consequences of her words.
The young woman is pint-sized for a Highlander. Though in a bit better physical shape than a few years back when she was fresh off the streets, Mandy still seems to be skin wrapped around sinew and bone, her physique made of flat planes and sharp points. She doesn't have much of a girlish figure, being almost flat as a board both front and back, and it is not uncommon for people to mistake her for a boy. As for notable features, Mandy has an old, naturally-healed scar that stretches from the tip of her nose to the bottom of her right ear. Her dark brown eyes can often times seem too big for her face, especially when surprised or scared. She has thin lips and hollow cheeks, and when she smiles, more often than not it comes across as snarky and ingenuine. All together, she creates a somewhat cute, but fairly plain picture. She moves with a slight limp on her left leg. If exposed, her left leg shows lots of deep, pitted scars down its length on the front.
Mandy almost always has a staff on her person. Though she doesn't know how to use it as a piratical weapon, she can make up for that a bit with her conjury. The teen is proficient in most of the basic spells of her craft, and has been known to defend herself with a good-sized rock to the face, a painfully biting gust of wind, or to knock people back with a sudden burst of water to the face. She might be more smol than swol, but that doesn't mean she's defenseless. For hand-to-hand combat, Mandy is at a serious disadvantage. She has great reflexes born out of her time on the streets, so the girl can dodge a lot of things coming her way(as long as she sees them coming), but she couldn't take much punishment if something lands. And if she tried to deliver blows herself? She could probably cause a good bit of pain with her staff if she landed a lucky blow or two, but her fists probably wouldn't be much more than a nuisance.
Mandy was orphaned at a young age. She lived with her mother near Little Ala Migho, and found herself suddenly on her own after a robbery went wrong that left her mother dead and herself lost and homeless. An incident drove her from the caves and crevices of the refugee shanty-town to Ul'dah, where she survived(as well as one could) on Pearl Lane until just a few cycles ago. She survived mostly on picking pockets and scrounging for scraps, though once she got too big to slip about unnoticed she abandoned risky thievery and took more to sitting around and begging.
As luck would have it, Mandy caught the attention of Lukas Madrazo. She took an immediate liking to the older Miqo'te who would come around with a handful of gil, food, or a bit of small talk to take her mind off of her situation. After coming into a windfall of gil from a random gentleman, the teen took up an almost permanent residence of Lukas' couch and made the decision to start trying to study as a mender to try and make a living one day. A random chance of catching snippets of conversation led her to approaching Eyvindr Kolrast and R'mehro Deadeye in the Quicksand. Vin had been speaking of some sort of mending potion or the like, and Mandy approached the pair asking for instruction. Rem convinced Vin to take Mandy on as an extremely fledgling student. She worked to hone and grow her skills. She studied her craft almost obsessively, pouring over books(slowly, as reading has never come easy to her), and picking other mender's minds when she's able.
Mandy has become a bit of a loner as of late. There is no one organization she can say she's tied to with any perminance, though she keeps returning to a certain tavern where old friends can often be found. Every once in a while, though, she disappears for a bit, striking out on her own to find new ways of getting into trouble. Still, she continues to study, and continues to try and grow her skills as well as she can.
These are mostly backstory-related relationships.
Listed here are the non-family characters, both PC and NPC, that Mandy has interacted with enough or in such a way for her to form a real opinion about them. Please don't take personal offense if your character isn't listed here, or how the interaction or relationship is described. It isn't that I dislike your character or our RP. I just tend to only add these as necessary for those who make a real impact on Mandy, and descriptions are purely based upon in character experiences and opinions. This section is now and will forever be extremely out of date! Last Update... 04/25/2019. * An asterisks denotes that Mandy doesn't know the individual's true name.
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