Peneli Zuneli

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Limsa Lominsa-transparent.png Peneli Zuneli
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"You don't really need a reason to smile."
Chocobo knight
Gender Male
Race Lalafell
Clan Plainsfolk
Citizenship Limsa Lominsa
Age Young adult
Nameday 15th sun of the 6th Umbral Moon
Free Company The Kindred
Deity None in particular


Character

General

Peneli is a Lominsan lalafell and an adventurer in practically every sense of the word. Striving to grow strong ever since he was a wee little lad, he left his peaceful farm life very early to work around Limsa Lominsa in various ways, eventually joining the Marauder's guild, the Maelstrom and more. His military career was short lived and disappointing, and so he soon took different kinds of work, eventually settling with monster hunting. He has been wandering the world mostly on his own since then for several cycles, having become someone practical and sure of his own abilities, honed over the years without any help but his own. He's a strong bodied and strong willed plainsfolk guy who tends to take everything Eorzea throws at him as a challenge, with a confident smile on his face. He constantly finds himself surrounded by hopeless or sad people, and that encourages him to be the positive force and try to change things for them. With an optimistic attitude, he's always trying to find those in more need of help or support and to become a brotherly figure to them, even when he has dozens of cousins and relatives roaming around the world. So, he likes the idea of him being a hero for someone one day, though that seems to be proving a little harder than he initially thought. He avoids his family for some reason, too.

Nowadays he's still a hardworking fellow, always looking to improve himself or his friends, and works as a hunter gatherer for the Kindred, still strongly opposed to causing harm to other people unless they really deserve it.

Appearance

Not one to care a lot about appearance, his hair is really long and badly cared for, though he keeps it in a little ponytail. His face bears several scars, one of them horizontally on his forehead and covered by the hair and a tattoo, though there's more of them all over his entire body, due to his lifestyle. His physical state is close to its peak, and while he's not really smart, his willpower is also noteworthy, being able to stand a lot of mental suffering. As for clothes, practicality and simplicity, being a farm boy, tend to be favored, though the armour suits he uses to hunt are most of the time composed of various pieces coming from a lot of different sets.

Don't forget the smile, he's smiling most of the time, if not always.

Behavior

The lalafell loves his freedom, often giving the impression of living in his own little world of fantasy. Still he has gone through a lot, always having tried to be what he really isn't and growing up among roegadyn, which forced him to withstand constant harassment and dangerous pranks all the time. Because of this, his way of going forces him to give his 110% at all times and impress those around him whenever he can, his personal improvement being his current objective in life. He's also very optimistic and willing to sacrifice a lot to help a friend. One might think it's physically impossible to be such a good guy, so that might seem suspicious.

Combat

General

A wandering adventurer with many sources of inspiration to improve his performance, he relies on a balance between mobility and protection, striking only where it counts, and a variety of fighting styles mostly from La Noscea, to hunt monsters of all sizes. He knows his share about different kinds of traps, baits and helpful strategies, knowing enough beastly lore to take the better approach when fighting different kinds of foes. Especially noteworthy his ability to use the fact that he is a lalafell and most monsters will only see him as a delicious snack, to gain an opening chance on them.

Also since he just started properly learning how to read recently, magic has never been considered.

Heavy polearms

Being a lalafell monster hunter demands the advantage of reach if one is to survive properly, and so Peneli has only attempted to master long or heavy weapons, enough for him to have a guaranteed presence while offering a chance to retreat. Most of his time using them has been spent alone, so he's practically self taught in many regards, something easily seen in his agile style which often takes advantage of his light weight and the staff of his weapons to launch himself as a living weapon when needed. So long as he carries one of these weapons and fights against monsters, he's a force to be reckoned with and one very prone to surpass expectations. But when it comes to fighting other people, with the intent of hurting them, he's filled with doubt and regret, since he wants to keep a promise of not murdering any other living person if he can avoid it, and he's not too experienced with humanoid opponents, beastmen aside.

Tendencies

Likes

  • Feeling like a role model for others.
  • Overcoming difficult challenges.
  • La Noscea.
  • Being able to freely roam the world for a living.
  • Tavern stories, especially the ones spawned by his past achievements.
  • Lalafellin women, especially dunesfolk, and short midlanders. Recently, only Lulula Lulu counts.

Dislikes

  • Being referred to as "little one", like every other lalafell is.
  • Pointless problems between people and solely generated by them.
  • Resulting gravely injured, being forced to stay in bed.
  • Disappointing those who trust him.
  • Sand. Nightmarish sand.
  • Not being able to save everyone.

Hobbies/Talents

  • Carving wood to kill time.
  • Sightseeing.
  • Training.
  • Strong and resilient lalafell.


Relationships

Family

While his family is large and varied, it's mostly composed of uncles, aunts and cousins, and he doesn't care as much as he should about them, seeing them as an excuse to settle down and live a dull normal life.

Friends

  • Nunupu Nupu: Cheerful dunesfolk singer and member of the same company, a combination that caused Peneli and her to grow closer to each other fairly quickly, eventually becoming a little more than friends. After she has been missing for a decently long amount of time, he's starting to be really worried and miss her more than he ever thought, not minding whatever flaws she may had for his lifestyle.
  • Aria Benett: Petite midlander with a habit for choosing the lalafell to listen to her problems and offer advice in return, when required. This combined with her Gridanian personality and elegant looks have caused Peneli to develop a little crush for her, somewhat destroyed by the fact that she's always hanging around him with her roegadyn lover.
  • Yuyuki Yuki: Young spoiled dunesfolk girl, coming from a ruined ex-wealthy family and sharing Peneli's current martial instructor. Due to all of the issues she has, and tends to keep to herself, Yuki quickly became his little sister, even if she will never allow it. Peneli encourages her to leave the wealthy style of living behind and to embrace what their mentor is teaching them instead, but because of him being a plainsfolk he doesn't seem to be taken seriously by her.
  • Kakano Kano: Ex-flames soldier dunesfolk lady whom Peneli met during a regular trip to the Quicksand. The two then went on to hunt some toads and regular beasts, so they practically became friends by going out and kicking butt, just as Peneli likes. Over the time Peneli has slowly discovered more about her personality, which combined with her good dunesfolk looks has sparked some interest in him. Still he doesn't want to do anything he would regret by risking her friendship over something more significant. For now.
  • Bexy Amalaryssia: Miqo'te colleague and fellow bartender. Someone he finds cute and inspiring at the same time, since her beloved is always away and she is forced to gather the strength to stand it, every day. Of course, this is seen by him as a similarity to his own "remain strong no matter what" philosophy. It was during one of those bar evenings when he really started to consider her a friend, after his blind bravery almost caused him to be stabbed by a stranger, stopped by Bexy.
  • Lulula Lulu: Plainsfolk teen girl who just stumbled into Peneli's life, and is quickly winning his heart. She seems to be just what he needs right now, someone young and full of dreams who wants to become an adventurer one day, reminding him of himself when he was younger, just as a female version of his own, cycles ago. And of course, she's already looking up to him. Maybe she's the perfect little sister he's always wanted, but he's not sure, as she tends to round his mind way too often, not knowing why. He seems to be extremely protective towards her.
  • Nananomi Nomi: This little guy was at first considered Yuki's potential love interest and little more, and so Peneli didn't pay him a whole lot of attention, though the recent developments, combined with his feminine looks have served as an inspiration for the most ambitious and cunning rescue mission the plainsfolk has ever thought of. And since it resulted in the retrieval of one of his cousins, safely enough, so all in all he's not such a bad dunesfolk.
  • Mara Lynne: Lominsan midlander and thus a comrade of sorts, both of them sharing similar personalities and goals and ultimately getting along pretty darn well. Arguably his best hyur friend, though precisely because of their lominsan attitude they prefer action to words, so there's not a lot to say about their usual interactions. She's been helping him a lot when it comes to armour repairing or improvements, and he finds it a real shame to know that she's not specialized in weapons too, because for someone like him that would be a wonderful coincidence.
  • Leanna Vist: Highlander woman he hasn't known for a long time, but who he considers a good ally, keeping in mind how frequently she offers her assistance when the lalafell is in some kind of trouble. She also appreciates Peneli's positive spirit, as reflected in silly things like the Chocobo knight or his vision of the "adventurers", as well as considering him an actual man with a heart, not just some kind of cute little kid. He's probably going to sit next to her when possible, knowing all of this.

Enemies

The guy's generally well liked, so no-one can be really considered his enemy.

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