Raina Mercer

Raina Mercer
Gender	Female
Race	Hyur
Clan	Highlander
Citizenship	Ala Mhigo
Server	Balmung
Nameday	25th Sun of the 5th Astral Moon
Age	29
Orientation	Bisexual
Guardian	Rhalgr, the Destroyer
Alias	None
Marital Status	Single

Raina Mercer is a Highlander Hyur who is a former member of the Crania Lupi, a group of Ala Mhigan youths who were in service to their Garlean Occupiers. She was first trained a Fist of Rhalgr and later a Corpse Brigade Monk Slayer. Now resented by her former kinsmen, Raina has left Ala Mhigo and now lives a somewhat quiet life in Ul'dah as a member of the Adventurer's Guild.

Interests

Likes Psychical Training Thrill of Battle Exploration/Adventuring Being allowed to work independently and with little to no oversight

Dislikes Bitter Ala Mhigans bringing up her past Being in a large crowd The Monetarists of Ul'dah/ General Ul'dahn Nobility

Hobbies

• Cooking and learning new recipes
• Mediatation
• Reading
• Physical Training
• Magitek

Appearance

Hair/Fur: Dark Red with Black streaks
Skin: Bronze
Eyes: Sea Green
Height: 5 fulms 10 ilms
Weight: 125(PONZ)
Build: Muscular/Athletic

Raina wouldnt stand out in a crowd as she shares many of the similar appearance traits of other Highlanders, tall, muscular and rough looking. However her green eyes are quite vibrant and eye catching. Her face bears a single scar which runs across the lower bridge of her nose. Raina prefers to dress in earthy tones which compliment her skin tone, the clothing she wears also is light and nonrestrictive which allows her to keep mobile in fights.

The most curious thing about Raina is the fact that her left arm has been completely replaced by a Magitek prosthesis. To the trained eye, this Magitek arm is of Imperial Garlean make and not of the Garlond Ironworks. The arms seems to give her increased strength and looks durable enough to make a sizable dent in a stone wall or to stop a blade with relative ease.

Personality

• Alignment

  Chaotic Neutral

• Motivation

  Raina desires to move on from her past, she acknowledges it was a dark time in her life but she is resolved to move forward and make a new life for herself, regardless of the bitter naysayers.

• Disposition

  Raina is a very reserved and calm person. Very slow to anger, but dangerous when angered. She usually keeps to herself, but seems more then happy to have a random bit of conversation with a stranger should she be approached. However despite appearing very reserved, Raina is more then capable of having a good time. She can be quick to laugh and can get quite rambunctious when having a good time.

• Outlook

  Raina wants to move on with her life, so she always lives in the present and never dwells on the sins of the past. She is very resolved when it comes to moving on and not allowing herself to dwell on past mistakes. She also has no patience for those who wallow in their misery or complain about how things used to be for them.

• Positive personality traits

• Tenacious - Raina can be hard to dissuade when she has her mind set on something.
• Hard Working Raina is not one to idle about when things need doing. If you are too slow to do something, someone will always step up and be happy to take your place.
• Adventerous Raina finds a constant thrill in diving head first into the unknown. The more dangerous the task the better, she isnt one to be talked out of venturing into some cursed ruin in search of a long lost relic of the past.
• Self Reliant Raina is more than capable of taking care of herself. She is no stranger to having to rely on only her wits to survive on her own when outside civilization.

• Negative personality traits

• Headstrong Raina is the stereo typical highlander, stubborn and unwilling to listen to authority. She prefers to do her own thing and anyone who tries to get her to do otherwise are met with stiff resistance.
• Reckless Raina has little regard for her own safety most of the time, she will often leap headfirst into a dangerous situation with little thought on it.
• Blunt Raina tends to speak her mind and cares little for dancing around possibly sensitive topics. This has more often than not gotten her into many a sticky social situation but she doesn't really seem to care either way as she continues to be very blunt when speaking her mind.

• Miscellaneous quirks

  Raina will often reach up to idly scratch at the scar on her nose when nervous.

Biography

Hailing from the mining town of Ala Ganha, Raina was born the daughter of two influential and powerful parents. Her mother was the head of a prosperous mining guild, which oversaw a handful of mines and quarries in Gyr Abania and her father was a proud Fist of Rhalgr. Wanting to be more like her father, Raina pushed herself when it came to the more physical activities. She became a natural gifted fighter, but was reckless and unrefined. Raina was often in trouble for picking fights with other children and had gained the reputation of being somewhat of a bully.

Wanting to curb this behavior in his daughter, Raina's father took her under wind and began teaching her the ways of the monk. Being the stubborn youth that she was, she took to the training slowly and would still bully other youths, even going as far to use techniques she had learned from her father to harm her bullied victimes. Finally having had enough with his disobedient daughter, Raina's father dragged her into the center of town and told his daughter to defend herself. Raina was humbled by her father who had managed to best her quite easily, the lesson had been learned. After being humiliated by her father in the center of town, Raina put herself into her training.

After years of careful training and instruction by her father, Raina was inducted into the Fists of Rhalgr. However this occupation would be short lived as the the mad king of Ala Mhigo, Theodoric had begun to tire of the monks. Managing to escape the purges, Raina and her father went into hiding. It seemed their troubles were not at an end however as the Empire of Garlemald, who had long coveted the lands of Gyr Abania, marched into the kingdom and took it overnight with little resistance. The King of Ruin had crippled his own army and left his land ripe for invasion. Choosing not to be apart of this new Ala Mhigo, Raina's father bid her to return to her mother and tell her that he had died in the fighting. Raina would never see her father again.

Once the new regime had taken over, the Imperial Viceroy, Gaius Van Baelsar began gathering all the surviving useful elements of the country and pressed them into Imperial service. Being the daugther of a successful mining guild owner, Raina and her mother enjoyed a more comfortable living situation and social status within the Imperial controlled Gyr Abania. However this would draw the resentment of other less fortunate people and so Raina and her mother became the targets of these less fortunate people. That fire which had laid dormant within Raina for so long resurfaced and any who spoke ill of her or her mother became the target of a very violent reprisal.

Seeing promise in Raina, she was recruited into the Corpse Brigade and was trained in countering the combat styles of her former order, the Fists of Rhalgr. Having become disillusioned with her kinsmen after their treatment of her and her mother, Raina took to her new position very swiftly. She would have no qualms in killing her former kinsmen and she did so with great fervor. Though her pride would eventually catch up with her, after a particularly nasty battle with a pocket of surviving monks, Raina's left arm was mangled and useless. However, this would not be the end of Raina's career in the Corpse Brigade. Having impressed her Imperial commanders with her ferocity and unwavering dedication to the Empire, Raina's arm was replaced with a prototype Magitek prosthesis.

Raina's dedication would be further rewarded when she was recommended to the Crania Lupi, an Imperial unit of loyalist Ala Mhigan youth. She would serve as an enforcer, continuing to root out rebels and dissidents until the collapse of the Imperial occupation. Raina, along with many other members of the Skulls were rounded up and imprisoned. It was there, beaten, bruised and alone with her thoughts was when Raina finally began to see the errors of her ways. She had been a violent youth, uncaring and indifferent to her people all because they treated her differently. Though Raina saw this revelation as a sign that her time had come and she would soon be executed, Raina made her peace with Rhalgr, begging his forgiveness for the atrocities she had committed.

However her execution would not come and she found herself released after cooperating with the Ala Mhigan resistance, giving up names of any who might still be hiding. Raina was shocked by this, she had been so convinced she would be put down like the rabid dog she was. But instead, those people who had been her enemy, Ala Mhigans who had been indifferent and bitter to her, showed mercy to Raina and let her leave with her life. Still confused by the fact she had been spared, Raina would quickly depart Ala Mhigo and come to reside in Ul'dah, now living as a member of the Adventurers Guild.

Relationships

♥ Romantic Interest, ♥ Sexual Interest, ♥ Platonic Love, ♦ Good Standing, ● Neutral Standing, ↓ Poor Standing

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Platonic Love

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Neutral Standing

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Commonly heard ■ "Heard she was a bit of a bad egg back home, but she don't do much harm to anyone these days, except for the critters we send her out to pummel." - Momodi, Proprietress of the Quicksands ■ "I once had the fortune to see that woman in action I did, she was saving my arse from a pack of nasty little shites who had attacked my caravan." - Grateful Ul'dahn Trader ■ "That woman is a menace, she came into my establishment one night and managed to drink up all of my booze with a pack of adventurers." Upset Barkeep

Occasionally heard ■ "I remember seeing her get into a fight with another Ala Mhigan in the Lane the other night. I couldnt rightly hear what they were screaming about, but neither of them looked happy with each other." - Gossiping Beggar ■ "Raina? Yeah she took a few leves from me a few days back, she was bound for the Amalj'aa camp near Zahar'ak. Didnt expect to see her come back, but by the gods she did come back, with all her leves completed too!" - Astounded Levemete

Rarely heard ■ "Raina was a member of the Skulls! A former Fist of Rhalgr turned butcher! And we let her walk for Rhalgr only knows why. She should have swung for what she did." - Hotblooded Ala Mhigan Resistance Fighter

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