Rhynka Lahoka

Rhynka Lahoka
The Drifting Muse
Gender	Female
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Seeker of the Sun
Citizenship	Drifter
Age	20
Height	5'3"
Weight	125lbs.
Occupation	Performing Romani.
Combative Specialties	Pilfering, Stealth, Tracking, Healing, Dagger throwing.
Favored Instruments	Sitar, Violin, Harp, Voice.

Basic Info

Rhynka is a Miqo'te moving away from the wilds of Eorzea to gain a better understanding of city life and culture along with a small band of kin. Their nomadic band of outcasts consists of 8, 9 with the recent addition of an antsy young Tia name U'zhan. Hoping to find a harmonic existence between their own loosened traditions and that of the city states, Rhynka wishes to find prosperity along side the urbanized citizens of Eorzea regardless of race, clan or gender.

History

Chain of Past Events

I summed up the events of Rhynka's life up till the calamity, in an orderly plain fashion in minimized sections here. Any lack of description or explanation for anything listed is deliberate and intended as the knowledge is to be gained IC only.

Age 5-11

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• Safe upon her mother’s back Rhynka is carried into a small encampment of Miqo’te roaming the far reaches of the Sagolli Desert. (Age 5)
• No more than six months after her arrival Rhynka’s, mother dies not even parting so much as a name to the ones caring for her and her daughter.
• Rhynka is adopted into the tribe, stubborn about relinquishing her name for one of their own representation. Instead a variation of her true name (Unknown) and their tribe’s representing letter are combined to create the name Rhynka having no last name as her father is unknown to her and others.
• Rhynka learns to hunt and gather, adapting to the tribe’s everyday routines under the watchful eye of R’zmir Tia, alongside his younger brother (The tribe’s next chief,) R’tekh Tia.

Age 11-14

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• The young Rhynka, overly confident with a bow begins a nasty habit of compulsively running away from the tribe, adventuring as far as the southern region of the Shroud before R’zmir is able to track her down. (Age 11)
• Rhynka grows strong beside R’tekh and quickly settles into the tribe under the protection of R’khan Nunh. Her duties extend past menial every day chores to more mature responsibilities such as patrols, hunting with her tribal sisters, and some firsthand lessons on midwifing. R’tekh finds himself as her best friend but can’t seem to sway her attention from his elder half-brother R’zmir. (Age 12)
• R’tekh presents a ring of bone carved to perfectly fit Rhynka’s finger which she takes a deep fondness of and is never seen without it on. Her affections toward the physically inferior sibling remain platonic as he grows into manhood to assume the role of chief handed down to him by R’djinn upon his death bed. R’zmir’s persistence and hard headed nature toward her gravitates more youthful affection than the shy flirting of his younger brother. (Age 13)
• As tensions become more intense between R’zmir, and R’tekh for reasons unknown to Rhynka her ventures away from the tribe become more frequent. Her hunting and survival skills were honed enough to reach the high planes of Coerthas beyond the reaches of the Twelves Wood.

Age 14-15

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• The red moon appears in the sky causing discord amongst the entire tribe. R’zmir suggests venturing to the city states to learn more of this omen bringing unease to their people and to find a means to protect them. Rhynka steps in the middle of two brothers to defuse a heated argument that would have otherwise turned to violence. (Age 14)
• The sudden loss of R’khan pierces the community like a knife in the dark. Rhynka mourns his loss alongside her sisters of the tribe. They bear witness to his grand pyre burning high until first light in the morning. While many are comforted with tales R’tekh spins of R’khan’s bravery, including his mighty fall against the Sun Drakes that would have otherwise eaten R’tekh, Rhynka is unsettled by the vague outline of the story as R’tekh assumes the position of Nunh (As well as chief) under the claim it was R’khan’s dying wish.
• Rhynka’s flights away from home become near constant now, as R’tekh’s constant bids for her attention become more demanding and frequent. The growing red moon becomes a larger worry than the death of their Nunh. As people begin to go missing from their tribe they become more fearful with rumors of wrath drifting free during R’tekh’s more frequent absences to investigate on his own.

"The Calamity Appears"

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• Having dodged a coupling up till now with R’tekh due to her age, Rhynka finds herself in a heated conflict with a power tripping R’tekh as he forcibly tries to convince her to stop being a kit about her ‘duties’. She narrowly slips away as the disturbance draws the attention of a pair of her tribal sisters patrolling nearby. (Age 15)
• Not disclosing any of the details of his brother’s behavior to R’zmir or any others, Rhynka publically rejects R’tekh as Nunh should he continue to hold leadership over the tribe as well. When R’tekh refuses, Rhynka returns his childhood gift to her by throwing the bone ring in his face and losing the respect of nearly the whole tribe.
• Rhynka’s flights from home continue to be constant until she is missing for over three months, R’tekh seems unworried but R’zmir sets out to find her without his permission.
• R’zmir finds Rhynka in a deep carved cellar under the forest floor of the shroud. He also finds many familiar faces of their missing kin, as well as some new ones and a Keeper girl who Rhynka referred to as a longtime friend.
• Upon releasing the unfamiliar captives to run home the Keeper girl informs R’zmir of his brother’s secret practices away from the tribe, unable to explain why he was blind to using both herself and Rhynka’s aether for his forbidden arts. She agrees to return with them as she feels hope in swaying R’tekh from making a tragic choice.
• When the three return R’zmir is greeted with false accusations of his misdeeds to their tribe. The few of their kin clinging to life point the finger at R’tekh to clear R’zmir’s name. R’zmir turns his back on his brother to leave, saying he will take the bravest willing to follow him so they may meet the calamity looming above in hopes of saving their loved ones. Diakhan as well as her three girls and her close friend R’hama decide to go, along with Rhynka. At the thought of Rhynka and the younger girls leaving R’tekh issues a challenge to R’zmir, a fight between Tia and Nunh to the death. Bearing witness to the bloody duel between brothers Rhynka watched with a heavy heart knowing that aside from the girls being new blood R’tekh had a greedy obsession for her that ran deeper than his desire for a legacy of descendants.
• R’tekh frightens many tribesmen with a terrible display of his aetheral skills, using them mercilessly as he found himself unable to match his half-brother’s physical prowess. Rhynka’s faith in R’zmir perseveres as she bit back the urge to interfere with the sudden onslaught of treachery.
• When the duel is done, R’zmir refuses to take the final strike to end his brother; instead he turns the other cheek in favor of seeing the other’s through as promised. The small band of misfits set out to chase the red moon in the sky and face the fate that awaited them leaving R’tekh to lick his wounds with the majority who chose to stay with him.
• The party of wayward seekers navigates the shroud in the midst of chaos for an unknown period of time trying to make their way to the flats. Occasionally aiding some they pass by creating no lasting ties in their desperate push toward hope or destruction.
• Along the way they pick up a lone nomadic Seeker under the name of Konri, a tribe less lone wanderer familiar to Diakhan and R’zmir, Konri had been tracking them for over a day. Diakhan vanishes for an extended period of time along with Rhynka’s Keeper friend.
• Konri offers as many details as possible in their limited time before meeting their impending doom.
• Diakhan arrives along with their keeper comrade and a young man she only refers to as special. In the night before the cataclysm she slips away with the three girls and the young man. Rhynka’s son is fathered this same evening.

"The End of an Era"

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• A final confrontation occurs when they find themselves blocked by R’tekh and their fellow kin who had previously been rescued from the cellar. A bloody battle occurs, when R’tekh begins to feel his loss he makes a desperate move using the blood of his own brainwashed kin to bring a vicious creature from the void to finish his vengeance. (Age 15)
• R’hama dies in an attempt to interrupt his summoning. As Rhynka witnesses the completion of the summoning she is the first to realize that her old friend had absolutely no control over the being in his madness.
• Rhynka takes a full on assault from the creature aimed at R’tekh’s back, suffering three major puncture wounds in stomach, chest, and head.
• In the midst of shock from despair and regret R’tekh looks upon his lost unrequited love as he is drug into the darkness by the very being he summoned. The only trace of his presence ever being there remained in the tiny bone trinket he had made for Rhynka as a child.
• The Keeper who had cherished many years of friendship with Rhynka during her escapades to the shroud sacrifices the entirety of her aether to restore the life of her best friend. Effectively trading a life for a life the Keeper snatches Rhynka from death’s grasp just before the last rays of light consume R’zmir.
• Rhynka rises alone with the body of her beloved savior and friend lying over her. The chaos was done, and day came to touch Eorzea again. Rhynka buries her friend in a grave only marked with the Keeper’s crook, she resolves to wait in hopes that R’zmir would return again to that very spot.
• With the battle done Rhynka finds they never quite made it to their goal. She remains lost as she refuses to scout far from the area to get an idea of her location for fearing she’ll discover no one is left alive and she is the last. Rhynka keeps her sanity by keeping busy and in a short few months establishes a good long term form of shelter and locks into a routine of solitary survival.
• Rhynka’s resolve from despair occurs when the first motions of life come to her womb several months after the catastrophic night. The blessing of new life outshines the hardship that was to lie ahead giving her momentum to persevere.

"The Aftermath-Present"

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• Rhynka gives birth alone to a single son which she does not name until after his first year of life. Kamina becomes the boy’s name as it had the sound of inertia, much like the wind consistently passing through the holes in their shelter at night, giving both a sense of peace and routine normalcy. Rhynka also discovers the sound of her voice in song eases her son to sleep so effectively she can only feel it is a blessing and questions it no further. (Age 16)
• The lone Rhynka discovers she isn’t the last sentient life form in a series of traumatic events that span the next year of their lives. (Age 17)
• Rhynka and baby Kamina persevere through the random appearance of bandits and other less savory folks scavenging the area unscathed but at many high prices paid with his mother’s wisdom, strength and cunning. As the activity in the area increases Rhynka also meets and temporarily shelters more than a few along the way simply seeking signs of their loved ones. (Age 18)
• The tribal misfits are reunited and a particular group of thugs that frequented through the area in the last year demanding Rhynka provide them food and quarter when passing are permanently run off by an enraged Diakhan and a cleaver boy she called Kojin.
• Life becomes simpler for Rhynka who is pinned into a flimsy role of leadership amongst them as they wait for the return of their hero. (Age 18)
• Kamina greets a strange man brought to their camp by a blinding light with several good sized rocks lobbed at him defensively. Upon returning from her hunting trip Rhynka halts the boy and explains the unknown male is his father and the one she had been waiting for. With their shabby family complete again the band of drifters strike out to whatever destiny Eorzea has in store. (Age 20)

"So long as hope exists in just one young face, I will never stand down, and I will never surrender. This astral gift found in all young eyes blinds my tainted vision allowing me to seize head long into the umbral void undaunted by despair! Your rapture, your sorrow are mine to carry now. I will forever hold these gifts sacred and solemn as I march onto this dark era. Thank you, my friend for blinding me with the light I never knew. Azeyma keep her spirit warm, Menphina let her love not be forgotten."

Personality

Although Rhynka is open minded she is quite set in the ways of her upbringing. Though she left the traditions of old she still honors them as she can. "Tradition is to be honored for yourself, and never the deciding factor of ones destiny." Is a common explanation of her views when dealing with her own cultural barriers. She is very aware that adaptation will be necessary if she is to guide her kin from scrambling in the wilds to instead live symbiotically with the city states and their methods of law and tradition. Having the position of leader more forced than accepted by her, Rhynka often takes frequent trips into town when supplies are needed and the fat of the land is not enough to instantly provide. With this burden of flimsy leadership Rhynka usually finds herself playing the bridge between two worlds she hopes to unite for the sake of the caravan's future and her own personal sanity.

Rhynka has sticky fingers, though not greedy she brings the law of "All is fair!" from the wilds to the city as often as she needs. Rhynka and her caravan could see more value in a shipment of food than luxurious goods as a target. The Seeker also finds the act to be sporty so long as no one is harmed.

Cultural Perceptions

Since the culture clash and shock of being a tribal Miqo'te is one of the more amusing angles I look for in RP this portion will be ever evolving with IC interactions as I play Rhynka and when more information on the subject is brought to light.

Though Rhynka is trying to adapt and blend in with urban society she holds to and still honors many of her cultural ideals. Keep in mind Rhynka can be quite open minded and flexible in her beliefs even with her rigid view points on many things in the city. While she feels the city makes sane people crazy, she finds urban life to be more of a parallel mirror to life in the territories the rules change only in their wording as the concepts stay the same and one thing can stand in for another.

The concept of Gil and other currencies is easy to grasp for her, much like water in the desert whoever has it makes the rules. From what she has observed of city life, especially in Ul'dah, this rule is law. Rhynka is also against an organized army of individuals created only to police the mass majority, by this she means guards. To her guards are simply a group of dishonorable attack dogs no different than bandits, capable of doing as they please when their master is not looking, or if their master is corrupt with power themselves under the neat clean pretense of the 'greater good' for the city. In spite of law enforcement keeping 'order' from crime, Rhynka feels that total anarchy would at least put everyone on even ground and allow the strong and cunning rights to power as opposed to Gil and noble bloodlines. Even with the Nunh aspect of her culture one is not born a Nunh it is an honor they earn by risking their life.

When it comes to the idea of the Nunh position, Rhynka fears the idea of challenges toward Razamir. Though they have loosened in their own ways this is an ideal still treated with honor and respect. She constantly pushes Razamir to become stronger for reasons of love aside from sex. Even in the event of Razamir's defeat she would still carry out her "Duty" to any new Nunh, but any sentimental attachment to him or the child born of this is strictly a question of her own free will and not an obligation as her heart belongs to Razamir. The thing Rhynka truly fears is Razamir's death above all as the Nunh challenge is a fight to the death and he'd not hand her or the girls over to any miqo'te man unwilling to die for them as he is.

Rhynka's perception on men and women differ from those of the city in a few ways. A man is defined by his honor and strength as well as the responsibilities he rigidly adheres to. A woman is deemed such by giving birth, until then she is a child still as the painstaking endurance and triumph in bringing new life to a tribe is seen as a trial of womanhood in Rhynka's eyes. Even in the event that a grown miqo'te female is barren and cannot conceive Rhynka's take only varies with the girl being gifted/cursed (Depending on their views) with forever being free as a kit (child) unbound to duty or responsibility. As Rhynka gave birth to her son at the young age of 15 she sees herself as a 'young woman' but by no means a child herself.(She also was helping deliver Miqo'te babies since she was 12 so any fear behind it was dispelled before her own rite.)She can come off as rude with this view point but Rhynka does restrict these ideas in reference to her own race only, and she is quite flexible in thought with room for enlightenment or having another look at the ideal in question.

This character can also be quite superstitious on a few things in or outside of her own cultural view point. For example Rhynka truly believes that being born with miss matched eyes is a symbol of greatness be it good or evil gifted by Azeyma amongst the Seekers. The circumstances of her son's birth along side his off colored eyes cause Rhynka to be very over protective of him as she adamantly feels he is an icon of hope amidst the current umbral era over shadowing Eorzea. Rhynka also holds Menphina in high respect alongside Azeyma as the sun and moon goddesses are sisters under Althyk the keeper of time and space, there for the balance of astral, and umbral is a point of high respect for her as vital as night and day (Sun and Moon) is to Eorzea.

IC Ice Breakers/Teasers

This section is strictly OoC knowledge only to be used when:

1. Initiating RP with fresh faces interested in friendly/or-non friendly RP.
2. Reasonable (Within the bounds of another PC's personality or back-story)conversation starters during bar RP.
3. Retro RP-if there is a possible gap or vague point in her timeline to allow, so long as the the other PC's timeline allows.
4. Any ideas not listed here, PM me first and let me know what you have in mind!

• Rhynka loves animals, and has an irresistible weakness toward babies, especially baby animals (Including drakes and other dangerous things).

• Rhynka has an involuntary infatuation with anything precious and shiny. Examples: Precious gems, precious metals, precious gems and metals artistically combined are the worst!

• You may have seen her wandering the area between Carteneau Flats, Coerthas, and possibly the outer most boarders of the shroud over the 5 year time skip she waited for Razamir to return.

• Rhynka has an affinity toward string instruments and those she is unfamiliar she picks up on with ease.

• Rhynka is a story teller "Never ask a bard several questions at once unless you want a story!" is her motto.

• It is rumored Rhynka poisoned a patriarchal icon of her previous tribe.

• Rhynka hates bandits or the mentality of, any she views as scavengers preying pathetically on the weak. This can include pirates given their personalities.

• Rhynka has an unsettling feeling around highland hyurs, and exceptionally large midland hyurs of the male gender. She is good at keeping a poker face with this in public.

• Rhynka has a massive soft spot for outcasts and misfits of many varieties.

• It is rumored that "Only children and innocents can truly appreciate her beauteous voice in song."

This portion of wiki mirrors the "You may have seen me..." thread on the RPC forums or the rumors/like-dislike sections of other wikis with more flexibility implied.

Family/Caravan members

Razamir: Her beloved hero and Nunh, the individual she trusts most, and the father of her only son, Kamina.

Kamina (Age 5): Her first and currently only son, fathered by Razamir and born in a dire time of her life Rhynka views him as a beacon of hope. The child is able to get responses none other can from Rhynka. He's a total momma's boy.

Diakhan (Alt Age ??): An old friend she's known as an adult since she was a child. Diakhan is helping Rhynka tap into her hidden potential. Diakhan drives her nuts much of the time, but Rhynka respects her knowledge and wisdom, even if she can sound a bit 'touched in the head' at times. Said to be a mix of keeper and seeker most of Diakhan's looney habits and personality Rhynka just chalks up to bad breeding.

R'kimi, R'kami, R'ken (Caravan NPCs, Age 15): A set of awkwardly matching non-identical triplets that had come to the tribe after a two year long absence with Diakhan. Though it is rumored they are Diakhan's offspring Diakhan shows little if any maternal feelings toward them. Rhynka often calls them the "Brats" as she does most any child (Behaved or not).

Kojin: Nearest to Rhynka's age the young keeper of the moon, Kojin often serves as the only voice of reason when Rhynka finds herself neck deep in chaos due to their dysfunctional tribal/family structure. He is cleaver, and though he has a bit of a mouth on him Rhynka values his touch of sanity quite often.

Konri: Though he is around when he feels like it, Konri is both wise and detached from any situation happening with the caravan. Rhynka holds Konri in high respects for his carefree life style despite him being a free spirited Tia eager to trespass on any Nunh's pool of wealth.

U'zhan: The newest member of their merry caravan. Rhynka feels there is something great lingering in the young man's courage. She enjoys picking at him in an attempt to get him to leap from his comfort zone often! Even being the newest adopted member to their looney nomadic family, Rhynka has a tender spot for him as the brother she never got to bully.

Friends and Enemies

Kanko (Friend?): A cocky and fiery Miqo'te man she met in the desert during a disciplinary trial. Given the circumstances of her trial and the condition she was in Rhynka is unsure if the man was a mirage or real. "I give up! The heavens and hells arre of little sense to me rright now!" ~Rhynka

Xenedra (Friend): A charming tender at Soliloquy that Rhynka fancies to be an attractive lady, especially for a city Miqo'te.

Rakka'li (Friend): A kind Keeper boy with a horrible case of roamin' hands and rushin' fingers. Rhynka finds him charming but fears her own self control around him.

Deirdre Ta'ea (Frightening!): Though Rhynka's encounter with the woman was brief the Wildwood has left her impression burned into Rhynka's head. "Furrther prroof the city makes everryone crazy!" ~Rhynka

Side Story & Story Time RP Logs

Side Stories

Unbroken: The Timeless Promise [1]

Story Telling Logs

The Wayward Seeker I [2]

OoC Notes

• I'm usually always IC unless I have busy status up.
• Random approaches on the field are not only welcomed but craved, so please do!
• Most active ICly from dusk to dawn (mountain standard time).
• Skype name is rhynkalahoka (This will become less active after release).
• This wiki is a work in progress, so long as my character continues to grow so shall it.
• Please PM me about any typo errors, and html errors I may have missed as this is still a fresh new wiki!