Vi Lindon

"It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done." – Terry Pratchett

≈Vi Harlow≈

Her hair is pin-straight and looks as if it were once styled with a blunt knife and only recently began to recover. Her hands are clad in thin silk gloves and though the right is sometimes uncovered in public, the left is not. She wears a classically subtle Azeyma Rose scent with edges of La Noscean orange and salt.

Though seldom visible, the bottom of her right shoulder blade is marked with a cowry shell tattoo in dark brown ink. The curves of the cowry shell are not entirely even, suggesting that the mark was created by an amateur.

Walking with a brisk step, there is a vague sense of restlessness and urgency in her motions. Her voice is modulated and the stiffness that sometimes creeps into it implies a thorough level of calculation.

-BACKGROUND-

The second living child of Limsa Lominsan natives Patrick and Rosa Lindon, Violet was born into privilege. By the time of her birth, the family’s shipping company Lindon Line had overcome the majority of its pirate hindrances and had acquired a strong reputation and profit margin. Though encouraged to try her hand at various professions growing up, any job she obtained was for purely recreational purposes and not monetary benefits. This lead to the development of a poor work ethic.

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Due to the family’s high involvement in trading and their devotion to Nald’thal, Vi received thorough training in the art of thaumaturgy from a young age. Perhaps because of the religious connotations, it seems to be one of few things that can raise her out of laziness. Her longest held job has been at the Arrzaneth Ossuary in Ul’dah.

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The Lindon family’s profits soon brought the interest of the Ul’dahn nobles of house Harlow and, from the age of eleven, Vi has had an engagement arranged with their son Eduard Harlow for their families' mutual benefit. However, the pair have yet to be wed.

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In recent months, Vi has transferred from the Arrzaneth Ossuary to Thal’s Respite in Eastern Thanalan. According to the Thaumaturge’s Guild, she transferred of her own volition. However, those keeping up with such locations might recognize that her tutor, Bejari Beja, has as of late conducted a series of rather disagreeable lectures on the state of learning and censorship in the Thaumaturge’s Guild. As such, there has been a shift to a more negative view of those that keep the lalafell company.

-RUMORS-

■ PC Rumors

► "Your rumor here." - Your Character If you would like to share a rumor, but don’t want to mess with the code, please contact me via one of the methods listed in OOC!
► "She used to be a lot different. Frivolous. Brighter. Wore yellow a lot. Always going on and on about the provisions of the Gods and Nald'thal's blessings. Now something's... changed her. I don't know what or how. And I don't know for the better or worse. But whatever happened... it hurt her." - Khyran Oisin
► "Her and Ed are both my friends, but they both seem so... iunno. Unhappy. Maybe not unhappy. That's the wrong word. More so... Iunno. I guess it's none of my business. I'm just worried about Ed." - Jikam Constans
► "It is always nice to meet a woman who dresses as fashionably and presents herself as well as Miss Vi does."- Lilia Lia
► "She's been an irreproachable woman of faith, however, and a great thaumaturge. A reliable character, she is. Sharp, capable, but still a little too secretive for my tastes. " - Nathaniel of Salem

■ Common Rumors

► “Heard they found her all red and dried up, few hours more and they’d have dragged in a corpse. If you ask me, foreigners shouldn’t be allowed out the front gates until they’ve had the proper education.”
► “I hear tha’ twat run her mouth ‘bout the Twelve one more time…”
► "That chocobo looks ancient, it’s a wonder the thing’s still moving.”

■ Uncommon Rumors

► “Wouldn’t think it from lookin’ at her, but the lass’s a real calmin’ influence on some folks. Seen her in action at the ossuary.”
► "The Lindon Line gal? Well, supposin’ that’s the wrong phrase for ‘er. Heard she’s the only one in the family that ain’t done nothin’ fer the business.”
► "I went to look for her at the Arrzaneth, but they said she’d been re-stationed! Can’t imagine why, she seemed so at home in the place the last we’d met.”

■ Rare Rumors

► ”Heard she not takin’ after ‘er mother. Ain’t never seen a Twelve’s blessing good as that. More gals like that one an’ the sea swallowin’ all’d be sooner than ya think."
► "I’m not so fond of that Beja she’s always with. Eccentric fellow, and not in the tolerable way.”
► "Outgrew me. That’s the way money works though, ain’t it? That’s the way buyin’ up folks works.”

-RELATIONS-

● Love ● Friend ● Acquaintance ● Family ● Poor Standing ● Other

■ Non-player Characters

● Rosa Lindon: Mother, formerly Rosa Arteaga, age 52. Former crewman for Lindon Line.

● Patrick Lindon: Father, age 67. Founder of the successful Limsa Lominsa based shipping company Lindon Line.

● Amanda Lindon: Elder sister, age 29. Storm Corporal

● Sara Lindon: The Lindon family’s second daughter and middle child, she died at a young age.

● Bejari Beja: Former Order of Nald’thal thaumaturge, tutor.

■ Player Characters (key characters or ones not included in AV-RP sheet)

● Eduard Harlow: Fiance, age 24. Sultansworn in training and son of a prominent Ul’dahn family.

● Jack Donovan: Childhood friend and dockhand for Lindon Line. The two were often seen together kicking fish bones of Limsa’s lower docks, but have since grown apart.

● Gilded Rose: Perhaps because of the sheer length of time she’s known the woman or her proximity in work to Eduard Harlow, Vi seems to trust her greatly.

● Jikam Constans: Former caravan master of the Wayfinder’s Solace, Vi always appreciated how he would look beneath the surface and beyond appearances.

● Llinos Silvernail: Though she quietly disagrees with some of the woman’s parenting choices, Vi looks up to Llinos a great deal and admires the woman’s class and dedication to family.

● Maple Silvernail: Vi has loaned the young woman books from the Arrzaneth on more than one occasion, and admires her voracity for knowledge.

● Selthrana White: A terrible pest, Vi has a low tolerance for this particular individual.

● Sindri Silvernail: Though she seems to censor herself in his presence, Vi finds the young man adorable and believes him polite beyond his years.

● Wemrys Quintos: She initially forgave the man for his spat with Eduard, but her bother seems to have resurfaced in recent months.