Xifang "Crimson"
 Xifang Crimson
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 "Crimson" | |
| Race | Hyur |
| Clan | Midlander |
| Citizenship | Ul'Dahn |
Contents
Character
General
Xifang is in her late teens and a bit of a nosy, hyper active brat. The youngest child of a very large, relatively wealthy family she’s always trying to show off and get attention some way or another. She has a comical fear of chocobos. She claims they look “untrustworthy”.
Appearance
Xifang is the shortest member of her relatively tall Hyur family- a fact that would irk her if she didn’t find herself often in the company of people just as short, if not shorter, than she is. She’s also got a much, much smaller chest than the other female members of her family and that fact DOES irk her as one of her favorite places to visit is the beach and there are often tons of sexy ladies there with their cups spilling over. She’s not so much interested in wearing clothes that are comfortable or that protect her that well as she is interested in anything that makes her “look cool”. The biggest slap in the face for her is that she cannot find clothes that let her gather or craft while looking cool. (I’d like to come up with some IC reason she does mining and goldsmithing when she normally would not. Punishment? Same for the clothes)
Behavior
She is extremely extroverted and nearly as self-centered. She doesn’t mean any ill will at all; in fact, she desperately loves meeting new people and becoming friends with them. It’s just that she views each interaction from her own perspective and can be something of a bully at times by forcing people to dance with her, give her directions to parties, hang out with her, etc. And, really, it’s the social events she’s most interested in. She has a ton of rage and ire for the events that have transpired lately that make this world harder for her to have a good time in, and as a result is truly dedicated to seeing things get better so that she can go back to her happy, peaceful, slacker existence. That said, the laziness is a part of her and sometimes she shirks duties just to run off and hang out with people in a new location. The great news (for her) is that she’s also extremely optimistic that her talents will have a meaningful impact on the world (read as: over confident). She rarely worries that she won’t make it out of some terrible situation or another on top. She also rarely worries about her friends either because she’s certain they’re just as on top of things as she is. She also cannot say no to a lot of dares. If she’s given a venue to show off and then someone suggests that she can’t do something she has this pressing and urgent need to show them wrong immediately. This causes a lot of problems.
Combat
General
Xifang is a pugilist. She plans on becoming a monk. She doesn’t really have the discipline, per se, to be a monk by the common definition but she’s not really worried about it. If there’s a problem with her becoming a monk, she assumes the problem is with the teachings and not with her. She can do it her own way. Should a thief or ninja class ever open itself she’ll likely go into that.
Tendencies
Likes
- Herself
- Other people who like her
- Parties, social events
- Eating
- Meeting strangers
- Getting people out of their shells
Dislikes
- Boring, stuffy people
- People who don’t like her
- Tedium, normal jobs
- Ghosts, undead, creepy, gross things
- The untrustworthy look in a chocobo’s eyes when she gets on its back
- Being told she can’t do something
- Being told to settle down or be quiet. She is told these things quite often.
Hobbies/Talents
- Meeting people and, often, getting them to behave in outlandish ways with her
- Goldsmithing. She has a talent for it, it makes her money and she hates it. She just needs the money for her party crashing, travel habit.
- She’s very athletic.
Other
- Xifang’s philosophy is that this world is broken and messed up and that sitting around feeling sorry for ourselves or focusing too hard on the past isn’t going to make it at all better. When things are dark, you turn on a light. She thinks that optimism, social engagements, laughter and any combination of positive social interaction is absolutely necessary in those times. In fact, she really despises how frequently she’s told that she should be more serious and that she’s got the wrong idea. People who are refuse to put down their guard and have a good time are the ones that have it wrong in her mind. “You’ve got to remember what it is that you’re even boringly plodding along trying to protect so hard. It’s all the good in the world. You should go see some of that good sometime!”
Relationships
Family
Xifang is the seventh and last child of a very large family. She often felt overlooked as one sibling after another had some great accomplishment or another- whether it be militaristic, crafting or scholarly. There wasn’t a lot of room for her to figure out what fantastic contribution she was going to make for the family, so she decided that whatever she felt like doing at a given time she’d “blow them all away!” with how fantastic she was at it. She spent a lot of time studying various pursuits just to make her family notice how awesome she was. She still does this; she still has a chip on her shoulder about proving that she can excel at things. Any things. All of her siblings are female except for one older brother, Celtis, who she really adores… partially on account of how much he doted on HER. He’s a bit of a black sheep in the family though and hasn’t been seen in quite some time.
Friends
She claims to be friends with everyone who takes any kind of a liking to her. She’s currently quite close to Latrans Adustus… who she also mocks mercilessly (and mocks her back just as mercilessly).
Enemies
Boring, stuffy, mean people who won’t dance with her. Aside from that, all the horrible monsters in the world. No specific person.
History/Timeline
Five years ago Xifang was only about 13 years old. Her experience and viewpoint of how the world has changed is very different than for other people she’s met who remember, clearly, all the things that led up to it and feel the effects much stronger. ((I’m certain it’s had an effect on her family but I need to flesh that out more))
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