Rust away, runaway.
Where should we go?
✦ profile ―
Name: Alun
Age: 27
Height: 4′9″
Gender: Female
Nameday: 31st Sun of the 5th Umbral Moon
Race: Au ra, Xaela
Sexuality: Pansexual
Marital Status: It's complicated
Languages: Common, Xaela, and Hingan; broken Ishgardian
Distinguishing marks: Two set of horns reminiscing of Nidhogg.
Scars all over her body and tail.
A strange sword that sports the design of both Garlean and Dalmasca.
Despite being a child of the Steppes, Alun has no love or consideration for her homeland - leaving those grounds many cycles ago, she is a well-traveled sellsword who has seen many sides of what life can offer. Being in a few places after running away from the northern mountains of the Steppes, she has been under the experience and care of sky-pirates, to a twisted and gilded cage in Hingashi, and in assisting Ishgard all shaped her into a somewhat skilled fighter, almost soldier-like once in the field. She will take any kind of work, though the usual vary between taking both official and unofficial hunts and work, or any other service that pikes her interest or can test her abilities. - she will easily hear your request for the right price.
Seemingly bobbing between emotions, the Xaela is often soft-spoken and quiet, matching her monotone voice following a cold, focused personality. However, often there will be a quick shift into grins and prod, whilst often being rude - she is terribly curious and cautious both when it comes to strangers. It's difficult to tell her true intent or feelings on a matter based on word or expression alone, despite her sarcasm and playfulness remaining. Still, her mannerisms are quite easy to read if you know where to look, behind practiced expressions is... a tail! She can't really hide most of it if you get the habit of reading her through her tail instead.
Despite all these years of traveling, her wanderlust has still found no rest as she still keeps exploring whenever she can. The usual stress and movement when living in an airship, along with the training in Kugane and the chaos of Ishgardian conflicts have given her a particular taste for adrenaline, where she doesn't feel too comfortable standing idle for too long, though she still appreciates the small, lazy moments she can get.For that reason she can often be seen traveling, making monsters into food, experimenting with herbs & flora, or fiddling with mechanical gadgets often of Garlean nature.
| Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|
| Drinking | Mages |
| Tinkering | Religion |
| People-watching | Xaela |
| Magitek | Forgiving |
| Sparring | Red |
Rumors
"Aye, I've seen that Xaela around. She makes frequent visits to a local clinic - seems like she got a nasty wound during the Steel War." — Temple Knight
"Did you hear? There's word of a monster up in the mountains that wards off anyone that goes there. I think there's something up there its after - for a beast to live in such a place." — Superstitious Geiko
"We saw an Au ra with four horns roaming back in distant posts... She seemed to be just scavenging and ignored us, but we heard the soldiers around weren't as lucky." — Garlean Refugee
✦ appearance & gallery ―
Alun is a rather short Au Ra, toned despite her small frame, adorning her head are four horns that point inwards, the top-left one seems to have a crack that looks bigger every now and then. She seems to have way more scales than usual Au Ra and her tail is equally longer and larger. She has long dark blue hair that's kept in a braid most time, though it's not unlikely to see it lose or kept in other fashions if the occasion calls for it. Her eyes are of gold, amber-like iris’, with bright yellow limbals that contrast with a black sclera. She seems to have her hands and wrists always covered in bandages. Multiple parts of her body seem scarred here and there, but it is a bit rare to see the Xaela displaying much skin save for her arms or shoulders.
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✦ hooks ―
As mentioned before, Alun is a well-traveled character. As such, she may have more hooks than listed below - meaning she can bounce off easily with the hook of other characters due to her own past-experiences or time spent in different regions; I am ALWAYS down to discuss ideas and potential hooks between out characters!Most of her hooks are easy to access, some are bit more specific but never out of reach. The amount of ◆ determines which ones are more specific.Some of the hooks not mentioned here that could be discussed;Decaying Health, aimed at characters involved in healing, medicine, or with a keen either for either.Omenborn, centered towards Xaela OR religious characters regardles of which deity they follow.Infamous Vessel, for any character involved in the war with Garlemald OR from the East.
Xaela Runaway ◆Alun has fled the Steppes for some reason, which has caused to be wary of her kin. You may have recognized the once-scrawny Xaela, or simply got the shorter end of her distaste for her kind.
Reckless Magicks ◆For those with a sense for aether, it is easy to say that Alun's aether is more abundant than the average person. Also plain in her every use of magick, or if you catch a glimpse of the scars of her arms - the marks of aether bursting through the skin. There is no effort to conceal either of these, thus making it easy for anyone looking to exploit or research such fountain of aether.
Wanderer ◆Alun has been and seen many places, never staying in one place for too long as her residence is Etheirys itself. It's not hard to see or hear about the four-horned Xaela, from the East to the West, land or skies - along with her feats and connections with others.
Former Skypirate ◆◆Before this current lifestyle, Alun was under the wings of strange pirates that often negotiated with Garleans, doing all sorts of jobs that stained her far too much, she has a story and an acquired taste for it, which caused her a certain need for being stronger, and putting herself in any form of danger.This is an easy hook for any character related to piracy, crimes or Garleans - she has spent many years flying across Etheirys with sordid sorts & thus any scenario MAY work, if discussed.
Curiosity over morals ◆Alun's curiosity knows no bounds, and she won’t hesitate to take a reckless decision to see or try something new - good or bad, she will gladly get herself involved if it piques her interest.
Yet another sellsword ◆Years of traveling honed her skills moderately in many aspects - enough to warrant her a small reputation as a hunter; official or not. She is not beyond your minor tasks either, willing to do ANY kind of job - be as a bodyguard, courier, escort, etc. Any odd job, as long as there is some kind of pay, she will be interested.
Steel War ◆◆Alun was part of a long conflict in Ishgard, the cold lands were at war with its neighboring beastmen, the Ixal. The Xaela was but one of the many hired swords to aid in their conflict, which cast a different light on herself, and on the Ishgardian ways in her eyes.ANY Ishgardian or Ishgard-related character from ANY background can interact with Alun and this hook - the Steel War was a LONG community-driven campaign that has opened many hooks in that region.
Hidden lair ◆◆◆Hidden in the mountains near Kugane is the scorched ruins of what once was an extravagant building, repurposed now to become a lair coated in strange rumors for the Xaela - comfortable but isolated.It takes a bit of a hike, but anyone can reach the place - at their own risk.
✦ ooc ―
Hello, I'm Shizu!Alun is an old-ish, well-traveled character and most themes can work quite easily with her, though saying that, darker themes will often be where she will most likely be. However, there is room for some light-hearted stuff regardless.I enjoy discussing head-canons and building up things to RP, establishing certain plots or interactions beforehand is fine too but I do prefer roleplaying it out and letting it flow however it goes naturally for our characters, as I am looking for any kind of interaction with Alun.For the sake of the themes played, and my own comfort, I'd like to maintain interactions and RP with people only 21+.I am a para-roleplayer but I can, and most likely will adjust & mirror my RP partner.I’m online most of the day(GMT-3) but due to IRL circumstances, RP often has to be scheduled with me!Feel free to throw me a message so we can talk about our characters and see when and what we can do with them!I do both discord and in-game RP, but please have in mind that English is not my first language, and I can be a bit slow while RPing in-game. Please bear with me or let’s just do Discord instead.You can contact me in-game (Alun Ura, Balmung), or tumblr (alun-ura). Discord upon request.