Post by Xaeranni on Jan 27, 2015 16:30:40 GMT -8
First Name: Xaeranni
Last Name: Celes
Nicknames: Xae
Race: Human with a little Castanic*
Sex/Gender: Female
Age: 19
Class: Berseker
Appearance:
Xaeranni is of normal height, though a touch on the shorter end, because of her Castanic ancestry. Her hair is long, straight (but fairly fluffy and full-bodied), and a medium but vibrant orange. The young woman’s skin is quite pale, despite her bit of Castanic blood. Lastly face-wise, her eyes are a blue-gray. Since heavy armor is best suited to her axe-wielding, she wears a mix of plate and chain, with it being purple or sometimes aqua/turquoise if possible. It’s common to see Xae in tights for numerous reasons (decency, warmth, a bit of scratch protection, etc.) Although she does have to buy new ones regularly. The tights also happen to cover up her arcane scars—which are already difficult to see due to her complexion. Due to her hair’s consistency, her tiny inherited horns are also covered up. She generally dons a peaceful expression. Her body is very well-toned from climbing mountains, wielding her axe, and wearing such heavy armor.
Personality:
Xae was always very friendly and cheerful growing up, but what she considers the betrayal of her entire family… broke her a bit. She went from being simply independent to a loner. She began to distance herself from people emotionally and closed herself off, though she did eventually learn to fake something more similar to her true/old personality. Large gatherings do make her uncomfortable, as they make her feel vulnerable, and she may have to trust someone. But once someone starts talking to her in a social setting, she can appear fairly normal. When speaking to superiors and the like, Xaeranni is very proper, using words such as “Sir”, or “Miss”, or “Ma’am”. It is very difficult for her however, to be the first one to speak, as it causes her some discomfort. It is noticeable, but only if you are paying attention.
Upon getting her to open up, the female will act more like she did in her childhood—warm and friendly. Her nature simply takes some unlocking. She can also be a bit of a spitfire though, should you get her riled up by insulting and/or challenging her morals. Though if she needs to, to get the job done, she will be assertive for the time being.
Xaeranni loves the idea of love, even if she isn’t all that open to finding love for herself—even less so since her ‘engagement’, so if she sees people who have a connection, she likes to try to give a little push, sometimes even trying to search out people with such connections. Even though she can be emotionally distant at first, she is without a doubt, a romantic at heart.
Moving on, she is also generally level-headed. As touched upon earlier, Xae can be a force to reckon with when someone needs protecting. Emotionally too. Protecting the weak and innocent is one of the things she lives for. She’s righteous. Something that causes her problems though, is that she is very loyal and dutiful as well, so when duty and morals do not overlap, she is left not knowing what to do.
Also has a high tolerance for pain, is fairly intelligent, and likes cute things as many girls do.
Backstory:
One of her earliest memories was when visiting her aunt and uncle. They had a small brewery, and the child accidentally got into a large amount of Matchmaker. It was pink and fruity and seemed perfectly harmless for a child. She was wrong. VERY wrong. Needless to say, it ended poorly, and that’s why when offered alcohol, she says she doesn’t drink. Because never again. Even too much of it around, the smell will make her nauseous.
Her father was, and likely still is, a lumberjack. However when Xaeranni was ten years old, his back began to give out, so she began to assist him with is work despite his protests. Since she was busy trying to help support her mother and new baby brother, she essentially failed to develop any homemaking skills (thus why she can’t cook to save her life—save for outdoor cooking well enough to feed herself).
Upon turning seventeen, her parents started to look for a husband for her to wed, as per her father’s family tradition. There were only two ways to get out of it, the better of which was to find someone yourself before they did. Since she couldn’t, and her family was pressured to find someone from other branches of the family, they found a man whom Xae described as a misogynistic bastard. He was a higher class than they were (they were simple), and he found her mixed heritage attractive. The poor thing didn’t know what to do, and her mother and father’s hands were tied, leaving her with the less desirable option, which was still better than spending the rest of her life with such a douche, especially when he wanted her to be a quaint little housewife. That was not going to happen. She was an independent young woman. So scorned by the members of her family, she was disowned, and she in turn disowned them.
Though her last name is Celes, she never uses it if she doesn’t need to. Despite being the last name she was born with, she does not consider it to belong to her.
She set out with only a few belongings, one of which was her own personal axe. There were a lot of scary things out there she needed to defend herself from. Since Xaeranni possessed an axe, she started learning to use it for fighting a little, though she wouldn’t expand on that until after a series of odd jobs. For a little while she stayed in Lumbertown and worked at the stables, but as it became harder and harder to avoid her family, she moved to Velika and worked as a barmaid in a tavern. The drunken men were annoying, but it was enough money to support herself, so she worked there for a while. Alas, they eventually fired her for not being flirty enough with the customers. She then found a job as an assistant to a merchant, who needed help with a lot of heavy lifting. There was an assortment of other odd jobs involved, but the last one before she decided to focus more on fighting was being a secretary to a higher-class businessman. Xae got fed up with how pretentious he was, so she quit and decided to do something she’d always wanted to do, be a mercenary. She could help people that way, something she always enjoyed doing, and people were needed to explore the Island of Dawn. Exploring was also something she enjoyed, so she decided to go.
Eventually she joined a contracting company where she fostered her love of exploring until it disbanded, when she decided to put it to good use.
Area(s) of Research:
One of her biggest passions is exploring. She can chart unknown paths for new vantage points, which can be used for many reasons. Xae will also spend hours pouring over books about old ruins and ancient civilizations, and hopes to one day find something completely previously undiscovered, rather than already documented areas. Though from time to time, she does find small and mysterious traces, such as an old scroll or a pot, but no sign of anything else. She also may randomly pull a book out of her bag to read.
Xae does know how to decipher ancient texts, though she needs a lot of research material for that.
Other Skills:
-Drink Mixing: Due to the time she spent working at a tavern, as well as spending some summers at her aunt and uncle’s small brewery, Xaeranni inadvertently picked up quite a bit of knowledge on how to make various alcoholic drinks. This however, is not something she does often. Though it’s funny that she can do so, despite the fact that she doesn’t drink them herself.
-Salve Making: Since she is pretty much hopeless with magic, Xae relies on things like salves for her wounds. Because she knows various things about plants, and needs it, she can mix things up to help her heal faster. Not a master at it, but she can deal adequately with most wounds.
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Single, though not really looking.
MISC. Info:
Family lore on her mother’s side says that she is a little bit Castanic. A few generations ago, a Castanic man fled from the war, tired of it all. He eventually met a human woman, and despite the stigma, the two fell in love. The relationship was kept a complete secret, and they even preformed an unofficial wedding. However the secret began to fall apart when the woman became pregnant. She told countless lies to cover it up, and the problem would become even larger if the child did not look human enough. A girl was born, and was human looking enough for the time being. Her ears were a touch pointy, and her skin a touch orange, but as long as nobody overthought it, she was simply a bit odd looking rather than being half-Castanic. Xaeranni’s mother told her that that is where she got her name, for that was the name of the child, who was named for her father’s mother. However around everyone else, her name was Anna.
It was deeply problematic when her horns began to grow. For a while, they got away with hats, and for a while after that, they kept her hair fluffy enough to cover them. By the time she was five, there had been some very near-mishaps, and it was hard to explain to her that she couldn’t talk about daddy’s horns or her own, or why she looked somewhat different than the other children. A long talk was had until she finally understood. As well as a five year old could understand such a thing anyways. Tired of being different, she painstakingly cut off her horns leaving only stumps that could be covered with pigtails. Puberty was no picnic either, having to hide the marks showing up on her body just when she had gotten the hang of dealing with her horns that liked growing back.
Eventually most of the Castanic was bred out. Her children were paler, taller, and had smaller horns. Even more so with the generation after that. Now only traces remain, though some show it more than others, and with some, the arcane scars being the only proof. Xae herself has a few more however, though none of which will be easily discovered. And though she probably wouldn’t admit it to a soul, her Castanic ancestry makes her randomly horny sometimes.*
While she doesn't purposefully hide her Castanic ancestry, talking about it does make her uncomfortable.
Objects in Bag: Books, Climbing Rope, change of clothes, her nightie.