NAME: Rizu CONTACT:stormcoming/Discord (rizu#1098)/PM. FUN FACTS: I'm a tourism writer in Kyoto, Japan, so if I'm not rping I'm usually exploring a shrine/temple or annoyed at a ministry deadline. HMU if you need recs for your trip, lol.
CHARACTER PITCH: Essentially "cruel and cold-hearted mini boss with a dark Stockholm Syndrome backstory finally starts to learn to love and hope and de-brainwash, but because her whole life is a tragic comedy of self-sabotage failures she ruins her chance for a happy ending and has to settle for honor suicide".
Hayame is a centaur from medieval Japan who grew up as an overseer in a slavery system run by humans. She spent most of her life obsessed with becoming the strongest warrior possible in order to be sold as a warlord's horse for battle and avoid the fate of most female jinba as broodmares, mounts, or "companions". It wasn't until very recently as a POW of free-living members of her kind that she had a chance to try and envision a different future for herself... but she ruined everything with her distrust and rigid sense of honor, and now she's here and everything is Awful. She was and still is dealing with a lot of culture shock, feelings of isolation/loneliness, suicidal ideation, and struggles fitting into the Pleroma sect, which she is part of more for her hatred of the Regent and need for revenge than belief in good and hope. It's been Awful, it's still Awful... (but I really hope she can find things to make it feel less Awful).
DESIRED CR: Literally any character that ICly is patient enough to deal with her and any player who is OOCly prepared for it, lol. I'm gonna be the first to admit that Hayame can be very difficult to get along with/get to know. Some ways to maybe get off on the right hoof foot are:
↣ patient characters who won't just give up on her? ↣ characters with honor codes/warrior vibes she can grudgingly respect? ↣ characters with slavery backstories who understand some of what makes her so difficult? ↣ someone whose debt she can get in to to help her commit to sect affiliations more?
OFFERED CR: If you crave negative CR or long-burn CR, I am here for you... Hayame can:
↣ accuse your character of being dishonorable/weak/insane/etc. ↣ give them a potentially awful nickname bc she keeps not learning names or using them ↣ get into a fight with your character over almost anything (comes with optional ass stomping) ↣ be annoyed (and actually quite devestated emotionally) about being the only centaur ↣ take everything your character says wrong and be grievously offended to the point of a lifelong grudge ↣ be actually quite a good and strong ally in a fight if a character has her respect/seems capable
PLOT HOOKS: ↣ As a centaur, Hayame can't blend into the populace well, so her base of operations is Greentruth (well, the misty forest floor) ↣ Characters who spend time there probably hear NPCs talk about her like she's some sort of cryptid, she's rarely seen or heard ↣ Right now she's busy preparing for More Battle so she's looking for armorers/blacksmiths and also practicing her archery ↣ She's also doing a lot of scouting in Lohkimareen Forest, she needs a hot spring so bad ↣ Maybe she can be convinced to do Firebrand hunts... bc she is good at hunting but also painted centaurs would look cool ↣ Hayame has kind of established herself as a member of the "Aren't These Guys a Little Too Hardcore Violent to Be in Pleroma?" club, so if that's what you're into...
EVENT PLANS: Honestly things are really up in the air until more details come in, but in general, even though she thinks rescue is dangerous and a bit suicidal... she's a bit suicidal and also someone she's sworn herself to is spearheading things, so Hayame will be going to raid Achamoth to rescue the Pleroma there! So I imagine there will be changes for PvP action??? Rescues???
ANYTHING ELSE? Her opt-out post is here. If the darker themes of her canon aren't something you want to interact with, please make us of it. Also, I'm gonna pet sign shame my own character, please send helpppppppp- !
Rizu ↣ Hayame | JINBA
NAME: Rizu
CONTACT:
FUN FACTS: I'm a tourism writer in Kyoto, Japan, so if I'm not rping I'm usually exploring a shrine/temple or annoyed at a ministry deadline. HMU if you need recs for your trip, lol.
NAME: Hayame
CANON: JINBA
LEGACY: Firebrand
SECT: Pleroma (barely)
CHARACTER PITCH: Essentially "cruel and cold-hearted mini boss with a dark Stockholm Syndrome backstory finally starts to learn to love and hope and de-brainwash, but because her whole life is a tragic comedy of self-sabotage failures she ruins her chance for a happy ending and has to settle for honor suicide".
Hayame is a centaur from medieval Japan who grew up as an overseer in a slavery system run by humans. She spent most of her life obsessed with becoming the strongest warrior possible in order to be sold as a warlord's horse for battle and avoid the fate of most female jinba as broodmares, mounts, or "companions". It wasn't until very recently as a POW of free-living members of her kind that she had a chance to try and envision a different future for herself... but she ruined everything with her distrust and rigid sense of honor, and now she's here and everything is Awful. She was and still is dealing with a lot of culture shock, feelings of isolation/loneliness, suicidal ideation, and struggles fitting into the Pleroma sect, which she is part of more for her hatred of the Regent and need for revenge than belief in good and hope. It's been Awful, it's still Awful... (but I really hope she can find things to make it feel less Awful).
DESIRED CR: Literally any character that ICly is patient enough to deal with her and any player who is OOCly prepared for it, lol. I'm gonna be the first to admit that Hayame can be very difficult to get along with/get to know. Some ways to maybe get off on the right
hooffoot are:↣ patient characters who won't just give up on her?
↣ characters with honor codes/warrior vibes she can grudgingly respect?
↣ characters with slavery backstories who understand some of what makes her so difficult?
↣ someone whose debt she can get in to to help her commit to sect affiliations more?
OFFERED CR: If you crave negative CR or long-burn CR, I am here for you... Hayame can:
↣ accuse your character of being dishonorable/weak/insane/etc.
↣ give them a potentially awful nickname bc she keeps not learning names or using them
↣ get into a fight with your character over almost anything (comes with optional ass stomping)
↣ be annoyed (and actually quite devestated emotionally) about being the only centaur
↣ take everything your character says wrong and be grievously offended to the point of a lifelong grudge
↣ be actually quite a good and strong ally in a fight if a character has her respect/seems capable
PLOT HOOKS:
↣ As a centaur, Hayame can't blend into the populace well, so her base of operations is Greentruth (well, the misty forest floor)
↣ Characters who spend time there probably hear NPCs talk about her like she's some sort of cryptid, she's rarely seen or heard
↣ Right now she's busy preparing for More Battle so she's looking for armorers/blacksmiths and also practicing her archery
↣ She's also doing a lot of scouting in Lohkimareen Forest, she needs a hot spring so bad
↣ Maybe she can be convinced to do Firebrand hunts... bc she is good at hunting but also painted centaurs would look cool
↣ Hayame has kind of established herself as a member of the "Aren't These Guys a Little Too Hardcore Violent to Be in Pleroma?" club, so if that's what you're into...
EVENT PLANS: Honestly things are really up in the air until more details come in, but in general, even though she thinks rescue is dangerous and a bit suicidal... she's a bit suicidal and also someone she's sworn herself to is spearheading things, so Hayame will be going to raid Achamoth to rescue the Pleroma there! So I imagine there will be changes for PvP action??? Rescues???
ANYTHING ELSE? Her opt-out post is here. If the darker themes of her canon aren't something you want to interact with, please make us of it. Also, I'm gonna pet sign shame my own character, please send helpppppppp- !