Hypatia (and Lin!)

Muscular mom (and clever kit)
A Final Fantasy XIV RP carrd

By the counter, a massive viera peers through the window, lost in her thoughts. She gets back to her senses upon hearing the footsteps, turning her peridot eyes on the newcomer.

“Sup'"”

A lass of few words it seems...She gets back to her ruminations, drink in her large hand. She still give the stranger a glance time to time, though. Maybe she expects them to break the ice?

Status : very sparsely used

Hypatia of Dalmasca

Basics

First name: Hypatia
Last name: Pavoisdor
Age: 25 years
Race and clan: Viera, veena woman
Nameday: Second Astral moon, 15th sun
Birthplace: Dalmasca Kingdom
Citizenships: Dalmasca
Home: Rabanastre
Patron deity: God of Light (dalmascan deity)
Echo affinity: "T'is fookin' complicated"

Physical

Height: 7'6.7"
Sizes: cracks her fists "Wanna die?"
Build: buff giantess
Scars: many battle scars, on her arms and legs mostly.
Notable features: Missing tip on her right ear, freckled, myopic as f*ck

Aetherical

Elemental affinity: Omni, slightly more affinity to Fire
Aether concentration: absurdly high
Aether flow: extremely powerful but raw, dissonant... Artificial

Sentimental

Orientation: unknown
Interest: unknown
Relationship status: single

Professional

Occupations:
Dalmascan Knight squire
Clan innkeeper helper
Occasional sellsword
Mom
Favored weapons: Battle axes, swords and shields, fists
Job crystal: none

Like:

  • Her precious daughter. Above all. If you make her cry, she'll tear you apart. Really.

  • Mead, the true friend of a worn out mom. Whiskey.

  • Cleaving weapon, but content with any blade if it's badass. Amal'jaa design is a good scale to define "Badass as f*ck".

  • Cats, in all their forms and shapes. Includes coeurls, miqo'te, hrotgars.

  • Brawling and fighting. She can't help herself grinning in a tough battle.

  • Singing, memento of a too short childhood. Scarcely used aside helping her child to sleep with lullabies or Dalmascan war chants

Dislike:

  • Garlemald. Garleans. Anything remotely close to the fallen Empire. Ironically enough, garlics too.

  • Getting hit on, womanizers. Doesn't apply to cat boys, or after enough drinks

  • Puns on her hair color. Call her "carrot" to meet your god

  • Needles, any form of medical check. A pinch when your job implies lot of ass-kicking and sometime getting your ass kicked.

  • Long, scholarly discourses and smooth talk. "Keep it direct 'n' simple Byregothdamnit !!"

  • Seeqs. Dirty treacherous frogs (an insult to them).

  • Lemon meringue pie. This is not allowed in her house, to her kit's dismay.

  • Not really into wine, despite her hometown being one of this Star's most famous wineyard

Languages:

Dalmasca - fluent with marked coast side accent
Vieran – fluent with strong accent
Eorzean - fluent but even stronger accent
Mhigan - few words

Nature:

From all her height and musculature, Hypatia can easily be seen as an intimidating figure. Yet, this very straightforward gal with marked accent easily warms up and engage conversation when met in bars. What would be the point otherwise?Despite her rather rugged character on the outside, she's definitively of good nature. She might pester, even throws barbs, but in the end always offer her help to those she deems in need -and deserving it-.If there is time to jest and blunt truths thrown in one's face, this redhead also knows what requires a life by the blade. In the action, she's most of the time silent and extremely focused. Her words often sounds like orders then, an habit kept from her time as sprout-keeper.Be it through job or her devoted maternal duties, Hypatia fully embrace her protective nature. She believes the only viable reason for the strong to exist in society and not turn into monsters is to protect the weak. If order is necessary, breaking laws to hunt the evil and the wicked is perfectly acceptable to her, and so is to kill.

CLASSIFIED: subject Beta01 performance sheet

[Classified data from burnt notes retrieved by the Twin Adders in Castrum Abania]

Characteristics summary: Test subject Beta01 is a viera teen acquired by the XIIth legion in Dalmasca. Ascendancy research points out exceptional constitution and height inherited from its genetrix. Attempt to secure the later failed. Presents an aether core density anomaly 161.5% above average. Suitable for intensive experimentation.Behavior: Subject proved to be uncooperative at first. Introduction to Beta02 secured efficient leverage. Staff injury and replacement rate halved. Surprisingly, Beta01 displayed maternal behaviour after experimentation #105 despite reaching puberty very recently. Hypothesis: first resonance awakening and high stress coping mechanism created cognitive dissonance

General assessment: Beta01 is the first test subject surviving multiple essence grafting. Aether core abnormality credited as main factor, alongside the nature of the inherited capacity: auto-regeneration. Beta01 body is subject to intensive degradation from the aether grafts. Test subject is a failure. Recommendation : stabilizing the process on a single resonance procedure
Beta01 is stable on a passive state. In awakened state, body stress translate in a progressive crystallization starting from hair and other keratinous tissues before gaining limbs. Past 10mn, auto-regeneration fails to restore a growing portion depending the time spent on the awakened state. Beta01 is capable of reaching overcharged state for a brief period before undergoing dramatic of limbs and organs crystallization. Strength output is on par with the eorzean eikonslayer data gathered so far, minus the drawback of a frenzied state. Presence of Beta02 seems to mitigate to an extent behavioral and physical deterioration in this state.
Conclusion: inapt for deployment, retrofitting deemed too costly. Test subject to be terminated after all relevant data collected.

Resonances acquired

  • Passive capacity : auto-regeneration

  • Passive capacity : dramatic strength enhancement

  • Unconfirmed : high-output aetherweaving (subject learning capacity : awful)

  • Active capacity : aether tracking

Capacities specs
Auto-regeneration: abnormal cell division rate and overall metabolism acceleration, further increased in case of physical injury. Severed parts don't regrows. Severed limbs reattached are restored to a functional state. Exogenous body part grafts are rejected. Bolstered antigen response efficient against most pathogenic exposures
Increased physical prowess: directly tied to aether augmentations, Beta01 display abnormal strength compared to its already high natural output. Further increased in awakened and overcharged state, at the cost of body integrity. Warning : in passive state, brief spike of strength tied to emotional state necessitate reinforced containment protocols.
Aether tracking: latest capacity graft, manifesting only in awakening state. Beta01 is able to visualize faintest aether trace left by organic and inorganic target unless highly disturbed environment. As side effect, Beta01 seems to perceive aether signature from living organisms in her direct vicinity during its passive state

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EMERGENCY. All non-combatant personnel has to evacuate the facility. Order to terminate remaining test subjects

Story

[This page is for you dear reader to get an idea of the character's theme. If you want to avoid spoiler, smash that back button ! Warning : Meta is a risk of getting bnnuy bite] !
[DISCLAIMER: contains very mature themed parts, reader discretion advised.]

[Pre-ARR to ARR] Childhood in occupied lands

Lil'patia was born and grew by the outskirts of Leà Monde outskirts, acting as capital city for the occupied Dalmasca Inferior. Her mother, Erin aka "The butcheress", used to be a feared clan warrior for decades if not a century before the Kingdom of Dalmasca fell to the Garlean Empire. Her gigantic frame and build, then the aura of a surviving veteran from the Nalbina Fortress disaster made her a trusted figure to the many refugees coming from Rabanastre's destruction. Still clinging on the way of her former tribe, Hypa never knew her sire, spending her early years around the clan tavern surrounded by picturesque vineyards making her playground.Despite the relative status quo between occupation authority and the surviving elites and clans, life was not that pleasant under Garlean's boots. Hypa rarely knew hunger, but saw violence and unfairness early, the rancor and resignation in adult's eyes. Still, she was as playful and enthusiast a kit can be, already showing respectable height for her age - having an ogre as mother does help - . Very often, other children of all tribes growing around were seeking her when in troubles. It made the kit proud and protective... And innocence loss all the hardest.The arrival of a new legatus turned the already bleak situation for Dalmascan into a crushing one. With increased resources taken to be funnelled into the war with distant city states, hunger riot gathered. Only to be violently repressed with magiteck weapons, turning Leà Monde's streets into urban warfare chaos as it turned to full uprising. Erin's clan took the side of their fellow denizen, loosing most of its members standing for their convictions. Even now, Hypatia can recollect vividly her first encounter with death, the flames of burning buildings, her bloodied friend refusing of waking up. The seeds of hatred gained than night soon to bloom.It wasn't the end for Erin, her weeping child and the few surviving clan member escaping the city. With few other choice left, they joined one of the many, but unorganized resistance cells in hiding through the fallen kingdom. The child was trained thoroughly, if not beaten into shape as a teen warrior. Still in the shadow of her giant and renowned mom, she nonetheless started to prove her mettle in guerrilla. In the promiscuity of an clandestine life, she learned to rely on her battle brothers and sisters coming in all forms and shapes, from the reptilian bangaas to the leonid hrotgars, but also allied beast tribes. Up to this day, those rough years of sweat and blood has lasting influence on her character. Her childish pride was tamed by the grim reality of inflicted death. But history was bound to repeat itself.

[HW to StB] The horror

What was supposed to be an pretty mundane supply convoy disruption turned into a nightmare. Most likely betrayed by a mole in their rank, the resistance was expected by armoured infantry from the XIIth legion. The battle turned into a slaughter, Hypatia fighting valiantly, even taking a magiteck armor by herself. Seeing her close comrades bathing in their blood made her succumb to frenzy, especially how intimate she was with one of them. Lost in her bloodlust, she failed to retreat when her mother made an opening to escape. Erin could only watch with pained rage her only daughter encircled and brought down.The fate awaiting Hypatia was perhaps worst than death. She came to her sense surrounded with few other prisoners on an airship, tied but patched up. When pushed out of the landed ship like cattle is the landscape made her realize how dire her situation was. She wasn't in Dalmasca anymore and so any chance to be rescued. Those mountain of pinkish rocks were unknown to her, the winds dry but far colder.Inside the facility of black steel and tunnels, she was subject of humiliating examination, be it from people in lab coats or passing through ominous machines. She couldn't understand the language of her enemies, but knew they found some interest in her by how they put her aside the rest. Then a pureblood third-eyed man came, looking at her like he would for an ant. Only his hyur assistant spoke her few words in eorzean "You're now Beta01"A chill crept on her spine from her humanity denied, but soon replaced by scorching hatred for her jailers when thrown in a white cell with reinforced doors. For she wasn't alone inside. No monster nor warmachina, but a shivering form curled into a corner, scared and miserable, so tiny... A kit of her kin, jet-black hair and jade eyed. A toddler of barely few years, treated with the little consideration reserved for a lab rat. Beta02 was inscribed on the nameless child's collar. Saying she was shaken to the core was the worst kind of understatement. With ferrous taste in her mouth from the self-inflicted bite to keep rage at bay, Hypatia slowly approached the child to take it in her arms. By the simple contact of the desperate kit trying to hide in this embrace, she knew she /had/ to protect it. No, /her/.But this vow would prove hard to keep, the two separated from each other several times a day for experiments. Physical and medical tests, often painful, were only premises of something darker. One day, the two of them were brought to a large room with other prisoners. In front of them, a gigantic device covered in ominous sarcophagus-looking pods. All unfortunate souls brought here were crammed in under her increasingly scared gaze... Until only the two veena remained. They were finally pushed at the structure's top, haunted by the pleas and weepings. Strapped on metal beds next to another, they could only share a look before the word turned to blinding light and excruciating pain. /Something/ was poured into their being brought to the point of rupture, in a deafening concert of dying screams.Both Viera awakened in their cell, with only bleak hard biscuits as only comfort. Pain lingered, like molten lava running though her veins. The kit she named Lin -after her lost more-than-comrade Linkuen- was crying in pain, nothing she could do to alleviate. After this terrible day, their torments only got worst, the very notion of time fading in the cell cut from the outside world. Sound it became obvious they were turned into /things/, monsters for the hated enemy to experiment on. She became way stronger, to the point of dreading holding Lin in her arms and hurting her involuntarily. She wasn't sure at first, but it also seemed she recovered far better from the beatings and mistreatment called "experiments"......And mutilation. Her ear was cut, her arm severed without any sedation then reattached, stabbed, burnt... Her only glimpse of comfort was Lin escaping this kind of torture. The alteration the kit suffered was different, with the surprising fast growth of her intellect ; soon she managed to talk to "Mama", then their jailers... But it did little to improve their condition. At least she got names, those of Hypa sworn to kill one day. The cold woman overseeing their suffering was known Ariadne lux Livana, working for the root of all evils here, Aulus mal Asina. From what the increasingly smart kit could tell Hypa, they wanted to give power to the magic-less third eyed people, and make both of them powerful enough to kill the person keeping countering the Empire's plans. They were made weapons.Hypatia couldn't give up to despair, especially with the kit increasingly behaving like being her own. Since the first time they were put in the hellish machine, she could feel increasingly tied to her by a connection she couldn't put words on it. Affection, however, was genuine. Deep inside, she knew she needed the child as much she needed her.

[StB] A storm of blood

Almost two years passed, Lin's growth being the only clue for Hypa a certain time must've passed. Experiment continued, with one more trial by the "resonance machine". A term Lin caught from the research team, since she was now perfectly fluent in garlean. However, the beating from Ariadne came to an halt, after Hypa almost but ultimately failed to kill her in a parody of duel she often forced her into. At least she had the satisfaction of thinning the guard retinues, especially those foolish enough to enter their cell without the usual display of force.The grim routine of their existence changed in the span of few weeks. Initial rumors of a new front near grown steadily day by day in a tense atmosphere filling the complex they were held into. Then finally, in a fateful night, the usually cold order ruling the place shattered in the sounds of ringing alarms. Hypatia held tight /her/ child as faint tremors of distant explosions shook their cell. The occupiers were under attack, and hope grew in her they had a chance to be rescued... Only to be crushed away by screams and laughs.Her instinct -or was it the modifications?- felt the danger before it presented to them, their cell door violently opened. Guards in black and red, but heavily armed, far more than the usual. Their blades were drenched in crimson, their firearms still hot... And the grins of madmen on their face. Hypatia only had the time to cast Lin behind her before they were on her. If she managed to neutralize couple of them, their were simply too many, armored fists and stabs in her legs soon beating her into submission.[WARNING EXPLICIT VIOLENCE AND TORTURE AHEAD]The redhead at their mercy, they teared down the medical gown covering her... Lin could only watch in terror, then faint as her mother was gruesomely assaulted by the men. She was spared seeing the leader taking a dagger to stab the woman where their flesh did so minutes prior. But as a monster in men cloths approached the kit with a predatory smile, hells came for them allThe defiled viera dressed in her blood was standing once more, her traits deformed by feral rage and eyes glowing red of frenzied aether. Barehanded, unflinching from the stabs closing down by themselves, she teared up every one of the guard in the cell, then any one stupid enough to come close from the slaughter. Silence came back only when no one were left alive to be a threat for the kit. Only then Hypatia's awakened resonance receded, her regenerative factor unable to keep on against her too many wounds, especially the internal ones. Lin awakened in this nightmare, her dread focused on the unconscious and dying viera. Trying pointlessly to wake her up, the kit wept while voices came from the corridor.Resistance and allied troops finally reached the cell blocks turned into a desolation, prisoners slain and the women abused beforehand. Muffled child cries hurried them toward a peculiar, reinforced cell, only to find the scene of bestial carnage. A shivering kit covered in blood was trying to awake the inanimate naked body of a woman critically wounded... and completely covered in crimson.

Requiem
Credits: Scarchou

After the horror came the anguish of a weeping little girl seeing the squad medic struggling to stabilize Hypatia. Then the hands trying to put her away from her mother, clinging on this inert arms like her life depends on it. Then the bumpy transport in the carriage, the blinding, aggressive sunlight she experienced for the first time as far as she could remember it. The noise was painful as they traversed a big city littered with rumbles and destroyed warmachinas.Only by the doorsteps of Ala Mhigo's campaign hospital her cries completely died. A tall men with pointy ears looked at her with pity, then mumbles strange words putting her in a sudden drowsiness.Two alliance surgeons, Eleux Teria and M'einhar were on duty when the transport from Catrum Abania busted through the plaza. Seeing the dying viera and her crying daughter, the Elezen's reflex as a father was to spare the child further distress with a sleep spell. His determination and skills combined to his friend's managed impossible and save Hypatia's life, helped by her uncanny resilience. It still took six tense hours to the already worn out men, literally collapsing on the floor once sure she was out of danger. They prevented one more child to be orphaned, a small victory in this bloody war already claiming too much parents.Eleux's hunch about the anomalous aether measurement, then very fast recovery rate were soon confirmed. Investigation teams sent to uncover what the Garleans didn't had time to destroy found half burnt documents regarding "Beta 01 and 02 experiments". A mention of their tribe was enough to link the findings to his patients. And so, the elezen had now to deal with military authority wanting them locked away and interrogated. The troubles made by the now awakened "mother" didn't helped: a male nurse was tending to Hypa when she came to her senses... Then almost got clubbed to death with her drip pole.The surgeon genuine empathy for the two young viera faced (and his saintly patience) made him petition fiercely against any more form of captivity. He was also now fairly certain Lin and Hypatia weren't actually blood related, but the last willing to deny their symbiotic relationship. They were perhaps experimental weapons, but he could only see two deeply traumatized young patients. In fact, Hypatia was still in a deep state of shock, only reacting oh so little to the contact of her child. Her lesions was enough for him to guess what happened in that cell, and allowed only female staff tending to the two. His kind heart was definitively hurt by seeing the kit crying while eating a fresh fruit for the first time.Gaining substantial support among the other medical staff and his connections within the alliance, Eleux made his best to protect Hypa and Lin from being only seen as a potential threat. In the end, he obtained the responsibility to assess if they could be rehabilitated as proper citizen in Gridania, with the Adder keeping a close eye to them. As Ala Mhigo people could finally enjoy they recovered freedom, the Elezen headed home with the troops. His wife and own kids were happy to see him back and well... And made quite warm welcome for the reserved vieras he brought in his own home.

[ShB] Difficult (re)learning

Being treated as human once more (or the first time for Lin) was a destabilizing experience for mother and kit. It took weeks for Hypa to accept the idea there wasn't any hidden agenda or an elaborated deception involved, only genuine benevolence. Her daughter however happily discovered the simpler, and much merrier existence a child could pretend to. Which, in turn, helped her mother to gradually warm up. Gridania was far from what she knew of a city, and with very different culture than her own. Still, despite some glances at her unusual features, she found the people pretty comprehensive, thanks to Eleux. When she started to voice the need to cover her and Lin's needs by herself, he introduced Hypa to the local adventurer guild. Here, the redhead's obvious martial skills and the absurd strength she shown earned her a test as rescuer for the many young adventurers the guild trains.Despite critics for her lack of sociability and teamwork, her initial commendable results assured her a full-time job. It earned her enough for her to finally rent a small apartment, and taking care of Lin as a true parent. Alas, it came to the price of being separated from each other the day if not longer on peculiar mission. Lin struggled to accept that at first, and so was it too for Hypatia, even if better concealed. Still, the child's growing curiosity for school where all her playmates intended helped. And soon, the lil' viera proudly made her debut in classrooms.Hypatia gradually became more sociable to her colleagues, especially with the dreaded Mioune actively making sure of that. With more and more sprouts rescued by her hands, she also started to earn small reputation of a guardian. She could see herself getting used to this tiring, but relatively peaceful lifestyle as single mom... Even if she was yet to celebrate her eighteenth nameday that would make her fully adult by the local law.

Sprout keeper
Credits: @gamerjje (X)

[ShB - EW] The price of innocence

Yet, this new existence wasn't without hurdles. Still inexperienced mom, she founds out raising a kit alone was perhaps the biggest challenge she'd ever face. Hopefully the smart child was by some aspects more autonomous than the norm, but also give her "mama" the usual trouble. Hypa lost count of garments the adventurous kit torn, or the cookie jar going empty far quicker than it should... Work, then maternal duty left her with chronic lack of sleep.Hypatia perhaps candidly believed she could keep what happened in Ala Mhigo in the past and nightmares. She was alas proven wrong, It came at first as harmless signs, such as Lin's complain about how boring the school was. Then being summoned couple time about her daughter being found escaping the teacher's attention and breaking in libraries, bet it public ones or in private houses.Then, it became more apparent something was amiss. On duty, a peculiarly tough voidsent fiend lurking in mhachi ruins forced her once more into her resonant awakened state. Under the few surviving sprouts' shocked sight, she displayed bestial if not euphoric violence, tearing down the creature limb by limb. Left unsettled by the experience of loosing control so badly, she came back only to find Lin sick with strong fever hopefully cured in a matter of days. The kit then confessed being strangely aware of what happened to her mama... And them blown up a window by accident in the same week with an uncontrolled pulse of wind aether. Without any kind of focus than herself, Lin manifested magick for the first time.Her pressing eagerness to harness this novelty caused Hypa many domestic damages and increasing complain from the neighborhood. More pressing concerns came from the recurring push of fevers hitting her daughter... An hard discussion with Eleux confirmed her inner dread. The alterations suffered from Garleans were manifesting in her child, as her own started to show concerning signs of instability. This unusual activity also brought unwanted attention from the Twin Adders, discreetly monitoring the small family. After a tense meeting with an high-graded, Hypa and Eleux were left with an ultimatum to manage the situation.Adders' eyes had yet to realize exactly how potent Lin's magickal potential was, but it would not stay as such for long. With little choice left, and to child's glee, Hypatia began searching for a private tutor. By a strike of luck, Hypatia was directed toward a freshly graduated arcanist doctor in a tavern she stopped time to time. Initial contact went well enough for the said doctor, a blue-haired miqo'te named D'rannha, accepted to meet Lin.Soon the kit was all about her "teachah", eagerly listening to her lessons and devoring books. The scholar hailed as prodigy found her match with this very young student. In couple months, Lin understood the foundations of arcanima, displaying a prowess initiate usually harnessed by years of hard work. But it still wasn't enough for the knowledge-hungry kit, soon willing to explore more destructive magick. To her mother's relief, the scholar skilfully managed to stir Lin's attention toward more curative aspects inherited from old Nym. The child still shown tendency to look after power, raising concerns and stark advice for her mother. For now, Lin goal was simply to follow her mama at work. But if harnessed for the wrong intent, her precious daughter could turn to the very menace she was designed to be.Being increasingly under Adder's scrutiny made Hypatia on edge. Soon, she realized Gridanian authority wasn't the only one looking at her and her daughter. Be it by revolting leniency (or secret deals) from the city-states or skilful blend-in, former member of the Garlean legions were around... With some questions asked about projects the XIIth legion research projects. Using her "gifted" tracking talents, Hypa managed to find clandestine cells and pick them out. Her child's safety was a convenient excuse to satisfy her rancor and taste for vengeance. No one lived long enough to report on the experiment's exact location, but it was still dangerously close.And so, after almost two years, Hypatia decided with Eleux's benediction and help for a drastic solution. Since her rescue, attempts were made to contact her own mother Erin. It took year and half for the butcheress to learn her supposedly slain daughter was in fact alive, and with child. Instability in the recovering Dalmasca Kingdom kept them from seeing each other... But with Garlean seeking after them, heading back to the motherland would prove at least further obstacle to their search. And so, with a saddened Lin forced to say goodbye to her friends and uncle Eleux, the two took an airship for Rabanastre.

Hunting monsters
Credits: @gamerjje (X)

[end EW - DT] Shattered paradigm

Hypatia return was assuredly not as she imagined. She felt stranger to her own land, the airship landing in the capital she never had chance to see before. The royal city of Rabanastre has little in common with Leà Monde. Way bigger, and nicknamed the desert sapphire for a reason: colorful albeit breached walls was all standing between lush oasis and endless sea of sand dunes. Then, of course, way hotter.Still, it's the place her mother and clan called home now, alongside the great many flocking back to rebuild the city and kingdom. Of course, much was still left to be done, yet parts of the city were already brought back to life. An interesting place for a no less interesting but apprehended family reunion...Hypatia was of course happy to see her mother after all those years, and Lin to meet her "grandma". Would she be still seeing her as a daughter, or an abomination ? Once more, things turned far from what she could imagine, aside perhaps the crushing embrace of the even taller viera. She wasn't alone: half dozen member of her clan came to see the chieftain's daughter, some faces known by Hypa from her time in the resistance. Erin changed, too. Far less rougher in her behavior she could recollect, and even actually sweet to Lin. The reason behind this transformation hit the redhead like a red 'bo chocometeor when they reached the clan's tavern.It turned out that after Hypatia's capture, Erin started to crumble with the believed loss of her only daughter. Her distress found echo in many resistant grieving friends and relative lost for the cause. Especially a certain hrotgar from their Bozjan allies, finding himself quite touched by the giantess' despair. Mutual support grew into a bond, the kind shun until now by the viera used to see men as liability. Only few months prior, the unusual couple was blessed with child, a viera kit with light red hairs... Seeing both her mother lovey-dovey AND an infant sister led Hypatia drinking so much she experienced the worst hangover in her life.She was at first very upset with her mother, eventually leading them to trade a few blows like good ol' time. Until Lin interposed, proving the wiser generation in this odd family. Forced to words instead fists, Hypatia and Erin had sort out the feeling of betrayal and being replaced. Worst than that, Hypatia's fate in Garlean's cell comforted her so far in the belief most males were no different from animals... Echoing was she was told as kit. It would take both time to mend their broken relation, but at least they had the chance to do so. Nothing short of a miracle, Erin and her companion Selven -she will never call him step dad- managed to convince her staying around for a bit. Lin's plea to stay with the baby Mana was the last push to make her accept.And so, while taking new marks in her "home" and in the clan, Hypatia prepared with their support the hunt for her Garlean pursuers. Not for vengeance this time, but to ensure both her and Lin's future. If someone was searching for them, they had to be aware of their condition. And with answers able to help them keep it in check.Not that she would live rent-free either ; Hypatia made use of her experience earned in Gridania to act as a reliable clan member. Lin found herself a new teacher in the figure of an old nu-mou, quite happy to find a promising pupil for his red magick lessons. Both girls made their quarters in one of the many clan's inn room, involving them in running the establishment : from serving, cooking for the redhead, handling requests for the daughter. And of course, enjoying the quite frequent but cheerful bar fights !

[DT] The Demon's bane, from mercenary to knighthood

It was a gig sounding like any other when she took this of the clan job board. Strange noises, couple scavengers missing after venturing in one of Rabanastre's many ruined districts. Probably some rogue magiteck warmachine thought the redhead, an easy job. If she often sold the Lucavi's hide too early, this time turned out being the worst to date.Her investigation lead the redhead near a collapsed villa, nothing much left aside damaged staircase going down the cellar. There, she couldn't miss the huge hole opening on a more natural cavity. The second she entered the cave, a massive surprise blow send the warrior flying. Ribs most certainly broken, she rose with difficulty to see what struck her. A fleeting second saw her doubt her own sanity, for the beast depiction was, until now, only belonging to legends.This fiend was yet far too real, rushing against for blood with a uncanny swiftness for a body this size. Drunk with pain and adrenaline, the viera didn't hesitated calling on her cursed ability, regardless of its consequence : this fight was of predator and prey, and this time she felt on the loosing side.

Demon against bio-weapon
Credits: V'Kassa

The clash was as bestial as it is blurred in the redhead's memory. Perhaps for the best, as it spares her part of the shame from giving up to her darker urges. Both exchanged devastating blows, her regenerative ability the only thing allowing her to keep retaliating when many would have fell. The creature unleashed devastating magick ontop of its raw, brute blows of tail and claws. Yet, very much to its surprise, the irresistible mass of tasty aether shaped in a human inflicted it a wound, then another... And the prey shifted to a threatening foe tangling it in a death fight. The voidsent felt with satisfaction its claw impaling the viera's side... Before realizing the hole carved by a mad fist on its chest. The berserk resonant didn't found an heart to claim, but the dark auracite keeping the being rooted on this plane. A clench shattered its ancient essence away, its vision fading on a predator grin.

Dancing Mad
Credits: V'Kassa

Hypatia's wounds were yet too much for her unstable gifts, her body on the verge of rupturing from the unnatural aether grafted on her essence. She collapsed on the beast's carcass moments after it fell. She would've most certainly passed without this timely arrival of a searching party, guided by a small jet-haired viera.

Pyrrhic victory
Credits: V'Kassa

The redhead awoke days after in her room, with pain in every fiber of her being ; still a small price to pay to be still alive. The clan's healers did their utmost, and luckily enough she didn't lost any limb to her naferious gifts. Yet a full recovery would take weeks, and worst would be to face her literally worried sick kit and her own mother's brutal scolding. She faced these consequences stoically, humbled by her ordeal. The most surprising aftermath was yet to come. Her first few steps outside the clan inn awarded her much glances and whispers from the locals. During her convalescence, word spread of the beast and its slayer. The fiend of old texts was know as an Archaeodaemon, voidsent only second in lethality to the dreaded Lucavis they serve. These creatures called forth by the invaders during the liberation would usually a full clan hunting party to vanquish. And yet she managed alone, and lived to tell the tale.This unwanted attention very quickly got on her nerves, while Lin was obviously really proud to tell very exaggerated version of this story to her small friends. Many would try to approach the resting redhead for interviews and contracts, but either her or Erin would quickly boot them away. Until came someone they hardly could dismiss this rudely, especially surrounded by a squad of clad-armored soldiers ; a Dalmascan royal knight. A convocation was handled to a confused redhead... Even more so when a bothered Erin told her to answer it.Hypatia presented herself to the Dalmasca knight headquarter -small miracle- on time. She didn't tried to hide her displeasure in front of what she saw coming, but alas for her, the senior knight receiving her left the viera little room to refuse ; she was offered to join their rank. The wage, advantages and few -if not symbolic- concessions about authority finally swayed the mercenary to fight once more for her country, this time in a true official manner.Of course, adjusting to strict rules and hierarchy didn't go smoothly for the fiery redhead. Altercations with the squires -even a knight- disapproving on her, boring watches by the city gates, tight schedule... Often she has to vent out outside at night. But she also see the merits of this uniform, especially the shiny stars in her daughter eyes. Cherry on the red flan, some of her imposed squadmates are decent to work with, even if she wouldn't admit it. As for the seeqs and other troublemakers, the mere name of the "Demon's Bane" patrolling around is bad news enough for her shifts being oddly uneventful... To her dismay !

Bored knight-in-training
Credits: V'Kassa

RP Hooks

1 - Henmother

Hypa is the very proud mother of a lively Viera kit, Lin. Literally every aspect of her life revolves around giving the greatest care she can to the girl, all on her own... If there is children in the room or conversation revolving around parental duties, you're sure to catch her attention.

2 – Tall, hot blooded warrior

Far above her tribe's standards in terms of height and muscles, she can give the impression being ready to murder anyone getting close during her bad days. More often than not it's only in appearance, the freckled bunny just being dead tired. However, don't play stupid, she has quite the temper and prompt to let fists do the talking ! Better way to get her calmed is offering mug of mead and contracts involving nice purse of gils, especially if fighting is involved.

Blazing merc'
Credits: @Jude Pheiriant

3 – Daughter of Dalmasca

Despite her rather unusual features, the redhead rarely misses an occasion speaking of her homeland her strong accent betrays as Dalmasca. She's proud of her culture and a nation finally free from occupier's boots. Hypa is definitively more amicable to fellow citizens, as much as her other viera "sisters". Hearing about Dalmasca usually keen get her in a chatty mood.

4 – Friend of the tribes

Be it her childhood in the cosmopolitan Léa Monde or her experiences across the Star, Hypa is used to deal with so-called "beast tribes". A term she frowns upon, alongside lingering defiance and stereotypes left by primal summoning. She's the kind to treat everyone the same way, well or poorly, more based on actions than appearances. This trait and her directness found rather good echo so far... Her favored weapon, an amal'jaan great axe, is testament of earning their trust, a feat in itself.

5 – Aether abominations

[ For characters aether-sensitive or with aether sight]

Being able to sense or directly peer at Hypatia's aether brings a sense of discomfort if not dread, and the risk the tall bunny grows aggressive if she notices. Her condition, as much as her child, defy natural order in a twisted way. Their aether is an unsettling coalescence of many different signatures forcibly grafted to their own essences. If Hypatia's original aether can somewhat be guessed, it only comes with the worrisome impression her condition is unstable. Conversely, Lin's aethercore and body seems to have perfectly assimilated this unholy change

6 – Weapons broke free

[For characters related to the former garlean empire XIIth legion, or bioengineering researches]

Aulus mal Asina work is hopefully not publicly known by the masses. Only members of the former XIIth legion and the researches team tied to it had glimpse to the inhumane and gruesome experiments conducted at Castrum Abania. What aimed to give pure blood garleans the capacity to finally weave aether only resulted in abominations and bio-weapons. Far from the (in)famous first successful full resonant Prince Zenos, handful of persons knows the previous stage of this breakthrough involved two young viera test subjects

Un-hooks – How to unleash the beast

Hypatia isn't the most calm and composed lady around. There is many way to piss her enough to come to crude words, almost as much than directly seeing her massive fist flying in one's face. Of course, being on the -former- empire's side is a good start, or badmouthing about her daughter. Bothering her friends or the weak is also a way to go.
Slightly less obvious, her often open reluctance to talk to males is a sign it's not that good of an idea to push conversation with her... Even worst would be lustful intents when she's clearly not interested.
One thing is certain. Once fully enraged, no words will be able to stop her from spilling blood.

Network of the smol family

[Living compendium of the smol family closest contacts. Perhaps one day, you will find your character here...]
Plush art : Bunbundango

Eleux Teria

[background character]

Born in Isghard, he moved to Gridania as an surgeon full of ideals... Only to face the harsh reality of war. Dispatched with the alliance troops assisting Ala Mhigo uprising, he witnessed firsthand the extent of Garlemald cruelty. Hypatia own him her survival after being found in the cells, then her liberty within Gridania's walls after her altered nature uncovered.
With his wife and kids, they grew as important support to the young mother learning to live in peace time with her kit, and part of Lin's family.

The Nalbina's Blades clan

This secular organization's history is deeply rooted in Lea Mondé and the Dalmasca Kingdom's before its fall and occupation. It is more or less known its current leader, Erin Pavoisdor, and few veterans were present during the Nalbina's fortress disaster, changing the clan's name as a memento of the tragedy. The clan was also involved in Lea Mondé's uprising attempt, forcing the survivors to flee and join the resistance proper. Today, the clan reestablished itself in Rabanastre to assist in its reconstruction. Without being a major clan by size, its reputation allows the members to earn handful of very interesting official requests. Probably due to Erin being a Viera, the clan also tend to attract more of the Kingdom's minorities, such as bangaas, her own kin, and even a couple of the very secretive Nu Mou.

[Legacy] D'rannha Yaiki

When it became clear Lin's magical abilities couldn't go unchecked anymore, Hypa sought for a freelance tutor... Luckily she found this bright mind recently graduated from an arcanima thesis. Only a genius could handle the unending flow of questions and curiosity from the also genius kit. Lin grew very found in her "teachah", while Hypa respects the miqo'te for her discretion and humanity.

Lin, adorable muffin

Basics

First name: Lin
Last name: Pavoisdor
Age: 8 years old
Race and clan: Viera, veena kit
Nameday: First Astral moon, 30th sun
Birthplace: unknown
Citizenships: Dalmasca
Home: Rabanastre
Patron deity: Halone, the Fury (nameday)
Echo affinity: "Mama told me I can't answer that..."

Credits: Scarchou

Physical

Height: 4'7"

Scars: small surgical ones on her arms
Notable features: cuteness overload, compulsive curiosity

Aetherical

Elemental affinity: Perfectly omni-aligned
Aether concentration: absurdly high, especially for her age
Aether flow: extremely powerful. Artificial, but increasingly honed

"Lin workin' haaaaaard"

Occupations:
Baby girl to her Mama
Conjurer initiate
Scholar neophyte
Red mage initiate
Pugilist trainee
Clan warrior apprentice
Favored weapons: Tomes and grimoires, "FIST MAGICK!" (punches and good ol' fireballs)
Job crystal: Scholar, Red Mage

Like:

  • Her mama, the biggest, the strongest, the kindest of all mamas

  • Books, stories, any piece of knowledge she can put her tiny hands on. Even if it means breaking adults' rules !

  • Her beeg carbuncle Carbo, and Senia her scholar egi. Those two seems strangely self-aware...

  • Chocolate cookies, especially those made by granddad.

  • Spinach. "I'm gonna be stronk like mama !"

  • Punching things to vent out. Fist magick is real, and she will prove it to the world.

Dislike:

  • Acute phobia of white coats and needles.

  • Regular schools. They are soooooooooo boring.

  • Her mama forced to work late, or away for days.

  • Morbols, big scary stinkies !

  • Sand, sand everywhere

Languages:

Dalmasca - fluent
Vieran – fluent
Eorzean - fluent
Mhigan - fluent
Garlean - fluent
Hingan - fluent
Nu Mou dialect - somewhat fluent with poor accent
Nymian - read and write
Skallic - read and write
Ivalician - currently learning

Nature:

Lin is a refreshing sight of childhood's glee and curiosity, perhaps even higher than your regular kid. This merry kit is keen to bother anyone paying her attention with unending flow of questions. Yet, indulging her will gradually reveal how unusually sharp she is for her age, inquiry and considerations getting increasingly and uncannily close of an adult.Despite this unsettling intelligence, Lin sticks to the naive admiration children have for heroic figures. Especially her mother, she's symbiotically close to. She sure loves to be doted, but already display sometimes her disapproval on maternal rules... even answering back sometimes with sounds arguments !Her ever-growing magic capacities and knowledge surprisingly don't make the child too full of her herself, but doesn't help her daredevil tendencies to face danger head first. To sum it up, no wonder Hypatia is often dead tired...

CLASSIFIED: subject Beta02 performance sheet

[Classified data from burnt notes retrieved by the Twin Adders in Castrum Abania]

Characteristics summary: Test subject Beta02 is a viera kit of toddler age acquired through head research unit Aulus mal Asina's personal network. Parents were terminated during retrieval. Presents an aether core density anomaly 161.5% above average. Suitable for intensive experimentation. Note: despite the numeration, Beta02 was acquired before Beta01Behavior: Subject's early age requires extra attention. Drug treatment didn't managed to erase completely the weeping and request for parental attention. Beta01 acquisition solved most of the care labor, with the drawback of an increased difficulty accessing the test subject for experiments. Proximity and distressed state, helped by "echo" resonance seemingly pushed Beta02 to see Beta01 as its genitrix

General assessment: Beta02 is the second test subject surviving multiple "echo" grafting. Aether core anomaly is the main factor, but the malleability of its young body is also considered. It is therein advised to use the process on young subjects
Beta02 shown remarkable tolerance to aether grafting. Its infant stage yet limits assessment on its full capacities during awakened state. Few iterations were obtained after exposition to extreme stress, such as inflicted pain or witnessing such process on Beta01. Interestingly enough, Beta01's awakened state trigger pain in Beta02, but its presence also mitigates Beta01's deterioration rate. It further confirms an aetherlink between the two subjects as experimentation byproduct.
Conclusion: currently inapt for deployment. Test subject potentially successful, but to be terminated in case of security breach.

  • Passive capacity : fast learning

  • Active capacity : increased cognition*

Capacities specs
Fast learning: since experimentation #023 Beta02 displays abnormal learning rate for its age. By the estimated age of 3 1/2 it managed to speak fluently in imperial and common language, then quickly succeeded in reading and writing skill acquisition. Contacts with Beta01 proved an obstacle to indoctrination attempts
* : Too few occurrences of awakened state, need further data to assess with acceptable confidence interval Beta02 capacity. Records suggest dramatic increase of its reaction time, but precognition seems unlikely.
Note: given Beta02 early development stage, it's highly possible further capacities manifest with time. All personnel is asked to report unusual observation on Beta02's behavior

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EMERGENCY. All non-combatant personnel need to evacuate the facility. Order to terminate remaining test subjects

Out of character

About the roleplayer

Hi ! I am The bnnuy, another irredemable bun-enjoyer and gamer trying to have fun ! I apology in advance if my writing is tad wonky time to time : I'm not a native speaker. but I'm trying my best to improve in English. In turn, I can struggle to follow conversation in crowded places. If my character don't reply, fair chances I missed your message. I would nonetheless be happy to discuss with you in DMs if you're interested to get my characters into shenanigans =:]I am also mostly always down to play FF14 content with people, or other coop games when my tight schedule allows.Communication is key in RP, so please, don't hesitate to reach me through DMs if you have a question, doubts or feel uneasy. Feel free to reach me for something you wish to do or play, worst case scenario it can only be a no ! In my end, I will never try to force my character's action on yours or your plot lines.Real life always comes first, there can be moments when people are just not available or in the mood to RP. It happens ! What's important is to take care of yourself, first and foremost.I prefer long-term RP buddies than one session encounters, but you can't get the first without starting by the latest. So don't be shy !

RP information

Boundary and public
Here is the mandatory statement about boundary between IC and OOC. I avoid the bleed between the two at the best of my capacity, and in turn expect people engaging with my characters doing the same. However, I can perfectly understand IRL and daily mood can percolate in RP interactions (after all playing a merry character after a shitty day is a feat). We are human. But firm limit shall be drawn as clear as possible.My character can deal with mature and heavy themes. For my tranquility of mind, I prefer restricting my interactions with 21+ y.o. (or legal age in your country) My apologies

RP preferences

  • Long-term, plot and story-driven

  • Adventure, exploration, mercenary work

  • Social gatherings, venues

  • Romance

  • Standalone fights, conflicts

  • Mature, dark-themed RPs

  • ERP and paramour. Not against very occasional spices, but no big interest here

  • Gore, torture and other very dark RP

  • Forced character death

About lore-bending, lore-breaking
My characters are either lore compliant or light-lore bending, as I love to explore possibilities offered by caveats in lore. Even a bit of "what if" ! I still try to stick to established information I am aware of. As such, I am more than ok with characters of same design.Lore-breaking characters are harder for me to interact with, due for the lack of references and familiar hooks to work with. I'll manage in certain case, for example playing with my characters' lack of knowledge (harder with Bya). If not, I will quietly have my bun disengage. Everyone has their preferences, and that's okay !THE Warrior or Light or canon character interpretation are my only hard limit. You can still engage with my characters, but they will quickly move away.

Type of writing
A lot of misspelling and mistakes. Will prefer concise to medium replies in game as a base, but I can adapt ! Lenghty texts are perfectly fine on discord.

Character themes
- Action-Adventure
- Slice of life
- Violence (is not a solution, but THE solution)
- Parenting
- Reflection on trauma and recovery

Character goal
As an alt, Hypatia appears less often. Most of her interactions happens in bars ! She's designed as a blunt and fiery bulwark, happy to be recruited as merc for any mission including high risks ones. She's also perfectly suited for bodyguard or tracking... But forget diplomacy or tea parties. Overall, the character fits well in more gritty settings, her high-power ability tempered by the life-threatening use of it. She is not interested in romance.

Contacts and availabilities

Discord: owly_bnnuy
I prefer contacts and RPs in game at first, but feel free to reach me on Discord if it's better for you!
Timezone EST (GMT -4)
Usual availabilities Currently every evening starting 8:00pm.

Homeworld Aether - Siren
Crime code? On demand

Explore the bnnuyverse

Credits: Scarchou

Not convinced by the buff bun? Maybe you'll prefer to interact with one of my other characters...

Main Ethel Fontana, talkative mute
Carrd here

Alt Byaphine Frenecu, smol Archon
Carrd here

Date of creation : January 2024
Update : August 2026