Hypatia (and Lin!)

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

By the counter, a very massive veena doses over a mug of mead

“Mhr... Still... Five minutes, muffin...”

She jolts back to consciousness hearing the footsteps, then grumbles before a yawn. Her peridot gaze falls on you

“S'rry 'bout that. Short night... Wanna sum'thin'?”

Hypatia of Dalmasca

Basics

First name: Hypatia
Last name: Pavoisdor
Age: 22 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 leg mostly.
Notable features: damaged right ear (missing part around the tip), freckled, myopic as f*ck

Aetherical

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

Sentimental

Orientation: unknown
Interest: unknown
Relationship status: single

Professional

Occupations:
Full-time solo mom
Clan warrior (= merc), inn staff
Favored weapons: Battle axes, swords and shields
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

  • 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

Dislike:

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

  • Getting hit on, womanizers. Some are really suicidal enough to approach her for this. (Doesn't apply to cat boys)

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

  • Needles or in fact any 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.

Languages:

Dalmasca - fluent
Vieran – fluent
Eorzean - fluent
Mhigan - few words

Nature:

From all her height and musculation, Hypatia can easily comes by 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 to -and deserving it-.If there is time to jest and blunt truth 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 tendencies. The only viable reason for the strong to exist is to protect the weak.

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 from the 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 leverage to decrease staff injury and decease among guard and research teams. Surprisingly, Beta01 displayed maternal behaviour after experimentation #105 despite reaching puberty very recently. Hypothesis: 'echo' resonance phenomenon and stress created cognitive dissonance

General assessment: Beta01 is the first test subject surviving multiple "echo" grafting. Aether core anomaly is the main factor, alongside the nature of the inherited capacity: auto-regeneration. Beta01 body is subject to intensive degradation from the aether graft. The test subject is a failure. It is therehein advised to stabilize the process on a single resonance
Beta01 is stable on a passive state. However, 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 to reach a overcharged state for a brief period before undergoing dramatic crystallization of limbs and organs. Strength output is on par with the eorzean eikonslayer data, with 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. Test subject to be terminated after all relevant data collected.

  • Passive capacity : auto-regeneration

  • Passive capacity : dramatic strength

  • Active capacity : aether tracking

Capacities specs
Auto-regeneration: abnormal cell division rate and vitals accelaration, further increased in case of physical injury. Severed parts don't regrows. Severed limbs reattached are restored to a functional state. Exogenous body part graft are rejected. Bolstered antigen response proved to be resistant to many damaging substances after extended exposition.
Increased physical prowess: directly tied to aether augmentations, Beta01 display abnormal strength compared to natural physical parameters. Further increased in awakened and overcharged state, at the cost of body integrity. Even in a 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 as long as perturbing factor doesn't affect the trail. On a side effect, Beta01 can extensively perceive aether signature from living organisms in her direct vicinity

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EMERGENCY. All non-combatant personnel need 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 back button ! Warning : Meta is a risk of getting a bnnuy bite] !
[DISCLAIMER: contains very mature and violent parts.]

[Pre-ARR to ARR] Childhood in occupied lands

Lil'patia was born and grew in Leà Monde outskirts, the capital city of the occupied Dalmasca Inferior. Her mother, Erin aka "The butcheress", used to be a clan warrioress 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 of the Nalbina fortress disaster made her a trusted figure for 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 in a picturesque setting of 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 a playful and dynamic kit, already showing respectable height for her age thanks to her ogre of a mother. Very often other children of all tribes growing around were seeking her when troubles arisen. It made the kit proud and protective... And innocence loss all the hardest.The arrival of a new legatus turned to bleak situation into a crushing one for the the dalmascans... Only a sparks needed to ignite an uprising. 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. Erin's clan took the side of their fellow denizen, suffering a huge toll of life doing what was right. Even now, Hypatia can recollect vividly her first encounter with death, the flames of burning buildings, her friends lost forever... And the seeds of hatred blooming.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 in 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... Childish pride 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 from an inside job, the resistance was expected by armoured infantry from the XIIth legion reinforcements. The battle turned into a slaughter, Hypatia fighting valiantly, even taking of a magiteck armor by herself. Seeing her close comrades bathing in their blood made her succumb to frenzy, especially since one was intimate enough to share his couch with her time to time. All focused fending off hated foes, she failed to retreat from the opening made by her mother. Erin could only watch with pained rage her only daughter encircled and brought down.But the fate awaiting Hypatia was worst than death. She awoken with few other prisoners on an airship, tied but patched up, and barely covered. The only thing she could grasp when pushed out of the landed ship like cattle is the landscape. She wasn't in Dalmasca anymore, those mountain of pinkish rocks unknown to her.Inside the cold facility of black steel and tunnels, she was forced to 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 she would for an ant... Only his hyur assistant spoke her few words in eorzean "You're now Beta01"A chill 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. She wasn't alone inside. A shivering form curled into a corner, scared and miserable, so tiny... A kit of her tribe, jet-black hair and jade eyed. A toddler of barely few years, treated with the consideration for a lab rat. Beta02 was inscribed on the nameless child's collar. She didn't think twice. Unable to speak in front of the horror, Hypatia slowly approached the child to take it in her arms, so little and vulnerable thing... By the simple contact of the desperate kit trying to hide in this embrace, she knew she /had/ to protect it. 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, she could feel it. She was alas proved true when the two of them were brought to a large room with other prisoners, in front of a gigantic device covered in ominous sarcophagus-looking pods. All unfortunate souls brought here were crammed in under her increasingly scared gaze... The the two were finally push at the structure's topmost resonating with pleas and weepings. Attached by force but still in view of each other... The world became only blinding light and excruciating pain as a burning /something/ was poured into their being in a deafening concert of dying screams.Both awoken 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 comrade Linkuen was crying in pain, nothing she could help... But their torments only got worst as days and months went, the very notion of time fading in the cell cut from the outside world. They were turned into /things/, monsters for the hated enemy to experiment on. She became stronger, way stronger, with the growing fear to crush Lin in her arms. But also recovering fast from the beating 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 she suffered was different, with the surprise of increasing her intelligence; soon she managed to talk to "Mama", then their jailers... But 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 Ariadne lux Livana, working under 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 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 a failed attempt to kill her in a parody of duel she often forced her into. At least she had the satisfaction of tearing apart guards, 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 an approaching conflict grown steadily 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 hated enemy was 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 madmen devious grins 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, their armored fists and stabs in her legs soon beating her into submission.[WARNING MATURE AND GORE AHEAD]At their mercy, they teared down the medical gown she had as only cloth... Lin could only watch in terror her mother gruesomely and powerlessly raped by the men. And her muffled cry when their leader took a dagger to stab her when their flesh did so minutes prior, leaving her drench the floor in blood. She tried to reach her dying mother, only to be kicked back on the wall, one men approaching her with predatory look and a hand on his loin...Only to turn from the dying scream of his comrade. The defiled viera dressed in her blood was standing once more, but her trait deformed by feral rage, 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 by the massacre. Until no one were left alive around terrified kit, and Hypatia's awakened resonance failing to keep her standing any long. The wound inflicted to her genitals were too severe for her regenerative capacity to manage, too much blood lost. Terror and shock kept Lin far from the unconscious and dying viera a moment, but steps and voices coming in the corridor pushed her to Hypatia's side, pleading her to awake...At long last, help finally reached mother and kit. Resistance and allied troops progressed through the cell blocks turned into a desolation, prisoners slain and the women abused beforehand. Child's cries hurried them toward a peculiar, reinforced cell, only to find the scene of carnage with shock and horror. A child covered in blood was trying to awake the inanimate naked body of a woman critically wounded... With few inches of her skin not soaked red.

Requiem
Credits: Scarchou

After the horror, the anguish of a weeping little girl seeing the squad medic struggling to stabilize the redhead. Then the hands trying to put her away from her mother, clinging on this inert arms like her life depends on it. The bumpy transport in the carriage, the blinding, aggressive sunlight she experienced for the first time as far as she could remember it. Then the noisy big city with rumbles and destroyed machines everywhere.Only by the doorsteps of the campaign hospital in Ala Mhigo's capital her cries completely died. A tall men with pointy ears looked at her with pity, then mumbles strange words and she feel drowsy all the sudden.Eleux Teria with his friend and surgeon colleague M'einhar were on duty when the transport from Catrum Abania bursted through the emergency stationing. Seeing the dying viera and her crying daughter, his natural reflex as a father was to spare the child further distress with sleep spell. His determination and skills combined to his friend's managed to impossible and save Hypatia's life. Surgery took six 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 orphan, 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 team sent to uncover what the garleans didn't had time to destroy found half burnt documents about "Beta 01 and 02 experiments". A mention of their tribe was enough to like them to his patients. And so, the elezen had now to compose with military authority wanting them locked away. The troubles made by the now awakened "mother" didn't helped: during basic care, a male staff witnessed Hypa coming to her senses... Then almost clubbing him to death with her drip pole as he touched her arm.Yet, genuine empathy for the terrible fate the two young viera faced (and a lot of patience) motivated him to leverage against even more captivity for them. Despite now being certain Lin and Hypatia weren't actually blood related, he was the last willing to deny their symbiotic relationship. They were perhaps experimental weapons, but he could only see two deeply traumatized and mostly harmless patients. In fact, Hypatia was still in a deep state of shock, only reacting oh so little to the contact of her child. Lin's few words she struggled to stress about what happened in the cell was enough for him to connect the dots, and allow 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 behave like proper citizen in Gridania, with the Adder keeping a close eye to them. As Ala Mhigo people could finally enjoy they recovered freedom, the kind 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 beings 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 deception involved, only genuine benevolence. Her daughter however happily discovered the simpler, and much merrier existence I child could pretend to... In turn helping 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. Using his relations once more when she started to voice the need to cover her and Lin's need 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 trial as rescue and recovery team 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. 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 secretly it was all the same for Hypatia. Still, the child's growing curiosity for school where all her playing buddies intended helped. And soon, the lil' viera proudly made her debut in classrooms.Hypatia gradually became more sociable to her colleagues, especially with Mioune actively making sure of that. With more and more sprouts rescued by her, she also started to earn small reputation of a protective figure. A strange, but welcomed rekindling with her nature... At long last she could see herself getting used to this tiring, but peaceful lifestyle of a single mother. Even if she was yet to celebrate her nameday making her fully adult for the local law.

Sprout keeper
Credits: @gamerjje (X)

[ShB - EW] The price of innocence

Yet, living a more normal life didn't meant for Hypa to rest. 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... Her work then maternal duty leaving the mother with chronic lack of sleep.But when Hypatia believed she could keep what happened in Ala Mhigo in the past, she was proven sadly wrong, quite suddenly. It came first by harmless signs, such as Lin's complain about how boring the school was. Then being called couple time for her daughter being found escaping the teacher's attention to break in libraries, bet it public ones or in private houses.Then the turning events came by days close. On duty, a peculiarly tough voidsent fiend lurking in mhachi ruins forced her once more in her resonant awakened state. Under the few surviving sprouts' shocked sight, she displayed bestial if not euphoric violence, tearing down the creature cruelly. Left perturbed by the experience, she came back only to find Lin sick with strong fever... Hopefully cured after few days. The kit was strangely aware of what happened to her mama. Then blown up in the same week a window by accident 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 was starting to get unstable left as they were. This unusual activity also brought unwanted attention from the Twin Adders discreetly monitoring the small family. After some "polite" (meaning copious insults and menaces) discussion, Hypa and Eleux left with sort of an ultimatum to manage the situation.The fact it was Lin displaying this magickal potential was thankfully missed by Adders' spy. With little choice left, and to child's glee, Hypatia began searching for a private tutor. Hopefully, they would be able to channel the child's exceptional intelligence and in turn her ever-growing aether abilities. 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.Confident about her daughter's willingness to learn, Hypa was proven right. Soon the kit was all about her "teachah", eagerly listening to her lessons and advises. Being a genius scholar, the teacher found its match in the very young viera. In couple months, Lin understood the foundations of arcanima, displaying a prowess initiate usually harnessed by decade 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, D'rannha successfully managed to divert Lin's attention toward nymian tactics oriented on a more curative aspect of magick. The child still tend to look after power, yet innocent in her goal. By growing strong, she hopes being allowed to be with her mama more by following her at work...Being increasingly under Adder's scrutiny made Hypatia more wary of her contacts. A shame given the trouble she had to be more sociable, but a caution proven alas necessary. 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 were involved in. Using her "gifted" tracking talents, Hypa managed to find some garlean sympathizer clandestine cells. 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 to find them.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 daughter she thought slain was in fact alive, and with child. Still, instability in the recovering Kingdom of Dalmasca kept them from seeing each other... But with garlean seeking after them, heading back to the motherland would prove at least further obstacle to the enemy. And so, with Lin sad 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

sHer return was not really how she imagined it, in many aspects. Hypatia felt stranger to her own land, the airship landing in the capital she never had chance to see before. Albeit part of the same kingdom, the royal city of Rabanastre has little in common with Leà Monde. It is way bigger, named with reason the desert sapphire: its colorful wall and lush oasis appearing like a mirage in the never-ending sea of sand dunes. And far hotter than than her coastal birthplace surrounded by vineyards.Still, it was now here her mother lived. After the IVth legion final demise, many flocked back in their once ancestral homes to reconstruct the city to its past splendor. Of course, much was still left to be done, but parts of the city were already brought back to life. Even before the landing, mother and kit were on the same light. Too hot ! The scorching sun peculiarly unkind to their pale skin... But finding shelter had to wait a both expected and apprehended family reunion.Hypatia was of course happy to see her mother back and Lin to meet her "grandma". But how she will react after all this, what she became? 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 still familiar to Hypa from her time in the resistance. Erin changed for a far less brutish behavior she could recollect, and even actually sweet to Lin. She could swear she wasn't treated that well back in the day... The explanation for this change hit her like a red chocobo's meteor when they reached the clan's tavern.After Hypatia's capture, Erin started to crumble, believing her only daughter dead. Her distress found echo in many resistant grieving friends and relative lost for the cause. Yet, one hrotgar from the Bozjan allies found himself quite touched by the giantess' despair. Mutual support grew into a bond, then even the viera used to see men as replaceable males finally discovered love. 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 caused Hypatia to take the worst hangover in her life.She was at first very upset with her mother, eventually leading them to trade blows... Until Lin interposed. 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 animals... Selfsame belief engraved by her mother. It would take both time to mend their broken relation, but at least they had the chance to do so. In extremis, Erin and her companion Selven -she will never call him step dad- managed to convince her staying around for a bit. But 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 prepares with their support the hunt for garlean. Not for vengeance this time, but to ensure both her and Lin's future. If someone was searching them, they had to be aware of their condition. And with answers able to help them keep it in check.In the mean time, Hypatia makes use of her experience earned in Gridania to act as a reliable member of the clan, increasingly put in charge of squads of less experienced blades. Lin found herself a new teacher in the figure of an old bangaa, quite happy to find a promising pupil for his red magick lessons. Both girls live for now 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 !

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 merc'

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 only an appearance, the freckled bunny is just dead tired. However, don't play stupid, she has quite the temper and prompt to speak with fists! Better way to get her calmed is a 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. She's proud of her culture and the nation finally free from occupier's boots. Hypa is definitively more amicable to fellow citizens, as much as her fellow viera "sisters". Hearing about Dalmasca and its culture is usually keen to get her in a good mood.

4 – Friend of the tribes

Be it her childhood in the cosmopolitan Dalmasca or her experiences across the Star, Hypa often interacts 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 for all to shown the rare achievement of earning these people's trust.

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. 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 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 in the 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 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 is also a good trigger.
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 at the sight of her curves.
One thing is certain. Once fully pissed, no words will be able to stop her spilling blood.

Network of the smol family

[Living compendium of the smol family closest contacts. Perhaps one day, you will find your character here...]
Plushies arts : 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 within the alliance troops assisting Ala Mhigo uprising, he witnessed firsthand the extent of Garlemald cruelty. He is the one Hypatia own 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 important support to the young mother learning to live in peace time with her kit, and part of Lin's family.

[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: 7 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: 4'3.28"

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

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 initiate
Red mage trainee
Pugilist trainee
Favored weapons: Tomes and grimoires, "FIST MAGICK!" (punches)
Job crystal: Scholar

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, her mama has to hide the jar in really inventive places.

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

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

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 - currently learning
Bangaa dialect - currently learning
Nymian - read and write

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 for a stream of questions ! Yet, indulging her will gradually reveal how unusually sharp she is for her age, inquiry and considerations increasingly of an uncanny maturity.Despite this unsettling intelligence, Lin sticks to the naive admiration children have for heroic figures. Especially her mother, she's intensively close to. She sure loves to be doted, but already display sometimes her disapproval on maternal rules... even argue 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 for some action. 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 stage acquired by the Aulus mal Asina 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 required 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, to the price of an increasing difficulty to access 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 however limited assessment possibility on the extent of its capacities in 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 confirm a resonance between the two subjects as byproduct of experimentation.
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 the test subject 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 damaged to indoctrination attempts
* : Rare occurrence of an 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 the early development stage of Beta02, 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 simply known around as The bnnuy, a very meh roleplayer and gamer trying to have fun ! I apology in advance if my writing is a bit wonky: I'm not a native speaker, but I'm trying my best to improve in English. 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 co-op games.

Communication is key in RP, so please, don't hesitate to reach me through DMs if you have a question, doubts or feel uneasy. Don't be afraid too of asking 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 characters' action on yours or your plot lines.Real life comes first, there can be moments when you or me are just not available or in the mood to RP. It happens ! The most 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 RP and OOC. My characters's replies and positions don't necessary reflect mine. 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 limit shall be drawn as clear as possible.

My characters explores themes that can be quite dark and heavy. 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 RP

  • Adventure, exploration, mercenary work RP

  • Social RP, venue hopping

  • Romance

  • Standalone fights, conflicts

  • ERP if pertain from a relation

  • Mature, dark-themed RPs

  • Heavy flirt, standalone ERP

  • 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. I 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, 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 reach you up.Fantasia abuse, 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 medium to lenghty replies as a base, but I adapt to my RP buddies. Until you awake the rambling beast on discord.

Character goal
As an second alt, Hypatia only appears very rarely. Most of her interactions happens in bars ! Otherwise, she's one hell of a bulwark, and can be recruited as merc for any mission including high risks ones, but not lasting weeks given her mother duties. She's also perfectly suited for bodyguard or tracking... But forget diplomacy or tea parties.

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? Yes please. RM3SH3QEQC

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 Ymir, talkative mute
Carrd here

Alt Byaphine Frenecu, smol Archon
Carrd here

Date of creation : January 2024
Update : July 2024