Name: Lya
Race: Shifter (pure-blooded, seen more often with light skin)
Gender: female
Base Traits: Insecure, Obsessive-compulsive, Reserved, Fair
Stage: Prentice
Path: Rider (Dual-Range Attack Class)
Personality: [-] Scattered: Lya is able to do fairly well at keeping track of herself, and this includes where her thoughts and belongings are concerned. However, her orderliness is not her strong point. For example, she much more often than not, knows where she put something and where she usually puts that something for that matter, she even knows where she moved it to and when she makes a location the new spot for it, but people don't live in her head. Thus, despite being rather methodical at arranging herself and her things, her methods may very well confuse others to various degrees. Some may recognize her as neat enough while at another place of the spectrum, others may think of her as messy.
[-] Insecure: Having a constant recollection of criticisms she has received growing up, Lya feels she often comes up short of either the expectations of others or her own. By the time she transitioned from her adolescent years to the beginning of adulthood, the expectations she has for herself were solidly meant to be tough on her. And though, she maintains awareness of the need not to be too hard on herself, it is quite a challenge for her not to pinpoint in her spoken and thought evaluations of herself how worried she is about her lack in her capabilities and whether or not she can improve. When she feels swamped by her insecurities, her tasks become harder for her to execute normally and well.
[+/-] Obsessive-compulsive: Lya likes being comfortable with her own bubbles of personal 'me' things. And what exactly these can comprise of includes her free reign in her own space, her abiding by her definition of clean, and her pacing herself according to what she finds and is trying to find that is what works for her. She has come to be acquainted with mutual feelings of finding it difficult to live with some of her relatives. Yet, her obsessive-compulsive tendencies especially winding down for some alone time throughout her week provides her a means of rejuvenation.
[+/-] Reserved: If something is bothering her, Lya is one to try hard for it not to show in her bearing and affect her tasks. This trait helps her cope with her insecurities as well. She is careful with her words and actions, aiming to shield herself as well as others from the worst that she might prompt if careless. Being reserved also leads to Lya having the likelihood in situations to not fully express herself, such as her happiness and preferences. She may also be distant at times, keeping a great deal to herself.
[+] Courteous: Lya is of the mind that she is able to communicate best by being alert of staying calm and also endeavoring to relay her thoughts politely. By reminding herself to gather her thoughts while continuing to speak respectfully, she better prevents jumbling delivery of her thoughts and words despite any insecure feelings.
[+] Fair: Fairness is certainly a virtue Lya strives to stay true to. She believes the less confusion that comes from proceeding fairly, the better. It sits well with her when she is proceeding intently with making decisions and opinions that are considerate and take into account different angles of any circumstance.
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Her hair is straight, kept trimmed to be seven inches to a foot past her shoulders but often done up in side braids leading to a bun behind her that is her favorite hairstyle. Lya is light on her feet and has a small frame. Her most distinguishing crystal patterns are the small crystals spanning her forehead, and a V of them with both its ends coming from her shoulders and its middle point being at the high point above her sternum.
Clothing: Lya opts that her attire shares a similar style with her mother's clothing from the influence of growing accustomed and inclined to such a way of dress as she grew up. Specifically her usual fare comprises donning for her top a corset with a small cape that sits securely on her shoulders while strung together around her neck in front of her and that covers her upper back in hitting midway from her waist. In addition, part of her clothes of choice is wearing singly orange colored and fitted pants reaching above her ankles.
Accessories: She has a sturdy two-piece ornament of twin hair needles given by her mother which she either preferably wears as having both pieces in her bun for easy access of one or keeps with her. At one end of each slim needle is a crystal tip. Her mother taught her a trick Lya quickly came to favor of twirling a hair needle in one hand and seeing as her daughter practiced the maneuver often, Lya consequently received the ornament set as a gift.
History: Lya has no brothers and no sisters, and grew up with her mother's protective nature contrasting with her father's more lenient approaches to parenting. Yet, it is admittedly her mother who happened to also give the most vibrant waves upon waves of encouragement for her to live a good, honest life and pursue big dreams. Yup, she could safely say that in a bittersweet-flavored way she's a momma's girl unless her mother takes to reprimanding her, then she gets the "you're just like your father" treatment when she reminds her mother of similar, apparently trying parts of her father.
Lya grew up fairly obediently, being one to take lessons seriously yet also finding fun where she could find them as well. She has many wonderful experiences she is thankful for including opportunities to share festivities with relatives, bond with her parents, and play imaginative games with her cousins growing up, such as hide and seek, tag, and pretend to the effect that their surroundings corresponded to the scenarios and settings they would enact and explore together. And of course, there were many arguments as well between family members of all ages to different degrees of severity. She was conceived by her mother and father when both were still deemed immature to start a family and indeed were young parents still growing up themselves. In fact, until not so long ago, she and her parents had been living together with the extended family but after long periods of repeated debate, finally decided to look into a place of their own. Yet despite the existence of tensions, family get-together parties're ceaselessly occurring every now and again including her grandparents, cousins, and so on. Her life so far has certainly been full of totally great and definitely not so great memories and the full spectrum in between. And, she is still growing up.
With regards to how she came to choose to become a rider, Lya has slowly realized it was a gradual process for her. As family views from a perspective of observing those compiled as an extended family shifted more and more from being related nuclear families living as a single unit in one large home to staking claim on property and clashing about whether or not tradition should be replaced with new ideas of living as nuclear families in separate homes while still gathering together for traditional occasions, interactions with her parents also took on a strained nature adjacent to issues being experienced with relatives collectively and were especially so when troubles flared for any reason. Thus, Lya did go through times of feeling that she wanted to lead a far different life in comparison to that of her parents. And yet, memories of all her time spent so far like learning tricks and exercise for handling safer versions similar in shape to spears such as sticks from her parents for spinning and maneuvering with them after watching them practice together are fond recollections for her despite being intermixed in all the hardships her family has gone through. Despite any sour exchanges within their family among relatives, she believes her parents are still great role models of exemplary and accomplished individuals and spear wielders. However, she also wanted to apply these skills along with another factor that has been increasingly fascinating her over time, and that is riding a mount. She would admire a Radaku whenever she had a chance to see one but since having one for a familiar while living with extended family was difficult to accomodate, it has only been recently since her family has newly and decidedly began living together as just the three of them that she has entertained huge hopes for having a Radaku familiar eventually with hard work to earn the capability of befriending and working with one in the not so distant future. And so though she did not fully grasp how she had been drawn to pursue becoming a rider immediately, it is now clearer and clearer for her as she gradually gains more experiences and wisdom while time passes that it is not just great family encouragement but equally great inspirations on her part that has led to her decision and happiness in having started her class adventuring in terms of her specialization of choice to aspire for.
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