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Name: Millie
Are you over 18?: Yes
Contact: levelthreehooligan
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Character: Piñara Conada
Canon: Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers
Canon point: Latest Patch (5.45)
OU or AU?: OU
Age: 30
Species: Lalafell
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Disposition:

Cheeky, Troublemaker, Tactician: Pinya is analytical and quick of mind, but if not on the battlefield this manifests in running her mouth and causing herself perhaps more trouble than is strictly necessary. Loves to pull pranks on her fellow party members and fellow Scions, has riled up both allies and enemies alike with her smart-ass comment.
>Pinya has always been like this as a way to break the ice and feel comfortable around non-business strangers, though she often feels like she constantly needs to be this happy, jokey, snarky person to amuse her friends and comrades so that they never feel like everything is too much. Her smart mouth and quick wit will often instigate more problems than she had to begin with, and will be severely argumentative and contrary if she feels incensed enough. She tries her best to make light of most things, even if it makes her push down her own emotions. But hey, if it gets someone else to laugh, it's totally worth it.

Selfless, Impulsive, Generous: She has spent a lot of her life in the service of The Conada Syndicate, her family's business empire. She served as chief accountant and acquisitions manager before the Calamity, and went to adventure to attempt to replenish her family's coffers after they had near drained themselves to house their staff and their families. She will be too fast to offer herself as a shield or a bargaining chip over her fellows, not realizing that this lack of value in her own livelihood distresses those close to her.
> She's got an acute sense of the value of money and how much things are worth; she's always looking for a good deal for herself, often spending too much time and effort to do so; but conversely, will happily drop half a million Gil on something frivolous, usually for other people. She started keeping a separate fund so that she could do this without depleting something important. (Lesson Learned)

Loyal, Stubborn, Determined: This woman can, and has, almost died to keep those she holds dear safe and whole. She fights past the point of exhaustion and if pushed will use illegal means, be it business or White Magic, to do so. But, when it is so often in her case, when it's just her between the world and ruin, she feels like there's no choice but to keep going. It is often the case where she feels like she needs to be this perfect picture of strength and power and reliability that she doesn’t dare share any weaknesses or concerns about her own health with others.
> You know that trope where someone's already taken so many hits that their higher functions have stopped working, and they're basically unconscious, but their body keeps going and fighting to protect their friends? That's Pinya. She's given so much of herself to keep people safe and alive and happy that it's become a huge part of who she is; If she fails in any of these, she sees it as a failure of her own, a reflection on her own self. She hates failing.

Troubled, Traumatized, Jaded : Though she’s tried so, so hard to not let it get to her, there’s only so many times a woman can almost die and walk away mentally unscathed. She’s lost so many people who were important to her, sometimes because it was a wrong time, wrong place scenario, but other times because she wasn’t fast enough, strong enough, persuasive enough.
>Nanamo and the Scions almost died because she was framed. Midgardsormr ripped the blessing from her body and she had to struggle bit by bit to claim it back. She so very nearly succumbed to the overwhelming light-aspected Aether in her body, so close to dooming an entire world. People have died to protect her, and she hates that. She strives every day to be worthy of such a sacrifice. Some days are good, and she can exist without it affecting her, other days are… not so much. One day, she thinks she’ll be done with having to be The Warrior Of Light, and she’ll finally be able to be herself once more.

Suitability:
Something like Synchrony, that can let her know exactly how people are feeling towards her, that leaves no room for her own doubt at someone else’s affection or lack thereof, is going to be powerful for her. It’ll make her realise that not everyone is just trying to use her, or being friendly with her because she’s the famed warrior of light, which is something she's wanted to do for a while, but events always seem to prove otherwise. She's always been confident in her abilities to tear down enemies or fixing other people's problems, perhaps now she'll learn how to address her own desires instead of playing them down to cater to the Perceived needs/desires of others. She will happily be superficially tactile with pretty much anyone, because sometimes fleeting touches are all she can get, but once she knows someone, loves them for who they are and knows they reciprocate (whether romantically or platonically) she'll find it almost second nature to synch with them.

At first, she'll be very angry at the sudden changes to her body due to the effects of the gem bonded. Not because of what she's turned into, but because it was done without her consent. The changes themselves will elicit a range of emotions from wonder to disgust, and once she gets more comfortable with them, she'll start to make her own experiments about what she can do; but that's besides the point. When she gets to learn about the cardinal gems and how the native gems see the issue, to know that the gem bond is literally keeping her alive in this place and the changes are basically side effects, she'll be a lot less enraged over it, but still angry for a while… And then she'll take all that energy and funnel it into doing something productive, and maybe somewhere along the lines, she'll even get to help Noctium.

Beyond that, Pinya will be slowly seeing if she's able to create a way home, and will be trying to learn as much as she can, taking in culture and knowledge alike, and freely offer her services and skills to the natives to help solve their problems. She might be using this opportunity to raise her self esteem, but that doesn't mean she's lost her drive to do good.

Condition upon arrival: Healthy, but angry and confused.

Abilities:
• Master Bard || Archery Skills, Proficiency in Instruments [Voice, Flute, Harp, Piano], Magical Singing [Speed Buffs, Bolstering Attack, Bolstered Cohesion, etc]
• White Mage || Ability to commune with spirits of nature, manipulating Wind/Earth/Water/Light Energy, Healing
• Paladin || Protective abilities, Combines Holy Magic/White Magic to create shields, Good at taking aggro, can overload her body with protective Aether for short periods of time to not take damage, but usually only once a fight.
• Monk || Hand-to-hand combat proficiency, Chakra Control, really good at punching and or kicking things, speedy and agile.
• The Echo/Blessing of Light || This is the gift bestowed to Pinya by Hydaelyn, her Patron goddess. Though Canon isn't solid on the full power of the Warrior of Light's Echo is, In-game, the effects we know of are listed below!
> Allows Pinya to see into parts of the past under certain conditions such as Emotional Distress, Aetherically charged places, etc.
> Allows her to understand and be understood in all languages. (Personal Manifestation) Allows her to discern the factual/objective truth of statements, objects and body language. This comes in the form of specific tastes, like synesthesia. (This is not canon, but as each Echo has slightly different flavours, such as NPC's being Empaths and Precogs, this is the 'flavour' I have chosen for Pinya! IG, I would make it like a DC check, depending on who I'm threading with and their permissions.)
>(Blessing Of Light) Mostly impervious to mind control/possession/tempering.
• Alchemist || Master Alchemist, Potion Making, Medicines, Inks, Solvents, Etc Botanist || Master Botanist Carpenter || Adept
• Carpenter - Enough to repair her bows, make simple furniture, and craft shelters

Inventory: Crystarium Bow + quiver full of arrows, Soulstones (Bard, White Mage, Paladin, Monk), Alchemist's Alembic and field pack, Botanist's Field Notes, A bag of sweet snacks, A couple of potions, Wedding Ring, Linkpearl

Gembond: Amethyst

Gem Location: Between her shoulder blades.
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Sample: TDM TL Here, TDM Thread with Kainé, TDM Thread with Bakugou

Notes: Hi! I'm back with the Canon version of Piñara, as per your suggestions. I wanted to thank you for letting me apply again, and for answering my questions as well! I didn't want to add yet another notification to the inbox I imagine was already pretty full, so I thought I'd put it here instead ♥