She says she's willing to do anything- by gods, anything - for some coin and peace.

She says she's tired. She says she'll never go back. She says stop asking about it.
Someone not on a run from something wouldn't say things like that.
Someone who wasn't guilty wouldn't be running.

Discovering the Iwa'hinakwi

[PAST/DISCOVERY]
_{Anthropologists, adventurers, fellow hhetsarro.}A lovely river used to run through the valleys, now blue-lit and marred by towers. From its clay, the most lightweight pottery was made; from its fishes, bellies fed and beautiful cloaks made of hardy scales. The Iwa'hinakwi tended to these lands well, until they- and their ancestral lands- were recruited for the betterment of the nation as a whole.You've come across relics, keepsakes, and crafts that are now being traded across borders. Hayaani wishes little of it, and may seek to 'thieve' it from your hands.

Mercenary (Or Whatever)

[PRESENT]
_{Common adventures, people who would hire a desperate mercenary, people who would help her, people who would use her.}You come across a weird little miqo'te. She has eyes as dark as coal and a laughter like a songbird, two blades strapped to her belt and a rucksack to her name. She calls herself a mercenary, or whatever she needs to be.She's vagrant.
One moon, you find her in the streets of Ul'dah, standing in the long, winding line in front of the leve board with a sniffle and a cough. The next, she is in Thavnair, lugging shipments in the docks.

To Be Eorzean

[PRESENT]
_{Educators, good-doers, teachers, mentors.}She's not that good at pretending she's Eorzean, is she? The slip of an accent or a subtle gesture gives her away, as does her sad attempts to learn how to read and write with nothing but candlelight and a soggy novel.

In Solidarity, We Stood

[PAST]
_{Anti-ceruleum activists; naturalists; fellow hhetsarro.}Koana's vision of a modernized Tural does not always align with the interests of the people that inhabit the vast continent. As it so happens, Hayaani was a part of various activist groups against ceruleum harvest, both pacifist and not. You know her from lantern-side meetings, have exchanged knowing looks over a lukewarm bottle of booze.

When I say jump...

[!!!] _{This specific hook will require some preliminary planning & vibechecks to proceed!}You are her benefactor. As in, you know those big, angry names scribbled on the ledgers of the NDCC. She is terrified of you, as she should be, for whether or not those embers blaze back into a blue, haunting inferno -- is entirely in your hands.

WANTED, Dead or Alive

[PAST to PRESENT]
_{Bounty hunters, vengeful kin, personal grievances.}The New Dawn Ceruleum Consortium, heralding one of many governance-patented contracts of ceruleum processing in Tural, pays workers of all calibers, including the law-enforcing kind, handsomely.You lost a loved one in the blast. Perhaps you were injured, yourself. You wish to do good and correct injustices, and there's a fat stack of pels in your hand and a gun in the other, and really, it couldn't be so hard to track and shoot down some hhetsarro vagrant.Lady Luck will be on your side. This, you're sure of it.

Transcontinental Debt

[PAST to PRESENT]
_{Someone she is indebted to. Grateful, regardless of cost.}You are a merchant, an emissary, a visionary. You are one whose eyes turned to those turbulent but diverse shores, far from Tural, which you call home -- you are one from abroad, who arrived on these colorful shores with adventure bright in your eyes.You came across a hhetsarro (a miqo'te) who promises anything in exchange for a ride to (back to) Eorzea. You, kind/naive/conniving/ill-intentioned, eventually come to an agreement.

Every gasp, a little smaller

[MEDICAL/SUBSTANCE USE]Ceruleum smoke has done irreparable damage to this one's lungs. Sometimes, she can hardly breathe, and it is no wonder that it's growing worse with how much moko grass she smokes in a day.Maybe you wish to help her, fix her.
Maybe you have something stronger that would take the pain away.

Lore & Etc Disclaimer
As a PoC writer, I respect lore- as well as the culture it draws influence from- immensely.Squarenix drew inspiration from multiple indigenous cultures for Hhetsarro. Hayaani's background is inspired by the Diné (Navajo) nation, though by no means are they one and the same.Cultural fetishizations, orientalist narratives, 'bestial' depictions of sentient races, neo-nazi narratives, etc. aren't my thing.That being said, I wholeheartedly embrace and even welcome tasteful and introspective narratives on imperialism, capitalism, classism, violence and displacement.

_{heehoo art by me}Player Information
In Game: Hayaani Iwa'hinakwi @ Mateus
OOC: Asper/Asp
21+ || LGBTQ+
Discord: asperiianAvailability:
I work a solid 7 - 5 (PST) on weekdays with many-much side obligations. I am available for in-game roleplay in evenings & weekends with some scheduling in advance. Discord is preferred, since I can respond from the comforts of my office job!Preferences:
> Long-term plots. Character growth is rad.
>** Multi-paragraph posts. English is not my first language but I try to write muchly and goodly.
> Dice for combat, though logic is a-okay.
> All genres of RP!Nopes:
> No WoL, lore-breaking OCs, etc.
> Mature scenes require understanding that all involved players are 21+ and consenting.