Guidelines

Hello! It is so nice to meet you! We're at the grand ole OOC section that just about every carrd has nowadays. Y'know, RP disclaimers and all that. I don't have a lot of rules, but the ones I do have are pretty cut and dry.

01  I am not DM friendly as much as I probably should be. I will read your DM, but the chances of me replying to it are low unless it is something I feel important. That may sound crass, but I'm really busy.

02  I am available after 6 PM EST more often than anything, and I tend to stay up late. I idle around a lot and do my own thing, but if you see me hanging with anyone, feel free to say hi.

03  The writer and character are 27 (writer) and 25 (character). If you are under the age of 18, please note that it does make me mildly uncomfortable, and I will not write with anyone under 18 due to the sometimes suggestive themes of XIV and the RP community as a whole.

04  Erotic roleplay is off the table. Talha/Rowen may be a very seductive, femme fatale type character, but my time and effort for her aren't exactly devoted to sex. She is largely a grimdark/dark fantasy focused character, with lore that tackles the darkness of man. Not E-RP.

05  I can write as much or as little as needed; I typically find that I write in para-novella style, and have the most fun when my partners match that, but understand that not everyone does. All that I ask is that you make a sincere effort with your grammar and punctuation.Note: if English is not your first language, my patience will be infinite. It is not mine either and sometimes I struggle.

06  I write seldom now, but when I do, I write for deep lore development, either for Talha, or between characters. I enjoy para-novella style often, but not everyone enjoys that, so I let people write at their leisure.

Talha Adactus

"Heed my words, wayward traveler, and let them be your lifeline:
Run. As hard as your limbs will allow. Grapple for your life. Defy your fate - I encourage it.
But know this - if I catch you, your fate will become silence, and I will tell the tale."

dossier

❅ general

alias name.  Rowen von Asten
date of birth.  3rd umbral moon
age.  twenty five
gender.  female
race. undetermined
breed.  ? hybrid
patron deity.  halone
sexual orientation.  heterosexual

❅ background

birthplace.  North Shroud, Gridania
current home.  Ishgard / Coerthas
past home.  Limsa Lominsa
weapon(s). spear / daggers
*occupation. hunting troupe leader

significant other.  Aedric Adactus
pets.  couerl kitten, direwolf pups (3)
hunting companion.  grown direwolf

❅ appearance

hair. black; iced-mint highlights
eyes.  frozen blue
height.  4'10"
build.  small; athletic/gymnastic
dominant hand. right
scars. right eye / eyebrow
nails. claw-like / lengthy
other features. scars/clan marks/freckles

❅ personality

positive traits:  cunning, devoted, courageous
negative traits:  impulsive, curt, vengeful

likes: ice, snow, lemon curd sachertorte, tea
dislikes:  Garleans, milk, heat
fears & phobias:  water, ?

allegiance.  Adactus-Velika clan
moral alignment.  chaotic neutral

biography

Debriefing

Fueled by a red-hot temper that contrasts the cold manner of speech which she communicates in, Talha, or Rowen, as you may come to know her lately, is anything but "ordinary."Adept though she may be with a spear of any kind, her confident nature on and off the battlefield hides a discordant, traumatized personality that simmers beneath the surface. Many would do well to avoid striking up conversation with her in passing, unless requesting her hunting expertise for one reason or another.

backstory

What is it that you truly need to know, other than the contents that has been given to you here?She only cares to be truly known by her troupe, and those who seek to employ her. Trivialties like explanation of life, love, and the desperate rush of adventure again and again are so banal.Let the winter huntress do her bidding in quiet. With action, not word. If you linger near long enough and prove your mettle as a hunter or companion, you will come to know her as well as you need to. But truly, she is simply frozen cold, and fragile like ice.Be warned, should you step too far, that ice will crack, and you will most certainly drown in the frigid depths beneath.

post-endwalker

After the events of Endwalker, Talha settled again, finally, in a home she purchased for herself and her troupe in Empyreum, and makes due in regular time with casual hunts. She returns often to both Garlemald and Coerthas to hunt and avoid others.Many names still need to be crossed off her list before she will be satisfied enough to die in peace. And for that, her venture is ever, it seems, still heavensward.