F'hujora Yawree

Diplomat, scholar, and reluctant adventurer with a penchant for engineering.

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About

F'hujora, known to most simply as Ujo, spent most of her seven and twenty years studying the Allagan Empire and its technology. Born in La Noscea, she spent her childhood burning through books on her interest, which bordered on obsession. Once she had turned ten, she was sent to study in Sharlayan, working toward fulfilling her dream of being a renowned scholar. When she was of age, she was admitted to the Studium, and worked fervently to make up for her awkward demeanor which kept others at a distance.Ujo's knack for field work, her loaded vocabulary, her sense of propriety, and her blunt manner of speaking pushed her career in another direction. Whether she liked it or not, she had the makings of a political envoy. While she was inducted into the Sons of Saint Coinach, research grants on Allagan technology became sparser, leading the Miqo'te to begrudgingly move back to La Noscea to pursue her new line of work for consistent pay. Now a diplomat for her homeland, she set out to expand the Eorzean Alliance with her peers with a focus on infrastructure, effectively pitching and developing new means of transportation and trade, primarily via airships.
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When she wasn't drafting speeches or stuck in meetings, Ujo was tinkering away with her knowledge of Allagan technology, making unusual weaponry to aid her in her expeditions. The more dangerous the terrain she surveyed, the more experimental her work became. From firearms to explosives, she did it all with a passion that burned as brightly as the masterpieces she detonated-- a stark contrast against her stoic and demure nature.After several years of behind-the-scenes grunt work prior to the Calamity, she was assigned as the head facilitator for Ishgard, and she quickly became enamored by the Coerthan city-state, despite its many problems. Ujo had also developed a reputation amongst fellow engineers as someone perhaps too unconventional for academia, which prompted her to eventually visit the Skysteel Manufactory, pestering the Machinists to discuss schematics and methodology.
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As the Miqo'te Machinist became more involved with Ishgardian culture, she found herself feeling like an outsider and was looking for reasons to venture out. The many troubles the city still has are a sore spot for her, and one of the many reasons for her burnout work ethic. She was thrilled with field testing, marrying her years of research and scholarly pursuits with something tangible. It was exhilarating, though it often put her in danger, particularly as she is inept at managing and wielding her aether, much less any sort of magicks.She still relies on sellswords as her main form of companionship and protection to make up for her weaknesses, meeting her bodyguard-turned-closest friend Yhuree through an old connection from Sharlayan. It was because of her friendship with the Xaela woman that she began to learn the way of the gunbreaker, though she is still too frail and uncertain to be a disciplined, proper lady of the blade.Perhaps to some, the idea of the terse, standoffish diplomat who valued candor and decorum above all else wielding horrific amalgams of firearms and attempted recreations of ancient technology was a contradiction. But to Ujo, it was simple. Bullets shoot straight. Fire burns hot. Through such simple truths, she found her greatest comforts. It was reassurance for someone who was, in fact, rather insecure in every other facet of her life.Ujo is also occasionally called upon as an Archon of Allagan technology and infrastructure, typically representing the Sons of Saint Coinach. She tries to keep this hidden, though. It is not enough. There is still much to do, including developing her sense of self.
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When not slaving away over the forge, Ujo can be found penning yet another thesis in Old Sharlayan or exploring various ruins of ancient civilizations to make sense of their machinery. She is a sucker for whisky and desperately needs the warmth of the hearth as someone who grew up accustomed to Vylbrand's more temperate climate.Ujo is without many close friends, relying on the few she can count on while stumbling through any interactions which are not related to her disciplines. She has recently developed quite the crush on a certain knight, but is too meek outside of her experiments to speak of something so improper. Her phlegmatic mien does much and more to conceal her many smoldering desires and opinions.
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Physical Description:
Unusually tall for a Miqo'te woman, standing at five fulms and seven ilms. A tad waifish and lanky, with a tendency to curl in on herself, hiding deep scars covering her entire body. Pitch-black hair with a long, fluffy tail of the same color. Always has a fringe to hide her thick eyebrows, no matter the hairstyle. Extraordinarily light gold eyes, framed by round wire glasses. Clad in blue regardless of the occasion, and rarely without the earring of her guardian, Menphina.

Hooks

  • Fellow Sharlayan scholars may recognize her from her many late nights scrawling out drafts, or from her work as a political envoy. "Please, spare me the details of finding me asleep in a puddle of ink. 'Twas humiliating to deliver my manuscript in such a state."

  • Ishgardians may also recognize her for helming work on the long-distance airships, her experiments with the Machinist's Guild, or her former affiliation with the Observatorium as its chief engineer.

  • Rumors are swirling about regarding her behavior around the Lord Commander, whom she revered and blushed around for years. She has allegedly since managed to recover some semblance of levelheadedness around him. "Why-- I-- That is entirely inappropriate! A man of his station would never stoop to such lows!"

  • While she is typically withdrawn, any mention of machinery will pique her interest and have her scampering toward the discussion with the subtlety and grace of an Adamantoise. This belies a complete dependency on technology, seeing as she is aether inept.

  • Complaints about the Coerthan climate will have her chiming in. She will certainly be drawn to bemoaning the cold with fellow La Nosceans. "I love Ishgard. Truly, I do. However, I dearly miss the sunny shores of Costa del Sol..."

  • She was raised around rogues and scallywags, with her father still working as a sailor and her ex-partner being a high-profile pirate who used her for her proximity to the Limsan upper-class. Buccaneers and bounty hunters alike tend to recognize her for this, and she is extraordinarily avoidant when she sees them near. Some pirates are familiar with her having overseen many executions. It is odious work which speaks to her hatred.

  • Considering how much research she did on empires of ages past and their technological advancements, it is only natural that she would have also studied Garlemald and Magitek. While she would never dare speak of this in public, she finds the empire and its technology fascinating. As a child, she found Solus zos Galvus rather dashing, and still collects clockwork dolls of the man between crafting Magitek miniatures. "I cannot in good faith disparage Garlemald and its scientific achievements. Any engineer with sense would admire it thusly."

  • Ujo is an Archon. Her thesis on Allagan tech and the potential to recreate it with modern limitations, as well as her extraordinarily thorough documentation of Azys Lla and other Allagan ruins, earned her the title. She keeps her marks hidden underneath high collars and rarely speaks of her own achievements.

  • Typically hidden under gloves, long sleeves, ribbons and lace, Ujo's body is a scarred mess. Her hands are the most visible, but sometimes, through tights and in the rare moments she rolls her sleeves up, much more is visible, provoking questions that this scholar clams up upon being asked. "You surely know better than to ask a lady what she has endured in her life."

OOC

Fluent in English & Spanish, learning French. US EST and occasionally EU CET on Marilith, but willing to travel to other DCs.I know Ujo is stuck with a joke name OOC, but it has grown on me, for better or worse. At least it's canon compliant enough to get away with when played straight, but there is a reason I've changed it IC. Do know I take her very seriously as a character, though.As of now, I main MCH and GNB, and have become rather fond of PVP content. If you see me doing dailies, I am likely leveling my DPS jobs or am learning to heal. I am a professional writer who has been roleplaying for many years on different platforms but am newer to RP on FFXIV (and FFXIV in general).I have loved Final Fantasy for most of my life, with my favorite game of all time being FFXV. Writing is my main passion, but I also enjoy watching anime & tokusatsu, reading, drawing, and hiking. I like to spend the weekend DJing basement shows, restoring leather purses, or snobbishly sipping on red wine.Most RP is okay with me. I prefer literate, third-person roleplay with at least a paragraph-length response. RP on Discord, Tumblr, and FFXIV are all okay with me. IC is not OOC. Just because I like potential pairings for characters does not mean I am looking for a similar dynamic OOC-- I am in a relationship. Romance is off the table for Ujo as well due to her own budding relationship, sorry! If you're weird or rude, I will block & blacklist you.I am completely caught up with MSQ, so I am open to meet anywhere!