failed heir. traitor knight. lost deserter.
█ name. rhona inedyr█ age. 34█ race. hrothgar█ pronouns. she/her█ height. 6'1"█ build. broad-shoulders, narrow waist-█ currently. freelancer█ formerly. garlean covert operative
.BIO
Born to a family of Mannatheihwo mage-knights in hiding, Rhona was trained practically from birth in the traditional techniques of her birthright. Her parents expected a prodigy: Rhona failed, every day, to impress them. When her low aptitude for magic showed no signs of improvement, Rhona was deemed an incompetent, a pathetic disappointment to her family. Her tenth summer, her parents sought out a last resort: help with their daughter's feeble aetherical reserves from a trusted friend—only to be betrayed to the IVth Imperial Legion, ambushed, and taken into custody.With her one surviving parent imprisoned, Rhona was placed under the care of the teachers and evaluators of Garlemald's charitable services. They saw in her a latent potential, an opportunity. So she was honed, quiet and hardworking and aching for approval, into a weapon that only the IVth Legion, with its tolerance for magic, could have created: a new kind of mage-knight. A hunting hound, leashed by the Empire, and uniquely specialized in the art of striking down her own kind.
But now, of course, the IVth Legion is gone. There is peace, and freedom.Set adrift, Rhona's travels have taken her now to Eorzea. Soft-spoken and sparing with her words to the point of brusqueness, she makes her living with sellswordery, bodyguarding, bounty hunting—anything, really, so long as it doesn't require even the barest proficiency in talking to people.She takes life day by day. Really, without the structure of command, and missions, and war—Rhona doesn't know what else to do.
█ 01 sword for hire
Guard, sellsword, bounty hunter. Rhona is fondest of bodyguard work, but she'll take what she can get. She's not so charismatic that she can afford to be picky. And for all her close-lipped tendencies—even Rhona has to eat.
█ 02 taciturn
Her quiet is habit, yes, discipline. But also a certain—awkwardness. Rhona has spent so long taking orders without question, speaking to no one but her superiors, that a casual conversation can be... daunting, at times. She tries her best.
█ 03 hair trigger
Rhona's reflexes are what's kept her alive this long. Now, they're the reason a casual bump has her reaching for a blade. They're the reason she starts fights. They're the reason she scares children. Have a care—or defend yourself.
█ 04 legionnaire
Rhona's IVth Legion training is masked by her mage-knight sword forms, the responsiveness to magic that no Garlean foot soldier hones to this degree. It comes through instead in her attitudes at rest; in the movement of her gaze, the little ticks of her posture and stance. A keen eye could spot her out; just don't expect her to thank you for it.
█ 05 caretaker
Despite her reservedness, Rhona used to look out for the other children in her dormitory, in her regiment. It's become more difficult, over time. Both to care, and to survive the caring. But her kind heart shows through (despite herself) around children, and those in need.
█ 06 magekiller
Rhona is specialized in dissipation: abrupt, sharp bursts of magic that slam into an unwary foe and disrupt the very body's flow of aether. Against the unprepared fighter, her strikes come with nausea, disorientation. Against a mage, mid-cast: the feedback of a ruined spell is often enough to send them shrieking to their knees.