W'pip Raham
Ex-Tia of the Wolf Tribe | Ul'dahn Pit Fighter | Desert Dweller | Local Idiot
The Lore
[Age] Adult (28)
[Alignment] Chaotic Neutral
[Personality +] Boyish, playful, loud, opportunistic, competitive, agreeable, generally upbeat, social chameleon.
[Personality -] Gil-hungry, morally ambiguous, opportunistic, hyper-competitive, egotistical, moody, unsympathetic.
[Orientation] Bisexual, strength (physical, mental, intellectual) is a prime attractor.
[Race/Tribe] Miqo’te / Seeker of the Sun / Wolf (Wah)
[Aether] Pip cannot detect aether, so player’s choice on how you want your character to perceive his.
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Born on the 25th Sun of the 5th Umbral Moon to the small, traditional, and mostly nomadic Wolf tribe during the years when they called the dunes of the Sagolii home. Miqo'te of the Wolf tribe are renowned for their skill at dunefishing, spear hunting, and the domestication of desert plants. A master dunefisher in her own right, W'Ahra--mother of W'pip--taught her kits the art. the 5th Umbral Moon was a prosperous month for the tribe. W'pip and his immediate brother W'Nehm, were not the only sons sired. Many young males in the tribe contributed to some social tensions. But where the other young tias were flaunting and peacocking for the attention of the girls--as young Tias are wont to do--Pip and Nehm were kept shielded. Instead, their mother employed their hands with dunefishing and gathering; and kept their minds away from the social expectations of a tia. As he grew, he often had the luxury of traveling and conducting trade independently. His isolation enabled him to see what life outside the tribe could offer--dancing, gambling, luxuries he could only imagine. When he came of age where he must accept his place as tia or become his own nunh, he did neither.Abandoning his tribe and his family, he is lured to Ul'dah like thousands of hopefuls before him. Though he was young and fit, Ul'dah's economy was unkind. There was no need for the skills of a hunter-gatherer. He could certainly feed himself but failed to make gil. With little else to offer, he found himself homeless and lost amidst a sea of refugees outside the city's gates.
After neigh-on two years of struggling, his life takes a turn. A hooded hyur, stalking the refugee camps for desperate, fresh, bodies, offers Pip a way into the city. "Fight, win, and collect coin."Nothing is ever that easy.Pip may be scrappy, but pit fighting did not come easily to him. He suffered several losses, accompanied by broken noses, ribs, knuckles, and a severely bruised ego. Yet, his character is marked by fatal persistence. Again and again, he turned up to fight. His first victory net him gil enough for a room in the inn and the attention of a healer. The thrill of the fight and promise of glory became an unshakeable addiction.
Only after he'd fought and won several times did he meet his employer. Roric Raham. An ex-pit fighter himself, he took young Pip under his tutelage and honed his talents. Over their near decade-long relationship, Roric Raham would become more than a tutor. He became a parental figure, filling the void left by the departure from his mother. No longer a young man and plagued by illness in his final years, Roric succumbed to his age In his honor, W’pip took up the surname Raham.Roric’s fighting empire was inherited by his only blood son, who remains mostly uninvolved. While he has become a local favorite over the years, and an expert career-fighter, without the man’s guidance, and Pip finds himself looking for new mentorship and a wealthy-enough sponsor to fund his fighting ventures.
The Hooks
You may know W'pip if:
-You are also a pit fighter, gladiator, or some other combatant.
-You are a long-time resident of Ul'dah or at least keep up with the happenings of the city.
-You are a gambler.
-You conduct business of another kind in or around the Pearl Lane.
-Your character is sensitive to or attracted to Aether.
-You are also of the Wolf tribe.
-Etc.
The OOC
Crystal: Mateus- Looking for RP connections. Player is 28, he/him, minors DNI; there may be NSFW or adult themes in my text / RP. I generally prefer disc RP or in-game. Please message on tumblr for disc info.Interested in RP but didn't see a hook that might apply? Message me! Maybe we can make something work.RP Rules/Expectations
I am an adult and will do my best to behave as one. I ask that you do the same.Which includes having an open and respectful line of communication. This applies to even minor issues, like you are no longer interested in the RP or RP trajectory and would like to change or stop, I respect your agency to do so, please let me know so I don't make an ass of myself.I am a busy man, and I'm sure you're just as busy. I may need time in between replies and I will respect that you may need time as well. If it becomes excessive, again, just please keep me in the loop.In regards to ERP or Romance, I reserve the right to fade-to-black (as do you). I am STRICT about keeping OOC and IC separate. I respect that our characters may be in some relationship, but we are not. I do not owe you anything more than the nature of our RP partnership demands, and I will not ask anything more of you. My character is monogamous and will only engage in canon monogamy.