Jana Ridah

[Jana]

 

Name: Jana Ridah

Race: Miqo'te (Keeper of the Moon)

Age: 19 (15th Sun, 3rd Umbral Moon, 1563)

Hair: Brown

Skin: Light Brown

Eyes: Purple

Build: Just slightly taller than average.

 

Biographical

Place of Residence: Generally on the road, but is lately based out of a room in the Drowning Wench inn.

Place of Birth: East Shroud, around where Castrum Oriens now stands.

Profession: Adventurer, officially in the employ of Maelvaan's Gate.

IC Classes: Archer, Pugilist, Arcanist.

Hobbies: Training, Exploring ("I am an adventurer, after all!"), (attempting to pick up) Reading

 

Relationships

Mother: Dina Ridah (Deceased)

Father: Rheem'a Bahar (Unknown/Deceased)

Sister: Khena Ridah

 

Patron God: Byregot the Builder (unaware/unobservant)

 

Appearance

Years learning how to hunt and trap animals in the Black Shroud followed with a harder life in Gridania after the Calamity have kept Jana lean and toned. The clothing she wears reflects her own self-image as an adventurer, usually being simple and protective. She's gotten used to wearing a pair of glasses while working for Maelvaan's Gate, needed for her to "work the damn grimoire," though she will never admit that they also help her accuracy with a bow.

 

Personality

While she is rather carefree, Jana is no stranger to the trials brought upon the survivors of the Calamity. However, she's optimistic (some might say naive) enough to remain upbeat, though whether she's actually happy or just burying her misgivings is unclear to even herself. She is capable of working hard when she has a clear goal in front of her, but Jana doesn't take work itself very seriously. She acts confident to the point of arrogance when within the confines of “adventuring,” but is a lot more hesitant in most every other aspect.

 

History

While all Jana will voluntarily share with most others is that she's an adventurer originally from Gridania, she was actually raised in a small Keeper of the Moon village in the East Shroud. It was there that Jana learned the basics of using a spear and a bow, how to track and trap game, and how to turn it into food and leather, all while well within the bounds enforced by the Wood Wailers. However, much of what she knew was wiped out by the Calamity, and the Wailers that her family had known had gone off to war and never returned. The remaining Keepers scattered with the subsequent Garlean establishment of Castrum Oriens, some making it to larger living groups in the area, others retreating further into the forest to live as poachers. Jana's mother Dina was able to escape to Gridania with her two children, but Jana and her sister Khena weren't able to save her from an illness she had caught while traversing the shroud. The two young Miqo'te scraped out a living by hunting small game around the city and selling the meager meat and furs to other refugees for a few years. It was during these first years of the seventh umbral era that Jana learned how to fight bare-handed, fending off competition that was more likely to poach and draw attention from the authorities (though her fights often drew them over regardless).

 

On the fifth year of the umbral era, Jana and Khena decided to put their money together to escape their life as homeless, small-time hunters. With her share of the savings, Khena was able to rent her own small lodging and join the Archer's Guild in Gridania, while Jana loaded up on supplies and made the journey to Ul'dah, supposedly chasing the promise of further riches while honing her skills as a pugilist. In reality, Jana was trying to chase her idea of “revenge”: By learning how Magitek worked, she hoped to turn the Garlean war machines of her youth against them and cleanse the Shroud of their presence.

 

During her time in Ul'dah, Jana joined both the Pugilists' and Adventurers' Guilds, where she improved her ability to fight bare-handed and with knuckle weapons while working around Thanalan as an adventurer for hire. With time, she also joined the Free Brigade of the Immortal Flames, mostly taking small assignments and saving up for such luxuries as her own chocobo. But as time passed and battles escalated, Jana found herself fighting during the battle to capture Castrum Meridianum. Eager to see magitek in-person once more, she followed the Flames to victory, but it was then that she knew she could never learn how to harness that power by simply fighting it as a soldier or adventurer. After doing some research, she determined that the best way to advance would be to make her way to Limsa Lominsa, where Jana enrolled with the Arcanists' Guild and began to study the manipulation of Aether.