.  RULE ONE  .  Do not be racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, etc. Exhibit any of these and you are getting the boot.

.  RULE TWO  .  I am someone who believes the ideology that everyone's stories deserve a voice; so long as it does not squander another person's. Generally, I am a flexible person when it comes to this, but if I feel toes being stepped on I will address it. I ask the same from those I rp with.

.  RULE THREE   .  As someone who dabbles into morally grey theming with my writing and characters, I kindly ask you to be at least 18 years of age to roleplay and interact with my stories involving Ciren and/or any of my other characters. I am not comfortable with rping with individuals not of the age of consent, because should I go into these topics within rp it is important that all parties involve are able to consent to such. Do NOT however, take me being morally gray as being evil, those are not the same thing.

cassiaslair. carrd template.

.  RULE FOUR   .  I do lots of things outside of roleplay, and while it is a great passion of mine: know that it is not my life. I may be a cryptid inside a computer screen to most, but I am also a person with obligations outside of the internet. I also enjoy doing other things in ffxiv as a whole, such as gposing and housing. If rp is not on my brain, then it is simply not on my brain. Please respect that. Do not guilt trip me into any roleplay scenarios, that is an instant red flag that will make me distance myself from you.

.  RULE FIVE  .  Roleplay involves lots of collaboration, so please speak to me if you want to plan things in specifics. It is important to let me know ahead of time so I can prepare and give my consent. IC =/= OOC, and should characters disagree I will ask if the player is okay. this also applies to any darker theming that can be potentially triggering for other parties. I am okay with darker themes, but even I have clear boundaries that will make me anxious if they are treaded upon lightly.

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  name.    ciren en-faea
  aliases.    swallowtail, butterfly, she of light, meyhali, dalninil
  age.    around 24 summers
  race.    raen, au ra.
  birthday.     error
  astrological sign.     sagittarius
  gender.    cis-female
  pronouns.     she / her
  sexuality.     demisexual, not searching.
  height.     five fulm.
  weight.     rude??
  build.   pear shaped, toned.
  hair color.     raven black.
  eye color.     blue moonstone.
  scent.     fog over a body of water, nostalgic, with notes of amra.

  job occupation.    wandering performer / healer.
  place of origin.     radz-at-han / thavnair
  home.    goblet, thanalan
  affiliation.     silent order, house suilloix, westwind free company.
  family.     ume nanotari (surrogate mother).
  d&d alignment.     true neutral
  mbti.     infj-t.
  likes.     wandering the star, performing, medicine, cooking.
  dislikes.     cold climates, disloyalty.
  virtues.     temperance, discipline, patience, wisdom, humility.
  flaws.     difficulty emoting, avoidant, reckless selfnessness.

  miscellaneous details.     most noteably, ciren has scales that almost look as though they are marred in opaline colors. she wears horn and tail jewelry that glow and chime with every step, and has a scar that runs from her collarbone to her sternum. under her eyes. crystals lay like to teardrops falling from her face. she often wears a cloak that holds many adornments and charms she has been given on her journey to answer untold questions. pale moonstone eyes stare as if they were both here and yet not in the same breath. a lily hairpin crowns her head, and always stares back.
for there is always an other, entwined. she, you, we, us, them.

"I view thee and it is the protectiveness of a guardian. I view her and it is someone too easily influenced by the aether that surrounds. I view thee both and I see a curled up form that floats aimlessly through the sunless sea." — Testimonial from the Nameless

  personality.     In terms of personality, Ciren is an overall neutral character; believing in the ideology that nature will take it's course. At face value, she is quiet, one content to observe conversation before joining as her curious nature soaks in how people behave. However, do not let her silence fool you in that she is complacent with what goes on around her. If and when she does speak up, the Raen will often speak in a way that is both simplistic and utterly confusing.Yet deep down, she is proof that nature is as calm as it is callous; a woman forced to grow early too quickly upon the star, from the knowledge she holds. Should it needs come to it, she will have to be the reminder of such a concept. Everything returns at some point, and she is painfully acceptant of the burden of her soul and her name.Though, something stirs deeper; beyond the mist of those pale eyes.

  history.     Long ago, there was a man who felt loss, both in fire and faith. He followed a rift in his heart and in the world around him, finding himself amongst the colored streets of Radz-at-Han. It was then, that he found a mother and a crying babe. Pale, unseeing eyes opened to the world for the first time on her nameday, and her mother was given a prophecy by a starseer; against everything, thou love always, along with a story and a hairpin. Thus, her mother named her after a quest for answers; Ciren.  thus she would wander, akin to a journey unto eternity     For a curious mind, shackled by the burden of a name and prophecy would be borne. She walks amongst life, learn what it means to be among them; and from there, perhaps one day the butterfly would know her freedom a'fore the cocoon of that false life calls her back.That is what it means to be her, Ciren, the last of her name.

in universe. ciren does not classify as a warrior of light while writing this. she acts as her own entity, while trying to follow the canon of ffxiv's main scenario questline.
aethersight. ciren navigates primarily through sound and tactile sensation, due to her being born blind. and while she does have access to aethersight, it does have it's rammifications.
kriegstanz. her dancer artes are written based off of elements from ffv and ffxi, along with elements found in the dancer quest in ffxiv. both in performing, and in combat.

aethersense. ciren is able to tap into aethersense to percieve the innate spirit, or aether, in someone. she is able to attune akin to a dance partner, but it should be treaded with utmost caution. for the body is a basin, and her soul may yet move to yours.
the soul. unaspected, with another presence seemingly holding it from cracking at the seams. it is potent in magicks, but leaves the woman easy to tucker out if used frivolously. you may come across it in the fight clubs she fights in, where her form begins to harden like a crystal.

special weapons. ciren wields tathlums that glow with ambient aether, the blades fashioned to look like butterfly wings. she has a conjury staff of the same design.
hairpin. it glows ominously, as if it is alive. sometimes many will find it to pulse with aether as if responding to the world.
performance. sometimes you may see a mysterious raen out and about, a melody always on her lips and always with a beat to her step. many dub her "swallowtail". there are rumors that she harbors secrets deep within, but are you brave enough to find out?

healer. ciren knows both traditional and aetherical healing, often favoring traditional if she can. it stems from her soul, and the firm belief of the body's strength to heal. she often eats poisons to test cures.
informant. while travelling the star to perform under the moniker "swallowtail", ciren also uses said performances to gain information from her free company. perhaps she holds knowledge you may need.
botany. a newfound hobby she has picked up from being in eorzea. she has an atelier that doubles as a haven to escape from the waking world.

  memoria.  She was born with her wings clipped at birth, given solace in the form of a lily hairpin and an unseen friend. Ciren En-Faea was born in the streets of Radz-at-Han by her mother, whom had fled a nomadic tribe in order to find a space to take care of her only child. Pale, unseeing eyes opened to the world for the first time on her nameday, and her mother was given a prophecy by a starseer. "Against everything, thou love always." From there she was trained on how to navigate using her senses. She spent her days amongst her newfound family in Troupe Kaghana, a performance troupe in Radz-at-Han. Ciren would observe in sounds and sensations how they played music and danced, often tapping the ground to feel the vibrations as the sounds graced her horns. She wanted to be a performer just like the rest of them.Until her mother collapsed on stage; an evident episode of her condition. For those with her name were cursed to have too much aether, a blessing unto others in healing but damnation upon the soul. Ciren and her mother withdrew from the troupe, and during the Final Days, Ciren was locked inside while Alarune donned her conjury staff to heal the people. That fateful day.. she died. Filled with grief, she wandered, going to Garlemald for six moons to help the populace, before being set for Eorzea and reunited with a family friend, Ume Nashmeira; whom she now calls her mother. Now, she has a new family in the form of the Westwind Free Company, and she has sworn that she will protect it with her life. Even as ties to her past conjury tribe wished to chain her down, she broke free and reforged her wings. The one thing she took was a title; Meyhali. That day, she vowed will be the Meyhali her loved ones need her to be.

  the current.  With her past ceasing to be, the Raen would continue to be with her free company, working with them and her dear companions at House Suilloix; along with her affiliation with those who are Silent. In doing so, she opened a sanctuary to continue her practices in the healing artes and take up the hobby of herbalism. She would take upon the mantle as the head of their Overland Logistics branch. Her gardens, the Kadjaya's Spirit, is her primary base of operations. Yet, her wanderings did not cease, as she would take upon her mother's old performance mantle: 'Swallowtail', and wander and perform for the people. However, within her heart there is a confliction of her faith. The conjurer tribe her mother once belonged to is gone, but within her mind the fortune told to her mother by the starseer continues to plague her mind.Against everything, thou love always.It has also been observed by her confidants within the Westwind, that the Raen has changed dramatically in her two summers upon Eorzean shores. Her grey eyes, now swirl in an aetheric-blue hue and her scales have changed to look as though she was of the sea. The reality, is that her condition was a burden of a name long lost:Ciren.Her connection to aether has grown stronger, akin to a leyline. Yet in exchange, it leaves the woman with lapses in memory from her younger days; when she was a little girl with a dream to soar as high as her mother once did as a performer, when she arrived to Eorzea as a young adult eager for new adventures. She lives as a hollow reflection of the woman she once was, and takes solace in what she has left. Yet she still wonders; what does it mean to live? Thus, you might find the little dancer fluttering in the most unexpected places; trying to find the answer to this unending question.

"Such a selfless Meyhali. Beauty, for the one that provides a river of wealth." — Testimonial from Zamir Suilloix

The two lost much those fateful days.. yet fate would dictate they find one another again. She? A spouse and a lifelong friend. The butterfly? The only blood she had left. When Ciren was born, Ume and her partner were a light in her mother's eyes that the young girl could never see, that lead both mother and child into a new life full of warmth. When the final days struck and Alarune passed, Ume had to depart from Thavnair. There is no malice held for the decision, because they found each other again when Ciren first arrived on the shores of Eorzea. Now, Ume is off on adventures of her own, and Ciren prays for her surrogate mother's safety daily.

It all began with a time of healing.. as the knight would step foot into a room laced in faint incense and plants. Ciren acts as a chirurgeon for Zamir and his house of Suilloix. As she helped him in a time of uncertainty, he helped her weather a storm she was unable to handle on her own. On a lone night in Ishgard with fresh fallen snow, did Ciren pledge her loyalty to House Suilloix; and in turn, he swore his loyalty to her. Zamir is a resolute presence in her life, something she appreciates and knows deep down she desperately needs. While he often worries of her own health, he keeps her own in check; he and his Esteem both. For she holds his secrets from the Holy See.

A beacon that cuts through the fog in her eyes.. Shiraban and Ciren met when he visited Eorzea for the first time, and they became fast friends. In reuniting with his brother, Shiraban, untold emotions were held close to the heart; including the manifestation of his own Esteem. Ciren has been a presence in the man's journey of self-discovery. In doing so, their bond blossomed into something that Ciren struggles to comprehend even now; love. At first, she hesitated in the name of helping him love all facets of himself, including his Esteem, known as Aestimare. Yet, as it stands, she fears that he will not love her in all of her facets. He promises to help her learn how to walk amongst others, to know and express emotions. Perhaps.. one day, she will know the words to say; but for now? He will help her learn what it means to love to express her heart to him fully.

The master of the sunless sea himself.. danced with her in haunted halls, as a whip cracked and the curtains called. From there, she sensed a familiarity in the man that she cannot comprehend. Two beings, fueled by a purpose to uphold balance and answer burning questions. He has given her a haven in the deep, and has been teaching her what it means to be 'free'; from the burden of name and knowledge both. He sees her for all her facets, and she does the same in turn. He calls her 'Dalninil', and within their haven, she works to uphold the nickname he has given her. For they both are creatures borne of creation.

Stories are destined to cross in some way or another.. that is what the Raen believes in regards to Suha and R'eya. The couple travelled to Eorzea in search of assistance for R'eya's deteriorating health, and Suha's own unique circumstances. They came across one of the members of the Westwind Free Company, and from there the duo's paths crossed with a pale-eyed Raen. In return, they have sworn their aide to Ciren whenever she is in need. Ciren trusts these two with all her heart, and refers to their presence frequently in conversation. Often times, you'll find them escorting Ciren to the places she frequents, or within the Kadjaya's Spirit to maintain security.

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There is an easy way to know if it is She or Them. How do you mean? Look yonder, upon the windows to the soul. The eyes? Aye. For the Swallowtail tends to have those soft lifeless orbs. They're beautiful. Yet the other, there is a fire that burns within- despite being unseeing. They look akin to a beast's. Be that as it may, those eyes see.. something. And? They will hunt it down."

  them.  From within the life now split, within the newfound pin did the existence stir. It too, cooed and wailed as newborn as it was, though not in the normal sense. From within, a myriad of possibilities seem to converge into one. the half-life can sense its other half, how calm the daughter was. it exists but just like on the outside..through her it lives.Just as on the outside, through it she lives. It is alive, yes? A name, it needed a name, for all living people need names do they not? Muffled voices can be heard from outside, a man and a woman, and it was hard to pinpoint the words. Though, as it focused harder it could hear something, an utterance. “En-faea.” the muffled musings of a woman spoke as it broke through the suffocating silence. En-faea? Ah, nay, the half-life knows exactly what the name will be. Like a chorus of agreement, the blooming of emotions rang through its heart- their heart.Entwined. they will be Entwined.

  them.  Ciren's "self-entwined", as she has dubbed them. They do not come out often, only when they are called or when Ciren is hurt. Those with aethersense can see sanguine within the girl's aether, a symbolism of their presence. Be careful when speaking their name, for it may be an invitation.  Name | Pronouns   Entwined Faea. (they/them) , "Thorns", Sanguine Witch
  Personality   Violent, inherently prickly, distrustful.
  Classes   RDM | RPR | AST
  Voice Claim   Sayaka Kinoshita (Femme Elias, Ancient Magus Bride)