#Amatia Ripwild

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It’s Amatia!! But wait.....

What’s that on her back??

I wonder what purpose this mysterious Inquest-looking device could have :U

>:3c

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Amatia Ripwild

◦ (mostly) Blind ◦ Sarcastic ◦ Gladium pit fighter ◦ Kind of a hermit ◦ Improviser

Overview

Name: Amatia Ripwild

Pronunciation:  uh-MA-tee-uh Rip-wild

Race: Charr

Age:  Young Adult (early 20s)

Sexuality:  Bisexual

Pronouns:  She/her

Height:  Slightly above average for a Charr

Weight/Build: STRONK. Pretty beefy in the upper body especially.

Scars/Birthmarks/Distinguishing Markings: A massive scar over her right eye, both eyes are slightly clouded.

Gameplay Info

Class: Thief

Preferred weaponset: Dual pistols or sword+dagger

Weapon skins:  Pistols: Grim Pact + Sunspear Sidearm. Blades: TBD

Preferred tactics: Fights dirty, wins by any means necessary.

Favorite Mount: Griffon.

Personality & Morals

Are they…(bold which term applies to the character):

introvert / extrovert / ambivert risk-taker / cautious organized / disorganized close-minded / open-minded (Sort of in between?) calm / anxious / restless disagreeable / agreeable / in-between patient / impatient outspoken / reserved leader / follower / flexible empathetic / un-empathetic optimistic / pessimistic / realistic traditional / modern / in-between hard-working / lazy

Moral alignment: True Neutral, slight leanings towards neutral good

Guilty Pleasure(s): Actually really enjoys fighting and enjoys the degree of fame she gets from her pit fights, but feels a bit guilty over enjoying the fame.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths/Skills (Mental/Physical): Fast, very good at improvising/using whatever’s on hand, good at dodging, is pretty strong.

Weaknesses (Mental/Physical): Not great at accuracy, relies heavily on sound, not great at friends

Biggest Advantage: Her ingenuity

Biggest Vulnerability: She’s mostly blind, so her senses are limited

Mental Ailments:  TBD

Physical Ailments:  Mostly blind; can still see movement and some extremely vague/blurry shapes and colors, but that’s about it.

Addictions/Bad Habits: Tends to (try to) isolate herself when she’s not fighting

Phobias: Inadvertently causing the death of close friends through her own failures..... again.

Virtue: Charity

Vice: Sloth

Lifestyle

Birthplace: Diessa Plateau

Current Residence: The Black Citadel

Education:  Typical Charr education; taught in a Fahrar.

Religion: None

Philosophy/Outlook on Life: Sometimes you have to lose in order to learn. After all, loss teaches far more than winning ever can.

Job:  Pit Fighter

Hobbies: Likes making little clockwork things

Relationships

Status:  Single

Family:  Unknown

Friends:  Not many, probably. TBD.

Enemies:  Her old Warband, in a way. Also the entire Flame Legion, she absolutely hates them.

Other notable relationships (If any): TBD

Backstory

Childhood: TBD

Adolescence: At first, the Warband that Amatia was assigned to, the Rip Warband, got along great. They were as close as any Warband should be. But over time, as they started maturing and growing as individuals, the Warband began to splinter; differing opinions, differing tastes, differing personalities all started to fracture the once-close Warband.

Young Adulthood: This all culminated in a mission going wrong; Amatia had been assigned to be the scout/lookout on a mission to take out a Flame Legion encampment. But just as things were getting started she was ambushed, leaving her incapacitated and unable to warn her Warband. They survived, barely, but ultimately failed the mission…. and ultimately, blamed Amatia for their failure. It didn’t help that the ambush attack had left her almost completely blind, and so the Warband decided that she was no longer of any use to them and kicked her out. So she chose not to join a new Warband after that, in part because she wasn’t sure she could trust a new group of people to not do the same thing, and in part because she was kind of convinced she wouldn’t be able to contribute much to an actual Warband.

Present Day: Thus, as a Gladium, she has become a pit fighter, and a rather popular one at that. She’s generally seen as a bit of an underdog thanks to her near-blindness, but she uses that to her advantage. People tend to underestimate her, and she’s learned to mostly compensate. That isn’t to say that she’s undefeated; she’s lost plenty of matches, but won plenty more.

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Some rough doodles I did of Amatia at work! Mostly headshots because like hell can I remember how to draw her clothes without a reference lol.

Her head’s really fun to draw tho!

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Name: Amatia Ripwild

Class: Thief

Sexuality: Bisexual (single)

Traits (incomplete) : Acts self-confident, and seems rather subdued and reserved outside of fights; tends to be quiet  and straightforward. In fights she’s very precise and much more boisterous, taunting her opponents. Her demeanor towards her fans is similarly enthusiastic; she genuinely cares for and appreciates anyone who watches her fights. She’s very good at riling up the crowd.

Bio (incomplete) : Amatia once had a Warband, but now she lives as a Gladium--and refuses to talk about what happened. Whether tragedy or banishment, it’s clearly a subject of great pain. Whatever happened, she ended up as an Arena Fighter, taking part in showy martial arts/wrestling matches.

(more will be added later, she’s currently still pretty newwww)

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Doodling up a ref for Amatia, and I really like how the sketch came out so I’m posting it here as a wip :’D

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1 fact about everyone, maybe about the weapons they like?

Each character already has their usual weapons listed on their refs, but I’ll go a bit more into detail here about that! and also give a minor update on Jozzik’s preferred weapons lol.

Tix: Favors dual-wielding a knife and an axe, though she will occasionally switch the knife out for a focus, or switch it all out for a Greatsword. She doesn’t tend to actually buy into the Reaper archetype much, but she does like swinging around a big sword sometimes. Her weapon aesthetic tends to be black/white/silver, with various curving edges and simple yet elegant designs. Sort of like weapons that echo wrought iron designs.

Damok: When he’s working alone he tends to favor the shotgun (he’s an excellent marksman even with his failing eyesight), but when he’s working with others he’ll switch to sword/shield combo to draw fire to himself. He leans towards rustic/old/simple weapon designs.

Amatia: As a Pit Fighter, she’s opted to stick to purely unarmed fights. As such, she prefers to fight weaponless. When forced to use a weapon, she’ll basically use whatever’s available; she’s not picky and is a major opportunist. She’ll use improvised weapons just as readily as actual ones, if needed. Of course, she’d much rather just headbutt her opponents.

Darijja: Absolutely loves dual-wielding swords. She’ll switch to a shotgun if ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY (aka when she truly needs to keep some distance between her and her opponent) but otherwise she’ll stick doggedly to her swords. Much to her chagrin, her time in Elona has required her to resort to the shotgun almost exclusively. Those darn blinding effects. Her weapon aesthetic varies widely; she loves symbolic looking weapons (like her rose sword) but she also loves both human- and asura-designed weapons.

Jozzik: True to his self-given title of Magician, Jozzik sticks to either a staff or a scepter+torch/focus combo. The staff is used more for when he wants to do more damage to a wider array of opponents, whereas the scepter combo is his go-to choice for when he’s wanting to cause maximum chaos. His weapon aesthetic is… fairly obvious, really. Anything pretty/sparkly/pink. Though, notably, his scepter is…. a princess wand.

Abimuirne: Hammers. She won’t use anything else. This is entirely due to her time in the Mists; she uses hammers as an homage to Jalis, whom she is endlessly attached and loyal to. Doesn’t have a concrete aesthetic yet.

Heavenbat: Greatswords!! For a while he dabbled in hammers, but in the end settled on greatswords. Basically he just likes big weapons. If necessary he will resort to a longbow as a dragonslayer, but he’ll switch back to greatsword as soon as possible.

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Last night, I got Amatia up to level 80!! And with that, I actually figured out more of a concrete backstory for her--mostly, why she’s a Gladium.

Her Warband, the Rip Warband, had been slowly fracturing over time. This all culminated in a mission going wrong; Amatia had been assigned to be the scout/lookout, but just as things were getting started she was ambushed, leaving her incapacitated and unable to warn her Warband. They survived, barely, but ultimately failed the mission.... and ultimately, blamed her for their failure. It didn’t help that the ambush attack had left her almost completely blind, and so the Warband decided that she was no longer of any use to them and kicked her out.

So she chose not to join a new Warband, in part because she’s not sure she can trust a new group of people to not do the same thing, and in part because she’s kind of convinced she wouldn’t be able to contribute much to an actual Warband. She enjoys fighting in pit matches as a bit of an underdog, but has learned to compensate for her near-blindness. It helps that she isn’t TOTALLY blind; she can still see vague shadows and movements, but it’s incredibly blurry and dim. Luckily Charr have great hearing and smell, which also helps a bit, but she still finds herself missing her sense of sight.

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