#i am genuinely astounded by my deep interest in karū

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CHARACTER STUDY: HAZANUI KARŪ

physicality and related behavior

square jaw

rather small for an aumaua

sun-weathered face

high quality prosthetic right arm with finger joints, made of wood

tar-stained teeth

smokes whiteleaf a lot

carries her shoulders high

very raspy laugh

vocabulary and way of speaking

diplomatic and well-spoken

says “clear skies” – common rauataian salutation

says “my troops” (as opposed to “our troops” or “the troops”)

occasionally uses sarcasm

doesn’t swear, aside from one “cocks” when annoyed and urging to continue a trial

uses the word „brass” as weaponry

sometimes asks rhetorical questions to point out others’ failings and flaws

called someone „pirate” to their face (as in „not fast enough to outrun our cannons, pirate.”)

threatened someone in a very calm voice at least once. more often sounds angry when making threats

views on other people

distrustful of vailians

slightly condescending about aristocrats and artists – they are soft

views vailians as greedy and untrustworthy. quick to speak about vailians in derogatory terms

views huana as inactive and complacent. claims to respect the huana. believes they have great potential as they are “of the same stock” as rauataians. according to her this potential is untapped. no evidence of racism against island aumaua

^ xenophobic, but most likely not racist

favored in-game dispositions: cruel, passionate, rational

appreciates strength, bravery, resourcefulness, ingenuity

motivation

doesn’t like excessive cruelty but is fine with hurting people if she deems it necessary

admires the engwithans and hopes to eventually surpass them in technological progress

cares about rauatai a lot. enthusiastic about improving rauatai

mentions that rauatai gets a lot of its food from plantations in the deadfire – reason to keep rauataian presence strong there

wants to reform the huana and the deadfire archipelago

believes that rauatai and not the huana should get ukaizo because “they’ve never known hardship, they’ve never had to strive”

personality-related behavior

eager to assist people who are eager to assist her and the rdc

often compliments allies on the personality traits she finds valuable

casually talks about bombarding a district

quickly acts in response to events, dislikes inaction

screams at people below her station (example: sabormi)

loses her temper easily

quotes

“I knew you Vailians had no principles, but have you no shame as well?”

“I mean no insult to the Huana. But they’ve never known hardship, they’ve never had to strive. We’ve earned our place at Ukaizo.”

“On my signal the cannons of the Brass Citadel will fire and our ships will bombard Queen’s Berth.”

towards a member of the VTC: “Are those frilled collars stuffed in your ears? If the Watcher’s mumblings are right, then Eothas is marching on Ukaizo, we have to move.”

if the watcher’s background is Aristocrat: “You may have had a sheltered upbringing but you’re no soft-handed sop, i’ll give you that.”

if the watcher has Cruel disposition: “I’m not one for wanton cruelty. But I think you can appreciate that hard decisions need to be made, and you won’t shy away from them.”

If the watcher has Passionate disposition: “You’ve got a way of charging into things full speed. Some might call it reckless but I… consider it valuable.”

if the watcher has Rational disposition: “You’ve got a good head on your shoulders. Deadfire needs more of that.”

“The Engwithans were masters of engineering. And with the knowledge of Ukaizo, we could surpass them.”

“Ukaizo was yours once, and you’ve lost it. Meanwhile, the storms that cover Ondra’s Mortar plague Rauatai too.”

“Is it a coincidence these disasters do not touch Vailian installations? Or Vailian citizens?”

“Nothing worth doing has ever been easy. But, we must strive all the same.”

“The Vailians won’t lift a finger if it isn’t to snatch a coin. And the Huana will barely do that much.”

“And my people left Deadfire because it was in shambles. You worship a glorious past when you should set your eyes on the future.”

“Anything can be stopped with sufficient force. The problem is finding the will to deploy it.”

“We come of the same stock as the Huana. I don’t doubt their capacity for greatness.”

“Ukaizo belongs to us. We’ve earned it with blood and sweat.”

“At least you’ve got gumption. Nothing worse than standing around in the middle of a storm.”