#rija muscadet

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(Mirita is 6 fulm 1 ilm/186 cm. She doesn't think a lot about how tall she is even though she's aware that she's much taller than many Miqo'te; she's mostly just Used To It at this point.) (Khorijin and Khoride are 6 fulm 2 ilm/190 cm. Much like Mirita, Khorijin does not think very much about it, whilst Khoride revels in it and enjoys it. Mostly for intimidation but also for seduction.)

(Rija is 7 fulm 3 ilm/223 cm. She is very proud of her height as well, and has gotten used to fielding Many Questions about it. Given that many other Viera in her family are at least her height or will grow that tall, she doesn't think anything of it.) (Ystride is 6 fulm 6 ilm/200 cm. Given the circumstances of who they are, they find it a relief, mostly because it is an affirmation that she is Her Own person. It also makes a funny because this means that they're Khori and Ride's big little sister.) (Euphemia is 6 fulm 4 ilm/193 cm. She is aware it is a perfectly Highlandery height to be, and is not worried about it.) (Helena is 7 fulm 8 ilm/234 cm. She used to be self-conscious about it, but it doesn't bother her nearly as much as it used to.)

12/22/24

How tall is your wol(oc)? How do they feel about their own height?

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A bar bunny appears. (Rija uses she/her pronouns.)

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(A mother and her daughters, out and about.)

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(A rabbit on the town.) (Rija uses she/her pronouns.)

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(Miri and Khori are basically married to each other despite never having a bonding ceremony, and are fine with that. Individually it is highly unlikely either of them would consider marrying someone else, though maintaining close queerplatonic or romantic relationships isn't impossible.)

(Rija would not be opposed to getting married, but it would take a *very* serious relationship to make her commit to it; right now, she loves freely, though not carelessly.)

(Khoride is not opposed to it and has considered it, but is ultimately unsure if it is particularly necessary given how deeply those close relationships she has currently already run.)

(Ystride is still acclimating to having romantic connections at all, and would probably collapse into a heap thinking about it.)

(Euphemia was just recently engaged, and is quite happy about it.)

(Helena is in a similar position to Rija--the main difference being that she actively avoided thinking about it whilst she was in the Resistance, and is only barely considering the possibility now.)

Is your WoL married, or is that something they want in life?

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Glory to Mankind~

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Bonus Bits: What Do The Ladies Sound Like?

Mirita: Has a bit of a drawl an' tends to drop syllables when she can m'nya. Very loud an' boisterous and energetic; she talks real quick an' has a somewhat higher but not squeaky-pitched voice. Somethin' akin' t' a Southern American accent in th' overall, is what'cha might say. She also tends t' make cat sounds when talkin', m'yeah?

Khorijin: Speaks very precisely and with what would be a very slight Mongolian accent. As she learned her common from people who speak it quite formally, her turns of phrase are ofttimes appropriately archaic. She does not use more modern contractions either, and will favor the likes of ne'er, e'er, and so forth, and often invokes Nhaama in some of her minced oaths or similar. Her tone is a little nasal and lower in pitch, and she does not speak very loudly unless she is deeply emotional. (In terms of delivery, but maybe not directly sound, think of Ryan Bartley's Rei Ayanami.)

Rija: Her tone Rolls and Lilts when she speaks most of the time~, and in a general sense, her accent sounds less nasal and a bit closer to Italian than Icelandic like many other Viera are known to, mostly due to her time in Dalmasca, yes? She is also prone to using "yes?" and "no?" at the end of statements, and is especially fond of tree and forestry metaphors; Muscadet is a village grown strong by careful tending of its roots, including verbal traditions. (Rija is one of the few Ladies *with* a direct voice claim: Rose as portrayed by Gina Grad in Street Fighter V.)

Khoride: Being Khorijin's twin, Khorijin and Khoride do sound *almost* alike, favoring the same word choices and sharing the same with one major difference: Khoride's voice is deeper by maybe about a half step and tends to be more openly emotional and sultry, occasionally raspy and throaty or even growly depending on the situation.

Ystride: They sound, generally speaking, as formal and straightlaced as you would expect an Elezen that looks like them to sound--a very soft tone, with just a little bit of raspiness and gravel to it, as much like Khorijin they do not like speaking much more loudly than they need to. Unlike her sisters she is willing to use more common contractions on occasion, but not very often. (For accent, they're a dead ringer for Caitlin Glass's Cammy White from Street Fighter IV, V, and 6.)

Euphemia: Most of the time, she speaks in a warm and lightly Scottish accent. There are, if you listen closely, what would be vague touches of Jamaican English (not Jamaican Patwa, that's separate) in her speech as well; in terms of pitch, her voice trends low, warm, and comforting, very much motherly. When she is more relaxed, both of these things loosen, and she tends to lean more into a more easygoing tone in the overall (at which point she does slip a little bit more into what sounds like Jamaican Patwa, not Jamaican English). She usually does not use contractions.

Helena: A low, rumbling Slavic accent and a marked tendency towards casual speech, though she will occasionally use much more formal diction to make or emphasize a point. Much like Rija, she tends to use "yes" and "no" at the end of statements, but generally speaks in a slow, unhurried way--this is your tired Russian wine auntie who has seen it all, basically. (Cindy Robinson's Kolin from SFV but several pitches lower is fairly accurate.)

(If the descriptions for anyone without voice claims rings a bell, feel free to send ones that you think might be interesting, either through reposts, asks, or if you know me personally, DMs. If you want to get a look at the Ladies proper to make a judgment, check their profiles out. )

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(How precisely Rija does this *could* be explained by bunshin, and yet somehow the differences between the two are stark...)

(Rija uses she/her pronouns.)

#two Vyras? #*sweats* [@sylaurin]

[He/She/They]

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(The bun got a nameday dress yesterday.)

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(Thanks to Ikara on Bluesky for the template.)

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Ladies' Profiles: Rija Muscadet

Name: Rija of Muscadet (Rija Muscadet in the Eorzean fashion; her wood-name is not known to anyone but a select few. She is just "Ri" to her close friends; her name can be pronounced as either Ri-yah or Ri-hah, though the first is closest to how it is traditionally pronounced.)

Pronouns: she/her (cis woman)

Age: 36 (as of Patch 6.55, The Coming Dawn, born December 26/26th Sun of the 6th Astral Moon)

Origin: Rava Viera

Family members: Alys, Veis, Ruuj, Shara (younger sisters, in birth order from oldest to youngest), Rena (mother), Ysera (grandmother), Petra (great-grandmother)

Height: 222.7 cm/7’3”

Preferred professions: NIN, VPR, DNC, GNB

Aetheric alignment: Astral wind

Rija is the oldest of five daughters born in the village of Muscadet in the Golmore Jungle, and a fleet-footed hunter skilled with knives and hiding. Muscadet is far more open to outsiders than some Viera settlements, as are many of the Golmorri Viera (in the Ladies' worldine, at least), and so one day Rija met a Dalamscan traveler. Curious about the origins of Dalmascans and their interest in Golmore, and concerned if slightly about the "Garleans" he described to them, she eventually chose to leave Golmore to learn more about the world beyond. Whilst in Dalmasca, she joined with a Resistance group based out of both Dalmasca and Bozja, but was eventually forced to flee to Limsa Lominsa once the leader of her cell was struck down by Garleans and the survivors pushed her to leave. From there, she fell in with a certain sect of Dutiful Sisters, and eventually fought alongside a Miqo'te traveler to Limsa in the Sastasha Seagrot, traveling with her until they both meet a certain Au Ra in the Tam-Tara Deepcroft. While the three split apart for a time afterward, they are all ultimately reunited to defeat Titan, and from there the legend of the Ladies of Light truly begins.

Rija is defined by calm, smooth, mature confidence, fitting since she’s the oldest of the three original Ladies of Light. In comparison to Mirita’s energetic, puppyish excitement and Khorijin’s blunt tactlessness, Rija is a smooth-talking, easygoing woman with a playful personality, though in pinch situations she shares Khorijin’s cool head. She likes to flirt and tease a bit and is openly confident in her body in a way Mirita and Khorijin aren’t, which endears her to not only a particular roguish Scion but also a number of people across Eorzea and beyond.

As a well-trained and adept shinobi, Rija is prone to summoning body clones to fight alongside her, having them switch to other professions she's mastered for powerful strikes. Even without them, misdirection, speed, and clever workarounds characterize her style, alongside consistently dancing into and out of the opponent's reach to shave away at them bit by bit.

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(In a general sense, all of the Ladies that are not Helena are known as the Ladies of Light--this is largely because rather than being a sole Warrior of Light, they are collectively known as a group of Warriors of Light, for reasons that will be touched on in Euphemia's solo profile.) (Expect Heavensward and forward spoilers after the line break.)

(As far as individual titles go:

Mirita is, if informally, called the "Godhand", a title awarded in part by her students O'tchakha and D'zentsa due to how thunderously her blows land when she fights. In terms of how she likes to be addressed, though, she has a strong dislike for titles in general, save for Master/Teacher in situations where that's appropriate.

Khorijin is formally recognized as the Azure Dragoon of Ishgard, but also the Azure Khagan of the Azim Steppe, having claimed the title during Stormblood by defying Hien and choosing to fight in the Naadam along her home clan rather than assist the Mol in winning. Even without her force of arms, the Borlaaq have continued to win the Naadams in the years after Stormblood, thus allowing her to retain the title by proxy as her mother Gorbeljin explicitly states that she only recognizes Khorijin as khagan. She also, if somewhat unintentionally, shares a title with Khoride, discussed below. She will only insist on being addressed by title when acting in official capacities thereof, and forgoes them otherwise.

Rija has a few self-styled titles that she doesn't share with anyone unless she's being cheeky--among them are "Gale-Force Shinobi", "Hurricane Bayonet", "Gusty Snakebite", and "Breezy Step". She doesn't particularly care about how she's addressed otherwise but generally prefers to forego formalities.

Khoride is the Void-Blue Dark Knight of Ishgard, as discussed in her own introductory post. She shares this title with Khorijin, if indirectly, because she was controlling Khorijin's body whenever Khorijin was asleep. Only a select few Brumelings have seen their shared face, and even back then Khoride's lipstick, slightly sharpened features, and slightly different [read: Ancient-patterned] eyes did not make them so identical as to make it easy to pick them apart. As also described in Khoride's introductory post, she has self-claimed the title of Devil Goddess, primarily because she declared herself as such to spite Vauthry before brutally destroying him atop Mount Gulg once she and the other Ladies defeated him. She does not insist upon being called Devil Goddess or Goddess in casual conversation, but those who happen to willingly submit to her, or simply ask for permission to address her as such if they are not interested in becoming one of her supplicants, are more than welcome to use it freely.

Ystride has been called the Icewolf of Ishgard by several close friends, particularly after they tried on a certain set of Warg-ish equipment as a Machinist. They don't mind being called by it but she does occasionally express a little bit of shy awkwardness about it, less so from trusted friends. Otherwise, they don't mind a "miss", "ma'am" or "madam" from time to time, even at their most generally apathetic to gendered titles.

Euphemia, once upon a time, was Azem. She isn't now, and rejects being called as such, but does not mind being called miss, ma'am, etc. That pretty much says it all. [How this works will be explained further in her own introductory post.]

Helena, by technicality, is the queen of her lineage, and thus will answer to "Her Majesty" or "Her Grace", but does not insist on it, as technically she does not have any stewards. [Hrothgar culture in the Ladies' worldline has a few foibles of its own which will also be explained in its own post.] More commonly, she has been called "Captain", which was her rank in the Bozjan resistance for the last part of her service with them, and will accept that, "Miss", or "ma'am".)

OC/WoL Question.

Does your OC have any specific titles or honorifics? How do they feel about these? If they don't have any specific titles, how do they respond to being called Lord or Lady (or things such as Sir, Madam or Mistress)?

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Rija: On this day, 38 winters ago, I sprouted~ And I am yet growing strong~ How fortunate that I have the Starlight gift of my family and the nameday gift of a cute little guest~

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The Ladies At Saints' Wake

The family that scares together, stays together.