Character: Benedikta Harman
Canon: Final Fantasy XVI, post "Wings of Change"
Armada: Corsair

About: Benedikta Harman is a woman who is all about her survival and self-preservation first and foremost. Having climbed out of the depths of a cruel and terrible youth, she ascended to a place of power within the Kingdom of Waloed after being rescued, both by way of her talents in subterfuge and swordplay, and awakening as the Warden of the Wind, the Dominant of the Eikon, Garuda, which allows her to wield powerful wind magic. She is the Commander of Waloed's Elite Intelligencers, and is fiercely loyal to King Barnabas.

However, not everything is as it seems with her. She is loyal, yes, but to a fault, and is stung by the bitter bite of betrayal. She is ruthless, only cares about her own skin, and resents the world for what it has done to her. But deep down, who she really is is a woman who has looked and continues to find love and validation in all the wrong places...

In short: she's a mess. :)

General:

🍃 Currently dealing with recent developments between her and Cid... and while things ended on a more positive note than last time they tried to talk, she is still Going Through It, as they say. So she'll be seen around Naughtilust still in the coming weeks leading up to the masquerade...
🍃 Lots of cast drama incoming, as well as a priming into Garuda's full form in the near future so keep an eye out for those wind storms.
🍃 I really want her to lure someone into stealing a ship with her and then try to ditch them on some remote island someday.
🍃 On that note, I would like for her to steal some ships, place bounties on people's heads just because she doesn't like them (with player permission of course!), and just sow some seeds for general chaos, which her and Barnabas are very good at.
🍃 She will also be trying to recruit others to Barnabas's cause and her crew by using whatever tactics that she can because they are definitely looking at making their own! Well, Barnabas is. She's here to help.
🍃 While I'm not looking to fully redeem her (because let's be real, she is far from fully redeemable), my main goal for her is to eventually come to terms with everything she's done wrong. She's gotten a taste of that after what happened in canon before arriving, but still has a long way to go before she accepts it. I have some plans in the works for how that's going to come about, but it's going to be a long journey to get there.

MANTA Board: You know me, I'm easy, but for more specifics:

🍃 Spirited by Spirits, I already have plans for having her possessed, but she might be fun to toss against other "Larger Than Life" people. Perfect way to annoy her!
🍃 Smashing Pumpkins, you better believe that she is going to shoot them at people.
🍃 Fowl language, yes the bird will teach the birds how to swear
🍃 Pickpocketing practice
🍃 The Headless Pumpkin

Event: She will only be tagging around this time at the event, but lots of potential here!

🍃 Not sure if she will participate in the festivities, unless someone is able to convince her, but it will take MUCH CONVINCING.
🍃 But she will definitely be at the party on Naughtilust, drinking and dancing and dancing and drinking, so if anyone wants either of those things with her, then feel free to! Just let me know and I will happily make it happen.
🍃 For Reasons I shall not disclose here, Benedikta is going to be very angry about the ghost ship crashing the party when they do, so she is going to be absolutely feral when fighting them. Yes, probably also semi-priming, so if you would like to fight alongside half-form Garuda, now is your chance! She won't need pumpkins and light magic, she will just use her claws—

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