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, thanks to her talents in subterfuge and swordplay, as well as being the Dominant of the Eikon Garuda. Now the Head of the Elite Intelligencers, Waloed's spies, she is—or was, in the case of Escordvi—fiercely loyal to her king. However, not everything is as it seems with her.
She is loyal, but to a fault. And although things have changed for her since coming to Escordvi, she can still be the ruthless, cold-hearted, guarded woman that she has grown up to be. Deep down, however, she is merely a woman who has sought love and validation all her life, and a need to be useful, and once found it in all the wrong places. And now, after recent developments and revelations, she has found it and is working on healing those old wounds born from betrayal and loneliness, as well as trying to live a life that she was robbed of in the past.
Abilities:
🗡️ MAGIC: In canon, she can wield strong wind magic, such as summoning tornadoes and violent gales, and can also teleport herself and anyone else she chooses to another location. Benedikta can also summon her egis, Suparna and Chirada (wind-based elementals). Over time, she's developed her own magic separate of Garuda's that don't require her aether to use, such as wings, healing winds, and most recently, transforming her arms into claws similar to those that she uses in canon. She can also talk to and understand birds!
🗡️ GARUDA: Being the Dominant of Garuda, she is able to take on two forms of the Eikon: semi-primed and fully primed by drawing upon her aether. When she is semi-primed, she grows a set of large feathered wings, has glowing green marks over her skin, and bright blue eyes. She is fast, agile, and powerful, and can summon claws that are large enough to tear apart buildings. When she is primed, she transforms into the much larger version of her Eikon. Under Garuda's influence, she can summon powerful, devastating wind storms. At the moment, she refuses to use too much of Garuda's power, and though Garuda is present again, Benedikta only uses her magic under dire circumstances.
PLANS
General:
🗡️ First things first, Benedikta's sanctuary on the Hideaway's island, The Roost. She has been taking in women mostly at the moment who need a safe place to stay or who had been in bad circumstances, but that will likely expand in the future to children should the opportunity arise. There will likely be "quests" involved, such as helping with remodelling, training, supply fetching, and of course saving people. I am just putting feelers out at the moment, but if anyone would be interested in helping her with this, I'm open to discussion! I'd only ask that anyone who does gets CR with her first before going any further with it, whether it be bringing people there or assisting with other tasks.
🗡️ She is still looking into the rifts, so any place where there is potential to find something, she will be there. She'd like to close them forever, everyone else be damned, so... :)
🗡️ Because her FFXVI curse has worsened due to recent events, she's going to be looking for more ways to cure it. Alfyn was able to lessen the pain that comes with it, but she would like to cure it completely.
MANTA Board: Interested in the following, if anyone would like to do them!
🗡️ A Phantom Thief 🗡️ The Wy's Have It 🗡️ The Cat Kneads 🗡️ Pocket Picked by a Penny 🗡️ Codename: Chicken Run
Event: No plans on top leveling and will just be sticking to tagging out, so if anyone would like her anywhere, I'm game for just about anything! Except she won't be very good at helping with the tinkering part...
CR Dreams: Honestly, I'm great with any kind of CR but Benedikta isn't the most pleasant person sometimes so anyone who is okay with possibly negative CR would be ideal. To a much lesser extent these days but still possible: people she can manipulate into doing her bidding, or people she can team up with and then betray later, whether they are paladin or corsair, she will take them. She does have a bit of a soft and protective spot for younger girls (especially any who have had troubled pasts), so I would adore exploring that, if any want to come rest under her wings. Also, I love pitting her against people who are really good at getting under her skin. But honestly, just give me all kinds of CR, I'm here for it. She does get along with like-minded people, so anyone who is just as ruthless and cutthroat as she is, and willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
benedikta harman 🗡️ final fantasy xvi 🗡️ corsair
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, thanks to her talents in subterfuge and swordplay, as well as being the Dominant of the Eikon Garuda. Now the Head of the Elite Intelligencers, Waloed's spies, she is—or was, in the case of Escordvi—fiercely loyal to her king. However, not everything is as it seems with her.
She is loyal, but to a fault. And although things have changed for her since coming to Escordvi, she can still be the ruthless, cold-hearted, guarded woman that she has grown up to be. Deep down, however, she is merely a woman who has sought love and validation all her life, and a need to be useful, and once found it in all the wrong places. And now, after recent developments and revelations, she has found it and is working on healing those old wounds born from betrayal and loneliness, as well as trying to live a life that she was robbed of in the past.
Abilities:
PLANS
MANTA Board: Interested in the following, if anyone would like to do them!
Event: No plans on top leveling and will just be sticking to tagging out, so if anyone would like her anywhere, I'm game for just about anything! Except she won't be very good at helping with the tinkering part...
CR Dreams: Honestly, I'm great with any kind of CR but Benedikta isn't the most pleasant person sometimes so anyone who is okay with possibly negative CR would be ideal. To a much lesser extent these days but still possible: people she can manipulate into doing her bidding, or people she can team up with and then betray later, whether they are paladin or corsair, she will take them. She does have a bit of a soft and protective spot for younger girls (especially any who have had troubled pasts), so I would adore exploring that, if any want to come rest under her wings. Also, I love pitting her against people who are really good at getting under her skin. But honestly, just give me all kinds of CR, I'm here for it. She does get along with like-minded people, so anyone who is just as ruthless and cutthroat as she is, and willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
And some other gal pals would be super cool.
Etc.: :)