Laranoa Miret-moor
Just The Facts
Age: 107 (26ish to 27ish in human years)Gender: FemaleSexuality: Bisexual (Male Preference)Relationship Status: Single & LookingHeight/Weight: 6'3.4" (without ears), 7'4" (with ears), 186 lbsRace: Viera (Rava)Birthplace: A mid-sized village deep within Golmoran JungleNameday: 6th Sun of the 1st Umbral MoonHair: Dyed Red as Dalamud, but fading to her natural frosted white at the tipsEyes: Dark green with flexks of brown scattered throughoutBody type: A very tall example of her people, sometimes standing a head above even her fellow peers. She is toned of flesh, but not to the point of being chiseled. Her body is like that of a lithe dancer with years of experience moving her body and using it to channel her Mist (the Viera term for aether) into magicks of both heal and harm.Skills: Healing & Mending, Dancing, and the use of Magicks that require physicality of the body
Hooks
Only being out in the wider world for the last 7 years, she still has much to learn about life outside her village and might appear to be lost and in need of some (gentle) guidance for some of the things others might consider simple, like using currency or not baring too much in public.
Looking in her eyes, you can see that even if she puts on a happy or joyful manner, there is always a bit of sadness or loneliness hiding behind it all. You also might be able to pick it up in her aether if you are so inclined.
Lara has been living as an adventurer and grouping with many different races in order to survive since being exiled from her tribe, something most unusual for her people. She has used her skills in healing and dancing to make a place for herself in many parties.
Though the Viera are tall as a race, Lara is tall, even for one of her kind. Even though you might have seen other Viera in the past, she might stand out due to her height. She wasn't overly conscious of this in her home village, but being out among the other races has made her a little shy due to it.
Backstory
When Laranoa came of age as an adult (approximately 100 or 25ish in human terms) she was slated to become the new chief of her village. However, she had a younger sister, named Sarisse, who felt like she was always living in Lara's shadow. Being the younger, she would never be able to ascend as chief unless something happened to Lara, and that burned her soul to no end.Tragedy struck, though, when on the eve of Lara's 100th nameday, during the ceremony of her ascension, the calamity that was the Seventh Umbral Era took place and the lands were changed forevermore. In the upheaval and destruction, several Viera of her village lost their lives that day. Seeing as they were deep within the jungles of Golmore, they had no idea what the cause actually was. Seizing upon the fear and turmoil, Sarisse proclaimed that it was a sign from the guardians that Lara was not fit to become chief and was to be exiled from the village forevermore.No matter how much she protested that she had nothing to do with what had happened and that there must be some other explanation, the council met and the votes were cast. In the end, it sided with her sister and she was declared an outcast. Even worse than that, they took the extra step of demanding Lara's life as an atonement to the Mist for the other lives lost that day. Even her sister had never wanted that and was shocked by the revelation. Lest her deception be called into question, though, she kept her protests silent.Lara was only able to escape the village with help of her teacher of the Mists, Cassandra, when the instructor used her magicks to conceal her from sight as she fled from custody. As Lara was running into the wood, she heard the guards seize Cassandra when her hand in the escape was discovered by other Mist-weavers. Though it tore her heart in two to not run back in and save her beloved instructor, she knew that if she did they would both be captured and that their only hope was for her to leave and find evidence of what had happened to clear her name and reclaim her title.Since then, she has been wandering as an adventurer, looking for ways to make it as an outcast in a world that views her as exotic and desirable even though she feels anything but. It is her hope that one day, she will be able to acquire enough proof to return to her home, prove her innocence, dethrone her sister, free her instructor, and take her rightful place as chief of her people.