Fade Rift Application

[untiltheyarent]

PLAYER

Name: Cami
Age: 30
Contact: PM or eolasemah
Other Characters: Teren von Skraedder, Cade Harimann, Benedict Artemaeus
Interests: I'm really and truly up for just about anything, but my favorite RP tends to be heavy on story and character development. I like scenes that work toward a purpose, basically, though there is for sure a place and a time for silliness.
Both positive and negative CR are welcome in equal measure.

CHARACTER

Name: Josephine (Fifi) Mariette
Canon/OC: OC
Journal: untiltheyarent
Race: elf
Nationality: Orlesian
Occupation: maid
Division: none yet
Mage or Not: not
Age: 29

History

Born in the Orlesian countryside to a shepherding family, Josephine Mariette, known to her friends as Fifi, was a young woman by the time she left home with her giant yellow dog Clochette to seek her fortune as a dancer in Val Royeaux.
Having grown up pretty much exclusively around other elves, Fifi was unaware that people who looked like her weren't actually allowed onstage in any significant way, and she'd hardly been in the city for 24 hours before her dream was pulverized. However, all hope wasn't lost, as her mopey wandering led her to discover that the seedier districts of Val Royeaux were rife with opportunities for dancing. And elves!

Though happy performing regardless of social status, it rapidly became clear that this wasn't a sustainable way to feed both herself and Clochette, so after some consideration Fifi decided to pick up a second job common to struggling performers.
She was welcomed into the back-of-house brothel under the agreement that Clochette would be a guard dog for the girls in exchange for living expenses, and with a roof over her head and a tight support network, with the slight caveat that she had to have sex with gross people sometimes, Fifi led a fairly undramatic existence as a prostitute for several years.
This was disrupted by the arrival of a new accountant in one of the nearby shops, one Jacques Fournier, toward whom Clochette seemed to have a particular affinity and with whom Fifi became close friends. After a year of blossoming friendship, he asked her to marry him, and she chose to leave the brothel and become a wife for a while.

Jacques was human, and the middle son of a gigantic farming family, which would have shunned him for his decision in marrying both an elf and a prostitute if he weren't easily the most responsible son. Though Fifi never tried to push her way into his family, she had a happy life with him in Val Royeaux until he was conscripted for the Imperial Army and drawn into the War of the Lions.
She kept up Jacques' accounts and waited each day for the civil war to end, but after an unfairly short time, she learned of his death in combat. At a loss for how to proceed, and knowing she would receive no support from his family, she returned to the brothel.

Here she remained for another year, but things were different now. The owner, whose presence always begged caution, had become increasingly volatile with the people in his personal sphere. Though not personally injured by his cruelty, this factor compounded with Clochette's death of old age and contributed to Fifi's decision to leave again, this time for good.

Seeking purpose and still aching from the loss of Jacques, she went on foot to the Emerald Graves to join the Freemen of the Dales. There she was welcomed, but as a servant, her natural role among high class Orlesian humans. Feeling that, for once, maybe she deserved a little better, she ran off with a certain shem and sought to join the Inquisition.

Personality

Fifi is the shrewd type, not quiet per se but not overly outspoken. As a result of being an elf surrounded by middle-to-upper-class humans in Orlais, she's developed nearly infinite patience for bullshit, which can be to her detriment when she won't speak up for herself. There are a lot of social cues that she needs to unlearn in order to grow into herself more, but at present she's content to stay in the background and clean up people's messes.
Outwardly pleasant for the most part, she nonetheless bears an unnerving aura of desolation, a tendency for her eyes to go empty and cold even while she smiles. This is a person who has seen a lot, and been treated pretty badly for a good chunk of her life, but still believes herself to be somewhat luckier than many Thedosian elves. The first impression most will receive of Fifi is that she's acting on autopilot, forcing herself into a blank state to avoid dealing with what's roiling below the surface.

Having said that, when she's feeling a bit more like herself, Fifi puts dance into everything she does. Why bend to pick up a bucket when you can arabesque? She also has a fairly well-practiced singing voice from her days in the cabaret, but isn't likely to use it unless she knows she's alone. With her ingrained longing to perform, she does so in small ways, and in fact likely gets through the day by pretending she's playing the role of someone duller and more obedient.

What she really wants out of life is a chance to explore it on her own terms. Fifi has no fantasies about ascending to greatness or changing the world; she wants to reconcile with her grief and disappointment and find a way to live that feels meaningful.

Opinions & Affiliations

The Chantry: faithful but with room for doubt
The Qun: the what now
The Mage/Templar War: do these idiots never get sick of killing each other
Thedosian race relations: a dumpster fire but what can you do
Templars: ostensibly there to be helpful but pointless if the White Spire is any indication
Mages: she has barely met any with the exception of unfriendly apostates
Grey Wardens: they did a thing once probably
Dalish: a fairy tale
Qunari: ??? those are real?
Dwarves: the ones she's met are fine


Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

- has something of a calming presence, good at deescalating
- seemingly endless patience
- really good at cleaning stuff
- a practiced singer/dancer
- business sense
- can hold her own in a fistfight

Weaknesses

- somewhat low self-esteem
- illiterate
- no formal combat training
- fairly ignorant of life outside her experiences
- tends to assume the worst of situations and do nothing about them


Inventory

A beat-up canvas bag containing several clean chemises, a work outfit, a nightgown, ragged dancing slippers, and an old leather dog collar.

Motivation

She wants to contribute to the world and make life a little better in any way she can, partially because the world is a black hole and life is pointless otherwise, and partially because it makes her feel less like her husband died over nothing.

SAMPLES

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