Ciriqai Bairon

Bounty Hunter

A young huntress from the southern desert.

A Desert Huntress

Name: Ciriqai Sabur
Age: 29
Ethnicity: Xaelic, Hannish
Sexuality: Pansexual
Marital Status: Married with Two Children
Occupation: Chirurgeon, Bodyguard, AlchemistBorn to the Bairon tribe, that walks the deepest parts of the Southern Desert, Ciriqai is accustomed to harsh environments and harsher prey. Her job, prior to leaving her tribe, was to help hunt down some of the predatory creatures that call the desert home.As most of those creatures were far larger than she was, she was taught to fight intelligently and bring down prey several times her size. As a result, Ciriqai doesn't shy away from a fight just because the opponent is bigger or physically stronger than she is.She does, however, always go prepared for a difficult battle.

One Fateful Fight

Xaela are known for their brutality. Even their methods of choosing leadership involve a lot of blood and death. Life is cheap on the steppe, and even easier to lose in the desert to the south of it.From dehydration to the gargantuan sandworms living beneath the dunes, she'd seen a lot of people go down from natural causes. This particular scorpion, though, was a completely different kind of problem.It had been tracking her people for days, picking off members of the tribe one by one when they slowed too much or strayed too far. One of her own sisters had fallen victim to it, but it wasn't until a night of drunken boasting that one of her fellow hunters dared her to take it on alone.She had already been grieving quietly, and, inebriated, she was incensed to do just that. Ciriqai was not the first to try, but after a long and miserable battle, she was the one to succeed.During the fight, she took a splash of toxin from the scorpion's tail across the right side of her face that flooded her eye and blinded her on that side, but no one else died.

A Crisis of Faith

That was the incident that got her thinking. Perhaps overthinking, she hasn't decided, yet. But her entire life she had been told that Nhaama made her people for war. They had been created to fight, and kill, and die.And in the span of a couple of weeks, Ciriqai had developed a distaste for the kill.She could choose not to. But wasn't a sword that could choose not to cut a poor weapon? And if the xaela had been made for war, why was she even capable of choosing not to kill in the first place?It wasn't a problem she felt comfortable going to her parents or any of her siblings with. So she took off. To seek her fortune, she told them, as a Bounty Hunter in Ul'dah, when in truth what she is doing is working through her issues in a place where she has some distance from them.

Shields and Songs

After spending a significant amount of time hunting bounties in Ul'dah, Ciriqai finally found someone to make the net she'd been looking for. The xaela, Ibn Sabur, offered to train her as a free paladin which Ciriqai took him up on. This tutelage expanded to an exchange of skills between them, Ciriqai showing him the skills of a Shinobi and the pair of them becoming quite an inseparable team.When the khan of the Bairon tribe started giving Ciriqai's particular family some trouble, she and Ibn decided to leave and bring her folks out of the desert. Now Tribe Sabur, they have a goal to provide a shield for those in need of one.

RP Hooks

Bounty Hunter

Ciriqai is a bounty hunter, but not an assassin. She's known for taking difficult marks, but she always brings her prey in still breathing. She'll often say it's because it pays more to do it that way, and takes great care to cultivate a reputation for her unwillingness to kill being for financial reasons.If you RP a criminal, feel free to /tell to set up a game of cops and robbers with me! Looking for both long term rivals and single-incident quarries.If you RP a guard, feel free to tag me in on an arrest or come up to talk about the current bounty board.If you RP a mercenary or a fellow bounty hunter, feel free to /tell for side job RP. I'm willing to DM.

Bodyguard

Recently, Ciriqai has started taking on bodyguarding jobs, and though she has tried not to advertise as much, she isn't willing to turn someone in need down just because they lack the coin to pay.If you need a shield, you might have caught wind of this.

Dozens of Weapons

She's always looking for tradesmen to work with, armorers (for armor), blacksmiths (for weapons), goldsmiths (for more delicate weapons and certain armor pieces). leatherworkers and weavers (for alterations to her clothing to hide more weapons) alike.If you RP a crafter, Ciri might have business for you.

It's Time to Do Alchemy

A member of the Alchemist's guild, in good standing. The Bairon Tribe are trained from a young age to redistill their bodily fluids and drink them to stay hydrated in the deep desert, so a lot of the basic techniques that go into alchemy were instilled into her already when she arrived in the city. She took to mixing potions like a fish takes to swimming through water.If you RP an alchemist, we might have things to talk shop about.

Arsenal

You know that trope where a character in a movie is asked to disarm and they pull out an exceedingly more unlikely set of weapons from all over the place? And then there's always one more just because it's funny? Yeah, that's one of my favorite tropes. The following is a list of everything Ciriqai has on her. I know where all of it is stashed and I'm trusting you not to metagame knowing you missed something if you're searching her.6 Combat Daggers (2 Worn Openly, 4 Hidden)
10 Weighted Throwing Knives (All Hidden)
20 Throwing Needles (All Hidden)
8 Smoke Bombs (Worn Openly)
1 Shiv Dagger (Hidden)
1 Daggertail (Hidden)
1 Rope Net (Hidden)
1 Garrote (Hidden)Her face mask contains a filter to screen out smoke, poisons and unpleasant smells.