Thena Nehdari

“Huh? Where do I come from? Ain’t it obvious? I’m a Keeper, aren’t I? Don’t tell me you’re one of those Eorzeans who thinks all Miqo look the same!””Ugh, if you insist…””’Come from the Shroud, obviously, born and raised. Aunt Thari and I and a couple Keeper other families shared this big ol’ house in Old Gridania. I mean, wasn’t big enough for all the folks we had stuffed in there, but pretty big by regular standards, I think. It was loud all the time— Aunt Thari would tell you that was mostly my fault, but she’d tell you just about anything is my fault.””Anyway, it was warm and crowded and shit but we had fun. The only guys around were Ahroni’a, and then Ahroni’to later. We all tried to stick pretty close to the traditional stuff even though we had to move to the city when I was barely walkin’, if you could call Gridania a proper ‘city.’ Ul’dah and Limsa both feel like they’re ten times the size sometimes.””Am I talkin’ too fast? Yeah, Aunt Thari used to say that a lot. Signed me up for an apprenticeship at almost every guild in Gridania as soon as I was old enough, think I was probably 13? She said I had to work off some energy or something. Well, don’t know if it worked, but I got pretty good with a lance. Stabbing stuff is really the only thing I stuck with, I’m shite at archery and worse at botany. Aunt Thari loved to tell me my Ma was this great huntress, getting her prey right in the eye with an arrow shot so clean it kept the meat pristine.””…Heh, that rhymed!””Old Aunt Thari, she was the best. Most of the time. ‘Til she wasn’t. Sometimes she could be a real bitch. Miss her though. Sure she’d respond with somethin’ like ‘Stop being softer than a newborn kit, you’re making me roll over in my grave!’””She was a real hoot.””Guess that’s about it? Thari went and got herself killed by a glorified cold, so I moved out, worked some jobs, kicked some ass, got my ass kicked in return— not these days though! I’m about the best you’ll meet now! Don’t believe me? Hire me for a gig and you’ll see how good I am!”