Raruna Leautia
âNickname(s)â
Some nicknames that Raruna goes by are the following: A shortened version of her name, 'Runa'; her self-proclaimed title of 'Skypirate'; also a self-proclaimed title, 'The Infamous Skypirate Raruna'; and last but not least, 'Skyscraper'.
âAgeâ
Raruna is around the age of 24, it's not an exact number, but rather a rough estimate. Besides... who's counting anyway?
âRaceâ
Pure-blooded human.
âGenderâ
Pure-bred Female... (^.^)
âSexualityâ
Straight
âAppearanceâ
Raruna makes herself sound tall, intimidating and scary. However, she barely scraps five feet in height. She likes to wear elongating clothing, which makes her look a bit taller than what she is. Long blue or red coats that call out her self-proclaimed Pirate Captain title, cover her lithe frame from shoulder to the back of the knee. Underneath the coat, she wears usually a white shirt with a corset of some color -usually red or black-. Tall white boots end up above her knees covering her black pants. Around her waist are several belts, each one holding a sheath for a different weapon.
She has long white hair that is just as soft as it looks, it feathers into her face often. Pale white skin compliments her sky blue eyes that are always alight with some kind of mischeif and devious plan. An 'almost permanent' grin or smirk is constantly on her lips. A small scar runs across her cheekbone just under her right eye, but aside from that one marring, she has a perfect complexion.
Runa is loud, rambunctious, and reckless when it comes to just about anything. She is a thrill seeker and anything that gets her heart and adrenaline pumping she's more than willing to do. This could be anything between jumping off of buildings during a chase (one that she most likely started and is now being the one chased) to... say, stealing an air ship. The higher the risk of failing, the more adamant she is about doing it. The feel of her adrenaline pumping wildly is her version of 'being alive'. That doesn't matter if you're being shot at, or attacked by some random creature that want's to eat your head off. She tackles nearly everything with a wild grin on her lips and a wicked flash in her eyes whenever things get... interesting.
However, insult her, insult a friend, threaten her or a friend, or anything of that sort and Raruna turns into an unforgiving hell hound. She'll shoot first, ask questions later more times than not. If there's no point in wasting words on someone, she'll forgo the words and draw weapons. She can be a hell of a force to be reckoned with once she's pissed off. Hot-headed, strong willed and not one to back down so easily, she'll jump head first into a fight without thinking twice. Talking her down from such ideal's can be a challenge and near impossible. It can be done, but it's extremely hard to do so without resorting to tying her down with rope... and you better tie it good, she's a great escape artist.
Runa is not afraid to speak her mind in any and all matters and sticks to what she believes in firmly. She's loyal to anyone she calls a friend, and being her friend means being dragged around on any ludicrous adventure she sees fit to have next. Though she's outwardly strong willed and seemingly courageous in all things, she's inwardly lonely, unsure of herself almost all the time and is easily hurt by strong, cruel words. However, she's tenacious and won't stop even if someone tells her to. Raruna doesn't let herself fall too far into despair though, nor does she tend to dwell on whatever has gotten her in a foul mood. She hides her emotions very easily, and there are only rare times when she actually shows her real emotions. It takes a lot to get Runa to show anything other than her cocky, confident outer layer. Only special, close, people are privy to those feelings.
âLikesâ
- Anything shiny or strange looking.
- Heights
- Jumping off of things -Anything... even if it is an insane idea-
- Sword fighting -Dueling others is all fun and games for her-
- Her guns -She loves her duel pistols-
- Her trade Vessel -or any ship really....-
- Her pride and joy... her Skyship (which she
stoleborrowed...)
âDislikesâ
- People who try to tell her what to do
- People who think they are better than others
- Traitors
- Being stuck on the ground
- Being bored -god that's just horrid for her... don't let her get bored... things... happen-
- Authority -in other words... anyone who is bossy-
Raruna has a small arsenal. Two pistols that are hung on one belt each. The first is a very plain looking weapon, simple flint lock made of a red colored type of wood that encases steel for the barrel. Silver plating designs the handle, hammer and trigger of the weapon. The silver has slightly visible etchings across it. The other weapon is more valuable and for her holds a great deal of sentiment and pride. This one is made of a darker type of wood, almost black that covers a golden barrel, the very valuable ore
And what is a pirate captain without her hat? The black silken hat is probably the most trademark thing that Raruna owns (aside from her pistols). With a wide brim and a pure white plume feather to top it off. Engraved in the black hat is a white skull, very old fashioned, but definitely a marker none-the-less. With her at all times as well, is her pouch. Here she holds her money, which is a lot of gold
âAbilitiesâ
The Skypirate is capable of many things. Her abilities, though, lie in her hand to hand combat, sword fighting and skills with a gun. Raruna is a dirty fighter. There is no such thing as fair to her. If she can use something to her advantage to win, she'll do it. That includes anything from throwing dirt into the eyes, using random objects as distractions, all the way down to kicking a man in his jewels. Though Runa has two guns, she draws only one, the one made with silver.
Coupled with her sword, at close range she's very deadly. Dancing around is her specialty, moving with the terrain as well. She uses everything to her advantage. Raruna is fast, nimble and acrobatic. She is everything but clumsy. While she slices you up with her blade, she'll suddenly turn and fire off her pistol at point blank range to finish the fight. One thing she's known for... she never misses. Her pistols only have one round, and so when she uses them, she uses them with the utmost accuracy and only at the end of the fight when she's sure to win.
Runa rarely ever draws her golden pistol. When she does, she's usually duel wielding the guns. It takes quite a bit to get her to duel wield, even if she's lost her sword somehow. The golden gun is far more powerful than her silver one, and to use it mean's she's deadly serious. At this point, she only needs that one shot from both guns. Runa only fires the golden pistol to kill. She's done playing when this happens.
âStrengthsâ
Runa, despite being loud and rambunctious, is actually quite capable of sneaking around -aside from the occasional giggle because she's super hyped up on adrenaline at this point- The Skypirate enjoys getting into mischeif, one of her favorites is
âWeaknessesâ
Perhaps not quite considered a weakness, but definitely something that could easily turn the tide of a fight, Raruna doesn't kill -normally-. When she fights, she does so for two reasons only. The first is to show off her skills in a duel with someone else. The second is to cripple. Once her enemy is no longer able to fight, she will stop. Which could turn on her if she's not careful enough.
If close range is her specialty, than long range is her nemesis. Anyone with magic, bows, crossbows or a long ranged rifle puts her at a disadvantage. Rather than fighting, she's now put on the defensive, left dodging and struggling to gain distance. Though she's fast and nimble, she will get tired eventually and mistakes happen. Her worst nightmare is coming up against someone who is close range and then having a long ranged fighter join in with her enemy. Choosing between dodging and attacking becomes difficult, especially with one so hot-headed as herself.
In addition to this, Raruna doesn't know when to say 'no'. It doesn't matter the situation that she may be in. She will keep going, she would have convinced herself that there is a way. Even when there clearly isn't one. This can hurt her, physically and mentally. Should anyone be with her during such times, she tends to get lost in the fighting, or the situation whatever that may be, and most times forgets about her companion. If they're hurt, she becomes distracted, thus making herself a rather easy target.
Despite her tenacious personality, Runa is affected by certain words, certain things. She can be a bit over the top, loses herself when a fight happens, but when it comes to anyone around her that she may consider close... They become her weakness. If put in certain situations, she will do everything she can to help the one that is in danger, even if it means to offer herself up instead -which usually is her first approach-. She essentially loses all rational thoughts if and when a companion is threatened with death.
Finally, Runa depends on the use of terrain to help her gain height -she is rather small to begin with-. Leaping off of things and whirling around in a flurry of blade and pistol. Give her flat ground and she's slightly unnerved. The Skypirate will still fight with every ounce of energy she's got, but her movements are limited then. Also, she's only got three weapons. Her two guns and her sword. Each gun has only one round to fire every time, which means that she'll be using her sword more to cut up and defeat her opponent. Her gun she uses at the very end of a fight as a final measure to make sure her target is definitely down and staying down. Take away her guns, and disarm her... well, you've pretty much won the fight.
Raruna's home, her place of birth, was a city called Keydon. It was a rather large city and definitely well off money wise. With a population size of a couple thousand, the city was bustling at all times, from dawn to dusk. Large white walls surrounded the pristine houses and outside it's walls were the lush green farm lands followed by forests to the east and the sea to its western walls. Travelling merchants always came, visiting nobles often rode through the middle of the city to see the overseeing city mayor. Keydon was, overall, a rather vibrant city. Even those that were not the richest still lived in homes and were happy for the most part. Runa was in one such home. Stuck between not quite rich, but not quite poor either. Though it wasn't most of the population in Keydon, it still wasn't rare either. In addition, Keydon was known for it's trade, being located in a very richly soiled area, the farms were booming as well as the port bringing in goods from other places from all around with ease.
When Orichalcum was founded and introduced into the society, Keydon's economy tanked slightly before it picked up again. When it did, it boomed. Orichalcum became a huge part of the societies systems, and without knowing it, the city fell into dependency upon the new metal that was used as currency. It took a long while, but as Orichalcum grew, the value of gold dropped and those that were well off with just a few silvers were now poor and homeless.
âRelationshipsâ
Raruna had quite a few relationships in the past. She was closest to her mother, even though she was sure she drove the woman nuts with her antics in Keydon's city streets. Even so, she shared everything with her mother. No secret was kept between them. Runa expressed herself more deeply to her mother than anyone else, ever. They both knew each others secrets, desires, wishes... everything. It was one of the best relationships that Raruna could have ever asked for.
In addition to that, she had a few street friends that she always got into trouble with despite their being well off during the days when Orichalcum hadn't been discovered. Messing with merchants, teasing the local children, basically causing chaos because they could and it was fun. Besides, there was nothing else to do in the large city, so they had to make do with something, right?
When Runa was older, and definitely more aware of society and it's standings as well as its people, she presented herself in the best way she could. Fearless, reckless and ready for any challenge that came her way. With this attitude, she made a few friends, but more enemies. Runa didn't mind though. She enjoyed this kind of life, after all it was one of her wishes, and something she was going to prove that she could do. Raruna's never had anyone close to her, aside from her mother. When that was lost, she felt lost for a time. It's not like she doesn't want company... she just doesn't know how to let anyone that close to her. It was never a thought, and maybe she just has never tried before.
âHistoryâ
With her home roots lying in Keydon, Raruna certainly hails from a rather rich city. Her mother had been fairly well off, at least for as long as her father had lived. He died though, nothing serious or dramatic. He simply got sick from something that was incurable and in a few years, passed away when Runa was ten. He'd been a rather wealthy merchant and so left his daughter and wife with a fair amount of money in gold. Raruna's mother moved from their larger home to a smaller one near the outskirts of the city. It was a little more run down, but it definitely wasn't falling apart and it was a roof over their heads. It was comfortable and nice, that was all Runa cared about.
Runa caused a lot of trouble in that city. The streets were her playground and along with her friends, she made the best of everything. It was here that she learned to be so adaptive. Things could change rather quickly on the back streets in a large city. Though it was mostly peaceful, there were those few criminals that caused an uproar. Raruna learned quickly that sometimes you just had to out think the other person in order to win. She also learned that nothings fair in a fight. Her dirty style of fighting comes from years on the streets, getting into fights -some on purpose- and winning them for the most part to prove a point. Though her mother disapproved of these actions, Runa didn't let up. Maybe it was in retaliation for losing her father, or for the fact that she was witnessing crimes more often than not and it didn't seem like anyone wanted to stop or help. Or, maybe she was just that rebellious little kid that stirred up things to keep it interesting. Whatever the reason, the back streets, dark allies and overall city life of Keydon shaped her to be what she is now.
During her teenage years, she worked hard on the docks, helping to make a bit more money for her mother. That work soon paid off and she'd managed to bring in quite a bit of money from doing the jobs outside the city. Runa loved the docks, she fell in love with the sea, but most importantly, she fell in love with the ships that she was aboard. She did all kinds of jobs on those ships, anything from simple fishing boats, to deep sea vessels, to trade vessels. She worked her way up through the ranks of the fishermen, and it became a lifelong dream for her to own her own ship and go where ever she pleased. She eventually did own her own vessel, a beautiful ship that soon became one of the main trade vessels between three other major cities. Runa has had her fair share of dealings with pirates, got into many scuffles and won most all of them.
When she was just barely turning twenty, she'd earn quite the name for herself. She dressed differently, carried herself differently and had risen up from her small section in society to a rather well known one. When Orichalcum was discovered, she was still young and it was still in development. By the time she was twenty the currency had started to flow, little by little. With her own hard earned money, she bought her first golden pistol with a good portion of her savings. Now she owned two guns, a generous amount of gunpowder and ammo to go with it and her beautiful sword.
Then word of a great invention stretched across the continent. When Raruna heard the words 'airship' her heart leaped in her chest. She knew then, that was what she wanted. For the next four years, she worked harder than ever, saving up all of the gold that she could in order to buy such a prize. It was her goal to become the Captain of that ship, and sail an entirely new terrain. The Sky. It was about then that she'd started daydreaming and for the next four years she'd begun proclaiming herself to be the one and only Skypirate. She even got attached to the nickname 'Skyscraper', of which the me aboard her own vessel in the sea began to tease her about. She liked it, though, and thus it stuck with her even though she had no close ties to those that worked on her ship. However, as things would have it, Raruna was crushed when the news of the air ship had been completed and almost immediately after such a completion, the currency of gold had dropped heavily in value. Orichalcum had become the top paying currency and without that she was never going to lay her hands on that beautiful ship.
Never.
Unless...
She stole it.