Rowan Lotton
"Those who can, do."
"Those who can, do."
Basic Details
Hometown: Hope's Reach
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Occupation: NORA member
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Role:
Physical Attributes
Weight: 138 lbs
Height: 5'7"
Build: Lean
Skin Tone: Caramel tone
Hair: Light brown hair that reaches her waist when it is down. It is usually kept in a pony tail though so it reaches her mid-back. Her bangs frame her face and reach her chin on both sides. There is also a small amount of hair that falls in between her eyes as well.
Eyes: Red eyes.
Facial Features: She has tattoos on her upper cheeks, just a few centimeters from her eyes. They are two stripes that curve are around two inches in length and with about two centimeters of space between them.
Distinguishing Body Features: She has tattoos on her arms and her face. There are three separate tattoos on each of her upper arms of three red stripes, each on top of each other with around two inches of space in between.
Clothing
Head: Kite has a grey and red bandanna that she usually always has on.
Torso: She wears a grey tank top most of the time and a cloth that is wrapped around her diagonally, going from her left shoulder down to the right side of her waist.
Arms: The only thing on her arms are her tattoos.
Legs: She wears black pants that are stuffed into boots.
Feet: Dark brown combat boots.
Accessories: Her bandanna, gold ring earrings with about one inch of diameter, and her red cloth that she straps from her shoulder to her waist (it used to be a cloak that used to belong to her mother but it tore apart after a fight; Kite, not wanting to give it away, began to use it like she does).
At first sight, Kite seems like a rather passive individual because of how she tends to keep to herself at first. She is exceptionally aggressive and very up front person though. She isn't shy nor easily ashamed. She is quite stubborn to the point that she will do anything just to keep her pride intact (she hates asking for help, losing, looking weak). She speaks before she thinks and prefers to cut straight to the point when she has business with someone. Her has little to no patience and a fierce temper to go along with it. She tries to fix this though, so she tries to hold herself back as much ass she can before she snaps. The word "tries" is there because it doesn't tend to last very long anyway. When she is annoyed or angry, she can be very aggressive, rude, and it will take some time for her to actually calm down. Kite can hold grudges for a really long time as well, mainly because of her pride. Even if she's not angry anymore, she will pretend to be in order not to look like a hypocrite.
She is also a surprisingly good listener but no many people come to find out because she seems like the type to not care about other's problems. When someone does talk to her, they find out that other than a great listener, she is an even better criticizer. As said before, she speaks without thinking. Most of what she says are her honest thoughts and she forgets about the chance on her words hurting other people. She also does many things without thinking and is impulsive, like speaking out of turn, touching someone without permission, or running into a fight for example.
In all, she is a childish person. She can make a competition out of everything for the simple fact that she loves to win; of course, she hates to lose just as much (she's a sore loser). She lets her emotions get control of her most of the time. Kite hates working or doing things she doesn't want to so she usually complains the entire way or tries to find a way to get out of it; and if she does do it, every little noise can irritate her and make her unable to concentrate.
She easily gets attached to people and it's easy to tell when she cares for someone. While she tends to ignore the presence of strangers and only speak to them if needed, she is very aware of people who she considers friends and will instantly start up conversations with them. With friends she tends to joke around with them, get easily emotional over things because of them, she'll mess with them for amusement, she will hit them or insult them often, and she will follow them to the end of the world. As much as she tries to be independent, Kite easily becomes too dependent on people.
Kite is an emotional person. As hard as she tries to keep them in control, it is really easy for other people to know when she's upset, happy, etc. When she's happy she isn't as ill-tempered as usually, she is a little more carefree and passive (she also likes to whistle when she's in a good mood). Kite always has a scowl on her face when she is angry or something is bothering her. It depends who she's angry with and how much for how she behaves though. She will yell, curse, and fight when it's directed towards strangers or a friend who she's really not that mad at (like stealing her food, teasing her, winning against her). It's when she's really angry and hurt that she tends to be passive aggressive. This will usually lead up to her avoiding them and not speaking them for a long time. When this happens, it is really hard to get her to calm down. She usually forgives them after one or two days but she never tells them or behaves like it. It is because of her pride and stubbornness that she keeps on behaving like she's made at them, even if they apologized. She just can't put herself out there in a position like that and it really is super hard on her to break out of that habit.
Kite loves many things. She likes being praised, winning, exploring, free food (she loves and is willing to try any food), when someone does something for her, being with her friends, action, fighting, exercising, furry animals, danger, adrenaline, napping, the color red, birds, stories (hates reading though), warm clear days, making people happy, and many other things. There are more stuff she hates, of course. Kite doesn't like losing, disappointing others, making a mistake, misunderstandings, work, having to do things she doesn't want to, being angry, insects, (physically) slow people who can't keep up with her, the things/people she cares about being hurt or sad, people who beat around the bush, people who give up easily, and the list could go on.
She is also anemic and because of this she is seen eating most of the time, or at least wishing she was eating. This usually causes her to be short on money so she does many things around town to get more money. She has a terrible sense of direction because she tends to be forgetful, this causes her to get lost and even be late at times. She also has a habit of looking up at the sky and zoning out while doing so.
Weapon: Naginaifu
Physical Class: Sentinel
Carried Items: Snacks, small notebook, and a pen.
Magical Class: Berserker (COM-RAV)
Elemental Strengths (2): Fire, Earth
Elemental Weaknesses (2): Water, Air
Eidolon:
Rowan grew up with her father, a machine operator and mechanic in the industrial plants, and her two uncles who worked and lived with her father. Her family wasn't poor, but still struggled with money various times. Rowan grew independent at a young age in order not to be hindrance to her father who worked constantly. She was a well-behaved kid who focused on her studies in order to graduate quickly and work to help out her father. Because of this, she was an awkward and unsocial child. There were a few times where she interacted with kids her age but the friendship didn't tend to last long because they would get irritated with her demeanor.
Growing up, she started to get the traits of her father. Living with three competitive and boisterous men made her who she was. The teasing she usually got from her uncles made her temper shortened and force her to speak up more. They would make a big deal whenever she lost against them in something and because of that she began to hate losing and becoming more competitive. She became more confident and defensive than most girl's would be in her teens. She had gotten too accustomed to being around adults to even know how it was to interact with other teens by then. The only interaction she had with people her age by that time was with Damien Alexander, who she had studied and graduated with. Rowan, growing a distaste for the wealthy families moving into Hope's Reach as time went by, found herself in a one-sided rivalry with him. Damien's calm nature canceled out her anger many times though and this made her resentment fade away with time. She found herself being more passive around Damien, whose tolerance and patience discouraged her anger and restlessness, and she was able to actually interact with him somewhat normally through time. Though her would never say it out loud, Rowan values their friendship a lot.
Before she even graduated, Rowan had already had various jobs. Most were minor and usually a one-time thing since her impatience got in the way. She also learned how to use her naginaifu at a young age. One time, when she had been coming home late from a delivery she had done, Rowan had been mugged. Her stubbornness made her chase after him, though, and she managed to catch up with him. The guy was bigger than her but the play wrestling and sparring she had done with her uncles while she was growing up made her able to stand her ground. To make it short, she arrived with a black eye, a number of bruises, the money the thief had taken her plus some extra that she had take from the thief as well. After that, her father decided to teach how to use the naginaifu, a weapon that he had had since he was young as well. Being a young girl, the mere weight of the weapon troubled Rowan yet she wasn't the type to give in so she trained until she could use it properly. Because of this Rowan grew a little more confident and many people seemed to notice. Trouble seemed to always follow her because she would constantly find herself in a fight. She grew into the habit of getting into fights very quickly; she soon learned that she actually enjoyed the thrill of it.
In a delivery for a job, Rowan found herself in New Bodhum one day. She came across some Monsters on the way. At first she didn't have trouble fending them off and in fact was actually excited for some action in her boring journey to New Bodhum. She grew overwhelmed though but a few members of NORA showed up and helped her defeat the monsters. As much as she declined and complained the entire way, they insisted on escorting her the rest of the way to the city â just in case more monsters happened to appear. On the way, they explained to her what NORA was and what they did. Although she didn't say it, she was quite fascinated by them. They seemed to notice, though, and they complimented her skills with the sword and if she would consider joining the group. She declined the offer immediately, knowing she couldn't just leave her family. After that she delivered the goods, received her pay, and went home. Days passed though and her normal life continued; this time her mind was filled with NORA. The fact that they actually fought for something had made an impression on her. It didn't help that her childhood friend, Damien, had recently been promoted from his position in the Guardian Corps. Being the competitive person she was, she wasn't pleased that he was advancing through life and she was still in the same position. Her father was quick to notice her absent mind and after asking her, she told him about NORA. Soon after listening to her, her father encouraged her to go. Rowan argued with him but her father insisted and she couldn't help but oblige to her father's words and her wants.
She left Hope's Reach and went to New Bodhum when she was 23 and has been in NORA for over two years now. She keeps in contact with her father, uncles, and sometimes even Damien through letters.