A girl from the rainforest city, Dhia descends from a line of terrain walkers. One of the only few in her lineage, she ventures across the continent to master manipulating the elements around her. Has a thirst for travel and adventure.
AGE 21
BIRTHDAY November 23
PRONOUNS she/her
PRIMARY JOB Geomancer
SECONDARY JOB Monk
HEIGHT 165cm
appearance:
Dhia has a youthful and friendly face; her eyes are downturned with deep amber irises, and she is almost never seen without a small, cheeky smile. She has golden brown skin, tanned from her life in the tropics. Her hair is a thick, dark brown, reaching just past her shoulders and is often tied in a ponytail. While small in stature and in height, Dhia holds a strong core and slightly defined muscles - acquired from her training with the elements. She wears loose and light clothes that are comfortable to use while traveling. Dhia is fond of warm and earthy colors - a range of coral orange and deep brown - and likes to accessorize with bead jewelry. Her typical outfit includes tops reaching her midriff and loose slit skirts reaching above her knees with black shorts underneath. Depending on the weather, she may throw on a thick fur coat and alternates between wearing boots or thick soled sandals.
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stats:
STAMINA ★★★☆☆
STRENGTH ★★★☆☆
MAGIC ★★★★☆
SKILL ★★★½☆
LUCK ★★½☆☆
SPEED ★★½☆☆
DEFENSE ★★☆☆☆
RESISTANCE ★★★★★
CHARISMA ★★★½☆
Dhia is a geomancer - a person who can manipulate the ground they are currently standing on. Her skills vary based on her mastery over a terrain and her distance from her target. Based on these factors, Dhia can deal heavy damage by hurling hardened slabs of soil or stall a person's movements by grounding them to the earth. She can also play a defensive role, manipulating the earth to rise as a wall to take long distance hits. As such, Dhia is well suited to be a long distance attacker or support. She is resistant to a majority of elements and is able to walk on any terrain.
Dhia typically fights barehanded, using her hands to manipulate the land around her instead, but is able to use daggers. In close combat, she does not hesitate to not only fight dirty but to also use her geomancy to her advantage, often manipulating the land to trip and stagger her opponents while she lands her attacks. Her actions are fluid and graceful during battles - almost as if she were dancing as the land bends to her will. However, terrain manipulation does take a heavy toll on her stamina and concentration, and she is prone to sluggishness after extended or intense periods of fighting.
As of now, Dhia has mastered the jungle and marsh terrain - lands with thick vegetation and wet soil. She also has experience with wooden, stone, and grass terrain.
personality:
Playful and outgoing. Dedicated and committed! Faces challenges head-on, has no patience for people who run away from their problems. Highly independent, resourceful, and savvy. Dhia is practical and levelheaded when approaching problems despite her playful demeanor. Her language is blunt, direct, and brash. Bold and brazen, a touch obnoxious to some. She can be insensitive to other's problems and often acts towards her own self-interests. At the very least, however, Dhia is upfront on what she wants. Confident, sometimes to the point of smugness. Adaptable and willing to learn - asks questions a lot. In emotional situations she's not particularly used to, she will likely grin or laugh off her discomfort. Dislikes showing her vulnerabilities towards others, preferring to stay on lighthearted topics, but has a surprising amount of emotional honesty towards people she fully trusts. Despite her friendliness, it takes a while for someone to gain her loyalty.
notes:
• Experiences motion sickness.
• Due to her high affinity to the earth, Dhia has innate knowledge of various plants and flora - which ones are poisonous and which ones are beneficiary.
• Also knows the basic practices of herbal medicine.
• Favorite flower is the jungle geranium.
• Tends to rotate her wrists out of habit, as it helps her gain a better sense of the land underneath her and how to manipulate it.
other verses:
modern:
Goes as Dhia Mendoza Langit. Filipino. An international student studying in environmental science with a concentration in geoscience. The middle child in her family. Has an older brother (Marco) who is a mechanic and a younger brother (Joshua) who is in high school. Fluent in Tagalog and English, as English was prominently used in her education curriculum in the Philippines. She does have a slight accent when speaking English though and will easily slip to Taglish when around other Filipinos. Sporty.
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