Velvet Kindreas
Name: Velvet Kindreas a.k.a. Mintaka, Celestia Tsukia
Age: 21
Weapon: Uses swords and daggers of all types. Also proficient with guns.
(Has a preference for her Kyiki sword (smaller ver. of Masamune to fit her
smaller size) and her guns Mishra (her rifle/shotgun) and Shiki (her pistol).
Job: Treasure hunter, spy, sometimes assassin, entertainer and professional
singer under the name Celestia Tsukia. Whatever it takes to support herself.
Eye Color: Frosty green-blue, normally hidden by shades or contacts.
Hair: Blue
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 117
Birthdate: April 8
Birthplace: Ghost Inn (Gold Saucer)
Blood-type: AB-
Appearance: Well-toned, slim with pale skin. She wears many types of
clothes to fit her parts but she has her normal outfit too for when she's just
lounging or doing personal work. She likes to wear a blue skin tight top, blue
jeans and leather boots during her off-time. Often wears some kind of glove,
particularly her black leather ones. Other accessories include her pendant
and a set of armlets for parrying and defending.
Background:
Velvet was born in the Ghost Inn of the Gold Saucer. Her parents
were travelers, never staying in one place, but she knew their true origins lied
in the North, it was possible that they hailed from Icicle Village. While she
wasn't entirely sure about where her parents originally lived, Velvet did know
that she wasn't like everyone else. She returned to the Saucer often with her
parents but when she was 9, as they traveled through the Nibel Mountains,
something happened that changed her life forever. Her family was passing
through the mountains on their way from Rocket Town to Nibelheim when they were
attacked, Velvet was enslaved and both of her parents were slain. A man
known only as Joseph was personally responsible for this, and their paths would
cross several times before she would be rid of him.
She spent seven years enslaved, although the first year was
spent at Hojo's lab when she was sold. Thereafter, she spent time between
her captor and the lab, and finally never went back. Her first encounter
with Mintaka
Avengeline was here, although she would not truly come to know him until
much later. Her memories were recessed of the time in the lab, and this is
where the hematite mark came from. She learned most of her skills
she has in that time of seven years and, given her background in entertainment
from her traveling parents, was forced to
entertain by singing and dancing. Velvet learned to gather information, steal,
and to do many things for her captor but every time she tried running away, she
was hunted down and recaptured.
Finally, at the age of 15, she murdered her
captor and fled, finally gaining her freedom but unfortunately, she couldn't
return to a normal life sine she had no marketable abilities beyond her
performance skills. Like her parents, she traveled the world and during her
seventeenth year, she ended up in the Bone Village. There, in an archeological
dig, Velvet discovered a harp, and used it to continue on through a strange
forest, eventually finding finding her way into the City of the Ancients. She
sought shelter there, waiting out an usual storm and eventually fell asleep
within one of the buildings. That night she had many dreams...and heard many
things...
When she awoke the next morning, the day of her 18th birthday, she discovered a
little hematite bump on her forehead. Confused, bewildered, yet found herself
unable and unwilling to leave the city, Velvet was drawn to the underground
where she stayed for a few days, just listening to the voices. After leaving,
she knew her way in life was to let her self be hired as a mercenary, going by
the name Mintaka, and to sing on the side as well, just living day to day. Ever
since the day she found the Ancient's City, she has found herself drawn to
discover the small void in her life. There is a point where things seem to
fade shortly after her enslavement, and one day she would discover the
truth. The spirits would lead her to the truth whether she was ready or
not for it.
A true nomad on a quest for herself and her identity, Velvet is alone in the
world, craving friends and a life of no worry. Each day is a trial as she
struggles to survive alone, yet she finds herself unable to open up for fear of
being hurt again. Even as the singer, Celestia Tsukia, she shies from contact
because she is afraid of the pain of losing another friend.
Her only other "friend" had suffered Mako poisoning...
his name had been Mintaka
Avemgeline and she had met him shortly after she had escaped her captors. So
that is why her Merc name and "nickname" is Mintaka, in honor of the
person who saved her. Velvet doesn't know if he survived, as he left before
something worse could happen to either of them, and she is touchy on the subject
of Mako poisoning, hating the thought of anyone else suffering that fate. She
also hates to see unjust unreasonable torture which is why she always kills
quickly and painlessly....except when she finds the one who killed Kimi...she
has a very dark fate for this person, whoever he was. The note had been signed
'Tri' Velvet knows that she will find him some day...that day will come...
She was 19 and performing in Kalm as Celestia Tsukia when she
befriended Kimi Aerani. They chatted and discovered how much they were alike,
becoming friends and partners but around 6 months later, Velvet awoke to find
her friend missing. After a wide search of the area she found her friend
hung...murdered... with a note her only clue as to why. The note read "Dear
'Mintaka,' here's a gift for the death of our leader..." Velvet was
severely hurt by this move as Kimi was the only person (other than her parents)
with whom she had been close with. After that incident, where she cried for
three days straight, she never got close with anyone else for fear of the grief
and every day she lives with the memory of her friend, keeping the bracelet Kimi
had given her.
Overall Velvet seems very confident and cool, but when someone
tries to enter her life she gets very uncomfortable, wanting the company but not
the pain and she is determined to discover her origins...to understand her place
in this world. She is currently trapped into a contract with Mintaka,
though this is quickly crumbling into a struggle over something much
different. Since the day she ran into the group that day, her life has
changed. She witnessed things which went straight to her soul, and changed
her way of thinking. Unconsciously, she chose to go with Ferris and help
him stop the fire, and this would lead to more changes. She found herself
drawn in to help as she understood what was happening, and on impulse, and a
need to prove herself, went to go with Ferris to hunt down Silvara's
kidnapper. She has opened to Ferris, surprising even herself, as she tries
to escape Mintaka, and yet knew he had answers. Upon the arrival at
Nibelheim, everything changed it seemed, as things came rushing to overcome the
situation. She discovered while possessed by Kakyu her origins of being in
the lab, and understood enough of herself now. She is in the midst of
change and revolution within, and does not want to lose Ferris now. His
friendship is what has kept her from going over the edge completely, though she
denies still anything deeper.
Limit Breaks
I. Divine Crystal Rain- Heals a member of your group OR poison
element attack on enemy.
I. (II) Flood of Tears- A wave of water from the heavens. Water based attack.
II. Flames of Purity- Raging fire burns the enemies or heals the party.
II. (II) Terra Nova- Earth attack cause by boulders.
III. Shocking Heaven Light- Lighting rips from the sky and blasts the enemy.
III. (II) Wind of Hope- Either wind damage to the enemy or heals all members to
full.
IV. Holy Cry of the Unicorn- Does two things; raises dead and heals, it also
blasts the enemy for massive Holy-based damage. The Drawback is that it takes a
little of her spirit to do, which leaves her weakened. The spirit does
regenerate, but it takes time.
~*Midi playing: Crystal Ball, Styx*~