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OOC INFORMATION
Name: Zen
Contact: divinesaber
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Age: Over 18
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CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Raine Sage
Assigned Nickname: Tomb raider
Age: 23
Canon: Tales of Symphonia
Canon point: Her "sacrifice" at the Tower of Salvation.
Character Information: Here
CRAU: N/A

Personality:
Raine was forced to grow up at a young age when she found herself alone with her infant brother in Sylvarant. This, together with the fact that they were both half-elves, a race largely shunned and despised, shaped her into a person who does her best to keep up a cool, strong front. In general, she is mature, calm, composed, and level-headed; she can also be understanding and supportive, as well as strict when necessary. However, all this goes out the window when it comes to ruins, ancient treasures, and other things that draw her curiosity. Raine is highly intelligent and has a greatly inquisitive mind, but even more than that, she is absolutely fanatical about archaeology. When the topic comes up, her composure disappears and she may launch into passionate lectures or rants.

When Raine is not in so-called “Ruin Mode”, her usual demeanor combined with her scientific curiosity can cause her to seem insensitive or emotionally detached, such as her interest in Colette’s angel transformation. However, she is someone who is used to keeping her emotions at a distance at most times, likely developed as a coping mechanism after her abandonment. She is almost always against acting on instinct or emotion; she prefers to assess situations and weigh options, prioritizing what she feels are the most important issues, to reach a pragmatic decision. This is easily seen in how her affection can be increased in the game by choosing cautious or logical options, even if these options seem cold, such as choosing to not help people. Her caution also manifests in her unwillingness to take people at face value; she is clearly suspicious of Kratos, Regal, Zelos, and Sheena and is against letting new people join the group. That said, even if she expresses her disapproval of Lloyd’s choices, she rarely—if ever—actively tries to stop him or change his mind, including events like taking on the Desians during the Journey of World Regeneration. This is because, although she believes that his choices are not the best course of action, she doesn’t necessarily think that they’re wrong, either. It isn’t wrong to help the towns or fight the Desians, but her concern is trying to keep the group focused on what she believes is the most important issue: the world regeneration. Regardless, she stays pragmatic even when they do decide to take on the Desian Human Ranches, with the logic that they might as well finish them off properly if they’re going to attack in the first place, and is therefore the one who decides to make the ranches self-destruct. She is also not above using what Sheena considers “sinister” plans or underhanded tactics, like causing prisoners to stage a revolt and taking advantage of the commotion or threatening to feed the Pope his own poison.

Of course, Raine isn’t always able to keep her emotions subdued. She is clearly stressed over Colette’s situation, which finally boils over when she snaps at Sheena for accusing her of being cold. She is also used to being rejected by people due to her race, so being accepted by the people of Iselia causes her to become so emotional that she runs away to be alone and recompose herself, though she is still obviously touched by their friendship. Her composure completely falls apart in her encounter with her mother; in a furious rant, she displays the blame, anger, and resentment she’s likely been harbouring under the surface for years after she believed they were abandoned and then runs out in tears when her mother refuses to recognize her. She also appears tempted by the idea of changing the past with the Eternal Sword, though she apologizes when Lloyd disagrees. Even after learning the truth about her abandonment, these feelings don’t go away immediately, as Raine is still mocked by the illusion of her mother in the Derris Emblem’s trap regardless of whether or not the Exire sidequest is seen. In that moment, Lloyd coming back to save them again rather than leave them behind helps her decide to move on.

Lloyd provides a great influence for Raine’s growth throughout the story. She didn’t often believe in optimistic possibilities; she felt that it was inevitable that something must be sacrificed if you want to save something else, such as the Chosen’s sacrifice for the world regeneration. Lloyd’s openness, acceptance, and determination to save everyone help to change her. She states herself that she still believes some things can’t be changed, but she becomes more open to the idea of possibilities and hope. She realizes late in the game, thanks to him, that she can start changing the world little by little by first changing her own outlook. Although Lloyd’s complete lack of studiousness aggravates her greatly at first, she comes to partially accept it as simply part of who he is.

Raine is very close to Genis, who has been her only family for years. She isn’t overprotective to the point of coddling him, though she does worry about his well-being, and her affection values can even decrease if Lloyd makes choices that endanger Genis. Protecting him includes keeping secrets that would hurt him, such as the fact that they were abandoned and that the Chosen is fated to die for the world regeneration. Her worry is sometimes expressed as anger, such as when she chastises him for getting overexcited and tripping, and he finds her Ruin Mode embarrassing, but they’re a tight-knit pair of siblings that share a love of knowledge. Unlike her brother, she appears apathetic when it comes to race: she generally doesn’t dislike humans as a whole and neither does she automatically approve of her fellow half-elves; rather, she’s fully aware that there are good and bad people of all races, and judges an individual based on their actions alone. Despite being a half-elf who has suffered discrimination, she firmly rejects the Desians’ and Yggdrasill’s ways and does not seem to empathize with them much. She reminds Genis that the two of them are different from the Desians and tries to prevent him from sympathizing too much with Mithos so that her brother isn’t led astray.

Roommates?: One or two, yes!

Triggers/sensitive topics you'd like to avoid?: I'd prefer to avoid sexual violence.

RP SAMPLES: TDM Top-level + thread with Loop as a bonus.