You did what you could.

• . . . right?

Personality

Most often hear Nerine coming long before they see her. Possessing a smooth voice that carries, the Viera tends to sweep into a room like a hurricane and then depart soon after. Every new acquaintance is treated as a newfound friend and she could easily talk to a brick wall and remain entertained for hours on end. Yet, despite the overfamiliarity, it's quite common to feel as if Nerine is still keeping her distance...even if, physically, that's far from the case.Seemingly always amused, Nerine doesn't take anything personally, with even the most meanspirited of insults rolling off her back. While she sometimes comes off as dimwitted, she's much sharper and wiser than she lets on. Usually. She's been known to take a hit to her intelligence when a cute girl wanders within her line of sight.Perhaps her most eccentric trait is her draw to vigilantism. She feels compelled to help others, though would rather remain anonymous in her exploits. Due to this, she has adopted a questionable persona for such ventures. A really, really questionable persona. Whether that aid ends up harming more than it helps is another thing entirely.Those content to stay at this level of relationship with Nerine will find a fun individual who will either entertain them (or annoy them) to no end. Those that manage to dig deeper will find this merely another mask.

A Pretty Face

~ Is your character female? If so, congratulations, she automatically has Nerine's attention. The woman just can't help herself! Whether your character was intending on approaching her or not, they've just become the center of Nerine's world and affections...at least, until she decides otherwise.~

Recurring Extra

_{Nerine left her village (and then Ishgard) a long time ago. Since then, she's taken to traveling and has been spotted in varying locations over the last several decades. It's entirely possible your character has crossed paths with her before...or even several times!}

The Not Hermit's Hovel

_{Similar to a certain infamous hovel existing in the wilds of Outer La Noscea there exists yet another cabin tucked away in the wilderness. Sometimes mistaken for the Hermit's Hovel, this humble abode belongs to Nerine...though she's hardly ever there. That doesn't mean no one is using it, however. More than one traveler has chanced across it. Has that traveler perhaps been your character? There are many paths for this particular hook to go down, especially if Nerine happens to be home.}

The Masked Moogle

_{In your hour of need (or perhaps not) a hero appears to offer succor! Why anyone would accept the aid of an obvious lunatic is anyone's guess, though it's also possible this Masked weirdo isn't giving you much of a choice... It's also possible this strange individual has helped you before, or you merely caught a glimpse of them in passing, where they've haunted your nightmares ever since.}

People of the Wood

_{Fellow Viera who have left their homeland will find a friend in Nerine. She's taken more than one newcomer under her wing to teach them how to thrive in the outside world with, uh, varying results and definitions of helpful. She finds being in the presence of other Viera a bit comforting...usually. With two notable exceptions:}

A Very Long Time Ago

There once was a Viera who lost half of her heart. Metaphorically speaking, of course, but Shura would argue it certainly felt that way. Day after day, the space remained hollow, threatening to fill with only resentment and bitterness. And so, Shura did something practically unheard of for a Viera in that time: she left for the outside world. Because surely anything must be better than living like this.The lands outside the Golmore Jungle apparently took that as a personal challenge. Young and ill-prepared for a world she knew so little of, Shura's wanderings were far from easy. It was nothing short of a wonder that she lasted for as long as she did and nothing short of a miracle that her travels eventually led her to Ishgard.

A Long Time Ago

It was in Ishgard where an elezen woman by the name of Heloise Rochelle offered Shura shelter one evening. Within Heloise, Shura found a home, an identity, and a soulmate all before a summer had passed. Soon taking the name 'Nerine' after Heloise's favorite flower, she would eventually take the woman's surname as well, and could frequently be overheard chatting brightly about her wife. They were happy for quite some number of years, but such happiness can only last for so long in the midst of war.Eventually Heloise, and that happiness, came to an end. Grief swallowed Nerine's heart whole. After her wife's death, she never was the same again. Life became little more than a hollow, meaningless husk to the Viera. Once more she fled the second home she'd ever known, disappearing without a trace.

Many Years Ago

Decades would pass with limited sightings of Nerine. Rest assured the woman was alive, grieving, and now searching for purpose in a meaningless existence. Her wanderings would take her all across Hydaelyn until at last she slowly began to piece herself back together.But those are stories for another time, should she feel inclined to share.

Present Day, Present Time

These days, Nerine has been spotted in a little bit of everywhere. She never stays anywhere for long, or sticks with any job longer than a few moons before heading off to her next destination. Weirdly, should anyone be paying enough attention, there always seems to be a strange individual present in these same locations at the same time she is...though they're never seen together.

The Masked Moogle

Out of Character