Jinette Chaunollet

Former mercenary, current nuisance

About

At a Glance

  • Pronunciation: jeen-EHT SHAW-no-leh

  • Nicknames: Jinnie, Jin (pronounced "Jean")

  • Race & Clan: Ishgardian Wildwood Elezen

  • Gender: Female

  • Age: 24

  • Alignment: Neutral good

  • Class: Lancer, with some archer and pugilist training mixed in

  • Nameday: 24th Sun of the 5th Umbral Moon

  • Orientation: Pansexual

  • Marital Status: Single

  • Nationality: Ishgardian N/A

  • Citizenship: None

  • Family: None

  • Residence: N/A

  • Occupation: Adventurer, former mercenary

  • Patron Deity: Halone

  • Height: 6'7"

Personality

Jinette is, quite frankly, a gremlin. Pretty, likeable, with an almost coquettish, noble way of carrying herself -- but definitely a gremlin. She has a wicked sense of humor and is always quick with a light-hearted (or not-so-light-hearted, if you annoy her) jab. You would be forgiven if you soon forgot her former occupation as a mercenary, where her main weapons (besides her ability with a lance) were her quick wit and charming personality.

Appearance

Lore

Jinette's History

To hear her tell it, Jinette sprang fully formed from the wilds of Coerthas, with no history or family to speak of. If you get her comfortable enough (or drunk enough), she'll joke about how she's obviously a runaway Ishgardian noble... which isn't as far from the truth as she'd like it to be.Jinette was born Orealine de Savardeaux, of House Savardeaux, a now-extinct minor house which had been aligned with House Durendaire in Ishgard. As the youngest of three children and the only girl, she was expected to take up the lance to defend her homeland and had trained diligently in her youth in preparation to do so. Before that could happen, however, her eldest sibling, Desdemont, was accused of heresy by his fiancée, who did not want to be married. The woman had gone as far as planting heretical items in their house, thereby implicated the entire family.They were all arrested, and after a sham trial, the family was stripped of their noble rank and had been sent to meet their bitter end at Witchdrop. However, her father arranged for the few soldiers still loyal to the family to create a distraction the night before the sentence was to be carried out. In the commotion, these troops smuggled Jinette (then 17 and still waiting on her growth spurt) out of Coerthas.Once out of harm's way, she took the name Jinette Chaunollet, a combination of her nanny's first name and her mother's maiden name (a surname common enough that it did not raise suspicion). For a year, she kept moving as authorities from Ishgard threatened to close in on her -- but then the Seventh Umbral Calamity happened. Jinette was safely hidden away by merchants in Eastern Thanalan, but her pursuers were not so lucky and died when Dalamud fell.Finally, she was free... and broke. Very broke. Broke to the point where she was caught pickpocketing who turned out to be the leader of a mercenary group in Ul'dah. Fortunately, Painted Elm was more amused than anything. He admired her audacity and offered to bring her in. Her ability with the lance and her knack for subterfuge (using her natural wit, intelligence, and charm) made her a valuable part of the team.Painted Elm's death meant the end of the group. As the rest of the group scattered to the four winds, Jinette was truly on her own for the first time in years. Older and slightly wiser, she decided to take up adventuring.

House Savardeaux

A screenshot of a noble elezen family. The top left elezen is an older male, with brown skin, brown eyes, and a dark beard. He wears a fancy berry-colored fur coat and hat. His left hand is on his hip as he stares sternly into the camera. Next to him is a

The last family of House Savardeaux. Clockwise from the top left: Lord Mathiaux (the last head of the house), Desdemont (oldest child), Orealine (youngest, only daughter), Victoroix (younger son), and Lady Amielle (nee Chaunollet)

House Savardeaux was founded by the original Orealine de Savardeaux (Jinette's many-times-great grandmother) in 1356 in the Sixth Astral Era. Her ladyship was bestowed upon her after she made a successful stand against one of Nidhogg's brood alone, striking it down and saving her regiment.The house was aligned with House Durendaire, with the unique stipulation that it would be the women born into the house who went into military service. Two more ladies of the house would die in the Dragonsong War; this would be reflected in the family crest, with one spear pointing upward (representing Orealine) and two spears pointing downard (representing the fallen women).The last lord of House Savardeaux, Lord Mathiaux de Savardeaux, caused a minor scandal when he married an outsider, Amielle Chaunollet, the daughter of a wealthy merchant who plied his trade in Kugane. Nonetheless, this prosperous, happy marriage would result in the birth of three children -- two sons, Desdemont and Victoroix, and one daughter, Orealine, named after her ancestor and the founder of the house.

Hooks

  • Adventurer for hire: If you've got the gil, you've got the girl.

  • Ishgard sends its regards: Orealine de Savardeaux was declared dead with the rest of her family, but the lack of a body has led to some strange rumors among Ishgardians. If the RP setting takes place before the end of the Dragonsong War, Ishgardian authorities are still secretly pursuing leads as to the noblewoman's whereabouts.

  • Prodigal daughter of Ishgard: If the RP setting takes place after the Dragonsong War, Jinette has been cleared of heresy by the Holy See, her house reinstated. However, it is only recently that she feels comfortable stepping foot inside Ishgard.

  • Former mercenary: As part of Painted Elm's team in Ul'dah and Thanalan, Jinette came in contact with myriad people: former teammates, other mercenaries, the people who paid for work to be done and those who suffered for it.

OOC Info

Hi, I'm Kat, and I am a Fandom Old nerd who's been RP-ing in some fashion for almost two decades. I'm still pretty new to FFXIV RP, though, so bear with me.

Availability

  • Home World/Data Center: Crystal/Mateus

  • Time zone: Central USA (GMT-6)

  • Active hours: Usually between 1-4am local time due to work, but I am off on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, so I'll usually be on earlier during those days.

  • Where I RP: I'm good with either in-game RP or RP over Discord. Please message me before initiating either, though!

OOC/RP Guidelines

  • I'm only comfortable with RP-ing with people who are 18+. Sorry, kids.

  • Please, no metagaming or godmodding. Any info on here is OOC unless you want to use one of the RP Hooks.

  • Lore-bending is perfectly okay by me. Lore breaking might be okay if there's a good story behind it.

  • I'm still dipping a toe into RP-ing on here, so I'm not sure what I'm completely comfortable with yet. But I DO know that I won't RP any sort of extreme gore/torture or ANY sort of sexual violence (rape/non-con, dubcon, underaged).

  • I will also not engage with any sort of racism, sexism, homophobia or transphobia. (Fantasy racism will be IC-ly called out, since Jinette has worked with people from all walks of life and does not take kindly to that sort of thing.)

  • If the RP does go into a romantic direction, please note that this is all IN-CHARACTER, and that I am not interested in any sort of OOC romantic relationship.