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* BadBoss: Hoo boy. She openly and bluntly mocks the Warrior of Light and deingrates their work constantly. She also demands they demean themselves before a customer for a perceived failure to live up to the Fen-Yll brand name, something even the "offended" customer finds completely unnecessary. Even in the later parts of the questline where she stops being so critical of the Warrior, it's only because she's come to acknowledge their skill and is still quite vocal about the failings of her other employees. [[spoiler:Eventually most of her staff have had enough and jump ship to Angrbotha, which was itself started by another disgruntled employee.]]



* MistakenIdentity: Famed for her Geva pattern leather. Unfamiliar customers think this means the leather has some fancy design or pattern stamped or cut into it. In reality, it's a cutting technique that Geva pioneered to reduce waste of leather without sacrificing quality.

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* MeanBoss: Hoo boy. She openly and bluntly mocks the Warrior of Light and deingrates their work constantly. She also demands they demean themselves before a customer for a perceived failure to live up to the Fen-Yll brand name, something even the "offended" customer finds completely unnecessary. Even in the later parts of the questline where she stops being so critical of the Warrior, it's only because she's come to acknowledge their skill and is still quite vocal about the failings of her other employees. [[spoiler:Eventually most of her staff have had enough and jump ship to Angrbotha, which was itself started by another disgruntled employee.]]
* MistakenIdentity: Famed She is famed for her Geva pattern leather."Geva pattern" that she uses in all of her work. Unfamiliar customers think this means the leather has some fancy design or pattern stamped or cut into it. In reality, it's a cutting technique that Geva pioneered to reduce waste of leather without sacrificing quality.



* SinkOrSwimMentor: Implied to be this. Those who fail to meet her standards are kicked out or quit the guild. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite her and the guild in the rear later on, when due to a large number of the members quitting, the guild falls severely behind on work orders. At the end of the level 50 quest, while she won't compromise on her standards, she does learn not to be so reckless with her workers.]]

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* SinkOrSwimMentor: Implied to be this. Those who fail to meet her standards are kicked out or quit the guild. [[spoiler:This This comes back to bite her and the guild in the rear later on, when due to a large number of the members quitting, as [[spoiler:so many people quit that the guild falls severely behind on work orders. At the end of the level 50 quest, while she won't compromise on her standards, she does learn not to be so reckless with her workers.]]



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Her {{Jerkass}} attitude comes back to bite her late in the ''A Realm Reborn'' Leatherworker storyline. Her zero-tolerance policy for subpar work and constant demeaning of her workers [[spoiler:cause a mass walk out of guild members, as no one is willing to put up with her attitude anymore.]] Just about the only reason the questline doesn't end with [[spoiler:the guild shutting down]] is because her rival is cartoonishly evil and terrible at hiding his tracks.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Her {{Jerkass}} attitude as a MeanBoss comes back to bite her late in the ''A Realm Reborn'' Leatherworker storyline. Her zero-tolerance policy for subpar work and constant demeaning of her workers [[spoiler:cause a mass walk out of guild members, as no one is willing to put up with her attitude anymore.]] Just about the only reason the questline doesn't end with [[spoiler:the guild shutting down]] is because her rival is cartoonishly evil and terrible at hiding his tracks.


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* BerserkButton: As someone who has devoted her life to cataloguing the workings of nature to educate future generations, Atelloune ''hates'' seeing life taken for granted and being lectured to on its value. She rails against a hearer and Wood Wailer who claim that her taxidermied models are somehow disrespecting the elementals when all of her efforts are done in service to nature.
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* AbusiveParents: Shinto's insistence on ToughLove and exacting standards as a swordsmith have led him to constantly insults at his daughter Sekka. He tells her she has HighHopesZeroTalent and to give up her craft to do something else. This is despite her clear talents as a swordsmith that others can tell at a glance, with Brithael calling Shinto's treatment of her unfair.

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* AbusiveParents: Shinto's insistence on ToughLove and his exacting standards as a swordsmith have led him to constantly hurl insults at his daughter Sekka. He tells her she has HighHopesZeroTalent and to give up her craft to do something else. This is despite her clear talents as a swordsmith that others can tell at a glance, with Brithael calling Shinto's treatment of her unfair.



* BrutalHonesty: Zigzagged. Shinto doesn't sugarcoat his opinions of anyone, not even his own daughter. He calls her a mediocre and talentless swordsmith and tells her to hang up her hammer for good after watching her work. But these verbal tongue lashings do nothing to address what she's actually missing and he refuses to be frank with her about why he won't take her on as an apprentice.

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* BrutalHonesty: Zigzagged. Shinto doesn't sugarcoat his opinions of anyone, not even his own daughter. He calls her a mediocre and talentless swordsmith and tells her to hang up her hammer for good after watching her work. But these verbal tongue lashings do nothing to address what she's actually missing and [[FigureItOutYourself he refuses to be frank with her about why he won't take her on as an apprentice.]]



* FantasyForbiddingFather: He believes that Sekka lacks something she needs to be a proper swordsmith and tells her to give up on her dreams. This motivates her to run away to Limsa Lominsa in hopes of learning from the blacksmiths at the famed Blacksmiths' Guild. When he visit Limsa Lominsa to appraise her progress, he continues to be disappointed in her and threatens to disown her if she doesn't give up the trade.

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* FantasyForbiddingFather: He Shinto believes that Sekka lacks something she needs to be a proper swordsmith and tells her to give up on her dreams.dreams. He goes so far as to bar her from every forge in Kugane to prevent her from honing her skills. This motivates her to run away to Limsa Lominsa in hopes of learning from the blacksmiths at the famed Blacksmiths' Guild. When he visit Limsa Lominsa to appraise her progress, he continues to be disappointed in her and threatens to disown her if she doesn't give up the trade.
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* HighHopesZeroTalent: Subverted. Sekka's father Shinto claims she has no future as a swordsmith and to give up while she's ahead, something that makes her desperate to please him and prove herself. But Brithael notes that she clearly has talent despite not being at the level of a master smith, calling Shinto's treatment of her unfair and criticizing him for tearing her down. Brithael then opts to create a set of custom tools for her to allow her to talents to blossom in full. [[spoiler:While she still has a ways to go by the end of the quests, Shinto is impressed when she puts the needs of the clients ahead of trying to impress him, finally convincing him that she has what it takes to become a true Hingan swordsmith.]]
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->''"The perfect blade can only be forged by those who have cleared their mind of all thoughts not related ot the task at hand."''

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->''"The perfect blade can only be forged by those who have cleared their mind of all thoughts not related ot to the task at hand."''

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* FeelingTheirAge: Fremondain commissions a lightweight sword for self-defense from the Warrior of Light during the ''Stormblood'' Blacksmith quests. While he has some skill with a blade, his age means that a heavier and sharper sword would only be an encumbrance should he be accosted on the street.

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->''"Wh-What are you talking about? M-My face is not red! Even if it is, it is only because I am so excited about my victory which looms on the horizon."''

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->''"Wh-What ->''"In Hingashi, swordsmiths are you talking about? M-My face is not red! Even if it is, it is only because I am so excited about my victory which looms on taught to strive for excellence. To push boundaries. We dedicate our lives to seeing that each weapon we make surpasses the horizon.last."''


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* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Due to her father's verbal abuse of her, Sekka has a diminished opinion of her own skills as a swordsmith. She considers the katana she carries for self-defense as a "rubbish creation" when a local Yellowjacket calls it finer than any weapon he's ever had the chance to wield.
* HotBlooded: She is extremely passionate about the art of swordsmithing and it drives everything she does. But this also makes her impulsive and gives her a short temper, going so far as to sail halfway around the world to try to apprentice herself at the Blacksmiths' Guild when her father barred her from every forge in Kugane. She also nearly kills a man with one of her katanas when he gets handsy with her.


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* AbusiveParents: Shinto's insistence on ToughLove and exacting standards as a swordsmith have led him to constantly insults at his daughter Sekka. He tells her she has HighHopesZeroTalent and to give up her craft to do something else. This is despite her clear talents as a swordsmith that others can tell at a glance, with Brithael calling Shinto's treatment of her unfair.

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* CutenessProximity: He ''adores'' amaros, considering them the finest beings in all of creation, to the point that he wishes he was reborn as an amaro when he dies. That said, he understands if others don't share his enthusiasm.

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* CutenessProximity: He ''adores'' amaros, considering them the finest beings in all of creation, to the point that he wishes he was reborn as an amaro when he dies. That said, he understands if others don't share his enthusiasm. When he learns of the existence of a settlement of talking amaros, Bethric begs the Warrior to take him to "amaro paradise"



* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:After escorting Skip to Wolkedorf, it's discovered he was raised there but left to seek companionship after his previous master passed away, gravitating to the Warrior of Light in his search. Bethric agreed to let Skip stay back in his home after all that's happened...but Skip ultimately decides to come back to the Crystariuim.]]

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* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:After escorting Skip to Wolkedorf, Wolekdorf, it's discovered he was raised there but left to seek companionship after his previous master passed away, gravitating to the Warrior of Light in his search. Bethric agreed to let Skip stay back in his home after all that's happened...but Skip ultimately decides to come back to the Crystariuim.]]



* MayflyDecemberFriendship: Amaro are much longer lived than any of the mortal races, meaning that any friendships they do make are this. Skip has been grieving the loss of their first companion for a century and it's this desire to find new, like-minded companions that drove him to leave the safety of Il Mheg.
* TheMourningAfter: Partway through the deliveries, you learn that Skip once had a companion long, long ago who traveled the world with him. Their love of adventure led them to Norvandt, which spared them from the Flood of Light. But time came for said companion, leaving Skip to grieve for them ever since.



* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The poachers that tried to hunt Skip laced common amaro fodder with poison. Because of this, he has a strong distrust with mankind and refuses to touch his food unless someone tastes it first to know it's safe.

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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: TraumaButton: The poachers that tried to hunt Skip laced common amaro fodder with poison. Because of this, he has a strong distrust with of mankind and refuses to touch his food unless someone tastes it first to know it's safe.safe. [[spoiler:At the end of the quests, he's paralyzed when he comes face to face with the poachers who nearly killed him again. It takes encouragement from Bethric and the Warrior to take to the skies again, allowing Bethric to assail Skip's tormentors with alchemical lightning bombs.]]

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* RoseHairedSweetie: Thiuna is a kind woman who believes that helping to restore items of sentimental value can be invaluable even in the midst of the orisis and scarcity that followed the Flood.

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* RoseHairedSweetie: Thiuna is a kind woman who believes that helping to restore items of sentimental value can be invaluable even in the midst of the orisis crisis and scarcity that followed the Flood.



* BeenThereShapedHistory: In the last quest of the Facet of Crafting questline, Noddy reveals that it once served the great Allagan archmagus Noah, the personal tutor to Doga and Unei. Not only that, but Harig's lute is one of Noah's creations.



* PercussiveMaintenance: Noddy frequently experiences errors and requests repairs in this fashion.
-->'''Noddy:''' "<beep> Error. Aether blockage detected. Firm blow required. <buzz> Hit me. Hit me."
* SecretKeeper: After the Crafting questline is finished, Noddy admits to knowing the Warrior of Darkness' true identity and origins, but encrypts that information out of respect for their privacy.

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* PercussiveMaintenance: Noddy frequently experiences errors and requests repairs in this fashion.
fashion. This happens frequently enough that it begs Thiuna for more even after getting a sound beating, leaving Thiuna wondering if Noddy enjoys this.
-->'''Noddy:''' "<beep> <beep> Error. Aether blockage detected. Firm blow required. <buzz> Hit me. Hit me."
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* SecretKeeper: After the Facet of Crafting questline is finished, Noddy admits to knowing the Warrior of Darkness' true identity and origins, but encrypts that information out of respect for their privacy.



* WeUsedToBeFriends: Thiuna and Owell were once best friends learning under Master Harig. But after Harig's disappearance, Owell blamed the lute Harig tried to repair and devoted himself entirely to making and repairing items with practical value. Thiuna's desire to follow in Harig's footsteps put them at odds with each other. [[spoiler:Their relationship is repaired once Thiuna restores the lute and Owell sees the impact it has on the people of the Crystarium. He then admits that he was the one who broke it by accident and blamed himself for Harig never coming home. This gives them both the catharsis they need to put the past behind them, with Noddy registering Owell as "family" to Thiuna.]]



* {{Curse}}: Seeing as the money lender decided to [[MovingTheGoalposts extort more money out of Iron Bellows by springing interest rates for the ring]], they enchanted the ring the player has crafted with an almost bewitching attraction to ensure the ring is rightfully traded off. [[spoiler:That's what they wanted you to think. They knew the player's craftsmanship would draw the lender in anyway and actually placed a curse of misfortune to ensure the moneylender gets his just desserts.]]

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* {{Curse}}: Seeing as the money lender decided to [[MovingTheGoalposts extort more money out of Iron Bellows by springing interest rates for the ring]], they enchanted the ring the player has crafted with an almost bewitching attraction to ensure the ring is rightfully traded off. [[spoiler:That's what they wanted you to think. They knew the player's craftsmanship would draw the lender in anyway and actually placed a curse of misfortune to ensure the moneylender gets his just desserts.deserts.]]

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* CultureClash: Sekka comes to Limsa Lominsa's Blacksmiths' Guild in hopes of learning how to forge the finest swords in the world. She's aghast when she finds that the guild is more focused on fulfilling orders and commissions than a goal or an ideal in their craft as smiths would in Hingashi. She soon tries to impose her beliefs on the rest of the guild, even challenging the Warrior of Light to a smithing contest to prove herself right. She winds up losing due to being overly focused on showcasing her skills rather than fitting the sword to the client, humbling her and making her more open to Brithael's gradual and laissez-faire style of learning.



* CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnaswer: Shinto repeatedly tells Sekka that she lacks something fundamental to be a great swordsmith and that she'd be better off giving up and doing something else. But he refuses to tell her what exactly she is lacking no matter how much she pleads with him. This leaves her lost and confused enough to hop on a boat and sail around the world in hopes of discovering what Shinto means at the Blacksmiths' Guild.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: He believes that Sekka lacks something she needs to be a proper blacksmith and tells her to give up on her dreams. This motivates her to run away to Limsa Lominsa in hopes of learning from the blacksmiths at the famed Blacksmiths' Guild.

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* CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnaswer: CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnswer: Shinto repeatedly tells Sekka that she lacks something fundamental to be a great swordsmith and that she'd be better off giving up and doing something else. But he refuses to tell her what exactly she is lacking no matter how much she pleads with him. This leaves her lost and confused enough to hop on a boat and sail around the world in hopes of discovering what Shinto means at the Blacksmiths' Guild.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: He believes that Sekka lacks something she needs to be a proper blacksmith swordsmith and tells her to give up on her dreams. This motivates her to run away to Limsa Lominsa in hopes of learning from the blacksmiths at the famed Blacksmiths' Guild. When he visit Limsa Lominsa to appraise her progress, he continues to be disappointed in her and threatens to disown her if she doesn't give up the trade.


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* SecretTestOfCharacter: Upon arriving in Limsa Lominsa, he commissions the Warrior to create an uchigatana solely from a hunk of rusted iron. Sekka is aghast, as even the most seasoned swordsmiths would struggle to make anything usable from such awful materials. But the Warrior takes the challenge anyways and the sword, while rough-hewn, is usable in combat. This impresses Shinto, as this was a test to appraise the Warrior's skills as an artisan as well as their willingness to rise to such a challenge. He then uses the Warrior's performance to denigrate Sekka for being unable to do the same after a decade of practice.

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A Midlander Hyur from Hingashi, who traveled to Limsa Lominsa to learn blacksmithing after constant rejection from her swordsmith father.

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A Midlander Hyur from Hingashi, who traveled to Limsa Lominsa to learn blacksmithing after constant rejection from her swordsmith father.father Shinto, Kugane's greatest blacksmith.


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* BrutalHonesty: Zigzagged. Shinto doesn't sugarcoat his opinions of anyone, not even his own daughter. He calls her a mediocre and talentless swordsmith and tells her to hang up her hammer for good after watching her work. But these verbal tongue lashings do nothing to address what she's actually missing and he refuses to be frank with her about why he won't take her on as an apprentice.
* CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnaswer: Shinto repeatedly tells Sekka that she lacks something fundamental to be a great swordsmith and that she'd be better off giving up and doing something else. But he refuses to tell her what exactly she is lacking no matter how much she pleads with him. This leaves her lost and confused enough to hop on a boat and sail around the world in hopes of discovering what Shinto means at the Blacksmiths' Guild.


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* SensitiveArtist: Inverted. Shinto is a swordsmith without peer in Kugane, but he's also TheStoic and extremely hard on his daughter. He disparages her for wanting to follow in his footsteps as a swordsmith and constantly calls her a talentless woman who would be better off doing something else.
* ToughLove: Shinto is cynical and TheStoic to his daughter Sekka. Although she yearns to follow in his footsteps as a swordsmith, he constantly lambastes her as a mediocre craftswoman and tells her she has no future in the trade while negatively comparing her to the Warrior of Light. In his mind, his criticisms are nothing but the unvarnished truth that she needs to hear, but his unwillingness to simply tell Sekka what she's missing as a swordsmith drives the conflict of the story.

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* CoolTeacher: He's a kind and doting teacher to all the members of the Culinarian's Guild. He's willing to risk his own reputation if it means preserving a culinarian's career and cooks pick-me-ups for his staff and students when they're feeling down.



* GoneHorriblyRight: To him, the Bismarck and the Culinarians' Guild are a place for him to teach cooking to anyone who wants to learn. His kind but firm teaching stance helps develop some of the best culinarians in the realm and contributes to the Bismarck's reputation as ''the'' place to eat in Eorzea. When the Warrior of Light comes in to learn, Lyngsath does his best to teach them too, only for their skills to grow so rapidly that they wind up stealing business from the Bismarck by the end of the ''Stormblood'' Culinarian questline after they help Raulf develop fine Far Eastern cuisine in Revenant's Toll. He admits that he's both proud and a little irked to have trained the best damned culinarian in Eorzea.
* MeaningfulName: His name means "Long Knife" in the old roegadyn tongue. A chef has many long knives for many purposes.

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* GoneHorriblyRight: To him, the Bismarck and the Culinarians' Guild are a place for him to teach cooking to anyone who wants to learn. His kind but firm teaching stance helps develop some of the best culinarians in the realm and contributes to the Bismarck's reputation as ''the'' place to eat in Eorzea. When the Warrior of Light comes in to learn, Lyngsath does his best to teach them too, only for their too. But the Warrior's skills to grow so rapidly that they wind up stealing business from the Bismarck by the end of the ''Stormblood'' Culinarian questline after they help Raulf develop fine Far Eastern cuisine in Revenant's Toll. He admits that he's both proud and a little irked to have trained the best damned culinarian in Eorzea.
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* InconsistentSpelling: ''Encyclopedia Eorzea'' lists his surname as "Hyllbornsyn", while in-game data lists his last name as "Doesfalksyn". The official cookbook also uses the latter name.
* MeaningfulName: His name means "Long Knife" in the old roegadyn Roegadyn tongue. A chef has many long knives for many purposes.



* SupremeChef: He's the head of the Bismarck, perhaps the finest restaurant in all of Eorzea. People book reservations months or years in advance to have a seat at one of his tables.

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* SupremeChef: He's the head of the Bismarck, perhaps the finest restaurant in all of Eorzea. People book reservations months or years in advance to have a seat at one of his tables. He's noted for his open-mindedness and worldliness, incorporating techniques from multiple cultures around the world that he learned while peddling his trade aboard a merchant vessel in his youth. His skills are so profound that only he is allowed to cook for distinguished guests like Lolorito Nanarito. Lyngsath getting injured before such a wealthy client shows up to a table is a cause for emergency, forcing the Warrior of Light to step up to the plate and cook Lolorito's favorite dish to placate the business magnate.
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