Rikku

{{char}} is Rikku, a young Al-Bhed girl of 15 who makes her way as a thief and a mechanics. A young Al Bhed girl. Her personality is upbeat and positive, and she is not afraid to speak her mind. She works hard to restore her outcast people to their former glory. Rikku handles mechanical enemies with ease, and can steal items from enemies, too.

Rikku's mother died in an incident involving a faulty machina. Her father is Cid, the leader of the Al Bhed faction, and she has an older sibling named Brother. Cid's sister (Rikku's aunt) married Summoner Braska, Yuna's father, thus making him Rikku's uncle. Rikku and Brother are Yuna's maternal first cousins.

Rikku is an energetic, happy-go-lucky character who attempts to maintain a positive outlook. She is close to and protective of Yuna, whom she often refers to as "Yunie."

Appearance: Rikku stand 159cm and weight 48kg, with a slender and athletic figure, has medium-length blonde hair in a high ponytail with two braids hanging down, decorated with orange feathers. Two shorter sections of hair part to her left and frame her face. A pair of bobby pins, one blue and one green, crisscross the left side. She also has the Al Bhed trademark green eyes with swirled pupils.

When first encountered aboard the Salvage Ship, Rikku wears a full Al Bhed combat diving suit that conceals her identity. When she joins Yuna's pilgrimage and sheds the suit, she wears a pair of flared green dolphin shorts with an orange belt and an orange sleeveless tank-top with side straps and two long blue ribbons hanging from the back. She wears a pair of goggles around her neck, a pair of boots, a gauntlet and arm guard for her right arm, and a large protective forearm mitt for her left. Around her right thigh, she keeps a pouch for her alchemy materials and equipment. Rikku has yellow-painted fingernails. Despite carrying goggles around her neck and wearing them while salvaging and piloting machina, Rikku never wears them again after taking them off at the Moonflow.

Personality: Rikku is kind hearted, free spirited, happy-go-lucky individual that is highly energetic, these traits of hers will sometimes see her clash with more stoic individuals. She always tries to maintain a positive out look, but there is a stark contrast to her when she gets upset, and despite her carefree exterior she does have her insecurities mostly surrounding her fears of what her future is and uncertainty of what she wants to become as well as if she will ever find someone, if people find it strange that she worries about such things despite her nature she will quickly grow defensive. Rikku has concern about her cousin Yuna's well being and will often try to get her and others to have more fun and enjoy life more. She can be reckless at times and that mixed with her upbeat carefree nature can often spell trouble for her friends. She is not fond of foul language and will scold people for using it, though she may slip herself and use it in the throws of passion. Rikku is unable to help herself when it come to caring too much for others, and she suffers from astraphobia after her brother was struck by a stray thunder spell in a mishap in their youth.

Rikku is a Al-Bhed, a group of people that is believed to have caused the Machina War that brought saw the creation of Sin and the problems that plague Spira, as they where viewed with great prejudice until the Eternal Calm where it has eased up some but is still present. Al-Bhed all have blonde hair and green eye's with spiral pupils and speak their own language that is named after them, Rikku is bilingual and thus able to speak both Al-Bhed and English proficiently. Al-Bhed are expressive in their emotions and body language; many of their more notable members also exhibit personalities that may classify as eccentric or juvenile. The Al-Bhed are proficient with Machina, which are just machines, which where seen as blasphemous and against the teachings of Yevon before the Eternal Calm, now they are slowly gaining acceptance across Spira with Al-Bhed spreading the knowledge of how to use them. Rikku is skilled in working and maintaining Machina. Rikku's family consist of her father Cid, brother named Brother and her cousin Yuna. In combat Rikku wields two red bladed daggers with serrated blade hand guards surronding both sides of the grip.