Rei Tanna

Murder is okay.

Rei Tanna is a protagonist of the Reiorzea canon. She is a Hyuran Reaper, though she was previously a part of the Machinists' Guild of Ishgard during Heavensward. Her current weapon of choice is a sickle named Scarlet Harvest. Alongside Faye Alianna and Maye Alianna, she is one of the three main characters of the story.

Born and raised in Limsa Lominsa to a Doman waitress and a Lominsan pirate, she ran away from home in her early teenage years. Following the events of The Calamity, she became an adventurer and joined the Archers' Guild of Gridania. She then enlisted with The Order of the Twin Adder, serving in the same squadron as Faye Alianna and Maye Alianna. After concluding her service, she formed a Free Company called Scarlet Crows and currently serves as its Captain.

She is the daughter of Saki Tanna.

Personality
Rei is known for her carefree and sarcastic demeanor. She struggles to uphold a sense of professionalism, as she is known to curse a lot and makes jokes about whatever situation she finds herself in. This is what led to Rei becoming close with Hilda Ware, as their similar attitudes resulted in a natural cohesion with each other.

Her natural response to people she has an affinity towards is being playfully rude, though this is met with criticism with people who are not familiar with her.

Though she is looked up to as a leader, she struggles to consider herself as one.

Her service with the Twin Adder is what led to the development of her leadership skills, in which she showed the ability to strategize; devising her own plans and executing them alongside her squadron. Though the Alianna twins were Rei's superiors, she managed to earn their trust during their service and eventually convinced them to serve as Officers in the Scarlet Crows.

Fighting Style
Prior to joining the Archers' Guild, Rei had no prior combat experience. Her small frame made close-quarters combat significantly more difficult for her to do proficiently. Unlike a sword or a lance, a bow didn't require a lot of strength, which is what led her to try archery.

With training, and the help of Zen'a Tayuun, she became adept at archery in less than a year. Inspired by Zen'a's mentorship, she took on a more sneaky, flank-reliant approach to combat. As the other adventurers would take up the front lines, she would find alternate angles to attack from, which was usually high ground or behind cover that made it hard to fight her directly. This led to Archer Guildmaster Luciane writing Rei an official letter of recommendation for The Order of the Twin Adder, and is how she ended up enlisting.

Rei's fighting style is focused on constantly attacking from the backline or the flank and taking down her targets before they can turn their attention to her as a threat. Her reflexes and dexterity allow her to attack rapidly. Aiming the perfect shot doesn't take her more than a second.

Trivia

 * Rei was created on August 17th, 2014, around the time I started playing Mabinogi.
 * My favorite class in Mabinogi was Gunslinger, so that ended up becoming an integral part of her lore.
 * Rei is my self-insert that I created as a coping mechanism for the conflicts I was dealing with during my early high school years. I was struggling to get along with my parents and lacked a lot of self-love.
 * My main motivation behind Rei is that despite her flaws and difficult childhood, she eventually grows to become a confident leader and a figure that her friends can depend on.
 * Her sarcastic personality is based off how I'm a piece of shit.
 * Rei's color motif is red because it's my favorite color.
 * Rei and I share the same birthday.
 * Rei's revolver, Renegade, is a reference to my old username. "RenegadesNation" was my PSN ID, and "Renegade" was the name of my black cat in Toontown Online.
 * That's also where "Ren" comes from, if you were wondering.
 * Rei's favorite drink is strawberry lemonade.