Editing Ryoka Griffin

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{{Infobox_character
|species = [[Humans|Human]]
|gender = Female
|marital =
|affiliation = *[[Runner's Guild]]
*[[The Wandering Inn]]
*[[Ailendamus]]
*[[Veltras Family|House Veltras]]
|occupation = [[Couriers|Courier]]<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/01/20/8-03/ Chapter 8.03]</ref>
|residence =[[Izril]]
|name = Ryoka Dawning Griffin
|aliases = *Batman
*Wind Runner
*Wind Runner of Reizmelt
*Windfriend
*Sunburst
*Windy Girl
*Windy Girl of Ailendamus
|status = {{Status|Alive}}
|age = 21<ref name="3.40">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/12/23/3-40/ Chapter 3.40]</ref>
|first appearance = [https://wanderinginn.com/2016/10/06/interlude-1-00-r/ Interlude – 1.00 R]
|image = Ryoka_Portrait_by_LeChatDemon.jpg
|caption1=By [[Fanworks/Demonic Criminal|LeChatDemon]] (Cut-out)
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'''Ryoka ('''Ryō ka / 涼香''')'''<ref name="1.09R" /> '''Dawning Griffin,''' or just '''Ryoka Griffin''', is an Earther who was teleported to Izril and became a [[Runners|Runner]].

== Appearance ==
Ryoka has a distinctly Asian/Japanese appearance, with long raven-black hair, bright green eyes<ref name="1.07 R">[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/12/14/1-07-r/ Chapter 1.07 R]</ref> and tanned skin. She is very tall with a height of 6'1<ref name="1.09R" /> and has an athletic build. She isn't wearing any shoes, as she prefers to run, or walk barefoot.<ref name="2.24">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/05/26/2-24/ Chapter 2.29]</ref>

When her long hair doesn't cover her ears, it becomes noticeable that her left ear had been torn in the past, as the lower part of her earlobe is missing, and the remainder had healed jaggedly around the round gap.<ref name="1.01 R">[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/10/12/1-01-r/ Chapter 1.01 R]</ref>
That isn't the only thing she is missing; Ryoka has also lost two fingers of her right hand (pinkie and ring fingers specifically).<ref name="Interlude">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/12/30/interlude-4/ Interlude]</ref>

== Personality ==
{{quote
|quote=''Ryoka was like a two-headed Ogre, with one head who told you lies, and the other one told you the truth, but both heads hated each other and the Ogre kept running around screaming about her personal issues.''
|speaker=[[Rags]]' opinion of Ryoka{{ref|8.35}}
}}

Ryoka is prideful and hotheaded, and has enough insecurities and angst for ten people. She is very individualistic, preferring to be alone and avoid engaging in conversation with other people, though she later makes an effort to be more sociable.<ref>[[Chapter 6.01]]</ref> Often moody, she can be short-tempered and has anger issues, which can build up and cause her to lash out. Ryoka is intelligent, having maintained a 3.89 GPA in school, and is knowledgeable on a variety of subjects that most people her age wouldn't know about. She is highly analytical with excellent deductive reasoning, being able to dissect a situation and come up with potential outcomes. However, also being reckless and impulsive, she often ends up acting in the heat of the moment thus leading to bodily harm. While she has few friends, she cares for all of them and is highly protective.

Ryoka has a tendency to think that she's the smartest person in the room and is sometimes condescending to others. While she has made strides to fix her superior attitude, she can still be self-centered, thinking that she has to make the hard decisions for everyone. Ryoka is also extremely paranoid about sharing Earth-knowledge to another world, believing it could result in devastating consequences.

After meeting several immortal beings, Ryoka has developed a fascination for them, trying to find out more about them, while also wanting them to like her. This is shown by her returning to [[Teriarch]] after remembering he was a [[Dragons|Dragon]],<ref>[[Chapter 2.45]]</ref> or when she tried to get to know [[Belavierr Donamia|Belavierr]], even after finding out she was an "evil witch" and a Named-rank threat.<ref>[[Chapter 6.43 E]]</ref>

== Background ==
Ryoka was either born in New York City<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/10/06/interlude-1-00-r/ Interlude 1.00 R]</ref> or in Oakland, California.<ref name="1.09R" />. Either way, she considers herself a girl from Ohio.<ref name="1.01 R" /><ref name="2.01">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/03/15/2-02/ Chapter 2.01]</ref> She's half-Japanese, born to an Caucasian-American father and a Japanese mother. Due to little interest in the Japanese language, Ryoka can speak the language only a bit.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2-07/ Chapter 2.06]</ref> She comes from a rich family and "enjoyed" a diverse and good education; but on the same time was a problem child, antisocial and regularly aggressive towards persons of authority, including her Dad. She still ''hates'' older men, as they remind her of her father<ref name="1.09R">[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/12/28/1-09-r/ Chapter 1.09 R]</ref>, who is a fairly powerful figure in both politics and business at her home.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/04/14/2-12/ Chapter 2.12]</ref>

She attended many schools, including boarding schools, but wouldn't fit in there: She was kicked out of two high schools. When she was abducted from Earth, she would have been a freshman in college<ref name="1.01 R" /><ref name="2.03">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/03/22/2-04/ Chapter 2.03]</ref> and in Columbia University.<ref name=":Chapter 1.06 R">[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/11/30/1-06-r/ Chapter 1.06 R]</ref> There, she was accepted with a Track and Field scholarship, specializing in the 400-meter run. She had a 3.89 GPA average and refused Mensa membership.

== Chronology ==
[[File:Ryoka by DemonicCriminal.jpg|thumb|Ryoka running past the lich by [[Fanworks/Demonic Criminal|LeChatDemon]]]]

=== Volume 1 ===
When she was teleported to the other world in October 2016,<ref name="2.01" /><ref>Also, just one month after [[wikipedia:Suicide Squad (film)|Suicide Squad]] started in US cinemas on August 4, according to [https://wanderinginn.com/2016/12/18/1-08-r/ Chapter 1.08 R]</ref> she appeared in the middle of a crowded street in a human city in northern [[Izril]] while she was out jogging; only having her wallet, her watch and her iPhone with her.<ref name="1.01 R" /> She decidedly wanted to avoid spilling her knowledge among the locals, so that she wouldn't influence the natives in any way. So she became a runner around the southernmost cities of the human part of Izril.

Her sudden appearance, her barefoot running and her becoming the fastest city runner around Remendia and Wales attracted the attention of several people, including [[Magnolia Reinhart]], who tried to gather information from Ryoka but failed to even guess her homelands. That made Magnolia even more determined to interrogate Ryoka, who was severely injured after being bullied by 'fellow' Runner [[Persua]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/11/06/1-03-r/ Chapter 1.03 R]</ref> Magnolia offered her to take her to a healer, knowing that fixing the broken leg would costs hundreds of gold coins.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/11/23/1-05-r/ Chapter 1.05 R]</ref> However, Ryoka had recently made the acquintance of the [[Horns of Hammerad]], who helped her out by taking her to [[Liscor]], where she met [[Ceria Springwalker|Ceria's]] former friend [[Pisces]]. He healed Ryoka for forty gold coins, much less than a high-level healer would have charged for a [Restoration] spell.<ref name=":Chapter 1.06 R" />

Ryoka was then blocked by the Runner's Guild until she would agree to meeting Magnolia again, which Ryoka staunchly refused. Instead, she took a request to run into the highly dangerous [[High Passes]], where she met [[Teriarch]] who gave her the quest to find Az'kerash for a delivery.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/12/14/1-07-r/ Chapter 1.07 R] to [https://wanderinginn.com/2016/12/28/1-09-r/ Chapter 1.09 R]</ref> Ryoka accepted, but first asked the adventurer Ceria about how to do magic, and it turned out that she is able to perform a little.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/01/04/1-34/ Chapter 1.34]</ref> Ryoka, in a bad mood, then dueled both the adventurers [[Yvlon Byres]] and [[Calruz]], which didn't go too well for her.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/01/15/1-12-r/ Chapter 1.12 R]</ref>

Desperate again and disgusted with herself, Ryoka set out past Liscor for the [[Bloodfields]], but couldn't find anything there except the willpower to run back to Liscor and search for her (hopefully) friends, if they would even have her after the bad impression she left with them. Ryoka was crushed to learn that the Horns of Hammerad had utterly perished in their expedition into the [[Ruins of Liscor]] just days earlier.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/03/04/1-45/ Chapter 1.45]</ref>

=== Volume 2 ===
Just in that situation, Ryoka got an invitation to a magical Group Chat and learned that she is by far not the only [[Earthworlders|person from Earth]] stuck in this foreign world, and that there are other groups, either meaning ill or well, who are after them, probably for their secret knowledge. This group chat changed Ryoka's entire outlook, since she now knew she needs to cooperate with others and prevent the worst. After Ryoka recovered from that discovery in an inn on the wayside, the [Innkeeper] [[Erin Solstice]] revealed that she is from Earth as well.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/03/12/2-01/ Chapter 2.00]</ref>

Ryoka impressed on Erin to keep their secret about their common origins. After being told by [[Pisces]] that [[Ceria]] might still be alive, they mounted a rescue expedition into the ruins to get her out.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/03/22/2-04/ Chapter 2.03]</ref> Then, the Named Adventurer [[Gazi]] appeared and tried to kidnap both girls, and they only narrowly escaped that fate.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/03/28/2-06/ Chapter 2.05]</ref>

That same day, winter started, and Ryoka, trying to earn them more money, eventually left [[Liscor]] to make more serious preparations for her run into the south. She first turned north, pestered by [[Frost Faeries]], and found the [Alchemist] [[Octavia]] in [[Celum]],<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/04/09/2-09/ Chapter 2.08]</ref> from whom she ordered some potions, including a stink potion which she used to get to Teriarch again. Facing that strange 'elven mage' again, she renegotiated the deal with him.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/04/14/2-12/ Chapter 2.12]</ref>

On her return to Liscor, she met two Couriers, [[Valceif Godfrey|Val]] and [[Hawk]], the first of whom helped Ryoka to fight against the memory block with which Teriarch hid from Ryoka that he is in fact a mighty dragon. As she stayed at Erin's inn again, Ryoka also helped Erin holding an impromptu iPhone concert.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/04/22/2-16/ Chapter 2.17]</ref>

Ryoka made a second attempt to complete her delivery to Az'kerash soon after, but was harassed for over a week by Frost Faeries until she was rescued from an avalanche by [[Mrsha]], a young [[Gnolls|Gnoll]] from the [[Stone Spears Tribe]]. Ryoka became friends with their leader [[Urksh]] and also reconciliated with the Faeries.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/05/24/2-23/ Chapter 2.28]</ref> On her way to [[Az’kerash]] she also met [[Ilvriss]] and [[Zel Shivertail]] battling each other, then she escaped the Necromancer<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/05/28/2-25/ Chapter 2.30]</ref> and also rescued Mrsha from the [[Reiss|Goblin Lord]]. Two of her fingers were bitten off by a goblin, which is a lasting scar.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/06/11/2-29/ Chapter 2.35]</ref> She got little rest afterwards, as she had to track down Erin just three days later, when Erin was abducted by [[Toren]] to [[Celum]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/07/22/2-39/ Chapter 2.46]</ref>

=== Volume 3  ===
[[File:Ryoka running with Ivolethe by Pontastic.png|thumb|Ryoka running with Ivolethe, by [[Fanworks/Nordink|Nordink]]]]
In Celum, Ryoka and Erin had to stay for some days, during which time Ryoka got to befriend [[Ivolethe]]. Then, she got the chance to meet the reformed [[Horns of Hammerad]] in [[Ocre]], but was pulled from their inn immediately by [[Ressa]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/09/02/3-09/ Chapter 3.09]</ref>

She was brought to Invrisil where Lady Magnolia talked with her. Afterwards, Ryoka was allowed to study in her library before she got to know [[Laken Godart]] who was searching for help for [[Riverfarm]]. Ryoka agreed to help out and made a supply run right before [[Winter Solstice]].

=== Volume 4 ===
''to be written''
Az'kerash's ultimatum. Death of Brunkr. Ivolethe "dies", but Ryoka is saved by Teriarch.

=== Volume 6 ===
Ryoka stayed in [[Reizmelt]] where she met, among others, Farmer [[Lupp]], Innkeeper [[Madain]], Fistfighter [[Alber]] and enterprising [[Vampires|Vampire]] [[Fierre]], the latter of whom becomes a new friend.

On request of Lady [[Bethal Walchaís]], Ryoka made a run to [[Walta]], where she met [[Charlay]]; together with the [[Centaurs|Centaur]] she followed a request by [[Laken Godart]] who requested Ryoka to oversee his [[Unseen Empire]]. Ryoka persevered through the crisis there that involved Witch Hunters and a Drake [Arsonist] laying a major conflagration, then returned towards Reizmelt where she rescued Magnolia's Earthers during an [Assassin] attack and told them to go to Liscor.

=== Volume 7 ===
Weeks after sending Magnolia's Earthworlders to the south without guidance nor their electronics, Ryoka was ambushed by the [[Bloodfeast Raiders]] near Celum on her way to Teriarch from whom she hoped assistance. The Dragon gave her tips on how to see Ivolethe again.

== Powers and Abilities ==
Ryoka has intentionally prevented herself from leveling or gaining skills. She did however take a lesson in magic from Ceria<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/01/04/1-34/ Chapter 1.34]</ref> and learn a basic [Light] spell, without being constrained by the need of a [Mage] class. Ryoka has since spent time trying to learn/improve magic outside of the leveling system. She has had some success with a book on magic to teach apprentices that she acquired from Teriarch,<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/07/22/2-39/ Chapter 2.46]</ref> but encountered a mental block,<ref name="3.03">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/08/12/3-03/ Chapter 3.03]</ref> as her scientific background clashed with the mentality required to learn the magic in the book.

=== Spells: ===
* [Flare]
* [Flashbang]
* [Flashlight]
* [Light]
* [Noise]
* A telekinesis spell - unknown name
* A spell that blows air - unknown name

=== Natural Talents: ===
* High natural capacity for magic
* Willpower equivalent to [Indomitable Will] skill

=== Abilities: ===
* Mixed Martial Arts
* Endurance running
* Parkour skills

==== Wind Control ====
She learned the basis of faerie magic and to 'See the wind' under the guidance of the Frost Fairy Ivolethe.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/09/02/3-09/ Chapter 3.09]</ref> With practice she is able to control wind with finesse and strength, able to pick up and carry small objects such as caltrops, cause dust clouds, and blow at her back to increase her running speed. She deepened her affinity with the wind enough to be able to fly with a glider or wingsuit.

==== Perspective Shift ====
In the realm of the Fae, she learned to shift her perspective to see the world differently. This allows her to see things she shouldn't normally be able to, bypassing illusions, invisibility, and other forms of obfuscation. She can see things hidden by Skills or magic,<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/12/18/9-29/ Chapter 9.29]</ref> being one of the very few people to be able to see [[Foliana]] while she's invisible

==== Rulebreaker ====
Lacking classes or levels, Ryoka can naturally resist auras and certain Skills. Furthermore, with her entry removed from the [[Grand Design of Isthekenous]], she cannot be summoned by the [Pavilion of Secrets] nor have her image recreated in a stimulation of a memory.<ref>{{VERef|10.18 E}}</ref> 

== Possessions ==
[[File:Faeblade-By-Enuryn.png|thumb|300px|''[[Hetshal-knive]]'' or Faeblade  by [[Fanworks/Enuryn|Enuryn]]<br />(commissioned by [[Pirateaba]])]]
* [[Ryoka's iPhone|iPhone]] (''Stolen'')
* Bag of Holding - Artifact Class Item: Blocks wealth finding skills, can fit multiple chairs, a barrel of caltrops, contain more than 20 pounds of weight.<ref name=":3.36">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/12/09/3-36/ Chapter 3.36]</ref>
* Caltrops<ref name=":Chapter 6.01">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/03/23/6-01/ Chapter 6.01]</ref>
* Small Everfrozen Ice Statue of Ivolethe<ref name=":Chapter 6.01" />
*Magical Linen / Footwraps :<ref name=":Solstice (Pt. 4)" /> (TBA From [[Chapter 8.33 R]])
*Arthur Pendragon's (Boy, Adult and Old) Signatures, [[Rhisveri Zessoprical|Rhisveri]] registered them as the signatures of a ''Dragonslayer'' and worth a priceless relic each:
*[[Hetshal-knives|''Hetshal''-knive]]:<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/12/23/solstice-pt-9/ Solstice (Pt. 9)]</ref><ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/09/22/8-43/ Chapter 8.43]</ref> A spacefaring alien blade that is also known as Faeblade and Windsword that can slice any non-magical thing however breaks on contact with even simple enchantments (such as hardening).
* Alien's Dark Thin Paper, with Alien Blade instructions<ref name=":8.03">[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/01/20/8-03/ Chapter 8.03]</ref> (TBA From [[Chapter 8.03]])
*Enchanted Boots: Taken from the [[Valeterisa]]’s mansion. Can run over stone and rock, and [[Hedault]] has claimed they would be proof against the thickest of thorns.<ref name=":Solstice (Pt. 4)">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/12/23/solstice-pt-4/ Solstice (Pt. 4)]</ref>
*Hang Glider<ref name=":8.03" />
* Wingsuit<ref name=":8.03" />
*Fae Currency / Fae Coinage / Fae Magical Obol.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/09/04/8-41/ Chapter 8.41]</ref> (At first she had at least 26, 16 now<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/03/14/8-71/ Chapter 8.71]</ref> after paying ten to [[Rhisveri Zessoprical|Rhisveri]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/12/08/8-56/ Chapter 8.56]</ref>)
**Obol of Fire
**Obol of Life
**Obol of Earth
**Obol of Air
**Obol of Water
**Obol of Nature
*Alchemical Items
** Stamina Potions
** Healing Potions
** Stink Potion
** Pepper Potion
** Blaze Potion
** Smoke Bomb Bag
** Compressed Flour Bag
* Amulet of Resistance: An all-encompassing, anti-hex amulet that is like a constant aura that messes with anything trying to interfere with ones natural magical field. No hexes, scrying spells can latch on.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/11/11/7-57/ Chapter 7.57]</ref> (''Destroyed'')<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/05/30/8-24/ Chapter 8.24]</ref>
*Signet of Glass and Glory<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/07/12/9-06/ Chapter 9.06]</ref>

== Trivia ==
* Pirateaba revealed in a [https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgressionFantasy/comments/1fizzqn/ama_with_pirateaba_author_of_the_wandering_inn/?rdt=41165 Reddit AMA] that Ryoka was the first character they had envisioned while coming up with the story for ''The Wandering Inn.''
* Her hobbies include running, hunting and sports shooting. She also attended martial arts classes since she was eight<ref name="2.03" />, achieved 4<sup>th</sup> Dan in Muay Thai but she liked Parkour even more
*She loves songs she can run to, a huge fan of rock and an enemy of pop, techno, and opera. Favorite artists include Meatloaf, Imagine Dragons, Fun, Lady Gaga, and Five for Fighting.<ref name=":Chapter 1.06 R" />
*While Ryoka has refused to level or accept a class, she has revealed that she regrets the decision.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/11/15/7-58/ Chapter 7.58]</ref>
*Her middle name was revealed in [[Chapter 2.35]].
* She is used to people mispronouncing her name as "Ryoko".
** Coincidentally, all her data in [[Grand Design of Isthekenous|Grand Design]] is logged under "Ryoko Griffin."<ref>{{VERef|9.61 G}}</ref>   
* Ryoka has had sex three times since coming to Innworld, most recently with [[Relc Grasstongue]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/06/10/7-28/ Chapter 7.28]</ref>
*After traveling to the land of the fae, Ryoka developed a habit of using Oberon's name to swear,<ref>[[Chapter 8.33 R|Chapter 8,33 R]]</ref> though she noticeably stopped using it after believing she accidentally summoned him and became fearful of his wrath.<ref>[[Chapter 8.41]]</ref>
*She was once banned from church.<ref>[[Chapter 8.82 (Pt. 2)]]</ref>
*Her favorite food is a jumbo hamburger with extra pickles, and Reese's Pieces.<ref>{{VERef|10.08 (Pt. 1)}}</ref>

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