Flameson Hammersmith

Flameson Hammersmith
"Life solves the problems we hope it won't."
Gender	Male
Race	Roegadyn
Clan	Hellsguard
Citizenship	N/A
Age	Old
Sexuality	None of your damn buisness
Occupation	Sellsword, blacksmith, seigesmith, saboteur
Height/Weight	8 fulms 7 ilms / 400 ponze
Diety	Rhalgr

Basic Info

An elder Roegadyn with all the warmth of a cannonball, Hammersmith is an immensely Hellsguard who's come out of "retirement" at the behest of someone blowing up large portions of the continent including, but not limited to: Where he was trying to retire to. Never known for being cheery, he's even less such, having picked his weapons up again and returning to a life well traveled.

"I know the cities pretty well. Helped put a lot of holes in their walls. Marched through a lot of those holes. Don't trust walls. Don't trust cities. Don't trust people who tell you they're safe."

"Hate's a strong word. I don't use it lightly. I find I'm using it a lot these days."

"People build. People tear down. That ain't stoppin any time soon."

"Cause trouble. Make things difficult. Or else someone else will."

"I didn't get to be this old and this ornery by being stupid."

Likes ■ Melee Weapons ■ Fighting ■ Good metalwork ■ Violence ■ Pushing Limits ■ Smoking like a chimney ■ Drinking ■ Gear Works ■ Consequences

Dislikes ■ People. ■ Leaders of people ■ Shitty smithing ■ Magic ■ Mages ■ Mages ■ People who think consequences are someone else's problem

Skills ■ Blacksmithing ■ Armorsmithing ■ Metallurgy ■ Hand to Hand combat ■ Siege Smithing ■ Funeral Dirges ■ Advice

Appearance & Personality

Hammersmith is very, very large, even for a Roegadyn. His build is a working man's build. The kind you get when you've never been allowed, or allowed yourself, an extended rest from work, toil, and obligation. His body is absolutely covered in scars, the most notable being the ones crossing his left eye and the dead orb inside it. His age is hard to determine. He could be anywhere from a very haggard 40 to a very well maintained and pissed off 70. Hammersmith is, above all, a testimony that spite can work as a preservative.

Hammersmith is well spoken, assuming you catch him without a bottle in his mouth. Given that this is a rare event, most times he speaks with the accent of his childhood village, which makes the torrent of filth, philosophy, and temptation all the harder to understand.

Hammersmith is slow to actual anger but quick to annoyance and even quicker to act on that annoyance. People who aren't well acquainted with the giant Hellsguard often find them-self on the receiving end of poor impulse control paired an even poorer tolerance for bullshit.

Hammersmith's fighting skills are based on a lifetime of heavy combat and the understanding of skirmishing that comes from it. Not flashy, not stylish, watching the giant hit someone is like watching someone failing to understand how to dodge a mountain. The Hellsguard looks slow, and has a severe disdain for 'showing off'. In most cases, he enjoys brawling, but considers pulling steel on someone as something you only do when you intend to kill them on the spot.

Known Biography

Those who have encountered the giant in recent days liken it to camping on a volcano. It's not a matter of if he's going to cause chaos. It's a matter of when and how many people are around when he goes off. Attempts to find out why this eye of the storm has returned to the field after so long has revealed the following:

Hammersmith has a military history in Ul'dah, with a long record of service stretching back decades from the current point in time. The few that recognize the name in the leadership refuse to say more than 'He was a siege master and he was good at his job.' His claims of retirement are validated by the official record, going back six years, almost one year before Dalmud's decent. Several mercenary companies do have some record of a Hellsguard matching Hammersmith's description in their records pre-dating his service to Ul'Dah. His records of service in the mercenary were always short and normally involved in extremely violent campaigns against large cities.

Hammersmith claims that almost everyone he knew before Dalmud's decent are dead. His age, combined with the high casualty rate of both siege workers and Dalmud's cataclysm support his claim. With little to no support or social structure left to him in his advancing age, it's little surprise he's returned to the fields of war and his old craft of violence to 'rebuild'.

What records remain in Limsa support his claim of "retirement", with a filed rank of 'master' at the armorer and blacksmithing guilds, as well as a deeds to a plot of land now several feet under water post Dalmud calamity. There used to be a town there as well. Now it's gone. Why Hammersmith isn't underwater with it is a matter of debate.

Miscellaneous

• Hammersmith's teeth are filed to points.

• His one remaining eye is a dark, bloody red, usually matched to the often burst vessels surrounding it.

• One of his current hobbies seems to be participating in the local underground fight circles between stints of "official" work for the Immortal Flames.

• Hammersmith's loathing of mages is only matched by his utter hatred of chronic liars. There are guard records from the Yellowjackets several decades ago that suggest a sudden outbreak of tongueless "mutes" was due to politics and Hammersmith meeting head to head.

• Speaking of which: The Limsa Maurader's guild refuses to speak about Hammersmith in any official capacity and claims to have no records on him. Even those younger than the Yellowjacket records toe this line.

• Hammersmith has been heard, in public, to claim to have had children. If they survived to adulthood is up for speculation, as is who would be stupid enough to remain in arm's length of him long enough to start raising a family.

• Coffee, smokes, and heavy alchohol seem to be all the giant consumes. Local merchants in Ul'dah note he does purchase large amounts of Hard-Tack from the Immortal Flames stockpiles though.

Rumours Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! ◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard) ■ "I hear most of the Immortal Flames officer core have dress weapons and metal-work with his maker's mark stamped on it." ■ "I heard he worked for the Syndicate when he was younger. He looks like one of their thugs." ■ "He used to be a merchant. All this mercenary work and military service helped him invest in war-profiteering." ◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ■ "Our local Sargent said he recognized him. Something about being the Demon of the Walls. He knocked on one of the city gates when he said that." ■ "One of the Ala Mihgo refugees said one of their leaders knew him before the city fell. He used to be one of the Destroyer's priests ." ■ "I've seen him offering coins to the Byregot orders. Something about debts owed." ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ "He loathes the twelve. The guards in Ul'dah make a point of checking on his bunk to make sure he's not in the pubs during temple celebrations. I heard he pulled the ears off an elezen priest during the last one." ■ "I heard he makes people sign contracts for smithing work in blood. The Flames officers say his mercenary papers are signed in the same stuff. Both his and their signatures." ■ "Someone said he's a voidsent that had their horns sawed off. I saw him beat a man almost to death in the street over some sort of business disagreement. I believe them after I saw what he did to that guy's hand..." ◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players) ■ "Add your own." -- Someone, anyone, whatever

Current Relations ♥ Sexual Desire ♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Neutral ● Poor Standing ● Everyone and everything

Footnotes

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