Garryson Shipkeeper

Garryson Shipkeeper
"Want to hear a story?"
Gender	Male
Race	Hyur
Clan	Midlander
Citizenship	Unknown
Free Company	XI:7
Age	23
Patron Deity	Althyk, the Keeper
Marital Status	Single

Appearance

Height: 5'11"

Weight: 200 ponz

Eyes: Pale Green (One of his eyes and part of his hair is now white after an incident)

Build: Fairly Muscular

Skin: Light

Scars: Scattered over his entire body. Heavy scarring over his heart.

Accessories: Different sized silver earrings lining up his ears. Two earrings on his left ear are connected by a short chain. He wears a collection of beads on his left wrist all of different colors, sizes, and shapes. They seem to hold some meaning to him.

Personality

Though many facets of his personality are hidden, and sometimes even confusing to him, on the surface he is an upbeat, cheerful person. He tries to stay positive through everything, and always does his best to help people around him. Usually very polite and even-tempered, he does his best not to offend those he converses with, especially if he likes them. However, he is a very passionate person who can sometimes show his rougher side from his days of pirating.

He has a very obvious soft spot for women and children. It is not uncommon for him to be robbed by female thieves simply because he doesn't want to fight back. Many women in the past have taken advantage of his tenderness towards the opposite gender, though this never seems to have bothered him.

Strengths

• Kind and Understanding
• Passionate about saving people and changing the world
• Leadership
• Charming

Weaknesses

• Self-Doubt
• Young and sometimes immature
• Loneliness
• An eager Martyr

Likes

• Good Food (Especially Oranges)
• Water/Swimming
• The Cold/Snow
• Hearing and Telling Stories
• Affection in any form

Dislikes

• Needlessly rude people
• Oversized egos
• Hot Weather
• Being Alone

Background

Early Years

Garryson was born in Limsa Lominsa. For reasons Garryson was too young to comprehend, his mother took her own life. This is something he carries to this day, feeling he is at least partly responsible. He lived with his father for a few more years until he passed away.

Finding himself alone as a child, he met a woman who took him in and took care of him. She helped him through the trauma of losing his parents, and taught him some of his first skills of surviving on his own. Becoming overly attached to her, he realized that he was getting in the way of her life. So one night he ran away and has never seen her again. One day he hopes to find her again and apologize for the way he left.

A Pirate's Life

In another chance encounter, he met a man named Arkus Lionhart. Arkus was the Captain of the Defiance, a pirate ship that fronted as a traveling circus. Garryson became part of the crew, and was taken under the Captain's wing. Through his teenage years he learned Arkus's philosophies on life and duty, and grew stronger as a person. Around the time of the Calamity, Arkus and the entire crew of the Defiance were killed. How it happened, and why Garryson was spared is a story he has never told anyone. To this day he searches for more information on what happened to Arkus and the others.

Calamity's Aftermath

During the initial rebuilding of Bahamut's destruction, Garryson wandered aimlessly. After some time he began traveling with a Highlander man. Who the man was and why they were traveling together remains a mystery. During this time, Garryson could be found doing peculiar jobs all throughout Eorzea. Roughly three years ago Garryson vanished all together.

Garryson has now returned to civilization, and is determined to play a part in Eorzea's affairs. He is starting to slowly spread the name "XI:7" a free company he is forming. Shedding much of the insecurities and doubt of his past, he sets out to make contact with the world's influential people. It is his time to make a name for himself.