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User:Cedric

2015-12-11T19:27:44Z

Cedric: Blanked the page

Katja Hoax

2015-10-06T23:20:06Z

Cedric: rumour has it

{{Infobox-character
| name = Katja Hoax
| image = KatjaHoax.png
| imagewidth = 250
| gender = Female
| citizenship = Ishgard
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = Exact Unknown
| stat_2 = Marital Status
| stat_2_value = Unknown
| stat_3 = Occupation
| stat_3_value = Blowin' Shit Up
| stat_4 = Height/Weight
| stat_4_value = Average/Average
| stat_5 = Orientation
| stat_5_value = Unknown

}}

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Basic Info</div>===
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<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #ECCA67;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''LIKES''</center></div></h3>
: <font style="color:#ECCA67;" size="3">■</font> Mechanics
: <font style="color:#ECCA67;" size="3">■</font> Physical Labor
: <font style="color:#ECCA67;" size="3">■</font> Noise
: <font style="color:#ECCA67;" size="3">■</font> Her cat

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #DFD59E;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''DISLIKES''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Dishonesty
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Most Elezen Women
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Her neighbors

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #CACFA5;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''OTHER''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Alignment: Neutral Good
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Food: Food!
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink: Honeyed Milk
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Color: Purple

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Appearance & Personality</div>===
: Katja's appearance suits her general lifestyle; while the chill of Ishgard tends to call for warmer clothes, anyone who sees her in her shop knows that the girl is plenty strong, capable of hauling whole sheets of metal on her own - assuming her cat isn't trying to trip her. Her hair is cut short, a few straggled ends bearing the telltale sign of fire damage from some experiment or another gone awry. It's not uncommon to find her and her clothes covered in dirt, soot, and likely a whole bunch of other things that would make neater folk squirm. Her clothes are cut to be used for work, rarely flattering the feminine form that lies beneath, but generally... usually... at least matching.

: The woman appears more than comfortable with her body, judging by the clothes she chooses to wear in warmer climates. Where a thick jacket and warm pants might suit for the bone-chilling winters of Ishgard, the scraps of cloth she wears can only just be considered clothing elsewhere. Favoring red and black, Katja's work-hardened body is more often seen with the subtle burn and tan of someone unused to the sun's damage along her shoulders and arms as she continues her work in the southern lands.

: While fiercely independent and usually prone to causing trouble for the other vendors around her home and shop, Katja comes off as fairly warm and open to those in need of a hand or two. She's often considered to be a tad eccentric and there are those who question her sanity even on the best of days, but she's fairly harmless. Surprisingly outspoken, she lacks the mental filter that makes most think about their words, but her merchant heritage gives her a fairly gifted silver tongue when she's in the mood for it. Well-spoken and intelligent, she's quick to pick up on her surroundings and mold to them as needed. Confident enough to stand on her own and admit her own mistakes, she takes no complaints from those who are lackadaisical, but once in a while there's a hint of something there that speaks more to the tune of a woman dissatisfied with the way her life is at the moment.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Biography</div>===

====<div style="padding:0px 30px; font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Childhood</div>====

: Katja's family was large enough to place her somewhere in the middle of a whole host of boys. Her parents were hard-working people, though what little she recalls of them has them pegged as the type that might have cared more about work than their children. She was a good child, and happy enough, always more content with scrapping around the floor with her brothers than playing at dresses and dolls with the other merchant girls. She learned the basics of sale fast, and with a cheery smile, could sell small sweets to even the grouchiest of Pearl Lane residents with little more than a cheeky grin and a candy offered.

: When she was around seven years old, she was abandoned at a popular merchant's crossing after playing a game of hide and seek with her younger brothers to keep them occupied while her parents bartered. It was the last Katja saw of any of her blood; as the sun set and the stalls closed, she watched the merchants leave with no sign from her own family. Dusk turned nearly to midnight before she was approached by an Elezen pair bound, she would later learn, for Ishgard. In hopes of reconnecting with her family, Katja left the crossing with the Elezen.

====<div style="padding:0px 30px; font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Teenage</div>====

: She did not adjust to the cold Ishgard winters easily at all. Those who remember the child that Katja was are torn between fond memories of a happy girl waiting on the steps of the home and shop her keepers, and annoyance as they recall how she would scream and cry to be let to go home. As the years passed and age, as well as illness, took the youthful step from her keeper's bones, she began to settle into the uneasy life as a Hyur among Elezen. As her childhood became a thing of the past and her teenage years came on in full, Katja was taught not only in Elezen history and economics, but Ishgardian theology and lore.

: She was not quite fifteen full years when Amalthea, who she had never come to call a mother despite how warm the barren woman had been to her, fell sick with an illness that slowly drained the life from her. Though Katja picked up the woman's duties and attempted to assist all she could, the household were hardly medically trained. It took no more than six months, in the deep of winter, for Amalthea to succumb to her illness and pass away - but not before granting Katja documentation that claimed the child-now-woman as her own daughter, for better or for worse.

: Determined to pass on his knowledge before his own passing, Eregrim worked Katja nearly to the bone in learning of metals, armors, smithing, and all other merchant-related tasks. The young woman was an eager student, perhaps a bit too invested in using the work to prove herself a better person than many who were friends of the family believed her to be. A few months after turning eighteen, Eregrim passed as well, leaving shop and home to the child he acknowledged as his daughter - blood be damned.

: Though she continued to excel in working with armor and weapons, a curious fascination with the Skysteel Manufactory and a challenge from the boys who she'd grown up with lead her down a far more explosive path. It was one of these boys that she eventually entered into a relationship with, though their interactions were volatile and prone to bouts of screaming and hate - it seemed that no matter how well the two worked together or how deeply they cared for one another, they could not seem to enjoy the company of the other as a couple might - at least, in anything but the carnal.

====<div style="padding:0px 30px; font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Present</div>====

: More famous for almost routinely blowing the door off her modified shop with some explosive or another, Katja has continued her craft and has made a small name for herself. With the new rise of adventurers, she finds plenty are more than happy to help move her wares, but one visitor in particular has stoked a flame for adventure that the woman didn't even realize she'd harbored.

: Having long since been distanced from her blood relations, and fairly distanced from all others aside the grouchy three-legged stray she adopted when he was but a lost kitten in the Brume, Katja never dreamed of finding her family, let alone watching one appear magically on her doorstep. [[Kian Daas]] probably didn't expect to find family the frosty day he helped hold a blown door up, but find one another they did.

: When he decided to return to Ul'dah to check up on family, she followed - if only to make sure that he would be alright. Leaving her shop in the capable hands of an apprentice, she spends her time outside of Ishgard split between haggling with Ul'dahn traders, and testing southern steel.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Miscellaneous Quirks and Information</div>===
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: Katja suffers severe anxiety at the idea of being abandoned; this presents more commonly in how she refuses to let people near, or her violent and sometimes confusing cutting of ties with people she feels have made it too far past her mask. Generally, this is seen in personal relationships, where she will attempt to leave the person before they can do the same to her. For her, it's never a matter of watching a person run away, it's the torture of watching them walk away, leaving her forgotten.

: Her tomboyish behavior is directly related to the abandonment; Katja firmly believes that the reason she was forgotten was because she was merely a girl, rather than a boy. Growing up in the city of Ishgard, where the societal roles for gender are far more pronounced, only exacerbated this idea. For this reason, Katja is rarely ever seen in skirts or dresses, and is well known for being able to hold her own against most male opponents.

: Katja never lies, nor does she back down from who she is. She is unforgiving to herself, and almost equally so to those that she allows close. Liars and cheats are treated unforgivingly.

: Katja has nearly died twice, but remembers neither encounter. The first happened when she was quite young, the second after a severe altercation with her lover at the time.

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''RUMORS''</center></div></span></h3>
''Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC!''
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #90AB76;">◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "We'd be better off without her blowing her shop to bits every week, but she's a good girl."
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "That cat is just about the only one who puts up with her."
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "It's been so much quieter since that pretty boy moved in. Perhaps she's going to settle down, now."

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #F37E1D;">◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "She was a spoiled child. Screamed night and day, I remember."
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "Never much liked playing with other girls. Never had any issue beating up the snotty noble boys, though."
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "She never let it all get to 'er head. Even now, she still has time to bring us a warm meal here in the Brume."

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #D83018;">◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#D83018;" size="3">■</font> "Last time they fought, she shot her lover. The noises after, I ain't too sure they weren't just keepin' on with their play."
: <font style="color:#D83018;" size="3">■</font> "She has 'em hid, but if you ask nice, she'll let you play with her metal figures. Dragons and knights, so beautiful!"
: <font style="color:#D83018;" size="3">■</font> "Never heard her call the Elezen that took her in her parents. Shame, that. They gave up so much for her."

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #aac5b4;">◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "She's real pretty an' can make grenades, and she's real nice t' boot. But ye dun wanna 'urt 'er. If ye do, ye'll be tastin' me axe if I 'ave anythin' t' say about it." - [[Cid Cleveland]]
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: <center><font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic Love <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> Good Standing <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> Poor Standing</center>
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: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Kian Daas]] : Fairly different from one another, Katja didn't realize just how alone and odd she was until she met the quiet man. While her sense of humor and sometimes flirty ways seem to make him uncomfortable, Katja really does care for him despite not knowing him all that well. It's a careful balance for her, learning how to be a family member without tromping into his comfort zone, but so far the two do well together and she's more than happy to have him around. Even if her cat does love him more.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Emmette Stringers]] : Though they've only met recently, Katja respects the woman as one merchant would another. She finds her to be pleasant company, but anything more is impossible to discern.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Anton Borneheld]] : While Katja has no feelings for the man at all, an uncomfortable look at herself made her question whether or not the friends-with-benefits deal she had with the axe-man was in his best interest. Though they do not see eye to eye on the topic in the least, she still works with him and generally makes his life a living hell during jobs.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Gen Quickpaw]] : This kitty is made for stroking. She's not even sure they know one another's names, but that doesn't matter. She's happy enough making him purr at silly moments. It's all fun and games.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[A'rklonn Sargonnai]] : A victim of Katja's intense appreciation for Elezen, he seems to keep up and surpass her in such a way that she feels a sense of challenge whenever she thinks of him for even a moment. There's no doubt in her mind exactly what she wants to do to the man, but she keeps such desire reined in for some reason.

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Glioca Sargonnai]] : The intelligent and well-spoken wife of A'rklonn, the woman has imprinted herself upon Katja in a way that even the Hyur does not yet understand. While she respects the woman in a manner that she rarely shares about most Elezen women, she is no less careful around her, unsure of how to act around someone who sees so clearly.

===<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Gallery</div>===
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===<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Footnotes</div>===

: '''Theme Songs:''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpJAmlnBxoA Halestorm - I Miss The Misery] , [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY0HCKOmrW0 Shinedown - If You Only Knew] , [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ul-cZyuYq4 Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way]
: Template by [[Bancroft Gairn]]

User:Cedric

2015-08-25T07:09:04Z

Cedric: /* Tank */

Hello ladies and gents. Name's Cedric. I somehow doubt you care too much about who I am as much as the characters I roleplay. Here's some basic info about me, anyway. Just note that '''this page may be subject to a rework'''. So stay tuned, and please excuse the mess. I am a bit of an altoholic, as you'll see with the list below.

=About=
*Male
*Probably older than you >:D
*Cedric is not my RL name, just a name I go by :D
*San Francisco Bay Area, GMT -8 (-7 during DST)
*Usually online at or around 7 pm on weeknights, weekend hours greatly vary
*Contact Info: (in order of preference)
**'''AIM:''' MythrilHalberd
**'''Skype:''' knightdevout
**'''E-mail:''' umbral.dragoon[]gmail.com

=Characters=
Here is a list of characters that I play and roleplay. They are all in the Balmung server. Here they are, sorted by main role. (Some of them have more than one.) Hover over the icon for a short description. Click on their icon for their page.

==Tank==
[[Image:Aa-link.jpg|A Lominsan young man with a talent for smithing and axes.|link=Albert Alduin]]

==Healer==
[[Image:Cc-link.jpg|A scholarly-type man who'd like to make the world a better place.|link=Chris Cleveland]]

==Damage==
[[Image:Cr-link.jpg|A former dragoon knight who deserted his homeland at the cost of possibly everything.|link=Cedric Riordan]]

=RP-related things=
I'm pretty open-minded about many things but it's good to have it here for the record. What am I willing to do, how far, and what I'm ''not'' willing to do? See below:

*I'm open to most forms of RP. Walk-ups and /tells are okay and, in fact, encouraged. If you see me on one of my characters and it doesn't seem like I'm already engaged in something else, feel free to bother me/them!

*I'm open to making friends, acquaintances, connections, and rivals/rivalry. I'm also open to relationships (both hetero and homosexual ones) but I'd like for them to actually be played out so it seems natural. Let's have some discussion first.
**I'm also open to having blood relatives for any of my characters. Again, let's discuss!

*Keeping in mind that we're all here and we're playing in a sandbox that none of us created from scratch, I try to deal with lorebreakers with civility. This holds especially true with naming conventions. I don't know why, this just gets to me somehow.
**Adversely, if I am doing something wrong and/or outside the lore, please let me know and I will make any necessary corrections.

=Free Companies=
:''to follow''

=End Note=
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. I'm reachable in some form or another.

File:Cidc-stare.jpg

2015-07-15T02:16:19Z

Cedric:

User:Cedric

2015-07-13T19:41:04Z

Cedric: /* Tank */

Hello ladies and gents. Name's Cedric. I somehow doubt you care too much about who I am as much as the characters I roleplay. Here's some basic info about me, anyway. Just note that '''this page may be subject to a rework'''. So stay tuned, and please excuse the mess. I am a bit of an altoholic, as you'll see with the list below.

=About=
*Male
*Probably older than you >:D
*Cedric is not my RL name, just a name I go by :D
*San Francisco Bay Area, GMT -8 (-7 during DST)
*Usually online at or around 7 pm on weeknights, weekend hours greatly vary
*Contact Info: (in order of preference)
**'''AIM:''' MythrilHalberd
**'''Skype:''' knightdevout
**'''E-mail:''' umbral.dragoon[]gmail.com

=Characters=
Here is a list of characters that I play and roleplay. They are all in the Balmung server. Here they are, sorted by main role. (Some of them have more than one.) Hover over the icon for a short description. Click on their icon for their page.

==Tank==
[[Image:Gs-link.jpg|A soft-spoken swordsman who was affected by events caused by The Calamity.|link=Garrett Slater]] [[Image:Aa-link.jpg|A Lominsan young man with a talent for smithing and axes.|link=Albert Alduin]]

==Healer==
[[Image:Cc-link.jpg|A scholarly-type man who'd like to make the world a better place.|link=Chris Cleveland]]

==Damage==
[[Image:Cr-link.jpg|A former dragoon knight who deserted his homeland at the cost of possibly everything.|link=Cedric Riordan]]

=RP-related things=
I'm pretty open-minded about many things but it's good to have it here for the record. What am I willing to do, how far, and what I'm ''not'' willing to do? See below:

*I'm open to most forms of RP. Walk-ups and /tells are okay and, in fact, encouraged. If you see me on one of my characters and it doesn't seem like I'm already engaged in something else, feel free to bother me/them!

*I'm open to making friends, acquaintances, connections, and rivals/rivalry. I'm also open to relationships (both hetero and homosexual ones) but I'd like for them to actually be played out so it seems natural. Let's have some discussion first.
**I'm also open to having blood relatives for any of my characters. Again, let's discuss!

*Keeping in mind that we're all here and we're playing in a sandbox that none of us created from scratch, I try to deal with lorebreakers with civility. This holds especially true with naming conventions. I don't know why, this just gets to me somehow.
**Adversely, if I am doing something wrong and/or outside the lore, please let me know and I will make any necessary corrections.

=Free Companies=
:''to follow''

=End Note=
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. I'm reachable in some form or another.

Liam Steele

2015-05-15T01:08:28Z

Cedric: /* Family */

{{Infobox-character
| name = Liam Steele
| image = Liam-wiki.jpg
| caption =
| imagewidth =
| Gender = Male
| race = Hyur
| clan = mixed
| citizenship = Gyr Abania
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 19
| stat_2 = Height & Weight
| stat_2_value = 5 fulms 11 ilms, 175 ponz
| stat_3 = Occupation
| stat_3_value = freelance, hired help
| stat_4 = Nameday
| stat_4_value = 20th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon
| stat_5 = Main Job
| stat_5_value = MCH
| stat_6 = Other Jobs
| stat_6_value = BRD
}}
{{Character-stub}}

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Basic Information</div>===
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: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Alignment: Chaotic Good
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Food:
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink:
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Color: dark blue
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Voice & Face-claim:
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Orientation: Bisexual
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Deity: [[Rhalgr, the Destroyer]]

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Family</div>===

: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> Leofric Steele - father
: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> Marie Steele - mother
: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> [[Landon Steele]] and [[Leif Steele]] - older twin brothers

Being born from a Highlander father and a Midlander mother, it would seem like all the Steele kids would take on more of their mothers features physically. However, their battle prowess from Disciples of War would be undeniably present within all three kids thanks to their father and the training that they had put all of them through. This was done so that the children would be able to protect themselves against the overtaking Garlean Empire when the situation warrants for it.

Their father Leofric is a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to Disciples of War. He is proficient in wielding the sword and shield, lances, axes, bow and arrow, daggers, and even bare fists as he is also proficient in close quarter combat. As the Steele kids were growing up, Landon was taught the sword and shield, Leif was taught how to use daggers, and Liam was taught archery. Leofric was a strict teacher to the arts he was teaching the kids in order to ensure that they could survive on their own should they have to fight The Empire.

Their mother Marie, however, is a skilled arcanist and healer. Secretly, she was also teaching the healing arts to Landon since, at the time she subliminally introduced it to her children, he seemed to have been the only one who showed any proficiency at it. At first, their father was kept out of the loop from this and he was upset that he didn't know. He would warm up to the idea later on, however, agreeing that there should be at least one of them who knew how to mend and heal wounds.

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Rumours</div>===
''Some of these are true while others are not! Please feel free to add your own rumours under the Player section!''
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====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">NPC Rumours</div>====

<div style="background: #E5E4E2; margin: 0em 2em; padding: 0.20em; width: 30em;"> <font style="color: #000000;">■</font> - Common Rumour, <font style="color: #808080">■</font> - Uncommon Rumour, <font style="color: #B5B5B5;">■</font> - Rare Rumour</div>
<br>
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "rumour1" - ''rumourmonger1''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "rumour2" - ''rumourmonger2''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "rumour3" - ''rumourmonger3''

: <font style="color:#808080;" size="3">■</font> "rumour4" - ''rumourmonger4''
: <font style="color:#808080;" size="3">■</font> "rumour5" - ''rumourmonger5''
: <font style="color:#808080;" size="3">■</font> "rumour6" - ''rumourmonger6''

: <font style="color:#B5B5B5;" size="3">■</font> "rumour7" - ''rumourmonger7''
: <font style="color:#B5B5B5;" size="3">■</font> "rumour8" - ''rumourmonger8''
: <font style="color:#B5B5B5;" size="3">■</font> "rumour9" - ''rumourmonger9''

====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">Player Rumours</div>====
: <font style="color:#5E0000;" size="3">■</font> "rumour0" - rumourmonger0
: <font style="color:#5E0000;" size="3">■</font> "rumourα" - rumourmongerα
: <font style="color:#5E0000;" size="3">■</font> "rumourβ" - rumourmongerβ
: <font style="color:#5E0000;" size="3">■</font> "rumourγ" - rumourmongerγ

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Relationships</div>===
<div style="background: #E5E4E2; margin: 0em 2em; padding: 0.20em; width: 56em;"> <font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#70BCFA;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic    <font style="color:#FFDB58;" size="3">♦</font> Family    <font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">♣</font> Good Friend    <font style="color:#306EFF;" size="3">●</font> Friend    <font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">∆</font> Acquainted    <font style="color:#191900;" size="3">♠</font> Disliked    <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">▼</font> Distant<br></div>
<br>

:<font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font>
:<font style="color:#70BCFA;" size="3">♥</font>
:<font style="color:#FFDB58;" size="3">♦</font>
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">♣</font>
:<font style="color:#306EFF;" size="3">●</font>
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">∆</font>
:<font style="color:#191900;" size="3">♠</font>
:<font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">▼</font>

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Tidbits</div>===
••TIDBITS••

: <font style="color:#AE6200;" size="3">■</font>
: <font style="color:#AE6200;" size="3">■</font>
: <font style="color:#AE6200;" size="3">■</font>

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Soundtrack</div>===
: <font style="color:#40A060" size="3">■</font>
: <font style="color:#40A060" size="3">■</font>
: <font style="color:#40A060" size="3">■</font>

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Miscellaneous</div>===
====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">Credits</div>====
Template by [[Bancroft Gairn]], modified by me.

Liam Steele

2015-04-15T17:12:19Z

Cedric:

{{Infobox-character
| name = Liam Steele
| image = Liam-wiki.jpg
| caption =
| imagewidth =
| Gender = Male
| race = Hyur
| clan = mixed
| citizenship = Gyr Abania
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 19
| stat_2 = Height & Weight
| stat_2_value = 5 fulms 11 ilms, 175 ponz
| stat_3 = Occupation
| stat_3_value = freelance, hired help
| stat_4 = Nameday
| stat_4_value = 20th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon
| stat_5 = Main Job
| stat_5_value = MCH
| stat_6 = Other Jobs
| stat_6_value = BRD
}}
{{Character-stub}}

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Basic Information</div>===
<table style="position:center;" width="75%">

To be filled in

<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3>
<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #ecd24f;font-size:14px;color:#000000;"><center>''LIKES''</center></div></h3>
: <font style="color:#ecd24f;" size="3">■</font> 1
: <font style="color:#ecd24f;" size="3">■</font> 2
: <font style="color:#ecd24f;" size="3">■</font> 3

<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3><span class="mw-headline">
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #e1b74c;font-size:14px;color:#000000;"><center>''DISLIKES''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#e1b74c;" size="3">■</font> 1
: <font style="color:#e1b74c;" size="3">■</font> 2
: <font style="color:#e1b74c;" size="3">■</font> 3

<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3><span class="mw-headline">
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;"><center>''TRAITS''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> 1
: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> 2
: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> 3

<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3><span class="mw-headline">
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #987316;font-size:14px;color:#000000;"><center>''OTHER''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Alignment: Chaotic Good
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Food:
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink:
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Color: dark blue
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Voice & Face-claim:
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Orientation: Bisexual
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Deity: [[Rhalgr, the Destroyer]]

</tr></table>

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Family</div>===

: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> Leofric Steele - father
: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> Marie Steele - mother
: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> [[Landon Steele]] and [[Leif Steele]] - older twin brothers

••FAMILY INFO••

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Appearance</div>===

••APPEARANCE HERE••

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Personality</div>===

••PERSONALITY HERE••

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Biography</div>===

••BIOGRAPHY••

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Rumours</div>===
''Some of these are true while others are not! Please feel free to add your own rumours under the Player section!''
<div style="border:0px solid; padding:8px;">
====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">NPC Rumours</div>====

<div style="background: #E5E4E2; margin: 0em 2em; padding: 0.20em; width: 30em;"> <font style="color: #000000;">■</font> - Common Rumour, <font style="color: #808080">■</font> - Uncommon Rumour, <font style="color: #B5B5B5;">■</font> - Rare Rumour</div>
<br>
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "rumour1" - ''rumourmonger1''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "rumour2" - ''rumourmonger2''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "rumour3" - ''rumourmonger3''

: <font style="color:#808080;" size="3">■</font> "rumour4" - ''rumourmonger4''
: <font style="color:#808080;" size="3">■</font> "rumour5" - ''rumourmonger5''
: <font style="color:#808080;" size="3">■</font> "rumour6" - ''rumourmonger6''

: <font style="color:#B5B5B5;" size="3">■</font> "rumour7" - ''rumourmonger7''
: <font style="color:#B5B5B5;" size="3">■</font> "rumour8" - ''rumourmonger8''
: <font style="color:#B5B5B5;" size="3">■</font> "rumour9" - ''rumourmonger9''

====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">Player Rumours</div>====
: <font style="color:#5E0000;" size="3">■</font> "rumour0" - rumourmonger0
: <font style="color:#5E0000;" size="3">■</font> "rumourα" - rumourmongerα
: <font style="color:#5E0000;" size="3">■</font> "rumourβ" - rumourmongerβ
: <font style="color:#5E0000;" size="3">■</font> "rumourγ" - rumourmongerγ

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Relationships</div>===
<div style="background: #E5E4E2; margin: 0em 2em; padding: 0.20em; width: 56em;"> <font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#70BCFA;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic    <font style="color:#FFDB58;" size="3">♦</font> Family    <font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">♣</font> Good Friend    <font style="color:#306EFF;" size="3">●</font> Friend    <font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">∆</font> Acquainted    <font style="color:#191900;" size="3">♠</font> Disliked    <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">▼</font> Distant<br></div>
<br>

:<font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font>
:<font style="color:#70BCFA;" size="3">♥</font>
:<font style="color:#FFDB58;" size="3">♦</font>
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">♣</font>
:<font style="color:#306EFF;" size="3">●</font>
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">∆</font>
:<font style="color:#191900;" size="3">♠</font>
:<font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">▼</font>

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Tidbits</div>===
••TIDBITS••

: <font style="color:#AE6200;" size="3">■</font>
: <font style="color:#AE6200;" size="3">■</font>
: <font style="color:#AE6200;" size="3">■</font>

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Soundtrack</div>===
: <font style="color:#40A060" size="3">■</font>
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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Miscellaneous</div>===
====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">Credits</div>====
Template by [[Bancroft Gairn]], modified by me.

File:Liam-wiki.jpg

2015-04-15T17:11:50Z

Cedric:

File:Landon-wiki.jpg

2015-04-15T17:04:15Z

Cedric:

File:Leif-wiki.jpg

2015-04-15T01:57:35Z

Cedric:

Liam Steele

2015-04-14T08:05:30Z

Cedric: template time

{{Infobox-character
| name = Liam Steele
| image =
| caption =
| imagewidth =
| Gender = Male
| race = Hyur
| clan = mixed
| citizenship = Gyr Abania
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 19
| stat_2 = Height & Weight
| stat_2_value = 5 fulms 11 ilms, 175 ponz
| stat_3 = Occupation
| stat_3_value = freelance, hired help
| stat_4 = Nameday
| stat_4_value = 20th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon
| stat_5 = Main Job
| stat_5_value = MCH
| stat_6 = Other Jobs
| stat_6_value = BRD
}}
{{Character-stub}}

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Basic Information</div>===
<table style="position:center;" width="75%">

To be filled in

<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3>
<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #ecd24f;font-size:14px;color:#000000;"><center>''LIKES''</center></div></h3>
: <font style="color:#ecd24f;" size="3">■</font> 1
: <font style="color:#ecd24f;" size="3">■</font> 2
: <font style="color:#ecd24f;" size="3">■</font> 3

<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3><span class="mw-headline">
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #e1b74c;font-size:14px;color:#000000;"><center>''DISLIKES''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#e1b74c;" size="3">■</font> 1
: <font style="color:#e1b74c;" size="3">■</font> 2
: <font style="color:#e1b74c;" size="3">■</font> 3

<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3><span class="mw-headline">
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;"><center>''TRAITS''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> 1
: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> 2
: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> 3

<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3><span class="mw-headline">
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #987316;font-size:14px;color:#000000;"><center>''OTHER''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Alignment: Chaotic Good
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Food:
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink:
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Color: dark blue
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Voice & Face-claim:
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Orientation: Bisexual
: <font style="color:#987316;" size="3">■</font> Deity: [[Rhalgr, the Destroyer]]

</tr></table>

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Family</div>===

: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> Leofric Steele - father
: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> Marie Steele - mother
: <font style="color:#daa520;" size="3">■</font> [[Landon Steele]] and [[Leif Steele]] - older twin brothers

••FAMILY INFO••

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Appearance</div>===

••APPEARANCE HERE••

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Personality</div>===

••PERSONALITY HERE••

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Biography</div>===

••BIOGRAPHY••

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Rumours</div>===
''Some of these are true while others are not! Please feel free to add your own rumours under the Player section!''
<div style="border:0px solid; padding:8px;">
====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">NPC Rumours</div>====

<div style="background: #E5E4E2; margin: 0em 2em; padding: 0.20em; width: 30em;"> <font style="color: #000000;">■</font> - Common Rumour, <font style="color: #808080">■</font> - Uncommon Rumour, <font style="color: #B5B5B5;">■</font> - Rare Rumour</div>
<br>
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "rumour1" - ''rumourmonger1''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "rumour2" - ''rumourmonger2''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "rumour3" - ''rumourmonger3''

: <font style="color:#808080;" size="3">■</font> "rumour4" - ''rumourmonger4''
: <font style="color:#808080;" size="3">■</font> "rumour5" - ''rumourmonger5''
: <font style="color:#808080;" size="3">■</font> "rumour6" - ''rumourmonger6''

: <font style="color:#B5B5B5;" size="3">■</font> "rumour7" - ''rumourmonger7''
: <font style="color:#B5B5B5;" size="3">■</font> "rumour8" - ''rumourmonger8''
: <font style="color:#B5B5B5;" size="3">■</font> "rumour9" - ''rumourmonger9''

====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">Player Rumours</div>====
: <font style="color:#5E0000;" size="3">■</font> "rumour0" - rumourmonger0
: <font style="color:#5E0000;" size="3">■</font> "rumourα" - rumourmongerα
: <font style="color:#5E0000;" size="3">■</font> "rumourβ" - rumourmongerβ
: <font style="color:#5E0000;" size="3">■</font> "rumourγ" - rumourmongerγ

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Relationships</div>===
<div style="background: #E5E4E2; margin: 0em 2em; padding: 0.20em; width: 56em;"> <font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#70BCFA;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic    <font style="color:#FFDB58;" size="3">♦</font> Family    <font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">♣</font> Good Friend    <font style="color:#306EFF;" size="3">●</font> Friend    <font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">∆</font> Acquainted    <font style="color:#191900;" size="3">♠</font> Disliked    <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">▼</font> Distant<br></div>
<br>

:<font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font>
:<font style="color:#70BCFA;" size="3">♥</font>
:<font style="color:#FFDB58;" size="3">♦</font>
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">♣</font>
:<font style="color:#306EFF;" size="3">●</font>
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">∆</font>
:<font style="color:#191900;" size="3">♠</font>
:<font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">▼</font>

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Tidbits</div>===
••TIDBITS••

: <font style="color:#AE6200;" size="3">■</font>
: <font style="color:#AE6200;" size="3">■</font>
: <font style="color:#AE6200;" size="3">■</font>

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Soundtrack</div>===
: <font style="color:#40A060" size="3">■</font>
: <font style="color:#40A060" size="3">■</font>
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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #daa520;font-size:14px;color:#000000;">Miscellaneous</div>===
====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">Credits</div>====
Template by [[Bancroft Gairn]], modified by me.

Osric Melkire

2015-04-09T19:48:00Z

Cedric: Look! Rumour!

<div style="background:#eadecb; width: 85%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 10px solid #382d23; border-radius: 5px;">
<div style="margin: 4% 8% 4% 8%;">
[[File:IFLogo.png|center]]<br>
<span style="font-family: cambria; text-align:center;"><p>'''MELKIRE, OSRIC'''</p><br>
<p style="font-size:9pt;">''"You're on the edge of a knife. Don't fall."''</p></span>

<div style="font-family:courier new; font-size:12pt; letter-spacing:1pt; border-top: 1px solid black;"></div><br>
[[File:Osric_sepia2.jpg|500px|center]]

<span style="font-family:cambria;"><p></p></span><br>

<div style="font-family:courier new; font-size:12pt; letter-spacing:1pt; border-top: 1px solid black;"><br>'''CIVIL STATUS'''</div><br>
<table width="100%" style="font-family:cambria;"><tr>
<td width="65%" rowspan="2">''Surname:'' <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">                MELKIRE                 </span><br>
''Firstname:'' <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">                 OSRIC                  </span>    ''Alias:''<span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">                 SHADOW                 </span><br>
''Born on'' <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">     11TH SUN OF THE 3RD ASTRAL MOON     </span>,    ''at'' <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">   THE GODS' GRIP    </span>.<br>
''Residing at'' <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">              THE HOURGLASS              </span>,    ''located in'' <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">                 UL'DAH                 </span>,<br>
''working as'' <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">             IMMORTAL FLAME             </span>.<br>
''Son of'' <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">               CENRIC (D.)               </span>    ''and of'' <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">                  EDITH                  </span>,<br>
''residing at'' <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">            GREATLOAM GROWERY            </span>,    ''located in'' <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">        OLD GRIDANIA        </span>.<br>
''Engaged to'' <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">            KANARIA GALANODEL            </span>.<br><br></td>
<td> ''Service Number:    1203-8629''<br>
''Rank:    Chief Flame Sergeant''</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
''Race''    <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">                  HYUR                  </span><br>
''Hair''    <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">                BROWN                </span><br>
''Eyes''    <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">                  GREEN                  </span><br>
''Forehead''    <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">                  BROAD                  </span><br>
''Nose''    <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">                AVERAGE                 </span><br>
''Height''    <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">                  5' 8"                  </span><br>
''Weight''    <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">                 162 PZ                 </span><br>
''Extra''    <span style="border-bottom:1px solid black;">       SCARRED FACE       </span>
</td>
</tr>
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<div style="font-family:cambria; font-size:10pt;">"Man's a criminal. Petty thief, and a murderer to boot. Tried to run from Merlwyb, got as far as Vesper. So there he is, 'bout to have his brains painted all over the dock, right, when Raubahn himself shows up. Now Merlwyb, she grants Melkire one last request, as per the Lominsan custom, and Melkire, he challenges the General to <i>single combat</i>. Says if he wins, Raubahn's honor-bound to save his life. And the Bull, he <i>accepted</i>, and Melkire, he <i>won</i>. So Raubahn holds up his end, see, beats the Admiral's hundred-man crew senseless and kicks Merlwyb herself back into the sea. Aye, that's how it happened, and don't let anyone tell you different." - <font style="color:#004f7e;">Trachtoum the Tidus Slayer</font></div>
<br><div style="font-family:cambria; font-size:10pt;">"Sharp blade, he is. Sergeant does not necessarily cut, but always disarms. A man of great skill, of genuine sentiment. And my friend." - [[Kahn'a Od'hilkas]]</div>
<br><div style="font-family:cambria; font-size:10pt;">"Patron Melkire, was it? Hnnph. I pray his charges do not come to hate him as mine hate me. Even if they do, I am certain he shall persevere. Rumors are rumors but the truth, I suspect, shall forever be that he is indeed a decent man." - [[Delial Grimsong]]</div>
<br><div style="font-family:cambria; font-size:10pt;">"Ran into him the other night when dealing with someone less pleasant. Baited [[Sounsyy Mirke | Mirke]] off with some liquor. Tried to warn him about [[Jin'li Epinoch | someone]], but I fear he didn't understand.... I suppose I will have to find him later." - [[Franz Renatus]]</div>
<br/><div style="font-family:cambria; font-size:10pt;">"I've not worked with the good Sergeant for some time. Dare say I miss the man. I can only imagine what schemes he is currently plotting." - [[Coatleque Crofte|Ser Crofte]]</div>
<br><div style="font-family:cambria; font-size:10pt;">"Hell of an angler. If I can help him, I will." - [[Warren Castille]]</div>
<br/><div style="font-family:cambria; font-size:10pt;">"I once thought he was like me. He would not cut. But then he told me he was like someone else I had mistakenly trusted. I hope he is wrong." - [[Roen Deneith]]</div>
<br><div style="font-family:cambria; font-size:10pt;">"Strong. Ripe with potential and a will that shines like the sun. He will shake the world around him, this I can see." - [[Berrod Armstrong]]</div>
<br><div style="font-family:cambria; font-size:10pt;">"Da Sarge? He's nice. Said I write my name good." - [[Brick]]</div>
<br><div style="font-family:cambria; font-size:10pt;">"Simple; and way too trusting of people." - [[S'Kiear Grimsong]]</div>
<br><div style="font-family:cambria; font-size:10pt;">"I hope he's keeping himself out of trouble. He has had a bad habit of bringing it to him and I hope he's calmed down a bit since then." - [[Sizha'to Chalahko]]</div>
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2015-04-02T16:25:12Z

Cedric: Cedric uploaded a new version of "File:Tetsu-wiki.jpg"

Rey Hopebringer

2015-04-02T16:05:01Z

Cedric: name change! ok per user

Aerius Destroven

2015-03-09T21:47:26Z

Cedric: lol pc rumour

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<span style="text-align: justify; color: #000"><p>Ul'dah, as far as he's concerned, has always been a vapid, heartless city. It's just that he never noticed until he'd seen first-hand what secrets it kept. Tall, looming spires and opposing outer walls had originally given him the impression of a city bright, hopeful, and safe. What he found upon meeting its inhabitants and taking his jobs from the common crowd was just the opposite. The city's exterior gleams with a thin layer of cheap, carefully applied polish, where the many merchants and middle-class commoners exchange rumors and commodities. The air is sweltering and parched and the streets are filled to the brim with bustling, oblivious crowds. A prime location to blend in and observe—his favorite pastime. Far beneath all that is the rotten, sleazy underbelly that the criminal, the corrupt, and the predatory call home. This is his home, too, and he can't leave.</p>
<p>Aerius is a man of many talents: a thief, a spy, an investigator, and a scoundrel. He's careful, resourceful, agile, attentive, and for hire. He deals in the morally ambiguous and the shady, doing the sort of work befitting of a crook for the sort of people who have too much to lose to stoop that low. A perfect fit for the dark corners of an otherwise dazzling city.</p>
<p>On the outside and to anyone else, he's an outgoing, excitable, and playfully sarcastic individual. This is not entirely a façade. He does well to maintain an attractive composure in the company of others and often enjoys himself when away from his work. He befriends people quickly, hardly appears to take anything seriously, makes a point to help others when he thinks he's able, and has a knack for putting those around him at ease and gaining their trust. Maybe under different circumstances, he could offer them the same privilege.</p>
<p>But Aerius is truly a man too cautious, too secretive, and too elusive to ever really make a genuine connection with anyone. A life of working in his trade will do that to you. He's quick to keep a person comfortably at arm's length and hardly speaks a word about himself. Any insight he offers to who he really is is often misleading inconsistencies or convenient half-truths. Maybe that's the way he prefers it, or maybe it aches every time he denies someone that tries to get a little closer. Maybe all that matters is that he's good at his job.</p></span>
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<span style="text-align: justify; color: #000"><p>Both professionally and personally, Aerius keeps to his secrets. They are his trade and his most prized possessions. They are the only things in his life that he feels he is in control of and the only things that have stuck by him throughout all of his life. Without them he is vulnerable and defenseless, and in his business those kinds of qualities are unacceptable. They are the corners he hides behind to remain out of sight and out of reach.</p>
<p>Confidential information, whether stolen or permitted, can only get someone so far, however. Information is quickly exchanged and easily overheard, and those privy to the more sensitive kinds are obvious targets for those looking to take advantage of their intelligence. Aerius knows this all too well. As such, it is out of necessity that he's learned and refined his own methods of concealment and self-defense. Sleight of hand is an invaluable asset to his skillset, and one that has roots in nearly every aspect of both his work and his life.</p>
<p>Where some might move exaggeratedly or explicitly about their day, Aerius remains deliberately subtle and misleading in every movement and every word, simply ''appearing'' to be lax, careless, and negligent. Sticky fingers discreetly move objects onto his person and deft hands keep them concealed there, while clever wordplay and acuteness to his surroundings keep the attention away from himself.</p>
<p>In combat, Aerius behaves in much the same way. Generally, he is the type to prefer not to fight at all and instead defer to those in his company better equipped and better skilled for confrontations. That isn't to say he is a diplomat over a fighter, however. Aerius only opts to avoid combat because his skills are put to better use before a fight can even begin. However, when it is absolutely necessary to involve himself in a fight, his primary goal is to engage the opponent, create an opening, and then escape as quickly as possible. This is usually achieved through disorienting, disarming, or otherwise crippling his opponent long enough that he may flee. His methods of doing so are purely situational, usually dirty, and never consistent—which is done on purpose. One cannot make it as far as he has in his field without being a little unpredictable. At least he finds that part enjoyable.</p></span></div>
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:• "...Why is it that all the men I meet along the way all seem to lack tremendous amounts of tact...yet are the most loyal people I ever encounter?" -[[Lily Dawnsworn|<span style="color:#000000; font-size: 12px">''Lily Dawnsworn''</span>]]</span>

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:• "He is... <i>something else</i>. I think he is not a good man, yet all the same, he is almost too good. Oddly enough, I cannot seem to stay away from him." -[[Trisselle Ganathain|<span style="color:#000000; font-size: 12px">''Trisselle Ganathain''</span>]]</span>

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:• "I could never figure out if he was hopeless at dealing with women, or a master of the art. The fact that I've always been intrigued by him leads me to suspect the latter." -[[Natalie Mcbeef|<span style="color:#000000; font-size: 12px">''Natalie Mcbeef''</span>]]</span>

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:• "'Tis a bit of a mystery as to how this man seems to constantly be alone. Not that I am one to speak of such matters, but 'tis as if he does this by choice. Oft times do I wonder if this man is alright. I'm almost certain 'tis merely a front lest he truly feels rather lost." -[[Garrett Slater|<span style="color:#000000; font-size: 12px">''Garrett Slater''</span>]]</span>

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User:Cedric

2015-03-03T07:19:17Z

Cedric: /* Characters */

Hello ladies and gents. Name's Cedric. I somehow doubt you care too much about who I am as much as the characters I roleplay. Here's some basic info about me, anyway. Just note that '''this page may be subject to a rework'''. So stay tuned, and please excuse the mess. I am a bit of an altoholic, as you'll see with the list below.

=About=
*Male
*Probably older than you >:D
*Cedric is not my RL name, just a name I go by :D
*San Francisco Bay Area, GMT -8 (-7 during DST)
*Usually online at or around 7 pm on weeknights, weekend hours greatly vary
*Contact Info: (in order of preference)
**'''AIM:''' MythrilHalberd
**'''Skype:''' knightdevout
**'''E-mail:''' umbral.dragoon[]gmail.com

=Characters=
Here is a list of characters that I play and roleplay. They are all in the Balmung server. Here they are, sorted by main role. (Some of them have more than one.) Hover over the icon for a short description. Click on their icon for their page.

==Tank==
[[Image:Gs-link.jpg|A soft-spoken swordsman who was affected by events caused by The Calamity.|link=Garrett Slater]] [[Image:Aa-link.jpg|A Lominsan young man with a talent for smithing and axes.|link=Albert Alduin]] [[Image:Ta-link.jpg|A Doman who had trouble dealing with his despair due to losing his homeland.|link=Tetsuro Akashi]]

==Healer==
[[Image:Cc-link.jpg|A scholarly-type man who'd like to make the world a better place.|link=Chris Cleveland]]

==Damage==
[[Image:Cr-link.jpg|A former dragoon knight who deserted his homeland at the cost of possibly everything.|link=Cedric Riordan]]

=RP-related things=
I'm pretty open-minded about many things but it's good to have it here for the record. What am I willing to do, how far, and what I'm ''not'' willing to do? See below:

*I'm open to most forms of RP. Walk-ups and /tells are okay and, in fact, encouraged. If you see me on one of my characters and it doesn't seem like I'm already engaged in something else, feel free to bother me/them!

*I'm open to making friends, acquaintances, connections, and rivals/rivalry. I'm also open to relationships (both hetero and homosexual ones) but I'd like for them to actually be played out so it seems natural. Let's have some discussion first.
**I'm also open to having blood relatives for any of my characters. Again, let's discuss!

*Keeping in mind that we're all here and we're playing in a sandbox that none of us created from scratch, I try to deal with lorebreakers with civility. This holds especially true with naming conventions. I don't know why, this just gets to me somehow.
**Adversely, if I am doing something wrong and/or outside the lore, please let me know and I will make any necessary corrections.

=Free Companies=
:''to follow''

=End Note=
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. I'm reachable in some form or another.

Rey Hopebringer

2015-03-02T07:37:32Z

Cedric: /* Player Rumours */

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Basic Information</div>===
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::<i>“White magic, the arcane art of succor, was conceived eras past that the world might know comfort. Alas, man began perverting its powers for self-gain, and by his wickedness brought about the Sixth Umbral catastrophe. Although the art subsequently became forbidden, it is now in the midst of a revival at the hands of the Padjal, chosen of the elementals.Those who would walk the path of the white mage are healers without peer, possessed of the power to deliver comrades from the direst of afflictions—even the icy grip of death itself.”</i>
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A soft-spoken midlander with the constant need to protect those around him. Hailing from the far reaches of The Shroud, Rey has answered his life calling of caring for adventurers and ensuring the survival of his comrades. He journeys throughout Eorzea, offering his power of conjury and recovery to those needing aide.

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: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Plum wine
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Forest of Gridania
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Triple Triad
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF ;" size="3">■</font> Studying ancient books
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Healing magic
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Elements of Hydaelyn, especially water
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Helping others
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Midlanders and Highlanders

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: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Dishonesty
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Rudeness
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Garleans
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Inability to hold melee weapons correctly
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Those who hurt his friends
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Political distraught
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Most Miqo’te’s

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: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Loyal
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Caring
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Selfless
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Humble
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Somewhat clumsy
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Can be stubborn

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: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Alignment: Lawful Good
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Food: Baguettes
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink: Plum wine
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Color: White

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Family</div>===

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Michael Hopebringer - father (deceased)
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Deborah Hopebringer - mother
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Matthew Hopebringer - elder brother (lost at sea)

The Hopebringer family was known for being major contributors of the village that they hailed from. They learned to give and take from the land, which enabled them to provide for their townsfolk. Michael Hopebringer was a merchant while he was alive, a skill that Rey is continually learning despite his father having been passed for several years now. Rey’s mother is still alive, however Rey does not visit her much due to his being busy assisting Eorzea in its troubled times. Rey was very close to his elder brother, Matthew. However, Matthew went on a sailing mission for his village and never returned. Rey owns a keepsake from his brother, a feather that is said to come from a very rare bird that is a distant cousin to the Phoenix.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Appearance</div>===

Taller than the average midlander at 6 fulms 1 ilms, Rey is considered a little strange for a midlander Hyur. He is quite taller than his counterparts. His build is considered to be skinny yet chiseled. While healers are usually smaller and more frail, this is not the case for Rey. These attributes are from his constant travels, along with his gathering skills. He is also quite tan from working out in the field every now and then. Weighing in at 170 ponz, his muscular physique is quite apparent through his usually tight clothing.

He has platinum blonde hair, almost bordering on appearing white in color. His eyes are a mysterious shade of very light blue, also almost appearing solid white in color. None of his other family has these attributes, and his mother strongly believes that Rey was touched by some sort of Holy magic which permanently altered his hair and eye color while he was very young.

His clothing is usually very plain. Most of the time, he can be seen wearing a white, athletic sleeveless shirt for easy movement and good exposure to the sun. Rey is quite keen to warmth and enjoys it very much as he is invigorated by it. He also can be seen wearing white shorts with white thighboots. He almost never wears fancy armor, as fancy armor seems to get in the way of his agility when he needs to get out of a sticky situation. His affinity for the color white is also strong evidence that some sort of Holy magic has influenced more than his physical features.

His only accessories are a metal shackle on his right wrist with the embroidery of the Garlean Castrum Oriens, along with a metal choker with the number “182371” inscribed onto it. These “accessories” are remnants of a time that Rey was captured by Garleans while working out in the field and being hauled off to the Castrum Oriens.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Personality</div>===

Rey strives to be one of the most selfless people on the realm. He is usually quiet around newfound adventurers or friends, but once he feels comfortable, his humble behavior turns into that of a loyal protector. He is quick to throw himself into any dangerous situation to save his friends or assist in any way, even if the cost was his own life. Rey has a bad habit of sweating the “small things” and being a bit of a worrier. He is constantly afraid that he will fail his life mission as a protector or his friends.

Rey is considered very friendly, unless you give him a reason not to be. He loathes dishonest or rude people, especially unwelcoming adventurers or those who have no care for others. He is easy enough to get along with, especially after a drink or two. He is prone to find himself in embarrassing situations, but has the innate ability to laugh at himself which tends to serve him well in larger groups. He isn’t much one to flirt, but if he does find someone attractive, he may make subtle hints that he would expect the other to pick up on. Whether or not that is considered “flirty”, he doesn’t know.

Although he has devoted his life to the mending of others, Rey has trouble mending emotional scars within his own persona. The death of his father and the loss of his brother have taken quite a toll on him, and each life failure makes him feel like he has failed them both constantly. Rey can get emotional at times, but only if he feels very strongly about something or someone. He tries his best not to let emotions get in the way of his duty as a healer, but he often finds himself grouped with his friends so his emotions often drive him to make sure he succeeds at any task.

He isn’t one to push people away unless he needs to separate himself for thought or time alone. He tries to surround himself with as many friends as he can, and wants to avoid any kind of conflict, if possible. If a situation arises when two friends are mad at each other or someone needs to find another, Rey is almost always the first to volunteer himself for assistance. His defense mechanism is usually that of hiding his true feelings, only to spill them out later. He is trying his best to change that, but it is a habit that he has had since childhood.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Biography</div>===

Born and raised in the far reaches of The Shroud, Rey lived in the small village of Palatka. The son of a merchant and alchemist, he quickly learned the value of hard work. He worked many suns out in his family’s fields, growing and harvesting many crops to help sustain his small and secluded village. At the age of 10, he would begin communicating with the forest. He would hear echoes and whispers from various parts of the forest when he would be traveling with family or playing with the other children. He dismissed it at first since he was but a child, but as he grew older, the whispers and echoes became much more apparent to him.

At the age of 14, he finally revealed what he had been hearing throughout the different regions of Gridania. His mother had read ancient literature on the subject, suspecting that her son had been different due to his hair and eye color. She sent him to the city-state of New Gridania under the supervision of a traveling caravan to be taken in by the Conjurer’s Guild. The Conjurer’s Guild would take them under his wing, teaching him advanced techniques of conjury and mastery of the elements of earth and water. During his training, he would constantly find himself in a trance while in the forest. Members of the Conjurer’s Guild would take note of this and alerted the Padjal, which prompted them to label Rey as a "Hearer." He wasn't sure what this would mean right now, other than the were others in the Hearer's group that would also hear whispers of the forest.

At age 17, Rey finally received a break from his training and was allowed to travel home to see his family. During his solo travel, he was abducted by a traveling band of Garleans that had been sent to scout the lands. They captured Rey and brought him back to Castrum Oriens, where they latched an unbreakable shackle onto his wrist and wrapped his neck with a choker labeled with his identification number. He would not be at this Castrum for long, perhaps for about a month or so. The Garleans would learn of Rey’s power and try to manipulate and twist it for their own purposes of camp expansion. Their location would soon be discovered by an army regimen of Gridania, being sent out on patrolling missions having learned that the Garleans were looking into moving into their lands.

When Rey turned 21, the Conjurer’s Guild decided to advance Rey to the highest training available within the guild and assume the role of the White Mage. As Rey became more attuned to the soul of the White Mage by being trained by the Padjal, he found that he would hear the forest whisper and echoes becoming stronger and understandable. He discovered that these whispers were the ones of White Mages past, letting him know for years that this path was his fate and he was destined to protect and heal others. He had finally understood what he was meant to do on Eorzea, and vowed to himself to be a protector of all citizens on Hyaelyn. However, as of recent, the forest whispers have become stranger, telling him stories that he wouldn’t quite understand involving an "Echo" of some sort. These whispers would also lead him to places that would seemingly be empty, but would resonate within Rey and his emotions. Only time will tell where the whispers of the forest will take him next…

During his travels, Rey would pick up various crafting and gathering skills that would allow him to further service the citizens of Eorzea. While these professional skills were constantly being improved and refined, he would also pick up the skills and abilities of other magical aether, trying to understand all aspects of magical abilities in the world of Hydaelyn. These skills include the rival healing abilities of the Scholar and the dark destructive magic of the Black Mage. He never condones the use of Black Magic and tries to avoid it entirely. He still continued to refine his Scholarly abilities since he has mastered the abilities of the White Mage.

Rey is quite versed in playing the musical instruments of the piano and the harp. He practices his piano quite often and plays to himself whenever he gets the change. He believes he can soothe the torment of the forest by playing the piano. He also uses the piano as an outlet for his emotions, especially the burdens of the souls past that he carries with him almost constantly. He generally plays alone and almost never lets anyone hear him play, although the people who have heard him have told him that he is quite skilled at the art.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Rumours</div>===
''Remember that these are rumours. Some may be true while others may not! Feel free to add your own rumours under the Player section!''
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====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">NPC Rumours</div>====

: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "I saw him once conjure a globe of water out of thin air!" - ''random La Noscean citizen''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "He has the tendency to argue with those who disagree with his views." - ''tavern patron''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "This man is so clumsy that he consistently falls down stairs and drops expensive items." - ''shopowner in Gridania''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "I have never seen someone with the heart that he has. He truly cares for those around him." - ''adventurer from Thanalan''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "One of the best White Mages I have ever adventured with. He even saved the group as Death itself closed in all around us!" - ''member of the Adventurer’s Guild''

====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">Player Rumours</div>====
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "He and I have some kind of connection. That much, I already know. There's something that I'm sort of afraid of but I can't really let that get in the way. I really like him and care for him so much. I want to know where that connection will take us." - [[Tetsuro Akashi]]
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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div>===
<div style="background: #E5E4E2; margin: 0em 2em; padding: 0.20em; width: 56em;"> <font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic Love    <font style="color:#FFDB58;" size="3">●</font> Family    <font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font> Good Friend    <font style="color:#306EFF;" size="3">●</font> Friend    <font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> Acquainted    <font style="color:#191900;" size="3">●</font> Disliked    <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> Distant<br></div>
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:<font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font><font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font> '''[[Tetsuro Akashi]]'''
Having first met Tetsuro while he was heading out on a leve quest, he would later be approached by the Doman man whose nationality that he did not recognize. He was in a disagreement with a large Roegadyn when Tetsuro approached the conversation. Since that moment, Rey had been curious of the man and constantly intrigued by him. He was initially apprehensive about letting Tetsuro know his preferences of a lover, Tetsuro was nothing but warm and kind as the two grew closer, despite Rey being a blond which Tetsuro was not sure if he liked or not. As time would pass, their relationship would become significantly closer and Rey would find himself very attracted to Tetsuro and would want to pursue a relationship with him. However, Tetsuro is currently away, wandering the land as he figures things out for himself. Rey eagerly awaits the return of Tetsuro in a few days so they can pick up where they left off.
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Seiko Mamushi]]'''
Seiko, known as Chou, is a good friend of Tetsuro that Tetsuro introduced to Rey a few days after their own meeting. Rey and Chou would become close as Rey and Tetsuro’s relationship would intensify. Chou has proven herself to be a good friend to Rey and Rey enjoys her company. She has taken Rey on a tour of her house and she allows him to stay there, if need be. They also attend taverns together as well as randomly meet up in the Quicksand for a quick game of Triple Triad. Rey hopes that they will become the best of friends soon.
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Gwannes Oskwell]]'''
Rey met Oskwell when he was introduced to Chou through Tetsuro. Oskwell is Chou’s soon-to-be husband, and also has become a close friend of Rey’s. He goes to great lengths to protect Chou, which Rey hopes Tetsuro will protect Rey in the same way. While Rey still has many things to learn from Oskwell, he is confident in their ability to become fast friends and even adventurers in the future. Rey has also promised Chou that he will protect Oskwell as Oskwell tends to find himself in some pretty hairy situations.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Aerostein Epitaph]]'''
Rey would have a brief run in with this man at the Quicksand when he was about to leave with Tetsuro to grab a bite to eat. He got the feeling that Aerostein had romantic feelings for Tetsuro, as he seemed very apprehensive to get to know Rey. Rey is unsure about his feelings towards this man as he doesn’t know him very well, but perhaps he could become a friend in the future.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> '''[[Keiji Shigeru]]'''
Rey would meet Keiji during the night of Tetsuro’s ceremony, honoring his passed family. He doesn’t know much about Keiji, but he knows that Tetsuro cares for him very much. Hopefully in the coming times, Rey will get to know more of Tetsuro’s pseudo-family and fellow Domans.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> '''Daiki Hayashi'''
Rey would also meet Daiki the night of the lantern ceremony. While Daiki seemed very distant to Rey, Rey knew that Daiki was a trusted individual and would want to know more about Daiki from Tetsuro.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Tidbits</div>===
Here are some small bits of information about Rey.

: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey has become quite proficient in some tradeskills, but constantly strives to become better.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey constantly tries to defuse tense situations and tries to make friends with everyone, despite some people just not wanting to be friends or rejecting his notions of peace.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey is a very skilled piano player, while his harp skills could use some work. He is also working on his singing next.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Despite not liking most Miqo’te’s and only being attracted to midlanders or highlanders, he finds that male Miqo’te’s tend to be very attracted to him for some reason.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> He tries not to be taken advantage of, even though he can be easily manipulated in an emotional state.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Soundtrack</div>===
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvKcqTO2-mY TPR – The Extreme] (Rey’s piano piece of the emotional state of despair)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsAZB3Afa9c TPR – Flowers Blooming in the Church] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This tune denotes when he feels at peace)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYLU13g195s TPR - Jenova] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This tune denotes anxiety and worry)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9NmrrOFiAk KOKIA – Daiji na Mono wa Mabuta no Ura] (The feeling of sacrifice within Rey)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYwOfo8FN8E Halo 2 Soundtrack – Heavy Price Paid] (When Rey experiences a loss)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPGSp-wgZPY John Dreamer – True Strength] (when Rey presses on, even in the most dire of circumstances)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX0YRBi1-b0 Skrux – Hidden ft. Mona Moua] (Rey wandering in the forest)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4ZPHtzmvCE Resident Evil CODE: Veronica – A moment of relief] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This is what he plays when he winds down from a rough day)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnPRTwsne54 Skyrim – Frostfall] (Rey wandering the city of Gridania at night by his lonesome, hearing the voices of the forest)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7madvABZW7k TPR – Zora's Domain] (Another of Rey's piano pieces. This is when he thinks of those closest to him, especially Tetsuro)

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Screenshots</div>===
<gallery>
File:ReySunlight.jpg|Rey in the sunlight of La Noscea.
File:ReyCards.jpg|Rey playing his favorite game, Triple Triad.
File:ReyShiva.jpg|Rey about to face off against Shiva.
</gallery>

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Miscellaneous</div>===

====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">Credits</div>====
Template originally made by [[Bancroft Gairn]], modified by [[Tetsuro Akashi]], coding taken from [[Seiko Mamushi]] with modifications

User:Cedric

2015-03-02T07:34:10Z

Cedric: /* Tank */

Hello ladies and gents. Name's Cedric. I somehow doubt you care too much about who I am as much as the characters I roleplay. Here's some basic info about me, anyway. Just note that '''this page may be subject to a rework'''. So stay tuned, and please excuse the mess. I am a bit of an altoholic, as you'll see with the list below.

=About=
*Male
*Probably older than you >:D
*Cedric is not my RL name, just a name I go by :D
*San Francisco Bay Area, GMT -8 (-7 during DST)
*Usually online at or around 7 pm on weeknights, weekend hours greatly vary
*Contact Info: (in order of preference)
**'''AIM:''' MythrilHalberd
**'''Skype:''' knightdevout
**'''E-mail:''' umbral.dragoon[]gmail.com

=Characters=
Here is a list of characters that I play and roleplay. They are all in the Balmung server. Here they are, sorted by main role. (Some of them have more than one.) Hover over the icon for a short description. Click on their icon for their page.

==Tank==
[[Image:Gs-link.jpg|A soft-spoken swordsman who was affected by events caused by The Calamity.|link=Garrett Slater]] [[Image:Aa-link.jpg|A Lominsan young man with a talent for smithing and axes.|link=Albert Alduin]] [[Image:Ta-link.jpg|A Doman who had trouble dealing with his despair due to losing his homeland.|link=Tetsuro Akashi]]

==Healer==
[[Image:Cc-link.jpg|A scholarly-type man who'd like to make the world a better place.|link=Chris Cleveland]]

==Damage==
[[Image:Cr-link.jpg|A former dragoon knight who deserted his homeland at the cost of possibly everything.|link=Cedric Riordan]]

==Support==
[[Image:Sc-link.jpg|An outgoing Moon-keeper Miqo'te who tries to protect his friends and loved ones with his new-found strength.|link=Sizha'to Chalahko]]

=RP-related things=
I'm pretty open-minded about many things but it's good to have it here for the record. What am I willing to do, how far, and what I'm ''not'' willing to do? See below:

*I'm open to most forms of RP. Walk-ups and /tells are okay and, in fact, encouraged. If you see me on one of my characters and it doesn't seem like I'm already engaged in something else, feel free to bother me/them!

*I'm open to making friends, acquaintances, connections, and rivals/rivalry. I'm also open to relationships (both hetero and homosexual ones) but I'd like for them to actually be played out so it seems natural. Let's have some discussion first.
**I'm also open to having blood relatives for any of my characters. Again, let's discuss!

*Keeping in mind that we're all here and we're playing in a sandbox that none of us created from scratch, I try to deal with lorebreakers with civility. This holds especially true with naming conventions. I don't know why, this just gets to me somehow.
**Adversely, if I am doing something wrong and/or outside the lore, please let me know and I will make any necessary corrections.

=Free Companies=
:''to follow''

=End Note=
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. I'm reachable in some form or another.

File:Ta-link.jpg

2015-03-02T07:32:33Z

Cedric:

User:Cedric

2015-03-01T08:36:18Z

Cedric: /* Characters */

Hello ladies and gents. Name's Cedric. I somehow doubt you care too much about who I am as much as the characters I roleplay. Here's some basic info about me, anyway. Just note that '''this page may be subject to a rework'''. So stay tuned, and please excuse the mess. I am a bit of an altoholic, as you'll see with the list below.

=About=
*Male
*Probably older than you >:D
*Cedric is not my RL name, just a name I go by :D
*San Francisco Bay Area, GMT -8 (-7 during DST)
*Usually online at or around 7 pm on weeknights, weekend hours greatly vary
*Contact Info: (in order of preference)
**'''AIM:''' MythrilHalberd
**'''Skype:''' knightdevout
**'''E-mail:''' umbral.dragoon[]gmail.com

=Characters=
Here is a list of characters that I play and roleplay. They are all in the Balmung server. Here they are, sorted by main role. (Some of them have more than one.) Hover over the icon for a short description. Click on their icon for their page.

==Tank==
[[Image:Gs-link.jpg|A soft-spoken swordsman who was affected by events caused by The Calamity.|link=Garrett Slater]] [[Image:Aa-link.jpg|A Lominsan young man with a talent for smithing and axes.|link=Albert Alduin]]

==Healer==
[[Image:Cc-link.jpg|A scholarly-type man who'd like to make the world a better place.|link=Chris Cleveland]]

==Damage==
[[Image:Cr-link.jpg|A former dragoon knight who deserted his homeland at the cost of possibly everything.|link=Cedric Riordan]]

==Support==
[[Image:Sc-link.jpg|An outgoing Moon-keeper Miqo'te who tries to protect his friends and loved ones with his new-found strength.|link=Sizha'to Chalahko]]

=RP-related things=
I'm pretty open-minded about many things but it's good to have it here for the record. What am I willing to do, how far, and what I'm ''not'' willing to do? See below:

*I'm open to most forms of RP. Walk-ups and /tells are okay and, in fact, encouraged. If you see me on one of my characters and it doesn't seem like I'm already engaged in something else, feel free to bother me/them!

*I'm open to making friends, acquaintances, connections, and rivals/rivalry. I'm also open to relationships (both hetero and homosexual ones) but I'd like for them to actually be played out so it seems natural. Let's have some discussion first.
**I'm also open to having blood relatives for any of my characters. Again, let's discuss!

*Keeping in mind that we're all here and we're playing in a sandbox that none of us created from scratch, I try to deal with lorebreakers with civility. This holds especially true with naming conventions. I don't know why, this just gets to me somehow.
**Adversely, if I am doing something wrong and/or outside the lore, please let me know and I will make any necessary corrections.

=Free Companies=
:''to follow''

=End Note=
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. I'm reachable in some form or another.

File:Cc-link.jpg

2015-03-01T06:47:34Z

Cedric:

Rey Hopebringer

2015-02-28T06:15:10Z

Cedric: /* Basic Information */

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| Gender = Male
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| citizenship = Region of Gridania
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 23
| stat_2 = Height & Weight
| stat_2_value = 6 fulms 1 ilms, 170 ponz
| stat_3 = Orientation
| stat_3_value = Homosexual
| stat_4 = Occupation
| stat_4_value = Healer, rising merchant
| stat_5 = Nameday
| stat_5_value = 19th Sun of the 2nd Umbral Moon, 1556 Sixth Astral Era
| stat_6 = Server
| stat_6_value = Balmung
| stat_7 = Timezone
| stat_7_value = EST
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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Basic Information</div>===
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::<i>“White magic, the arcane art of succor, was conceived eras past that the world might know comfort. Alas, man began perverting its powers for self-gain, and by his wickedness brought about the Sixth Umbral catastrophe. Although the art subsequently became forbidden, it is now in the midst of a revival at the hands of the Padjal, chosen of the elementals.Those who would walk the path of the white mage are healers without peer, possessed of the power to deliver comrades from the direst of afflictions—even the icy grip of death itself.”</i>
<br>
A soft-spoken midlander with the constant need to protect those around him. Hailing from the far reaches of The Shroud, Rey has answered his life calling of caring for adventurers and ensuring the survival of his comrades. He journeys throughout Eorzea, offering his power of conjury and recovery to those needing aide.

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<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3>
<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''LIKES''</center></div></h3>
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Plum wine
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Forest of Gridania
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Triple Triad
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF ;" size="3">■</font> Studying ancient books
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Healing magic
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Elements of Hydaelyn, especially water
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Helping others
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Midlanders and Highlanders

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''DISLIKES''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Dishonesty
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Rudeness
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Garleans
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Inability to hold melee weapons correctly
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Those who hurt his friends
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Political distraught
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Most Miqo’te’s

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''TRAITS''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Loyal
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Caring
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Selfless
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Humble
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Somewhat clumsy
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Can be stubborn

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''OTHER''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Alignment: Lawful Good
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Food: Baguettes
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink: Plum wine
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Color: White

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Family</div>===

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Michael Hopebringer - father (deceased)
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Deborah Hopebringer - mother
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Matthew Hopebringer - elder brother (lost at sea)

The Hopebringer family was known for being major contributors of the village that they hailed from. They learned to give and take from the land, which enabled them to provide for their townsfolk. Michael Hopebringer was a merchant while he was alive, a skill that Rey is continually learning despite his father having been passed for several years now. Rey’s mother is still alive, however Rey does not visit her much due to his being busy assisting Eorzea in its troubled times. Rey was very close to his elder brother, Matthew. However, Matthew went on a sailing mission for his village and never returned. Rey owns a keepsake from his brother, a feather that is said to come from a very rare bird that is a distant cousin to the Phoenix.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Appearance</div>===

Taller than the average midlander at 6 fulms 1 ilms, Rey is considered a little strange for a midlander Hyur. He is quite taller than his counterparts. His build is considered to be skinny yet chiseled. While healers are usually smaller and more frail, this is not the case for Rey. These attributes are from his constant travels, along with his gathering skills. He is also quite tan from working out in the field every now and then. Weighing in at 170 ponz, his physique is quite apparent through his usually tight clothing.

He has platinum blonde hair, almost bordering on appearing white in color. His eyes are a mysterious shade of very light blue, also almost appearing solid white in color. None of his other family has these attributes, and his mother strongly believes that Rey was touched by some sort of Holy magic which permanently altered his hair and eye color while he was very young.

His clothing is usually very plain. Most of the time, he can be seen wearing a white, athletic sleeveless shirt for easy movement and good exposure to the sun. Rey is quite keen to warmth and enjoys it very much as he is invigorated by it. He also can be seen wearing white shorts with white thighboots. He almost never wears fancy armor, as fancy armor seems to get in the way of his agility when he needs to get out of a sticky situation. His affinity for the color white is also strong evidence that some sort of Holy magic has influenced more than his physical features.

His only accessories are a metal shackle on his right wrist with the embroidery of a Garlean prison, along with a metal choker with the number “182371” inscribed onto it. These “accessories” are remnants of a time that Rey was captured by Garleans while working out in the field and being hauled off to one of their prisoner camps.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Personality</div>===

Rey strives to be one of the most selfless people on the realm. He is usually quiet around newfound adventurers or friends, but once he feels comfortable, his humble behavior turns into that of a loyal protector. He is quick to throw himself into any dangerous situation to save his friends or assist in any way, even if the cost was his own life. Rey has a bad habit of sweating the “small things” and being a bit of a worrier. He is constantly afraid that he will fail his life mission as a protector or his friends.

Rey is considered very friendly, unless you give him a reason not to be. He loathes dishonest or rude people, especially unwelcoming adventurers or those who have no care for others. He is easy enough to get along with, especially after a drink or two. He is prone to find himself in embarrassing situations, but has the innate ability to laugh at himself which tends to serve him well in larger groups. He isn’t much one to flirt, but if he does find someone attractive, he may make subtle hints that he would expect the other to pick up on. Whether or not that is considered “flirty”, he doesn’t know.

Although he has devoted his life to the mending of others, Rey has trouble mending emotional scars within his own persona. The death of his father and the loss of his brother have taken quite a toll on him, and each life failure makes him feel like he has failed them both constantly. Rey can get emotional at times, but only if he feels very strongly about something or someone. He tries his best not to let emotions get in the way of his duty as a healer, but he often finds himself grouped with his friends so his emotions often drive him to make sure he succeeds at any task.

He isn’t one to push people away unless he needs to separate himself for thought or time alone. He tries to surround himself with as many friends as he can, and wants to avoid any kind of conflict, if possible. If a situation arises when two friends are mad at each other or someone needs to find another, Rey is almost always the first to volunteer himself for assistance. His defense mechanism is usually that of hiding his true feelings, only to spill them out later. He is trying his best to change that, but it is a habit that he has had since childhood.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Biography</div>===

Born and raised in the far reaches of The Shroud, Rey lived in the small village of Palatka. The son of a merchant and alchemist, he quickly learned the value of hard work. He worked many suns out in his family’s fields, growing and harvesting many crops to help sustain his small and secluded village. At the age of 10, he would begin communicating with the forest. He would hear echoes and whispers from various parts of the forest when he would be traveling with family or playing with the other children. He dismissed it at first since he was but a child, but as he grew older, the whispers and echoes became much more apparent to him.

At the age of 14, he finally revealed what he had been hearing throughout the different regions of Gridania. His mother had read ancient literature on the subject, suspecting that her son had been different due to his hair and eye color. She sent him to the city-state of New Gridania under the supervision of a traveling caravan to be taken in by the Conjurer’s Guild. The Conjurer’s Guild would take them under his wing, teaching him advanced techniques of conjury and mastery of the elements of earth and water. During his training, he would constantly find himself in a trance while in the forest. Members of the Conjurer’s Guild would take note of this and alerted the Guild Master, which prompted them to label Rey as a possessor of “The Echo.”

At age 17, Rey finally received a break from his training and was allowed to travel home to see his family. During his solo travel, he was abducted by a traveling band of Garleans that had been sent to scout the lands. They captured Rey and brought him back to one of their camps, where they latched an unbreakable shackle onto his wrist and wrapped his neck with a choker labeled with his identification number. He would not be at this camp for long, perhaps for about a month or so. The Garleans would learn of Rey’s power and try to manipulate and twist it for their own purposes of camp expansion. Their location would soon be discovered by an army regimen of Gridania, being sent out on patrolling missions having learned that the Garleans were looking into moving into their lands.

When Rey turned 21, the Conjurer’s Guild decided to advance Rey to the highest training available within the guild and assume the role of the White Mage. As Rey became more attuned to the soul of the White Mage, he found that he would hear the forest whisper and echoes becoming stronger and understandable. He discovered that these whispers were the ones of White Mages past, letting him know for years that this path was his fate and he was destined to protect and heal others. He had finally understood what he was meant to do on Eorzea, and vowed to himself to be a protector of all citizens on Hyaelyn. However, as of recent, the forest whispers have become stranger, telling him stories that he wouldn’t quite understand and lead him to places that would seemingly be empty, but only time will tell where the whispers of the forest will take him next…

During his travels, Rey would pick up various crafting and gathering skills that would allow him to further service the citizens of Eorzea. While these professional skills were constantly being improved and refined, he would also pick up the skills and abilities of other magical aether, trying to understand all aspects of magical abilities in the world of Hydaelyn. These skills include the rival healing abilities of the Scholar and the dark destructive magic of the Black Mage. He never condones the use of Black Magic and tries to avoid it entirely. He still continued to refine his Scholarly abilities since he has mastered the abilities of the White Mage.

Rey is quite versed in playing the musical instruments of the piano and the harp. He practices his piano quite often and plays to himself whenever he gets the change. He believes he can soothe the torment of the forest by playing the piano. He also uses the piano as an outlet for his emotions, especially the burdens of the souls past that he carries with him almost constantly. He generally plays alone and almost never lets anyone hear him play, although the people who have heard him have told him that he is quite skilled at the art.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Rumours</div>===
''Remember that these are rumours. Some may be true while others may not! Feel free to add your own rumours under the Player section!''
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: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "I saw him once conjure a globe of water out of thin air!" - ''random La Noscean citizen''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "He has the tendency to argue with those who disagree with his views." - ''tavern patron''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "This man is so clumsy that he consistently falls down stairs and drops expensive items." - ''shopowner in Gridania''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "I have never seen someone with the heart that he has. He truly cares for those around him." - ''adventurer from Thanalan''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "One of the best White Mages I have ever adventured with. He even saved the group as Death itself closed in all around us!" - ''member of the Adventurer’s Guild''

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<div style="background: #E5E4E2; margin: 0em 2em; padding: 0.20em; width: 56em;"> <font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic Love    <font style="color:#FFDB58;" size="3">●</font> Family    <font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font> Good Friend    <font style="color:#306EFF;" size="3">●</font> Friend    <font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> Acquainted    <font style="color:#191900;" size="3">●</font> Disliked    <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> Distant<br></div>
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:<font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font><font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font> '''[[Tetsuro Akashi]]'''
Having first met Tetsuro while he was heading out on a leve quest, he would later be approached by the Doman man whose nationality that he did not recognize. He was in a disagreement with a large Roegadyn when Tetsuro approached the conversation. Since that moment, Rey had been curious of the man and constantly intrigued by him. He was initially apprehensive about letting Tetsuro know his preferences of a lover, Tetsuro was nothing but warm and kind as the two grew closer, despite Rey being a blond which Tetsuro was not sure if he liked or not. As time would pass, their relationship would become significantly closer and Rey would find himself very attracted to Tetsuro and would want to pursue a relationship with him. However, Tetsuro is currently away, wandering the land as he figures things out for himself. Rey eagerly awaits the return of Tetsuro in a few days so they can pick up where they left off.
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Seiko Mamushi]]'''
Seiko, known as Chou, is a good friend of Tetsuro that Tetsuro introduced to Rey a few days after their own meeting. Rey and Chou would become close as Rey and Tetsuro’s relationship would intensify. Chou has proven herself to be a good friend to Rey and Rey enjoys her company. She has taken Rey on a tour of her house and she allows him to stay there, if need be. They also attend taverns together as well as randomly meet up in the Quicksand for a quick game of Triple Triad. Rey hopes that they will become the best of friends soon.
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Gwannes Oskwell]]'''
Rey met Oskwell when he was introduced to Chou through Tetsuro. Oskwell is Chou’s soon-to-be husband, and also has become a close friend of Rey’s. He goes to great lengths to protect Chou, which Rey hopes Tetsuro will protect Rey in the same way. While Rey still has many things to learn from Oskwell, he is confident in their ability to become fast friends and even adventurers in the future. Rey has also promised Chou that he will protect Oskwell as Oskwell tends to find himself in some pretty hairy situations.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Aerostein Epitaph]]'''
Rey would have a brief run in with this man at the Quicksand when he was about to leave with Tetsuro to grab a bite to eat. He got the feeling that Aerostein had romantic feelings for Tetsuro, as he seemed very apprehensive to get to know Rey. Rey is unsure about his feelings towards this man as he doesn’t know him very well, but perhaps he could become a friend in the future.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> '''[[Keiji Shigeru]]'''
Rey would meet Keiji during the night of Tetsuro’s ceremony, honoring his passed family. He doesn’t know much about Keiji, but he knows that Tetsuro cares for him very much. Hopefully in the coming times, Rey will get to know more of Tetsuro’s pseudo-family and fellow Domans.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> '''Daiki Hayashi'''
Rey would also meet Daiki the night of the lantern ceremony. While Daiki seemed very distant to Rey, Rey knew that Daiki was a trusted individual and would want to know more about Daiki from Tetsuro.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Tidbits</div>===
Here are some small bits of information about Rey.

: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey has become quite proficient in some tradeskills, but constantly strives to become better.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey constantly tries to defuse tense situations and tries to make friends with everyone, despite some people just not wanting to be friends or rejecting his notions of peace.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey is a very skilled piano player, while his harp skills could use some work. He is also working on his singing next.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Despite not liking most Miqo’te’s and only being attracted to midlanders or highlanders, he finds that male Miqo’te’s tend to be very attracted to him for some reason.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> He tries not to be taken advantage of, even though he can be easily manipulated in an emotional state.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Soundtrack</div>===
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvKcqTO2-mY TPR – The Extreme] (Rey’s piano piece of the emotional state of despair)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsAZB3Afa9c TPR – Flowers Blooming in the Church] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This tune denotes when he feels at peace)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYLU13g195s TPR - Jenova] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This tune denotes anxiety and worry)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9NmrrOFiAk KOKIA – Daiji na Mono wa Mabuta no Ura] (The feeling of sacrifice within Rey)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYwOfo8FN8E Halo 2 Soundtrack – Heavy Price Paid] (When Rey experiences a loss)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPGSp-wgZPY John Dreamer – True Strength] (when Rey presses on, even in the most dire of circumstances)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX0YRBi1-b0 Skrux – Hidden ft. Mona Moua] (Rey wandering in the forest, hearing the whispers of souls past)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4ZPHtzmvCE Resident Evil CODE: Veronica – A moment of relief] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This is what he plays when he winds down from a rough day)

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Template originally made by [[Bancroft Gairn]], modified by [[Tetsuro Akashi]], coding taken from [[Seiko Mamushi]] with modifications

Rey Hopebringer

2015-02-28T06:13:42Z

Cedric: /* Basic Information */

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| Gender = Male
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| citizenship = Region of Gridania
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| stat_1_value = 23
| stat_2 = Height & Weight
| stat_2_value = 6 fulms 1 ilms, 170 ponz
| stat_3 = Orientation
| stat_3_value = Homosexual
| stat_4 = Occupation
| stat_4_value = Healer, rising merchant
| stat_5 = Nameday
| stat_5_value = 19th Sun of the 2nd Umbral Moon, 1556 Sixth Astral Era
| stat_6 = Server
| stat_6_value = Balmung
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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Basic Information</div>===
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::<i>“White magic, the arcane art of succor, was conceived eras past that the world might know comfort. Alas, man began perverting its powers for self-gain, and by his wickedness brought about the Sixth Umbral catastrophe. Although the art subsequently became forbidden, it is now in the midst of a revival at the hands of the Padjal, chosen of the elementals.Those who would walk the path of the white mage are healers without peer, possessed of the power to deliver comrades from the direst of afflictions—even the icy grip of death itself.”</i>

A soft-spoken midlander with the constant need to protect those around him. Hailing from the far reaches of The Shroud, Rey has answered his life calling of caring for adventurers and ensuring the survival of his comrades. He journeys throughout Eorzea, offering his power of conjury and recovery to those needing aide.

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<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''LIKES''</center></div></h3>
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Plum wine
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Forest of Gridania
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Triple Triad
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF ;" size="3">■</font> Studying ancient books
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Healing magic
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Elements of Hydaelyn, especially water
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Helping others
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Midlanders and Highlanders

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''DISLIKES''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Dishonesty
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Rudeness
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Garleans
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Inability to hold melee weapons correctly
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Those who hurt his friends
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Political distraught
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Most Miqo’te’s

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''TRAITS''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Loyal
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Caring
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Selfless
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Humble
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Somewhat clumsy
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Can be stubborn

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''OTHER''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Alignment: Lawful Good
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Food: Baguettes
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink: Plum wine
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Color: White

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Family</div>===

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Michael Hopebringer - father (deceased)
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Deborah Hopebringer - mother
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Matthew Hopebringer - elder brother (lost at sea)

The Hopebringer family was known for being major contributors of the village that they hailed from. They learned to give and take from the land, which enabled them to provide for their townsfolk. Michael Hopebringer was a merchant while he was alive, a skill that Rey is continually learning despite his father having been passed for several years now. Rey’s mother is still alive, however Rey does not visit her much due to his being busy assisting Eorzea in its troubled times. Rey was very close to his elder brother, Matthew. However, Matthew went on a sailing mission for his village and never returned. Rey owns a keepsake from his brother, a feather that is said to come from a very rare bird that is a distant cousin to the Phoenix.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Appearance</div>===

Taller than the average midlander at 6 fulms 1 ilms, Rey is considered a little strange for a midlander Hyur. He is quite taller than his counterparts. His build is considered to be skinny yet chiseled. While healers are usually smaller and more frail, this is not the case for Rey. These attributes are from his constant travels, along with his gathering skills. He is also quite tan from working out in the field every now and then. Weighing in at 170 ponz, his physique is quite apparent through his usually tight clothing.

He has platinum blonde hair, almost bordering on appearing white in color. His eyes are a mysterious shade of very light blue, also almost appearing solid white in color. None of his other family has these attributes, and his mother strongly believes that Rey was touched by some sort of Holy magic which permanently altered his hair and eye color while he was very young.

His clothing is usually very plain. Most of the time, he can be seen wearing a white, athletic sleeveless shirt for easy movement and good exposure to the sun. Rey is quite keen to warmth and enjoys it very much as he is invigorated by it. He also can be seen wearing white shorts with white thighboots. He almost never wears fancy armor, as fancy armor seems to get in the way of his agility when he needs to get out of a sticky situation. His affinity for the color white is also strong evidence that some sort of Holy magic has influenced more than his physical features.

His only accessories are a metal shackle on his right wrist with the embroidery of a Garlean prison, along with a metal choker with the number “182371” inscribed onto it. These “accessories” are remnants of a time that Rey was captured by Garleans while working out in the field and being hauled off to one of their prisoner camps.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Personality</div>===

Rey strives to be one of the most selfless people on the realm. He is usually quiet around newfound adventurers or friends, but once he feels comfortable, his humble behavior turns into that of a loyal protector. He is quick to throw himself into any dangerous situation to save his friends or assist in any way, even if the cost was his own life. Rey has a bad habit of sweating the “small things” and being a bit of a worrier. He is constantly afraid that he will fail his life mission as a protector or his friends.

Rey is considered very friendly, unless you give him a reason not to be. He loathes dishonest or rude people, especially unwelcoming adventurers or those who have no care for others. He is easy enough to get along with, especially after a drink or two. He is prone to find himself in embarrassing situations, but has the innate ability to laugh at himself which tends to serve him well in larger groups. He isn’t much one to flirt, but if he does find someone attractive, he may make subtle hints that he would expect the other to pick up on. Whether or not that is considered “flirty”, he doesn’t know.

Although he has devoted his life to the mending of others, Rey has trouble mending emotional scars within his own persona. The death of his father and the loss of his brother have taken quite a toll on him, and each life failure makes him feel like he has failed them both constantly. Rey can get emotional at times, but only if he feels very strongly about something or someone. He tries his best not to let emotions get in the way of his duty as a healer, but he often finds himself grouped with his friends so his emotions often drive him to make sure he succeeds at any task.

He isn’t one to push people away unless he needs to separate himself for thought or time alone. He tries to surround himself with as many friends as he can, and wants to avoid any kind of conflict, if possible. If a situation arises when two friends are mad at each other or someone needs to find another, Rey is almost always the first to volunteer himself for assistance. His defense mechanism is usually that of hiding his true feelings, only to spill them out later. He is trying his best to change that, but it is a habit that he has had since childhood.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Biography</div>===

Born and raised in the far reaches of The Shroud, Rey lived in the small village of Palatka. The son of a merchant and alchemist, he quickly learned the value of hard work. He worked many suns out in his family’s fields, growing and harvesting many crops to help sustain his small and secluded village. At the age of 10, he would begin communicating with the forest. He would hear echoes and whispers from various parts of the forest when he would be traveling with family or playing with the other children. He dismissed it at first since he was but a child, but as he grew older, the whispers and echoes became much more apparent to him.

At the age of 14, he finally revealed what he had been hearing throughout the different regions of Gridania. His mother had read ancient literature on the subject, suspecting that her son had been different due to his hair and eye color. She sent him to the city-state of New Gridania under the supervision of a traveling caravan to be taken in by the Conjurer’s Guild. The Conjurer’s Guild would take them under his wing, teaching him advanced techniques of conjury and mastery of the elements of earth and water. During his training, he would constantly find himself in a trance while in the forest. Members of the Conjurer’s Guild would take note of this and alerted the Guild Master, which prompted them to label Rey as a possessor of “The Echo.”

At age 17, Rey finally received a break from his training and was allowed to travel home to see his family. During his solo travel, he was abducted by a traveling band of Garleans that had been sent to scout the lands. They captured Rey and brought him back to one of their camps, where they latched an unbreakable shackle onto his wrist and wrapped his neck with a choker labeled with his identification number. He would not be at this camp for long, perhaps for about a month or so. The Garleans would learn of Rey’s power and try to manipulate and twist it for their own purposes of camp expansion. Their location would soon be discovered by an army regimen of Gridania, being sent out on patrolling missions having learned that the Garleans were looking into moving into their lands.

When Rey turned 21, the Conjurer’s Guild decided to advance Rey to the highest training available within the guild and assume the role of the White Mage. As Rey became more attuned to the soul of the White Mage, he found that he would hear the forest whisper and echoes becoming stronger and understandable. He discovered that these whispers were the ones of White Mages past, letting him know for years that this path was his fate and he was destined to protect and heal others. He had finally understood what he was meant to do on Eorzea, and vowed to himself to be a protector of all citizens on Hyaelyn. However, as of recent, the forest whispers have become stranger, telling him stories that he wouldn’t quite understand and lead him to places that would seemingly be empty, but only time will tell where the whispers of the forest will take him next…

During his travels, Rey would pick up various crafting and gathering skills that would allow him to further service the citizens of Eorzea. While these professional skills were constantly being improved and refined, he would also pick up the skills and abilities of other magical aether, trying to understand all aspects of magical abilities in the world of Hydaelyn. These skills include the rival healing abilities of the Scholar and the dark destructive magic of the Black Mage. He never condones the use of Black Magic and tries to avoid it entirely. He still continued to refine his Scholarly abilities since he has mastered the abilities of the White Mage.

Rey is quite versed in playing the musical instruments of the piano and the harp. He practices his piano quite often and plays to himself whenever he gets the change. He believes he can soothe the torment of the forest by playing the piano. He also uses the piano as an outlet for his emotions, especially the burdens of the souls past that he carries with him almost constantly. He generally plays alone and almost never lets anyone hear him play, although the people who have heard him have told him that he is quite skilled at the art.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Rumours</div>===
''Remember that these are rumours. Some may be true while others may not! Feel free to add your own rumours under the Player section!''
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: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "I saw him once conjure a globe of water out of thin air!" - ''random La Noscean citizen''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "He has the tendency to argue with those who disagree with his views." - ''tavern patron''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "This man is so clumsy that he consistently falls down stairs and drops expensive items." - ''shopowner in Gridania''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "I have never seen someone with the heart that he has. He truly cares for those around him." - ''adventurer from Thanalan''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "One of the best White Mages I have ever adventured with. He even saved the group as Death itself closed in all around us!" - ''member of the Adventurer’s Guild''

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div>===
<div style="background: #E5E4E2; margin: 0em 2em; padding: 0.20em; width: 56em;"> <font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic Love    <font style="color:#FFDB58;" size="3">●</font> Family    <font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font> Good Friend    <font style="color:#306EFF;" size="3">●</font> Friend    <font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> Acquainted    <font style="color:#191900;" size="3">●</font> Disliked    <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> Distant<br></div>
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:<font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font><font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font> '''[[Tetsuro Akashi]]'''
Having first met Tetsuro while he was heading out on a leve quest, he would later be approached by the Doman man whose nationality that he did not recognize. He was in a disagreement with a large Roegadyn when Tetsuro approached the conversation. Since that moment, Rey had been curious of the man and constantly intrigued by him. He was initially apprehensive about letting Tetsuro know his preferences of a lover, Tetsuro was nothing but warm and kind as the two grew closer, despite Rey being a blond which Tetsuro was not sure if he liked or not. As time would pass, their relationship would become significantly closer and Rey would find himself very attracted to Tetsuro and would want to pursue a relationship with him. However, Tetsuro is currently away, wandering the land as he figures things out for himself. Rey eagerly awaits the return of Tetsuro in a few days so they can pick up where they left off.
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Seiko Mamushi]]'''
Seiko, known as Chou, is a good friend of Tetsuro that Tetsuro introduced to Rey a few days after their own meeting. Rey and Chou would become close as Rey and Tetsuro’s relationship would intensify. Chou has proven herself to be a good friend to Rey and Rey enjoys her company. She has taken Rey on a tour of her house and she allows him to stay there, if need be. They also attend taverns together as well as randomly meet up in the Quicksand for a quick game of Triple Triad. Rey hopes that they will become the best of friends soon.
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Gwannes Oskwell]]'''
Rey met Oskwell when he was introduced to Chou through Tetsuro. Oskwell is Chou’s soon-to-be husband, and also has become a close friend of Rey’s. He goes to great lengths to protect Chou, which Rey hopes Tetsuro will protect Rey in the same way. While Rey still has many things to learn from Oskwell, he is confident in their ability to become fast friends and even adventurers in the future. Rey has also promised Chou that he will protect Oskwell as Oskwell tends to find himself in some pretty hairy situations.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Aerostein Epitaph]]'''
Rey would have a brief run in with this man at the Quicksand when he was about to leave with Tetsuro to grab a bite to eat. He got the feeling that Aerostein had romantic feelings for Tetsuro, as he seemed very apprehensive to get to know Rey. Rey is unsure about his feelings towards this man as he doesn’t know him very well, but perhaps he could become a friend in the future.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> '''[[Keiji Shigeru]]'''
Rey would meet Keiji during the night of Tetsuro’s ceremony, honoring his passed family. He doesn’t know much about Keiji, but he knows that Tetsuro cares for him very much. Hopefully in the coming times, Rey will get to know more of Tetsuro’s pseudo-family and fellow Domans.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> '''Daiki Hayashi'''
Rey would also meet Daiki the night of the lantern ceremony. While Daiki seemed very distant to Rey, Rey knew that Daiki was a trusted individual and would want to know more about Daiki from Tetsuro.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Tidbits</div>===
Here are some small bits of information about Rey.

: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey has become quite proficient in some tradeskills, but constantly strives to become better.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey constantly tries to defuse tense situations and tries to make friends with everyone, despite some people just not wanting to be friends or rejecting his notions of peace.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey is a very skilled piano player, while his harp skills could use some work. He is also working on his singing next.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Despite not liking most Miqo’te’s and only being attracted to midlanders or highlanders, he finds that male Miqo’te’s tend to be very attracted to him for some reason.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> He tries not to be taken advantage of, even though he can be easily manipulated in an emotional state.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Soundtrack</div>===
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvKcqTO2-mY TPR – The Extreme] (Rey’s piano piece of the emotional state of despair)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsAZB3Afa9c TPR – Flowers Blooming in the Church] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This tune denotes when he feels at peace)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYLU13g195s TPR - Jenova] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This tune denotes anxiety and worry)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9NmrrOFiAk KOKIA – Daiji na Mono wa Mabuta no Ura] (The feeling of sacrifice within Rey)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYwOfo8FN8E Halo 2 Soundtrack – Heavy Price Paid] (When Rey experiences a loss)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPGSp-wgZPY John Dreamer – True Strength] (when Rey presses on, even in the most dire of circumstances)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX0YRBi1-b0 Skrux – Hidden ft. Mona Moua] (Rey wandering in the forest, hearing the whispers of souls past)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4ZPHtzmvCE Resident Evil CODE: Veronica – A moment of relief] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This is what he plays when he winds down from a rough day)

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Miscellaneous</div>===

====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">Credits</div>====
Template originally made by [[Bancroft Gairn]], modified by [[Tetsuro Akashi]], coding taken from [[Seiko Mamushi]] with modifications

Rey Hopebringer

2015-02-28T06:11:14Z

Cedric: indent!

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| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| citizenship = Region of Gridania
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| stat_2 = Height & Weight
| stat_2_value = 6 fulms 1 ilms, 170 ponz
| stat_3 = Orientation
| stat_3_value = Homosexual
| stat_4 = Occupation
| stat_4_value = Healer, rising merchant
| stat_5 = Nameday
| stat_5_value = 19th Sun of the 2nd Umbral Moon, 1556 Sixth Astral Era
| stat_6 = Server
| stat_6_value = Balmung
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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Basic Information</div>===
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:::<i>“White magic, the arcane art of succor, was conceived eras past that the world might know comfort. Alas, man began perverting its powers for self-gain, and by his wickedness brought about the Sixth Umbral catastrophe. Although the art subsequently became forbidden, it is now in the midst of a revival at the hands of the Padjal, chosen of the elementals.Those who would walk the path of the white mage are healers without peer, possessed of the power to deliver comrades from the direst of afflictions—even the icy grip of death itself.”</i>

A soft-spoken midlander with the constant need to protect those around him. Hailing from the far reaches of The Shroud, Rey has answered his life calling of caring for adventurers and ensuring the survival of his comrades. He journeys throughout Eorzea, offering his power of conjury and recovery to those needing aide.

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<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''LIKES''</center></div></h3>
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Plum wine
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Forest of Gridania
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Triple Triad
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF ;" size="3">■</font> Studying ancient books
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Healing magic
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Elements of Hydaelyn, especially water
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Helping others
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Midlanders and Highlanders

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''DISLIKES''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Dishonesty
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Rudeness
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Garleans
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Inability to hold melee weapons correctly
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Those who hurt his friends
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Political distraught
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Most Miqo’te’s

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''TRAITS''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Loyal
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Caring
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Selfless
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Humble
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Somewhat clumsy
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Can be stubborn

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''OTHER''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Alignment: Lawful Good
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Food: Baguettes
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink: Plum wine
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Color: White

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Family</div>===

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Michael Hopebringer - father (deceased)
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Deborah Hopebringer - mother
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Matthew Hopebringer - elder brother (lost at sea)

The Hopebringer family was known for being major contributors of the village that they hailed from. They learned to give and take from the land, which enabled them to provide for their townsfolk. Michael Hopebringer was a merchant while he was alive, a skill that Rey is continually learning despite his father having been passed for several years now. Rey’s mother is still alive, however Rey does not visit her much due to his being busy assisting Eorzea in its troubled times. Rey was very close to his elder brother, Matthew. However, Matthew went on a sailing mission for his village and never returned. Rey owns a keepsake from his brother, a feather that is said to come from a very rare bird that is a distant cousin to the Phoenix.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Appearance</div>===

Taller than the average midlander at 6 fulms 1 ilms, Rey is considered a little strange for a midlander Hyur. He is quite taller than his counterparts. His build is considered to be skinny yet chiseled. While healers are usually smaller and more frail, this is not the case for Rey. These attributes are from his constant travels, along with his gathering skills. He is also quite tan from working out in the field every now and then. Weighing in at 170 ponz, his physique is quite apparent through his usually tight clothing.

He has platinum blonde hair, almost bordering on appearing white in color. His eyes are a mysterious shade of very light blue, also almost appearing solid white in color. None of his other family has these attributes, and his mother strongly believes that Rey was touched by some sort of Holy magic which permanently altered his hair and eye color while he was very young.

His clothing is usually very plain. Most of the time, he can be seen wearing a white, athletic sleeveless shirt for easy movement and good exposure to the sun. Rey is quite keen to warmth and enjoys it very much as he is invigorated by it. He also can be seen wearing white shorts with white thighboots. He almost never wears fancy armor, as fancy armor seems to get in the way of his agility when he needs to get out of a sticky situation. His affinity for the color white is also strong evidence that some sort of Holy magic has influenced more than his physical features.

His only accessories are a metal shackle on his right wrist with the embroidery of a Garlean prison, along with a metal choker with the number “182371” inscribed onto it. These “accessories” are remnants of a time that Rey was captured by Garleans while working out in the field and being hauled off to one of their prisoner camps.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Personality</div>===

Rey strives to be one of the most selfless people on the realm. He is usually quiet around newfound adventurers or friends, but once he feels comfortable, his humble behavior turns into that of a loyal protector. He is quick to throw himself into any dangerous situation to save his friends or assist in any way, even if the cost was his own life. Rey has a bad habit of sweating the “small things” and being a bit of a worrier. He is constantly afraid that he will fail his life mission as a protector or his friends.

Rey is considered very friendly, unless you give him a reason not to be. He loathes dishonest or rude people, especially unwelcoming adventurers or those who have no care for others. He is easy enough to get along with, especially after a drink or two. He is prone to find himself in embarrassing situations, but has the innate ability to laugh at himself which tends to serve him well in larger groups. He isn’t much one to flirt, but if he does find someone attractive, he may make subtle hints that he would expect the other to pick up on. Whether or not that is considered “flirty”, he doesn’t know.

Although he has devoted his life to the mending of others, Rey has trouble mending emotional scars within his own persona. The death of his father and the loss of his brother have taken quite a toll on him, and each life failure makes him feel like he has failed them both constantly. Rey can get emotional at times, but only if he feels very strongly about something or someone. He tries his best not to let emotions get in the way of his duty as a healer, but he often finds himself grouped with his friends so his emotions often drive him to make sure he succeeds at any task.

He isn’t one to push people away unless he needs to separate himself for thought or time alone. He tries to surround himself with as many friends as he can, and wants to avoid any kind of conflict, if possible. If a situation arises when two friends are mad at each other or someone needs to find another, Rey is almost always the first to volunteer himself for assistance. His defense mechanism is usually that of hiding his true feelings, only to spill them out later. He is trying his best to change that, but it is a habit that he has had since childhood.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Biography</div>===

Born and raised in the far reaches of The Shroud, Rey lived in the small village of Palatka. The son of a merchant and alchemist, he quickly learned the value of hard work. He worked many suns out in his family’s fields, growing and harvesting many crops to help sustain his small and secluded village. At the age of 10, he would begin communicating with the forest. He would hear echoes and whispers from various parts of the forest when he would be traveling with family or playing with the other children. He dismissed it at first since he was but a child, but as he grew older, the whispers and echoes became much more apparent to him.

At the age of 14, he finally revealed what he had been hearing throughout the different regions of Gridania. His mother had read ancient literature on the subject, suspecting that her son had been different due to his hair and eye color. She sent him to the city-state of New Gridania under the supervision of a traveling caravan to be taken in by the Conjurer’s Guild. The Conjurer’s Guild would take them under his wing, teaching him advanced techniques of conjury and mastery of the elements of earth and water. During his training, he would constantly find himself in a trance while in the forest. Members of the Conjurer’s Guild would take note of this and alerted the Guild Master, which prompted them to label Rey as a possessor of “The Echo.”

At age 17, Rey finally received a break from his training and was allowed to travel home to see his family. During his solo travel, he was abducted by a traveling band of Garleans that had been sent to scout the lands. They captured Rey and brought him back to one of their camps, where they latched an unbreakable shackle onto his wrist and wrapped his neck with a choker labeled with his identification number. He would not be at this camp for long, perhaps for about a month or so. The Garleans would learn of Rey’s power and try to manipulate and twist it for their own purposes of camp expansion. Their location would soon be discovered by an army regimen of Gridania, being sent out on patrolling missions having learned that the Garleans were looking into moving into their lands.

When Rey turned 21, the Conjurer’s Guild decided to advance Rey to the highest training available within the guild and assume the role of the White Mage. As Rey became more attuned to the soul of the White Mage, he found that he would hear the forest whisper and echoes becoming stronger and understandable. He discovered that these whispers were the ones of White Mages past, letting him know for years that this path was his fate and he was destined to protect and heal others. He had finally understood what he was meant to do on Eorzea, and vowed to himself to be a protector of all citizens on Hyaelyn. However, as of recent, the forest whispers have become stranger, telling him stories that he wouldn’t quite understand and lead him to places that would seemingly be empty, but only time will tell where the whispers of the forest will take him next…

During his travels, Rey would pick up various crafting and gathering skills that would allow him to further service the citizens of Eorzea. While these professional skills were constantly being improved and refined, he would also pick up the skills and abilities of other magical aether, trying to understand all aspects of magical abilities in the world of Hydaelyn. These skills include the rival healing abilities of the Scholar and the dark destructive magic of the Black Mage. He never condones the use of Black Magic and tries to avoid it entirely. He still continued to refine his Scholarly abilities since he has mastered the abilities of the White Mage.

Rey is quite versed in playing the musical instruments of the piano and the harp. He practices his piano quite often and plays to himself whenever he gets the change. He believes he can soothe the torment of the forest by playing the piano. He also uses the piano as an outlet for his emotions, especially the burdens of the souls past that he carries with him almost constantly. He generally plays alone and almost never lets anyone hear him play, although the people who have heard him have told him that he is quite skilled at the art.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Rumours</div>===
''Remember that these are rumours. Some may be true while others may not! Feel free to add your own rumours under the Player section!''
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: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "I saw him once conjure a globe of water out of thin air!" - ''random La Noscean citizen''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "He has the tendency to argue with those who disagree with his views." - ''tavern patron''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "This man is so clumsy that he consistently falls down stairs and drops expensive items." - ''shopowner in Gridania''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "I have never seen someone with the heart that he has. He truly cares for those around him." - ''adventurer from Thanalan''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "One of the best White Mages I have ever adventured with. He even saved the group as Death itself closed in all around us!" - ''member of the Adventurer’s Guild''

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div>===
<div style="background: #E5E4E2; margin: 0em 2em; padding: 0.20em; width: 56em;"> <font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic Love    <font style="color:#FFDB58;" size="3">●</font> Family    <font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font> Good Friend    <font style="color:#306EFF;" size="3">●</font> Friend    <font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> Acquainted    <font style="color:#191900;" size="3">●</font> Disliked    <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> Distant<br></div>
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:<font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font><font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font> '''[[Tetsuro Akashi]]'''
Having first met Tetsuro while he was heading out on a leve quest, he would later be approached by the Doman man whose nationality that he did not recognize. He was in a disagreement with a large Roegadyn when Tetsuro approached the conversation. Since that moment, Rey had been curious of the man and constantly intrigued by him. He was initially apprehensive about letting Tetsuro know his preferences of a lover, Tetsuro was nothing but warm and kind as the two grew closer, despite Rey being a blond which Tetsuro was not sure if he liked or not. As time would pass, their relationship would become significantly closer and Rey would find himself very attracted to Tetsuro and would want to pursue a relationship with him. However, Tetsuro is currently away, wandering the land as he figures things out for himself. Rey eagerly awaits the return of Tetsuro in a few days so they can pick up where they left off.
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Seiko Mamushi]]'''
Seiko, known as Chou, is a good friend of Tetsuro that Tetsuro introduced to Rey a few days after their own meeting. Rey and Chou would become close as Rey and Tetsuro’s relationship would intensify. Chou has proven herself to be a good friend to Rey and Rey enjoys her company. She has taken Rey on a tour of her house and she allows him to stay there, if need be. They also attend taverns together as well as randomly meet up in the Quicksand for a quick game of Triple Triad. Rey hopes that they will become the best of friends soon.
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Gwannes Oskwell]]'''
Rey met Oskwell when he was introduced to Chou through Tetsuro. Oskwell is Chou’s soon-to-be husband, and also has become a close friend of Rey’s. He goes to great lengths to protect Chou, which Rey hopes Tetsuro will protect Rey in the same way. While Rey still has many things to learn from Oskwell, he is confident in their ability to become fast friends and even adventurers in the future. Rey has also promised Chou that he will protect Oskwell as Oskwell tends to find himself in some pretty hairy situations.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Aerostein Epitaph]]'''
Rey would have a brief run in with this man at the Quicksand when he was about to leave with Tetsuro to grab a bite to eat. He got the feeling that Aerostein had romantic feelings for Tetsuro, as he seemed very apprehensive to get to know Rey. Rey is unsure about his feelings towards this man as he doesn’t know him very well, but perhaps he could become a friend in the future.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> '''[[Keiji Shigeru]]'''
Rey would meet Keiji during the night of Tetsuro’s ceremony, honoring his passed family. He doesn’t know much about Keiji, but he knows that Tetsuro cares for him very much. Hopefully in the coming times, Rey will get to know more of Tetsuro’s pseudo-family and fellow Domans.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> '''Daiki Hayashi'''
Rey would also meet Daiki the night of the lantern ceremony. While Daiki seemed very distant to Rey, Rey knew that Daiki was a trusted individual and would want to know more about Daiki from Tetsuro.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Tidbits</div>===
Here are some small bits of information about Rey.

: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey has become quite proficient in some tradeskills, but constantly strives to become better.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey constantly tries to defuse tense situations and tries to make friends with everyone, despite some people just not wanting to be friends or rejecting his notions of peace.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey is a very skilled piano player, while his harp skills could use some work. He is also working on his singing next.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Despite not liking most Miqo’te’s and only being attracted to midlanders or highlanders, he finds that male Miqo’te’s tend to be very attracted to him for some reason.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> He tries not to be taken advantage of, even though he can be easily manipulated in an emotional state.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Soundtrack</div>===
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvKcqTO2-mY TPR – The Extreme] (Rey’s piano piece of the emotional state of despair)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsAZB3Afa9c TPR – Flowers Blooming in the Church] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This tune denotes when he feels at peace)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYLU13g195s TPR - Jenova] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This tune denotes anxiety and worry)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9NmrrOFiAk KOKIA – Daiji na Mono wa Mabuta no Ura] (The feeling of sacrifice within Rey)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYwOfo8FN8E Halo 2 Soundtrack – Heavy Price Paid] (When Rey experiences a loss)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPGSp-wgZPY John Dreamer – True Strength] (when Rey presses on, even in the most dire of circumstances)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX0YRBi1-b0 Skrux – Hidden ft. Mona Moua] (Rey wandering in the forest, hearing the whispers of souls past)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4ZPHtzmvCE Resident Evil CODE: Veronica – A moment of relief] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This is what he plays when he winds down from a rough day)

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Screenshots</div>===

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Miscellaneous</div>===

====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">Credits</div>====
Template originally made by [[Bancroft Gairn]], modified by [[Tetsuro Akashi]], coding taken from [[Seiko Mamushi]] with modifications

Rey Hopebringer

2015-02-28T06:09:36Z

Cedric: /* Basic Information */

{{Infobox-character
| name = <div style="padding:10px 15px; background:#000000;font-size:20px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>Rey Hopebringer</center></div>
| image = ReyHopebringerWiki.jpg
| caption =
| imagewidth = 271x271px
| Gender = Male
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| citizenship = Region of Gridania
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 23
| stat_2 = Height & Weight
| stat_2_value = 6 fulms 1 ilms, 170 ponz
| stat_3 = Orientation
| stat_3_value = Homosexual
| stat_4 = Occupation
| stat_4_value = Healer, rising merchant
| stat_5 = Nameday
| stat_5_value = 19th Sun of the 2nd Umbral Moon, 1556 Sixth Astral Era
| stat_6 = Server
| stat_6_value = Balmung
| stat_7 = Timezone
| stat_7_value = EST
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{{Character-stub}}

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Basic Information</div>===
<table style="position:center;" width="75%">

:          <i>“White magic, the arcane art of succor, was conceived eras past that the world might know comfort. Alas, man began perverting its powers for self-gain, and by his wickedness brought about the Sixth Umbral catastrophe. Although the art subsequently became forbidden, it is now in the midst of a revival at the hands of the Padjal, chosen of the elementals.Those who would walk the path of the white mage are healers without peer, possessed of the power to deliver comrades from the direst of afflictions—even the icy grip of death itself.”</i>

A soft-spoken midlander with the constant need to protect those around him. Hailing from the far reaches of The Shroud, Rey has answered his life calling of caring for adventurers and ensuring the survival of his comrades. He journeys throughout Eorzea, offering his power of conjury and recovery to those needing aide.

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<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''LIKES''</center></div></h3>
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Plum wine
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Forest of Gridania
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Triple Triad
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF ;" size="3">■</font> Studying ancient books
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Healing magic
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Elements of Hydaelyn, especially water
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Helping others
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Midlanders and Highlanders

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''DISLIKES''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Dishonesty
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Rudeness
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Garleans
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Inability to hold melee weapons correctly
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Those who hurt his friends
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Political distraught
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Most Miqo’te’s

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''TRAITS''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Loyal
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Caring
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Selfless
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Humble
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Somewhat clumsy
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Can be stubborn

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''OTHER''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Alignment: Lawful Good
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Food: Baguettes
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink: Plum wine
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Color: White

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Family</div>===

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Michael Hopebringer - father (deceased)
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Deborah Hopebringer - mother
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Matthew Hopebringer - elder brother (lost at sea)

The Hopebringer family was known for being major contributors of the village that they hailed from. They learned to give and take from the land, which enabled them to provide for their townsfolk. Michael Hopebringer was a merchant while he was alive, a skill that Rey is continually learning despite his father having been passed for several years now. Rey’s mother is still alive, however Rey does not visit her much due to his being busy assisting Eorzea in its troubled times. Rey was very close to his elder brother, Matthew. However, Matthew went on a sailing mission for his village and never returned. Rey owns a keepsake from his brother, a feather that is said to come from a very rare bird that is a distant cousin to the Phoenix.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Appearance</div>===

Taller than the average midlander at 6 fulms 1 ilms, Rey is considered a little strange for a midlander Hyur. He is quite taller than his counterparts. His build is considered to be skinny yet chiseled. While healers are usually smaller and more frail, this is not the case for Rey. These attributes are from his constant travels, along with his gathering skills. He is also quite tan from working out in the field every now and then. Weighing in at 170 ponz, his physique is quite apparent through his usually tight clothing.

He has platinum blonde hair, almost bordering on appearing white in color. His eyes are a mysterious shade of very light blue, also almost appearing solid white in color. None of his other family has these attributes, and his mother strongly believes that Rey was touched by some sort of Holy magic which permanently altered his hair and eye color while he was very young.

His clothing is usually very plain. Most of the time, he can be seen wearing a white, athletic sleeveless shirt for easy movement and good exposure to the sun. Rey is quite keen to warmth and enjoys it very much as he is invigorated by it. He also can be seen wearing white shorts with white thighboots. He almost never wears fancy armor, as fancy armor seems to get in the way of his agility when he needs to get out of a sticky situation. His affinity for the color white is also strong evidence that some sort of Holy magic has influenced more than his physical features.

His only accessories are a metal shackle on his right wrist with the embroidery of a Garlean prison, along with a metal choker with the number “182371” inscribed onto it. These “accessories” are remnants of a time that Rey was captured by Garleans while working out in the field and being hauled off to one of their prisoner camps.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Personality</div>===

Rey strives to be one of the most selfless people on the realm. He is usually quiet around newfound adventurers or friends, but once he feels comfortable, his humble behavior turns into that of a loyal protector. He is quick to throw himself into any dangerous situation to save his friends or assist in any way, even if the cost was his own life. Rey has a bad habit of sweating the “small things” and being a bit of a worrier. He is constantly afraid that he will fail his life mission as a protector or his friends.

Rey is considered very friendly, unless you give him a reason not to be. He loathes dishonest or rude people, especially unwelcoming adventurers or those who have no care for others. He is easy enough to get along with, especially after a drink or two. He is prone to find himself in embarrassing situations, but has the innate ability to laugh at himself which tends to serve him well in larger groups. He isn’t much one to flirt, but if he does find someone attractive, he may make subtle hints that he would expect the other to pick up on. Whether or not that is considered “flirty”, he doesn’t know.

Although he has devoted his life to the mending of others, Rey has trouble mending emotional scars within his own persona. The death of his father and the loss of his brother have taken quite a toll on him, and each life failure makes him feel like he has failed them both constantly. Rey can get emotional at times, but only if he feels very strongly about something or someone. He tries his best not to let emotions get in the way of his duty as a healer, but he often finds himself grouped with his friends so his emotions often drive him to make sure he succeeds at any task.

He isn’t one to push people away unless he needs to separate himself for thought or time alone. He tries to surround himself with as many friends as he can, and wants to avoid any kind of conflict, if possible. If a situation arises when two friends are mad at each other or someone needs to find another, Rey is almost always the first to volunteer himself for assistance. His defense mechanism is usually that of hiding his true feelings, only to spill them out later. He is trying his best to change that, but it is a habit that he has had since childhood.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Biography</div>===

Born and raised in the far reaches of The Shroud, Rey lived in the small village of Palatka. The son of a merchant and alchemist, he quickly learned the value of hard work. He worked many suns out in his family’s fields, growing and harvesting many crops to help sustain his small and secluded village. At the age of 10, he would begin communicating with the forest. He would hear echoes and whispers from various parts of the forest when he would be traveling with family or playing with the other children. He dismissed it at first since he was but a child, but as he grew older, the whispers and echoes became much more apparent to him.

At the age of 14, he finally revealed what he had been hearing throughout the different regions of Gridania. His mother had read ancient literature on the subject, suspecting that her son had been different due to his hair and eye color. She sent him to the city-state of New Gridania under the supervision of a traveling caravan to be taken in by the Conjurer’s Guild. The Conjurer’s Guild would take them under his wing, teaching him advanced techniques of conjury and mastery of the elements of earth and water. During his training, he would constantly find himself in a trance while in the forest. Members of the Conjurer’s Guild would take note of this and alerted the Guild Master, which prompted them to label Rey as a possessor of “The Echo.”

At age 17, Rey finally received a break from his training and was allowed to travel home to see his family. During his solo travel, he was abducted by a traveling band of Garleans that had been sent to scout the lands. They captured Rey and brought him back to one of their camps, where they latched an unbreakable shackle onto his wrist and wrapped his neck with a choker labeled with his identification number. He would not be at this camp for long, perhaps for about a month or so. The Garleans would learn of Rey’s power and try to manipulate and twist it for their own purposes of camp expansion. Their location would soon be discovered by an army regimen of Gridania, being sent out on patrolling missions having learned that the Garleans were looking into moving into their lands.

When Rey turned 21, the Conjurer’s Guild decided to advance Rey to the highest training available within the guild and assume the role of the White Mage. As Rey became more attuned to the soul of the White Mage, he found that he would hear the forest whisper and echoes becoming stronger and understandable. He discovered that these whispers were the ones of White Mages past, letting him know for years that this path was his fate and he was destined to protect and heal others. He had finally understood what he was meant to do on Eorzea, and vowed to himself to be a protector of all citizens on Hyaelyn. However, as of recent, the forest whispers have become stranger, telling him stories that he wouldn’t quite understand and lead him to places that would seemingly be empty, but only time will tell where the whispers of the forest will take him next…

During his travels, Rey would pick up various crafting and gathering skills that would allow him to further service the citizens of Eorzea. While these professional skills were constantly being improved and refined, he would also pick up the skills and abilities of other magical aether, trying to understand all aspects of magical abilities in the world of Hydaelyn. These skills include the rival healing abilities of the Scholar and the dark destructive magic of the Black Mage. He never condones the use of Black Magic and tries to avoid it entirely. He still continued to refine his Scholarly abilities since he has mastered the abilities of the White Mage.

Rey is quite versed in playing the musical instruments of the piano and the harp. He practices his piano quite often and plays to himself whenever he gets the change. He believes he can soothe the torment of the forest by playing the piano. He also uses the piano as an outlet for his emotions, especially the burdens of the souls past that he carries with him almost constantly. He generally plays alone and almost never lets anyone hear him play, although the people who have heard him have told him that he is quite skilled at the art.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Rumours</div>===
''Remember that these are rumours. Some may be true while others may not! Feel free to add your own rumours under the Player section!''
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====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">NPC Rumours</div>====

: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "I saw him once conjure a globe of water out of thin air!" - ''random La Noscean citizen''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "He has the tendency to argue with those who disagree with his views." - ''tavern patron''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "This man is so clumsy that he consistently falls down stairs and drops expensive items." - ''shopowner in Gridania''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "I have never seen someone with the heart that he has. He truly cares for those around him." - ''adventurer from Thanalan''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "One of the best White Mages I have ever adventured with. He even saved the group as Death itself closed in all around us!" - ''member of the Adventurer’s Guild''

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div>===
<div style="background: #E5E4E2; margin: 0em 2em; padding: 0.20em; width: 56em;"> <font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic Love    <font style="color:#FFDB58;" size="3">●</font> Family    <font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font> Good Friend    <font style="color:#306EFF;" size="3">●</font> Friend    <font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> Acquainted    <font style="color:#191900;" size="3">●</font> Disliked    <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> Distant<br></div>
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:<font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font><font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font> '''[[Tetsuro Akashi]]'''
Having first met Tetsuro while he was heading out on a leve quest, he would later be approached by the Doman man whose nationality that he did not recognize. He was in a disagreement with a large Roegadyn when Tetsuro approached the conversation. Since that moment, Rey had been curious of the man and constantly intrigued by him. He was initially apprehensive about letting Tetsuro know his preferences of a lover, Tetsuro was nothing but warm and kind as the two grew closer, despite Rey being a blond which Tetsuro was not sure if he liked or not. As time would pass, their relationship would become significantly closer and Rey would find himself very attracted to Tetsuro and would want to pursue a relationship with him. However, Tetsuro is currently away, wandering the land as he figures things out for himself. Rey eagerly awaits the return of Tetsuro in a few days so they can pick up where they left off.
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Seiko Mamushi]]'''
Seiko, known as Chou, is a good friend of Tetsuro that Tetsuro introduced to Rey a few days after their own meeting. Rey and Chou would become close as Rey and Tetsuro’s relationship would intensify. Chou has proven herself to be a good friend to Rey and Rey enjoys her company. She has taken Rey on a tour of her house and she allows him to stay there, if need be. They also attend taverns together as well as randomly meet up in the Quicksand for a quick game of Triple Triad. Rey hopes that they will become the best of friends soon.
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Gwannes Oskwell]]'''
Rey met Oskwell when he was introduced to Chou through Tetsuro. Oskwell is Chou’s soon-to-be husband, and also has become a close friend of Rey’s. He goes to great lengths to protect Chou, which Rey hopes Tetsuro will protect Rey in the same way. While Rey still has many things to learn from Oskwell, he is confident in their ability to become fast friends and even adventurers in the future. Rey has also promised Chou that he will protect Oskwell as Oskwell tends to find himself in some pretty hairy situations.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Aerostein Epitaph]]'''
Rey would have a brief run in with this man at the Quicksand when he was about to leave with Tetsuro to grab a bite to eat. He got the feeling that Aerostein had romantic feelings for Tetsuro, as he seemed very apprehensive to get to know Rey. Rey is unsure about his feelings towards this man as he doesn’t know him very well, but perhaps he could become a friend in the future.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> '''[[Keiji Shigeru]]'''
Rey would meet Keiji during the night of Tetsuro’s ceremony, honoring his passed family. He doesn’t know much about Keiji, but he knows that Tetsuro cares for him very much. Hopefully in the coming times, Rey will get to know more of Tetsuro’s pseudo-family and fellow Domans.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> '''Daiki Hayashi'''
Rey would also meet Daiki the night of the lantern ceremony. While Daiki seemed very distant to Rey, Rey knew that Daiki was a trusted individual and would want to know more about Daiki from Tetsuro.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Tidbits</div>===
Here are some small bits of information about Rey.

: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey has become quite proficient in some tradeskills, but constantly strives to become better.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey constantly tries to defuse tense situations and tries to make friends with everyone, despite some people just not wanting to be friends or rejecting his notions of peace.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey is a very skilled piano player, while his harp skills could use some work. He is also working on his singing next.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Despite not liking most Miqo’te’s and only being attracted to midlanders or highlanders, he finds that male Miqo’te’s tend to be very attracted to him for some reason.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> He tries not to be taken advantage of, even though he can be easily manipulated in an emotional state.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Soundtrack</div>===
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvKcqTO2-mY TPR – The Extreme] (Rey’s piano piece of the emotional state of despair)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsAZB3Afa9c TPR – Flowers Blooming in the Church] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This tune denotes when he feels at peace)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYLU13g195s TPR - Jenova] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This tune denotes anxiety and worry)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9NmrrOFiAk KOKIA – Daiji na Mono wa Mabuta no Ura] (The feeling of sacrifice within Rey)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYwOfo8FN8E Halo 2 Soundtrack – Heavy Price Paid] (When Rey experiences a loss)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPGSp-wgZPY John Dreamer – True Strength] (when Rey presses on, even in the most dire of circumstances)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX0YRBi1-b0 Skrux – Hidden ft. Mona Moua] (Rey wandering in the forest, hearing the whispers of souls past)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4ZPHtzmvCE Resident Evil CODE: Veronica – A moment of relief] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This is what he plays when he winds down from a rough day)

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Screenshots</div>===

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Miscellaneous</div>===

====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">Credits</div>====
Template originally made by [[Bancroft Gairn]], modified by [[Tetsuro Akashi]], coding taken from [[Seiko Mamushi]] with modifications

Rey Hopebringer

2015-02-28T05:55:07Z

Cedric: tweaking some thing for this newb :D

{{Infobox-character
| name = <div style="padding:10px 15px; background:#000000;font-size:20px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>Rey Hopebringer</center></div>
| image = ReyHopebringerWiki.jpg
| caption =
| imagewidth = 271x271px
| Gender = Male
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| citizenship = Region of Gridania
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 23
| stat_2 = Height & Weight
| stat_2_value = 6 fulms 1 ilms, 170 ponz
| stat_3 = Orientation
| stat_3_value = Homosexual
| stat_4 = Occupation
| stat_4_value = Healer, rising merchant
| stat_5 = Nameday
| stat_5_value = 19th Sun of the 2nd Umbral Moon, 1556 Sixth Astral Era
| stat_6 = Server
| stat_6_value = Balmung
| stat_7 = Timezone
| stat_7_value = EST
}}
{{Character-stub}}

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Basic Information</div>===
<table style="position:center;" width="75%">

:<center><i>“White magic, the arcane art of succor, was conceived eras past that the world might know comfort. Alas, man began perverting its powers for self-gain, and by his wickedness brought about the Sixth Umbral catastrophe. Although the art subsequently became forbidden, it is now in the midst of a revival at the hands of the Padjal, chosen of the elementals.Those who would walk the path of the white mage are healers without peer, possessed of the power to deliver comrades from the direst of afflictions—even the icy grip of death itself.”</i></center>

A soft-spoken midlander with the constant need to protect those around him. Hailing from the far reaches of The Shroud, Rey has answered his life calling of caring for adventurers and ensuring the survival of his comrades. He journeys throughout Eorzea, offering his power of conjury and recovery to those needing aide.

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<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3>
<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''LIKES''</center></div></h3>
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Plum wine
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Forest of Gridania
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Triple Triad
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF ;" size="3">■</font> Studying ancient books
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Healing magic
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Elements of Hydaelyn, especially water
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Helping others
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Midlanders and Highlanders

<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3><span class="mw-headline">
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''DISLIKES''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Dishonesty
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Rudeness
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Garleans
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Inability to hold melee weapons correctly
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Those who hurt his friends
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Political distraught
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Most Miqo’te’s

<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3><span class="mw-headline">
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''TRAITS''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Loyal
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Caring
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Selfless
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Humble
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Somewhat clumsy
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Can be stubborn

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;"><center>''OTHER''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Alignment: Lawful Good
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Food: Baguettes
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink: Plum wine
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Color: White

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Family</div>===

: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Michael Hopebringer - father (deceased)
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Deborah Hopebringer - mother
: <font style="color:# FFFFFF;" size="3">■</font> Matthew Hopebringer - elder brother (lost at sea)

The Hopebringer family was known for being major contributors of the village that they hailed from. They learned to give and take from the land, which enabled them to provide for their townsfolk. Michael Hopebringer was a merchant while he was alive, a skill that Rey is continually learning despite his father having been passed for several years now. Rey’s mother is still alive, however Rey does not visit her much due to his being busy assisting Eorzea in its troubled times. Rey was very close to his elder brother, Matthew. However, Matthew went on a sailing mission for his village and never returned. Rey owns a keepsake from his brother, a feather that is said to come from a very rare bird that is a distant cousin to the Phoenix.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Appearance</div>===

Taller than the average midlander at 6 fulms 1 ilms, Rey is considered a little strange for a midlander Hyur. He is quite taller than his counterparts. His build is considered to be skinny yet chiseled. While healers are usually smaller and more frail, this is not the case for Rey. These attributes are from his constant travels, along with his gathering skills. He is also quite tan from working out in the field every now and then. Weighing in at 170 ponz, his physique is quite apparent through his usually tight clothing.

He has platinum blonde hair, almost bordering on appearing white in color. His eyes are a mysterious shade of very light blue, also almost appearing solid white in color. None of his other family has these attributes, and his mother strongly believes that Rey was touched by some sort of Holy magic which permanently altered his hair and eye color while he was very young.

His clothing is usually very plain. Most of the time, he can be seen wearing a white, athletic sleeveless shirt for easy movement and good exposure to the sun. Rey is quite keen to warmth and enjoys it very much as he is invigorated by it. He also can be seen wearing white shorts with white thighboots. He almost never wears fancy armor, as fancy armor seems to get in the way of his agility when he needs to get out of a sticky situation. His affinity for the color white is also strong evidence that some sort of Holy magic has influenced more than his physical features.

His only accessories are a metal shackle on his right wrist with the embroidery of a Garlean prison, along with a metal choker with the number “182371” inscribed onto it. These “accessories” are remnants of a time that Rey was captured by Garleans while working out in the field and being hauled off to one of their prisoner camps.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Personality</div>===

Rey strives to be one of the most selfless people on the realm. He is usually quiet around newfound adventurers or friends, but once he feels comfortable, his humble behavior turns into that of a loyal protector. He is quick to throw himself into any dangerous situation to save his friends or assist in any way, even if the cost was his own life. Rey has a bad habit of sweating the “small things” and being a bit of a worrier. He is constantly afraid that he will fail his life mission as a protector or his friends.

Rey is considered very friendly, unless you give him a reason not to be. He loathes dishonest or rude people, especially unwelcoming adventurers or those who have no care for others. He is easy enough to get along with, especially after a drink or two. He is prone to find himself in embarrassing situations, but has the innate ability to laugh at himself which tends to serve him well in larger groups. He isn’t much one to flirt, but if he does find someone attractive, he may make subtle hints that he would expect the other to pick up on. Whether or not that is considered “flirty”, he doesn’t know.

Although he has devoted his life to the mending of others, Rey has trouble mending emotional scars within his own persona. The death of his father and the loss of his brother have taken quite a toll on him, and each life failure makes him feel like he has failed them both constantly. Rey can get emotional at times, but only if he feels very strongly about something or someone. He tries his best not to let emotions get in the way of his duty as a healer, but he often finds himself grouped with his friends so his emotions often drive him to make sure he succeeds at any task.

He isn’t one to push people away unless he needs to separate himself for thought or time alone. He tries to surround himself with as many friends as he can, and wants to avoid any kind of conflict, if possible. If a situation arises when two friends are mad at each other or someone needs to find another, Rey is almost always the first to volunteer himself for assistance. His defense mechanism is usually that of hiding his true feelings, only to spill them out later. He is trying his best to change that, but it is a habit that he has had since childhood.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Biography</div>===

Born and raised in the far reaches of The Shroud, Rey lived in the small village of Palatka. The son of a merchant and alchemist, he quickly learned the value of hard work. He worked many suns out in his family’s fields, growing and harvesting many crops to help sustain his small and secluded village. At the age of 10, he would begin communicating with the forest. He would hear echoes and whispers from various parts of the forest when he would be traveling with family or playing with the other children. He dismissed it at first since he was but a child, but as he grew older, the whispers and echoes became much more apparent to him.

At the age of 14, he finally revealed what he had been hearing throughout the different regions of Gridania. His mother had read ancient literature on the subject, suspecting that her son had been different due to his hair and eye color. She sent him to the city-state of New Gridania under the supervision of a traveling caravan to be taken in by the Conjurer’s Guild. The Conjurer’s Guild would take them under his wing, teaching him advanced techniques of conjury and mastery of the elements of earth and water. During his training, he would constantly find himself in a trance while in the forest. Members of the Conjurer’s Guild would take note of this and alerted the Guild Master, which prompted them to label Rey as a possessor of “The Echo.”

At age 17, Rey finally received a break from his training and was allowed to travel home to see his family. During his solo travel, he was abducted by a traveling band of Garleans that had been sent to scout the lands. They captured Rey and brought him back to one of their camps, where they latched an unbreakable shackle onto his wrist and wrapped his neck with a choker labeled with his identification number. He would not be at this camp for long, perhaps for about a month or so. The Garleans would learn of Rey’s power and try to manipulate and twist it for their own purposes of camp expansion. Their location would soon be discovered by an army regimen of Gridania, being sent out on patrolling missions having learned that the Garleans were looking into moving into their lands.

When Rey turned 21, the Conjurer’s Guild decided to advance Rey to the highest training available within the guild and assume the role of the White Mage. As Rey became more attuned to the soul of the White Mage, he found that he would hear the forest whisper and echoes becoming stronger and understandable. He discovered that these whispers were the ones of White Mages past, letting him know for years that this path was his fate and he was destined to protect and heal others. He had finally understood what he was meant to do on Eorzea, and vowed to himself to be a protector of all citizens on Hyaelyn. However, as of recent, the forest whispers have become stranger, telling him stories that he wouldn’t quite understand and lead him to places that would seemingly be empty, but only time will tell where the whispers of the forest will take him next…

During his travels, Rey would pick up various crafting and gathering skills that would allow him to further service the citizens of Eorzea. While these professional skills were constantly being improved and refined, he would also pick up the skills and abilities of other magical aether, trying to understand all aspects of magical abilities in the world of Hydaelyn. These skills include the rival healing abilities of the Scholar and the dark destructive magic of the Black Mage. He never condones the use of Black Magic and tries to avoid it entirely. He still continued to refine his Scholarly abilities since he has mastered the abilities of the White Mage.

Rey is quite versed in playing the musical instruments of the piano and the harp. He practices his piano quite often and plays to himself whenever he gets the change. He believes he can soothe the torment of the forest by playing the piano. He also uses the piano as an outlet for his emotions, especially the burdens of the souls past that he carries with him almost constantly. He generally plays alone and almost never lets anyone hear him play, although the people who have heard him have told him that he is quite skilled at the art.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Rumours</div>===
''Remember that these are rumours. Some may be true while others may not! Feel free to add your own rumours under the Player section!''
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====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">NPC Rumours</div>====

: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "I saw him once conjure a globe of water out of thin air!" - ''random La Noscean citizen''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "He has the tendency to argue with those who disagree with his views." - ''tavern patron''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "This man is so clumsy that he consistently falls down stairs and drops expensive items." - ''shopowner in Gridania''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "I have never seen someone with the heart that he has. He truly cares for those around him." - ''adventurer from Thanalan''
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> "One of the best White Mages I have ever adventured with. He even saved the group as Death itself closed in all around us!" - ''member of the Adventurer’s Guild''

====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">Player Rumours</div>====
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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Relationships</div>===
<div style="background: #E5E4E2; margin: 0em 2em; padding: 0.20em; width: 56em;"> <font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic Love    <font style="color:#FFDB58;" size="3">●</font> Family    <font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font> Good Friend    <font style="color:#306EFF;" size="3">●</font> Friend    <font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> Acquainted    <font style="color:#191900;" size="3">●</font> Disliked    <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> Distant<br></div>
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:<font style="color:#FF0000;" size="3">♥</font><font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font> '''[[Tetsuro Akashi]]'''
Having first met Tetsuro while he was heading out on a leve quest, he would later be approached by the Doman man whose nationality that he did not recognize. He was in a disagreement with a large Roegadyn when Tetsuro approached the conversation. Since that moment, Rey had been curious of the man and constantly intrigued by him. He was initially apprehensive about letting Tetsuro know his preferences of a lover, Tetsuro was nothing but warm and kind as the two grew closer, despite Rey being a blond which Tetsuro was not sure if he liked or not. As time would pass, their relationship would become significantly closer and Rey would find himself very attracted to Tetsuro and would want to pursue a relationship with him. However, Tetsuro is currently away, wandering the land as he figures things out for himself. Rey eagerly awaits the return of Tetsuro in a few days so they can pick up where they left off.
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Seiko Mamushi]]'''
Seiko, known as Chou, is a good friend of Tetsuro that Tetsuro introduced to Rey a few days after their own meeting. Rey and Chou would become close as Rey and Tetsuro’s relationship would intensify. Chou has proven herself to be a good friend to Rey and Rey enjoys her company. She has taken Rey on a tour of her house and she allows him to stay there, if need be. They also attend taverns together as well as randomly meet up in the Quicksand for a quick game of Triple Triad. Rey hopes that they will become the best of friends soon.
:<font style="color:#66CD00;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Gwannes Oskwell]]'''
Rey met Oskwell when he was introduced to Chou through Tetsuro. Oskwell is Chou’s soon-to-be husband, and also has become a close friend of Rey’s. He goes to great lengths to protect Chou, which Rey hopes Tetsuro will protect Rey in the same way. While Rey still has many things to learn from Oskwell, he is confident in their ability to become fast friends and even adventurers in the future. Rey has also promised Chou that he will protect Oskwell as Oskwell tends to find himself in some pretty hairy situations.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font>'''[[Aerostein Epitaph]]'''
Rey would have a brief run in with this man at the Quicksand when he was about to leave with Tetsuro to grab a bite to eat. He got the feeling that Aerostein had romantic feelings for Tetsuro, as he seemed very apprehensive to get to know Rey. Rey is unsure about his feelings towards this man as he doesn’t know him very well, but perhaps he could become a friend in the future.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> '''[[Keiji Shigeru]]'''
Rey would meet Keiji during the night of Tetsuro’s ceremony, honoring his passed family. He doesn’t know much about Keiji, but he knows that Tetsuro cares for him very much. Hopefully in the coming times, Rey will get to know more of Tetsuro’s pseudo-family and fellow Domans.
:<font style="color:#A74AC7;" size="3">●</font> '''Daiki Hayashi'''
Rey would also meet Daiki the night of the lantern ceremony. While Daiki seemed very distant to Rey, Rey knew that Daiki was a trusted individual and would want to know more about Daiki from Tetsuro.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Tidbits</div>===
Here are some small bits of information about Rey.

: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey has become quite proficient in some tradeskills, but constantly strives to become better.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey constantly tries to defuse tense situations and tries to make friends with everyone, despite some people just not wanting to be friends or rejecting his notions of peace.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rey is a very skilled piano player, while his harp skills could use some work. He is also working on his singing next.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Despite not liking most Miqo’te’s and only being attracted to midlanders or highlanders, he finds that male Miqo’te’s tend to be very attracted to him for some reason.
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> He tries not to be taken advantage of, even though he can be easily manipulated in an emotional state.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Soundtrack</div>===
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvKcqTO2-mY TPR – The Extreme] (Rey’s piano piece of the emotional state of despair)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsAZB3Afa9c TPR – Flowers Blooming in the Church] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This tune denotes when he feels at peace)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYLU13g195s TPR - Jenova] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This tune denotes anxiety and worry)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9NmrrOFiAk KOKIA – Daiji na Mono wa Mabuta no Ura] (The feeling of sacrifice within Rey)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYwOfo8FN8E Halo 2 Soundtrack – Heavy Price Paid] (When Rey experiences a loss)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPGSp-wgZPY John Dreamer – True Strength] (when Rey presses on, even in the most dire of circumstances)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX0YRBi1-b0 Skrux – Hidden ft. Mona Moua] (Rey wandering in the forest, hearing the whispers of souls past)
: <font style="color:#000000" size="3">■</font> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4ZPHtzmvCE Resident Evil CODE: Veronica – A moment of relief] (Another of Rey’s piano pieces. This is what he plays when he winds down from a rough day)

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Screenshots</div>===

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #000000;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">Miscellaneous</div>===

====<div style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0em 1em;">Credits</div>====
Template originally made by [[Bancroft Gairn]], modified by [[Tetsuro Akashi]], coding taken from [[Seiko Mamushi]] with modifications

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2015-02-27T06:59:57Z

Cedric:

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2015-02-05T11:51:02Z

Cedric:

Kurt Steel

2015-01-30T00:38:25Z

Cedric: /* The Opinions of Others */

{{Infobox-character
| name = Kat Steel
| image = KatSteel.png
| caption= "Who did I piss off this time?"
| title = The Unlucky One
| gender = Female
| citizenship = Limsan
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 21
| stat_2 = Height
| stat_2_value = 5 fulm 7 ilm
| stat_3 = Weight
| stat_3_value = 130 ponze
| stat_4 = Profession
| stat_4_value = Adventurer
| stat_5 = Patron Deity
| stat_5_value = Nymeia
| stat_6 = Server
| stat_6_value = Balmung
}}
==Basic Information==
* '''Nicknames''': I don't think anyone gave her a nickname before or now.
* '''Age''': 21, she's sure of it!
** '''Nameday''': 20th of the 3rd Umbral Moon, she's also sure of it!
* '''Gender''': Female, for now.
** '''Sexuality''': Confused, no seriously that guy is hot but so is Tatsu...then there's Steel Wolf's teasing.
** '''Marital Status''': Single or so she thinks.
* '''Alignment''': Tries to be a decent Hyuran being.
* '''Height''': 5 fulms 7 ilms, yearning to be 5'10 again.
* '''Weight''': 140 ponze, she's conscious enough as it is.
* '''Body''': Toned or she'd like to believe.
* '''Hair''': Dark Red, tried to dye it black but ran out of dye.
* '''Eyes''': Green, that's what the mirror told her.
* '''Skin''': Fair or so she believes.
* '''Clothing''': You mean armor?
==History==
It all started when his mother had him so many years back, when life was still good. Of course, good as good can be when your father leaves before you were even born. His mother, Rachel Steel, stumbled blindly trying to raise her son on her own. That is until the rest of her crew caught wind of what happened to their captain and suddenly the family swelled in size. Everyone took turns looking after little Kurt, from her first mate to the Roe in charge of scrubbing the deck. It wasn't a formal family but it was still a proper one. Grounded pirates playing at being parents and caretakers.

They pooled together the accumulated loot over their couple decades of piracy and managed to get their captain a decent home in Wineport no less, knowing their captain's discerning tongue for the finer things of life. It was rare but Rachel Steel instilled that kind of loyalty in the men and woman who once sailed and pillaged with her and not that they had anything better to do when Rachel's lover and Kurt's father decided to try and sink her ship. Nasty betrayal that but she tried her damnedest not to let that get in the way of being a mother. Making sure to avoid any mention of her son's father.

Of course, five years later when life had stabilized, his mother looked into teaching him how to swing an axe, just like she did. Started small, just a blunt hatchet and some basic movements he followed rigorously throughout his life. Soon her young son became the bane of lumber around Wineport. Five years after she taught him how to use an axe, she looked into her old contacts to see if there was someone she could ask to help her son learn to at least read and write basic things. She found someone, it went on for the three or so years until that said tutor decided to take a coeurl claw to the face. Still what Kurt managed to pick up was enough for him to be at least passable for the next stage in her plans for him.

Six years later, months after his 21st name day, she booted him out of the house and paid for a ticket straight to Limsa Lominsa. She told him to seek out Wyrnzoen since it was past time for him to learn how to use the axe beyond cleaving defenseless pieces of wood. Except when he arrived at Limsa Lominsa a yellowjacket named Rhyssfloh got to him first and sent him straight to Baderon and he registered himself as an adventurer before heading over to the Marauder's Guild and further his axe training. Of course his mother was disappointed when word reached her of what happened to her son. He was supposed to be a pirate captaining his own ship like she did, not be an adventurer exploring Eorzea and lending his axe to the poor people and live in poverty.

Flash forward weeks later, after a particularly nasty contract in Copperbell Mines, he had met Nako'li Chalahko. An officer in the flames looking to branch into the realm of Ul'dah's markets and businesses. Kurt would like to believe he is the first hire of Nako'li as he agreed to work for the miqo'te on the spot. After all the benefits were attractive and Nako'li had said that it won't interfere much with his adventuring go so far as to say it might even enhance the experience. Delving into ruins and ancient sites to spots that need cleaning by way of fire or steel, except that this time there was a bigger goal to work toward now and Kurt would no longer want for gil to spend on maintaining or updating his equipment.

Flash forward more weeks later, after following a dead end lead that led him to the Wanderer's Palace, his life decided to turn upside down on him. The turn trip saw him shanked a few times by a squad of tonberries. As if that wasn't enough a particularly large skeleton with a particularly large weapon smashed him into a weak section of the walls, smashing against a rack of potions. With the expedition's alchemist and conjurer unable to aid him, he grabbed for one of the potions, reminiscent of the elixirs sold by the artisans in Mor Dhona, uncapped the liquid and downed the potion. Except it did nothing and he was still bleeding and the pain was still there. The accompanying thaumaturge managed to dispel the possessed skeleton. However, later on the miqo'te they called healer had revealed to Kurt what he had drank. It surely wasn't an elixir according to the alchemist despite it looking similar.

He never slept for four days, just enough for him to attend the Vorgan Wedding before passing out after the after wedding.

Enter Katarina Steel, as proposed by her boss, Nako'li. Kat Steel, as shortened by herself.

==Personality==

She has it in her head to do the right thing regardless of how hard it may be. People need help and she was there precisely to help her which makes her overtax herself and be in a nearly constant state of fatigue most of the time. On a whole, she a passive yes woman, rationalizing that all it's just another learning experience for her and maybe even let loose a bit of steam. This also leads her to do menial tasks for others and general promotes laziness in other people, what with the "Hey, I can help and you can adjust the price!" sign on her head going about the various menial or dangerous tasks dumped on her lap.

Of course there are still things she won't do and thing's she'll instantly jump on, like a plate of very spicy marmot. On subject of food, despite her transformation, her eating habits still stay the same. She's still a gluttonous carnivore with a tongue for spices. Added points if it'll make her sweat. Gluttonous just like her outlook on her bruises and scars. Considering each of them a medal of a badge that meant she took a hit meant for someone prettier than her, male or female. It is an honor for her to defend those relying on her.

In a social setting, she usually keeps to herself unless something catches her eye. To which she'll approach it and learn more. She's not afraid to initiate a conversation, and can usually carry it too. She address people in a polite tone with a 'sir' or 'miss, an anomaly given her background. Of course, she's a bit more open about herself when among her friends, possibly to Adeya's chagrin whenever she hears something stupid or embarrassing Kurt or Kat may have done. She's also liable to poke fun at people or say inappropriate things given an opening.
==Affiliations and Known Associates==
===Friends===
[[Nako'li Chalahko]] - Her boss. Loyalty to the boss.

[[Adeya Evenar]] - A close friend. The sister she never had.

[[Tatsu Yamashiro]] - Her lover. The woman who holds the keys to her heart.

[[Oren Vorgan|Tatyana Vorgan]] - Another close friend. Just talking to the little girl brings a smile to her face.

[[Xiaoli Vorgan]] - Her little friend's mom. Who probably wants to adopt her too.

===Associates===
[[Steel Wolf]] - Teased her about her new body.

[[Xefjord Kiromeda]] - Wrote a short story based on her new body and how it got that way.

[[Fina Archer]] - Provides that tempting alternative out.

[[Trenton Cador]] - Provides the help for that tempting alternative out.

[[Surge Dravorgas]] - An interesting guy with a lot of interesting stuff.

[[Khaja Lahti]] - Felt the need to help this miqo'te.

[[Gentle Sun]] - Taught her how to warrior better.

[[Avis Inkwood]] - Told Kat that fishing in the drydocks wasn't smart.

[[Namine Yukine]] - A pirate miqo'te she took an tour around the three city-states.

[[Edda Vincents]] - The snark lord. Also tagged along in her tour for Nami.

[[Seiko Mamushi|Chou]] - Mistook Kurt for her dad. Huehuehuehuehue.

[[Gwannes Oskwell|Oskwell]] - That spear though. Huehuehuehue.

[[Jack Walker]] - That dude with HM dungeon info.

[[Flynt Reddard]] - That dude who challenged Kat's gentlemanly spirit.

[[Ludivine Goultard]] - She's cautioning Kat against refusing and ignoring her urges.

[[Tallera Weaver]] - She helped Kat bring Taty back to the Mist.

[[Armellant Duval|Armellant]] - Garlean Lust Hammers. nuff said.

===Organizations===
Maelstrom - Reserve Lieutenant.

Adventurers' Guild - Registered Member.

Yatagahn Trading Consortium - Reclaimer.

==Characteristics==
===Likes===
* Steaks.
* Seafood.
* The sea.
* Random adventures.
* Long aimless walks.
* Spicy food.

===Dislikes===
* People who kidnap little children.
* The really sweet food.
* Insects.
* What she thinks about every other second.
* Wearing anything too revealing.

===Areas of Expertise===
* '''Martial''': Has knowledge in the sophisticated art from of the Axe. Entry-level blundering in the realm of Thaumaturgy.
* '''Crafting''': Cooking, decent enough to make her hometown favorites.
* '''Other''': Has a mastery of in the field of Bad Decision Making.

===Strengths===
* Persistent.
* Loyal.
* Makes it a point to look out for the others.
* Tries her best to help others.
* Unwittingly funny at times.
* Quick learner.
* Stubborn.

===Weaknesses===
* Easily taken advantage of.
* Sometimes helpless.
* Fusses over what others think of her.
* Easily makes bad decisions.
* Leaps before she looks.
* Indecisive at times.
* Stubborn.

==The Opinions of Others==
(Put whatever your character has to say about mine. Copy ":REPLACEWITHOPINIONTHANKYOU". Feel free to make it refer to Kurt or Kat.)

:"He seems nice and reminds me of my father. Or rather... he just ''really'' looks like father. They don't act the same at all. Mr. Steel probably bathes regularly, for one." -[[Seiko_Mamushi|Chou]]
:“Sometimes I just can’t believe him. I mean, did you know he once let a toad eat his spellbook? A toad!” - [[Adeya Evenar]]
:"He's alright." - [[Gwannes_Oskwell|Oskwell]]
:"Get a load of this wannabe, ah?" - [[Flynt_Reddard|Flynn Fister: Pistonfist]]
:"It would appear that I've not acquired her name, but I do hope her ventures for a wyvern are not for naught..." - [[Garrett Slater|A polite, blond hyuran man.]]

==RP Fishing Grounds==
From Most often to sometimes there.
* The Quicksand
* The Drowning Wench
* The Bismarck
* YTC HQ
* Anywhere in Eorzea

Osric Melkire

2015-01-07T08:07:04Z

Cedric: rumour change!

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{{Infobox-character
| name = Osric Melkire
| image = Osric_by_Tiergan.jpg
| imagewidth =
| caption = '"As I live, I'll serve."'
| gender = Male
| citizenship = Ul'dahn
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 25
| stat_2 = Patron Deity
| stat_2_value = Oschon, The Wanderer
| stat_3 = Occupation
| stat_3_value = Chief Flame Sergeant
| stat_4 = Height/Weight
| stat_4_value = 5' 8" / 162 Pz
| stat_5 = Orientation
| stat_5_value = Heterosexual
| stat_6 = Relatives
| stat_6_value = <ul><li>Cenric (Father, Deceased)</li> <li>Edith (Mother)</li> <li>Tabitha (Sister, Deceased)</li> <li>Danica & Corinna (Sisters, Twins)</li> <li>Thomys (Brother)</li></ul>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><small>''"For the last time, that ain't my dagger he's carrying around in his bosom. If it was, he'd be dead. What kind of amateur sticks his pigs, anyway? You're supposed to slit their throats."'' <br>- '''Osric''', nineteen cycles of age, caught standing over a wounded Yellowjacket.</small></BLOCKQUOTE>

'''Chief Flame Sergeant Osric Melkire''' is a Lominsan native who found his way to Ul'dah shortly after the Calamity. Driven from his home at the age of twenty, he stowed away on a ferry to Vesper Bay and was immediately arrested upon arrival. His plea for asylum was granted in exchange for lifetime enlistment with the ''Immortal Flames''. Osric views Ul'dah as his home, has pledged himself to the Jewel of the Desert, and now serves with ''The Red Wings''.
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* Fisticuffs
* Persuasion
* Infiltration
* Thieving
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* Soldiering
* Sailing
* Sleeping
* Trashy romance novellas
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* Monetarists
* Slavers
* Card sharps
* Injustice
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* Loss of his loved ones
* The overthrow of the sultanate
* Sudden shortage of rum-spiked pineapple juice
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*[[Aldyet Lannis]] - "Y'look, and you'll see a fragile little girl. ''Y'pay attention,'' and you'll find steel."

*[[Aya Foxheart]] - "Y'see Aya? That girl knows great service. Tip her well and often, y'hear?"

*[[Blizzard Yuko]] - "No need t'be worryin' over that one. I took care of it."

*[[Cenric Amaril]] - "Stiffed his own self! Turned down m'gil! Pffffhahahahaha!"

*[[C'kayah Tia]] - "...."

*[[Coatleque Crofte]] - "Not quite so green... she's learnin'."

*[[Crooked Tarot]] - "A good supplier. Also a good swindler."

*[[Delainaut Merillat]] - "I regret ever draggin' that man to Limsa."

*[[Delial Grimsong]] - "I don't have the words. Truly, I don't."

*[[Gharen Wolfsong]] - "...went near him again without a regiment and a gunblade. Gods damn it."

*[[Gus Pumpkinweed]] - "Gus is a peach- PUMPKIN! I meant pumpkin!"

*[[Kage Kiryuu]] - "Lovestruck pup. Can't blame him for that... so I'll blame'm for the rest."

*[[Kolhi'to Embhre]] - "Kol's support is somethin' we desperately need. Don't tell 'im I said that; still gods-damned embarrassed over that shameful display of ours the other sun...."

*[[Lanza Razaul]] - "Oi, it's Lanza, eh? He's an idiot. Loveable idiot, but still an idiot."

*[[Liliana Nazareth]] - "Haven't seen her in an age. Wonder what she's up to...."

*[[Seiko Mamushi]] - "Snake Girl... Doman, aye? She's a friend of a friend. Time'll tell what more there is to her."

*[[S'honji Hayakawa]] - "He 'n' I are due for a little heart t'heart talk."

*[[Unnamed Mercenary]] - "...ain't his name Franz?"

*[[Xydane Vale]] - "Vale. Ruttin' Vale. Won't leave me alone. Won't let me leave ''him'' alone. Arse."
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*[[Alexei Volkov]] - "Nearer 'n' dearer than I thought him, and I ain't just sayin' that 'cause I feel responsible."

*[[Askier Mergrey]] - "M'worst enemy, bar none."

*[[D'lyhhia Lhuil]] - "Thought I was done with little sisters. I thought wrong."

*[[Endemerrin Rosethorne]] - "Master Rosethorne's a good man; I won't be listenin' to anythin' what says otherwise."

*[[Erik Mynhier]] - "Give 'em what he asks for. He's my captain for a reason; ain't ever seen him do wrong by anyone."

*[[Kahn'a Od'hilkas]] - "M'best friend, bar none."

*[[Kiht Jakkya]] - "More responsibility on her shoulders than I'm wantin' t'think about."

*[[Lissa Belle]] - "Crazy, but in a good way."

*[[Mikh'a Korofi]] - "All heart, but... no experience. Althyk willin', he'll pick up plenty o' that, and soon."

*[[Roen Deneith]] - "Mythril, that one. Can't help but shine, and won't ever bend."

*[[Siha Xinkei]] - "I don't care how she did it. I'm just glad that she did."

*[[Sizha'to Chalahko]] - "Mayhap he'll get past it one day, but I won't be holdin' him t'blame if he doesn't."

*[[Verad Bellveil]] - "I love that man. He's worth the time, trust me."

*[[Zachary Evans]] - "He needs clothes. He needs clothes badly."
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*[[Adin Adonis]] - "Monster. Tourin' the seven hells now. Good riddance t'bad rubbish."

*[[Jameson Taeros]] - "That bastard? I'll show'm the meanin' o' "For Coin & Country". He'll know it soon enough."

*[[Jin'li Epinoch]] - "Finished. Ended. Restin'."

*[[Natalie Mcbeef]] - "Went too far, her, too gods-damned bloody far. Now she's paid for it."

*[[Raelisanne Banurein]] - "...."

*[[Zhavi Streetrunner]] - "...she owes me a debt. I plan on collectin'."
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*[[Kanaria Galanodel]] - "Dayspring of my happiness."
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*"What, Melkire? Kid with the funny accent? Ain't he Lominsan?" - <font style="color:#004f7e;">Wymond, Independent Businessman</font>

*"Don't know what you're on about. Haven't seen the blighter in moons." - <font style="color:#004f7e;">Rand, Brass Blade</font>

*"Rumors are rumors. I'm not one to substitute them for truth, and the truth is that the Sergeant is a good man." -- <font style="color:#004f7e;">Haruko Kokojo, Flame Corporal</font>
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*"Word is, he was the one responsible for poisoning Ul'dah's water supplies, and they let him walk." - <font style="color:#004f7e;">Quicksand Patron</font>

*"Aye, he swings by for a drink or two every now and again, him in that big old trenchcoat of his. No, I don't like serving him, that's why I have hired help." - <font style="color:#004f7e;">Momodi</font>
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*"Man's a criminal. Petty thief, and a murderer to boot. Tried to run from Merlwyb, got as far as Vesper. So there he is, 'bout to have his brains painted all over the dock, right, when Raubahn himself shows up. Now Merlwyb, she grants Melkire one last request, as per the Lominsan custom, and Melkire, he challenges the General to <i>single combat</i>. Says if he wins, Raubahn's honor-bound to save his life. And the Bull, he <i>accepted</i>, and Melkire, he <i>won</i>. So Raubahn holds up his end, see, beats the Admiral's hundred-man crew senseless and kicks Merlwyb herself back into the sea. Aye, that's how it happened, and don't let anyone tell you different." - <font style="color:#004f7e;">Trachtoum the Tidus Slayer</font>
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*"It is an unpleasant notion, knowing that you owe another. Yet for Melkire...? No, I do not mind. Decent men weigh naught on my conscience. And he is, as I said, a decent man. I am rarely wrong." - [[Delial Grimsong]]

*"Fooled, played, shamed, graced. And throughout all of it, he's been naught but dedicated. What about now? Well..." - [[Kahn'a Od'hilkas]]

*"He and I are more alike than I thought. He would not cut." - [[Roen Deneith]]

*"I'd kill the Sultana herself if Osric ordered it; I owe him that much for all the times he's saved my sorry ass. He's one of the best things that ever happened to Ul'dah or me and I'll break anyone who says different, even though he does have an obsession with attacking from behind and dirt sandwiches. Those hurt by the way. " - [[Askier Mergrey]]

*"This man is a thief! He's stolen everything from me and will not give it back! Not that I really want any of it back, it's his to keep because I know he'll take very good care of what he's got. I'm keeping close tabs on my bottle of 'Pineapple Juice' though... That's mine! " - [[Kanaria Galanodel]]

*"I needed to know if it the man behind Osric was the same man I befriended so many moons ago, especially after everything that had happened that tore our friendship apart. I'm so glad to know he's still the same. I wish he wouldn't keep getting himself into trouble, though. He's been through enough." - [[Sizha'to Chalahko]]

*"His jaw cries out to be connected to my fist. Also he's good at his job I guess." - [[Natalie Mcbeef]]

*"Master Adin gave him the gift of suffering, Master Rema gave him the gift of kindness. The slave shall give him the gift of servitude." - [[Jin'li Epinoch]]

*"Reminded me vhat once cared for. Put me to good use, do not regret service." - [[Alexei Volkov]]

*"Hrmpf... the man speaks as if I am still some initiate or rank amateur. I am not so green as when we first met. Perhaps it is time we clear the air, in person." - [[Coatleque Crofte]]

*"The Sergeant's intentions are in the right place. We can't find many of those nowadays." - [[Xydane Vale]]

*"He was so unassuming when I first met him, but I don't know what we'd do now without him. He seems to know everything, and anything he doesn't know, he knows how to find out." - [[Aya Foxheart]]

*"He seems te be honest an' trustworthy enough, rare traits in a place such as Ul'dah, though, I get th' feelin' he won' be puttin' another knife te my throat any time soon." - [[Gharen Wolfsong]]

*"Osric? I owe him my life. See, we were in some trouble in Northern Thanalan, and a woman almost died. I thought with my heart and leapt to save her.I did, but I almost got myself killed as well. He in turned jumped to save me after sending a message back to deal with bigger trouble in Ul'dah, and most likely ended up saving both of us. I see him as a friend, though I don't know if he thinks of me as one, and I honestly want to be a little more like him. Thinking with my head instead of my heart." - [[Zachary Evans]]

*"He and I are of a kind, though I think he'd be loathe to admit it. I don't like him and I know he doesn't like me. Yet, in a perverse sort of way, I can trust him." - [[C'kayah Tia]]

*"Osric hasn't come by much lately, and I've heard some really ominous things. Yes, I am worried. For Osric, and for us." - [[Aya Foxheart]]

*"An excellent customer! Rarely have I seen someone display such a fine appreciation for the dubious. I can only hope he finds his plot devices of value." - [[Verad Bellveil]]

*"You got a problem with my brother? Take it up with Mister Scoopers.. I'll clean up what's left. Gah! I'm ruttin' hungry!" - [[Leilani Belle]]

*"I pray for the day he can finally retire and stop getting into danger." - [[Aldyet Lannis]]

*"Seems alright. Man owes me a debt, which jus' means I like him more'n most." - [[Cenric Amaril]]

*"After recent events, I wanted to hate him, but I cannot. I cannot be a hypocrite and say I would not go to extremes for the ones I love most. His sin is already done, so I say, let him redeem himself now." [[Kiht Jakkya]]

*"He brought what looked like an army after one crazy miqo'te. Wish I had connections like that." - [[Franz Renatus]]

*"There is- is no other person who I- I would rather call my brother." - [[D'lyhhia Lhuil]]

*"Osric has a reputation, and more than once my decision to bring him aboard has been questioned by both fellow and senior officers. I do not question it though, on the contrary, he reminds me of an operative I once knew called the Ghost. I see in Osric the potential that will one day show itself." - [[Erik Mynhier]]
* "Nothing more than a dog in need of a collar." - [[Atrium Crow]]

*"I hear that his success may have gone to his head. Made him bold, too bold perhaps, forgetting the heart of what it is he set out to do. Honestly, these days I know him more as a voice, than a person. Ever on the lookout for others. I still trust him to do what is right." - [[Aya Foxheart]]

*"I saw him get shot - that's how I first met him, and he wasn't even hurt. He's the luckiest man I've ever met, and thank the gods for his patience elsewise I doubt I'd have the ability to ball my hand in a fist." - [[Mikh'a Korofi]]

*"I only met him once. Maybe twice? Despite the tension that had been in the air, his personality seemed nice enough. Haven't seen or even heard of him since." - [[Lilithium Altair]]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZbeAWK8yvw Balal Balal - Philharmonie Berlin]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6pqdSVj_cw Isfahan - E.S. Posthumus]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9P0qNV6_IY Elan - Secret Garden]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUT6H2m00Rs Siúil A Rún - Clannad]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT-dxG4WWf4&feature=kp Mykonos - Fleet Foxes]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZJuXM0tGFk Death from Above - Machinae Supremacy]
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Sasha Rochester

2014-12-28T11:56:58Z

Cedric: /* RPC Rumors */

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| gender = Female
| citizenship = Ul'dah
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
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| stat_1_value = 20
| stat_2 = Height
| stat_2_value = 5' 7" (170 cm)
| stat_3 = Deity
| stat_3_value = Azeyma, The Warden
| stat_4 = Aligment
| stat_4_value = True Neutral
| stat_5 = Occupation
| stat_5_value = Freelance Mage
| stat_6 = Server
| stat_6_value = Balmung

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== Background ==

<span style="color:#b22222;">'''Note: The information given here is very basic, as I don't want to risk people metagaming, if you're interested in more obscure aspects of her past, it's best to befriend her ICly.'''</span>

Born in the 1st sun of the 5th astral moon, Sasha Rochester was born into one of Ul'dah's wealthiest families. Sasha was always given everything except for what she truly wanted from her parents: The freedom to practice all the magic she desired. Being highly sensitive to aetherial influence, magic has always taken a physical toll on her. She had a bad experience in her childhood that nearly claimed her life when she started to use her life source instead of mana after her pool was depleated. Horrified, her family tried to stop her from pursuing magic any further, but this hardly stopped her from seeking knowledge in the area of Arcamina, Conjury, and Thaumaturgy, sparking bitter conflict between her and her parents, this intensified when they tried to force her into marriage for the sake of expanding their wealth to someone she hated, Sebastian Castlebane. About 3 years ago, tired of having her life controlled by others, she stole a small fortune from her father and ran away from her home, never to look back.

== Appearance ==

With a height of 5'7, Sasha is on the taller side for a Midlander, her body is slim but toned, with a medium frame. Her hair is light ashy brown with natural white highlights that seem to be inherited from her father's side, she always keeps it clean, but prefers to wear it long, loosely and comfortably. Her eyelashes are thick and dark, which makes her forest-green eyes stand out. Her nose is slim and classical, her face is small and delicate, and her lips are plump and naturally reddish in hue. Sasha is flawless in the sense that she never had any scars or blemishes in her skin, the one thing that stands out is a white birth mark on her left cheekbone that runs down her father's line, however, it is hardly noticeable since she tends to conceal it with her hair.

Always dressing impeccably and elegantly, Sasha dislikes anything that won't allow her to feel feminine and and comfortable. She usually wears dark colours, which contrast with her pale skin. She changes clothes very often, since it bothers her to wear the same outfit for too long. Delicate, feminine, and dark would be the way her style is described by most. Sasha also has a tendency to dress rather provocatively, but refrains from overdoing it, after all, she likes to look like a lady.

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When her aether is unstable in any way (whether it is because she is drained, over-charged, or simply used too much blood magic.) The tips of her hair creep up her scalp, making it almost completely white. On some rarer occasions, her eyes lose their natural green colour, and instead take a grey/blue hue. These changes usually last from a few days to a week, depending on the extent of the instability and how she tries to stabilize herself again.

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== Personality ==

Though not much is known about Sasha due to her tendency to hide her true feelings and refusal to get too close to anyone, Sasha has a very flirty, friendly, composed, and charming demeanor. Often confusing people who seek to get closer to her when they meet her (true) aloof and distrusting nature. She rarely seems angry, upset, or sad. Always keeping a whimsical, witty, and sweet manner of dealing with strangers, she makes many friends, but none that are aware of her true nature. She desires to know as much as she wants from everyone and everything she can, but immediately backs away if someone makes the effort of getting to know her feelings. Sasha has no problem telling people about her thoughts and problems if they insist enough, but when someone asks about her emotions she becomes vague and defensive. She is, however, always willing to help others and dislikes seeing others suffer.

Sasha on a negative note can be quite manipulative, and uses the "damsel in distress" act to make herself look weak and vulnerable, so that others open up to her more easily and are thus more easy to control. She often plays victim and uses seduction as one of the many ways to bend others to her will. And while she doesn't lie, she hides a great part of the truth and plays dumb when confronted about it. Sasha does not like to resort to violence and often avoids conflict whenever she can, often preferring to battle others through wit and charm before drawing weapons. However, if weapons are drawn, she often relies on others to do the fighting for her, as she dislikes "to get her hands dirty". Ironically, she despises being called a "damsel in distress", and sees it as an insult.

Due to her relationship with her parents and Sebastian, Sasha always expects people to want to take advantage of her, and due to her submissive nature when it comes to those she cares about, she is usually walked over. She highly dislikes conflict despite her reckless nature, deeming conflict with other people as "unnecessary" and "exhausting". However, due to recent events, she has developed thicker skin, and now resorts to sarcasm and indirect insults when dealing with people she dislikes.

=== Religion ===

Despite not openly talking about it, Sasha is rather religious and often goes to the Sanctum of the Twelve to pray, however, she seems very selective when it comes down to what gods she prays to, choosing to pray only to Thaliak and Azeyma (The god of knowledge and the goddess of Inquiry) before any of the others. However, when circumstances are dire, she may pray to some of the other gods depending on the situation. Recently, however, she has taken an interest in Ramuh, but hasn't acted upon it as of yet.

=== Quirks ===

::* If she purses her lips, chances are she's withdrawing some information, measuring her words, or feeling embarrassed.
::* Under extreme anger, she becomes overly sarcastic and almost whimsical in demeanor. She will smile while cursing you to the seven hells in the loveliest manner possible.
::* Sasha is rather ticklish, but anyone who dares to test this will most likely regret it.
::* She can be pretty spoiled and loves being pampered, but will never admit it.

=== Positive & Negative traits ===

'''Positive traits'''

::* Polite
::* Intelligent
::* Kind
::* Curious
::* Charming
::* Composed
::* Cunning
::* Studious

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'''Negative traits'''

::* Manipulative
::* Insensitive
::* Reckless
::* Self-destructive
::* Submissive
::* Cold
::* Vain
::* Irresponsible
::* Secretive
::* Distrusting
::* Sarcastic

(TBC)

== Combat ==

Being fascinated by magic, Sasha is mainly a magic user. She always avoids conflict if she can, but she is by no means a weak fighter. Despite being very skilled with magic and powerful, her mana pool has a tendency to randomly drain itself (she has yet to figure out why) leaving her defenseless against anyone she could be fighting. She is also prone to having what she calls "aetherial bursts" where she becomes faint and weak when she is unable to control or block the aether around her, leaving her in a very fragile state, she's by no means physically weak, but she's is nowhere near a skilled fighter when faced with someone who has experience in the disciples of war.

== Likes & Dislikes ==

=== Likes ===

::*Books
::*Magic
::*Polite & well-educated people
::*Sincere compliments
::*Helping others
::*Knowing just about everything
::*Exploring historical sites

=== Dislikes ===

::* Rude, obnoxious, and cruel people
::* Stupidity
::* When she puts other people in danger
::* False flattery
::* Insects of any sort
::* Developing feelings for others
::* Looking weak or bad
::* Competition
::* Making mistakes

== Family & Relationships (NPCs) ==

Being the only child, she was always overprotected and spoiled. Her family is cultured and wealthy, but not the type to be sentimental or emotionally-supportive. The Rochesters aren't very famous due to their overly-cautious nature and dislike for public appearances.

'''Emeryck Rochester (deceased)''' <br/>Sasha's father, a wealthy merchant, known for bringing in foreign high quality materials from around Hydelyn into Eorzea. He's stern, polite, and cool-headed. concerned for his child's safety, he was the first one to oppose her pursuit in magic, and went to great lengths trying to keep Sasha from practicing magic. Seeing that marrying her off would bring in more money for the family, he decided to arrange angagement between her and Sebastian Castlebane. He recently passed, and made Sasha strongly reconsider their bond on his dying words. She'll never admit it, but despite their rough relationship, she mourned his death.

'''Catherine Rochester''' <br/>Sasha's mother. Lominsan by birth, she is another merchant, known for selling academic wares such as books, school-materials, and anything any guild or educational institution may need. Owner of one of the biggest libraries in Eorzea. She is described as being intelligent, diplomatic, and hard-working. However, Sasha's departure and Emeryck's death have profoundly scarred her, making her suffer both mentally and emotionally.

== Relationships (other RPCs) ==

*Please note that the relationship standing may be subject to change as the story progresses. Also note that if your name isn't here and you feel it should be, please send me a /tell and I'll fix that.

=== <span style="color:#008000;">Positive Standing</span><br/> ===

'''[[X'elo Maimhov]]'''<br/>It's interesting how you can make friends in a place like the Quicksand, but one day, there was a very charming bard who happened to be sitting at a table when the rest were filled up, and that's when Sasha sat in front of him and they began to talk. At first, "Mr.Jello" struck her as irresponsible, frivolous, and weak, despite being kind. However, she realized she judged him poorly when he offered to escort her to Coerthas when she didn't have any body guards around. Seeing he was strong with a witty sense of humour to match, she grew to respect him and now considers him one of her closest friends. X'elo was there for her when circumstances were dire, and though he is capable of helping her, she often pushes him away in fear that he might get hurt. She, however, deeply cares about him, and she wouldn't think twice if she had to defend him. They used to date but Sasha decided to break it off after work became overwhelming for her.

'''[[Rick Fairchild]]'''<br/> A charming young man. They met at the Quicksand and quickly made a connection. Rick and Sasha often see eye-to-eye, which has made their bond strong and quick to form. Rick has been helping Sasha with certain problems of hers, and she has helped him in return. Despite knowing each other's manipulative nature, they don't seem to mind it at all, as they are usually honest with each other. When coupled, they are referred to as "Mr. and Ms.Trouble", due to their tendency of causing mischief together. Rick is very protective of her and seems to lose his temper quickly when others cause her trouble, making people have certain doubts about the nature of their relationship.

'''Wolfskull Nortyrdaeg'''<br/>Sasha's first ally and friend since she came back to Ul'dah. Looking for protection, she hired Wolfskull as a bodyguard in case anyone would want to attack her during one of her aetherial bursts. Proving to be more than an ally, a friend, they became quite close in a short time. Wolf is the force that keeps Sasha's feet on the ground, always telling her to be careful and to not do anything too reckless. Unfortunately, Wolf started to develop "feelings" for Sasha that were not reciprocated,leading them to have a split, at least until the flame of Wolf's heart burns out. However, they are still friends, and Wolf will fiercely protect her if she ever finds herself in danger.

'''Nakami Tenbe'''<br/>A sweet Mi'qote girl that Sasha has considered one of her oldest friends in Ul'dah. Cheerful, kind, and always willing to help, Nakami has proven to be a fantastic ally, even when the times were dire. Their relationship was further improved when even during times where Kazuto and Sasha were at each other's throats, Nakami kept her feet on the ground and kept the situation from getting worse as well as being supportive. However, they are not as close as they were once, since Nakami betrayed her by selling information to Sebastian. Despite not disliking Nakami, Sasha no longer trusts her, and will probably take a long time to rebuild what she broke.

'''Stefan Delumiere'''<br/>Though Sasha does not trust this man fully, she doesn't completely distrust him either. She is aware of his reputation across Ul'dah, but chooses to turn the other cheek. She never saw this dashing man commit any crime, and hence, she ignores his reputation. Though they both claim to be "associates" Sasha considers him a lot more than that, especially after he saved her life a couple of times, even when she saw he wouldn't benefit from risking it. Still, he has proven to be supportive of her so far, and unfortunately, Sasha begun to develop certain affections for him that she prefers to keep to herself. Stefan seems to go out of his way to help her, despite people's insistence that he's incredibly selfish. Sasha refers to him as her "wild card", someone she contacts as a last resource when circumstances are dire, while she does not trust him with her heart, she does trust him with her life.

'''[[Velenn Letourneaux]]'''<br/>A charming masked Mi'qote that she decided to strike-up a conversation with, immediately, she felt drawn by his eloquence and the mystery that seemed to surround him. Velenn is someone she considers very much like herself, which is one of the reasons she initially had a hard time trusting him. However, they grew to become rather close in the light of recent events, mainly because he always stood by her side without being overly-protective of her and always reassured her that he would want to see her grow. Sasha profoundly cares about this man despite how little people seem to trust him. While she was drawn in by the initial mystery and thrill he offered, she stayed for his intelligence, strength, and determination. People around them often question the nature of their relationship due to the amount of time they seem to spend together, but Sasha simply claims he's a mere bodyguard.

'''Kuro Shimizu'''<br/>Kuro was the second person Sasha made friends with after Wolf, when they were going to Gridania, she began a conversation with thisa dorable Mi'qote and grew quite fond of him. He'd always been nothing but sweet to her and others, with a true heart of gold, though Sasha believes he's far too kind and innocent for his own good. She respects his diligence, his wisdom, and his kindness, a person she would never bear to see get hurt.

'''[[Zeryr Roemeaux]]'''<br/>It's difficult to talk to Zeryr due to his silent, broody, and cold demeanor. But when Sasha was looking for a new bodyguard to hire, he seemed like the perfect kind. Despite his cold approach to people, he has proven to be one of the most responsible, down-to-earth and honest people she knows. Finding a few things in common, it was difficult for Sasha to simply hire him once, and has ever since hired him for a couple of missions, even when he warned her they were stupidly reckless, he did not allow her to go alone. Sasha respects this man greatly, and despite their relationship progressing slowly, they seem to get closer by the day... Or seemed to, until they both started distancing themselves from each other.

'''[[William Harrowton]]'''<br/>Having a soft spot for gentle, shy, and sweet people. Sasha immediately was drawn to this adorable Mi'qote, despite the fact that communication between them isn't always as open as it could be, he's very shy, and she keeps secrets from him, nonetheless, she cares about him and gladly calls him her friend.

=== <span style="color:#696969;">Neutral Standing</span> ===

'''Loetdoen Rhetifoensyn'''<br/>30,000 gil for a girl that had been missing for 2 years surely sounded good to this adventurer, so as soon as she saw Sasha, he saw money. Taking her away from her bodyguards when she was unable to use magic was his first step towards their relationship, he let her go in what Sasha thought was an act of kindness. Instead, he later showed up again claiming that if she did not pay him to do things for her, and a generous amount at that, he would reveal her location to her parents, and for a while, they were stuck together like glue. Even though they treat each other horribly, there have been cases where he has shown to have a kinder nature, this, of course, gets overshadowed by his less tasteful self.

'''Dulin Garlin'''<br/>It's hard not to like the blunt drunk Lalafell who kept drinking a little too much, when sober, however, Dulin has proven to be wise, kind, and honest. Though he hasn't been around lately, which slowly made him fade in her memory.

'''Garrett Sacnsaron'''<br/>Sasha's favourite captain in the realm, despite the fact that she believes that nobody respects him as much as they should. Despite her relationship with Stefan, Sancsaron stuck by her side and is always willing to help, this, of course, is mutual. Sasha considers him a friend, but more than that, she considers him someone she greatly respects. However, they haven't talked much recently, and they don't seem to cross paths often.

=== <span style="color:#b22222;">Negative Standing</span> ===

'''Cyril Sorel'''<br/> He used to be her bodyguard, and for a while, they were quite close, but thinking he was being manipulated, he cut ties with her, and their relationship slowly decayed as he started to act bitterly towards her. Nowadays, she can hardly stand him, but she still talks to him because it's the polite thing to do. He actively seems to go out of his way to slander her when he has the chance to, or so she thinks. Best to keep them away from each other.

'''Xavalien Oirellain'''<br/>Xavalien certainly seemed like a decent noble at first, though mildly irritating. However, this changed when she found herself forced by him to sign a contract that basically enslaved her to this man. Sasha did not take this very well and ended up plotting against him to earn her freedom. Once she executed the plan, he was forced to withdraw the contract, which led their dislike for each other to intensify. However, she remains rather sneaky about it and they both (usually) treat each other with civility in public. Nowadays, Sasha actively avoids him and anyone who might be connected to him.

'''Sebastian Castlebane (deceased)'''<br/>Someone Sasha hates to this day. Sasha's so-called "fiancee", however, Sasha never knew this man too well since it was an arranged marriage, and they had only exchanged a couple formal words before one day, when Sasha collapsed and was extremely weak and vulnerable due to one of her "aetherial bursts", he tried to take advantage of this by trying to force himself upon her, Sasha panicked and ended up absorbing part of his life source by impulse, nearly killing him. Ever since, she holds a strong grudge against him, this intensified when she heard he was going around Ul'dah recruiting bounty hunters to come after her and drag her back home. Sasha plotted and carried out his assassination.

== Rumors (True and Untrue)==

=== Common Rumors ===

::* ''"Elegant, rich, and refined. Nobody knows where all her money comes from though."''
::* ''"I always see 'er readin' all those bleedin' books and askin' questions."''
::* ''"She's usually accompanied by someone, usually a male or two.."''
::* ''"Very beautiful young lady, has quite a few followers and suitors... Though she doesn't seem very selective."''
::* ''"There was this Elezen fellow earlier talkin' about how she used him and how she was a terrible person, he seemed pretty damn bitter though."

=== Moderate Rumors ===

::* "''Eh... I've seen her hanging around many shady characters, I'm not sure I'd trust her."''
::* ''"I've seen her hands start to shake randomly, it's very odd."''
::* "''Succubus, heart-breaker, enchantress... She has earned quite a few names."
::* "''Ye know what!? I heard she has slept with ALL her bodyguards!"
::* ''"I overheard that she had some sort of condition and that she reads all day to find a cure."''
::* ''"She changes bodyguards like she changes clothes, she has multiple of 'em too."''
::* ''"Stay away from that witch! She uses men like tools just to get what she wants, she has no heart!''"
''

=== Rare Rumors ===

::* ''"She seems to be actively avoiding this Elezen Lord, I overheard them talking about a contract, dunno what that's about though."''
::* ''"That lady is insane! Saw her running out of these ruins, her hands were shaking and her eyes looked unnaturally bright, pretty sure she was attacking her own companions!"''
::* ''"She's a scheming little bitch. I don't buy her honeyed-words."
::* ''"I swear I've seen that lass before, wasn't she part of the crew in that shipwreck a few cycles back? Pretty sure it's her. "''
::* ''"I heard she plotted the assassination of that Castlebane lad! Wasn't he her fianceé or something of the sort?"''

=== RPC Rumors ===
Feel free to add your own! It can be good or bad, but make sure you stay IC please. :)

::* ''"I would accompany and keep her safe until the lady might find that which she seeks. I've naught else to discuss with you." - [[Velenn Letourneaux]]
::* ''"...I will not suffer you asking questions about mine clients." - [[Zeryr Roemeaux]]''
::* ''"S'pretty..." - [[Nureai Urezie]]''
::* ''"I call her Ms.Trouble." - [[Liam Connor]]''
::* ''"I apologize, I don't remember much. Perhaps you should try asking her?" - [[Rick Fairchild]]''
::* ''"Hmm, Lady Rochester seems to be a brilliant woman despite what other fools might say. I'm happy to have her as a member of my branch. And I have no issues with putting someone in the ground for messing with her." - Lan Darklyn''
::* ''"She kinda reminds me'f m'Princess a bit. ...'Course, ain' no one able t'compare t'her, but this woman has that same sense'f mystery 'bout 'er what mine does. Like there's more to 'er than she's willin' t'let ya see." - [[Val Nunh]]''
::*''"Mayhap she and I met at terrible circumstances. While I do not condone her actions in the past and I seem friendly with her now, I know 'tis best I remain cautious." - [[Garrett Slater]]''

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| gender = Female
| citizenship = Gridania
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| stat_1 = Nameday
| stat_1_value = 5th Sun, 5th Astral Moon, 1558. (Age 19)
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==x. General==

<span style="color:#566D7E">Mylene is a traveling independent fisher, who makes small coin from selling her catches to merchants across the three city-states, as well as from picking up fishing jobs from the levemete at the adventurers' guild branches. She is considered to be new to the trade itself, but has been fishing all her life during her past travels with her father.

<span style="color:#566D7E">Soon after the beginning of her journey, Mylene was recruited into an Order of adventurers called The Tomial Order. A free company with a goal to assist with the rebuilding efforts of the city of Mor Dhona by taking up a wide variety of freelance jobs. Over time, Mylene has come to see the members of the order as family, and will always make every effort to not only contribute to the order's goals, but also to be a loving and loyal friend to its members.

==x. Appearance==

<span style="color:#566D7E">For a Hyur Midlander female, Mylene is as plain as they come. She has lightly tanned skin, olive-green eyes and somewhat unkempt brown hair that falls to her shoulders.

<span style="color:#566D7E">Her body is not built for combat, but despite her frail looking build, she has developed some upper-body strength from carrying equipment on the road during her lifetime, as well as from the occasional use of her bow.

<span style="color:#566D7E">She is on the shorter side of the height spectrum; growing up on the road forced her and her father to be content with whatever food was available for them on that sun, even if it wasn't very nutritious. If a little more coin were available on their hands after a job, they'd manage to acquire some food from the markets at whatever city-state they were near.

==x. Past==

<span style="color:#566D7E">Mylene grew up as a porter, and for lack of a better word, a ‘lackey’, for a traveling sellsword father named August Wharf (also known as “That Nutter” to a couple of Gridania’s merchants). She often recalls memories of chasing after him as he left her behind, laughing at how slow she was, while he excitedly embarked on a new job to obtain stolen goods or save a lost child. She carried their goods and equipment, took care of all the errands and despite her reluctance towards violence, she was occasionally forced to use her bow alongside her only friend whom she called ‘Father’.

<span style="color:#566D7E">Even with his appearance as a naive, goofy and irresponsible man, August was a very clever and perceptive individual. His wit, combined with his skill with arms, had made almost no quest impossible to him. Yet, looking back, Mylene realized that her father never took on any jobs that endangered them too much; probably because she was traveling with him. Whether or not this was one of the things kept his reputation under the radar is a fact that remains to be seen.

<span style="color:#566D7E">Mylene and her father were never able to stay at one location for a long enough time to make any acquaintances other than their temporary ‘Yorzeans in Distress!’, as August called them. The only familiar faces were the merchants whom they stocked their equipment from. It was running for job after job, traveling between Gridania, Ul'dah, Limsa Lominsa, and camping anywhere in between when need be. They were a family who were always alone, together.

<span style="color:#566D7E">But, as Mylene grew older, she began to feel disdain for the way her father always kept them on edge. Despite his cheerful attitude towards her, the way he had always pushed for her to use arms had made her resistant instead of inspired. Eventually, she decided to abandon the bow her father taught her to use... completely. Day after day, that had proven to be difficult; the conflict between the necessity of survival skills and her pacifist morals had created a constant point of argument between her and her father. In some way, Mylene's refusal to fight was her own, weak way of rebelling, embodying her condescension towards the lifestyle her father chose for them.

<span style="color:#566D7E">Nevertheless, Mylene’s simple life on the road with her father, with all its difficulties, taught her valuable life lessons of patience, kindness, and honesty.

==x. August Wharf==

===Life===
[RPer's Note: Mylene does not know any of the following. Despite her nagging, her father always kept the story of his past, and her origin, vague.]

<spoiler>
<span style="color:#566D7E">August Wharf, like many young boys his age, dreamed of nothing more than earning the right to the title of Dragoon. Someday he would join epic battles, fighting the dragons under the blessings of the Holy See's Knighthood. He was but a simple Hyur, his father was an errand boy for one of the Hyurian officers at Dragonhead. He was a nobody, in the eyes of the Elezen noble houses, but by Halone, he will one day be celebrated, as one of Ishgard's heroes.

<span style="color:#566D7E">Yet the dream never came. He wrote, visited, begged every messenger and watchman he could find, for a name-drop, an opportunity, anything that could help him apply to the ranks, only to be ignored or rejected. He felt deserted, forsaken by Halone. The anger was driving him insane. He saw others, less capable, less worthy, join the knighthood. Yet he was not about to forsake Ishgard. He was not like the others; he was no traitor.

<span style="color:#566D7E">On a dreadful, snowy night, a man came to him, commending him for his passion and loyalty. He said that he knew of the young boy's situation. "Fear not," he told him. "There is still a way for you, to become a hero for Ishgard".

---

<span style="color:#566D7E">Seven years had passed since that night. He was surprised he had lasted this long. His recruiter came to congratulate him, another successful job. The Faces of Mercy were pleased. He had acquired a taste for blood since he joined, and had lost count of the lives he took. August was celebrated alright, though not in the way he expected to be, growing up.

<span style="color:#566D7E">"I hope that the Gridanian woman was to your liking? A fine reward, I must say." The older man snorted, as he tossed a bag of coin at August's feet.

<span style="color:#566D7E">"Keep it up." He said as he turned away to leave. August looked down at the bag. He kicked it angrily and it hit the leg of one of the chairs, slightly moving it.

---

<span style="color:#566D7E">A couple of more years had passed, he was fed up. He was going to leave the Faces of Mercy, and he wasn't going to get killed. His second 'Faces' contact now owed August his life, and was going to help him escape. August is to be reported dead, and then it would all be over.

---

<span style="color:#566D7E">He went looking for her, the Gridanian woman.. What was he going to do? Beg for her forgiveness? He didn't know, but all he wanted to feel was atonement for what he did to her. As if atoning for that single act could erase all that he'd done.. He knew he sure didn't deserve it.

---

<span style="color:#566D7E">Perhaps Halone enjoyed mocking him.

<span style="color:#566D7E">The conjurer stared at the distressed man, vacantly. "Was she family? You are quite late.."

<span style="color:#566D7E">He had halfway bought his hand up to his eyes when he saw the small child. The resemblance struck him. His eyes widened, looking back at the conjurer.. "What is her name..?"

<span style="color:#566D7E">"Mylene. Like her mother's."

</spoiler>

===Death===
<spoiler>
<span style="color:#566D7E">It was nearing Mylene's 18th when it happened. Her father had sent her off to nearby Gridania to run errands and restock on supplies. This life took its toll on the girl, he knew, and it wasn't because of all of his practical jokes. She was naive and gentle and she wouldn't have known how to protect herself if he hadn't pushed her to learn how to use his bow. Nonetheless, they were both content, considering the circumstances. After all, they managed to survive the Calamity, together. Every day was a new adventure, and slowly she was coming into her own.

<span style="color:#566D7E">It was later that day when he felt a familiar, uneasy feeling.. He realized that he was being watched. Calling out, his eyes widened as his former recruiter stepped out from behind the bushes.

---

<span style="color:#566D7E">In a hurry, Mylene bid farewell to the Elezen man and ran through the Blue Badger Gate as she carried the bag of newly mended armor on her back. Reaching their camp only to find her father lying down, a single dagger pierced deeply into his chest.
</spoiler>

==x. Present==

===The Beginning of the Journey===

<span style="color:#566D7E">After her father's death, Mylene spent some time living a quaint life in the La Noscean countryside with the gil her father had made over the last few jobs he'd taken. Soon enough, though, the money would run out and she would have to figure out a plan for how to support herself for the rest of her life. She decided to make use of her fishing skill and made her way to Limsa Lominsa to register herself at the adventurers' guild there in order to be able to receive fish requests from the levemetes at any of the guild's branches. With that in order, she took an airship to Gridania to settle a small debt her father had left with a merchant, before continuing to Ul'dah, where all of those whom look to make a living go.

===Making Friends, and Self-Discovery===

<span style="color:#566D7E">Mylene was terrified upon her arrival in Ul'dah. Highly sensitive and quiet, she would show social anxiety traits when she'd meet someone new due to the fact that her father was always the ice-breaker (in an often embarrassing way) when they ran into people. She was used to being accompanied and protected by him and was not accustomed to socializing with strangers any further than making brief exchanges with merchants. With a promise of a meeting from one, she waited at the local tavern, the Quicksand, where a Keeper of the Moon would ask to share her table. Little known to her, that the Miqo'te would eventually come to be the first of many friends she'd make along the way, and one of the very few individuals she'd give her life to protect.

<span style="color:#566D7E">A few suns after her arrival in Ul'dah, she was pulled in to a conversation by a Miqo'te with a Lominsan accent, and a cheerful female Lalafell, whom introduced themselves as members of The Tomial Order. Inspired by their passion, and with a strong desire to see new places around Eorzea, she decides to join them despite her then-reclusive nature. During her earlier days at the order, she would often feel like she was lacking, and unable to contribute, due to being the only non-fighter among the adventurers. Eventually, she would form strong bonds with the Order's members, and would experience incidents, both good and bad, that she would have never been able to experience, otherwise. She now resides with them at the Order's newly obtained quarters at the Mist residential district.

===A New Sense of Purpose===

<span style="color:#566D7E">Constantly watching her friends get injured or attacked, and knowing that she could do nothing to help them due to her inability to engage in combat, had a profound effect upon Mylene. She realized that, if she had not been so stubborn about her extreme pacifism, she might have been able to help them avoid harm. And that, if she took up the bow once more, she would be able to help them in the future. Was that not what her father might have been trying to teach her all along, that the world is harsh and that she would need to be able to defend herself, and her loved ones, against it?

<span style="color:#566D7E">Mylene reached out to Raikemi Maira; a member of The Tomial Order whose skill and mind she had always admired from a distance. Raikemi would soon become an important figure in Mylene's life; providing her with Archery lessons, advice, and moral support, not only as a mentor, but as a friend.

<span style="color:#566D7E">Though she is set on her new goal, Mylene would not yet abandon her fishing rod. She now continues to balance her fishing trade and her archery lessons, as she experiences more adventures with her comrades, and friends. Yet, she is no heroine by any stretch of the imagination; as she still finds herself nervous about dealing with combat, and will only reach for her bow under extreme circumstances.

==x. Behavior/Personality==

<span style="color:#566D7E">As Ul'dah is the crossroads in the desert, Mylene found herself meeting with plenty of people, many of them far outside of her previous limits of comfort, which had been safely defined by her father. With this flurry of acquaintances, and the myriad situations they brought with them, she has steeled herself to develop a backbone, and the ability to actually hold a conversation with them, even going as far as being able to display her passion or displeasure when she needs to express them, even if that display leans towards timidness, still. This is a major improvement from the extremely anxious and silent demeanor she displayed when she started her journey alone.

<span style="color:#566D7E">She hates the feeling of being labeled as useless. This stems from the judgement she used to receive when expressing her distaste for combat. She gets a lot of drive from the feeling of being trusted and the feeling of taking care of someone else whom she is close to. Thus, Companionship and loyalty are very important to her. She strives to help out those she cares for, and is usually devastated when her offer to help is rejected, whether directly or indirectly.

<span style="color:#566D7E">Mylene can be passive at times. Her anxious nature often makes her turn away from pursuing the things she wants, if she feels that pursuing them will create some sort of conflict of interest with those around her. She also suffers from a lot of self-doubt, as well as the tendency to internalize things too much, causing herself and others some misunderstandings.

<span style="color:#566D7E">Sometimes, without realizing, she will rub her left wrist when she is nervous.

==x. Table of Traits==

{| class="wikitable" style="background-color:#b4bbc1"
! colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | Traits based on [http://rpg.ashami.com/ Ash’s Guide to RPG Personality]
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Primary Motivators
| Serenity/Tranquility
Friendship/Loyalty

Discovery/Adventure
| style="background:#8c99a2;" | Sense of Humor
| None
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Emotional Disposition
| Anxious
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background:#f2f2f2;" | <b>SEXUALITY</b>
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Moodiness
| Even-tempered
| style="background:#8c99a2;" | Sexual Orientation
| Heterosexual
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background:#f2f2f2;" | <b>CORE TRAITS</b>
| style="background:#8c99a2;" | Libido
| Healthy
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Outlook
| Optimistic
| style="background:#8c99a2;" | Sexual Expressiveness
| Modest
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Integrity
| Conscientious
| style="background:#8c99a2;" | Sexual Expressive Style
| Romantic
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Impulsiveness
| Controlled
| style="background:#8c99a2;" | Openness to Sexual Experience
| Narrow
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Boldness
| Cautious
| style="background:#8c99a2;" | Promiscuousness
| Low/Monogamous
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Flexibility
| Stubborn
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background:#f2f2f2;" | <b>RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY</b>
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Affinity
| Warm
| style="background:#8c99a2;" | Adherence
| Casual Adherent
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Comportment
| Agreeable
| style="background:#8c99a2;" | Tolerance
| Tolerant
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Interactivity
| Reserved
| style="background:#8c99a2;" | Expression of Beliefs
| None
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Disclosure
| Secretive
| style="background:#8c99a2;" | Converting Others
| Never
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Conformity
| Conventional
| style="background:#8c99a2;" | Attitude
| Humble
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align: center; background:#f2f2f2;" | <b>SECONDARY TRAITS</b>
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Quirks, Habits, & Oddities
| colspan="3" | Stuttering; Daydreaming; Insomnia; Uses hands a lot when speaking.
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Likes
| colspan="3" | Traveling; Stargazing; Fishing; Tea; Braised Pipira; Shades of the Ocean
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Dislikes
| colspan="3" | Arguments; Violence; Cold Food; Bad Weather
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Fears
| colspan="3" | Loss/Separation; Rejection; Ambiguity; Being Judged
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#8c99a2;" | Skills
| colspan="3" | Basic use of the bow; Fishing; Basic cooking; Camp set-up; Cleaning some weaponry; Reading; Writing.
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==x. Character Playlist==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMYisFOaz1s Final Fantasy VIII - Fisherman's Horizon] (Lazy Fishing)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPgxZ6mW_nk Suikoden III - Mysterious People] (Memories of a Traveling Father and Daughter)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqWYyI-0DMg Genso Suikoden Celtic Collection - Carried on Rippling Waves] (A New Beginning)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpGwyd2Ve_0 Chrono Cross- Another Termina] (Limsa Lominsa - Joining The Tomial Order)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB9aWf7P_Cs Escaflowne - Gaea Hitsuji] (A Morning at the Mist)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjS0DJ3jxQI Wolf's Rain - Trace] (Desolation)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKpN6EDNrY Witch Hunter Robin - Solomon] (August Wharf)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8q2t6qxKic Ragnarok Online II - Hold Your Life] (Endeavor To Do Better)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkMtZybeGrQ Suikoden II - Cooking Choices] (Cooking with Yonene)

==x. Relationships==
[Work in Progress]

==x. Rumors==

<span style="color:#566D7E">[Feel free to add rumors. ^^]
* "A sweet little bird, this one. Mylene goes all out for friends, to the point where she would disregard her own comfort if it meant she could provide help. Don't you dare lay your dirty mitts on her, because I'll be coming for you." - [[Kahn'a Od'hilkas]]
* "Small girl vith brown hair? Da, have met. Seemed likely to jump at own shadow. Did show backbone vhen frightened. Not sure vhy frightened." - [[Alexei Volkov]]
* "She's one of my best friends...She's always been there when I've been in trouble whether I'm recovering from being tortured, posioned, or just trying to avoid the bounty on my head. I don't know what I'd do without her." - [[S'imba Tia]]
* "Not sure why she says she 'as a tough time talkin' t' folks... seems t' me she knows 'alf the Jewel. Cute as a button as she is, surprised I'm not fendin' off suitors at our door." - [[Sabathius Kath'Lani]]
* "I love her hat! She seems so shy, but she's so much fun to talk to!" - [[Aya Foxheart]]
* "Myl? She's... hm. It's endearing, you know? Seeing someone who puts themselves out there so much, for others. Even if there's a whole mess of stuff around her that's bad enough.... Her new hairstyle is cute, too." - [[K'hoshi Nunh]]
* "That girl has this strange ability to make miqo'te boys flock to her... it's actually pretty funny." - A pink-haired hyur who didn't give her name.
* "She's nice and she's got an innocent but nurturing demeanour about her. I'm not sure if I've met a kinder soul than hers. She's going to make a man very happy one of these days." - [[Sizha'to Chalahko]]

==x. Page Updates==

<span style="color:#566D7E">5 Aug 14: Converted Table of Traits to text. + Listed Character Playlist.

<span style="color:#566D7E">3-4 Aug 14: Re-written/Updated the following sections: General - Past - Present - Behavior/Personality. + Tweaked the template for easier reading.

<span style="color:#566D7E">25 May 14: Updated Relationships: Charlotte Tiln + Siegfried Tiln.

<span style="color:#566D7E">5 May 14: Tidbits and Facts + New Relationships + Added Rumors section.

[[category:Player Character]]

Askier Mergrey

2014-08-04T19:55:06Z

Cedric: /* PC Rumors */

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| name = Askier Mergrey
| image = Ffxiv 05302014 134807.png
| imagewidth = 300
| caption = "What do you mean I shouldn't drink while building a bomb? If I mess up, we'll be dead so fast we won't know I messed up."
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| gender = Male
| citizenship = Garlean
| race = Miqo'te
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| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 31
| stat_2 = Nameday
| stat_2_value = 4th Sun of the 6th Astral Moon
| stat_3 = Guardian
| stat_3_value = [[Althyk, the Keeper]]
| stat_4 = Occupation
| stat_4_value = Bomb making
| stat_5 = Online
| stat_5_value = After 9pm CST
| stat_6 = Server
| stat_6_value = Balmung
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<br>((Askier was part of the Garlean Army the day of the Calamity, and, as a result, was not sent forward in time.))
<br>((Askier is gifted at building explosives))
<br> ((He did try to blow up Ul'dah - see "Saga of the Wind Swept Sands" for details
<br> ((He is pardoned and is living in Ul'dah as his new home not staying out of trouble. Sorry Osric. =p ))
<br> ((His alignment is Neutral as he does not believe in good or evil, just people making choices for reasons that make sense to themselves))
<br> (( Askier is missing his entire left arm due to setting off a grenade while trying to rescue Roen.))
<br> ((Askier is suffering from PTSD due to the intense torture he suffered at Crim's hands. The main set off for his flash backs is anyone touching his tail.))
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Askier is a tall, attractive, 31 years old male, with slight wrinkles starting to be visible around his lips and eyes. His ashen skin stands in stark contrast to the chestnut-brown hair he has come to let hang lose and messy since the end of his trial, feeling as if the different style reflects his new life. His narrow face is covered in numerous scars and face paint that has no real meaning other than Askier thinks it looks rather awesome on himself. His eyes shimmer a bright gold every time they catche the light.
<br><br>The miqot'te's body is tall, taller than a fair number of hyur, and his body is taught and muscled from years of military service. Should he be caught without a shirt on, a nasty collection of wicked looking scars cover the left side of his torso, as the result of falling off a chocobo onto a whiskey bottle inside his coat. Scars, scabs, and callouses cover his hands.
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Askier is a bizarre sort of character, often perceived as a naive individual. He is quick to give a smile and even faster to offer to buy someone he has just met a drink as he tells terrible jokes. He feels the most alive when other people around him laugh at something he has done or said. He tries see the best in someone and is fanatically loyal to those he calls his friends, and expects the same dedication from them in return.

<br><br>Askier will be the first to admit he relies a great deal on luck and refuses to think himself as an intellectual since he has trouble containing his volcanic temper, which is easily set off. However, for all his apparent absent-mindedness, he is a reasonably intelligent being, often able to win word games and riddles quickly and can construct explosive devices with relative ease and knows a lot about them.

<br><br>Askier views the world as one giant experience waiting to happen and that gods, spirits, and mortal races are all subject to no greater end than what they try to achieve for themselves. He believes that everyone acts for reasons that are logical to themselves, and, as such, calling someone good or evil is pointless in Askier's mind. He sees all things as equal and would gladly help out a stranger. But, because there are those that would harm what Askier chooses to care about, he finds no qualms in killing, viewing it as a normal part of being alive and that the act of killing isn't to be viewed as vile, but that the intentions behind the act certainly can.
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Askier fights with his fists and feet, preferring the intimate feeling of his opponent's body against his knuckles. As of late, he has crafted a book made of metal and has been learning to use the blunt instrument as a weapon as sort of tribute to the book that damaged his eye. He aims to become the best melee, book welding fighter Eorzea has ever seen, even if people laugh at him for it. Askier has also been trying to learn magic but, thus far, has been unable to channel the required energy due to his Garlean ancestry.
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* Making bombs
* Socializing
* Playing word games and sleeping.
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* Overly picky people
* Being underground
* Being insulted
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* Understands and has designed several magictek devices, most of which are explosive.
* Drinking
* Has a natural affinity with mechanical contraptions
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* Askier is missing his entire left arm from when he set of a grenade in an effort to save Roen.
* ...
* ...
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*''Ven'li Mergrey'' - Deceased. Askier's father was a soldier for the Garlean Empire whose illustrious job was to wrangle up chocobos. His father was also a drunk and was killed by a chocobo stampede when Askier was six.

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*''Unknown'' - All Askier knows about his mother is that she gave an infant Askier to his father and then never came back into his life after she left.

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*''[[Saravena Ancariis]]'' - Askier's younger sister. They share the same father but a different mother. She is an energetic and kind individual and Askier is incredibly loyal to her. However, for nearly two years, she has been locked in a cell, used as leverage by Askier's Garlean superiors to "encourage" him to build his magictek bomb and destroy Ul'dah.

*''[[Jin'li Epinoch]]'' Adin and Rema's slave and prize operative. The kit suffers from numerous disease and is very sickly, but is a lethal shot with a gunblade. It was Jin'li who watched over Askier's sister for two years and helped Askier ship in his needed magitek parts. Askier hates the male with a burning passion and wishes to kill Jin'li should they ever meet again, especially since learning that Jin'li survived the attack in Ul'dah that kill Adin and hacked off Rema's head. He is Askier's half-brother through their mother but neither knows it, despite the similar facial features they have.

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*''[[Kahn'a Od'hilkas]]'' - A member of the Red Wings and, in Askier's mind, a male with a mythical knight quality. More so then even Erik, Kahn'a proved during "Saga of the Wind Swept Sands" to be Askier's greatest challenge, something he had never expected. Unlike Erik, who Askier was able to influence with thoughts of games and rules, Kahn'a stands resilient to Askier's tact. Dogmatic, loyal, headstrong and blunt, Kahn'a repeatedly disrupted Askier's plans; not through sheer brilliance but by simple perseverance. But any spiteful feelings for Kahn'a have evaporated. Askier feels a deep connection to Kahn'a since the male not only saved his sister, but was willing to put his life and his reputation on the line by helping Askier fake his own death by acting as Askier's killer. After Askier's ordeal at Itar's hand, Kahn'a introduced Askier to the Red Wing organization and through the younger male's help, has been on the road of recovery and has found a new identity and self worth through the organization.

*''[[Osric Melkire]]'' - A Flame Sergeant midlander Hyur. At one point in time, Askier though the man was beneath thinking about, having broken Osric's knee and finding his fighting to be sub-par. However, that all changed the day Osric returned Saravena to him. Over time, Askier has come to see that it is Osric is far more influential than his rank would lead one to believe. Osric planned out how to fake Askier's death and save those Kahn'a cares for the most, and, by doing so, has forever made Askier in the hyur's debt whether he wishes it or not.

*''[[Kanaria Galanodel]]'' - A kind woman, and Osric's fiancee. Askier first met her during his attempt to destroy Ul'dah, during which time she was one of his closest allies and made it possible for Askier to save his sister and not destroy Ul'dah. Since then, she has come to be as close to him as family. Kind, loyal, and understanding, Askier often turns to her when he feels confused and is in need of guidance. She acts as a sort of shrink for the emotionally volatile miqo'te, able to calm his violent temper and soothe his nerves when his PTSD symptoms return.

*''[[Siha Xinkei]]'' - Captain Mynhier's adopted sister. Siha is a very sweet Moonkeeper who Askier met for the first time at Erik's ball. Askier charmed the young woman easily, making her smile and asking her to dance as he pretended to be a simple merchant, realizing she was the perfect leverage again Erik, should something go wrong with his plan. His desire to abduct the young woman was, in fact, encouraged by Erik should Askier succeed in his plan, but her kidnapping went badly. Askier enjoys her company and her polite manners and since his Trial, the two of them have made up and Askier has offered to teach the young female how to fight wither her fists. Following his time at Itar's hands, Siha has taken a motherly approach to Askier, often singing him lullabies when the Garlean cannot sleep due to his nightmares.

*''[[Erik Mynhier]]'' - The Red Wings Unit Captain. Askier first approached him planning on toying with him and setting up a game of cat and mouse between the two. He had heard rumors of Erik's delight of challenges and hoped that by setting up a system of rules with the man, his plot would succeed with ease since he viewed Erik's network of agents as the only true threat to his operation. However, Askier discovered he and Erik were kindred spirits and, to his own surprise, found himself liking the man, who even honestly said, they could have been friends if it hadn't been for Askier's desire to destroy Ul'dah. Erik is now Askier's commanding officer in the Red Wings, and, although the rank difference has caused Askier to view Erik as a superior first and friend second, the miqot'e still has the deepest respect and appreciation for the man.

*''[[Grieving Hound]]'' - Askier's deceased friend. She is reserved, tall, and bluntly honest to a fault. The two first met when they both applied for the Harbingers of Dawn Free Company on the same day. They decided to patrol the roads near Limsa Lominsa together and keep them safe, destroying several gnoll war parties. There was an instant connection between them and they often drank together, laughing and recalling their adventures. They endured much together, but they eventually became enemies towards the end of her life, Hound choosing to walk in the shadows and Askier trying to change himself for the better. She was killed by Jin'li's poison and, although Askier will not admit it, he wept for her when he learned of her demise

*''[[Raven Gorehand]]'' - A tall,female summoner with a powerful affinity for magic and a friend of both Hound and Askier. She was killed by Jin'li and her brother currently uses her name in honor of her. Askier respects the Gorehand family immensely and will always be appreciative for their help.

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*''[[Delial Grimsong]]'' - A tall, secretive woman Askier first met in Uldah looking for recruits. Askier promised to use his network of spies to find Delial's brother in exchange for her help. Since then, she has become one of his most valued allies. While they don't agree on specific tactics, or Askier's wardrobe, the two share a similar world view and Askier finds her ruthlessness for the sake of family immensely refreshing. He enjoys speaking and joking with her though he knows that she finds him rather naive; but Askier is okay with that. Delial is not the kind of woman you show all your cards to right away. The two, however, had a falling out. Askier hired Crim to help kidnap Roen to keep her safe, despite Delial making the two males swear they would not ever touch Roen. As a result of Crim's torturing Askier and Roen, Delial was forced to kill Crim once the two captives were free. She believes that Askier betrayed her and he is to blame for Itar's death, despite the fact Askier was a victim of Itar's madness. The two agreed to met in Drybone, during which time Askier snapped when Delial put a knife to his throat, suffering from a massive PTSD episode and the miqo'te beat her violently before Saravena and Kahn'a had to drag him away. The former allies have met several times since Drybone. During these meetings, Askier learned Delial bears the mark Itar had, and that the two of them are connected until they die, neither able to kill or lie. Once Askier learned this, he used it to his advantage and had Delial meet with him, to tell her what Itar did to him and Roen and finally make the female see the truth. Although there is still bad blood between them, the two are now, at the very least, able to be civil towards one another. Askier event went so far as to give her thirty-six gil and his favorite coat for the female's name day, feeling sorry for her when he learned what losing Itar had meant to the woman.

*''[[Itarliht Syhrkoensyn]]'' - A massive Roe who spoke up for Askier at his trial. After Askier faked his death, Itar hunted for Askier, seeking to offer his help, feeling they were kindred spirits. Once Askier returned to Ul'dah, Askier learned of the connection he two had through the marks they both bore. Askier once enjoyed the company of the blunt but incredibly intelligent Roe. Askier, once, fondly called him "Big Guy." Askier and Itar abducted Roen as part of plot to keep her safe. However, itar went insane and forced Roen to do things the miqo'te found despicable, borderline torture, and confronted his former friend. The two became livid and fought, culminating with Askier forced to surrender to save Roen's life, though not before he blew off his own arm. The Roe brutally tortured and maimed Askier, flaying hugs swaths of his flesh. Itar eventually returned Roen and Askier and was then slain by Delial. Askier hates the male and will forever be forced to remember the dead Roe when he looks at his own flesh or when his nightmares haunt his sleep.

*''[[Adin Adonis]]'' Askier's Employer and former commanding officer inside the Imperial Military. Was killed in Ul'dah.

*''[[Jin'li Epinoch]]'' Adin and Rema's slave and prize operative. The kit suffers from numerous disease and is very sickly, but is a lethal shot with a gunblade. It was Jin'li who watched over Askier's sister for two years and helped Askier ship in his needed magitek parts. Askier hates the male with a burning passion and wishes to kill Jin'li should they ever meet again, especially since learning that Jin'li survived the attack in Ul'dah that kill Adin and hacked off Rema's head. He is Askier's half-brother through their mother but neither knows it, despite the similar facial features they have.

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*''[[Drumstick]]'' - A young chocobo Askier purchased when he and his sister first fled the Empire. The mount has been with Askier through thick and thin and has saved Askier's life on several occasions. Askier cares a lot for the bird and would be devastated if anything happened to him, despite the fact Askier named the bird 'Drumstick' to remind him which part to eat first if the miqo'te were ever starving.

*''[[Sizha'to Chalahko]]'' - A male Keeper whom Askier wronged once. He has apologized to Sizha'to for his mistake and makes an effort to be as civil as possible whenever they cross paths.

*''[[Roen Deneith]]'' - A woman whom Askier knew very little about. He encountered her once while acting as security for Delial at a meeting and Roen made a negative impression on him then. Askier was planning on not meeting her ever again if he could help it. Problem was, he couldn't help it. He was hired to kidnap Roen to keep her safe as part of plot concocted by one of her friends. Askier agreed but his hired help, Itar, went crazy, taking Roen and Askier and torturing them. The two were freed and Itar slain but not before permanent damage to them both were done. Askier respects the woman. Recently, Askier discovered she was imprisoned by the Sultansworn for alleged desertion after she fled Ul'dah to try and recover from her ordeal at Itar's hands. He plans on making sure she may walk free again.

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* ''"Askier can't read."'' It's a lie Askier tells about himself.
* ''"How can someone drink that much and be okay with themselves?"''
* ''"I'd say it's not normal for someone to always be this much fun to be around, but I'm having such a good time!"''
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* ''"I can't keep straight which color is his real hair color."''
* ''"Don't make him mad, he'll snap your neck soon as look at ya."''
* ''" The man faked his own death and went into hiding because some Garlean spy master was trying to kill him and his friends that he set up that bomb in Ul'dah to save his sister for them."''
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* ''"I heard Askier knows how to destroy a city with a device of brass and magic."''
* ''"More than one of that man's drinking buddies have been found dead the next morning."''
* ''"Word is he killed some of his own friends the day he deserted the Garlean Empire. "''
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*''"Look upon his maimed form and know that every lapse in thought and judgement has taken from him some piece of his body, some piece of his mind. A man who cannot think through action is not long for this world, particularly a man in a profession such as his. I want to pity him. I cannot."'' - [[Delial Grimsong]]
*''"I dare you to call him weak! That he is fighting with all his might to mend his tormented mind ought to prove that his inner strength is that of a battle-hardened warrior. If you ever hold any ill-will against him, I suggest you watch your back ''very'' carefully."'' - [[Kahn'a Od'hilkas]]
*''"I blame Askier."'' - [[Osric Melkire]]
*''" "Grab this box, bring it back to Ul'dah," he said... Askier started this rock rolling and it has not quit! I'll never forget the change that he brought out of me, he's helped me become more than I ever thought I could be. For this, I will always be grateful. Dinner? What about dinner? Oh... Sorry I don't kiss and tell.~"'' - [[Kanaria Galanodel]]
*''" "He has suffered for one of my masters before, and he shall do so again in time."'' - [[Jin'li Epinoch]]
*''"Askier.... Askier.... Askier... He's lied to me. Used me. Betrayed me. In return I did the same to him. Or so he thought. I did what I had to do to save his life. Not that he deserved it. If the courts decided he would be executed I would have offered my axe to do it."'' - [[Grieving Hound]]
*''"Ever since I've heard of this guy trying to invade Ul'dah, the things following it haven't been good. He brought his baggage with him and it has been nothing but one event after another that have put lives of those he calls friends in danger. Call me unfair all you want, I'm pinning all this shite that has happened thus far on this guy, and I don't see how his -friends- can't see that."'' - [[Sizha'to Chalahko]]
*''"Aye, he has done me wrong. But when I asked him not to die, he promised me he would live, even when death was the easier choice. He has suffered enough in my eyes."'' - [[Roen Deneith]]
*''"Squawk!"'' - [[Drumstick]]
*''"Is my friend. Alvays getting hurt, vill alvays be there to patch up." - [[Alexei Volkov]]
*''"He's too trusting, something I didn't even think was possible for a Garlean. It's a shame it keeps biting him in the ass... though I suppose I've had my part in that as well." - [[Natalie Mcbeef]]
*''"He's a good sand moogle .. aside from that I'll have to let you know once I get to know him better.." '' - [[Leilani Belle]]
*''The Mergrey guy? I think I met him once.. he seemed kind of skittish, and like he needed some friends!" '' - [[Aya Foxheart]]
*''"I owe him. More than I can tell you." '' - [[Warren Castille]]
*''"I do not appreciate how his little 'toys' keep getting where they do not belong."'' - [[Coatleque Crofte]]
*''"He smells... Odd. However, he did get me out of a bad situation, so I am in his dept. I also find myself curious about him; I may be seeing him again." - [[Kiht Jakkya]]
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<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Birth and childhood''</div>

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Askier was born in the Garlean Empire to Ven'li and a female he knows nothing about. His mother stuck around long enough to birth him and recover before leaving Askier with his father. Ven'li was stationed in an open plan and was responsible for taming chocobos. Ven'li was a distant father and Askier only remembers him from his smell of booze. Askier's sister, Saravena, was born five years after he was to another female. Askier's father was killed when Askier was six. Askier was sent to live with his father's brother, who was a woodcutter near a river.
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<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Life in the Garlean Lumber Camp''</div>

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For the next 10 years, Askier and Saravena lived relatively uneventful lives. They helped their uncle deforest large swathes of the land to send the lumber down river for the Garlean war machine and learned simple schooling from traveling scholars.
<br>This simple life was violently interrupted when a group of anti-imperial soldiers assaulted the camp and burned many of the workes and the woods in an attempt to hurt the lumber supply to the Garlean military. Askier and Saravena escaped but their uncle was lost in the flames.
<br>Lost, the pair eventually reached a city. There starving, and forced with some unpleasant options, Askier enlisted to serve the army to earn money for his little sister to eat.
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<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Life as a soldier''</div>

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Askier would spend the next four years being bounced around from one tour of duty to the next. During that time, he took to learning about magitek and started messing around with spare parts he stole. He discovered he was rather good with making random parts work together and his tinkering eventually caught the eye of an officer in the engineering branch. The officer had Askier transferred to his unit and Askier quickly excelled in his new job, causing a good amount of interest amongst the military brass when it came to new explosive devices. One such device of Askier's was loaded aboard a Garlean airship and was planned on being us the day of the Calamity, destroying his device before it could be detonated.

At seeing the immense power of the primal that day, Askier deserted his post, concerned only with keeping his sister safe. He returned home and fled with her south till they came to Eorzea, where they lived as traveling mercenaries for three years.
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<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Life as a freelance mercenary''</div>

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Life as a freelance mercenary was good for Askier and Saravena. They travelled and used their coin to live well. Askier began drinking more and more heavily during this time, much to the concern of his sister, who was unable to stop him. Askier used the money he made to keep his sister well taken care off as he spent the left over research what few books he could afford, trying to better himself.

Askier also tried to put his past behind him, and, while he still continued to study bomb making with the few books he could find written about magitek, it was simply for academic reasons.

He was enjoying his life and considered himself extremely lucky.
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<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Life as a Garlean Saboteur''</div>

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But the good luck ran out. Askier was recognized by a Garlean spy near Ul'dah and, after tailing Askier, came up with a plan. He forces Askier to build another bomb, in Ul'dah. Askier refused initially but the agent took Askier's sister hostage and made the demand: "destroy Ul'dah or she dies". Askier gave in immediately for his sister and has been working on building his bomb for over a year and a half, shipping in the needed parts slowly and piece by piece to avoid attention.
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<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Saga of the Wind Swept Sands''</div>

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((Askier's IC summary of Saga of the Wind Swept Sands"))<br><br>
To whomever finds this, This may be my last time sitting down to write, and I will be considering this as my last testament. The purpose of this testament is to chronicle the past two years, and, more specifically, the past few weeks that have led to me sitting in this cell.<br><br>

I begin when Saravena was taken, as that was the catalyst for all of this. Saravena and I had been wandering and working as mercenaries for the three years after my desertion from the Empire following the calamity.
It was a good life. However, my drunkenness proved our undoing. Like my father, the drink is my vice and I was drunk and loud too often back then. A servant of my former captain during my years in service to the Empire, hence forth referred to as “my employer”, recognized me. I do not know how long they followed after us, or planned, but they struck without warning. Saravena found a knife to her throat and I with a choice many say should have been harder to make than I found it to be. I agreed to save Saravena’s life by destroying Ul’dah with a bomb of my own creation.<br><br>

For the next two years, I moved in secret, slowing shipping in my needed parts a few at a time to keep myself from drawing unwanted attention to myself. I joined the Harbingers of Dawn during this time, hoping to find companionship to distract my mind from what I was doing. Although I found most inside the Free Company to be as full of schemes as I, I did find a few genuine companions, though only one I felt comfortable telling everything to, which I did. Hound, I know you cannot read and I apologize for lying to you about me not being able to do so for so long, but if this should ever be read aloud to you, know you are more than a friend, you are family.<br><br>

Hound hinted I should stop and try to find another way, but I dismissed her. What could the two of us do against “my employers” shadows? I was afraid and continued on, though I regret now not heeding her.<br><br>

I was allowed to see my sister during these two years on rare occasions. Always at a location “my employer’s” slave, Jin’li, picked, and only for a few moments. I began to grow impatient, wanting her back.I started making ripples in my haste.
Ripples Erik Mynhier began to detect. I realized this and grew angry. I was too close. So I made a move that, in hindsight, saved both Saravena and all of Ul’dah: I confronted Erik.<br><br>

Erik, should you see this, know that I have always judged a leader by how his enemies view him and his men revere him. 'A friend to all' is the title I bestow upon you. I came to you, trying to trick you into playing this game by my rules, to bend you to my will. But even then you showed me respect as I revealed half-truths to you. I should have realized then, when you let me walk away, that you had already won. You had already placed your prize pieces upon the board,<br><br>

Kahn'a Od'hilkas and Osric Melkire.<br><br>

Erik, I don’t know how many moves ahead of me you were or how you intercepted Jin’li’s letter to me, but you played it all so well. There I stood, in Vesper Bay, waiting for the shipping manifest from Jin’li that would reveal where I was to find the final three parts for my device. I recall how my allies and Delial Grimsong… I do not call Delial an ally because she is something more, a schemer as great as myself and as close a friend as one can have with such a dangerous creature. She was using me to help her own ends as much as she aided me out of a kindred bond to save our siblings. I have digressed.<br><br>

There we stood, with the manifest in hand, my eyes reading over it greedily, when Kahn’a and his allies attacked us. Looking back, I realize just how far Kahn’a has come since Vesper Bay. Back then he was just a scared kit while now he… during Vesper Bay, he was no real threat. The only reason I lost the manifest was a result of the hyur the woman, Daphine, smashing my eye with her book and Osric attacking my flank while I recoiled in pain. Osric certainly would have captured me and ended it all then and there had my chocobo, Drumstick, not come to my aid.<br><br>

After Vesper Bay, I nursed my wounds in secret. Delial did what she could for me, but my eye never healed properly, and even now, bright light causes it to weep blood profusely. I wanted revenge and so I hunted for it during the week until my last three parts would arrive. I found Kahn’a in an alley and thrashed him violently, hoping that my assault would stop Kahn’a for good. Instead, my violence caught the eye of my Harbinger of Dawn superior, S’honji, and his friend at the time, Kanaria Galanodel. Eager for more guards to help me recover my packages, I lied to them both, pleading for help recovering my shipments for “my employer” saying they were harmless artifacts. S’honji immediately mistrusted me, but Kanaria seemed to be eager to help a man in need. <br><br>

My allies gathered at the “Coffin and Coffer”, being Delial,Hound, Siha, Kanaria, and S’honji. Everything should have been easy. We split into two parties. Delial, Kanaria and Shonji went to The Silver Bazaar. Hound, Siha, and I went to Crescent Cove.<br><br>

But Hound betrayed me.<br><br>

Just as I had recovered my second part and planned to kidnap Siha, Kahn’a arrived. Hound then stepped forward and raised her axe against me. Outnumbered four-to-one, I was forced to swim for it with my part. Wet and half-naked, I rendezvoused back in Ul’dah with Delial’s team where we secured the two parts we had recovered and then proceeded to location number three, the graveyard near Camp Drybone. Osric,Hound, Siha, Kah’na, Daphine, and Jana were waiting for us. After a standoff, we came to blows, though it was my party that was forced to yield, all of us bloodied and beaten, save Kanaria, who proved to be a more dangerous combatant then I had ever expected,certainly more than S’honji, who fell to Osric’s blows swiftly. I broke Osric’s knee before fleeing on Drumstick once more, a battered Delial thrown unceremoniously across my saddle.
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That night, I finished the bomb, even without the third part. As my lethal creation hummed intolife and the sinister glow burned into my eye, I will admit I felt pride at all I had accomplished. I had almost, single-handedly, done the impossible, something the might of the entire Imperial military had not been able to do: I had Ul’dah by the throat. In that moment, I was akin to Bahamut, a force of sheer destruction unable to be stopped. The timer on my bomb was ticking and would detonate in one week.<br><br>

Then my heart sank and my stomach twisted into knots as I realized, without a shred of doubt, I didn’t want to go through with my plan. The reality of what setting the device off would do, and what would happen to Saravena if I didn't let it go off, slammed into me. Depressed and confused, I started to drown my emotions in alcohol.<br><br>

For the next week, a war raged inside my mind, part of me playing the demon. I encountered Kahn’ain the streets of Ul’dah and my companion Raven and I tormented him, trying to break him of his will to fight. But I saw in his eyes he wasn’t afraid anymore. He was fighting back and I felt fear. I began to grow confused, and in my confusion, I acted, proceeding in an action that had repercussions in my mind and added fuel to my doubt. I might have even killed Kahn’a at that moment had Kanaria not intervened. I left, my mind wrapped in the fog of doubt and no amount of fiery liquor could burn the fog away.<br><br>

My conscious rose up in me, begging me to seek help. But from who? Hound had betrayed me and it would be some time till we mended our relationship. I thought I was alone again.<br><br>

I wasn’t. I know now that Kanaria was working with Kahn’a, but she found me sitting on some crates and managed to wring the truth of my goals and who I was from my lips without a bit of force. I was so desperate and wracked by guilt I needed to confess. Kanaria’s response amazed me. She did not shun me, but offered to help me to the bitter end. I left her, still confused but with the realization I wasn’t alone. I wanted to see Kanaria again, to talk to someone. She used this desire to break down my defenses and convinced me to meet with Kahn’a and Osric. During the meeting, I gave them a copy of the book I had written on explosive magitek as a token of good will. In return, Osric offered a plan:
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Ask "my employer” to let me see my sister one last time, but instead of me going, he would and free my sister while I waited with my bomb, swearing to disarm it the moment Saravena was safe.<br><br>

That night, after the meeting, as I drank by the light of my bomb, I smiled. I remember it. For the first time in a long time, I saw a light at the end of this tunnel and it wasn’t a light of destruction.<br><br>

But the truce nearly failed.<br><br>

I had gathered my allies and Delial, still not entirely trusting Kahn’a and Osric. Kahn’a arrived with his troops and my mind immediately took it as betrayal but I waited. I was willing to humor them as they looked on at my bomb with terror. But then I heard Kahn’a say the words that broke my will that night. He looked straight at me and uttered: “Saravena is dead, Askier.”<br><br>

My mind snapped, I started dancing around, cackling, wanting to kill everyone and everything, wanting to set off the bomb, and I know I would have, had Kanaria not held me back. My allies and Delial refused to fight, they heard Kahn’a as he tried to explain Saravena was, in fact, still alive; that Osric had saved her after all. In my grief I failed to hear, and I was shot by Kahn’a’s arrow. After that, I remember very little as Daphine drugged me. But I know the bomb was disarmed and I was taken to this cell, where I have resided this past week, thinking.<br><br>

I was visited later by Kanaria and Kahn’a, who brought in an unconscious Saravena and placed her in my arms. Osric had kept up his end of the bargain, though they had almost lost her. I confess I wept for hours, both relieved that she was safe again after two years and ashamed for nearly breaking my end of the truce.<br><br>

But Jin’li isn’t done with me it seems. He still lives and conspires for “my employer.” If I ever see that runt again, I’ll sink my teeth into his throat and tear it out. Kahn’a and Osric tell me that Kahn’a is being forced to play a game for“my employer” much like the one I was forced to, though this time, it is not Ul’dah he wants destroyed, it is me for failing him and letting Osric make a fool out of him. <br><br>

I feel no hatred for Osric, Kanaria, or Kahn’a. Rather I view them as family. They simply tried to keep what they cared for safe and they were willing to help out a total stranger and his sister while doing so. How could I ever judge someone for that? Kahn’a especially has gone from my greatest foe to something I find myself surprised by. Raven, Kanaria, Osric, Hound, Kahn’a, Vali,even you Delial, I owe you all a debt I can never repay but will try.<br><br>

I have one last scheme to play. One, that if all goes well, will free me forever from this madman, though the price will by high for some near to me, but they have agreed and once again I am left in awe of their selflessness. I will stand trial soon and accept my punishment, be it acceptable to me. S’honji plans to convict me and execute me, but I have no plan on dying. Not until I return “my employer” for his years of kindness.<br><br>

In conclusion, I did not write this for pity or forgiveness. In truth, part of me will always be proud of what I have accomplished, though I am grateful that I never had to set off my device. No, I write this so that, no matter how history remembers me, there will always be a record from my own pen that proves that I am nothing more than a simple Garlean miqot’e, whom was fallible, foolish, and devoted to those he loves.<br><br>

Askier Mergrey, <br><br>
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<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Trial by Gunblade Fire''</div>

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Askier went to trial for his crimes during the "Saga of the Wind Swept" but he went to live and be free, not suffer S'honji's punishment.

Kahn'a was confronted by Jin'li and forced to play the very game Askier had been. This time, however, Askier was the target, and those Kahn'a cared about most were the hostages. Kahn'a came to Osric and Kanaria and told them, and the three worked out a way to trick Jin'li and free Askier from Jin'li's master. They would fake Askier's death in front of everyone. Askier was asked to trust Kahn'a to shoot at hi with the gunblade Jin'li had given him. Askier, seeing the young male forced to make the same type of choice he was and realizing the risk Kahn'a was taking to spare his life, agreed without hesitation, having come to trust Kahn'a, Kanaria, and Osric completely. The only other person who was to know was Saravena. During the trial, Askier stood mostly silent, letting those who would speak for him do so. They added to the plan. Then Askier stepped forward, giving Kahn'a a shot he couldn't miss. The other male took it and hit the metal covering they had slipped under Askier's shirt. Askier flew backwards into Osric, who pinched a set of nerves, sending Askier into a state of near death. To add to the effect, Askier bit a whole in his tongue to let blood ooze out. Osric rushed Askier away and revived him, though the bruising from the shot forced Askier to limp. Osric escorted Askier to an airship and sent him to Limsa. Askier, in immense pain, passed out aboard the ship, a free man for the first time in years.
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<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Life After Death''</div>

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Askier arrived in Limsa and kept a low profile. But Adin and Jin'li were no fools. They hunted Askier down and shot Askier off a cliff after tricking Osric into revealing Askier was alive. Askier fell from the cliff and saw the starry heavens and during that moment, a mark was burned onto the back of his neck before he slammed into the ocean and lost consciousness for several days as Osric's siblings saved him and took him to Lady Grace for healing. During that time, Osric, Kahn'a, and Kanaria hunted down Adin and Jin'li and killed them both. When Askier awoke, his ruined eye was fixed by Lady Grace's healer and his wounds as well. He rejoiced when he learned he was a truly free miqo'te. He returned to Ul'dah, where he encountered Adin's replacement, Rema, briefly as she told him she was calling off the attacks on Ul'dah for a time. Askier now calls Ul'dah his home and was looking to relax.
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<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Slipping into old ways''</div>
But that was not to last. Askier encountered the massive Roe Itarliht Syhrkoensyn, who mentioned the mark on Askier's neck and explained they were both part of a small collection of similar fellows with similar marks. Askier has agreed to help his new allies discover the purpose of the marks. But Itar was not done with Askier. Itar informed Askier there were several old allies of Askier's in need of aid and Askier offered to help without hesitation, even if doing so might reawaken his negative image amongst certain people.

Meanwhile, Askier was contacted to identify the explosive used on Lady Grace's ship. Askier agreed and determined the device but was accused of setting it himself and snapped angrily, viewing the cheap explosive beneath him. Askier has sworn to prove to Lady Grace how talented his skills are one way or the other.

<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Time as a Terrible Kidnapper and Torture and Freedom''</div>
Askier worked odds jobs for awhile, growing bored and listless, wanting the action he had come to enjoy, almost crave like a drug, during the past five years. Osric kept telling him to stay out of trouble, but the problem was, Askier wanted trouble, wanted the trill of being at the edge. And Askier finally got his chance and he pounced on it.

Askier was approached by a member of the Brass Blades to abduct Roen Deneith and detain her long enough to draw out a wanted fugitive so the fugitive could be killed. Askier pretended to take the job for the massive amount of gil he was promised, but, in truth, Askier really just wanted the job to make him feel alive.

Askier had planned to take his time organizing and setting up a proper job, but while Askier was trying to recruit the first of his hired muscle, Itar, Roen walked up to them and the pair of males tricked her, hit her over the head with a shovel, drugged her, and rode north to Coerthas to hide.

Askier had planned on the kidnapping being a rather pleasant affair, even going so far as to purchase whiskey and books for Roen to pass the time. But Crim had other ideas. The Roe proved merciless in his actions, forcing Roen to engage in acts that borderlined on torture, acts that left Askier uncomfortable. Askier attempted to repair the damage done by Crim by offering aid to Roen's brother but Crim snapped and took to punishing Roen. Askier reached his limit, furious at the way Crim was treating the hyur female and threw a bottle at Crim's head. Crim turned on the miqo'te and the two males fought, parts of the house being blown to bits by explosives.

The fight ended with Crim, Roen, and Askier outside the house in the whirling snows, Crim pressing a sword to the female's throat, swearing to kill her if Askier did no drop his explosives. Askier had his mount, Drumstick, flee to act as message to anyone who would look for him before he took out a linkpearl from his ear and removed all but one explosive from his person. Askier then pulled the pin on the last explosive and blew his left arm off to the shoulder, doing so for several reasons. Crim was forced to abandon the building and took a wagon loaded with Askier and Roen south where they stole a boat.

The three sailed for a couple weeks, during that time Askier was violently tortured, an experience he will never forget. Askier and Roen were rescued and Crim slain during an exchange on the docks of Crescent Cove. Askier was healed over an extended period of time, though his mind is still suffering as he tries to come to terms with what happened to him.
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<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Joining the Red Wings''</div>

Following Askier's release, Kahn'a offered Askier a chance to keep himself busy by joining the Red Wings. Askier agreed to do so, so desperate to find a means of work to keep his brain off the memories of the boat.

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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTuhuon1j6U Voltaire - When You're Evil]
<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F90Cw4l-8NY&feature=kp Bastille - Pompeii]
<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzir1B43I3E&feature=kp Freedom Call - Warriors]
<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H4l9RpkwM&feature=kp Linkin Park - Breaking the Habit]
<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK9qfVQ4Z04&feature=kp Within Temptation - Angels]
<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL4mywCOJXA Grounds for Divorce - Elbow]
<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGnmuBOmL5I Otto Waalkes - Grund zum feiern ]
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Osric Melkire

2014-08-04T19:45:44Z

Cedric: /* Reputation */

{{Infobox-character
| name = Osric Melkire
| image = Osric_by_Tiergan.jpg
| imagewidth =
| caption = '"As I live, I'll serve."'
| gender = Male
| citizenship = Ul'dahn
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 25
| stat_2 = Patron Deity
| stat_2_value = Oschon, The Wanderer
| stat_3 = Occupation
| stat_3_value = Chief Flame Sergeant
| stat_4 = Height/Weight
| stat_4_value = 5' 8" / 162 Pz
| stat_5 = Orientation
| stat_5_value = Heterosexual
| stat_6 = Relatives
| stat_6_value = <ul><li>Cenric (Father, Deceased)</li> <li>Edith (Mother)</li> <li>Tabitha (Sister, Deceased)</li> <li>Danica & Corinna (Sisters, Twins)</li> <li>Thomys (Brother)</li></ul>
}}

<BLOCKQUOTE><small>''"For the last time, that ain't my dagger he's carrying around in his bosom. If it was, he'd be dead. What kind of amateur sticks his pigs, anyway? You're supposed to slit their throats."'' <br>-- '''Osric''', nineteen cycles of age, caught standing over a wounded Yellowjacket.</small></BLOCKQUOTE>

'''Chief Sergeant Osric Melkire''' (born 11th Sun of the 3rd Astral Moon) is a Lominsan native who found his way to Ul'dah in search of refuge and employment. Driven from his home at the age of twenty, he stowed away on the first ferry to Vesper Bay and was immediately arrested upon arrival. His plea for asylum in exchange for lifetime enlistment with the Immortal Flames was granted; that he bore with him a letter of introduction from a former officer didn't hurt matters, either.

Five cycles later, Osric now views Ul'dah as his home and has pledged himself to the Jewel of the Desert.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Basic Info</div>===
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<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3>
<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #ECCA67;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''LIKES''</center></div></h3>
: <font style="color:#ECCA67;" size="3">■</font> Fisticuffs
: <font style="color:#ECCA67;" size="3">■</font> Sailing
: <font style="color:#ECCA67;" size="3">■</font> Sleep
: <font style="color:#ECCA67;" size="3">■</font> Trashy novellas

<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3>
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #DFD59E;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''DISLIKES''</center></div></h3>

: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Abusers of Women and Children
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Monetarists
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Card sharps
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Injustice

<td style="vertical-align: top;font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;"><h3>
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #CACFA5;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''OTHER''</center></div></h3>

: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Vice(s): Alcohol
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Food: [http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Meat_Miq%27abob Meat Miq'abob]
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink: [http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Pineapple_Juice Pineapple Juice]
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Color: Green

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">History</div>===

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Reputation</div>===
<table style="position:center;" width="100%">
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''RUMORS''</center></div></span></h3>
''Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC!''
<div style="border:0px solid; padding:8px;"><b>
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #90AB76;">◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "What, Melkire? Kid with the funny accent? Ain't he Lominsan?" -- ''Wymond''
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "Haven't seen the blighter in moons. Wonder where he's gone...." -- ''Rand, Brass Blade''
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "Rumors are rumors. I'm not one to substitute them for truth, and the truth is that the Sergeant is a good man." -- ''Haruko Kokojo, Flame Corporal''

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #F37E1D;">◢ Uncommon Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "Came rushing down the steps of the Hourglass one night, dressed head to toe like a Garlean..." -- ''Quicksand Patron''
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "Word is, he went over... uneasy. I'm uneasy, so I am. Not sure I want to be hearing from him anytime soon." -- ''Momodi''

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #D83018;">◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#D83018;" size="3">■</font> "Man's a criminal. Petty thief, and a murderer to boot. Tried to run from Merlwyb, got as far as Vesper. So there he is, 'bout to have his brains painted all over the dock, right, when Raubahn himself shows up. Now Merlwyb, she grants Melkire one last request, as per the Lominsan custom, and Melkire, he challenges the General to <i>single combat</i>. Says if he wins, Raubahn's honor-bound to save his life. And the Bull, he <i>accepted</i>, and Melkire, he <i>won</i>. So Raubahn holds up his end, see, beats the Admiral's hundred-man crew senseless and kicks Merlwyb herself back into the sea. Aye, that's how it happened, and don't let anyone tell you different." -- ''Trachtoum the Tidus Slayer''

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #aac5b4;">◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from Playable Characters, Feel Free to Add!)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "I suspect he is a decent man. I could be wrong. He seems... decent. Yes." - [[Delial Grimsong]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "I want to be angry with him really badly, yet I understand the man was in shackles, and threw away what little freedom he had for a hope of redemption... Damn you Osric, I can't condone what you've been forced to do to protect your dear one, but I know you're a good man deep down... And my friend." - [[Kahn'a Od'hilkas]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "He gave me a lesson on survival once. It returned to me when I least expected it. Now I will never forget it." - [[Roen Deneith]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "I'd kill the Sultana herself if Osric ordered it; I owe him that much for all the times he's saved my sorry ass. He's one of the best things that ever happened to Ul'dah or me and I'll break anyone who says different, even though he does have an obsession with attacking from behind and dirt sandwiches. Those hurt by the way. " - [[Askier Mergrey]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "This man is a thief! He's stolen everything from me and will not give it back! Not that I really want any of it back, it's his to keep because I know he'll take very good care of what he's got. I'm keeping close tabs on my bottle of 'Pineapple Juice' though... That's mine! " - [[Kanaria Galanodel]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "'Have a little more faith in me,' he said. So I did. Because that's what friends do, even if you think they did something horrifically stupid. But where did that end up? Getting punched by him and him later laughing at it. And I caught a glimpse of him drawing his axe to Kahn'a. I know he was controlled, but that doesn't suppress feelings of betrayal. And right now, I feel horrifically betrayed by him." - [[Sizha'to Chalahko]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "His jaw cries out to be connected to my fist. Also he's good at his job I guess." - [[Natalie Mcbeef]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "Master Adin gave him the gift of suffering, Master Rema gave him the gift of kindness. The slave shall give him the gift of servitude." - [[Jin'li Epinoch]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "Reminded me vhat once cared for. Put me to good use, do not regret service." - [[Alexei Volkov]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "I find his methods distasteful. So long as his loyalties remain clear, I can overlook those failings." - [[Coatleque Crofte]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "I've got lots to say and ask him the next we meet. Lots of double standards to say the least." - [[Kage Kiryuu]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "The Sergeant's intentions are in the right place. We can't find many of those nowadays." - [[Xydane Vale]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "He was so unassuming when I first met him, but I don't know what we'd do now without him. He seems to know everything, and anything he doesn't know, he knows how to find out." - [[Aya Foxheart]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "He seems te be honest an' trustworthy enough, rare traits in a place such as Ul'dah, though, I get th' feelin' he won' be puttin' another knife te my throat any time soon." - [[Gharen Wolfsong]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "Osric? I owe him my life. See, we were in some trouble in Northern Thanalan, and a woman almost died. I thought with my heart and leapt to save her.I did, but I almost got myself killed as well. He in turned jumped to save me after sending a message back to deal with bigger trouble in Ul'dah, and most likely ended up saving both of us. I see him as a friend, though I don't know if he thinks of me as one, and I honestly want to be a little more like him. Thinking with my head instead of my heart." - [[Zachary Evans]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "He and I are of a kind, though I think he'd be loathe to admit it. I don't like him and I know he doesn't like me. Yet, in a perverse sort of way, I can trust him." - [[C'kayah Tia]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "Osric hasn't come by much lately, and I've heard some really ominous things. Yes, I am worried. For Osric, and for us." - [[Aya Foxheart]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "An excellent customer! Rarely have I seen someone display such a fine appreciation for the dubious. I can only hope he finds his plot devices of value." - [[Verad Bellveil]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "You got a problem with my brother? Take it up with Mister Scoopers.. I'll clean up what's left. Gah! I'm ruttin' hungry!" - [[Leilani Belle]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "I pray for the day he can finally retire and stop getting into danger." - [[Aldyet Lannis]]
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "Seems alright. Man owes me a debt, which jus' means I like him more'n most." - [[Cenric Amaril]]
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "After recent events, I wanted to hate him, but I can not. I can not be a hypocrite and say I would not go to extremes for the ones I love most. His sin is already done, so I say, let him redeem himself now." [[Kiht Jakkya]]
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''RELATIONS''</center></div></span></h3>
<center> <font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic Love    <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> Good Standing    <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> Neutral Standing    <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> Poor Standing</center><br>

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Daphine Rysen]] - "Longtime friend. I owe Madam Rysen more than anyone."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Raandal Bennett]] - "Daphine's crazy fiancé and m'former free company leader."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Kiest Resad]] - "Kiest. Just... gods-damned Kiest. Bane of my existence."

: <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> [[Andralyn Thatcher]] - "...I ain't gonna talk 'bout Lady Grace t'the likes of ''you''."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Mialyre Vance]] - "Ever wanted t'just lower your head in front of a cannon, set alight the fuse?"

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Kahn'a Od'hilkas]] - "M'best friend, bar none."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Askier Mergrey]] - "M'worst enemy, bar none."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Zhavi Streetrunner]] - "...I owe her a debt."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Aya Foxheart]] - "Y'see Aya? That girl knows great service. Tip her well and often, y'hear?"

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[D'lyhhia Lhuil]] - "Thought I was done with little sisters. I thought wrong."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Xydane Vale]] - "Vale. Ruttin' Vale. Won't leave me alone. Won't let me leave ''him'' alone. Arse."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Kiht Jakkya]] - "More responsibility on her shoulders than I'm wantin' t'think about."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Endemerrin Rosethorne]] - "Master Rosethorne's a good man; I won't be listenin' to anythin' what says otherwise."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Delainaut Merillat]] - "I regret ever draggin' that man to Limsa."

: <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> [[Jameson Taeros]] - "That bastard? I'll show'm the meanin' o' "For Coin & Country". He'll know it soon enough."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Delial Grimsong]] - "...damn her."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Roen Deneith]] - "She'll pull through. Mythril, that one. Can't help but shine, and won't ever bend."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Gharen Wolfsong]] - "...went near him again without a regiment and a gunblade. Gods damn it."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Sizha'to Chalahko]] - "Sizzie! I love Sizzie! ...bastard doesn't love me back."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Siha Xinkei]] - "Clever girl, Lady Siha. Eyes open and hands on your pockets, boys."

: <font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> [[Kanaria Galanodel]] - "Dayspring of my happiness."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[S'honji Hayakawa]] - "He 'n' I are due for a little heart t'heart talk...."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Kage Kiryuu]] - "Lovestruck pup. Can't blame him for that... so I'll blame'm for the rest."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Lanza Razaul]] - "Oi, it's Lanza, eh? He's an idiot. Loveable idiot, but still an idiot."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Liliana Nazareth]] - "Not often y'can call a superior officer "friend", but hells, if she ain't one, then I'm at a loss for words."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[C'kayah Tia]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> [[Natalie Mcbeef]] - "Went too far, her. Too gods-damned bloody far."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Zachary Evans]] - "He needs clothes. He needs clothes badly."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Gus Pumpkinweed]] - "Gus is a peach- PUMPKIN! I meant pumpkin!"

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Leilani Belle]] - "Buttons is crazy. In a good way. That said, she outranks me, so I've reason for concern."

: <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> [[Jin'li Epinoch]] - "Finished. Ended. Restin'."

: <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> [[Adin Adonus]] - "Monster. Tourin' the seven hells now. Good riddance t'bad rubbish."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Lissa Belle]] - "If Leilani is crazy in a good way, then Lissa is good in a crazy way."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Aldyet Lannis]] - "Y'look, and you'll see a fragile little girl. ''Y'pay attention,'' and you'll find steel."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Alexei Volkov]] - "Consummate 'fessional."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Verad Bellveil]] - "I love that man. He's worth the time, trust me."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Coatleque Crofte]] - "Green... but she's learnin'."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Blizzard Yuko]] - "No need t'be worryin' over that one. I took care of it."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Unnamed Mercenary]] - "...ain't his name Franz?"

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Cenric Amaril]] - "Stiffed his own self! Turned down m'gil! Pffffhahahahaha!"

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===<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Music</div>===
<center>

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT-dxG4WWf4&feature=kp Mykonos - Fleet Foxes]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua8d3gDSXyc The Joke - Lifehouse]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZJuXM0tGFk Death from Above - Machinae Supremacy]

===<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Footnotes</div>===

Credit goes to '''Bancroft Gairn''' for the page template!
Credit goes to '''Tiergan Vashir''' for the avatar artwork!

User:Cedric

2014-07-16T17:21:13Z

Cedric: /* Characters */

Hello ladies and gents. Name's Cedric. I somehow doubt you care too much about who I am as much as the characters I roleplay. Here's some basic info about me, anyway. Just note that '''this page may be subject to a rework'''. So stay tuned, and please excuse the mess. I am a bit of an altoholic, as you'll see with the list below.

=About=
*Male
*Probably older than you >:D
*Cedric is not my RL name, just a name I go by :D
*San Francisco Bay Area, GMT -8 (-7 during DST)
*Usually online at or around 7 pm on weeknights, weekend hours greatly vary
*Contact Info: (in order of preference)
**'''AIM:''' MythrilHalberd
**'''Skype:''' knightdevout
**'''E-mail:''' umbral.dragoon[]gmail.com

=Characters=
Here is a list of characters that I play and roleplay. They are all in the Balmung server. Here they are, sorted by main role. (Some of them have more than one.) Hover over the icon for a short description. Click on their icon for their page.

==Tank==
[[Image:Gs-link.jpg|A soft-spoken swordsman who was affected by events caused by The Calamity.|link=Garrett Slater]] [[Image:Aa-link.jpg|A Lominsan young man with a talent for smithing and axes.|link=Albert Alduin]]

==Healer==
[[Image:Ht-link.jpg|A Miqo'te who has deserted his roots and started a life in the thalassocracy.|link=H'mahsa Tia]]

==Damage==
[[Image:Om-link.jpg|A jovial mage with a penchant for knowledge.|link=Oswin Montague]] [[Image:Cr-link.jpg|A former dragoon knight who deserted his homeland at the cost of possibly everything.|link=Cedric Riordan]]

==Support==
[[Image:Sc-link.jpg|An outgoing Moon-keeper Miqo'te who tries to protect his friends and loved ones with his new-found strength.|link=Sizha'to Chalahko]]

=RP-related things=
I'm pretty open-minded about many things but it's good to have it here for the record. What am I willing to do, how far, and what I'm ''not'' willing to do? See below:

*I'm open to most forms of RP. Walk-ups and /tells are okay and, in fact, encouraged. If you see me on one of my characters and it doesn't seem like I'm already engaged in something else, feel free to bother me/them!

*I'm open to making friends, acquaintances, connections, and rivals/rivalry. I'm also open to relationships (both hetero and homosexual ones) but I'd like for them to actually be played out so it seems natural. Let's have some discussion first.
**I'm also open to having blood relatives for any of my characters. Again, let's discuss!

*Keeping in mind that we're all here and we're playing in a sandbox that none of us created from scratch, I try to deal with lorebreakers with civility. This holds especially true with naming conventions. I don't know why, this just gets to me somehow.
**Adversely, if I am doing something wrong and/or outside the lore, please let me know and I will make any necessary corrections.

=Free Companies=
:''to follow''

=End Note=
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. I'm reachable in some form or another.

Osric Melkire

2014-07-09T18:16:06Z

Cedric: /* Reputation */ opinions change, ya know

{{Infobox-character
| name = Osric Melkire
| image = melkire_turned.jpg
| imagewidth =
| caption = '"As I live, I'll serve."'
| gender = Male
| citizenship = Ul'dahn
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 25
| stat_2 = Patron Deity
| stat_2_value = Oschon, The Wanderer
| stat_3 = Occupation
| stat_3_value = Chief Flame Sergeant
| stat_4 = Height/Weight
| stat_4_value = 5' 8" / 162 Pz
| stat_5 = Orientation
| stat_5_value = Heterosexual
| stat_6 = Relatives
| stat_6_value = <ul><li>Cenric (Father, Deceased)</li> <li>Edith (Mother)</li> <li>Tabitha (Sister, Deceased)</li> <li>Danica & Corinna (Sisters, Twins)</li> <li>Thomys (Brother)</li></ul>
}}

<BLOCKQUOTE><small>''"For the last time, that ain't my dagger he's carrying around in his bosom. If it was, he'd be dead. What kind of amateur sticks his pigs, anyway? You're supposed to slit their throats."'' <br>-- '''Osric''', nineteen cycles of age, caught standing over a wounded Yellowjacket.</small></BLOCKQUOTE>

'''Chief Sergeant Osric Melkire''' (born 11th Sun of the 3rd Astral Moon) is a Lominsan native who found his way to Ul'dah in search of refuge and employment. Driven from his home at the age of twenty, he stowed away on the first ferry to Vesper Bay and was immediately arrested upon arrival. His plea for asylum in exchange for lifetime enlistment with the Immortal Flames was granted; that he bore with him a letter of introduction from a former officer didn't hurt matters, either.

Five cycles later, Osric now views Ul'dah as his home and has pledged himself to the Jewel of the Desert.

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Basic Info</div>===
<table style="position:center;" width="75%">
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<div style="padding:10px 35px;background: #ECCA67;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''LIKES''</center></div></h3>
: <font style="color:#ECCA67;" size="3">■</font> Fisticuffs
: <font style="color:#ECCA67;" size="3">■</font> Sailing
: <font style="color:#ECCA67;" size="3">■</font> Sleep
: <font style="color:#ECCA67;" size="3">■</font> Trashy novellas

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #DFD59E;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''DISLIKES''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Abusers of Women and Children
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Monetarists
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Card sharps
: <font style="color:#DFD59E;" size="3">■</font> Injustice

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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #CACFA5;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''OTHER''</center></div></span></h3>

: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Vice(s): Alcohol
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Food: [http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Meat_Miq%27abob Meat Miq'abob]
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Drink: [http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Pineapple_Juice Pineapple Juice]
: <font style="color:#CACFA5;" size="3">■</font> Favorite Color: Green

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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">History</div>===

===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Reputation</div>===
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''RUMORS''</center></div></span></h3>
''Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC!''
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #90AB76;">◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "What, Melkire? Kid with the funny accent? Ain't he Lominsan?" -- ''Wymond''
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "Bloke never sleeps. Just passes out on one bench or another." -- ''Rand, Brass Blade''
: <font style="color:#90AB76;" size="3">■</font> "If you don't sound off when the Sergeant calls for it, he'll box your ears, good and proper!" -- ''Haruko Kokojo, Flame Corporal''

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #F37E1D;">◢ Uncommon Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "He's always in here with that one woman now... yeah, the one with the matching outfit." -- ''Quicksand Patron''
: <font style="color:#F37E1D;" size="3">■</font> "Caught him reading some romance once, so I did. Poor darling was blushing for bells." -- ''Momodi''

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #D83018;">◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#D83018;" size="3">■</font> "Man's a criminal. Petty thief, and a murderer to boot. Tried to run from Merlwyb, got as far as Vesper. So there he is, 'bout to have his brains painted all over the dock, right, when Raubahn himself shows up. Now Merlwyb, she grants Melkire one last request, as per the Lominsan custom, and Melkire, he challenges the General to <i>single combat</i>. Says if he wins, Raubahn's honor-bound to save his life. And the Bull, he <i>accepted</i>, and Melkire, he <i>won</i>. So Raubahn holds up his end, see, beats the Admiral's hundred-man crew senseless and kicks Merlwyb herself back into the sea. Aye, that's how it happened, and don't let anyone tell you different." -- ''Trachtoum the Tidus Slayer''

<b><div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #aac5b4;">◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from Playable Characters, Feel Free to Add!)</div></b>
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "I suspect he is a decent man. I could be wrong. He seems... decent. Yes." - [[Delial Grimsong]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "The Sergeant Melkire? He's... frank, doesn't take a bell to make a point, and should you gain his cooperation, you'll find he's relentless in his efforts. I trust him." - [[Kahn'a Od'hilkas]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "He gave me a lesson on survival once. It returned to me when I least expected it. Now I will never forget it." - [[Roen Deneith]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "I'd kill the Sultana herself if Osric ordered it; I owe him that much for all the times he's saved my sorry ass. He's one of the best things that ever happened to Ul'dah or me and I'll break anyone who says different, even though he does have an obsession with attacking from behind and dirt sandwiches. Those hurt by the way. " - [[Askier Mergrey]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "This man is a thief! He's stolen everything from me and will not give it back! Not that I really want any of it back, it's his to keep because I know he'll take very good care of what he's got. I'm keeping close tabs on my bottle of 'Pineapple Juice' though... That's mine! " - [[Kanaria Galanodel]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "This man has a way of getting through to people. I know he wants the best for everyone but I wish he'd realize that he didn't have to shoulder the burden alone. I mean, that's what we're here for. After knowing what I do now, I just realized how much he trusts me. I've got to make sure not to let him down." - [[Sizha'to Chalahko]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "His jaw cries out to be connected to my fist. Also he's good at his job I guess." - [[Natalie Mcbeef]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "Master Adin gave him the gift of suffering, Master Rema gave him the gift of kindness. The slave shall give him the gift of servitude." - [[Jin'li Epinoch]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "Vas first to understand, and first to accept. Is vorthy of service." - [[Alexei Volkov]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "I find his methods distasteful. So long as his loyalties remain clear, I can overlook those failings." - [[Coatleque Crofte]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "I've got lots to say and ask him the next we meet. Lots of double standards to say the least." - [[Kage Kiryuu]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "The Sergeant's intentions are in the right place. We can't find many of those nowadays." - [[Xydane Vale]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "He was so unassuming when I first met him, but I don't know what we'd do now without him. He seems to know everything, and anything he doesn't know, he knows how to find out." - [[Aya Foxheart]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "He seems te be honest an' trustworthy enough, rare traits in a place such as Ul'dah, though, I get th' feelin' he won' be puttin' another knife te my throat any time soon." - [[Gharen Wolfsong]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "Osric? I owe him my life. See, we were in some trouble in Northern Thanalan, and a woman almost died. I thought with my heart and leapt to save her.I did, but I almost got myself killed as well. He in turned jumped to save me after sending a message back to deal with bigger trouble in Ul'dah, and most likely ended up saving both of us. I see him as a friend, though I don't know if he thinks of me as one, and I honestly want to be a little more like him. Thinking with my head instead of my heart." - [[Zachary Evans]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "He and I are of a kind, though I think he'd be loathe to admit it. I don't like him and I know he doesn't like me. Yet, in a perverse sort of way, I can trust him." - [[C'kayah Tia]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "Osric hasn't come by much lately, and I've heard some really ominous things. Yes, I am worried. For Osric, and for us." - [[Aya Foxheart]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "An excellent customer! Rarely have I seen someone display such a fine appreciation for the dubious. I can only hope he finds his plot devices of value." - [[Verad Bellveil]]
: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "You got a problem with my brother? Take it up with Mister Scoopers.. I'll clean up what's left. Gah! I'm ruttin' hungry!" - [[Leilani Belle]]
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;"><center>''RELATIONS''</center></div></span></h3>
<center> <font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> Romantic Interest    <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> Platonic Love    <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> Good Standing    <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> Neutral Standing    <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> Poor Standing</center><br>

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Daphine Rysen]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Raandal Bennett]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Kiest Resad]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3">♥</font> [[Andralyn Thatcher]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Mialyre Vance]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Kahn'a Od'hilkas]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Askier Mergrey]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Zhavi Streetrunner]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Aya Foxheart]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[D'lyhhia Lhuil]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Xydane Vale]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Kiht Jakkya]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Endemerrin Rosethorne]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Delainaut Merillat]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> [[Jameson Taeros]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Delial Grimsong]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Roen Deneith]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[Gharen Wolfsong]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Sizha'to Chalahko]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Siha Xinkei]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#F02311;" size="3">♥</font> [[Kanaria Galanodel]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[S'honji Hayakawa]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> [[Kage Kiryuu]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Lanza Razaul]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Liliana Nazareth]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#8f8377;" size="3">●</font> [[C'kayah Tia]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> [[Natalie Mcbeef]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Zachary Evans]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Gus Pumpkinweed]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Leilani Belle]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> [[Jin'li Epinoch]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#C24640;" size="3">●</font> [[Adin Adonus]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Lissa Belle]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Aldyet Lannis]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Alexei Volkov]] - "...."

: <font style="color:#9EC60B;" size="3">●</font> [[Coatleque Crofte]] - "...."

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===<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Music</div>===
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT-dxG4WWf4&feature=kp Mykonos - Fleet Foxes]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua8d3gDSXyc The Joke - Lifehouse]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZJuXM0tGFk Death from Above - Machinae Supremacy]

===<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Footnotes</div>===

Credit goes to '''Bancroft Gairn''' for the page template!

Aerostein Epitaph

2014-06-25T17:13:42Z

Cedric: /* PC Opinions & Rumors */

{{Infobox-character
| name = Aerostein Epitaph (Aaron Stone)
| image = Aero.png
| imagewidth = 350
| caption = '''"If you can't live freely, why bother living at all...?"'''
| title = The Lone Wanderer
| gender = Male
| citizenship = Gridania
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 24
| stat_2 = Nameday
| stat_2_value = 18th Sun of the 5th Astral Moon
| stat_3 = Birthyear
| stat_3_value = 1555
| stat_4 = Sexual Orientation
| stat_4_value = Homosexual
| stat_5 = Build
| stat_5_value = 5 fulms 8 ilms, 145 ponz
| stat_6 = Alignment
| stat_6_value = Chaotic Neutral

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== <div style="padding:10px 15px; background:#000000;font-size:20px;color:#ffffff;">'''Character'''</div> ==

<div>Aerostein Epitaph is a mysterious young man from the Shroud wandering Eorzea for reasons currently unknown.
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[[File:Aero2.png|420px|left]]
==Physical & Mental==

===Appearance===
Aero stands at 5 fulms & 8 ilms and weighs around 145 ponz. He has a very toned build despite being mostly a mage. He has a very pale complexion and sports light blonde hair with black highlights that are natural. He takes great pride in his hair especially, and changes it often. He almost always smells of expensive and nice fragrances.

He has violet eyes, and a scar on his left cheek. Also, has a pair of black star tattoos right above his cheek. Aero is most often seen wearing white or black clothing of fine quality, though it's not uncommon for him to wear dark blues and purples. He also seems fond of rosegold and mythril jewelry. He takes good care to make sure his nails are cut short and clean as well.

===Personality===
Aero is generally mostly polite and independent, preferring to do things alone. He is mostly reserved and displays a somewhat cold demeanor. Although, it's seen he does long for companionship from time to time. Despite his good looks, he is rather innocent when it comes to more intimate matters. Blushing somewhat easily whenever complimented, or even at the slightest touch. Aero has a habit of falling for people much too quickly, and much too easily. He, however, can be quite stubborn and a bit self-centered at times. Aero also has proven himself to be somewhat vain, prideful, and arrogant at times. However, he generally does care much for his friends. Sometimes he's quite flirty and frivolous.

Despite his quiet demeanor, he is a most difficult man. He does not often reveal much of his past, nor himself easily. Often using excuses like "It's complicated.", and "It's a long story." in hopes to dissuade others. He is often misunderstood which in turn, often places him out of favor with most for his eccentric ways of thinking. While not usually intentionally malicious, he values his personal freedom above all else and may harm an innocent if necessary to obtain his goals.

On the other hand, Aero can be rather temperamental and unforgiving to those who disappoint him. He also believes feelings like love are a weakness and can be easily exploited. Though, he can't help but become fascinated by the idea. Aerostein generally has an apathetic view when it comes to violence. He, however, won't hesitate to threaten those who stand in his way and those close to him. He usually only kills out of necessity, and only if there isn't any other way.

===Sexuality===
While Aero finds women to be very beautiful, he is not sexually attracted to them. He has always preferred the look and feel of men. He is most comfortable around other Hyurs and Elezen. Aerostein is rather unsure what to make of male Miqo'te in particular, believing most of them to be whores. Likey stems from his mother's demise. Though, he finds a select few to be attractive. He doesn't find the other races physically pleasing to his eye, but finds Roes and Lalas are "A bit too much.", and "Adorable." respectively.

===Thoughts on Use of Magic===
Aerostein believes magic should be used however the user should see fit, with little to no limitations. Having come from a line of magic users on both sides of his family, he respects all that practice the arts and pities the ones who can't. He also believes it is a tool that should be used to serve man, and that it's their right to do what ever they wish with it. In his mind, no magic in particular is "Evil" and only fools believe so. Unfortunately, his liberal ideas on the ways of magic is what got him dispelled from the Conjurer's guild.
[[File:29awody.jpg.png|650px600|right]]

===Fighting Style===
Having a natural gift for magic, Aerostein prefers using conjury and some forms of advanced white magic to deal with his foes. At times,he has shown himself capable of casting some thaumaturgy and minor to intermediate black magic. He has trained in the ways of a Marauder as well, furthering enhancing his endurance. However, he lacks physical strength, which keeps him from being truly great with the ways of the axe. He miraculously has a heightened sense of self preservation from being on his own for so long also.

Recently however, with the acquisition of his father's grimoire Aero's skill in the dark arts has improved considerably. Although, to what extent is currently unknown.

==Characteristics==
What makes Aero tick...

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:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Freedom.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Expensive and shiny things.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Attractive people.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Magic.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Wine.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Animals.
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:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Oppression, and rules.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Ignorance and intolerance.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Cheap things.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> The self-righteous.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Most male Miqo'te, especially Keepers.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> The idea of love.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rudeness.
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:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Rejection.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Being in-love.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Intimacy.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Losing himself and becoming a monster.
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:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Reading and writing tomes.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Shopping, and otherwise spending gil.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Gossiping.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Hanging out at taverns.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> Traveling.

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:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> '''Favourite Color''': Plum.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> '''Favourite Food''': Aldgoat Steak.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> '''Favourite Drink''': La Noscean White Wine.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> '''Favorite Season''': Winter.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> '''Favorite Creature''': Dragon.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> '''Favorite Flower''': Iris.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> '''Favorite Element''': Earth.
:<font style="color:#000000;" size="3">■</font> '''Favorite Object''': Mirrors.
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==Relationships==
Who Aero loves and who Aero hates...
===Family===
*'''Imogen Stone''' (Mother) : Imogen was a respected conjurer of Hyur origin who died a few years after Aero born. Aerostein was raised by the conjurers in Gridania where he perfected his talent in conjury. Aero remembers very little about his mother, other than she was the most beautiful woman in the world to him and that she smelled much like flowers, iris in particular. However, the little he does remember, he holds dear. According to the conjurers, he resembles much of his mother in appearance. It was later revealed she left leads before her untimely death to help Aerostein track down his father.

*'''Jacques Delvaux''' (Father) : Originally, not much was known of Aero's father. This man was never in Aero's life, and his mother never spoke of him. It is later learned by Aero, his father is an escaped Elezen Ishgardian of noble blood, as well as a powerful black mage. Leaving Ishgard for not agreeing with it's customs, and wanting freedom. He left Aero's mother in order to protect her from the people hunting him. It is also revealed he would settle in Ul'Dah, after changing his identity. Unfortunately, due to events involving the dark arts he would be exiled. Aero has yet to find this man, but is certain he is still alive. It would seem as if Aero leans much more closely to his father in terms of personality.

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==Rumors==
What do people truly think?

===PC Opinions & Rumors===
::*"Rumor has it that Aero is a magnet for dangerous individuals. Someone should keep an eye on him." - '''[[Dresden Voltaire]]'''
::*"I assure you that my eye is quite open on this one. What I see does not soothe worry though, for there is much about Aerostein that has yet to take a solid form. Flowing water... you know, in a way, that is liberty." - '''[[Kahn'a Od'hilkas]]'''
::*"He who stares too long and deep into the abyss may find it staring back. I pray his interests do not take him too far." - '''[[Ciel Wulfe]]'''
::*"My indecisiveness and my insecurities have gotten the best of me with this man. Now I am too late." - '''[[Cedric Riordan]]'''

==Origin==
How it all began...

=Tropes=
Tropes are conventions and devices that are found in creative works. In this case, these tropes describe Aerostein. His background, personality, appearance, they can all be identified with the tropes listed below.

* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TearsOfRemorse Tears of Remorse:] - While Aerostein may have done some ill acts in the past, he is not truly evil nor completely heartless.

* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkIsNotEvil Dark is Not Evil:] - Generally how Aero feels about people and things that gravitate towards things of this nature.

* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CryForTheDevil Cry For the Devil:] Aero understands that good people can go bad, and it's not entirely their fault.

Kiht Jakkya

2014-06-23T16:56:27Z

Cedric: /* PC Rumors */

{{Infobox-character
| name = Kiht Jakkya
| image = Kihtcolorbluelines.png
| caption = "You cannot lie to nature."
| title = '''The Matron of Exiles and Rebels'''
| gender = Female
| citizenship = Twelveswood (Black Shroud)
| race = Miqo'te
| clan = Keepers of the Moon [Morbolvine Clan]
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 23 to 24 (Depending on in-game perception of time.)
| stat_2 = Height
| stat_2_value = 5 fulms ((feet)) tall
| stat_3 = Hair/fur
| stat_3_value = Black
| stat_4 = Eyes
| stat_4_value = Dark Blue
| stat_5 = Gridanian legal status
| stat_5_value = Probationary citizen.
| stat_6 = Registered Professions
| stat_6_value = Free Lancer Scout, and Leather-worker.
}}
{{Character-stub}}

==Character==
===General Bio===

Kiht Jakkya is a very traditional Keeper of the Moon. She grew up in the Twelveswood with her family and Keeper group. She was trained to be a "Spearwife" and scout for her group. She learned to track, hunt, scout and fight from a childhood age. While she grew up in a Matriarchal society, she learned a lot from her father and uncles, and trained with her cousins and sisters. She knows a lot about the Black Shroud, and has a hard time with Gridanian laws and regulations as it had been a hindrance to her Keeper group's traditional ways.

After the calamity, her group felt they had to poach to survive. Because of this, Kiht was once captured by the Gridanians. However, she was released after six months because she was only a teenager, and a certain member of the Twin Adder helped arrange for her release. While she was their captive, this sympathetic (and brave) Elezen soldier decided to impart to her a great deal of knowledge on the world and the ways of the Lancers. Kiht returned to her family as a more educated huntress who helped her group establish a dialogue with the Gridanians. While the Gridanians wouldn't have been considered the group's allies, they were no longer enemies five years after the Calamity.

Since then, Kiht has seen many places in Eorzea, and has been a part of several lives.

===Appearance===

Kiht Jakkya is small, even by Miqo'te standards, but that is actually true of most of the females in her small family. Kiht usually appears serious and doesn't often show her emotions easily. The hard life that she has shared with her group in the Black Shroud has made her serious and often well-guarded. She has a teardrop tattoo on her forehead witch represents a tear of Menphina. She keeps her black hair short, and swept back. She has a small scar close to her right eye which possibly has a story of its own. If one were to look closely at Kiht's eyes, they would see a color matching the blue of a starlit night sky.

===Behavior===

Kiht is willful and somewhat stubborn in her views. She has a strong curiosity, and is an astute observer. She is fierce in battle, but often very calm otherwise which is why many who have never seen her fight do not think she can. She may even be shy around certain people. Her favored goddesses are Menphina the Lover (as per clan tradition) and Halone the Fury, goddess of battle. Some might say the personas of the two sister goddesses are expressed in Kiht. She is furiously protective of people she cares about, and yet has a sensitivity to her that might melt a grizzled Roegadyn pirate.

She speaks like an educated Eorzean, so many might not be aware of her nomadic and traditional upbringing when they first meet her. Most people don't realize that her way of speaking is practiced, and that she wasn't always so sophisticated with speech. She learned that people judge others by the way they talk, so she has learned to use that to her advantage. If a person was to ever get her drunk, she would revert to a peculiar accent that might surprise them.

Kiht displays the tendencies of a traditional Keeper in that she has trouble with male authority, and a strong respect for other females. However, she has come to look beyond those biases in some cases, so there are some males she respects a great deal, and some females she has come to dislike.

==Combat==
===General===

::*'''Strengths:'''
::*Kiht is a Lancer who knows many techniques, and it is certainly her favored art. She may be small, but her balance is incredible and her agility, accuracy and speed are formidable.
::*She can fight well in low-light environments.
::*Powerful sense of smell.
::*She has a lot of combat experience with beasts, animals and Ixal.
::*She has some experience fighting assassins.
::*Her favored battle-ground is the forest.

::*'''Secondaries:'''
::*Trained in the traditional Keeper short-bow style of archery.
::*Trained in knife-fighting.
::*Basic hand-to-hand combat training.

::*'''Weaknesses:'''
::*She might be relatively low in raw strength as she is a small Miqo'te woman.
::*She has low stamina in hot environments such as deserts. This is worse during the day.
::*Battlefield experience is low. She has never been a soldier, and has only been in small-scale battles.
::*Eyes are sensitive to bright light.
::*Low knowledge of magic.

===Details/Summary===

::*Kiht is trained in a traditional Keeper of the Moon spear techniques (mostly used against animals and beasts). This involves the use of forked spears in combat.
::*She is also trained in Gridanian lancer arts with involves the training in several different styles of lance; including, the symbolic bone/shell harpoons used by Wood Wailers and the Twin Adder Lancers.
::*She has learned Ishgard lancer skills due to her mentor, [[Yvelont Navarre]], who taught her during her six months in Gridania, and later after she reunited with him.
::*She is in the process of mastering archery. She is perfecting her Keeper short-bow style archery under the tutelage of her good friend [[Merri Renalah]].
::*Kiht also bites if she has to.

Kiht often carries a hand-crafted Yarzonshell Harpoon made by [[S'janna Rahz]]. It is her weapon of choice in most cases. In other cases, she can use any lance-like weapon to great effect.

She is always looking for ways to improve her Lancer skills in battle, and thanks to Yvelont, has learned the basics of channeling aether into physical moments such as jumps and kicks.

==Tendencies==
===Likes===
::* Meat. Six years after the calamity, she is tired of her family having to eat more vegetables than they ever have had to. She is crazy for fish, pork and exotic meats.
::* Traditions, rituals and dancing.
::* Plant life. She likes flowers and trees. When she is not with her family in the Black Shroud she often climbs the very tall trees in order to find a safe place to sleep during the day.
::* Rain. She may not be fond of the getting wet part, but the beauty of rain is hard for her to not like.
::* Darkness. She feels safest when most things can barely see her. But she can always see them...
::* Hunting. Nothing better than a good hunt; especially, with others at her side.
::* Exploring. She likes to go where she should not go; do what she should not do. A sort of mischievous side to her personality.

===Dislikes===
::* Sunlight and heat. This makes Thanalan a big challenge.
::* Ixal. Nothing she hates more.
::* Being seen as weak. She hates that most males form the other races see her as weaker because she is female.
::* Submissive females. She doesn't think women should be mean, but she thinks women make better leaders, and should be strong in both body and in mind. At least, strong in mind.
::* Male authority. She will always be a bit stubborn towards male authority.
::* Foul smells. She has a super sensitive nose.
::* Urban environments.
::* Assassins.

===Hobbies/Talents===
::* Tracking and scouting, even at night.
::* Hunting.
::* Leather-working.
::* Fishing.
::* Music, and dancing to it.

===Other===
::* Loves shiny objects, but doesn't care for monetary value.
::* Prefers to be in encampments, or outdoors, rather than cities.
::* Likes to observe people.

==Relationships==
===Family===

The Jakkya name is an ancient Keeper name that has been passed down since the dawn of the Keeper clans. Because the name follows the female individuals not a specific clan, the name is now widespread amongst the Keepers. In other words, there may be more Keepers with the surname Jakkya, but not all Jakkyas are part of the same group or family. The surname simply indicates a shared ancestry which could be as far back as the first use of the name.

The Jakkya family is a family reunited. Three generations in the past, the family had split because of differing philosophies. One side of the family helped form the Shriekshroom clan which -was- a nomadic group of hunter-gatherers who moved from settlement to settlement within the Twelveswood. They developed into dignified Lancers and skilled leather-workers. They are willful and dedicated, but often very prideful. This side of the family lived at peace with Gridania until the calamity struck. At that time, they were forced to be at odds with the city for the five years of disarray and recovery of the forest. They also fought in numerous conflicts with the Ixal.

The other side of the family stayed in the South Shroud, and disbursed to various poacher groups. They practiced stern traditions that they took very seriously. They fought a constant battle for territory, and their rights to hunt in the forest. This side of the family became hot-blooded archers, and keen wood-workers. They have feisty attitudes, and many still retain a “poacher's accent”. At first glance, the two sides of the family may seem quite different in their personalities, but both sides share proficiency in the physical combat arts with very few developing magic skills. Both sides are proficient crafters in their specialized craft of choice, and both sides have the same dedication to family and traditions. Only recently has the family reunited as the third family of the Morbolvine Clan.

===Close Friends===
'''((Note: There are friends and acquaintances of Kiht's that are not listed here because only the ones she knows well are in this section. This section is constantly being updated with new entries though.))'''

An ex-Ishgardian Dragoon by the name of [[Yvelont Navarre]] is Kiht's valued mentor. He gave her extensive education, and training when she was forced to endure six moons of rehabilitation in Gridania. He took on the task that no one else wanted to do: train and educate a wild teenage Moon-keeper girl. He did so with patience, genuine care and perhaps some protective armor. He helped her gain her freedom, and has become like family to her. Kiht would take on Bahamut if it meant helping him.

A reserved but friendly Hyur woman by the name of [[Roen Deneith]] is one of Kiht's first friends after journeying to Thanalan. Kiht first met her at the Grindstone battles. The woman is extremely generous to Kiht, but is not prone to easily share information about herself. However, Kiht now knows a lot about Roen, and now considers her a close friend.

A suave vagabond by the name of '''Tobias ((Nightbringer))''' helped Kiht gain entrance to Gridania for a very modest fee when she still had a criminal record. She does not yet know him well enough to call him "friend", but she finds the witty Hyur to be fascinating, and is certainly in debt to him for helping her get into Gridania. She wishes to know more about him, but he is always prone to dodge questions, and use charm to divert attention. She is convinced that this is some sort of defense mechanism that guards a troubled past.

A close friend of Kiht's is a rather gruff, but friendly and traditional, Keeper of the Moon by the name of [[Kendha'to Burwani]]. Kiht and Kendha'to grew very close after spending much time with each other. However, the male lives the life of Oschon, and tends to wander the world alone. Regardless of what happens in Kiht's life, she will always have a place in her heart for that "Bone-headed male".

A traditional Moon-keeper huntress by the name of [[Rinette Molkoh]] has become like a sister to Kiht. Through all their time they've spent together, Kiht probably knows more about Rinette than she does anyone else aside from her family. Kiht would put her life in danger for Rinette without hesitation. Nothing more needs to be said.

A shy and often emotional Moon-keeper girl by the name of [[Merri Renalah]] is a friend of Kiht's that she has known for many Moons. Thanks to Kiht's efforts, Merri is now reunited with her once-lost Keeper group, and will soon be the head matron of her family. Worried about Merri's many perceived vulnerabilities, Kiht intends to watch over the girl, and help her remember what it means to be a Keeper of the Moon.

Initially a reluctant ally who has turned into someone Kiht considers a friend. [[Pyralis Targaryen]] is yet another mysterious Hyur man who Kiht has come to know. However, this one has decided to entrust her with much of his life story. He once helped Kiht find her courage; now she helps him find his. There is a great life-changing challenge ahead of him.

[[Rinh'li Nelhah]] is a kind and sensitive male Keeper of the Moon who has become Kiht's lover. She quickly got attached to him, and can't explain why she likes him so much, but she has become fiercely protective of him, and will go to great lengths to help him with his "inner demons". She is often uncertain about where Rinh'li's chosen path in life is, but she knows she will always care for him in some way.

Matriarch [[Miah Polaali]] is noteworthy because she gave Kiht's family an opportunity that no one had ever given them. She let them become a part of the Morbolvine Clan, and thanks to Miah, the Jakkya family has an opportunity to reunite. They now have a chance to live their traditional lifestyle without the Gridanians constantly watching them, or the Ixal constantly crossing their paths.

===Enemies===

Her only enemies so far are the Ixal. She also takes great issue with slavers. There may be a story behind her views on that.

==Rumors==

===Note===
Rumors are the only information that anyone can know ICly before meeting Kiht Jakkya in the game.

===Commonly Heard Rumors===
::* "Ah yes, the little Keeper lancer. Usually keeps to herself when in Gridania. She always looks busy though."
::* "That girl always carry around one o' them Bone Harpoons. Don't see why she never gets a 'real' lance to carry around..."
::* "I hear she use to be a Gods damned poacher! She did some time for that, but I still don't think she's stopped. The Wailers should have put that savage down for good!"

===More Recent Rumors===
::*"Some Elezen and Hyur people have been asking about her. I do not know why; she is just another Moon-keeper woman."
::*"I hear she joined the Morbolvine Clan who recently moved into the Lavender Beds. She has been doing some work for them."
::*"She has been asking people about famous Lancers and Archers. Seems she's looking to improve her skills. She's in quite a hurry about it too."

===Uncommonly Heard Rumors===
::* Adventurers Guild: "She was once a Free Lancer. However, she gave up on taking guard jobs shortly after a failed assignment, and became nothing but a scout for hire."
::* Twin Adder: "She helped form a peace treaty between some Keeper groups and the Order of the Twin Adder. Even was mentored by one of our soldiers."
::* Buscarron: "Hells of a lot more than meets the eye, but a good woman in the end. Knows a lot of Keeper groups, and spends a lot of time hunting and scouting."

===PC Rumors===
((If you've met my character in the game then you may put any rumors you desire, here.))

::*"A brave and astute Keeper hunter. She came to my aid when I could not turn to anyone else. For that I will always consider her one of my most trusted friends." - [[Roen Deneith]]
::*"I remember a young miqo'te by that name a long time ago walking into the Quicksand with a spear. Quite odd...haven't seen her since. Now if you'll excuse me." - [[Pyralis Targaryen]]
::*"She was working as a mercenary for a woman I sent some people after, and she's never forgotten or forgiven that. A strange position for a mercenary to take, and one that's coming back to bite me." - [[C'kayah Tia]]
::*"The only student of the lance I have ever taken on. There are none stronger of spirit, nor any who possess more courage, than Kiht Jakkya. She fills me with pride." - [[Yvelont Navarre]]
::*"Of the brief amount of time I've known her, she was loyal and made absolute sure things were sought through to the end. 'Tis a bit of a rare trait to find in anyone." - [[Cedric Riordan]]
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===Character Music===
::* Fear Not This Night [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSpe5NLE1qI] (Represents Kiht's campaign to save the Ishgard exiles.)
::* Last of the Wilds [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwES9M0isVM] (Represents Kiht's life in the Black Shroud/Twelveswood.)
::* Moondance [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGLnoUEbld8] (Represents Kiht's heritage and spirit.)

==Extras OOC==

Very open to RP with anyone.

Open to potential integration of other characters into my story. For example, I would be willing to have someone become part of her clan or family.

PM me (Knight Kat on the HRPC forums) with any questions regarding my character, or her story. I am not interested in a critique of my writing style; this is a rough draft so far. However, I would listen to any corrections on lore. I want to be as accurate as I can be when it comes to the lore of the game. Also, if there are any inconsistencies in my wiki, please let me know.

Open to random RP. Open to Pen Pals (Read the Pen Pals thread on the HRPC forum).

Open to Link Shell invites.

I like to play the game as much as RP in it. I don't think people have to choose one or the other all the time. I would love to try RP exploration, RP dungeons, RP hunts, ect.

==Annotations==

This Template was created by [[Deirdre Ta'ea]]

Askier Mergrey

2014-06-10T08:23:04Z

Cedric: /* PC Rumors */

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| stat_2_value = 4th Sun of the 6th Astral Moon
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| stat_4_value = Bi-sexual
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<br>((Askier was part of the Garlean Army the day of the Calamity, and, as a result, was not sent forward in time.))
<br>((Askier is gifted at building explosives))
<br> ((He did try to blow up Ul'dah - see "Saga of the Wind Swept Sands" for details
<br> ((He is pardoned and is living in Ul'dah as his new home not staying out of trouble. Sorry Osric. =p ))
<br> ((His alignment is Neutral as he does not believe in good or evil, just people making choices for reasons that make sense to themselves))
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Askier is a tall, attractive, 31 years old male, with slight wrinkles starting to be visible around his lips and eyes. His ashen skin stands in stark contrast to the chestnut-brown hair he always styles in a slicked back fashion to keep it out of his eyes. His narrow face is covered in numerous scars and face paint that has no real meaning other than Askier thinks it looks rather awesome on himself. His eyes shimmer a bright gold every time they catche the light.
<br><br>The miqot'te's body is tall, taller than a fair number of hyur, and his body is taught and muscled from years of military service. Should he be caught without a shirt on, a nasty collection of wicked looking scars cover the left side of his torso, as the result of falling off a chocobo onto a whiskey bottle inside his coat. Scars, scabs, and callouses cover his hands.
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Askier is a bizarre sort of character, often perceived as a naive individual. He is quick to give a smile and even faster to offer to buy someone he has just met a drink as he tells terrible jokes. He feels the most alive when other people around him laugh at something he has done or said. He tries see the best in someone and is fanatically loyal to those he calls his friends, and expects the same dedication from them in return.

<br><br>Askier will be the first to admit he relies a great deal on luck and refuses to think himself as an intellectual since he has trouble containing his volcanic temper, which is easily set off. However, for all his apparent absent-mindedness, he is a reasonably intelligent being, often able to win word games and riddles quickly and can construct explosive devices with relative ease and knows a lot about them.

<br><br>Askier views the world as one giant experience waiting to happen and that gods, spirits, and mortal races are all subject to no greater end than what they try to achieve for themselves. He believes that everyone acts for reasons that are logical to themselves, and, as such, calling someone good or evil is pointless in Askier's mind. He sees all things as equal and would gladly help out a stranger. But, because there are those that would harm what Askier chooses to care about, he finds no qualms in killing, viewing it as a normal part of being alive and that the act of killing isn't to be viewed as vile, but that the intentions behind the act certainly can.
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Askier fights with his fists and feet, preferring the intimate feeling of his opponent's body against his knuckles. He knows a moderate amount of restoration magic.
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* Making bombs
* Socializing
* Playing word games and sleeping.
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* Overly picky people
* Being underground
* Being insulted
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* Understands and has designed several magictek devices, most of which are explosive.
* Drinking
* Has a natural affinity with mechanical contraptions
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* Askier has lost the feeling in his left hand.
* ...
* ...
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*''Ven'li Mergrey'' - Deceased. Askier's father was a soldier for the Garlean Empire whose illustrious job was to wrangle up chocobos. His father was also a drunk and was killed by a chocobo stampede when Askier was six.

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*''Unknown'' - All Askier knows about his mother is that she gave an infant Askier to his father and then never came back into his life after she left.

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*''Saravena Ancariis'' - Askier's younger sister. They share the same father but a different mother. She is an energetic and kind individual and Askier is incredibly loyal to her. However, for nearly two years, she has been locked in a cell, used as leverage by Askier's Garlean superiors to "encourage" him to build his magictek bomb and destroy Ul'dah.
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*''[[Delial Grimsong]]'' - A tall, secretive woman Askier first met in Uldah looking for recruits. Askier promised to use his network of spies to find Delial's brother in exchange for her help. Since then, she has become one of his most valued allies. While they don't agree on specific tactics, or Askier's wardrobe, the two share a similar world view and Askier finds her ruthlessness for the sake of family immensely refreshing. He enjoys speaking and joking with her though he knows that she finds him rather naive; but Askier is okay with that. Delial is not the kind of woman you show all your cards to right away.

*''[[I'khalo Belho]]'' - A small, young miqo'te woman. Askier first met her when the young bard was trying to write a song. Needing a muse, Askier acted as one for her. Since then, Askier has taken an older brotherly stance towards her, viewing her as a second sister. She is naive, headstrong, and playful and reminds Askier of himself and his sister when they were young. He is fiercely protective of her but has become distant as of late. I'halo shunned Askier after she learned of his Garlean roots and her reaction still stings when he thinks about it, especially since he tried to give up booze for her.

*''[[Kahn'a Od'hilkas]]'' - A member of the Red Wings and, in Askier's mind, a male with a mythical knight quality. More so then even Erik, Kahn'a proved during "Saga of the Wind Swept Sands" to be Askier's greatest challenge, something he had never expected. Unlike Erik, who Askier was able to influence with thoughts of games and rules, Kahn'a stands resilient to Askier's tact. Dogmatic, loyal, headstrong and blunt, Kahn'a repeatedly disrupted Askier's plans; not through sheer brilliance but by simple perseverance. But any spiteful feelings for Kahn'a have evaporated. Askier feels a deep connection to Kahn'a since the male not only saved his sister, but was willing to put his life and his reputation on the line by helping Askier fake his own death by acting as Askier's killer. Askier wishes to pay his debt to Kahn'a above all the rest because he feels as if he owes Kahn'a the most for all the hardship he put him through, and because he desires to be around him.

*''[[Osric Melkire]]'' - A Flame Sergeant midlander Hyur. At one point in time, Askier though the man was beneath thinking about, having broken Osric's knee and finding his fighting to be sub-par. However, that all changed the day Osric returned Saravena to him. Over time, Askier has come to see that it is Osric is far more influential than his rank would lead one to believe. Osric planned out how to fake Askier's death and save those Kahn'a cares for the most, and, by doing so, has forever made Askier in the hyur's debt whether he wishes it or not.

*''[[Kanaria Galanodel]]'' - A woman who has truly came out of nowhere only to play a large role in Askier's time in Ul'dah. Askier first met her briefly when his Free Company superior, S'honji, was scolding Askier for fighting in public. Askier was polite but left quickly once S'honji was distracted with her. However, Askier encountered her again, discovering she was both easy to talk and dignified, a combination of traits he rarely found together. Askier managed to convince her to help him under the false pretense of being a merchant in need of armed escorts. However, Kanaria, Askier discovered, is an incredibly loyal person, eager to help Askier even after she learned of his true motives. Her honesty and incredible eagerness has Askier often turning to her when he feels confused and is in need of guidance. She killed Jin'li and helped kill Adin.

*''[[Grieving Hound]]'' - Askier's closet friend. She is reserved, tall, and bluntly honest to a fault. The two first met when they both applied for the Harbingers of Dawn Free Company on the same day. They decided to patrol the roads near Limsa Lominsa together and keep them safe, destroying several gnoll war parties. There was an instant connection between them and they often drank together, laughing and recalling their adventures. Hound tolerates Askier's excessive drinking and childish antics well, often simply shaking her head and laughing. Askier feels completely relaxed around her, almost too much so. Hound, slowly grew tired of the politics of the Free Company, and left for the mountains. Askier, alone and missing his friend, purchased his now trademark coat and plunged into the swirling snows to find her. There, Askier spent many nights trying to get Hound to come back. Their time in the mountains culminated with them joining a hunting party and killing a dragon. Once the beast was dead, Hound decided it was time to return to the south. Askier seized his chance and convinced Hound to help him destroy Ul'dah. Hound, however, had no plans to do so and saved Siha from Askier's kidnapping attempt and fought against him. Hound revealed she did it to save him and their friendship has mended.

*''[[Raven Gorehand]]'' - A tall,female summoner with a powerful affinity for magic and a friend of both Hound and Askier. Raven and Askier were simple aquaintances for a long time until he needed help. Raven surprised him with her eagerness to help him, participating in several attempts on Kahn'a's life. Her ability to slip from reserved woman to wicked fiend with ease makes her a terrific ally for Askier and he values her and her powers immensely.

*''[[Itarliht Syhrkoensyn]]'' - A massive Roe who spoke up for Askier at his trial. After Askier faked his death, Itar hunted for Askier, seeking to offer his help, feeling they were kindred spirits. Once Askier returned to Ul'dah, Askier learned of the connection he two had through the marks they both bore. Askier enjoys the company of the blunt but incredibly intelligent Roe and will throw his life out for Itar, though he cannot explain exactly why he is willing to go so far. Askier fondly calls him "Big Guy."

*''[[Kraz'a Axrial]]'' - An armored juggernaut of a miqo'te Askier first meet when Kraz'a defended him at his trial. He encountered the miqo'te again and learned Kahn'a had told Kraz'a of their plan. Askier's first meeting with Kraz'a was gruff but lett him with a positive impression. The second time they met, Askier tried to hire Kraz'a for a job but the latter refused, but agreed to make small-talk. They spoke for a long time and Askier learned a great deal about Kraz'a and was able to help him find peace on an issue that had been bothering his mind. Since that encounter, Askier wishes nothing but the best for the other male and hopes to see him soon.

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*''[[Adin Adonis]]'' Askier's Employer and former commanding officer inside the Imperial Military. Was killed in Ul'dah.

*''[[Jin'li Epinoch]]'' Adin's slave and prize operative. The kit suffers from numerous disease and is very scikyl, but is a lethal shot with a gunblade. It was Jin'li who watched over Askier's siter for two years and helped Askier ship in his needed magitek parts. Askier hates the male with a burning passion and wishes to kill Jin'li should they ever meet again. Was believed killed in Ul'dah.He is Askier's half-brother but neither knows it.

*''[[Erik Mynhier]]'' - The Red Wings Unit Captain. Askier first approached him planning on toying with him and setting up a game of cat and mouse between the two. He had heard rumors of Erik's delight of challenges and hoped that by setting up a system of rules with the man, his plot would succeed with ease since he viewed Erik's network of agents as the only true threat to his operation. However, Askier discovered he and Erik were kindred spirits and, to his own surprise, found himself liking the man, who even honestly said, they could have been friends if it hadn't been for Askier's desire to destroy Ul'dah.

*''[[Siha Xinkei]]'' - Captain Mynhier's adopted sister. Siha is a very sweet Moonkeeper who Askier met for the first time at Erik's ball. Askier charmed the young woman easily, making her smile and asking her to dance as he pretended to be a simple merchant, realizing she was the perfect leverage again Erik, should something go wrong with his plan. His desire to abduct the young woman was, in fact, encouraged by Erik should Askier succeed in his plan, but her kidnapping went badly. Askier enjoys her company and her polite manners. He doesn't find her to be nearly as threatening as Erik.
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* ''"Askier can't read."'' It's a lie Askier tells about himself.
* ''"How can someone drink that much and be okay with themselves?"''
* ''"I'd say it's not normal for someone to always be this much fun to be around, but I'm having such a good time!"''
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* ''"Heard he likes men and women equally in the bed."''
* ''"Don't make him mad, he'll snap your neck soon as look at ya."''
* ''" The man faked his own death and went into hiding because some Garlean spy master was trying to kill him and his friends that he set up that bomb in Ul'dah to save his sister for them."''
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* ''"I heard Askier knows how to destroy a city with a device of brass and magic."''
* ''"More than one of that man's drinking buddies have been found dead the next morning."''
* ''"Word is he killed some of his own friends the day he deserted the Garlean Empire. "''
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*''"... for all the cruel things I've said to him and of him, he has... He said he would die for me. It is foolish of course. Askier is nothing if not foolish, but... I am grateful."'' - [[Delial Grimsong]]
*''"Don't give me that look! He's... changed, or maybe I have. He taught me a lesson I will never be able to repay him for, yes, I shall give him all I can to ensure he lives. The light he appears under when I look at him now is much different. I can see family, freedom, and loyalty, but also much more. I want to know him."'' - [[Kahn'a Od'hilkas]]
*''"I blame Askier."'' - [[Osric Melkire]]
*''"I never expected myself to say this, but he's grown on me. He's a rather endearing individual who, as far as I can tell, genuinely cares about my well being. It's not often that happens."'' - [[Kraz'a Axrial]]
*''" "Grab this box, bring it back to Ul'dah," he said... Askier started this rock rolling and it has not quit! I'll never forget the change that he brought out of me, he's helped me become more than I ever thought I could be. For this, I will always be grateful. Dinner? What about dinner? Oh... Sorry I don't kiss and tell.~"'' - [[Kanaria Galanodel]]
*''" "He has suffered for one of my masters before, and he shall do so again in time."'' - [[Jin'li Epinoch]]
*''"Askier.... Askier.... Askier... He's lied to me. Used me. Betrayed me. In return I did the same to him. Or so he thought. I did what I had to do to save his life. Not that he deserved it. If the courts decided he would be executed I would have offered my axe to do it."'' - [[Grieving Hound]]
*''"Right now, I don't know if I could honestly let go of the things he had done. He wanted to destroy a city with many in it and wanted to kill people who I considered friends and a loved one, amongst others. Suddenly, he wants to change. I don't completely buy it yet. If I had to describe Askier in one word, it would be 'frustration.'"'' - [[Sizha'to Chalahko]]

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<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Birth and childhood''</div>

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Askier was born in the Garlean Empire to Ven'li and a female he knows nothing about. His mother stuck around long enough to birth him and recover before leaving Askier with his father. Ven'li was stationed in an open plan and was responsible for taming chocobos. Ven'li was a distant father and Askier only remembers him from his smell of booze. Askier's sister, Saravena, was born five years after he was to another female. Askier's father was killed when Askier was six. Askier was sent to live with his father's brother, who was a woodcutter near a river.
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For the next 10 years, Askier and Saravena lived relatively uneventful lives. They helped their uncle deforest large swathes of the land to send the lumber down river for the Garlean war machine and learned simple schooling from traveling scholars.
<br>This simple life was violently interrupted when a group of anti-imperial soldiers assaulted the camp and burned many of the workes and the woods in an attempt to hurt the lumber supply to the Garlean military. Askier and Saravena escaped but their uncle was lost in the flames.
<br>Lost, the pair eventually reached a city. There starving, and forced with some unpleasant options, Askier enlisted to serve the army to earn money for his little sister to eat.
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Askier would spend the next four years being bounced around from one tour of duty to the next. During that time, he took to learning about magitek and started messing around with spare parts he stole. He discovered he was rather good with making random parts work together and his tinkering eventually caught the eye of an officer in the engineering branch. The officer had Askier transferred to his unit and Askier quickly excelled in his new job, causing a good amount of interest amongst the military brass when it came to new explosive devices. One such device of Askier's was loaded aboard a Garlean airship and was planned on being us the day of the Calamity, destroying his device before it could be detonated.

At seeing the immense power of the primal that day, Askier deserted his post, concerned only with keeping his sister safe. He returned home and fled with her south till they came to Eorzea, where they lived as traveling mercenaries for three years.
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Life as a freelance mercenary was good for Askier and Saravena. They travelled and used their coin to live well. Askier began drinking more and more heavily during this time, much to the concern of his sister, who was unable to stop him. Askier used the money he made to keep his sister well taken care off as he spent the left over research what few books he could afford, trying to better himself.

Askier also tried to put his past behind him, and, while he still continued to study bomb making with the few books he could find written about magitek, it was simply for academic reasons.

He was enjoying his life and considered himself extremely lucky.
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But the good luck ran out. Askier was recognized by a Garlean spy near Ul'dah and, after tailing Askier, came up with a plan. He forces Askier to build another bomb, in Ul'dah. Askier refused initially but the agent took Askier's sister hostage and made the demand: "destroy Ul'dah or she dies". Askier gave in immediately for his sister and has been working on building his bomb for over a year and a half, shipping in the needed parts slowly and piece by piece to avoid attention.
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<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Saga of the Wind Swept Sands''</div>

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((Askier's IC summary of Saga of the Wind Swept Sands"))<br><br>
To whomever finds this, This may be my last time sitting down to write, and I will be considering this as my last testament. The purpose of this testament is to chronicle the past two years, and, more specifically, the past few weeks that have led to me sitting in this cell.<br><br>

I begin when Saravena was taken, as that was the catalyst for all of this. Saravena and I had been wandering and working as mercenaries for the three years after my desertion from the Empire following the calamity.
It was a good life. However, my drunkenness proved our undoing. Like my father, the drink is my vice and I was drunk and loud too often back then. A servant of my former captain during my years in service to the Empire, hence forth referred to as “my employer”, recognized me. I do not know how long they followed after us, or planned, but they struck without warning. Saravena found a knife to her throat and I with a choice many say should have been harder to make than I found it to be. I agreed to save Saravena’s life by destroying Ul’dah with a bomb of my own creation.<br><br>

For the next two years, I moved in secret, slowing shipping in my needed parts a few at a time to keep myself from drawing unwanted attention to myself. I joined the Harbingers of Dawn during this time, hoping to find companionship to distract my mind from what I was doing. Although I found most inside the Free Company to be as full of schemes as I, I did find a few genuine companions, though only one I felt comfortable telling everything to, which I did. Hound, I know you cannot read and I apologize for lying to you about me not being able to do so for so long, but if this should ever be read aloud to you, know you are more than a friend, you are family.<br><br>

Hound hinted I should stop and try to find another way, but I dismissed her. What could the two of us do against “my employers” shadows? I was afraid and continued on, though I regret now not heeding her.<br><br>

I was allowed to see my sister during these two years on rare occasions. Always at a location “my employer’s” slave, Jin’li, picked, and only for a few moments. I began to grow impatient, wanting her back.I started making ripples in my haste.
Ripples Erik Mynhier began to detect. I realized this and grew angry. I was too close. So I made a move that, in hindsight, saved both Saravena and all of Ul’dah: I confronted Erik.<br><br>

Erik, should you see this, know that I have always judged a leader by how his enemies view him and his men revere him. 'A friend to all' is the title I bestow upon you. I came to you, trying to trick you into playing this game by my rules, to bend you to my will. But even then you showed me respect as I revealed half-truths to you. I should have realized then, when you let me walk away, that you had already won. You had already placed your prize pieces upon the board,<br><br>

Kahn'a Od'hilkas and Osric Melkire.<br><br>

Erik, I don’t know how many moves ahead of me you were or how you intercepted Jin’li’s letter to me, but you played it all so well. There I stood, in Vesper Bay, waiting for the shipping manifest from Jin’li that would reveal where I was to find the final three parts for my device. I recall how my allies and Delial Grimsong… I do not call Delial an ally because she is something more, a schemer as great as myself and as close a friend as one can have with such a dangerous creature. She was using me to help her own ends as much as she aided me out of a kindred bond to save our siblings. I have digressed.<br><br>

There we stood, with the manifest in hand, my eyes reading over it greedily, when Kahn’a and his allies attacked us. Looking back, I realize just how far Kahn’a has come since Vesper Bay. Back then he was just a scared kit while now he… during Vesper Bay, he was no real threat. The only reason I lost the manifest was a result of the hyur the woman, Daphine, smashing my eye with her book and Osric attacking my flank while I recoiled in pain. Osric certainly would have captured me and ended it all then and there had my chocobo, Drumstick, not come to my aid.<br><br>

After Vesper Bay, I nursed my wounds in secret. Delial did what she could for me, but my eye never healed properly, and even now, bright light causes it to weep blood profusely. I wanted revenge and so I hunted for it during the week until my last three parts would arrive. I found Kahn’a in an alley and thrashed him violently, hoping that my assault would stop Kahn’a for good. Instead, my violence caught the eye of my Harbinger of Dawn superior, S’honji, and his friend at the time, Kanaria Galanodel. Eager for more guards to help me recover my packages, I lied to them both, pleading for help recovering my shipments for “my employer” saying they were harmless artifacts. S’honji immediately mistrusted me, but Kanaria seemed to be eager to help a man in need. <br><br>

My allies gathered at the “Coffin and Coffer”, being Delial,Hound, Siha, Kanaria, and S’honji. Everything should have been easy. We split into two parties. Delial, Kanaria and Shonji went to The Silver Bazaar. Hound, Siha, and I went to Crescent Cove.<br><br>

But Hound betrayed me.<br><br>

Just as I had recovered my second part and planned to kidnap Siha, Kahn’a arrived. Hound then stepped forward and raised her axe against me. Outnumbered four-to-one, I was forced to swim for it with my part. Wet and half-naked, I rendezvoused back in Ul’dah with Delial’s team where we secured the two parts we had recovered and then proceeded to location number three, the graveyard near Camp Drybone. Osric,Hound, Siha, Kah’na, Daphine, and Jana were waiting for us. After a standoff, we came to blows, though it was my party that was forced to yield, all of us bloodied and beaten, save Kanaria, who proved to be a more dangerous combatant then I had ever expected,certainly more than S’honji, who fell to Osric’s blows swiftly. I broke Osric’s knee before fleeing on Drumstick once more, a battered Delial thrown unceremoniously across my saddle.
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That night, I finished the bomb, even without the third part. As my lethal creation hummed intolife and the sinister glow burned into my eye, I will admit I felt pride at all I had accomplished. I had almost, single-handedly, done the impossible, something the might of the entire Imperial military had not been able to do: I had Ul’dah by the throat. In that moment, I was akin to Bahamut, a force of sheer destruction unable to be stopped. The timer on my bomb was ticking and would detonate in one week.<br><br>

Then my heart sank and my stomach twisted into knots as I realized, without a shred of doubt, I didn’t want to go through with my plan. The reality of what setting the device off would do, and what would happen to Saravena if I didn't let it go off, slammed into me. Depressed and confused, I started to drown my emotions in alcohol.<br><br>

For the next week, a war raged inside my mind, part of me playing the demon. I encountered Kahn’ain the streets of Ul’dah and my companion Raven and I tormented him, trying to break him of his will to fight. But I saw in his eyes he wasn’t afraid anymore. He was fighting back and I felt fear. I began to grow confused, and in my confusion, I acted, proceeding in an action that had repercussions in my mind and added fuel to my doubt. I might have even killed Kahn’a at that moment had Kanaria not intervened. I left, my mind wrapped in the fog of doubt and no amount of fiery liquor could burn the fog away.<br><br>

My conscious rose up in me, begging me to seek help. But from who? Hound had betrayed me and it would be some time till we mended our relationship. I thought I was alone again.<br><br>

I wasn’t. I know now that Kanaria was working with Kahn’a, but she found me sitting on some crates and managed to wring the truth of my goals and who I was from my lips without a bit of force. I was so desperate and wracked by guilt I needed to confess. Kanaria’s response amazed me. She did not shun me, but offered to help me to the bitter end. I left her, still confused but with the realization I wasn’t alone. I wanted to see Kanaria again, to talk to someone. She used this desire to break down my defenses and convinced me to meet with Kahn’a and Osric. During the meeting, I gave them a copy of the book I had written on explosive magitek as a token of good will. In return, Osric offered a plan:
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Ask "my employer” to let me see my sister one last time, but instead of me going, he would and free my sister while I waited with my bomb, swearing to disarm it the moment Saravena was safe.<br><br>

That night, after the meeting, as I drank by the light of my bomb, I smiled. I remember it. For the first time in a long time, I saw a light at the end of this tunnel and it wasn’t a light of destruction.<br><br>

But the truce nearly failed.<br><br>

I had gathered my allies and Delial, still not entirely trusting Kahn’a and Osric. Kahn’a arrived with his troops and my mind immediately took it as betrayal but I waited. I was willing to humor them as they looked on at my bomb with terror. But then I heard Kahn’a say the words that broke my will that night. He looked straight at me and uttered: “Saravena is dead, Askier.”<br><br>

My mind snapped, I started dancing around, cackling, wanting to kill everyone and everything, wanting to set off the bomb, and I know I would have, had Kanaria not held me back. My allies and Delial refused to fight, they heard Kahn’a as he tried to explain Saravena was, in fact, still alive; that Osric had saved her after all. In my grief I failed to hear, and I was shot by Kahn’a’s arrow. After that, I remember very little as Daphine drugged me. But I know the bomb was disarmed and I was taken to this cell, where I have resided this past week, thinking.<br><br>

I was visited later by Kanaria and Kahn’a, who brought in an unconscious Saravena and placed her in my arms. Osric had kept up his end of the bargain, though they had almost lost her. I confess I wept for hours, both relieved that she was safe again after two years and ashamed for nearly breaking my end of the truce.<br><br>

But Jin’li isn’t done with me it seems. He still lives and conspires for “my employer.” If I ever see that runt again, I’ll sink my teeth into his throat and tear it out. Kahn’a and Osric tell me that Kahn’a is being forced to play a game for“my employer” much like the one I was forced to, though this time, it is not Ul’dah he wants destroyed, it is me for failing him and letting Osric make a fool out of him. <br><br>

I feel no hatred for Osric, Kanaria, or Kahn’a. Rather I view them as family. They simply tried to keep what they cared for safe and they were willing to help out a total stranger and his sister while doing so. How could I ever judge someone for that? Kahn’a especially has gone from my greatest foe to something I find myself surprised by. Raven, Kanaria, Osric, Hound, Kahn’a, Vali,even you Delial, I owe you all a debt I can never repay but will try.<br><br>

I have one last scheme to play. One, that if all goes well, will free me forever from this madman, though the price will by high for some near to me, but they have agreed and once again I am left in awe of their selflessness. I will stand trial soon and accept my punishment, be it acceptable to me. S’honji plans to convict me and execute me, but I have no plan on dying. Not until I return “my employer” for his years of kindness.<br><br>

In conclusion, I did not write this for pity or forgiveness. In truth, part of me will always be proud of what I have accomplished, though I am grateful that I never had to set off my device. No, I write this so that, no matter how history remembers me, there will always be a record from my own pen that proves that I am nothing more than a simple Garlean miqot’e, whom was fallible, foolish, and devoted to those he loves.<br><br>

Askier Mergrey, <br><br>
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Askier went to trial for his crimes during the "Saga of the Wind Swept" but he went to live and be free, not suffer S'honji's punishment.

Kahn'a was confronted by Jin'li and forced to play the very game Askier had been. This time, however, Askier was the target, and those Kahn'a cared about most were the hostages. Kahn'a came to Osric and Kanaria and told them, and the three worked out a way to trick Jin'li and free Askier from Jin'li's master. They would fake Askier's death in front of everyone. Askier was asked to trust Kahn'a to shoot at hi with the gunblade Jin'li had given him. Askier, seeing the young male forced to make the same type of choice he was and realizing the risk Kahn'a was taking to spare his life, agreed without hesitation, having come to trust Kahn'a, Kanaria, and Osric completely. The only other person who was to know was Saravena. During the trial, Askier stood mostly silent, letting those who would speak for him do so. They added to the plan. Then Askier stepped forward, giving Kahn'a a shot he couldn't miss. The other male took it and hit the metal covering they had slipped under Askier's shirt. Askier flew backwards into Osric, who pinched a set of nerves, sending Askier into a state of near death. To add to the effect, Askier bit a whole in his tongue to let blood ooze out. Osric rushed Askier away and revived him, though the bruising from the shot forced Askier to limp. Osric escorted Askier to an airship and sent him to Limsa. Askier, in immense pain, passed out aboard the ship, a free man for the first time in years.
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<div style="font-family: cambria, arial, verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0 0 15px 0;">''Life After Death''</div>

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Askier arrived in Limsa and kept a low profile. But Adin and Jin'li were no fools. They hunted Askier down and shot Askier off a cliff after tricking Osric into revealing Askier was alive. Askier fell from the cliff and saw the starry heavens and during that moment, a mark was burned onto the back of his neck before he slammed into the ocean and lost consciousness for several days as Osric's siblings saved him and took him to Lady Grace for healing. During that time, Osric, Kahn'a, and Kanaria hunted down Adin and Jin'li and killed them both. When Askier awoke, his ruined eye was fixed by Lady Grace's healer and his wounds as well. He rejoiced when he learned he was a truly free miqo'te. He returned to Ul'dah, where he encountered Adin's replacement, Rema, briefly as she told him she was calling off the attacks on Ul'dah for a time. Askier now calls Ul'dah his home and was looking to relax.
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But that was not to last. Askier encountered the massive Roe Itarliht Syhrkoensyn, who mentioned the mark on Askier's neck and explained they were both part of a small collection of similar fellows with similar marks. Askier has agreed to help his new allies discover the purpose of the marks. But Itar was not done with Askier. Itar informed Askier there were several old allies of Askier's in need of aid and Askier offered to help without hesitation, even if doing so might reawaken his negative image amongst certain people.

Meanwhile, Askier was contacted to identify the explosive used on Lady Grace's ship. Askier agreed and determined the device but was accused of setting it himself and snapped angrily, viewing the cheap explosive beneath him. Askier has sworn to prove to Lady Grace how talented his skills are one way or the other.

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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTuhuon1j6U Voltaire - When You're Evil]
<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F90Cw4l-8NY&feature=kp Bastille - Pompeii]
<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzir1B43I3E&feature=kp Freedom Call - Warriors]
<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H4l9RpkwM&feature=kp Linkin Park - Breaking the Habit]
<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK9qfVQ4Z04&feature=kp Within Temptation - Angels]
<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL4mywCOJXA Grounds for Divorce - Elbow]
<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGnmuBOmL5I Otto Waalkes - Grund zum feiern ]
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