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Aristide Satileyeux

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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 10px 15px;">When fevered whispers run through branches and boughs and crooked trunks, there sits a man at the center of a glade with a smile painted high onto his lips.

'''Aristide Satileyeux''' is a man that shares little about himself while prying--but never too deeply--into the makings of another. As much a shadow as he is person as much as he is what everyone thinks he should be, Aristide is best known as a self-titled Warlock and Wizard. Oftentimes, that's the most you'll get out of him before he launches into a story that reeks of truth but is far too outlandish to ''actually'' be the honest sort of tale.

He's a man that carries himself with the assurance of a wolf; He knows full-well who he is and what he's after. It's a sort of self-assurance most often found in things that have been alive for a very long time. A shame he looks ageless in the way that a statue might.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Magic'''<br>
Show him a spell. Show him a trick. Show him something he's never seen before, or something he's seen a million, million times. Aristide is a man enthralled by the manipulation of Aether, no matter the ends.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Stories'''<br>
Be they in whatever form they come to him; Entertain the man by giving him a tale to sink his teeth into. Paintings can tell a story just as well as words, even if words are often sweeter and more easily rendered into desire. A song captures his attention like little else. He'll quiet and listen as readily as a child.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Nature'''<br>
The Forest has always been so very kind. Which Forest? Why, all of them! It's never quiet in the dreadful way that a city can be. You're never alone and there's always a place to sit and to watch and to learn something new.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Travel'''<br>
He's often on the move like a man with something to run from. While he'd claim it's simply an eagerness to explore a world he'd never truly seen before, surely there's more to his wanderlust than a desire to see what there is to see. Regardless, he very much likes to explore and travel.
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Rudeness'''<br>
It's a simple thing, he thinks, to be aware of those around you. It's even simpler still to not be an ass. If Aristide loathes even a single thing--it's people who cannot respect another's basic virtues.
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Black Mages'''<br>
Jumped up, he'd say. Overeager pups that are desperate for something they cannot understand, he'd claim. While his descriptor for these particular sorts of mages varies wildly depending on his mood, Aris surely harbor some resentment towards those who'd manipulate the Void for their own gain. </div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Circumlocution'''<br>
Say what you mean and mean what you say. Fond of word puzzles and riddles he might be, but people who are unable to speak their mind are quick to earn his ire. Cowardly is what he'd call a person that relies on coyness to get their way.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Exposure'''<br>
He'd not like to go back to whence he came until he's deemed himself nice and ready. If someone begins to pry too deeply without his own consent, Aristide is like to flee the premise or inflict no small amount of harm to ensure his own well-being.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Discovery'''<br>
A world seems new and vivid when seen from outside of the prison that once held fast. Aristide wishes to see the seas and the skies and taste the flavors of a world in which he seems almost a stranger.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Deals'''<br>
Fond of making deals and barters and trades, enough so that a good deal could send him across the world in a heartbeat in pursuit of something new. His definition of good seems a mercurial one--but be certain, if you've something to offer he'll listen well. </div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''People'''<br>
Simple while decidedly not, Aristide seeks to surround himself with certain individuals. While it's a circle that's certainly defined for the time being, there's always the opportunity for it to expand.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Desire'''<br>
A subject he doesn't speak on often. A subject he's careful about speaking too intimately on. Regardless, Aristide is motivated by his whims. Far from sexual; More to do with wanting something and striving to get it. He's dogged in his pursuits. </div>
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Brave (?)'''<br>
More than happy to charge into a situation where he's not likely to make it out untouched. Mayhap it's an attempt to drown out a fear, or mayhap it's something else entirely. Reasons aside, he'll leap into most anything if it seems right--for him.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Magically Skilled'''<br>
While his magic isn't always pragmatic in nature, it's something he relies on to an absurd degree. Need something lifted? He'll simply cast a spell! Need someone cursed? He can do that as readily as a man could fart after a hearty meal. Aristide's magical repertoire seems to expand at a constant pace. If you've a question or need that's magical in nature, he's a Duskwight for you.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Quiet'''<br>
While not a strength for most, Aristide is the sort of quiet that can lead you down a passageway that's trapped without any harm. He's quiet in the way that a hunter is, prowling more often than he is walking.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Well-spoken'''<br>
Words are often not something he's caught stumbling over. In fact, they often seem plucked from a bouquet for specific purposes. While, perhaps not educated in the formal sense of the word, the Duskwight speaks with a cadence that belies wisdom and intelligence and charisma enough for most people to either find him repelling or alluring. It's typically one or the other.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Curious'''<br>
Willing to peek his head into just about anything, willing to try just about anything at least once. It means he--and those around him--are rarely bored at all.</div>
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Nihilistic'''<br>
Oh, if life were only moments would you know you only had one? Aristide does not care--if he even knows. Not lackadaisical in his care but simply secure in the knowledge of what comes after this world to an eerie degree.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Reckless'''<br>
Bravery is often conflated with recklessness, and when added onto nihilistic tendences... Aristide is likely to get his companions in trouble relatively often. He'd always say it was worth it, but it's certainly a Thing that's simple enough to take advantage of.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Whimsical'''<br>
Is that a new food? Are those new clothes? An adventure? A song? He'll drop one thing for another at a moment's notice and his mood often shifts as rapidly as the wind. Do not expect stability out of this particular man.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Dogmatic'''<br>
Things are how they are and have never truly changed. There's no religion to back up his black-and-white-and-grey view, but don't think he doesn't have an opinion on how something should be. Stubborn as an ox, his views are not likely to change. At lest he does make room for those shades of grey, even if he goes to lengths to define even those.</div>
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Inexperienced'''<br>
Moving with the gait of a wolf stalking through a forest in which it was born typically means you know full-well what you're doing. Aristide doesn't. One might wonder how he's so confident while lacking so many fundamental experiences--certainly he's got a story to tell that explains it all away.
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Doman?'''<br>
While not Doman in any traditional form of the thought... Aristide certainly knows a ''lot'' about Doman culture, even going so far as to speak their language very fluently. It's offset by the fact that he's equally knowledgeable of the whole of the Othardan continent--but stll. His knowledge certainly doesn't match up with your typical Eorzean.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Obsessed with making deals'''<br>
You could get just about anything out of him if you make a good enough deal. Anything and everything.</div>
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 15px;"> Aristide is tall in the way a shadow is long; Stretched with skin pulled tight against bones and muscle to leave him looking like he was sculpted rather than born. While certainly not well-muscled or impressive in any traditional sense of the word, he carries himself with a bearing that speaks of confidence and even a touch of arrogance. With hair dipped in pitch and skin a ghoulish cant of frostbite, some would call him handsome while others would think him something to be feared. Both descriptors suit him rather well, if you asked his own opinion. It's his face that he takes great care of, and his face that he thinks is his best feature. Manicured brows, plucked facial hair that surrounds full lips and eyes the color of flame made of ice that have slashes of clouds applied to his lids, Aristide is a ''vain'' man. <br>
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 10px 15px;">For a man as willowy and ill-built for the rigors of melee combat as he is, Aristide certainly fits the mold of a caster well. While he could likely hold his own against a drunkard or a child in close-quarters combat, that's the extent of his martial prowess.

On the more magical side of the scale, he's immensely talented--if not powerful. Rare is the circumstance where he flings a fireball or calls down lightning; He'd rather curse you behind your back or even work things out ''diplomatically'', Aristide is certainly a capable mage. Rarely seen without trinkets and baubles that are enchanted in some fashion, he's a magi used to travelling and thus carries his preparations on him at all times. </div></div>

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<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> Aris doesn't speak freely of where he's from and there's not much information to be followed if you were curious. All signs point to him coming from the Twelveswood, however.
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> He's a bit of a glutton and has been known to spend a copious amount of coin on decent, or new, food.
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> While not musically inclined, he's easily enraptured by a song of any sort.
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> He positions himself as a magician-for-hire, though he's got little skills when it comes to divination. He doesn't advertise any specific skills, but rest assured--he's skilled enough!
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #B59AA4; color:#ece8bd;font-size:14px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #6f373a;"><b>◢ UNCOMMON RUMORS -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first!''</div>
<div><font style="color:#948d8a;">■</font> While it's easy to hear that Aristide is certainly a magician--he specializes more in curses than anything else. Be it in removal or in placing them, he's got a curse for most occasions.
<div><font style="color:#948d8a;">■</font> If one thought learning about ''where'' he comes from was difficult, Aristide's family is an even more closely guarded secret. Or as he puts it, "A mother, a handful of fathers. Does it truly matter who's loins I came from?"
<div><font style="color:#948d8a;">■</font> Occasionally spotted loitering around a store that's no longer a store in the Lavender Beds. What was once a seemingly quaint storefront is all but abandoned and left for him to roam about freely. It's certainly not his home, though he seems more than comfortable around it.
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #A3818D; color:#ece8bd;font-size:14px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #6f373a;"><b>◢ RARE RUMOURS -</b> ''Very rarely overheard. Please ask before using!''</div>
<div><font style="color:#706b68;">■</font> He may not be a man at all--or even a mortal, if the way he treats his own wellbeing is any indication. The fact of it is, Aristide is likely not what he masquerades as.
<div><font style="color:#706b68;">■</font> His magic--and subsequent dislike of Black Mages--is not something from this plane at all. A close, and discrete, observer may in fact see it for what it truly is. Void magic, through and through.
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<center><div><font style="color:#F02311;" size="2">♥</font> Romantic Love | <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="2">♥</font> Platonic Love | <font style="color:#533A8E;" size="2">♥</font> Sexual Attraction | <font style="color:#6B8E23;" size="2">✔</font> Positive | <font style="color:#C24640;" size="2">✖</font> Negative | <font style="color:#6b6e72;" size="2">●</font> Neutral </div><div><font style="font-size:13px;">'''<font style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;">note</font>''': </font></div></center>
[[Chise Tobukizu]] (<font style="color:#F02311;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#533A8E;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#6B8E23;" size="2">✔</font>) - The Girl that Runs -
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[[Yorumei Uranakei]] (<font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#6B8E23;" size="2">✔</font>) - The Weaver that's Watched -

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Aristide Satileyeux

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<div align=left><div style="float:left;font-size:16px;width:52%;padding: 5px 0px;font-variant:small-caps;"><div>Male</div><div>Elezen</div><div>Duskwight</div><div>???</div><div>??</div><div>6 fulm 5 ilm</div><div>175 ponze</div><div>Oschon</div><div>None at Present</div><div></div></div></div>
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 10px 15px;">When fevered whispers run through branches and boughs and crooked trunks, there sits a man at the center of a glade with a smile painted high onto his lips.

'''Aristide Satileyeux''' is a man that shares little about himself while prying--but never too deeply--into the makings of another. As much a shadow as he is person as much as he is what everyone thinks he should be, Aristide is best known as a self-titled Warlock and Wizard. Oftentimes, that's the most you'll get out of him before he launches into a story that reeks of truth but is far too outlandish to ''actually'' be the honest sort of tale.

He's a man that carries himself with the assurance of a wolf; He knows full-well who he is and what he's after. It's a sort of self-assurance most often found in things that have been alive for a very long time. A shame he looks ageless in the way that a statue might.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Magic'''<br>
Show him a spell. Show him a trick. Show him something he's never seen before, or something he's seen a million, million times. Aristide is a man enthralled by the manipulation of Aether, no matter the ends.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Stories'''<br>
Be they in whatever form they come to him; Entertain the man by giving him a tale to sink his teeth into. Paintings can tell a story just as well as words, even if words are often sweeter and more easily rendered into desire. A song captures his attention like little else. He'll quiet and listen as readily as a child.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Nature'''<br>
The Forest has always been so very kind. Which Forest? Why, all of them! It's never quiet in the dreadful way that a city can be. You're never alone and there's always a place to sit and to watch and to learn something new.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Travel'''<br>
He's often on the move like a man with something to run from. While he'd claim it's simply an eagerness to explore a world he'd never truly seen before, surely there's more to his wanderlust than a desire to see what there is to see. Regardless, he very much likes to explore and travel.
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Rudeness'''<br>
It's a simple thing, he thinks, to be aware of those around you. It's even simpler still to not be an ass. If Aristide loathes even a single thing--it's people who cannot respect another's basic virtues.
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Black Mages'''<br>
Jumped up, he'd say. Overeager pups that are desperate for something they cannot understand, he'd claim. While his descriptor for these particular sorts of mages varies wildly depending on his mood, Aris surely harbor some resentment towards those who'd manipulate the Void for their own gain. </div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Circumlocution'''<br>
Say what you mean and mean what you say. Fond of word puzzles and riddles he might be, but people who are unable to speak their mind are quick to earn his ire. Cowardly is what he'd call a person that relies on coyness to get their way.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Exposure'''<br>
He'd not like to go back to whence he came until he's deemed himself nice and ready. If someone begins to pry too deeply without his own consent, Aristide is like to flee the premise or inflict no small amount of harm to ensure his own well-being.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Discovery'''<br>
A world seems new and vivid when seen from outside of the prison that once held fast. Aristide wishes to see the seas and the skies and taste the flavors of a world in which he seems almost a stranger.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Deals'''<br>
Fond of making deals and barters and trades, enough so that a good deal could send him across the world in a heartbeat in pursuit of something new. His definition of good seems a mercurial one--but be certain, if you've something to offer he'll listen well. </div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''People'''<br>
Simple while decidedly not, Aristide seeks to surround himself with certain individuals. While it's a circle that's certainly defined for the time being, there's always the opportunity for it to expand.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Desire'''<br>
A subject he doesn't speak on often. A subject he's careful about speaking too intimately on. Regardless, Aristide is motivated by his whims. Far from sexual; More to do with wanting something and striving to get it. He's dogged in his pursuits. </div>
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Brave (?)'''<br>
More than happy to charge into a situation where he's not likely to make it out untouched. Mayhap it's an attempt to drown out a fear, or mayhap it's something else entirely. Reasons aside, he'll leap into most anything if it seems right--for him.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Magically Skilled'''<br>
While his magic isn't always pragmatic in nature, it's something he relies on to an absurd degree. Need something lifted? He'll simply cast a spell! Need someone cursed? He can do that as readily as a man could fart after a hearty meal. Aristide's magical repertoire seems to expand at a constant pace. If you've a question or need that's magical in nature, he's a Duskwight for you.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Quiet'''<br>
While not a strength for most, Aristide is the sort of quiet that can lead you down a passageway that's trapped without any harm. He's quiet in the way that a hunter is, prowling more often than he is walking.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Well-spoken'''<br>
Words are often not something he's caught stumbling over. In fact, they often seem plucked from a bouquet for specific purposes. While, perhaps not educated in the formal sense of the word, the Duskwight speaks with a cadence that belies wisdom and intelligence and charisma enough for most people to either find him repelling or alluring. It's typically one or the other.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Curious'''<br>
Willing to peek his head into just about anything, willing to try just about anything at least once. It means he--and those around him--are rarely bored at all.</div>
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Nihilistic'''<br>
Oh, if life were only moments would you know you only had one? Aristide does not care--if he even knows. Not lackadaisical in his care but simply secure in the knowledge of what comes after this world to an eerie degree.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Reckless'''<br>
Bravery is often conflated with recklessness, and when added onto nihilistic tendences... Aristide is likely to get his companions in trouble relatively often. He'd always say it was worth it, but it's certainly a Thing that's simple enough to take advantage of.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Whimsical'''<br>
Is that a new food? Are those new clothes? An adventure? A song? He'll drop one thing for another at a moment's notice and his mood often shifts as rapidly as the wind. Do not expect stability out of this particular man.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Dogmatic'''<br>
Things are how they are and have never truly changed. There's no religion to back up his black-and-white-and-grey view, but don't think he doesn't have an opinion on how something should be. Stubborn as an ox, his views are not likely to change. At lest he does make room for those shades of grey, even if he goes to lengths to define even those.</div>
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Inexperienced'''<br>
Moving with the gait of a wolf stalking through a forest in which it was born typically means you know full-well what you're doing. Aristide doesn't. One might wonder how he's so confident while lacking so many fundamental experiences--certainly he's got a story to tell that explains it all away.
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Doman?'''<br>
While not Doman in any traditional form of the thought... Aristide certainly knows a ''lot'' about Doman culture, even going so far as to speak their language very fluently. It's offset by the fact that he's equally knowledgeable of the whole of the Othardan continent--but stll. His knowledge certainly doesn't match up with your typical Eorzean.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Obsessed with making deals'''<br>
You could get just about anything out of him if you make a good enough deal. Anything and everything.</div>
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 15px;"> Aristide is tall in the way a shadow is long; Stretched with skin pulled tight against bones and muscle to leave him looking like he was sculpted rather than born. While certainly not well-muscled or impressive in any traditional sense of the word, he carries himself with a bearing that speaks of confidence and even a touch of arrogance. With hair dipped in pitch and skin a ghoulish cant of frostbite, some would call him handsome while others would think him something to be feared. Both descriptors suit him rather well, if you asked his own opinion. It's his face that he takes great care of, and his face that he thinks is his best feature. Manicured brows, plucked facial hair that surrounds full lips and eyes the color of flame made of ice that have slashes of clouds applied to his lids, Aristide is a ''vain'' man. <br>
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On the more magical side of the scale, he's immensely talented--if not powerful. Rare is the circumstance where he flings a fireball or calls down lightning; He'd rather curse you behind your back or even work things out ''diplomatically'', Aristide is certainly a capable mage. Rarely seen without trinkets and baubles that are enchanted in some fashion, he's a magi used to travelling and thus carries his preparations on him at all times. </div></div>

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<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> Aris doesn't speak freely of where he's from and there's not much information to be followed if you were curious. All signs point to him coming from the Twelveswood, however.
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> He's a bit of a glutton and has been known to spend a copious amount of coin on decent, or new, food.
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> While not musically inclined, he's easily enraptured by a song of any sort.
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> He positions himself as a magician-for-hire, though he's got little skills when it comes to divination. He doesn't advertise any specific skills, but rest assured--he's skilled enough!
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #B59AA4; color:#ece8bd;font-size:14px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #6f373a;"><b>◢ UNCOMMON RUMORS -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first!''</div>
<div><font style="color:#948d8a;">■</font> While it's easy to hear that Aristide is certainly a magician--he specializes more in curses than anything else. Be it in removal or in placing them, he's got a curse for most occasions.
<div><font style="color:#948d8a;">■</font> If one thought learning about ''where'' he comes from was difficult, Aristide's family is an even more closely guarded secret. Or as he puts it, "A mother, a handful of fathers. Does it truly matter who's loins I came from?"
<div><font style="color:#948d8a;">■</font> Occasionally spotted loitering around a store that's no longer a store in the Lavender Beds. What was once a seemingly quaint storefront is all but abandoned and left for him to roam about freely. It's certainly not his home, though he seems more than comfortable around it.
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #A3818D; color:#ece8bd;font-size:14px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #6f373a;"><b>◢ RARE RUMOURS -</b> ''Very rarely overheard. Please ask before using!''</div>
<div><font style="color:#706b68;">■</font> He may not be a man at all--or even a mortal, if the way he treats his own wellbeing is any indication. The fact of it is, Aristide is likely not what he masquerades as.
<div><font style="color:#706b68;">■</font> His magic--and subsequent dislike of Black Mages--is not something from this plane at all. A close, and discrete, observer may in fact see it for what it truly is. Void magic, through and through.
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<center><div><font style="color:#F02311;" size="2">♥</font> Romantic Love | <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="2">♥</font> Platonic Love | <font style="color:#533A8E;" size="2">♥</font> Sexual Attraction | <font style="color:#6B8E23;" size="2">✔</font> Positive | <font style="color:#C24640;" size="2">✖</font> Negative | <font style="color:#6b6e72;" size="2">●</font> Neutral </div><div><font style="font-size:13px;">'''<font style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;">note</font>''': </font></div></center>
[[Chise Tobukizu]] (<font style="color:#F02311;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#533A8E;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#6B8E23;" size="2">✔</font>) - The Girl that Runs -
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Aristide Satileyeux

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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 10px 15px;">When fevered whispers run through branches and boughs and crooked trunks, there sits a man at the center of a glade with a smile painted high onto his lips.

'''Aristide Satileyeux''' is a man that shares little about himself while prying--but never too deeply--into the makings of another. As much a shadow as he is person as much as he is what everyone thinks he should be, Aristide is best known as a self-titled Warlock and Wizard. Oftentimes, that's the most you'll get out of him before he launches into a story that reeks of truth but is far too outlandish to ''actually'' be the honest sort of tale.

He's a man that carries himself with the assurance of a wolf; He knows full-well who he is and what he's after. It's a sort of self-assurance most often found in things that have been alive for a very long time. A shame he looks ageless in the way that a statue might.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Magic'''<br>
Show him a spell. Show him a trick. Show him something he's never seen before, or something he's seen a million, million times. Aristide is a man enthralled by the manipulation of Aether, no matter the ends.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Stories'''<br>
Be they in whatever form they come to him; Entertain the man by giving him a tale to sink his teeth into. Paintings can tell a story just as well as words, even if words are often sweeter and more easily rendered into desire. A song captures his attention like little else. He'll quiet and listen as readily as a child.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Nature'''<br>
The Forest has always been so very kind. Which Forest? Why, all of them! It's never quiet in the dreadful way that a city can be. You're never alone and there's always a place to sit and to watch and to learn something new.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Travel'''<br>
He's often on the move like a man with something to run from. While he'd claim it's simply an eagerness to explore a world he'd never truly seen before, surely there's more to his wanderlust than a desire to see what there is to see. Regardless, he very much likes to explore and travel.
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Rudeness'''<br>
It's a simple thing, he thinks, to be aware of those around you. It's even simpler still to not be an ass. If Aristide loathes even a single thing--it's people who cannot respect another's basic virtues.
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Black Mages'''<br>
Jumped up, he'd say. Overeager pups that are desperate for something they cannot understand, he'd claim. While his descriptor for these particular sorts of mages varies wildly depending on his mood, Aris surely harbor some resentment towards those who'd manipulate the Void for their own gain. </div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Circumlocution'''<br>
Say what you mean and mean what you say. Fond of word puzzles and riddles he might be, but people who are unable to speak their mind are quick to earn his ire. Cowardly is what he'd call a person that relies on coyness to get their way.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Exposure'''<br>
He'd not like to go back to whence he came until he's deemed himself nice and ready. If someone begins to pry too deeply without his own consent, Aristide is like to flee the premise or inflict no small amount of harm to ensure his own well-being.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Discovery'''<br>
A world seems new and vivid when seen from outside of the prison that once held fast. Aristide wishes to see the seas and the skies and taste the flavors of a world in which he seems almost a stranger.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Deals'''<br>
Fond of making deals and barters and trades, enough so that a good deal could send him across the world in a heartbeat in pursuit of something new. His definition of good seems a mercurial one--but be certain, if you've something to offer he'll listen well. </div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''People'''<br>
Simple while decidedly not, Aristide seeks to surround himself with certain individuals. While it's a circle that's certainly defined for the time being, there's always the opportunity for it to expand.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Desire'''<br>
A subject he doesn't speak on often. A subject he's careful about speaking too intimately on. Regardless, Aristide is motivated by his whims. Far from sexual; More to do with wanting something and striving to get it. He's dogged in his pursuits. </div>
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Brave (?)'''<br>
More than happy to charge into a situation where he's not likely to make it out untouched. Mayhap it's an attempt to drown out a fear, or mayhap it's something else entirely. Reasons aside, he'll leap into most anything if it seems right--for him.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Magically Skilled'''<br>
While his magic isn't always pragmatic in nature, it's something he relies on to an absurd degree. Need something lifted? He'll simply cast a spell! Need someone cursed? He can do that as readily as a man could fart after a hearty meal. Aristide's magical repertoire seems to expand at a constant pace. If you've a question or need that's magical in nature, he's a Duskwight for you.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Quiet'''<br>
While not a strength for most, Aristide is the sort of quiet that can lead you down a passageway that's trapped without any harm. He's quiet in the way that a hunter is, prowling more often than he is walking.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Well-spoken'''<br>
Words are often not something he's caught stumbling over. In fact, they often seem plucked from a bouquet for specific purposes. While, perhaps not educated in the formal sense of the word, the Duskwight speaks with a cadence that belies wisdom and intelligence and charisma enough for most people to either find him repelling or alluring. It's typically one or the other.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Curious'''<br>
Willing to peek his head into just about anything, willing to try just about anything at least once. It means he--and those around him--are rarely bored at all.</div>
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Nihilistic'''<br>
Oh, if life were only moments would you know you only had one? Aristide does not care--if he even knows. Not lackadaisical in his care but simply secure in the knowledge of what comes after this world to an eerie degree.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Reckless'''<br>
Bravery is often conflated with recklessness, and when added onto nihilistic tendences... Aristide is likely to get his companions in trouble relatively often. He'd always say it was worth it, but it's certainly a Thing that's simple enough to take advantage of.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Whimsical'''<br>
Is that a new food? Are those new clothes? An adventure? A song? He'll drop one thing for another at a moment's notice and his mood often shifts as rapidly as the wind. Do not expect stability out of this particular man.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Dogmatic'''<br>
Things are how they are and have never truly changed. There's no religion to back up his black-and-white-and-grey view, but don't think he doesn't have an opinion on how something should be. Stubborn as an ox, his views are not likely to change. At lest he does make room for those shades of grey, even if he goes to lengths to define even those.</div>
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Inexperienced'''<br>
Moving with the gait of a wolf stalking through a forest in which it was born typically means you know full-well what you're doing. Aristide doesn't. One might wonder how he's so confident while lacking so many fundamental experiences--certainly he's got a story to tell that explains it all away.
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Doman?'''<br>
While not Doman in any traditional form of the thought... Aristide certainly knows a ''lot'' about Doman culture, even going so far as to speak their language very fluently. It's offset by the fact that he's equally knowledgeable of the whole of the Othardan continent--but stll. His knowledge certainly doesn't match up with your typical Eorzean.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Obsessed with making deals'''<br>
You could get just about anything out of him if you make a good enough deal. Anything and everything.</div>
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 15px;"> Aristide is tall in the way a shadow is long; Stretched with skin pulled tight against bones and muscle to leave him looking like he was sculpted rather than born. While certainly not well-muscled or impressive in any traditional sense of the word, he carries himself with a bearing that speaks of confidence and even a touch of arrogance. With hair dipped in pitch and skin a ghoulish cant of frostbite, some would call him handsome while others would think him something to be feared. Both descriptors suit him rather well, if you asked his own opinion. It's his face that he takes great care of, and his face that he thinks is his best feature. Manicured brows, plucked facial hair that surrounds full lips and eyes the color of flame made of ice that have slashes of clouds applied to his lids, Aristide is a ''vain'' man. <br>
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 10px 15px;">For a man as willowy and ill-built for the rigors of melee combat as he is, Aristide certainly fits the mold of a caster well. While he could likely hold his own against a drunkard or a child in close-quarters combat, that's the extent of his martial prowess.

On the more magical side of the scale, he's immensely talented--if not powerful. Rare is the circumstance where he flings a fireball or calls down lightning; He'd rather curse you behind your back or even work things out ''diplomatically'', Aristide is certainly a capable mage. Rarely seen without trinkets and baubles that are enchanted in some fashion, he's a magi used to travelling and thus carries his preparations on him at all times. </div></div>

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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #C4AEB6; color:#ece8bd;font-size:14px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #6f373a;"><b>◢ COMMON RUMOURS - </b>''Easily overheard. Use these freely!''</div>
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> Aris doesn't speak freely of where he's from and there's not much information to be followed if you were curious. All signs point to him coming from the Twelveswood, however.
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> He's a bit of a glutton and has been known to spend a copious amount of coin on decent, or new, food.
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> While not musically inclined, he's easily enraptured by a song of any sort.
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> He positions himself as a magician-for-hire, though he's got little skills when it comes to divination. He doesn't advertise any specific skills, but rest assured--he's skilled enough!
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #B59AA4; color:#ece8bd;font-size:14px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #6f373a;"><b>◢ UNCOMMON RUMORS -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first!''</div>
<div><font style="color:#948d8a;">■</font> While it's easy to hear that Aristide is certainly a magician--he specializes more in curses than anything else. Be it in removal or in placing them, he's got a curse for most occasions.
<div><font style="color:#948d8a;">■</font> If one thought learning about ''where'' he comes from was difficult, Aristide's family is an even more closely guarded secret. Or as he puts it, "A mother, a handful of fathers. Does it truly matter who's loins I came from?"
<div><font style="color:#948d8a;">■</font> Occasionally spotted loitering around a store that's no longer a store in the Lavender Beds. What was once a seemingly quaint storefront is all but abandoned and left for him to roam about freely. It's certainly not his home, though he seems more than comfortable around it.
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<div><font style="color:#706b68;">■</font> He may not be a man at all--or even a mortal, if the way he treats his own wellbeing is any indication. The fact of it is, Aristide is likely not what he masquerades as.
<div><font style="color:#706b68;">■</font> His magic--and subsequent dislike of Black Mages--is not something from this plane at all. A close, and discrete, observer may in fact see it for what it truly is. Void magic, through and through.
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<center><div><font style="color:#F02311;" size="2">♥</font> Romantic Love | <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="2">♥</font> Platonic Love | <font style="color:#533A8E;" size="2">♥</font> Sexual Attraction | <font style="color:#6B8E23;" size="2">✔</font> Positive | <font style="color:#C24640;" size="2">✖</font> Negative | <font style="color:#6b6e72;" size="2">●</font> Neutral </div><div><font style="font-size:13px;">'''<font style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;">note</font>''': </font></div></center>
[[Chise Tobukizu]] (<font style="color:#F02311;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#533A8E;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#6B8E23;" size="2">✔</font>) - The Girl that Runs -
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:: <div><font style="color:#585350;" size="2">■</font> Template adapted from [[Bancroft Gairn]], with edits by [[Xheja Rajhera]] / [[N'hadiya Khei]].

[[Category: Player Character]]
[[Category: Balmung]]
[[Category: Elezen]]
[[Category: Duskwight]]

Aristide Satileyeux

2016-02-14T22:23:23Z

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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 10px 15px;">When fevered whispers run through branches and boughs and crooked trunks, there sits a man at the center of a glade with a smile painted high onto his lips.

'''Aristide Satileyeux''' is a man that shares little about himself while prying--but never too deeply--into the makings of another. As much a shadow as he is person as much as he is what everyone thinks he should be, Aristide is best known as a self-titled Warlock and Wizard. Oftentimes, that's the most you'll get out of him before he launches into a story that reeks of truth but is far too outlandish to ''actually'' be the honest sort of tale.

He's a man that carries himself with the assurance of a wolf; He knows full-well who he is and what he's after. It's a sort of self-assurance most often found in things that have been alive for a very long time. A shame he looks ageless in the way that a statue might.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Magic'''<br>
Show him a spell. Show him a trick. Show him something he's never seen before, or something he's seen a million, million times. Aristide is a man enthralled by the manipulation of Aether, no matter the ends.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Stories'''<br>
Be they in whatever form they come to him; Entertain the man by giving him a tale to sink his teeth into. Paintings can tell a story just as well as words, even if words are often sweeter and more easily rendered into desire. A song captures his attention like little else. He'll quiet and listen as readily as a child.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Nature'''<br>
The Forest has always been so very kind. Which Forest? Why, all of them! It's never quiet in the dreadful way that a city can be. You're never alone and there's always a place to sit and to watch and to learn something new.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Travel'''<br>
He's often on the move like a man with something to run from. While he'd claim it's simply an eagerness to explore a world he'd never truly seen before, surely there's more to his wanderlust than a desire to see what there is to see. Regardless, he very much likes to explore and travel.
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Rudeness'''<br>
It's a simple thing, he thinks, to be aware of those around you. It's even simpler still to not be an ass. If Aristide loathes even a single thing--it's people who cannot respect another's basic virtues.
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Black Mages'''<br>
Jumped up, he'd say. Overeager pups that are desperate for something they cannot understand, he'd claim. While his descriptor for these particular sorts of mages varies wildly depending on his mood, Aris surely harbor some resentment towards those who'd manipulate the Void for their own gain. </div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Circumlocution'''<br>
Say what you mean and mean what you say. Fond of word puzzles and riddles he might be, but people who are unable to speak their mind are quick to earn his ire. Cowardly is what he'd call a person that relies on coyness to get their way.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Exposure'''<br>
He'd not like to go back to whence he came until he's deemed himself nice and ready. If someone begins to pry too deeply without his own consent, Aristide is like to flee the premise or inflict no small amount of harm to ensure his own well-being.
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Discovery'''<br>
A world seems new and vivid when seen from outside of the prison that once held fast. Aristide wishes to see the seas and the skies and taste the flavors of a world in which he seems almost a stranger.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Deals'''<br>
Fond of making deals and barters and trades, enough so that a good deal could send him across the world in a heartbeat in pursuit of something new. His definition of good seems a mercurial one--but be certain, if you've something to offer he'll listen well. </div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''People'''<br>
Simple while decidedly not, Aristide seeks to surround himself with certain individuals. While it's a circle that's certainly defined for the time being, there's always the opportunity for it to expand.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Desire'''<br>
A subject he doesn't speak on often. A subject he's careful about speaking too intimately on. Regardless, Aristide is motivated by his whims. Far from sexual; More to do with wanting something and striving to get it. He's dogged in his pursuits. </div>
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Brave (?)'''<br>
More than happy to charge into a situation where he's not likely to make it out untouched. Mayhap it's an attempt to drown out a fear, or mayhap it's something else entirely. Reasons aside, he'll leap into most anything if it seems right--for him.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Magically Skilled'''<br>
While his magic isn't always pragmatic in nature, it's something he relies on to an absurd degree. Need something lifted? He'll simply cast a spell! Need someone cursed? He can do that as readily as a man could fart after a hearty meal. Aristide's magical repertoire seems to expand at a constant pace. If you've a question or need that's magical in nature, he's a Duskwight for you.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Quiet'''<br>
While not a strength for most, Aristide is the sort of quiet that can lead you down a passageway that's trapped without any harm. He's quiet in the way that a hunter is, prowling more often than he is walking.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Well-spoken'''<br>
Words are often not something he's caught stumbling over. In fact, they often seem plucked from a bouquet for specific purposes. While, perhaps not educated in the formal sense of the word, the Duskwight speaks with a cadence that belies wisdom and intelligence and charisma enough for most people to either find him repelling or alluring. It's typically one or the other.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Curious'''<br>
Willing to peek his head into just about anything, willing to try just about anything at least once. It means he--and those around him--are rarely bored at all.</div>
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<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Nihilistic'''<br>
Oh, if life were only moments would you know you only had one? Aristide does not care--if he even knows. Not lackadaisical in his care but simply secure in the knowledge of what comes after this world to an eerie degree.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Reckless'''<br>
Bravery is often conflated with recklessness, and when added onto nihilistic tendences... Aristide is likely to get his companions in trouble relatively often. He'd always say it was worth it, but it's certainly a Thing that's simple enough to take advantage of.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Whimsical'''<br>
Is that a new food? Are those new clothes? An adventure? A song? He'll drop one thing for another at a moment's notice and his mood often shifts as rapidly as the wind. Do not expect stability out of this particular man.</div>
<div><font style="color:#8f827a;">■</font> '''Dogmatic'''<br>
Things are how they are and have never truly changed. There's no religion to back up his black-and-white-and-grey view, but don't think he doesn't have an opinion on how something should be. Stubborn as an ox, his views are not likely to change. At lest he does make room for those shades of grey, even if he goes to lengths to define even those.</div>
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Inexperienced'''<br>
Moving with the gait of a wolf stalking through a forest in which it was born typically means you know full-well what you're doing. Aristide doesn't. One might wonder how he's so confident while lacking so many fundamental experiences--certainly he's got a story to tell that explains it all away.
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<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Doman?'''<br>
While not Doman in any traditional form of the thought... Aristide certainly knows a ''lot'' about Doman culture, even going so far as to speak their language very fluently. It's offset by the fact that he's equally knowledgeable of the whole of the Othardan continent--but stll. His knowledge certainly doesn't match up with your typical Eorzean.</div>
<div><font style="color:#7e7b79;">■</font> '''Obsessed with making deals'''<br>
You could get just about anything out of him if you make a good enough deal. Anything and everything.</div>
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 15px;"> Aristide is tall in the way a shadow is long; Stretched with skin pulled tight against bones and muscle to leave him looking like he was sculpted rather than born. While certainly not well-muscled or impressive in any traditional sense of the word, he carries himself with a bearing that speaks of confidence and even a touch of arrogance. With hair dipped in pitch and skin a ghoulish cant of frostbite, some would call him handsome while others would think him something to be feared. Both descriptors suit him rather well, if you asked his own opinion. It's his face that he takes great care of, and his face that he thinks is his best feature. Manicured brows, plucked facial hair that surrounds full lips and eyes the color of flame made of ice that have slashes of clouds applied to his lids, Aristide is a ''vain'' man. <br>
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 10px 15px;">For a man as willowy and ill-built for the rigors of melee combat as he is, Aristide certainly fits the mold of a caster well. While he could likely hold his own against a drunkard or a child in close-quarters combat, that's the extent of his martial prowess.

On the more magical side of the scale, he's immensely talented--if not powerful. Rare is the circumstance where he flings a fireball or calls down lightning; He'd rather curse you behind your back or even work things out ''diplomatically'', Aristide is certainly a capable mage. Rarely seen without trinkets and baubles that are enchanted in some fashion, he's a magi used to travelling and thus carries his preparations on him at all times. </div></div>

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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #C4AEB6; color:#ece8bd;font-size:14px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #6f373a;"><b>◢ COMMON RUMOURS - </b>''Easily overheard. Use these freely!''</div>
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> Aris doesn't speak freely of where he's from and there's not much information to be followed if you were curious. All signs point to him coming from the Twelveswood, however.
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> He's a bit of a glutton and has been known to spend a copious amount of coin on decent, or new, food.
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> While not musically inclined, he's easily enraptured by a song of any sort.
<div><font style="color:#b3aba6;">■</font> He positions himself as a magician-for-hire, though he's got little skills when it comes to divination. He doesn't advertise any specific skills, but rest assured--he's skilled enough!
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #B59AA4; color:#ece8bd;font-size:14px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #6f373a;"><b>◢ UNCOMMON RUMORS -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first!''</div>
<div><font style="color:#948d8a;">■</font> While it's easy to hear that Aristide is certainly a magician--he specializes more in curses than anything else. Be it in removal or in placing them, he's got a curse for most occasions.
<div><font style="color:#948d8a;">■</font> If one thought learning about ''where'' he comes from was difficult, Aristide's family is an even more closely guarded secret. Or as he puts it, "A mother, a handful of fathers. Does it truly matter who's loins I came from?"
<div><font style="color:#948d8a;">■</font> Occasionally spotted loitering around a store that's no longer a store in the Lavender Beds. What was once a seemingly quaint storefront is all but abandoned and left for him to roam about freely. It's certainly not his home, though he seems more than comfortable around it.
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<div><font style="color:#706b68;">■</font> He may not be a man at all--or even a mortal, if the way he treats his own wellbeing is any indication. The fact of it is, Aristide is likely not what he masquerades as.
<div><font style="color:#706b68;">■</font> His magic--and subsequent dislike of Black Mages--is not something from this plane at all. A close, and discrete, observer may in fact see it for what it truly is. Void magic, through and through.
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<center><div><font style="color:#F02311;" size="2">♥</font> Romantic Love | <font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="2">♥</font> Platonic Love | <font style="color:#533A8E;" size="2">♥</font> Sexual Attraction | <font style="color:#6B8E23;" size="2">✔</font> Positive | <font style="color:#C24640;" size="2">✖</font> Negative | <font style="color:#6b6e72;" size="2">●</font> Neutral </div><div><font style="font-size:13px;">'''<font style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;">note</font>''': </font></div></center>
[[Chise Tobukizu]] (<font style="color:#F02311;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#533A8E;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#6B8E23;" size="2">✔</font>) - The Girl that Runs -
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[[Yorumei Uranakei]] (<font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="2">♥</font><font style="color:#6B8E23;" size="2">✔</font>) - The Weaver that's Watched -

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<div style="padding:0px 0px; font-size:16px;color:#6f373a;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #dddddd;font-weight:bold;">'''Misc Info:'''</div>

:: <div><font style="color:#585350;" size="2">■</font> Template adapted from [[Bancroft Gairn]], with edits by [[Xheja Rajhera]] / [[N'hadiya Khei]].

[[Category: Player Character]]
[[Category: Balmung]]
[[Category: Elezen]]
[[Category: Duskwight]]

2015-06-30T00:19:45Z

Kaiten: /* Rumors */

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| name = Kaiten Tobukizu
| image = Kaiten_Portrait.png
| imagewidth = 300
| caption = Wannabe crime boss. Magitek and Aether Nerd.
| title =
| gender = Male
| citizenship = Nebulous
| race = Au Ra
| clan = Raen
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 22ish
| stat_2 = Deity
| stat_2_value = Oschon the Wanderer
| stat_3 = Namesday
| stat_3_value = 17th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon
| stat_4 = Alignment
| stat_4_value = ????
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=== '''♦ In-Game Brief''' ===
Coming from a upper-class merchant family that plummeted into nigh-extinction when the Doman rebellion fell to Garlean might, Kaiten is a man of expensive taste and (seemingly) impressive means of fulfilling those tastes. The hows and whys of these means being available to him are details that are kept close to his chest.

Versed in alchemy and proficient in several martial arts, Kaiten is the poster boy for an educated, upper-class gentleman that never had many expectations placed onto him. He's lucky that the woman he was engaged to at a young age came from a strict family that insisted he be given responsibility and taught both restraint and useful skills, lest he wallow in the self-aggrandizing cycle of rich playboys with too much time and money on their hands.

* In general, please send a tell first. I'm almost always down to RP if asked!
* Click the '''RP Hooks''' tab above for a few ideas if you want to play with Kaiten! Or send a me a message. I'm nice. Promise.

==='''♦ General''' ===
Kaiten is a stranger in a strange world with little more than a (now empty) coinpurse, his wife, and her brother to remind him of home. Having come across the ocean during the Doman exodus--but only coming ashore in recent moons--he's managed to adapt fairly well to both Eorzean customs and the myriad of people that inhabit the very nearly feral continent now called home. Thankfully, he's also brought his ambition with him. Kaiten always was a dreamer, a cunning individual that yearned for a bout of greatness. Leaving his homeland behind has finally given him a chance to push at the boundaries of a once-regimented life. That which was forbidden from him back home has little in the way of limits in Eorzea.

Old habits die hard, they say. Some old habits have found their way to the bottom of a well where refuse and detritus has been piled high and stacked heavy to ensure that certain habits never return. Kaiten is no conqueror, no. He simply knows what he wishes to have and understands that flexibility is the key to getting certain things done.

=== '''♦ Appearance''' ===
There are two things that immediately stand out upon seeing Kaiten. First, he's tall. Very tall. Lanky, too. He's the bearing of someone that's never really going to be overly muscular--though that doesn't stop him from maintaining an athletic, slender physique. Second of all, his skin is a (supposedly unsettling) shade of red. Perhaps lending credence to the thought that Au Ra are descendants of some kind of demon, Kaiten's overall countenance is best described as devilish. Dark red skin is matched with jet black hair both lustrous and flowing, often let free and well-kept along the crests of his horns. Of course, he's known to change it up from time to time. To say he's not vain would be to lie.

Kaiten's been called pretty. Kaiten's been called handsome. He's been called many of these things by many people for the majority of his life. Thankfully his ego hasn't risen to ridiculous proportions because of it. Right?

=== '''♦ Demeanor''' ===
Capricious, intelligent, charming, bumbling, aloof. The truth of it is, Kaiten's a person. He's rarely defined by acting any one specific way other than trying to seem like he knows exactly what he's doing and why he's doing it at all times. Generally an affable sort--or at the very least he can seem like it--the man can come off as the type of person that you'd enjoy having on your side of a conflict. It's hard to say that someone that fled a country that burned and immediately made a home for he and his own isn't resourceful to a frightening degree.

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: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Kaiten's incredibly interested in magitek and it's workings. Not necessarily engineering in the traditional sense, but Allagan and Garlean magitek is sure to capture his interest quickly.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Having been denied exploration in the aetherical arts growing up, Kaiten is utterly fascinated by Eorzean aetherical workings. As such, he's super interested in all forms of magery--though conjury doesn't sit super well with him. Borrowing power? What? So if your character is a mage, he'd love to talk to them. Perhaps even a tutor or three.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Need something alchemically processed? Kaiten's relatively well-versed in most forms of alchemy. He can brew a potion, elixir or supplement to bring vigor and excitement to your love li--okay, he probably won't do that. Still--he's an alchemist by trade.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Consider yourself an expert in the Void? You might notice ''something'' off about Kaiten. PM me for details, if you'd like to work this one out!

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Are you small? Do you hate really tall people? I've got a tall fella for you to take out that tiny person rage on!

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Criminal? Anything other than an assassin or information broker? He probably wants to talk to you.

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: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Are you, too, from the Old Country? Kaiten's family was relatively affluent in the village that he hails from. The Tobukizu's were well-known merchants in their little valley and the surrounding mountain region. Maybe your family traded with theirs! You might've worked for them--or had been a rival family. Of course, very little of his history truly matters in Eorzea. It might be good to remind him of that from time to time.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Did you hail from the village Kaiten called home? You might've heard rumors that the poor child was ''cursed'' and the family considered it a blessing when he was drafted into the Garlean military. How much truth is there to the curse? Well, it's certainly a rumor that's been following him for quite some time. Not to mention there'd been talk of him growing slightly unstable and talkingto things that weren't there towards the end of the village's existence.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> You served with Kaiten in the regiment he'd been drafted into after Doma was conquered by the Garleans. PM me for details on this one as well, but it could be a fun one!

===<div style="padding:6px 50px; background: #520202; font-size:14px; color:#BEC486"><center><span class="mw-headline">Currently Looking For</span></center></div> ===
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: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> '''Customers!''' Need some ''totally legal'' magical artifacts? Maybe some compounds? Potions? Kaiten can sell you all sorts of goodies.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> '''Minions.''' Okay, maybe not minions per-se. Kaiten is well aware that there are some people that possess skills he certainly doesn't have. He'd be more than happy to hire certain individuals for--well--tasks.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> '''Acquaintances.''' Friends is such a heavy word. It weighs on one's shoulders and simply isn't ''flexible'' enough for this particular Au Ra. So let's call each other acquaintances, yes? That's much simpler. Allows for a greater breadth of things, he'd say.
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: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> '''Everything and Anything.''' I like to RP. What sort of relationship that springs up around Kaiten and anyone's individual character is well--IC is IC. I'm not going to put a hard stop to any potential hooks at this moment. Bring it on!
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=Tendancies=
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:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Sleeping
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Himself
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Aether
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Magitek
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Trying new food
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Learning magic
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Watching gladiator fights
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Booze
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Money
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Chise
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Did I mention money?
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Chocobos
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Alright, this is a long list. He likes a lot of stuff.
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===<div style="padding:6px 35px; background:#520202; font-size:14px; color:#BEC486"><center><span class="mw-headline">Dislikes</span></center></div>===
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Rancid odors
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Incredibly loud things
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Assassins
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Information brokers
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Xaela (The savages!!! I'm kidding. Mostly)
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Garleans
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Boring food
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Boring ''nouns''
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Terrible literature

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===<div style="padding:6px 15px; background:#520202; font-size:14px; color:#BEC486"><center><span class="mw-headline">Hobbies/Talents</span></center></div>===
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Often found tinkering with something
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Enjoys practicing with bladed and hand-to-hand combat
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Is desperate to learn more about aether manipulation
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Skilled at adopting mannerisms and habits in rapid fashion

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:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Arrogant
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Not massively worldly, leading to naivete
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Not incredible empathetic
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> A little too goal-oriented, leaving him feeling listless and potentially depressed without something to strive for

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=Aether & Magitek=
=== '''♦ Outwardly''' ===
He's incredibly enthusiastic about aether and magitek. Kaiten is often found juggling small orbs of fire and electricity across his knuckles and fingers, though he doesn't display any outward signs of in-depth knowledge of either magic or magitek. Granted, that just means he's not typically wearing voluminous robes or playing with a Garlean rifle in a public setting.

However. If one were to be more... sensitive to aether, so to speak, Kaiten would seem to be a veritable black hole for the stuff. Meaning, he seems quite able to absorb a seemingly endless supply of aether from a concentrated sources without showing any real signs of immediate aether poisoning. It's not something he seems knowledgeable of, though, nor does he seem to be performing the deed in any sort of dangerous fashion. The simple fact is that any aether he absorbs all but vanishes in an instant. The stranger part is that he doesn't seem to have any trouble casting spells.

=== '''♦ Established Practices''' ===
These are precious few as of now, seeing as how many of his spells are the results of reading from musty old tomes or sheer experimentation on his behalf. On his own, Kaiten has gotten a handle on very basic castings such as fire, blizzard and thunder. If you asked him about it, he's likely to ramble on about the theoretical spells he has in mind, or even some of the ones he's attempted recently.

He's not created any magitek wonders of note, though he does seem comfortable handling your standard rank-and-file Garlean equipment. Rifles, medicus tools and stimulants fall under the sort of thing he has little problem handling with confidence.

=History & Current=
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<spoiler>First and foremost, Kaiten comes from a wealthy family. A clan of Raen once known for their swift and decisive forays into battle as cavalry units settled and brought their expert horse-lore and the vast knowledge of nearby mountain passes and valleys to a small village near the Doman coast. Utilizing this knowledge, the Tobukizu clan rose to mercantile power when their kin decided the more savage and unforgiving lifestyles of the Xaela suited them not.

Born as the last scion of the Tobukizu line, much rested on the boy's shoulders as he was conceived--though an unfortunate event led to the boy becoming a less-than-suitable successor to the prosperous line. Somewhere between his birth and the latter years of his pre-teen youth, the Uranakei clan and the Tobukizu's became intertwined through an arranged marriage between their prospective, compatible children. Kaiten and Chise were thus raised together under the auspices (as divined by the Uranakei's) of a union that would bring both clans to a new height of power.

And then the Garleans attacked.

Life went unchanged for a handful of years, as life is wont to do under conquerors. You never hear the tales of a nation subjugated in such a way that doesn't involve genocide. Stability came for a little while--trade routes being better secured meant the Tobukizu and Uranakei clans prospered further. By the time Kaiten was considered on the edge of his adolescent years, he was drafted into the Garlean military to serve for a handful of years before returning. He's not one to talk overmuch about his time spent serving in the conquering army. One can assume it had the typical trappings of such an affair up until the day he received word that the Domans had begun to rebel. This, he'd find out in short order, prompted a decisive Garlean retaliation. His village was summarily burnt to the ground before he'd even had an opportunity to send warning.

Thinking his family and friends dead, Kaiten lapsed into a period of darkness. Voices tinged his every thought, and it's here that he recalls the least. Inevitably he'd received word that, no, everyone in his village was not put to the sword in retribution for Doman freedom. Rather, they'd been taken prisoner and kept in camps of the least kind nature. While unsure of the exacting details, Kaiten swiftly deserted the Garlean army and fled as a fugitive--hoping against hope that he'd come across the remnants of the Doman freedom fighters that he'd only suns ago spent cursing for their brash actions.

By the time he'd found the freedom fighters, his beloved and his people were amongst them. The specifics of the how and why of their escape is best asked of Chise, though getting an answer from her may not be the simplest of tasks. Fleeing ever towards the coast, eventually Kaiten, Chise, Yorumei and a handful of their people fled across the sea to Eorzea.</spoiler>
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==='''♦ For Anyone Else'''===
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===='''♦ The Shroud'''====
Having appeared rather suddenly with a sackful of gil, Kaiten swiftly purchased a plot of land in the Lavender Beds district. Rather than simply calling it home, he and Chise quickly turned it into a ''totally legitimate'' storefront that specializes in the acquisition of magical artifacts and curios as well as alchemical potions and compounds. Despite being refugees, their store has seemingly done relatively well by them. ''Totally legitimate business.''

===='''♦ Ul'dah'''====
Kaiten is occasionally found in the Ul'dahn marketplaces. What he purchases while there tends towards the eclectic side--be it outrageous clothing or alchemical components to keep around the shop. He's not yet indulged in many of the cities finer attractions, though that's likely to change very soon.

===='''♦ More Recently'''====
He purchased a chocobo from Bentbranch Meadows much to Chise's chagrin. Naming it Jagaimo, he's waffling between taking the bird to the Gold Saucer to race or to keep it as a sturdy steed for times of need. It's very exciting, I assure you.
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=Relationships=
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<div style="text-align: center;"><font style="color:#58D6D0" size="3"> ❤ </font> Crush <font style="color:#000000" size="3"> ❤ </font> Platonic Love <font style="color:#C2C27E" size="3"> ❤ </font> Romantic Love <font style="color:#cc0000" size="3"> ❤ </font> In a relationship <font style="color:#C8C993" size="3"> ● </font> Good Standing <font style="color:#8f8377" size="3"> ● </font> Neutral Standing <font style="color:#C24640" size="3"> ● </font> Poor Standing <br><font style="color:#757575;" size="3">'''¿'''</font>We Just Don't Know
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===<center><div style="padding:6px 35px; background:#520202; font-size:14px; color:#BEC486"><span class="mw-headline"> Who We Keep Close </span></div></center><div style="border:0px solid; padding:8px"> ===

:<font style="color:#cc0000" size="3"> ❤ </font><span style="color:#C8C993"><span style="font-size: medium">● </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center"><span style="font-size:x-small">'''[[Chise Tobukizu]]''' – '''The Wife.''' Betrothed at a young age, these two have seen each other grow--quite literally-over the 15--odd years they've known each other. Though on occasion they act more the sibling than lover, it's due wholly to the familiarity that grows with adolescence and micromanaged relationships. The actual-factual's of their marriage have only been confirmed in recent years, and a separation caused by Kaiten's military stint means that they're still a little shaky on the whole ''married'' bit. Regardless Kaiten is devoted to Chise and a life without her by his side is a life that he's terrified to imagine. Not to say they don't have their difficulties. Give'em time. </span></span>

:<span style="color:#8f8377"><font style="color:#757575;" size="3">'''¿'''</font> <font style="color:#000000" size="3"> ❤ </font><font style="color:#C8C993" size="3"> ● </font></span><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center"><span style="font-size:x-small">'''[[Yorumei Uranakei]]''' – '''Brother in Law.''' Kaiten is forever unsure what he thinks of his older brother in law. Once a bully, then a friend, and back to being a bully again--the two have something of a rivalry between them. It's friendly. At least, Kaiten will swear it is. The fact of the matter is that overcoming Yorumei in their lessons (both martial and more studious) was one of the first goals that truly motivated Kaiten. </span></span>

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=Rumors=

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:<font style="color:#330033" size="3">■</font> ''"He and his wife run a shop down in Lavender Beds. For refugees, they quite good at being unobtrusive and seemed more than happy to oblige any request an actual Gridanian citizen may have of them.'' -An upperclass Gridanian citizen.
:<font style="color:#330033" size="3">■</font> ''"Kaiten? Well, he's one of my prolific customers. He simply... showed up on my doorstep one day. After a bit of banter, I began to size him for a new jacket. He was even willing to pay extra for the additional cloth due to how tall and, shall we say...slender he was. Resizing Roegadyn garments for him is always a treat. Charming fellow, truly."'' -An Ul'dahn weaver.
:<font style="color:#330033" size="3">■</font> ''"Master Tobukizu? Well... Y'didn't hear it from me, but I saw him strike someone on the boat over. Couldn't get a grasp of what they did, but mayhap he's not as giving and kind as he'd like people t'think."'' -A Doman refugee.
<b><div style="padding:6px 25px; background: #520202; color:#BEC486">◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear)</div></b>

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=Links & Footnotes=
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'''Links''':
<br>[http://skyboundreach.tumblr.com/ Character Tumblr: He Who Measures]
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'''Credit:'''

Not gonna lie. I took most of this from [[Yorumei Uranakei]]. They're better at this than I am.

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Kaiten Tobukizu

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Kaiten: /* Rumors */

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{{Infobox-character
| name = Kaiten Tobukizu
| image = Kaiten_Portrait.png
| imagewidth = 300
| caption = Wannabe crime boss. Magitek and Aether Nerd.
| title =
| gender = Male
| citizenship = Nebulous
| race = Au Ra
| clan = Raen
| stat_1 = Age
| stat_1_value = 22ish
| stat_2 = Deity
| stat_2_value = Oschon the Wanderer
| stat_3 = Namesday
| stat_3_value = 17th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon
| stat_4 = Alignment
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=== '''♦ In-Game Brief''' ===
Coming from a upper-class merchant family that plummeted into nigh-extinction when the Doman rebellion fell to Garlean might, Kaiten is a man of expensive taste and (seemingly) impressive means of fulfilling those tastes. The hows and whys of these means being available to him are details that are kept close to his chest.

Versed in alchemy and proficient in several martial arts, Kaiten is the poster boy for an educated, upper-class gentleman that never had many expectations placed onto him. He's lucky that the woman he was engaged to at a young age came from a strict family that insisted he be given responsibility and taught both restraint and useful skills, lest he wallow in the self-aggrandizing cycle of rich playboys with too much time and money on their hands.

* In general, please send a tell first. I'm almost always down to RP if asked!
* Click the '''RP Hooks''' tab above for a few ideas if you want to play with Kaiten! Or send a me a message. I'm nice. Promise.

==='''♦ General''' ===
Kaiten is a stranger in a strange world with little more than a (now empty) coinpurse, his wife, and her brother to remind him of home. Having come across the ocean during the Doman exodus--but only coming ashore in recent moons--he's managed to adapt fairly well to both Eorzean customs and the myriad of people that inhabit the very nearly feral continent now called home. Thankfully, he's also brought his ambition with him. Kaiten always was a dreamer, a cunning individual that yearned for a bout of greatness. Leaving his homeland behind has finally given him a chance to push at the boundaries of a once-regimented life. That which was forbidden from him back home has little in the way of limits in Eorzea.

Old habits die hard, they say. Some old habits have found their way to the bottom of a well where refuse and detritus has been piled high and stacked heavy to ensure that certain habits never return. Kaiten is no conqueror, no. He simply knows what he wishes to have and understands that flexibility is the key to getting certain things done.

=== '''♦ Appearance''' ===
There are two things that immediately stand out upon seeing Kaiten. First, he's tall. Very tall. Lanky, too. He's the bearing of someone that's never really going to be overly muscular--though that doesn't stop him from maintaining an athletic, slender physique. Second of all, his skin is a (supposedly unsettling) shade of red. Perhaps lending credence to the thought that Au Ra are descendants of some kind of demon, Kaiten's overall countenance is best described as devilish. Dark red skin is matched with jet black hair both lustrous and flowing, often let free and well-kept along the crests of his horns. Of course, he's known to change it up from time to time. To say he's not vain would be to lie.

Kaiten's been called pretty. Kaiten's been called handsome. He's been called many of these things by many people for the majority of his life. Thankfully his ego hasn't risen to ridiculous proportions because of it. Right?

=== '''♦ Demeanor''' ===
Capricious, intelligent, charming, bumbling, aloof. The truth of it is, Kaiten's a person. He's rarely defined by acting any one specific way other than trying to seem like he knows exactly what he's doing and why he's doing it at all times. Generally an affable sort--or at the very least he can seem like it--the man can come off as the type of person that you'd enjoy having on your side of a conflict. It's hard to say that someone that fled a country that burned and immediately made a home for he and his own isn't resourceful to a frightening degree.

=RP Hooks=
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: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Kaiten's incredibly interested in magitek and it's workings. Not necessarily engineering in the traditional sense, but Allagan and Garlean magitek is sure to capture his interest quickly.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Having been denied exploration in the aetherical arts growing up, Kaiten is utterly fascinated by Eorzean aetherical workings. As such, he's super interested in all forms of magery--though conjury doesn't sit super well with him. Borrowing power? What? So if your character is a mage, he'd love to talk to them. Perhaps even a tutor or three.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Need something alchemically processed? Kaiten's relatively well-versed in most forms of alchemy. He can brew a potion, elixir or supplement to bring vigor and excitement to your love li--okay, he probably won't do that. Still--he's an alchemist by trade.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Consider yourself an expert in the Void? You might notice ''something'' off about Kaiten. PM me for details, if you'd like to work this one out!

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Are you small? Do you hate really tall people? I've got a tall fella for you to take out that tiny person rage on!

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Criminal? Anything other than an assassin or information broker? He probably wants to talk to you.

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===<div style="padding:6px 50px; background: #520202; font-size:14px; color:#BEC486"><center><span class="mw-headline">Doma</span></center></div> ===
: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Are you, too, from the Old Country? Kaiten's family was relatively affluent in the village that he hails from. The Tobukizu's were well-known merchants in their little valley and the surrounding mountain region. Maybe your family traded with theirs! You might've worked for them--or had been a rival family. Of course, very little of his history truly matters in Eorzea. It might be good to remind him of that from time to time.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> Did you hail from the village Kaiten called home? You might've heard rumors that the poor child was ''cursed'' and the family considered it a blessing when he was drafted into the Garlean military. How much truth is there to the curse? Well, it's certainly a rumor that's been following him for quite some time. Not to mention there'd been talk of him growing slightly unstable and talkingto things that weren't there towards the end of the village's existence.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> You served with Kaiten in the regiment he'd been drafted into after Doma was conquered by the Garleans. PM me for details on this one as well, but it could be a fun one!

===<div style="padding:6px 50px; background: #520202; font-size:14px; color:#BEC486"><center><span class="mw-headline">Currently Looking For</span></center></div> ===
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: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> '''Customers!''' Need some ''totally legal'' magical artifacts? Maybe some compounds? Potions? Kaiten can sell you all sorts of goodies.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> '''Minions.''' Okay, maybe not minions per-se. Kaiten is well aware that there are some people that possess skills he certainly doesn't have. He'd be more than happy to hire certain individuals for--well--tasks.

: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> '''Acquaintances.''' Friends is such a heavy word. It weighs on one's shoulders and simply isn't ''flexible'' enough for this particular Au Ra. So let's call each other acquaintances, yes? That's much simpler. Allows for a greater breadth of things, he'd say.
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: <font style="color:#405251;" size="3">■</font> '''Everything and Anything.''' I like to RP. What sort of relationship that springs up around Kaiten and anyone's individual character is well--IC is IC. I'm not going to put a hard stop to any potential hooks at this moment. Bring it on!
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=Tendancies=
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===<div style="padding:6px 50px; background: #520202; font-size:14px; color:#BEC486"><center><span class="mw-headline">Likes</span></center></div> ===
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Sleeping
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Himself
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Aether
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Magitek
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Trying new food
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Learning magic
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Watching gladiator fights
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Booze
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Money
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Chise
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Did I mention money?
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Chocobos
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Alright, this is a long list. He likes a lot of stuff.
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:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Rancid odors
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Incredibly loud things
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Assassins
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Information brokers
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Xaela (The savages!!! I'm kidding. Mostly)
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Garleans
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Boring food
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Boring ''nouns''
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Terrible literature

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:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Often found tinkering with something
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Enjoys practicing with bladed and hand-to-hand combat
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Is desperate to learn more about aether manipulation
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Skilled at adopting mannerisms and habits in rapid fashion

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:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Arrogant
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Not massively worldly, leading to naivete
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> Not incredible empathetic
:<font style="color:#2C3539" size="3">■</font> A little too goal-oriented, leaving him feeling listless and potentially depressed without something to strive for

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=Aether & Magitek=
=== '''♦ Outwardly''' ===
He's incredibly enthusiastic about aether and magitek. Kaiten is often found juggling small orbs of fire and electricity across his knuckles and fingers, though he doesn't display any outward signs of in-depth knowledge of either magic or magitek. Granted, that just means he's not typically wearing voluminous robes or playing with a Garlean rifle in a public setting.

However. If one were to be more... sensitive to aether, so to speak, Kaiten would seem to be a veritable black hole for the stuff. Meaning, he seems quite able to absorb a seemingly endless supply of aether from a concentrated sources without showing any real signs of immediate aether poisoning. It's not something he seems knowledgeable of, though, nor does he seem to be performing the deed in any sort of dangerous fashion. The simple fact is that any aether he absorbs all but vanishes in an instant. The stranger part is that he doesn't seem to have any trouble casting spells.

=== '''♦ Established Practices''' ===
These are precious few as of now, seeing as how many of his spells are the results of reading from musty old tomes or sheer experimentation on his behalf. On his own, Kaiten has gotten a handle on very basic castings such as fire, blizzard and thunder. If you asked him about it, he's likely to ramble on about the theoretical spells he has in mind, or even some of the ones he's attempted recently.

He's not created any magitek wonders of note, though he does seem comfortable handling your standard rank-and-file Garlean equipment. Rifles, medicus tools and stimulants fall under the sort of thing he has little problem handling with confidence.

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<spoiler>First and foremost, Kaiten comes from a wealthy family. A clan of Raen once known for their swift and decisive forays into battle as cavalry units settled and brought their expert horse-lore and the vast knowledge of nearby mountain passes and valleys to a small village near the Doman coast. Utilizing this knowledge, the Tobukizu clan rose to mercantile power when their kin decided the more savage and unforgiving lifestyles of the Xaela suited them not.

Born as the last scion of the Tobukizu line, much rested on the boy's shoulders as he was conceived--though an unfortunate event led to the boy becoming a less-than-suitable successor to the prosperous line. Somewhere between his birth and the latter years of his pre-teen youth, the Uranakei clan and the Tobukizu's became intertwined through an arranged marriage between their prospective, compatible children. Kaiten and Chise were thus raised together under the auspices (as divined by the Uranakei's) of a union that would bring both clans to a new height of power.

And then the Garleans attacked.

Life went unchanged for a handful of years, as life is wont to do under conquerors. You never hear the tales of a nation subjugated in such a way that doesn't involve genocide. Stability came for a little while--trade routes being better secured meant the Tobukizu and Uranakei clans prospered further. By the time Kaiten was considered on the edge of his adolescent years, he was drafted into the Garlean military to serve for a handful of years before returning. He's not one to talk overmuch about his time spent serving in the conquering army. One can assume it had the typical trappings of such an affair up until the day he received word that the Domans had begun to rebel. This, he'd find out in short order, prompted a decisive Garlean retaliation. His village was summarily burnt to the ground before he'd even had an opportunity to send warning.

Thinking his family and friends dead, Kaiten lapsed into a period of darkness. Voices tinged his every thought, and it's here that he recalls the least. Inevitably he'd received word that, no, everyone in his village was not put to the sword in retribution for Doman freedom. Rather, they'd been taken prisoner and kept in camps of the least kind nature. While unsure of the exacting details, Kaiten swiftly deserted the Garlean army and fled as a fugitive--hoping against hope that he'd come across the remnants of the Doman freedom fighters that he'd only suns ago spent cursing for their brash actions.

By the time he'd found the freedom fighters, his beloved and his people were amongst them. The specifics of the how and why of their escape is best asked of Chise, though getting an answer from her may not be the simplest of tasks. Fleeing ever towards the coast, eventually Kaiten, Chise, Yorumei and a handful of their people fled across the sea to Eorzea.</spoiler>
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Having appeared rather suddenly with a sackful of gil, Kaiten swiftly purchased a plot of land in the Lavender Beds district. Rather than simply calling it home, he and Chise quickly turned it into a ''totally legitimate'' storefront that specializes in the acquisition of magical artifacts and curios as well as alchemical potions and compounds. Despite being refugees, their store has seemingly done relatively well by them. ''Totally legitimate business.''

===='''♦ Ul'dah'''====
Kaiten is occasionally found in the Ul'dahn marketplaces. What he purchases while there tends towards the eclectic side--be it outrageous clothing or alchemical components to keep around the shop. He's not yet indulged in many of the cities finer attractions, though that's likely to change very soon.

===='''♦ More Recently'''====
He purchased a chocobo from Bentbranch Meadows much to Chise's chagrin. Naming it Jagaimo, he's waffling between taking the bird to the Gold Saucer to race or to keep it as a sturdy steed for times of need. It's very exciting, I assure you.
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:<font style="color:#cc0000" size="3"> ❤ </font><span style="color:#C8C993"><span style="font-size: medium">● </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center"><span style="font-size:x-small">'''[[Chise Tobukizu]]''' – '''The Wife.''' Betrothed at a young age, these two have seen each other grow--quite literally-over the 15--odd years they've known each other. Though on occasion they act more the sibling than lover, it's due wholly to the familiarity that grows with adolescence and micromanaged relationships. The actual-factual's of their marriage have only been confirmed in recent years, and a separation caused by Kaiten's military stint means that they're still a little shaky on the whole ''married'' bit. Regardless Kaiten is devoted to Chise and a life without her by his side is a life that he's terrified to imagine. Not to say they don't have their difficulties. Give'em time. </span></span>

:<span style="color:#8f8377"><font style="color:#757575;" size="3">'''¿'''</font> <font style="color:#000000" size="3"> ❤ </font><font style="color:#C8C993" size="3"> ● </font></span><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center"><span style="font-size:x-small">'''[[Yorumei Uranakei]]''' – '''Brother in Law.''' Kaiten is forever unsure what he thinks of his older brother in law. Once a bully, then a friend, and back to being a bully again--the two have something of a rivalry between them. It's friendly. At least, Kaiten will swear it is. The fact of the matter is that overcoming Yorumei in their lessons (both martial and more studious) was one of the first goals that truly motivated Kaiten. </span></span>

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:<font style="color:#330033" size="3">■</font> ''"He and his wife run a shop down in Lavender Beds. For refugees, they quite good at being unobtrusive and seemed more than happy to oblige any request an actual Gridanian citizen may have of them.'' -An upperclass Gridanian citizen.
:<font style="color:#330033" size="3">■</font> ''"Kaiten? Well, he's one of my prolific customers. He simply... showed up on my doorstep one day. After a bit of banter, I began to size him for a new jacket. He was even willing to pay extra for the additional cloth. Charming fellow, truly."'' -An Ul'dahn weaver.

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=Links & Footnotes=
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<br>[http://skyboundreach.tumblr.com/ Character Tumblr: He Who Measures]
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'''Credit:'''

Not gonna lie. I took most of this from [[Yorumei Uranakei]]. They're better at this than I am.

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