User:Faye

Aelius Corinthius Prodigal Son Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Garlean agent who was undercover in Eorzea on a mission related to his family. He was a dutiful soldier who dedicated his life to his family name and the will of Garlemald. After his cover was blown, he took a spill off Highbridge. Presumed dead. Whereabouts unknown. About Name: Aelius Corinthius Nickname: Ael Age: 31 Gender: Male Race: Garlean Clan: Pureblood Orientation: Heterosexual Marital: In a Relationship Deity: None Nationality: Garlean Occupation: Hermit Alignment: Lawful Evil AppearancePersonalityRumorsHistoryStoriesRelationshipsOOCCredit Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ael stands tall around 6'3", broad-shouldered with a strong and sturdy form, well-sculpted with muscle thanks to a strict regime of training and work, though it is beginning to fade and give way to a more wiry musculature after moons of inactivity. In fact, if one were to catch him not fully clothed, he appears quite malnourished, very thin and lacking any healthy amount of body fat, as well as covered in scars that appear to be from likely near fatal wounds, clear indicators of where his own bones have been broken and jutted out of his skin. His left eye, forehead, and nearly the entire left side of his face are covered in bandages, though along his jaw where the bandages have ended and his skin is visible runs a long, thick, jagged scar that looks far too old to be reason for the bandaging. Several fresher scars mar his face, but are not quite as severe. Perhaps in a stark contrast to his gruff personality and the rest of his rugged appearance, Ael has a very fair visage with snowy white hair, sickly pale skin, and eye the lightest shade of blue that sometimes glints violet or even red in the right lighting. His ivory locks are overgrown and unkempt, falling messily to obscure his face. His white brow is bushy but arched, his aquiline nose straight and even, eye deeply set and constantly shadowed with a dark circle, cheekbones high though gaunt and sunken, his lips pouty and finely shaped, and his jaw strong and squared. He has a narrow face with relatively handsome and masculine features, though they are somewhat hidden behind the scruffy, unshaven facial hair amassing along his jaw, chin, and upper lip. Fine lines can be found upon his face, a testament that the man has just passed his prime. His posture is slumped and sunken. He moves slowly and painfully, a slight limp to his right leg, the thump of the respective foot just a little bit louder to its counterpart and perhaps vaguely metallic. Overall, he has the look of a man likely once healthy and handsome, but now exhausted and ill. He seems to purposefully stick to the shadows and avoid eye contact with others, hiding his features. He tends to wear dark and loose fitting clothing--and seeing as he resides within Coerthas, clothing that is covering and warm--which is often tattered and dirty. Despite this, he is a man who dresses for the occasion, which betrays his wardrobe to actually include more varied and ornate clothing and armor in better condition than his usual attire. Speech: Ael speaks very little, and when he does, he is a man of few words, more apt to make noncommittal grunts than actual words. His voice is gruff and deep. Though it often sounds a bit tired and weak, seemingly from underuse, there is a commanding bass hidden within it. There is a smoothness to his voice and the pronunciation of his words, as well as evidence of a decent education in his adequate grammar and wide vocabulary if one manages to hear him speak enough that offers a contrast to his rough exterior. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Reserved and generally distrustful of others, Ael is quiet and not forthcoming with information about himself. When he does give details, they are likely to be lies. He's very secretive of his identity, and tries to avoid people, or at the very least, prying conversation with people. Wary that Eorzeans may find out about his heritage and persecute him, and even more concerned that any Imperials he meets may find out his identity and that he is living and drag him back to Garlemald as a failure and a traitor, he is paranoid and reclusive and feels there is almost no one he can trust. He's rather gruff and tends to be short with others. While he may still crack the occasional cocky smile or smartass remark, his humor and happiness seem hard to come by recently. He's tired, and often in physical pain, as well as stricken with guilt for how he has failed his family and his country and become a burden to others. He has no shortage of angst over his shortcomings. He's straight forward, matter of fact and to the point, not wanting any conversation to be more personal or lengthy than it needs to be. He is very conflicted, uncertain about whether he should remain loyal to Garlemald, or find some sympathy with the Eorzeans now. His inability to find an answer has left him apathetic and lethargic, no allegiances to either country nor its people for the time being. He is unsure if either country even deserves his loyalty after being burned by both. Though it is wounded, he retains his pride, causing him endless frustration when he must rely on others or ask for help, or when others ridicule him or look upon him with pity. He detests feeling so weak, helpless, and vulnerable. He has also maintained his vanity, another source of endless anger and shame at his own scarred and disfigured appearance. His pride and ego once meant very much to him, along with combat prowess, good looks, and prominent family name--all things lost or useless to him now, leaving him with next to nothing. His primary motivation is to survive, and regain the strength he has lost. Despite this, he may help an innocent person in need even if it's an inconvenience to himself, holding on to some virtue of justice and honor or maybe even genuine kindness, and perhaps a means to attone for his sins. Motivations: Surviving. Recovering. Finding direction. Disposition: Grumpy and gruff. Quiet and paranoid. Outlook: Negative. Lost, unhappy, and confused. Positive Personality Traits Intelligent, straight forward, observant, logical, persuasive, determined, persistent, honorable, hard-working, ambitious, proud. Negative Personality Traits Lost, confused, guilt-ridden, lethargic, frustrated, angry, paranoid, distrustful, stubborn, wary, prideful, vain, arrogant, brooding. Likes Alcohol Fighting Cozy fires Dislikes The snow "Uncivilized" Eorzeans Feeling weak Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under the Player Character category! NPC . ◢ Common Rumors - Easily overheard. Use these freely! ■ "Ain't she a whore? Pretty sure she's a whore." ■ "She gives me the heebie-jeebies. I stay away from her." ■ "I'd sure like a night with that one. Bet she knows how to please a man." ■ "I don't know much about her. I don't think anyone does." ■ "Men always gawk at her--women, too! I'm so jealous. She's like a goddess." ◢ Uncommon Rumors - A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first! ■ "I see her lurking around Ul'dah a lot. Always looks real nasty and mysterious. Keeps to herself." ■ "I'm not even into women and I'd still take her to bed." ■ "She creeps me out... but I've never laid eyes on someone so good-looking before." ■ "I've seen her hanging all over some big Au Ra guy. He looked... scary. Then they started arguing." ◢ Rare Rumors - Very rarely overheard. Please ask before using! ■ "I visited that free clinic once where she worked with that doctor. Seemed too good to be true. They patched me up, but I left feeling worse than when I'd arrived. It's shut down now." ■ "I haven't seen that maid girl or the Hyur fellow she worked for in a while. I know his family had fallen on tough times. Guess they must have run outta gil. Probably living in some alley now with all the other unfortunate folk." ■ "Her aether is tainted. I can tell. She reeks of the Void. Stay away from that thing." PC . ◢ Player Character Rumors - Feel free to add rumors of your own, true or untrue, just keep it IC! ■ "Add your rumor here!" - Name Here ■ "Add your rumor here!" - Name Here Error creating thumbnail: File missing Warning! Ael's story involves mention of death, murder, injury, violence, suicide, and familial abusive. Please read at your own risk if you are sensitive to such themes. text text text Stories are in chronological order. Stories contain mature/sensitive/nsfw themes. Please read at your own risk. A Man and his Voidsent Context: Melfice is displeased after Shade takes aether from their associate. How to Train Your Voidsent Context: Shade gets in trouble once again after consuming Val's aether. No Solace in Death Context: Shade is banished and forced to wander the Void after being "killed." Visiting Ancient Ruins Context: Melfice and Shade pay a visit to some ruins in search of information. Breakfast Context: Shade and Unmei bond over an awkward breakfast following banishing Chandra's ghost. [Link Here Title] Context: --- [Link Here Title] Context: --- [Link Here Title] Context: --- [Link Here Title] Context: --- Relationships   Color Key   ♥ In A Relationship: Ael is romantically involved with this character.   ♥ Romantic Attraction: Ael is romantically interested in this character.   ♥ Sexual Attraction Ael is physically interested in this character.   ♥ Platonic Love/Family: Ael considers this person family.   ♦ Friend: Ael considers this person a friend.   ♦ Friendly Acquaintance: Ael considers this person mostly friendly, or as an ally.   ● Good Standing: Ael has no specific feelings about this character, however, they left a good impression.   ● Neutral: Ael has no specific feelings about this character.<   ● Bad Standing: Ael has no specific feelings about this character, however, they left a bad impression.   ♠ Dislike: Ael doesn't consider this person a friend, and will talk if needed, but try to avoid them.   ♠ Hate: Ael considers this person an annoyance, and will try to avoid them. Conflict can happen.   ♠ Fear: Ael is terrified by this character, and will try to avoid them at all costs.   ♠ Rivalry: Ael considers this person a rival, and will try to initiate conflict every time she gets to meet them.   ♥ Family Member: This character is related by blood to Ael.   ✔ Business: This character is either Ael's employer, employee, or coworker.   ✖ Deceased: This character has passed away.   ? Hidden Feelings/Unknown: This character has one of all the color keys above, but Ael isn't fully aware of it yet. Misc. Melfice Vainchelon (♥♥♥) - Master Her "Master," as she calls him (he usually insists he dislikes the title--she claims quite the opposite), and also her lover and betrothed. The two met during a summoning ritual that didn't seem to go as planned. Though the two began on far from friendly terms, they now possess a fierce loyalty to each other. The Miqo'te often plays the role of the man's assistant in public, and things aren't altogether very different in private. Her submission to the man, however, seems to be entirely willing, and she could easily reverse the roles should she see fit. The story in public disguise is that her family has served the Vainchelon family for generations, and as such she is loyally his maidservant. Val Nunh (♥♦) - Val The two started off on the wrong foot. The Seeker of the Sun reminded Shade of her ex-lover, which provoked an immediate, simultaneous dislike and attraction for the man, and Shade very quickly gave Val good reason to make the resentment (and perhaps the attraction) mutual. Since then, however, Shade has found she has much in the common with the man, and seeing as he is one of the few beings who can tolerate her, she's developed a certain fondness for the Nunh. Acquaintances and Allies Faye Covington (♥♠) - That Whore The two haven't had many face-to-face interactions--at least not that involved much talking--and Shade assumes the Hyur would like to keep it that way. While Shade has a personal disdain for the woman due to the blows Faye and Harbingers have landed against her and Melfice, as well as due to the attention that Melfice and Val pay her, perhaps someone who both the men find some worth in can't be all bad. And yet, she is too jealous of the affection her Master pays the woman to really care. X'unmei Noh (♥) - Unmei A Seeker girl Melfice rescued and claims to view as a daughter. Due to the fact that the girl has stolen some of her Master's attention and affection, Shade was bent on not liking her. However, she was quickly won over by the girl's sweet nature... and the fact that Melfice's feelings for her are wholly familiar might have helped. ??????????????????????? (●) - ???????????????????????????????? Text, text, text, text. Personal RP Limits ■ I will play mature content and themes (violence, sexuality, drug/alcohol use, crimes, gore, profane language, innuendo, nonsexual nudity, death). Temporary injury and incapacitation. Temporary imprisonment. Most walk-up encounters. ■ Ask about long-term and/or permanent injury and disfigurement. Long-term captivity or imprisonment. Fake/temporary character "deaths." Anything likely to deal permanent and severe psychological trauma to my character. Pre-established relationships. ■ I won't play permanent character death. Erotic role-play. Fetish fulfillment. Lolicon/shotacon. Any sexual themes involving children, objectively child-like characters, or animals. Any sexual themes with players who are minors OOC. Excessively detailed and overly descriptive gore. Long, drawn out, descriptive torture scenes. Sexual/romantic relationships or requited feelings when my character is already in a serious relationship. ■ Please do not metagame, autohit, godmod, powerplay, role-play to win, or be a bad sport. Take OOC hiccups IC (typos, accidental button pressing, afking, etc.), bring IC into OOC, bring OOC into IC. Lecture me on lore, disrespect my OOC boundaries, disrespect my RP partners, be inconsiderate of my time (hour long waits for posts, demanding I spend more time with you, guilt-trip me for RPing with others, etc.). Write so much purple prose I cannot understand/find the actual action of your post. Fail to respect if I tell you I'm uncomfortable with something, attempt OOC to force our characters into a certain relationship, do underhanded OOC things to try to sabotage my character's relationship with another character (or mine with their player), say racist/sexist/homophobic/otherwise offensive things to me OOC, or lie to me or otherwise cause drama OOC. These are dealbreakers, and I may drop all contact with you without further warning if any of these things happen (I am understanding of accidental/innocent mistakes like the occasional autohit or bit of subconscious metagaming). I know this probably sounds super paranoid, but I only mention each of these things because they are things that have happened before--often more than once! About Me as an RPer ■I am on the Balmung server. ■I am over 18. ■I do freestyle posting, most often para-RP with a paragraph or two. I will typically try to post-to-match, but if you do nothing but one-liners or nothing but huge multi-para posts, I may settle on something more moderate. I do not mind your post style, so long as your posts have interesting content I can respond to and I do not have to struggle through long descriptions that are useless to me or make no sense. I do like posts that are lacking in empty, flowery verbage yet still contain some description and artistry, so I would ideally like to find other para-RPers, but I am not picky! ■I am primarily looking for in game role-play, or at least RP with characters also from Balmung, but I am open to role-play via RPC PM's or threads, Enjin PM's or threads, Skype messages, or Discord messages or channels. Please send me a PM on the RPC or a /tell in game to ask for my handles. ■I am in EST timezone. My schedule is somewhat sporadic, so I am on at odd hours. I am usually online somewhere between 2PM - 3AM EST. Most often, you can find me online between 9PM - 2AM EST. I recommend starting any RP before midnight, since I am typically winding down and getting ready for bed after that point. ■Along with RP, I am glad to just chat or maybe do some PvE content, or play other games outside of FFXIV. Please don't ever feel you're bothering me if you send me a message. I suck at socializing so I will probably never message you first, but that doesn't mean I dislike talking to you. ■I like long-term relationships and story-heavy plots. I suck at making my own plots, but I am always happy to be a part of someone else's story! ■If you do not like Aelius, or if he doesn't mesh well with your character, yet you would still like to role-play with me, I do have other characters who are vastly different. ■I like to bend lore for the sake of story if called for, but not break it. If someone not conforming to the lore to a T sets you off, you may want to skip on anything more than brief, casual interactions with my characters. If your character is a Miqo'te Dragoon female Nunh WoL, likewise, you may want to find someone more up to your speed instead of me! I prefer a healthy middle-ground. ■I typically try to avoid combat RP. If somehow it happens despite this, I am often flexible between freeform, rolling, etc. and prefer to do whatever feels best in each individual situation. ■I am okay with (loosely) planning RP if you have an idea you want to bring up. I do not like RP that is highly scripted, or gives my character a narrow choice of options to react for no discernible IC reason. I am also okay with walk-ups. If you see anywhere, even if you've never spoken to me before, feel free to post at me! If I am not IC, I will let you know. If I don't respond, it just means I'm afk--sorry! I afk a lot. ■If you ever have any questions or need clarification about anything whatsoever, please do not hesitate to ask. I am a very open person and in the odd case anything does make me uncomfortable, I will simply tell you that. Even if it's mid-RP, I am not one of those "muh 'mmersion!!" people, so I promise I won't be bothered! ■ If an aspect of RP makes you uncomfortable in a scene we're playing, please send me a /tell letting me know immediately. Communication is very important, more important than potentially keeping immersion or avoiding "metagaming." I do care about your feelings, comfort, and enjoyment of the RP! I am fine dialing things back, or dropping a role-play with no hard feelings if we are just not compatible. RP Hooks ■ Friends and acquaintances? Friends, acquaintances, allies, and business contacts are always welcome. These will need to happen naturally rather than our characters being forced into a friendship that might not suit them. Unmei is very sweet and easily considers anyone a friend. Unfortunately, Shade is not really good at making friends and most people understandably grow tired of her bullshit pretty quickly. However, if your character is very patient and kind, or if circumstances have forced the two to play nicely, they might form some sort of bond. ■ Enemies and rivals? Enemies are always welcome, pending certain conditions. I am not interested in RPing with anyone who will harass my character to the point of me having to avoid public RP in the name of "antagonist" RP. I also do not want to RP with anyone who will be sour or demand to retcon if harassing Shade lands their character in trouble they didn't expect. Shade is usually surprisingly harmless beyond antagonizing others, but the people around her may be more vicious in defending her. Someone with a hatred for Voidsent could have reason to hunt Shade. Shade is largely apathetic, so it's unlikely for her to target someone else long term/repeatedly unless they have harmed Melfice or someone else she cares for. PLEASE, PLEASE do not ask to take an antagonist role if you are not okay with this and what it might mean for your character (I will try to avoid situations where your character might be killed or permanently imprisoned and give your character an out if possible, and I ask you do the same for me, but disbelief can only be suspended so much before the RP stops being fun). ■ Family? As Shade has been around longer than a normal Miqo'te lifespan due to her affliction, all her close relatives are deceased. It's possible there could be descendants of her family around--great (great) grandchildren, great (great... great.... etc.) nieces/nephews, etc. She has no idea of their existence and they or may or may not know of hers. Relatives may or may not still bear the Amari name, and should be Keepers or Keeper/Seeker mixed race. A slight physical resemblance to Shade would be nice, but less important the more distant the relation. ■ Lovers? Shade is in a long-term, committed, monogamous relationship, and she is faithful and not open to sex or romance outside of her relationship, nor will she leave her betrothed for anyone. If you want your character to have unrequited feelings for Shade for any reason, that's fine, and she could even lead your character on very briefly for the purpose of stealing their aether or causing some mischief, please just respect me and the player of Shade's spouse OOC and do not expect your character's feelings to ever be returned or fulfilled. ■ Past connections? I am open to past connections with some discussion to work out the details and my permission given, if you would rather have some pre-established foundation for our characters to build upon rather than starting fresh. Anyone from Shade's childhood or early life is probably deceased by now. Your character can be someone Shade has tormented and/or stolen aether from perhaps several years ago, Voidsent hunters who have pursued her at anytime or others influenced by the Void who she might have run into at some point. I am open to any suggestions not mentioned here. Links Out ■ My RPC Profile: RPC ■ Shadiyah on the Lodestone: Lodestone ■ My Enjin Profile: Enjin Credit Thank you all for letting me use/alter your codes! If it weren't for you, my wiki would not look how it does. ■ Template was created by Bancroft Gairn. ■ Adapted by Xheja Rajhera. ■ Background and headers Atreus del Alumet. ■ Tabs by Suen Shyu. ■ OOC notes by Glioca Sargonnai. ■ Mashing everything together like a mad scientist D'lyhhia Lhuil. ■ Altered by myself (Faye Covington).* Artists are credited in mouseover of the respective image. If you would like to get in touch with a certain artist, please let me know and I can try to provide contact information. Please remember to properly credit when using this wiki. Thank you. Sing for absolution.