Dex Swiftsteel

Bhaldgeim Hyrthimalwyn
Gender	Female
Race	Roegadyn
Clan	Sea Wolf
Citizenship	Orthard
Nameday	28th Sun of the 5th Astral Moon
Age	39
Orientation	Straight
Guardian	Oschon, the Wanderer
Alias	Dex Cogstride, The Legless Sparrow
Marital Status	Single

WORK IN PROGRESS, DEFINITELY NOT FINSIHED YET

"The sky's the limit, but the moon is the breakthrough." - Dex Cogstride.

Bhaldgeim Hyrthimalwyn, better known by others as Dex Cogstride is a determined lady who enjoys life in the clouds. The once sea-loving Roegadyn turned experienced Sky Pirate works in solitude, counting on herself to complete what she sets herself every day; to take from the rich and give to herself in the name of science. Dex is nicknamed the Legless Sparrow and at least a dozen tales are told of how the Roegadyn came to lose her legs, all of which are unproven to be true.

Timeline

Spoiler notice: The following contains spoiler information. Proceed at your own risk.

• Childhood

Dex's childhood is something that she doesn't often speak of. Not due to the mistrust of others, but by the simple fact that she just can't remember a damn thing about it. That being said, it is more than likely that Dex had lived a good life with her family on the ports of Limsa Lominsa, keeping her nose out of trouble and living as Bhaldgeim Hyrthimalwyn (Brave Jewel, Daughter of the Autumn Sky). Her love for travelling on ships with her grandfather sparked her aspiration to become her very own captain of the ship at the age of 7, to which one thing lead to another and she ended up becoming one of the Maelstrom's successful navigators by time she hit 18 summers old.

After a few years, Bhaldgeim grew bored of being told where to dock the ships and how to turn starboard at whatever degree and she quit her job to move onto living in the colder regions of Coerthas after hearing rumours of 'bandits living in the sky' and pillaging the less fortunate. This lead to the Roegadyn to take up arms and fight against these so-called bandits, only to be robbed of her goods herself. Despite the terror she witnessed, Bhaldgeim couldn't help but feel at home in the skies of Dravania. Not only did she want to prove her worth in the new environment, she also wanted her stuff back from the bandits and vowed to return again one day.

Defeated and without a coin to spare, Bhaldgeim regressed to living in the Brume with the poorest Elezen lowborns. On the verge of starving, she began to beg across the Foundation for food. She accidentally came across a man with a gun making his way back to the Skysteel Manufactory, which piqued Bhaldgeim's interest. Looking through the cracks of the entrance doors and peeking through the slightly steamed windows, Bhaldgeim was welcomed to the sight of steam, metal and pistons pumping in a choreographed dance of progress. A fire lit inside her and she wanted to learn everything about what she witnessed.

To her surprise, Bhaldgeim was welcomed by Stephanivien, the founder of the Skysteel Manufactory and the job he dubs 'Machinist'. She was taken under his wing for another five years, learning the arts of heandling fire arms, while conducting private research into machines and their adaptation to life in Eorzea and other continents. Bhaldgeim eventually leaves the Skysteel in pursuit of the skies, realising her true happiness lay there for her whilst also remembering the vow she made. However, to mark the begining of her new life of 'piracy', Stephanivien gifted Bhaldgeim her very own mana-cutter ship and she was piloting the vehicle in no time.

Since then, Bhaldgeim vanished. There had been no mention of her since she left all those years ago; not a single soul knew of her whereabouts or her lifestyle. All that was known was the rumour of a mysterious 'Legless Sparrow' roaming the skies.

Spoilers end here.

Interests

Likes Nature Mining Salty foods Painting

Dislikes Some Raen Au Ra Any member of the Dotharl tribe Liars Thieves The Garlean Empire Magitek The Undead Desserts

Favorites Foods: White meats, seafood, pasta, noodles and fried vegetables Drinks: Water, yak milk, lemon water Colors: Woad Blue

Hobbies

• Swimming
• Collecting ores
• Walking/hiking
• Mountain climbing

Appearance

Hair/Fur: Crepe pink
Skin: Warm peach
Eyes: Amber
Height: 4.7"
Weight: 112(PONZ)
Build: Slim

Delkhii is (WIP)

Personality

Delkhii is generally an honest individual, opting to go for morally correct choices rather than bad onces. However, Delkhii isn't opposed to making the few questionable decisions in exchange for earning a few coin. Her language barrier often makes her come across awkward or monotone in conversation, borderline boring at times. Her body language doesn't give much away about how she feels in public spaces, unless in dire situations involving her safety, she will act far more neuotically than normal, and in extreme cases she'll cast away consideration for other's safety to secure her own. Regarding people attempting to make friends with Delkhii, she will be cynical about their true intentions and often find ways to close any potential leads onto establishing a friendship. // Delkhii's native tongue is Xaelic (usually spoken with "<>" in RP to demonstrate this) and she knows a handful of words that can make a cohesive conversation with Eorzeans, mainly for trade.

• Alignment

  True Neutral

• Motivation

  To have a full belly and a warm bed

• Disposition

  Serious

• Outlook

  Trust yourself

• Positive personality traits

  Calm, careful, hardworking, honest organized,

• Negative personality traits

  Dirty, hidebound, inconsiderate, neurotic, vague

• Miscellaneous quirks

1. Delkhii likes to make sure everything is organised by order of size, colour, alphabet, number, etc.
2. Delkhii speaks broken Eorzean, however in her native tongue, she speaks very gracefully.
3. Delkhii refers to leaders of a tribe or company as Leader followed by their first name. For members of royalty she refers to them as follows:

King = Khaan [name]

Queen = Khatan Khaan [name]

Prince = Kaan Khuu [name]

Princess = Gunji [name]

Combat

Delkhii's preferred weapon of choice, should she choose to fight, is her fists. Due to her natural Xaela strength, she is able to land hefty punches onto any opponent. ((WIP))

Biography

((WIP))

Delkhii was ready to embark on the task set by her tribe leader; she was entrusted to find the rare ores of the foreign lands and bring them back to her homeland for reasearch and prosperity. She was granted access to a junk ship for her voyage and was also given basic mining tools, bags and old maps of Eorzea to begin her task. She set sail, but moons after her departure, the Garlean Empire breached Orthard and destoryed the land in their wake, taking away her family, friends and village residents.

Journeying to La Noscea alone, Delkhii found herself at the beach of Costa Del Sol with a pickaxe and hammer, ready to hack upon Eorzea's rock for minerals to sell. Her mindset was focussed and determined, ignorant of the events that occurred at Steppes. She was mining away at any minerals she could get her hands on and eventually, she managed to sustain a life from selling her findings to local merchants and traders and settling into an inn each night. The Xaela had lived this life for a year before she was taken into the Wandering Bloom by Marina.

At that point, Marina established herself as Delkhii's most reliable source of income.

• Losing her eye

Spoiler notice: The following contains spoiler information. Proceed at your own risk.

Delkhii encountered a Dotharl Xaela at the Quicksand one day, who teased her over her tribal status. Delkhii resisted her tempts to rile her, up until the moment where death of her tribesmen and women shook her facade. The Dotharl attempted to reconile with Delkhii after her teasing behaviour, saying that she was still learning how Eorzean customs worked and offered to go on a stroll with Delkhii, much to the other's dismay. Regardless, the two set off in hopes to establish a friendship, only for Delkhii to be perfectly lured into a trap. The Dotharl attempted to murder Delkhii for bloodlust, however she retaliated and fought against the Xaela. Delkhii was not without wounds that caused her to black out, suffering a pierced belly and back, and losing her right eye.

The Dotharl was distracted by the sounds of nature before she was able to kill Delkhii and she threatened that she would take her life if Delkhii had mentioned any part of the fight to anyone. In exchange of this promise, the Dotharl carried the wounded and dying Au ra to the Minery in Central Thanalan to give her basic aid.

One sun after, Delkhii was partially healed and wandered on foot to the Lavender Beds, seeking Omani for her comfort. She arrived and became gravely ill due to poor treatment at the Minery. She was eventually fully healed by Omani's friend whom happened to be a healer. Depsite their best efforts, Delkhii's eye remained lost. Delkhii was confronted by Omani for the reason behind her sudden injured state and Delkhii rehersed the story told to her by the Dotharl. Her close friend was unconvinced, but the Au Ra assured this was the case.

A few weeks pass and Delkhii arrived in Ul'dah to find her attacker, remembering to meet her after recuperating. Eventually, she did come across her, and Delkhii defensively became cold-hearted towards the Au Ra. To her surprise, the Dotharl was apologetic over her attempt to take Delkhii's life, though the Ura was very skeptical about this. They both agreed to keep in contect, much to Delkhii's dismay for the sake of keeping up their false story, which eventually became suspect to a lot of people's concern over Delkhii's eye.

The next time Delkhii approached the Quicksand, she was more determined to tell the truth now that her anger grew from her initial timidness. She informed Rainer first about the ordeal that really took place at Central Thanalan, causing Rainder to loathe the Dotharl in question. He makes a promie to Delkhii to protect her from the Au Ra, no matter what, which brought relief to her. After their heartfelt talk, Delkhii opted to hiding her appearance in and around the area of Ul'dah to avoid the Dotharl whenever she could, now that she had admitted the truth. One confrontation between her and the Dotharl happened, however Delkhii was accompanied by her company mates at the time for extra protection.

Delkhii once again entered the Quicksand, mask donned over her face. However, she was caught by the attacker and peacefully asked to talk with her.Reluctantly, Delkhii agreed to the talk, and discovered the Xaela was more affected by Delkhii's revenge than she initially understood; she had lost all of her friends and even almost lost her life to a man by the name of Rainer. Delkhii, sorrowed by this news, felt that her revenge went too far and offered forgiveness to the Dorthal now that her goal was met.

Spoilers end here.

((Biographies will be written as more RPs happen in-game :) ))

Relationships

♥ Romantic Interest, ♥ Sexual Interest, ♥ Platonic Love, ♦ Good Standing, ● Neutral Standing, ↓ Poor Standing

Romantic Interest

♥ N/A. ♥ N/A

Platonic Love

♥ N/A

Good Standing

♦ Marina D'arca - Many a time, Delkhii sold countless amounts of ores to Marina in exchange for Gil. She is her current consistent source of Gil income.

♦ Rainer Bloodwolfe - Delkhii came across Rainer at the Quicksand and the two conversed over the loss of their homelands to the Garlean Empire, soon finding solace and a mutual understanding of each other.

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Neutral Standing

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● N/A

Poor Standing

↓ N/A

Rumors

Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC Rumors! Instructions on how: Show text

Copy the following line. Click the edit link beneath the Rumors heading. Paste BEFORE the </td></tr></table> line.

: <font style="color:#aac5b4;" size="3">■</font> "QUOTE GOES HERE"  - ''[[YOUR NAME HERE]]''

Commonly heard - pretty much open to use ■ "RUMOR 1" - "That Xaela never smiles. Ever." ■ "RUMOR 2" - "Don't touch her! Her skin is scaled with soil!" ■ "RUMOR 3" - "She's a tad bit crazy for those rocks, I tell ya."	Occasionally heard - Use this info lightly ■ "RUMOR 1" - "I keep hearing someone singing. I couldn't possibly be coming from the Au Ra though, could it?" ■ "RUMOR 2" - "I hear this lass is selling some good rocks for good coin. She might be tough to barter with though."
Rarely heard - Ask first! ■ "RUMOUR 1" - "What a wonderful smile she 'as. I'd kill a beast t' see that smile again." ■ "RUMOUR 2" - "..."	PC Rumors (written by other players) ■ "RUMOR 1" - N/A

Gallery

Out Of Character Disclaimer

Music

(The music is meant to reflect the character through ambience, soundtrack or song. I own none of it :) credit goes to the original composers/artists of the track.)

Character Theme

Character Theme as of 3.56

Character Theme as of 4.0

Voice

Delkhii's Voice

Player Notes

Hey there :D thanks for reading through the wiki about my charcter! The information about my character will change often so please note that there may be more/less or altered information the next time you read through this page again. I'll tell you a little bit about myself IRL. I normally go by the online alias of Dark or Dex (With Dark being my name for many online things and Dex being my FFXIV name among friends, though I'll be more known by the latter.). I'm said to be friendly, kind and fun and I love making new friends and playing FFXIV for both roleplay and in-game content. My schedule is slightly weird, due to the fact I'm from the EU and Balmung hosts more NA players, so I may not be available on peak times as it would be when I normally sleep. However I do tend to stay up late to play the game on days that I do not have university. That being said, I always try to make time for RP and I do admittedly have a hard time with doing walkups, so if you ever see my character and fancy RPing, please don't be shy and send me a tell or walk up on me.

How I RP

There is a couple of pointers that I would like to mention from an OOC point of view in regards to how I RP and what you can expect of me.

First of all, I am someone who likes to keep RP and OOC circumstances seperate. This means that whatever happens in an RP stays in RP and anything that is OOC is an entirely different matter. If my character has a problem with your character, it doesn't mean I have a problem with you IRL. This is also the same for my character liking yours, it may not mean I also like you (though 97% of the time it turns out I do like you :) ). However, if my character displays any romantic feelings for your character, this certainly does not mean that I do too. As I have mentioned before, what happens in RP stays in RP. Further information on this topic will be on the RP Limits section.

Secondly, if you are not happy with any aspect of our RP, please don't be afraid to send me a tell and I will try to make the RP more comfortable for you as mucha as I can without shifting the plot so much that it's either one sided (if it is situational RP) or the plot doesn't make sense anymore. Saying this however, this doesn't give you the opportunity to godmod/meta plots into your character's favour. If you do that, then there will be a good chance that I will not RP with you in future.

RP Limits

There are some limitations a to what kind of RP I am willing to get involved with.

What I am willing to RP:

Mature Content (such as violence, minor or fatal injuries, drugs, alcohol, sexuality, etc.)

Dark Content (such as hostage situations, torture, terrorism, suicide, murder, war, etc.)

Family Friendly Content (basically, nothing of the above.)

What I am not willing to RP:

ERP

Rape scenario in RP

Relationship only RP

I always have a 'No ERP' tag in my search info, but in any case that I do not have this tag, these rules still apply!

FINAL NOTES

I am a roleplayer who abides by the rules of fair and fun roleplay for all. I DO NOT tolerate those who GODMOD or METAGAME an RP situation for any reason. If this happens in our RP, then I WILL send you a tell addressing this problem. If this happens more than once, then I WILL NOT engage RP with you AT ALL.

If at any point I feel uncomfortable with our RP, I have the right to withdraw from it and/or take action to refrain contact if the discomfort breaches into OOC matters.

Take this into consideration!

Footnotes

This page uses the Easily Read Template, created by Khita Atropah and inspired by Bancroft Gairn. I have copied the coding on some titles to create new headings suited for my OOC development on my character. DO NOT USE MY ALTERATION OF THE TEMPLATE! My version of the template has been the result of several hours figuring out what text to copy/paste and what format I can use to present my wiki page better. If you want to use the templete I have now, then please use the original template layout by Khita Atropah.