R'zao Pascal

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"The Cat-Eared Engineer"
Gender	Male
Race	Mi'qote
Clan	Seekers of the Sun
Citizenship	Limsa Lominsa
Age	21
Height	5 Fulms 8 Ilms
Weight	134pnz
Occupation	Hunter/Adventurer
Relatives	Unknown Father (Father, Presumed Deceased) Unknown Mother (Mother, Deceased) Gustav Pascal (Adoptive Father, Deceased)

Delivered by his dying mother to the caravan of a travelling magitek engineer as an infant, R'zao's only connection to his culture was the name she uttered with her final breath. Raised by the engineer, R'zao was trained in magitek and grew into a bright - if not unmotivated - young pupil. Preferring to use his engineering skills to hunt monsters and beasts for gil, R'zao was forced to face responsibility when his father died in a tragic accident. Now travelling across Eorzea with little more than the shirt on his back and the tools on his belt, he sells his services as a hunter and adventurer to the highest bidder while operating under his family name. And if he manages to aid those without gil to give along the way, that would just make life a little bit sweeter.

Cool, calm and collected, Pascal approaches most everything with his own off-kilter brand of wry humour and bored irreverence. Though he may seem apathetic or even lazy to most, his sharp mind, engineering genius and strong sense of personal justice shine through when it counts, betraying an inner depth of personality that makes him much more than meets the eye.

• Basic Info
• Biography
• Skill & Abilities
• Equipment
• Appearance & Personality
• Miscellaneous
• Gallery

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Basic Info

Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing PERSONAL ♦ Full Name: R'zao Pascal ♦ Citizenship: Limsa Lominsian ♦ Nameday: 16th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon ♦ Place of Birth: Sagoli Desert ♦ Alias/Nicknames: Pascal, Raz ♦ Patron Deity: Error creating thumbnail: File missing Byregot, the Builder

Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing PHYSICAL ♦ Hair color: Black ♦ Eye color: Amber ♦ Complexion: Tanned ♦ Piercings: N/A ♦ Marks or tattoos: Mi'qote Birthmarks (Face) ♦ Distinctive Features: Thin Beard

Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing LIKES ♥ Slacking Off ♥ Sleeping ♥ Banter ♥ Pranks and Jokes ♥ Building Things ♥ Teasing Others ♥ Earnest People ♥ Nicknaming ♥ Gil

Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing LOVES ♥ Magitek ♥ Candy (Especially Drops) ♥ Sweet Food ♥ Triple Cream Coffee ♥ Adventure ♥ Hunting ♥ New Experiences ♥ Challenges ♥ Freedom

Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing DISLIKES × Boredom × Cold Weather × Work and Responsibility × Repetition × Uptight/Bossy People × Authority × Beastkin × Rules × Luddites

Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing HATES × Fish × Sour Candy × Salty Food × Bullies × Ignorance/Stupidity × Pessimism/Negativity × Inequity × Being Tied Down × Feeling Vulnerable

Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing MISC. ♦ Orientation: Straight ♦ Marital Status: Single ♦ Weapons: 'Gustav's Seventh' (Revolver), 'Nougat' and 'Caramel' (Autoturrets), Hunting Knife, Lasso, Bolas, Grenados ♦ Key Items: Goggles, Aetherotransformer, Traps, Bag of Candy Drops, Gustav's Travelling Workshop ♦ Virtue(s): Charismatic, Bold, Observant, Cool, Smart, Even-Handed, Witty, Cunning, Eccentric ♦ Vice(s): Lazy, Irreverent, Abrasive, Mischievous, Conceited, Hedonistic, Apathetic, Inattentive ♦ Favorite Food: Candy Drops ♦ Favorite Drink: Triple Cream Coffee ♦ Favorite Color: Whichever one he's "feeling"

Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing META ♦ Server: Balmung ♦ Alignment: Chaotic Good ♦ Myers-Briggs: INTP-A ♦ Main Class: Error creating thumbnail: File missing Machinist ♦ Level: 60 ♦ Free Company: Sword and Spear <sord!> ♦ Region: EU ♦ Played Since: July 2015

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Biography

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Humble beginnings make for well-deserved endings...

Born to the breeding male and a hunting female of a small, nomadic tribe of Mi'qote inhabiting the Sagoli Desert, the newborn who would soon be known as R'zao Pascal lived out the few weeks of his infancy in relative peace and normality. A healthy, young boy expected to become a prodigious hunter, he was the apple of his mother's eye and a proud addition to his tribe.

Such idle hopes were not to be met, however.

The peaceful, traditional life he was expected to grow into was abruptly thrown into chaos when a warring clan of Amal'jaa launched a raid on their settlement in the dead of night. Blood was spilled, lives were lost and it was all R'zao's wounded mother could do to carry her child as far from the conflict as the fading reserves of her strength would allow.

The Twelve shone favourably upon her, and she stumbled upon the travelling workshop of magitek engineer, Gustav Pascal. With the life seeping out of her veins, the mother entrusted her cub to the stunned bystander. Her dying breath caught on her lips, she spoke his name for the first and last time: "R'zao".

Burdened unexpectedly with an infant Mi'qote, the ever-honorable Gustav buried the mother and vowed to raise her child to the best of his ability. Over the next eighteen years, father and son travelled across Eorzea. Gustav imparted his enthusiasm for engineering onto R'zao as often as he could, and it wasn't long before R'zao showed a natural genius for the subject. Hours at a time would be spent disassembling and reassembling all manner of machinery in Gustav's travelling workshop and, though they were from two entirely different worlds, both Gustav and R'zao loved each other dearly.

No force is a match for the rebelliousness of the youthful spirit, howwever. Not even love.

Ever the slacker and rebel despite his affinity for engineering, R'zao became engrossed in the seedier elements of the many towns and villages Gustav would bring his services to. Choosing to squander his mechanical aptitude to make easy gil on the side, R'zao would often use his father's spare parts to create weapons and gadgets which he used to cheat at gambling, pull cons or claim bounties on local beasts and monsters.

Gustav vehemently disapproved of his son's activities, and the two would often argue about the direction his life was taking. Gustav wanted R'zao to live a life that wold honour the memory of his mother, inheriting his travelling workshop and using it to help people. R'zao, on the other hand, wanted to be free of the restraints of responsibility his origins had placed on him.

It was after a heated argument on R'zao's nineteenth nameday that he lost his temper and abandoned Gustav, retreating into a nearby city to gamble away his earnings. During his absence, a lone Coeurl attacked and killed Gustav while he was carrying out repairs on the travelling workshop.

R'zao returned to a chilling sight: the only family he had left in the world fading in a pool of his own blood.

As R'zao cradled Gustav, the old man bequeathed his workshop and all the creations therein to his son, asking only that he use them to do good. Finally understanding the selfishness of his actions, R'zao made a tearful promise to help others whenever and wherever he could.

Under the starry night sky, Gustav Pascal's great mind thought its last.

R'zao had made his promise. He had seen the consequences of not being there for those who needed him. Inside Gustav's workshop, he discovered the brilliant engineer's final creation - the latest and greatest in his famous line of artisan magitek revolvers. Inscribed upon its grip were words to live by: "Like Father, Like Son".

Choosing to continue Gustav's legacy, R'zao set off with the travelling workshop and began operating under his family name: Pascal.

And it is that name that would soon be whispered by the downtrodden and the defenseless scattered across Eorzea, accompanied by tales of a daring, young Mi'qote machinist who drifts from town to town, hunting fearsome beasts, fixing machines and providing his services pro-bono to those without the means to pay for them. Though he still maintains his roguish nature, one thing remains certain: R'zao Pascal will never again let a cry for help go unanswered.

And so, his story begins anew...

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Skills & Abilities

▼ MAJOR

♦ MARKSMANSHIP - Having familiarised himself with the ins-and-outs of most firearms under from a young age, Pascal honed his marksmanship skills as a hunter and adventurer to become quite the crack shot. He often boasts that he could easily "shoot the cherry off an ice cream sundae", and anyone who's seen him in action would be hard-pressed not to take those words seriously.

♦ ENGINEERING - Pascal is an exceptional engineer, especially when it comes to weapons and traps. Having inherited a mastery of magitek from years of his father's tutelage, he possesses both a vast learned knowledge of machinery and an intuitive genius which allows him to come up with new ideas and concepts on the fly. Once the gears start turning in Pascal's mind, it isn't long before they start turning everywhere else.

♦ HUNTING AND TRACKING - As a Mi'qote, Pascal has been blessed with acute senses of sight, hearing and especially smell. Coupled with his personal experience hunting beasts and monsters alike, this makes him an extremely adept hunter and tracker who can pursue his pray through all manner of terrain.

♦ INTELLIGENCE - Pascal possesses the inquisitive, analytical mind of an engineer. It can be difficult for him to focus with so many ideas and concepts buzzing around his prodigious brain but, when he concentrates, there's little that can stand against his quick thinking.

♦ PERCEPTION - With an eye for detail and a surprising level of social awareness, Pascal is a highly perceptive person who is quick to notice when something is out of place. Behind his placid expression and languid demeanor, Pascal is always analysing and observing.

▼ MINOR

♦ MELEE COMBAT - Pascal may prefer to keep his enemies at a distance and stick to his guns when it comes to combat, but he's no stranger to a good fist fight. In his journeys across Eorzea, he has picked up a handful of techniques from Ala Mhigan mercenaries he's worked with, drunken monks he's won card games against and even the odd street fighte to create an eclectic, unrefined fighting style that relies largely on ducking, weaving and using his opponent's own momentum against them. Why fight someone when they can fight themselves?

♦ GAMBLING - Pascal may be young, but he's spent more than enough time traversing Eorzea's seedy underbelly to know his way around a pair of dice or a pack of cards. With a natural poker face and a predilection towards toying with others, it'd probably be more surprising if he weren't a good gambler.

♦ DEXTERITY - Pascal is a Mi'qote in the prime of his youth, with powerful leg muscles and the manual dexterity to prove it. With a body as nimble and sure-footed as his mind, it's no wonder he takes so easily to adventure.

♦ CHARISMA - Pascal may prefer his actions to speak louder than his words, but he likes his words to make an impression nonetheless. A smooth, confident and charming speaker with a spontaneous sense of humour, Pascal knows how to make friends and influence people despite his eccentricities.

▼ POOR

♦ STRATEGY - Despite his intelligence, Pascal's impulsivity and irreverence make him poorly suited to long-term planning and positions of leadership.

♦ COOKING - He may be able to brew a mean cup of coffee, but Pascal should otherwise be kept away from the kitchen at all times. Many of his attempts at dishes can be more appropriately described as "durable" or "amorphous" than "edible".

♦ DIPLOMACY - Pascal is certainly charismatic, but his abrasive personality and tendency to speak his mind with little regard for the feelings and sentiments of others means that he isn't usually the person you want doing the talking when it really counts.

♦ WISDOM - Though he possesses book smarts and street smarts in spades, Pascal can be reckless and short-sighted at the best of times and possesses a lack of internal and external wisdom fitting for someone his age.

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Equipment

▼ MAIN WEAPONS

♦ GUSTAV'S SEVENTH - Having familiarised himself with the ins-and-outs of most firearms under from a young age, Pascal honed his marksmanship skills as a hunter and adventurer to become quite the crack shot. He often boasts that he could easily "shoot the cherry off an ice cream sundae", and anyone who's seen him in action would be hard-pressed not to take those words seriously.

♦ NOUGAT AND CARAMEL - Pascal is an exceptional engineer, especially when it comes to weapons and traps. Having inherited a mastery of magitek from years of his father's tutelage, he possesses both a vast learned knowledge of machinery and an intuitive genius which allows him to come up with new ideas and concepts on the fly. Once the gears start turning in Pascal's mind, it isn't long before they start turning everywhere else.

▼ GRENADOS

♦ FIRE - Having familiarised himself with the ins-and-outs of most firearms under from a young age, Pascal honed his marksmanship skills as a hunter and adventurer to become quite the crack shot. He often boasts that he could easily "shoot the cherry off an ice cream sundae", and anyone who's seen him in action would be hard-pressed not to take those words seriously.

♦ SHRAPNEL - Pascal is an exceptional engineer, especially when it comes to weapons and traps. Having inherited a mastery of magitek from years of his father's tutelage, he possesses both a vast learned knowledge of machinery and an intuitive genius which allows him to come up with new ideas and concepts on the fly. Once the gears start turning in Pascal's mind, it isn't long before they start turning everywhere else.

♦ POWDER - As a Mi'qote, Pascal has been blessed with acute senses of sight, hearing and especially smell. Coupled with his personal experience hunting beasts and monsters alike, this makes him an extremely adept hunter and tracker who can pursue his pray through all manner of terrain.

▼ GEAR

♦ MACHINIST GOGGLES - Having familiarised himself with the ins-and-outs of most firearms under from a young age, Pascal honed his marksmanship skills as a hunter and adventurer to become quite the crack shot. He often boasts that he could easily "shoot the cherry off an ice cream sundae", and anyone who's seen him in action would be hard-pressed not to take those words seriously.

♦ AETHEROTRANSFORMER - Pascal is an exceptional engineer, especially when it comes to weapons and traps. Having inherited a mastery of magitek from years of his father's tutelage, he possesses both a vast learned knowledge of machinery and an intuitive genius which allows him to come up with new ideas and concepts on the fly. Once the gears start turning in Pascal's mind, it isn't long before they start turning everywhere else.

♦ HUNTING KNIFE - As a Mi'qote, Pascal has been blessed with acute senses of sight, hearing and especially smell. Coupled with his personal experience hunting beasts and monsters alike, this makes him an extremely adept hunter and tracker who can pursue his pray through all manner of terrain.

♦ BOLAS - As a Mi'qote, Pascal has been blessed with acute senses of sight, hearing and especially smell. Coupled with his personal experience hunting beasts and monsters alike, this makes him an extremely adept hunter and tracker who can pursue his pray through all manner of terrain.

♦ LASSO - As a Mi'qote, Pascal has been blessed with acute senses of sight, hearing and especially smell. Coupled with his personal experience hunting beasts and monsters alike, this makes him an extremely adept hunter and tracker who can pursue his pray through all manner of terrain.

♦ TRAPS - As a Mi'qote, Pascal has been blessed with acute senses of sight, hearing and especially smell. Coupled with his personal experience hunting beasts and monsters alike, this makes him an extremely adept hunter and tracker who can pursue his pray through all manner of terrain.

▼ MISC.

♦ CANDY DROPS - Having familiarised himself with the ins-and-outs of most firearms under from a young age, Pascal honed his marksmanship skills as a hunter and adventurer to become quite the crack shot. He often boasts that he could easily "shoot the cherry off an ice cream sundae", and anyone who's seen him in action would be hard-pressed not to take those words seriously.

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Appearance & Personality

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Miscellaneous

Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing RUMORS Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! ◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard) ■ "He has quite the sweet tooth. He'll eat just about anything if you sprinkle it with sugar." ■ "That revolver of his is a thing of beauty. I heard it was made by the late Gustav Pascal." ■ "He cheats at cards!" ■ "Be warned: if he stops pulling your leg, he'll soon be pulling his firearm." ◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ■ "He never stays in one place for very long. The boy's a drifter." ■ "I heard he's quite sensitive about his tail..." ■ "Don't let that vacant expression fool you. Twelve knows what's going on in his head..." ■ "A pragmatist through and through. He'll throw anyone under the bus if he thinks he has to." ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ "The Mi'qote Machinist? He passed through my village, once: did all the good he could, and then he just disappeared." ■ "He's a very dangerous individual. If you see him, make sure to report it to the proper authorities." ◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players) ■ Leave Rumors Here

Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing RELATIONSHIPS   Color Key   ♥ In A Relationship: Pascal is romantically involved with this character in some capacity.   ♥ Romantic Attraction: Pascal is romantically attracted to this character and values them more deeply than usual.   ♥ Sexual Attraction Pascal is sexually attracted to this character and, knowing him, will make it known.   ♥ Platonic Love/Family: Pascal considers this person to be his family.   ♦ Friend: Pascal considers this person to be his friend.   ♦ Friendly Acquaintance: Pascal considers this person to be mostly friendly or an ally.   ● Good Standing: Though Pascal has no strong feelings towards this character, they've left a good impression on him.   ● Neutral: Pascal has no strong feelings towards this character.   ● Bad Standing: Though Pascal has no strong feelings towards this character, they've left a bad impression on him.   ♠ Dislike: Pascal doesn't enjoy this person's company, and will try to avoid them.   ♠ Hate: Pascal actively dislikes this person, and will try to avoid them.   ♠ Fear: Pascal is terrified by this person, and will try to avoid them at any cost.   ♠ Rivalry: Pascal considers this person to be a rival, or vice versa.   ♥ Family Member: This character is related by blood to Pascal.   ✔ Business: This character is either Pascal's employer, employee, or coworker.   ✖ Deceased: This character has passed away.   ? Hidden Feelings/Unknown: This character has one of more of the color keys above, but Pascal isn't fully aware of that yet. ▼PLAYERS   Nazyl Tharazyl (♦ ✔) - The Lion and the Mouse Upon joining up with the Sword and Spear, Pascal took a fast liking to Nazyl. Both stout of heart and stature, Pascal finds the paladin's earnestness to be in equal parts endearing and amusing. They enjoy a mutual fondness of each other's company.   Madison Allard (♦ ✔) - A Straight Man is Hard to Find Mischievous and irreverent to the extreme, Pascal wasted little time in making the somewhat stoic leader of Sword and Spear a frequent target of his jests and jibes. The two often engage in clashes of wit and banter, much to Madison's chagrin. ▼NPCS   Gustav Pascal (♥ ✖) - Like Father, Like Son The Hyur engineer who took the orphaned Pascal under his wing and tutored him in the ways of magitek. Gustav was, for all intents and purposes, Pascal's father and he holds him in the utmost regard, often reciting his teachings and sayings to others.   Biological Parents (♥ ✖) - But Not Forgotten Though he was too young at the time to remember them, Pascal often ponders his biological parents. He would like nothing more than to uncover more information about who they were, and is still uncertain as to the ultimate fate of his father.

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Footnotes

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