Tilidi Salidi

Tilidi Salidi
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Grandmaster of Fire
Gender	Male
Race	Lalafell
Clan	Plainsfolk
Citizenship	Limsa Lominsa (Resident in Shirogane)
Server	Mateus
Age	19
Height	2'10"
Weight	27 Ponz
Profession	Mage, Culinarian, Alchemist
Patron Deity	Llymlaen, the Navigator

Appearance

Tilidi has a smooth, rounded face. His cheeks are rosy and littered with light freckles, as well as his shoulders. His pointed ears stick straight out and are a little on the long side. The Lalafell is the slightest bit chubby in his tummy, the slight curves in his hips somewhat visible but hidden due to the long coats and ponchos he enjoys wearing often. He is small for his race, being 2'10" and not even reaching 3 fulms in height.

The Lalafell's rusted red hair is cut short, yet straight and silky. His complexion is very fair, his eyes a soft jaded colour. His soft features and hair often have him getting mistaken for a female at times.

History

Tilidi, a confident, bright, and cheery Lalafellin youth, had a fairly nice childhood growing up. He lived with his mom, Tisusu Tisu, and dad, Sasadi Lilidi, growing up in La Noscea, adopting a combination of his mother and father’s name once he became old enough to name himself. They owned a medium house in the Mist, his father being an avid adventurer and something of a treasure hunter. Having found quite a few treasures, the family of Lalafell were able to easily live off selling them whenever gil became short. Once Tilidi was old enough, his mother started having him help with cooking meals, starting with small tasks such as adding spices or chopped vegetables to pots of stew. After observing his mother cook and participating in a few acts of cooking, Tilidi showed an interest in it, having his mother teach him how to cook and prepare meals.

Though his father was sometimes busy with adventuring and searching for treasures during the day, Tilidi felt closest to his father, enjoying the tales he’d share about mages and magicks. After hearing so many stories about black, white, red, summoning etc, an interest in the crafts sparked in him. He made it his own personal goal to someday learn what they had to offer, though he had no idea how he’d go about doing so.

Years passed, Tilidi continued to have a bright childhood... That changed on one fateful day(Age 16). As per usual, Tilidi’s father had set out for another day of treasure hunting, but he never returned at the time he usually did. Tilidi and his mother grew worried, though she tried to settle her son’s growing concern with reassurance that his father would be home the following day. To both of their dismay, he never returned. Tisu brought out her son to hang missing persons posters, only to learn from a passing traveller that Sasadi was spotted getting taken by pirates to be sold into imperial slavery the day prior. Stricken by grief from the news, Tisu was quickly thrown into hysterics, having lost her husband to pirates and the imperial army. Tilidi, trying to keep a sturdy facade in this time of despair, tried to help get his mother home to calm her down. When she finally fell asleep from exhaustion and fatigue, Tilidi went outside. His facade collapsed, the Lalafell finally breaking down into tears, himself after holding it in while he was trying to stay strong for his mother. Not even a few minutes into the quiet breakdown, Tilidi was visited by a voidsent. She tempted him with the power to bring down the ones who stole his father away from him and his mother. Anger and grief blinded him as he took a few moments before accepting her offer. The voidsent touched him, slightly corrupting his aether and speaking of the day that he would turn into a voidsent himself as the corruption slowly spreads before vanishing.

That night, a dormant power for magic awoke in him after being visited and corrupted by the voidsent. After some experimentation with it, he decided to pay a visit to the thaumaturge’s guild to help get accustomed to his newly found powers. Once satisfied, he also began delving in white, red, and summoning magic, though he found summoning magic to be more of a struggle, having to use the horn to maintain his carbuncle summons. He’s mostly proficient in black magic, though.

Tilidi would come home after his teachings, though his mother was struggling to provide for the both of them, Sasadi being the one who helped with most of the finances. Tilidi took note of this. Wanting to help his mother and provide for her and himself, he took up gambling, participating in Triple Triad matches for actual gil instead of MGP. He learned to manipulate, bluff, cheat, and lie during these matches to win, as well as disconnecting himself from his competitors to not feel bad for his wins that he desperately sought. these tactics used in his game melting into his overall disposition. When his mother asked where he’d be going every night and how he came back with gil, he began deceiving her, saying he’d picked up treasure hunting like his father, feigning that sweet and gentle disposition to convince her.

In the age of 17, Tilidi met another Lalafellin male(the same age as himself). He was wealthy, something Tilidi took note in. The Lalafellin male, Rurupaba Ninipaba, took an interest in Tilidi. A romantic one. He began making advances. Tilidi didn’t reciprocate until Rurupaba offered a handful of gil for a date and a night of sleeping with him to see how things went. He then accepted. The following day, Rurupaba asked if they could continue seeing each other. As much as Tilidi didn’t want to, the thought of obtaining more gil from this wealthy Lala played in the back of his mind, so much so to the point where he agreed. He didn’t have any real romantic or sexual feelings for Rurupaba, going along with what he wanted just to build up trust so Tilidi could start squeezing out gil from the Dunesfolk. The one-sided relationship lasted a little more than a year before Rurupaba was completely and utterly infatuated with Tilidi. He attempted to propose to Tilidi, the proposal getting hastily turned down, Tilidi quickly giving Rurupaba the cold shoulder, not wanting to dive into that much of a commitment for gil and leaving the Dunesfolk, fed up with him.

A little after, Tilidi had been picked up by The Shadow Ward, able to make a living for him and his mother there as the head healer.

Personality

Tilidi is cunning and crafty, though he tries to hide that side of himself with a friendly, innocent, and kind personality. He will often use this facade of his to get people to trust him so he can use them as an asset later on if he so chooses, though that doesn’t mean he isn’t sincere with his kindness all the time. He will have times where his mischievous side will show and he’ll become playful and tease people.

When provoked, he’s prone to having a bit of a temper, but he tries to keep said temper under wraps.

He tends to not like taking 'no' for an answer, becoming rather pushy unless the no is coming from a higher up or someone of importance.

Characteristics

• Nicknames: 'Tili', 'Potato Mage', 'Ser Knight', 'Knight of Spades', 'Ember'
• Age: 19
  • Nameday: 13th Sun of the 6th Astral Moon.
• Gender: Male
  • Sexuality: Bisexual
  • Marital Status: Taken
• Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
• Height: 2' 10".
• Weight: 27 Ponz
• Body: Slightly curvy and plump
• Hair: A rusted red colour
• Eyes: Jade green
• Skin: Fair complexion
• Clothing: Prefers long coats and hats of any kind, especially top hats.

Likes

• Fire
• Magic
• Writing
• Music
• Top hats

Dislikes

• Being called short
• Being mistaken for a female
• Unsociable folk

Areas of Expertise

• Martial: Thaumaturgy, Black magic, Red magic, Conjury, and White Magic.
• Crafting: Culinary, Alchemy, Botany, Fishing, (some)Mining.
• Other: Singing, playing the harp, playing the flute, writing.

Strengths

• Fire magic
• Agility
• Confidence

Weaknesses

• Short temper
• Physically weak
• Horrible at hand-to-hand combat

Religion

• Llymlaen, the Navigator

Quirks

• Draws out his vowels occasionally when he's trying to stress a point or when he's excited.
• Uses a bastardization of words ending in '-ing', usually dropping the 'G'.
• Has a hard time remembering names, usually shortening the name to make things easier for him to remember.

Equipment

• A flaming polearm for black magic
• A flaming rapier and catalyst

Relationships

💑 In a relationship ♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Sexual Desire ♥ Platonic Love ♥ Family ● Good Standing ● Neutral ● Poor Standing ☠ Deceased

Urien Rhaegal ● - A Xaelan male he met in Gridania. He had tried to 'befriend' him, though it didn't go quite as planned. He continues to search for Urien, still eager to get the Xaela on his side, as reluctant as he may be.

Arsene Chevalier(💑/♥)- Once an ex-coworker of his, now his mate. After trying to forcefully grasp his attention without realizing his was trying to, Tilidi came to terms that he had feelings for Arsene. Though they are together, he still struggles with his feelings of affection.

Aether Landon(●)- Tilidi's boss at The Black Card Society. He holds a high respect for the Miqo'te, though does not feel any sort of attachment to him as a person.

Mokhol Haragin(●/☠)- A deceased co-worker.

A'sana Dorel (●)- The King of Spades, one of Tilidi's higher ups in The Black Card Society. He personally works under A'sana as the Knight of Spades, her right hand. He's always eager to show off his skill to her, now struggling and toying with the idea of considering her an actual friend instead of just an asset as he usually did with people.

A'vette Tia (●)- A co-worker Tilidi's very much not fond of. He hosts a fairly strong dislike for the Tia, tossing insults at him more often than not. He fears the day A'vette goes berserk and puts the entirety of The Black Card Society at risk to a similar event that too place prior to A'vette's arrival.

Zaya Borlaaq (●)- A co-worker. Tilidi doesn't have much of an opinion on Zaya, other than he finds her amusing and can enjoy her company every so often, so long as A'vette isn't accompanying her. Though he isn't friends with her or any of the likes, he does hope to learn more about her, if not to just satiate his curiosity.

Veicette Wakahisa (●)- The King of Diamonds one of Tilidi's higher ups in The Black Card Society. He held more of an opinion on Veicette before she started displaying outburts of rage. He finds himself mostly intimidated by the Elezen woman, hoping to be able to dodge her relentless raging fits whenever they occur. However, he takes enjoyment of Veicette's quips and witty remarks, finding them amusing.

Tuya Himaa (●)- Another co-worker Tilidi's not fond of. Though, the outward attitude he expresses with her could prove otherwise. He keeps this facade to hide both his fear and distaste of Tuya after the events that took place in the previous hall.

Gan Himaa (●)- A co-worker. Tilidi struggles with his opinion on Gan, having once somewhat enjoyed her company and found her amusing. Prior to the incident where she tried to kill both Tilidi and a few of the other Society members.

Tisusu Tisu(♥)- Tilidi's mother

Sasadi Lilidi(♥/☠)- Tilidi's deceased father(He's unaware that his father's deceased)

Rumours

Common rumours

• "That Lalafell is really good with fire magic!"

Uncommon rumours

• "His dad got taken by pirates and sold to the imperial army. May the Twelve be with that family."

Rare rumours

• "I saw a voidsent on his property one night... I couldn't see what happened too well. Was he okay?"

Known Haunts

• Shirogane, Ward 13
• The Quicksand
• Gridania
• The Sea of Clouds
• The Churning Mists
• The Goblet, Ward 16