Oliver Amaranth

Oliver Amaranth
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Gender	Male
Race	Hyur
Clan	Midlander
Citizenship	Eorzean
Age	22
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Scout (Pathfinder's Society)
Height/Weight	5'8"
Orientation	Heterosexual
Relatives	Unknown (Father) Allison Amaranth (Mother)

Last edited 09/14/2015.

Hope it's nicer to look at.

Basic Info

LIKES ■ Sarcasm ■ Long Hair ■ Reading/Writing ■ Alcohol ■ Heart-to-Hearts

DISLIKES ■ Thanalan and Ul'dah as a whole. ■ Arrogance ■ Uncertainty ■ First impressions. ■ Cold, emotionless people.

OTHER ■ Alignment: Neutral Good ■ Vice(s): Pretty eyes, women, liquor. ■ Favorite Food: Cake ■ Favorite Drink: Coffee ■ Favorite Color: Navy Blue

Appearance & Personality

Long black hair falling past his neck in the back and bangs that often fall before his eyes, Oliver's appearance alone gives off an impression of a barrier between him and the world. Beneath his relatively thick hair, however, is a man whose face is actually well kept. Free of any blemishes, his face as a whole is clear as the sky on a sunny day. In the shade, his eyes look almost black, yet with enough lighting their true deep blue color is revealed. A bit of hair clusters around his chin, but it's groomed relatively well and barely scratchy. Aside from his facial features, Oliver is a mostly average Midlander. He stands at approximately five-foot, eight-inches. He's relatively thin, but when without clothes, one can see the growing amount of lean muscle he has, as well as the outline of what appears to be abs growing in, touching it would confirm such a thought, and, although he won't boast about it, he is relatively proud of the muscle. As of recently, however, he does seem to have been growing a bit more in muscle mass; nothing quite spectacular, but the change is evident.

When it comes to social situations, Oliver tends to drift away from the center of attention. Commenting on occasion with a bit of playful sarcasm and cracking the occasional bad joke is his role. As long as the attention isn't completely centered on him, he seems relatively confident in himself. Bring him forward, out of his comfort zone and his cheeks will flush red at the slightest of words and seemingly spike his anxiety as he attempts to bend and shift his personality to the whims of those around him. He'll do what he can to entertain the desires of others in a group setting. As far as one-on-ones go, he mostly remains as he would without pressure - jestingly sarcastic and playfully rude.

Biography

Childhood

A bastard child with no siblings and a mother whom was never around, Oliver Amaranth spent the majority of his early life alone. Raised by his grandparents until he turned five, upon returning home, he was greeted by an incredibly young Miqo’te only ten years his elder. She introduced herself as Kaelai, a woman hired by his mother to teach him. Books of all shapes and sizes, fiction and nonfiction became the boy’s closest companions as he was taught to read. As Kaelai spent more and more time with the young Hyur, she began to view him as a child, treating him as her own. To Oliver, she was the only mother he had ever known. All of his affection was given to her. Upon Oliver's finishing of every book in the home, Kaelai would leave to the markets, purchasing more with the gil out of her own pocket to keep him happy. None of her effort was wasted; Oliver, albeit a lonely child, lived a happy childhood due to the Keeper's role in his life.

Teenage

Yet as happy as Oliver may have been, his joy was thoroughly stripped from him upon his birthday, when his mother came home for the first time in fourteen years. Despite her wealth, Allison Amaranth determined Kaelai’s services were no longer required and promptly dismissed her from her duties, much to the dismay of Oliver. His pleads attempted to reason with a woman with closed ears. As Kaelai said her goodbyes, Oliver embraced the Miqo’te with a river of tears falling from his cheeks. He gave the woman his thanks, which she promptly denied. None of their time together felt like work, she told him, further stating that she enjoyed every second of it. With a heavy heart, Oliver watched her go.

Weeks went by for the teenage Oliver. Nothing improved. Having left as quickly as she came, his mother left him alone in an empty house. Every day, he’d leave his home, wandering the streets of Ul’dah in an attempt to find the woman. Those he asked for information would simply tell him they hadn’t seen her since. His efforts seemingly in vain, he had just about given up when someone finally gave him a lead. Momodi Modi informed him that the woman he sought after had left to Limsa the very same day she was fired. It was where she had come from to begin with, Momodi informed him. This was all Oliver needed to take initiative. When he returned home, he broke into his mother's safe and took as much gil as he could carry within his pockets and bags and fled to the city-state of Limsa Lominsa, optimistic that he'd soon be reacquainted with the only family he ever had.

Whatever optimism he had had when heading to Limsa Lominsa had all but left the boy in one short month. Foreign and massive, the pirate city of Eorzea led Oliver through shady alleys and taverns without so much of a trace of the woman. Every day spent searching was another day wasted for nothing. At the end of the month, Oliver had given up. With half the gil he had stolen from his biological mother, he rented out a room in the Mizzenmast Inn for a time longer than he might live, and stayed shut within the confides of it, surviving on meals he had delivered to him at the cost of more gil. As lost as he may have been, Mizzenmast Inn still became more of a home to him than the Amaranth Estate in Ul'dah.

Saddened as he may have been, Oliver began to step outside of his room once more after the passing of a week. Exploring the city found him the Arcanists' Guild, a building practically overflowing with books. With the standing-in guildmaster Thubyrgeim's permission, Oliver frequented the guild for the sake of reading the many titles upon each and every shelf. As he had with Kaelai, he grew rather fond of the quirky, even a bit eccentric K'lyhia. Over time, hormone-ridden teenage self even began to fall for the foreseer, but it was just a short-lived crush. She was nice to him, and that was all that mattered.

At around sixteen, he met Klara Longfrost, a Highlander woman that brought a sparkle to Oliver's eyes, and Allimance Twenty. Klara was in and out of his life over the course of a couple of weeks, but her quiet yet kind nature left a lasting impression on him. Al, on the other hand, would spend the six years with Oliver. Although initially hired as a bodyguard, Oliver and Al became inseparable. He eventually stopped paying altogether, and they'd simply wander around Limsa, brothers in spite of their racial and age gap.

Between eighteen and twenty-two, Oliver left Limsa Lominsa for the first time in four years to Gridania, where he honed his skill with a bow in the Archer's Guild.

Present

Since hitting twenty-two, Oliver's life has been filled with women, booze, adventure, and women. He met Khara, Reijin, and Saikhan Chinua (dubbed the threesome trio by him) at the Quiet Raven, an inn within the Lavender Beds that the four of them stayed at for quite. When they left, he quickly followed with them to the Pathfinder Society, where, after a recent tragedy that left him finally without funds, he has finally taken the initiative to work as a Scout. A free room and home to stay in, once more with the Chinua, was just an added bonus.

In his adulthood, Oliver has also had encounters with a reasonable amount of women as well. First of which was Lalah'to Elekha, a Miqo'te with whom he felt for strongly. Yet they simply didn't have much in common, and eventually the two split-up on bad terms. Jejha, or Redfang Viperblood was the second. She nearly cost him his left arm with a venomous bite (scar of which remains), but she confronted him with his feelings, he confessed. While they were much more compatible than his previous relationship with Lalah'to, this also ended when Jejha disappeared without a trace. Though he was heartbroken for months, he eventually moved on. There have been several flings between, enough for Al to call him a manwhore, but nothing quite like what he had with his first two.

Currently, Oliver is continuing to work with the Pathfinder Society. Several ongoing events within his life leave him on edge, but he's doing all in his power to mask it with his usual snark.

Miscellaneous

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) ■ "That man always seems to have a book on him, don't he?" ■ "If he bites his lip around you, he either thinks you're cute or he's nervous. One of the two." ■ "I'm pretty sure he lived in a Drowning Wench inn room for years, up until he finally grew tired of it and left." ◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ■ "I heard he had a crush on the old Foreseer of the Arcanists' Guild until she up and left. Must've crushed the kid. ■ ■ ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ "Oliver Amaranth's the shy guy's name. Yeah, Oliver Amaranth, the bastard child of one of Ul'dah's Thaumaturges." ■ ■ ◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players) ■ ■ ■ ■

RELATIONS ♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Poor Standing ●(♥?) Minox Moks - Nox is a woman whose appearances in Oliver's life can only be described as sporadic. Despite usually being within the same area (up until recently), they hardly interact, and when they do, the nature of their visit tends to be uncertain. Their first meeting was rather neutral, their second meeting ended with Oliver stampeding out of the Wench, whilst subsequent times have been much more friendly. Even if the woman is quite different from him in how she views the world, he can't help but admire her decision to ignore the pain in her life. This admiration, in combination with his physical attraction to her, has left him unsure. Uncertain as to whether he simply wishes to be more like the woman, or if he wants her. ● Allimance Twenty - Both a brother and a father figure in Oliver's life, Allimance is the only person whose relationship with Oliver has been completely consistent. What started off as a young Oliver hiring Al to protect him during his teenage years alone in Limsa turned into a bond lasting even after Oliver reached adulthood. Though no longer in his service, the two continue to travel and adventure together. They are rarely without each other's company, a factor that has proven to be a bit of annoyance to Oliver, given the hulking Raen has a habit of embarrassing him in front of women. Regardless, Oliver respects him all the same. Yet, all of this has become obsolete. Driven mad with the magic of Dark Knighthood in combination with much more, Al has become an enemy to Oliver. ● Lalah'to Elakha - Though he isn't quite sure if she actually takes his feelings seriously, Oliver has found himself crushing on this Miqo'te woman incredibly hard. Her enthusiasm and what appears to be a genuine sense of positivity makes her entertaining to be around. At the same time, that same happiness radiating from Lalah makes her a woman he wants be around often, if not always. As of recently, however, he's began to doubt that he truly views her in a romantic manner, and.. in the end, she left him regardless, so it matters little to him anymore.

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