Vahlkrys Brandeaux

Vahlcrys Brandeaux
Gender	Male
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Seekers of the Sun
Citizenship	Technically Ishgard
Age	25
Nameday	7th Sun of the 5th Astral Moon (7th of September)
Occupation	Vagabond
Guardian	Oschon, the Wanderer
Relationship?	None

Appearance & Personality

He's tall for a Seeker, standing approximately 5'8 in height with a fairly athletic build. There are signs he might have once been tan but that has faded with a long stay in Ishgard resulting in him losing most of it. His hair is a dark blue purple, almost to the shade of black, with streaks of teal along the bangs and shadowing underneath. This blends well with his left eye which is of a similar teal color. His right eye however has lost all pigment in the iris, resulting in a white iris. Other markings of note would be the two slashes of teal upon each cheek and some shadowing around the eyes.

As far as personality goes, he tries to be a smart aleck, care free person however this changes in an instant when someone he cares about is in trouble. This doesn't come from a tragic past, but a strong sense of family and caring that was instilled in him by his adopted father Artois Brandeaux.

Likes ● Napping ● Every non-poisonous berry in existence ● Roasted nuts & seeds ● Rum ● Dancing ● Music & Poetry ● Exploring

Dislikes ● Meat (Unless in a salad) ● Gaelicatnip ● Coeurl/Cat toys ● Really any references to him being a cat or a feline ● Routine ● Candy

Other ● Alignment: Lazy ● Vice(s): Smiling Kids, Rum, Napping ● Favorite Color(s): Blue & Teal ● Mood Music: Pending

Skill Set

Beginner ● Ledger Balancing ● Household Maintenance ● Botany ● Squad Tactics ● Acrobatics ● Majordomo

Intermediate ● Airship Piloting ● Aether Current Navigation ● Scouting ● Cartography ● Swordsmanship

Master ● Marksmanship ● Throwing ● Machinery

Social

Rumors Feel free to add your own under the 'Player Character' section. ◢ Common ● (Gridania) - Oh him, yea I see him napping in the Botany guild's area a lot, they don't seem to care much, apparently he's helped them pretty often with planting. ● (Ishgard) - A seeker Machinist? Oh I know who you are talking about, I think he ran out of the Skysteel with his tail on fire once ● (Ishgard) - I'm surprised he hasn't killed himself with the amount of times he's tripped or knocked into tables or people in the Knight, aren't Miqo'te supposed to be graceful? ● (Skysteel) - If he bothered to come down from the rafters and focus on work, he's got a chance to be one of the best shots here, it's got to be a cat thing to be lazy when it's warm. ◢ Uncommon ● (General) - I just saw the weirdest thing, I didn't know there were Vegetarian Seekers ● (Ishgard) - Are you talking about the guy with the teal streaks? He covered my tab before when I was broke, never even asked me to repay him. ● (Skysteel) - We don't have a crazier, or lazier Airship pilot, too bad he was grounded again for drinking and flying. ◢ Rare ● (General) - I could have sworn that he was playing with some of the orphans, but I could be wrong, there are a lot of Seekers about lately ●(Gridania) - I once could have sworn he was placing flowers on those graves no one visits, but I could be wrong I mean it was dark out. ● (Ishgard) - Didn't he used to be following around the Majordomo of House Fortemps a lot a few years ago, I wonder if he got kicked out and that's why he joined the Machinists ●(Skysteel) - I have never seen someone become such a fan of another Machinist, you'd think Aiswynd saved his life or something ◢ Player Character ● "I never thought of throwing the turret capsule at someone before he did that running away from some angry Adventurers in the Knight." - Alciel Indranil ● ● ●

Relations ♥ Romantic Love    ♥ Platonic Love     ● Good Standing     ● Neutral Standing     ● Poor Standing ● Iduna Cartwright - A Midlander that he met during the dying days of Wandering Horizons ● Alciel Indranil - A Xaela that has helped out Vahlkrys out of a tight spot a few times.

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Story Arcs

Arc 0 - Background Summary

He was born to a pair of Seekers that had moved to the Coerthas highlands in the hopes of bountiful food, however this was not to be as they both had fallen badly ill after Vahlkrys was born. They were near death when an Duskwight hunter named Artois Brandeaux had come across them. They only asked one thing, save their son and Artois agreed to care for the miqo'te boy, the two parents expired soon after. The first act the Miqo'te child took was to grab both of Artois ears and yank, hard, while the Elezen was cursing the seeker boy began laughing and Artois was forever endeared to his adopted son.

Growing up Vahlkrys was a bit spoiled by his adoptive father, though he never felt alone, or the loss of the parents he really never knew. His was a fairly content life, although he did frequently wander off and felt keenly uncomfortable with being in positions of authority. He had for a time been an apprentice steward for House Fortemps, even apprenticing under the Majordomo until he decided stewardship was not for him and joined the Skysteel Manufactory.

Vahlkrys and Alciel met through the Skysteel Manufactory, they didn't talk much until Alciel, then Aiswynd, assisted with an Airship load. They loaded the Airship and all went well until Vahlkrys decided it was a good idea to dig into a flask of rum he carried with him. When he woke up, Aiswynd had managed to land the Airship without destroying it, the cargo, or them, although it was apparent that they had a rough landing all the same. Vahlkrys looked up to Aiswynd, and was one of the first to take a black chocobo to fly with the other Machinists when they heard that Aiswynd had gone off with a small group to take on some Garleans in the Sea of Clouds.

Since the events of the Sea of Clouds, he became keenly aware that while he could fire a gun, that doesn't necessarily mean he could protect anyone. He has heard of many paths but the one he decided upon was that of sword and shield, at least to learn that first. After the collapse of Alciel's free company, Vahlkrys slung his rifle across his back and left for Ul'dah to learn how to fight with sword and shield. This came not from some great loss, but the idea that maybe he could prevent a loss, or be able to prevent a friend from grave injury in the future.

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