Silver Aiken

[edit] Basic Information Combat History Relationships Visuals OOC Notes Error creating thumbnail: File missing  Silver Aiken "Ladies don't call me 'Quick Silver' for nothin'! Hahaha...! Er, w-wait..." Gender Male Race Hyur Clan Midlander Citizenship Limsa Lominsa Age Mid 20's Occupation Vagrant / Blade-for-hire GENERAL INFORMATION Silver Aiken is a young vagabond blade-for-hire. He's a cool-headed oddball with a goofy demeanor. He's always on the move, preferring to travel rather than settle down in one place for too long. He follows his own moral compass and has little use for the laws and regulations of the city-states, but he has a good heart and tries to help those in need when he can. APPEARANCE Silver's hair is a natural white-silver tone, despite his young age. He has a scar on his left cheek he received during a Grindstone tournament. He is martially undisciplined, yet his constant travels and work keep him in peak physical condition. He has a tattoo at the nape of his neck, though he has no recollection of how he came to possess it. He is usually seen with a companion nutkin named Kyuu. His usual attire consists of a loose red shirt, black leather boots and pants with a blue sash that hangs from his hip, and a pair of blue goggles he leaves on his forehead -- seemingly for style rather than necessity. PERSONALITY Silver is incredibly energetic and outgoing. He has little to no social restraint, resulting in him either making fast friends or getting on peoples' nerves. He's also a bit naive, having almost a child-like perspective of the world. With his disposition, people often see Silver as dopey and foolish. LIKES Traveling. Never knowing a stable home, Silver is always on the road seeking glory and adventure. Sleeping. Rather than spend his downtime honing his fighting skills or doing something actually productive, he prefers to lounge about and nap. Drinking. Being the social butterfly he is, he can often be found at the nearest pub making friends with the locals. Fighting. A natural prodigy with bladed weapons, he doesn't hesitate to show off his skills. DISLIKES Responsibility. He tends to avoid long-term commitments that would potentially tie him down to one place for too long. Dishonesty. Silver has a zero-tolerance policy for liars, cheaters and thieves. Healthy food. Like an undisciplined child, Silver refuses to eat food he doesn't like. Despite that, his metabolism allows him to maintain a 'healthy physique'. STRENGTHS Selfless. Always one to play the 'hero', Silver never hesitates to stand up for those who need his help. Charismatic. Having dealt with various shady characters throughout his travels, Silver has learned how to talk his way out of problems and sometimes aims for a pacifist approach. Natural acrobatic. Silver is a natural when it comes to agility and speed. He's quick on his feet and can outmaneuver most opponents. WEAKNESSES Amnesia. He has no recollection of anything that has happened prior to The Calamity. Cocky. The downside to always acting the part of a 'hero', he often underestimates his opponents, leaving him open to risk. Prideful. Silver takes it especially hard when his stance on issues is challenged or publicly made to look like a fool. Undisciplined. Silver didn't have what most would call a 'proper upbringing', and it shows in his general demeanor and battle prowess -- or lack thereof. CURRENT INVENTORY This is a list of the items that Silver is currently keeping on his person. Feel free to use this information if it comes up logically in the course of RP, such as pickpocketing, a search, etc. Last Updated: 9/10/2016 Small satchel: Very untidy. Lazily tosses maps, letters and other assorted papers inside of it. Gil pouch: Practically empty. Silver is terrible with money management. Never has any more than 500 gil on him at any given time. Bag of nuts: He keeps a bag handy to feed his companion nutkin, Kyuu. COMBAT & WEAPONRY Silver has never received any formal combat training. He relies solely on his natural dexterity and speed, which is quite high compared to that of your average fighter. Oftentimes his movements are unpredictable which sometimes gives him the upper hand in fights. Silver familiarized himself with bladed weapons early enough to adopt a natural affinity to them. Though he's also capable of standard hand-to-hand combat, he's far more comfortable with a sword, dagger or knife. He prefers smaller, lighter blades to accommodate for his almost acrobatic movement. Silver Stingers Crudely named, his weapons of choice are his custom crafted adamantite dual knives, which are light yet durable enough to withstand a strike from a greatsword. How someone with little to no money managed to procure these blades is unknown. Acorn Bombs (Nutkin) His nutkin companion, Kyuu, is always seen carrying an acorn. It may seem innocent to the untrained eye, but those that go toe-to-toe with Silver will quickly learn that acorn serves another purpose entirely. Silver has learned to create a small arsenal of bombs, ranging from smoke, flash, and shrapnel, that he cleverly disguises as an acorn for his accomplice to hold. Hidden Throwing Knife Depending on how tough the situation is, Silver will resort to a hidden throwing knife he hides in his boot. Mainly it's used to keep the enemy at a distance while he attempts to break away from the conflict and run to safety. Environmental Attacks Silver is no stranger to fighting dirty. If he is left with very little options, he will resort to such tactics as grabbing a fist full of dirt to throw at the enemy's eyes. Water, grass, rocks -- you name it, Silver will use it if he feels he's backed into a corner. EXPERIENCE LOG Here is a list of recent and/or notable fights, roleplay scenes, etc. that Silver has been a part of. This list is by no means all inclusive, and serves more as a general reference as to what he has been up to. Opponent Name (Date) : Weapon. Details about the fight. Opponent Name (Date) : Weapon. Details about the fight. BACKSTORY The information that follows is for archival purposes only. Some of this information is available through IC interaction, and some is currently obscured even to the character himself. ??? Due to the lack of long-term interaction with those he meets, Silver's history is shrouded in mystery. Who is this man? Where did he come from? Is Silver even his real name? RELATIONSHIPS RELATIONSHIP STATUS LEGEND ♥ Romantic Attraction – ♥ Physical Attraction – ♥ Platonic Love – $ Business – ❖ Deceased – ✔ Positive – ✖ Negative – ● Neutral – 🔃 Unsure – 🔒 Trust FAMILY & TRIBE These are mostly backstory-related relationships. LIST OF FAMILY MEMBERS ???, mother. ( ??? ) Silver’s Thoughts: "???" ??? ???, father. ( ??? ) Silver's Thoughts: "???" ??? ???, sibling. ( ??? ) Silver’s Thoughts: ”???” ??? NON-FAMILY Listed here are the non-family characters, both PC and NPC, that Silver has interacted with enough or in such a way for HIM/HER to form a real opinion about them. Please don't take personal offense if your character isn't listed here, or how the interaction or relationship is described. It isn't that I dislike your character or our RP. I just tend to only add these as necessary for those who make a real impact on Silver, and descriptions are purely based upon in character experiences and opinions! Last Update... 9/11/2016 * An asterisks denotes that Silver doesn't know the individual's true name. LIST OF NON-FAMILY RELATIONS Kyuu, Nutkin companion. ( ♥✔🔒 ) Silver made a trip to The Shroud to complete a hunting mark for a notorious, rabid beast near Quarrymill, wreaking havoc in the general area. A small area was laid to waste due to the beast's rampage, leaving trees knocked over and the like. After slaying the beast, Silver was making his way over the debris when he came across a baby nutkin; so young, it's eyes were hardly able to open. He looked around for it's parents but it would appear the beast may have destroyed it's home. Sympathetic as he is, Silver opted to take care of the young nutkin and eventually came to name it Kyuu. Since then, the nutkin has proven to be a loyal companion to Silver. SCREENSHOTS A collection of screenshots of Silver that serves as a visual reference, or snapshots from certain roleplaying scenes. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing ARTWORK A collection of artwork of Silver, either commissioned or gifted by the respective artist(s). Artist names & info are linked below the images. You are not permitted to re-use this artwork for your own characters or purposes, whether on Final Fantasy XIV or on other games, forums, etc. Error creating thumbnail: File missing @momo_kishi - Twitter ABOUT THE PLAYER I've been playing FFXIV since pre 1.0 Alpha version. After the server merges of 1.x, I called Sargatanas my home for a while up until August 2015. The content began to bore me and the people I knew left the game, but I love FFXIV and I didn't want to lose interest. That's when I made the choice to move to Balmung since I heard it was the main unofficial RP hub. I've never RP'd before until I moved to Balmung so I'm relatively new to it, though it was pretty easy to pick up on. I've been RPing on FFXIV since then and I've even branched out to more text-based RP via Skype and whatnot. THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND... Usually log on later in the evening (6pm CST). I work a full time job pulling 12 hours shifts from 5:30am to 5:40am. I normally hop on sometime after getting home and am pretty active for a few hours. On my days off I'm usually open the whole day. I'm (almost) always IC. Just as my in game info explains, when I have my nutkin out, I'm IC -- though I'm always open to walkups and /tells. I'll easily switch to IC. Character alignment = Chaotic Good. Silver is a free spirited man-child who takes matters into his own hands, though more often than not he has good intentions. That being said, I'm open to mature RP but will avoid situations that would potentially drive Silver to the dark side (killing someone for sport, insanely graphic deaths, etc). PERSONAL RP LIMITS Overall, I'm pretty chill as far as guidelines go. I don't have an extensive list of 'Do's or 'Don't's or things that I personally find triggering. So chances are, you won't offend me or make me uncomfortable unless you're trying to or just being really skeevy in general. Still, for the sake of making sure everyone's on the same page here, let me make a few mentions in particular: I will play . . . Mature content and themes (violence, drug / alcohol use, coarse & explicit language). Ask before . . . Long-term and/or permanent injury and disfigurement. Captivity or imprisonment, either long or short term. I won't play . . . Permanent character death. Romantic RP. ERP.

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