Elliot Gardiner

[edit] Elliot Gardiner Backstory Creations Journal (Stories in-progrees) Relationships Affliations Skills Rumors Sightings Fun Stuff/OOC Info Gallery Error creating thumbnail: File missing  Elliot Gardiner Error creating thumbnail: File missing "You don't need a reason to help people." - Excerpt from one of Elliot's many notebooks Gender Male Race Hyur Clan Midlander Citizenship Gridania Age 19 Affiliation Member of Reclaimed Fortune Alignment Chaotic Good Profession Adept Engineer Combat Discipline Machinist/Conjurer D E S C R I P T I O N Elliot is a guy who happens to be a bit on the quiet side, mayhaps too quiet, and carries with him an air of timidity, preferring to be alone or in a small group over roaming around in the crowds as they tend to overwhelm him. Those who seek to know him will have to deal with his initial adjusting phase where he robotically goes through the motions of meeting someone before letting his sweet, kind, joyful self shine through. While he does seem cold at times, he’s pretty warm-hearted, willingly wearing his heart on his sleeve. There’s just a problem or two with him, just the one, he can’t talk. He’s been unable to for however long it has been. He may have been cursed or he may have been born with a defect in his vocal cords, nobody truly knows. He has learned to make do with his quill and paper he carries around everywhere, although this is often unreliable when the people he’s trying to ‘talk’ to is unable to read what he puts down half the time. Another problem is that he’s quite aether-sensitive and has been known to act as though he’s in a drunken stupor, or be close to fainting, when exposed to sources of strong aetherical constructs, whether physical or no. And as an added ‘bonus’ to being aether-sensitive, he’s unable to manipulate aether in the way that a native Eorzean can despite not being a native Garlean. This hasn’t stopped him from attempting to manipulate the magicks in alternate, more mechanical ways. The boy had taken up the profession of tinkering when he was pretty young, not having much of a grasp at it at first, but he eventually quickly learned from his trials and errors to the point where he began experimenting with known blueprints in his mid-teens before the calamity struck. L I K E S A N D D I S L I K E S Elliot, first and foremost, is awed by the wonders of technology, particularly those of a magitek bent. He has been known to study such objects for hours without so much of a noticing of other people. As is expected from someone like him, he likes to read. He has no real preference to any particular genre but, again, if it has machina in it, it's likely that he'll read it. He's very fond of animals and most bugs, as is expected of someone born from Gridania. He likes helping people in need of help, whether they ask for it or not. Elliot will find a way. --- While he can stomach some sweet things, Elliot does not like super sweet stuff. Chocolate is the biggest offender as it has the tendency to make him sick. He will take chocolate that is dark, though. The boy does not have the patience for those who seek to take advantage of another person, whether that is for monetary gain or for more nefarious methods. It appears that he takes this very personally. He prefers to stay away from violent conflicts, often seeing it as a last resort more than a tool. Unfortunately, he has had to employ it more often than not since most unsavories don't speak diplomacy. B A C K S T O R Y History This is the lore for this particular OC, things can and will change as time goes on. Everything in the past has been spoilered to retain space. Present Day A Voice - Heavensward Years later, the boy's life couldn't really be any better than it is right now. Working under the Reclaimed Fortune banner had helped him hone his past thievery skills in the name of property reclamation and has enabled him to pursue his hobby of mechanics once again. Right now, at this time, the boy had managed to reclaim his deceased parent's home, an apartment, in Lily Hills and has now found himself associating with a free company known as The Wandering Tonberries, lead by one Flynt Knoltros alongside Ritsu Knoltros. What will happen beyond here? Maybe he'll eventually find a way to reclaim his voice, his power, or maybe he might find his old troupe members, his old friends. They have to be somewhere, out there. Somewhere. In the meantime, though, Elliot's found new friends, Kaede Nolan, Kohl Eidyr, and plenty more besides, the former of which he would consider himself best friends with, whereas the latter (Kohl) is whom he thinks is a complete idiot but he likes the pair nonetheless. He slowly began to try and remember his past, the past of which he had forgotten after the moment that nearly took his own life, and took the lives of his old family, but the efforts are slow, however, thanks to Kaede, her potion was able to at least help kickstart his journey towards remembrance, even though, during the moment he drunk it, he had complete clarity and he didn't like what he had seen. There must've been something that his mind is deliberately keeping down in order to function. On top of that, attempts to recover his voice has been mostly unsuccessful, met with resistance by a searing and burning pain in his throat that would spread throughout his body. A Sharlayan Scholar by the name of Leon Valerion stated that he may have fallen prey to a curse by someone using Black Magic, there may have been some truth in those words, but despite the man's best efforts to cure him of his mutism, the boy remained mute. Elliot is a rather inventive engineer, albeit not as great as someone with many, many years of experience, each and every creation of his here are normally prone to bugs and glitches and although most of them are fuelled by the very same power that powers the airships, Ceruleum, a few certain pieces of equipment appear to run on alternate power sources. Mekanism - Field Testing - First off, a magitek staff that allows the boy to achieve his dream of being a conjurer and then some. Unlike most standard equipment he's tinkered with, the staff appears to run off of an alternative fuel source if the faint blue-green glow isn't obvious enough. Shards, elemental shards power the staff and gives it its power, although it is prone to malfunctioning as a result, endangering the boy's already feeble and sub-par resistance to the aether. Also occasionally makes a loud horn-like noise when in use. (In-game model is Ironworks Magitek Cane) Eripio - Field Testing - A flintlock rifle. A very patchy flintlock rifle that's been modified to take more than just standard bullets by using the wonders of MAGIC and SCIENCE to convert any appropriately sized metallic construct into a single bullet. Ideally, this allows Elliot to effectively have unlimited ammunition at all times. However, it fails very often and, despite tweaks to the matter, the mechanism that governs this feature would often clog up and expel more gas than it should, so he doesn't rely on this feature. It operates by way of aether crystals pertaining to certain elements such as wind, lightning, water, earth, and so on. When he was younger, he was capable of using it in a fashion similar to the Conjurers and Thaumaturges by shooting elemental bullets that would mimick the spells that they cast, eventually the core that powered this feature broke down and he'd been unable to use it this way ever since. (In-game model is Ironworks Magitek Revolver) Glove-mounted text-to-speech device (Textra) - Broken - In cooperation with Shankara of the Wandering Tonberry, this glove has been outfitted with magitek that enables the user to speak via typing on a keyboard peripheral. While it is still slightly faulty, presumably due to the use of a mammet's vocal processor amongst other things, and the voice that comes out is most definitely female, Elliot seems happy that his concept has finally seen the light of day. Quests ("Stories") Accepted: Field Test Three Steps Away - Character Story - Long-term - Elliot has returned from wherever he went off to with new and improved gear and machinery. Although he's still quiet as he once was, it appears that his mechanical skills have been improving. In fact, he's field-testing a couple of weapons that he'd based off the Ironworks blueprints just to see if he could find a way around his odd inability to use aether. They can be found in the 'Creations' tab and are marked appropriately. Rounding Up The Troupe - Character Story - Long-term - Recently, Elliot has been stalked by a carbuncle that seems to have taken a liking to him. It appears to answer to the name 'Opal' which, as Elliot can vaguely recall, happens to be similar to the name used for what amounted to the now-disbanded troupe's family pet. Well, technically, carbuncles are pets to a degree, so it works. Of course, what's odd is that its master is nowhere to be seen, odd. More on that as the story develops Show text In Want of a Voice - Maiden Voyage - Elliot is currently creating a tablet-like device that is capable of, well, displaying text that he writes and displaying it on a screen. All that he is missing is one vital component, a piece that interfaces with the entire construct. Although searching for the parts have come up short, he had managed to get into contact with one of the engineers of The Wandering Tonberry and, after brokering a deal with the Free Company's leader, Flynt Knoltros, the engineer that went by the name of Shankara suggested that they raid a Garlean convoy before finding out that the boy isn't entirely prepared yet. A few days later, however, Elliot, along with a group of people from the Wandering Tonberry, raided what appeared to be an abandoned outpost, which turned out to not be abandoned. There, they found a group of Garlemald forces supposedly stationed to gather up equipment and to find a prototype the outpost's people had been working on afore it was abandoned. Needless to say, it was a wild ride but they had found what they came for and then some. ♥ Romantic Attraction – ♥ Attraction – ♥ Platonic Love – ♥ Family – ✔ Business – ✖ Deceased – ● Positive – ● Negative – ● Neutral – ≈ Unsure R E L A T I O N S H I P S Relations (NPC) Relations (NPC) Sal Gardiner (● ♥ ✖) - Father, former-not-thief, self-professed dashing rogue Sal: Former troupe performer and never was a thief, at all, Sal was, for the time before Elliot was drafted into said former troupe, a rather good father. Taught the boy how to read and write, himself, also allegedly shown the child a few knife tricks to defend himself with should he run up into trouble. Needless to say, his training had some uses, shame he passed away during the boy's absence. Enid Gardiner (● ♥ ✖) - Mother, Conjurer Enid: She was a very kind soul, although she had a fire in her that surpasses that of her husband, mayhaps she was the one responsible for Elliot's habit of being determined to do things, as well as being kind and sweet. Often referred to as 'Silken Steel'. She was a conjurer who worked to help aid the injured and the ill, when the elements commanded it, of course, although sometimes she went against the will of the elements to do what she felt was right, often to the detriment of everybody else. Her actions had inspired the boy the urge to study conjury, which then lead to minor studies in other forms of magic too, although he was naturally drawn to the healing powers of conjuration. Unfortunately, much like her husband, she had passed away in the boy's absence. Nobody really knows what had happened but most assuming it was from natural causes or the elements had had enough of her meddling and went rogue on her. Relations (PC) Relations (PC) Odtsetseg Gan ( ● ) - Leader of Reclaimed Fortune TseTse: This Au Ra woman offered him a place within the Free Company known as Reclaimed Fortune. She's been pretty good to him and, for that, he regards her pretty highly. Kaede Nolan ( ● ) - Half-Doman Woman Kae: A chance encounter in the Quicksand lead to the boy encountering this young lady who had made a living via being a companion and seems to be a self-professed alchemist as well. On the first day, they kicked it off quite well, to say the least, becoming fast friends alongside a fellow Hyur. Interestingly enough, when he first met her, she was part-miqo'te due to, in her words, an accident involving a potion that can dramatically change the appearance of one person to the point where they might as well have been an entirely different person. It wasn't until the third day when Kaede had managed to revert back to her old self that Elliot got to witness her true form. Kohl Eidyr ( ● ) - Self-professed Handsome Hyur Kohl: Kaede seems to be a magnet for people as evidenced by the fact that Elliot had gotten to meet plenty of people through her, including Kohl. The boy does seem to have some respect for the fellow Hyur, even if he is a little off sometimes. Not much else to say here besides the fact that Elliot could consider him a friend. S'honji Hayakawa ( ● ≈) - White Thief of Ul'dah S'honji: Elliot regards him as... shady, although he seems to have some sort of noble intentions. While interactions with the miqo'te has been less than stellar, it seems he has a history with Kaede, although he doesn't really know much else besides the fact that he keeps bothering the part-Doman woman, even though it's clear that he needs answers, at least, according to him anyhow. That, and touching Elliot's nerves, figuratively speaking. As a result, results about the boy's opinion of the thief are inconclusive and can tilt one way or the other when the events finally unfold. The Shining Opal Theatrical Wanderers - Ex-Member - A disbanded troupe of travelling performers. Disbanded for years now. Reclaimed Fortune - Member - A Free Company of Treasure Hunters Property Reclamation Professionals. The Wandering Tonberry - Associate M A J O R S K I L L S Engineering - Elliot is what one would say an adept at engineering, capable of understanding and building basic machina. He has been known to experiment at times with the blueprints, most have failed, few have passed his own rigorous testing. Only two, after minor tweaking here and there, have ever seen the light of day beyond the prototype phase, however, this doesn't stop him from building said prototypes. The first of the two is, of course, his weapon of choice, a rifle based on the designs obtained from the Garlond Ironworks with a few modifications of his own. The second of the two seems to be a staff based off of those wielded by the conjurers of Eorzea, though it could be considered magitek by nature, it appears to be powered in a different manner. Gunplay - Elliot is a rather deft hand at using a musket, revolver, what have you, if it can shoot, he can use it. While he may not be as good as a shot as the marksmen of legend, he is still a really decent gunner. Essentially, one wouldn't want to run into his sights when he's rather peeved. Stealth - Elliot is well-versed in stalking the shadows, perhaps something from his past has to have something to do with it. But either way, it might be hard to see the boy coming, although you only need to look for the bright lights that show on his weapons of choice or the glint of his clothes in the pale moonlight. On that note, he appears to be perfectly capable of stealing things when people aren't looking, making him perfect to bring along for treasure hunts in forgotten ruins where triggering a trap can cause a boulder to come out of nowhere and music to start blaring for some reason.1 M I N O R S K I L L S Conjuration and Thaumaturgy - While he is magically disabled for the most part, he used to be capable of casting spells when he was much younger until an accident rendered him unable to manipulate aether as well as he could. As a result, if he wants to cast spells, he will have to rely on the aetherial crystals of lightning, fire, and ice for thaumaturgy and water and air for conjuration. His pseudo-spells may not be as effective as a regular conjurer or thaumaturge nor are they as reliable as the magitek he uses has a chance of backfiring (even more so for the more potent stuff) but, well, he can spellsling like the rest. Acting - The boy can act, slightly better than the average person but not godlike or anything. Spending years living with a travelling troupe that doubled as a family can change a man, although he seems to prefer the roles that don't involve much speaking or time in the limelight, something that plagued the troupe. Well, until the incident. Knifeplay - The boy knows how to handle a knife with the skills of an adept rogue. However, it seems that he favours less violent routes and may only really use these as a last resort. Eorzean Sign Language - A more recently acquired skill during his year's absence from the scene of Eorzea. He doesn't quite have the hang of it yet and is prone to being misinterpreted. 1This may or may not have happened during his time in Reclaimed Fortune. NPC Rumors Common Rumors - Rumors that are, well, commonly heard. You are free to use them as you wish! Uncommon Rumors - Heard much less than the aptly named common rumors. You may use them sparingly, or you could just ask! Rare Rumors - These ones are hard to come by, if you want to use them, I highly suggest you get in touch first. PC Rumors The Quicksand - Ul'Dah East Shroud, around Bentbranch Ishgard, normally around the Skysteel Manufactory The Hermit's Hovel Lavender Beds, Ward 8 Subdivision, Apartment #38 O O C - I N F O Tumblr - Available on request when being set up. Sorry about that. Steam - Available on request. Discord - Harruten#0134 - Please send a DM first and tell me who you are and, optionally, state your business. F U N - S T U F F The following tropes may apply to Elliot (also, I am SO sorry!): Adorkable Apologises a Lot - And how. Elliot apologises very often if he feels like he slighted someone in the slightest. Cute Mute - Kinda. While he, himself, is rendered unable to speak, he has a device that speaks for him. It does require that he types something in, though, since it doesn't just read his mind. Blow You Away/Dishing Out Dirt - His preferred method of spellcasting... when his magitek staff works properly that is. Determinator - Downplayed - Elliot is an incredibly determined individual when it comes to the defense of his friends but he does know when to hold back on doing so... sometimes. Sometimes he shoots an armored beast of a Roegadyn in the leg out of spite. Shy Blue Haired Boy - Being mute, lacking in social skills and a lack of grasp of said social conventions, then mixing that up with whatever happened to him during his disappearance from the face of Eorzea. He's not quite a Shrinking Violet but he comes close. Also has the blue hair, gotta have blue hair. Teen Genius - Despite his creations that tend to go outside the box being the kind that could blow up in his face, he's still abnormally intelligent for his age. Tranquil Fury - Can have episodes of this. While it hasn't intimidated anyone yet, it's usually a sign that he's incredibly determined to end whatever conflict forced him into this mode in the first place. Stats if he was an actual character and not some RP one (Out of a possible 10) STR: 3 DEX: 7 VIT: 2 INT: 6 MND: 6 PIE: 4 P R E V I O U S - A P P E A R A N C E S Error creating thumbnail: File missing Early Elliot, was levelling Machinist at the time so I lacked a lot of access to good glamours. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Elliot as he kind of was recently. Survival Shirt was nice, mixed that in with Riviera Slops and some low-level crafting shoes. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Elliot's current appearance. Dhalmelskin Vest dyed Moss Green with Soot Black Extreme Survival Slops and Survival Boots. He also got his hair did up. All this thanks to the suggestions of Kohl Eidyr and Kaede Nolan. Thanks you two, especially you, Kaede.

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