Corelyn Rosefire

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❧ Corelyn Rosefire ☙ ♫"Perfected strategies, applied technologies."♫ ♫"A brighter future for a darker age."♫ [edit] Details Personality Background Combat Relationships Rumours Gallery Music OOC ಌ GENERAL INFORMATION ಌ Corelyn is truly a curious young woman. While a bit short for a woman claiming to be of Highlander descent, she still resembles a Highlander much more readily than she would a Midlander. She's a veritable genius in many fields, magitek, machinistry and magic among them, though she professes to having no workable skill in the latter. She boasts incredible talent with learning all manner of things with great speed and alacrity, and is a veritable encyclopaedia on many and more topics. She wastes very little time, taking only time she feels she needs to rest in order to do all she can in order to not only make her life worth living, but to make sure, in her own way, that she can make some kind of difference with her work, be it for herself, or all of Eorzea. "Ask me all the questions you like, but don't get upset if the answers aren't what you expect." "If there's knowledge to be had, I will have it." "Don't ever tell me 'nevermind,' and expect that to stop me." ಌ APPEARANCE ಌ Corelyn is a medium-height, somewhat stocky girl in her late twenties. Though she is apparently of Highlander descent, she is a bit short and pale for it, which seems to leave her standing out in a crowd of her peers. She wears black eyeliner and lipstick, and her slightly dishevelled blonde hair is tipped in black, the rest bearing similar dark highlights, bangs kept just long enough so as to completely obscure her forehead. She does not appear to have any tattoos or markings of any kind, save for a small, half-inch scar on either temple. She has various piercings up and along her ears. A pair of elegant, rimless glasses always perches atop her nose, her teal eyes gazing studiously forth from behind them, perpetually analysing her surroundings, as if de-constructing everything around her down to numbers and figures. She keeps to modest clothing to avoid unwanted attention, hiding a more protective layer of light armour beneath to protect her in her travels. She is never seen without a tome, grimoire, or other such book, as well as multiple writing implements kept safe in a satchel at her waist. While very seldom seen, she also possesses a number of different firearms, including more than one gunblade, many of which are salvaged and repurposed. She also keeps what she calls a "ceruleum battery pack" for use in various magitek and machinist implements - a stark contrast to Skysteel Manufactory's own Aetheroconverter which she uses in combination with her various gadgets and weapons. Aspects That Stand Out: ■ Often wears glasses. ■ Hair appears to be dyed much darker than is her natural colour. ■ Often carries some kind of odd, blank book. ಌ PERSONALITY ಌ Corelyn tends to be fairly-well-mannered and cultured, bearing a distinct understanding and knowledge on a vast number of subjects. However, she tends to be fairly awkward and can often misinterpret social situations or cues. She often watches people, as if reducing them to statistics in her head, picking them apart piece by piece in both personality and appearance. She is fascinated by technology - Allagan or Garlean - and has a tendency to get quite excitable when talking about it. She is fairly gracious and generous, and often goes out of her way to help people for whom she has any modicum of respect or fondness, especially if it involves using any number of her learned skills or acquired knowledge. However, she is also incredibly anxious and is constantly watching her back or fretting over things she tends not to divulge. L I K E S ■ Machines. Corelyn loves anything mechanical, especially magitek. ■ Allagan relics. Her loves of both knowledge and technology combine here to give her quite the fervent interest. ■ Books. Books are among her most treasured possessions - especially any kind of textbooks. ■ Knowledge/Learning. Corelyn is an information sponge and is happiest when immersed in it. ■ Hotsprings. Out of any locale, hot springs are her favourite, and she has spent many an entire day just studying at Camp Bronze Lake. ■ Sparring. Though she often avoids fighting, she has a strange knack for it and gets involved very easily. ■ The Arts. Corelyn has a particular love of music, but she appreciates all arts and adores galleries and shows. D I S L I K E S ■ Being Uninformed. As someone who prides herself on her extensive knowledge and general intellect, when she is confused or confounded by something, Corelyn becomes incredibly irate. ■ Interruptions. Corelyn is easily lost in a book or other project, and if engrossed, she becomes stand-offish if interrupted in a way that breaks her train of thought. ■ Raw Aether. Generally, Corelyn seems to have an ill reaction to aether and shies away from things such as magic, aetheryite travel, or areas heavily steeped in it. ■ Idiocy. Acting like a fool and goofing around when the time calls for seriousness is a surefire way to annoy Corelyn. ■ The Garlean Empire. Corelyn has a fear that smacks of paranoia of Garlemald. Though her profession takes her into abandoned or sacked facilities and the like, she seems to always be on edge in even long-fallen Garlean locales. ■ Undead. There is nothing Corelyn fears more than the reanimated dead. When confronted by any undead, she panics and will do her very best to run away. If cornered, she will almost always fly into a panicked frenzy of bullets and steel. H O B B I E S ■ Machinstry. Corelyn's passin lies in machines, and, therefore, it's what she most often enjoys doing. ■ Reading. She doesn't just carry books around to look smart, after all! ■ Research. Corelyn loves to learn, and is always trying to find information on something or another. ■ Dance. Having taken lessons for years as a girl, Corelyn is a fairly impressive dancer. S T R E N G T H S ■ Information Sponge. Not only does she learn most subjects with ease, Corelyn is capable, most often, of putting what she learns to use, if given the opportunity. ■ Re-Engineered Combat. Corelyn has picked up and learned a great deal about Garlean weaponry and combat from her research, and is proficient in blades and firearms. It stands to reason that she is fairly skilled with a gunblade, as well. ■ Engineer. If it's mechanical, there is often no better person to figure it out, build it up, or tear it down. W E A K N E S S E S ■ Aether Sensitivity. Corelyn has a particularly bad reaction to raw aether and it can often leave her addled, especially after using an aetheryte or when in an area suffused with raw aether for a long time without protection, and also causes her to be incapable of most magic. ■ Anxious. Jumpy, paranoid, and antsy are good descriptors for Corelyn most often. She is constantly looking over her shoulder and loses her composure quickly when startled. ■ Kinemortophobia. Corelyn's fear of the undead is crippling and can be a serious liability for not just herself but compatriots, as well. M O T I V A T I O N S ■ Knowledge - Corelyn's biggest motivation is an unending thirst for knowledge in all its forms, and a will to do whatever it takes to get it. ■ Benevolence - Her quest to ever expand her intellect, too, has its reasons, and the biggest of all of them is to try and do some good for the world, to improve the lives of people in some meaningful way. T R A I T S Chaste ♡♡♡♡♡♡❤♡♡♡♡ Lustful Energetic ♡♡♡♡❤♡♡♡♡♡♡ Lazy         Forgiving ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡❤♡♡ Vengeful   Generous ♡♡♡♡❤♡♡♡♡♡♡ Selfish         Honest ♡♡♡♡♡❤♡♡♡♡♡ Deceitful           Just ♡♡♡♡❤♡♡♡♡♡♡ Arbitrary Merciful ♡♡♡❤♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Cruel     Modest ♡♡♡♡❤♡♡♡♡♡♡ Proud       Pious ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡❤ Worldly   Prudent ♡♡♡❤♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Reckless Temperate ♡♡♡♡♡♡❤♡♡♡♡ Indulgent       Trusting ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡❤♡♡ Suspicious   Valorous ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡❤♡♡♡ Cowardly ಌ PUBLIC INFORMATION ಌ This information may be known publicly of Corelyn, with or without prior confirmation. Feel free to use these as RP hooks or reasons to approach her! ■ Corelyn is a researcher and salvager of technologies both Garlean and Allagan. She frequently hires adventurers or sellswords for protection or security, abstaining from going into many expeditions anything but small arms to save space for whatever she may find, and so she is not distracted by engaging in combat, herself. She frequently refurbishes and resells Garlean machinery to many different buyers. She also dissects and studies various technologies, writing reports and studies that she sells or publishes, depending on the subject matter, to better Eorzea's understanding of such things, and to help it advance, as well, both to be more prepared against the ever-present Imperial threat, and to improve the quality of life for all she can. ಌ TIMELINE ಌ This information may or may not be known. If you're not sure, feel free to ask! The White Couerl: The Specialist Corelyn's early life is something of a mystery to most. The earliest stories tend to go back are to the years just following the Calamity, making it likely that whatever life she had before that was either destroyed or simply left behind in the wake of the apocalyptic event, as it has been for many. It seems to pain her to think about, so she generally declines any prompt to even consider it. The farthest back that she often seems willing to recall are her years working aboard a ship as a specialist and gunnery expert. For some few years, Corelyn served aboard a corsair's ship named the White Coeurl with its quartermaster and her personal friend, Aiouxdaux Beaumont. Her expertise in machinery and technology served to steel the ship and its crew in its pursuits against Garlean vessels - its primary targets. However, after a number of years sailing with them, disaster struck and left the ship decimated, its crew and captain almost all dead, and Corelyn stranded, separated from any survivors, as, at the time, she had been experimenting with a prototype long-range boarding mechanism and had used it to escape before the fateful crash, the glider-like contraption launching her up into the air to witness the horrific events as she coasted off and away from the sounds of screams and the cracking of the ship's hull. Limsa Lominsa: The Inspector After escaping the wreckage of the White Coeurl, Corelyn found her way back to Limsa Lominsa. Distraught by the events that had occurred, she spent nearly three months attempting to find any of her former friends and crewmates before giving up and writing them off as dead. In mourning, but in need of a livelihood to support herself, she sought to gain employment at Mealvaan's Gate as an inspector, both in hesitance to return to the sea following such a tragedy and in hopes that, perhaps one day, she would see a familiar face coming through that she may be reunited with those friends she long thought dead. She worked as a freight and commerce inspector for the Gate for nearly a year, specialising in identifying, confiscating, and sometimes even even disabling or disarming contraband that was deemed illegal, dangerous, or otherwise. She was often the one consulted in areas of magitek and some lesser technological inspections, often doing so for shipments in aviation, domestic, or even military affairs. More than once, illicit goods that had been confiscated that she had disarmed were offered to her to purchase, and she began her work on the side, delving back into her expertise in tinkering and inventing, sometimes selling her creations or using them to further her own ends. Leaving Limsa: The Engineer Nearly a year after she began her work at Mealvaan's Gate, Corelyn had saved and raised the money and resources to hire help and lead an expedition to the site of the White Coeurl's fated crash. Though much of the wreckage had long since washed away and the bodies of her old comrades were long-since desiccated or had drifted out to a watery grave, she salvaged many of her own belongings, both water-logged and less so. Her room in the Drowned Wench was, however, proven incapable of handling her experiments after some time as an explosion ripped a hole in the outer wall of the building, not only setting her back in research, but funding as she was forced to pay back her damages before she found a new dwelling. She moved away from Limsa proper toward Camp Bronze Lake, rent out a room in the inn there as her own apartment. After having worked on restoring those old assets she had both brought with her and created aboard the late White Coeurl, and having needed to move far from Limsa Lominsa, she left her employ as an inspector and dedicated her time to delving into abandoned Imperial castrums and outposts. With the Eorzean Alliance gaining ground every day against the Empire, Garlean outposts were abandoned, reoccupied, then sacked in such a cycle that the supply of salvageable magitek and ceruleum kept her supply operable simply by virtue of sneaking in and back out on her own. This, of course, was merely a supplement after some time to the larger expeditions she would lead, often accompanied by one or two capable adventurers or bodyguards, hired to keep her from danger as she worked on her salvage and recovery. She managed to balance her needs and income by selling much of the salvage, but found herself unhappy with it, as she often barely scraped by in this manner. Given her new location, she began to explore other avenues of income. Nym and Allag: The Researcher Having needed to pursue other options for income, her similar thirst for knowledge led her to delve into the Nymian ruins surrounding her new home in Upper and Outer La Noscea. She often still found herself hiring help as, more often than not, the ruins she delved were inhabited by hateful creatures and monsters, or hostile, savage beasts that had claimed what the Nymians had left behind. However, this prove to be a lucrative avenue as her research and salvage into ancient Nym and its rich history in both magic and society were far more widely-valued by many buyers as a whole than were her technological innovations and refurbishings. After some great deal of success and a growing profit in the ruins of ancient Nym, Corelyn began to branch out, seeking Allagan ruins as well. This had a two-fold benefit for her, as, unlike the aether- and magic-based research she would do into such ancient societies in which she had no ability to match her knowledge, she found herself possessed of a deeper understanding of Allagan technology, as much of what she had known growing up was based on or reverse-engineered from others' research into it and Garlean magitek, which, itself, was understood to be based on the Allagans' innovations. Incorporating Allagan concepts into her tinkering proved far more difficult than simply researching and writing dissertations and reports on it. However, this proved a boon in whatever form she pursued it. The only downside was the inherent danger of Allagan ruins, often causing her to seek out a larger party of bodyguards to assist her, making the cost sometimes too steep to pursue with any great frequency. ಌ Technique/Weapons ಌ In combat, Corelyn tends to remain at range to rather great effect, especially using gun-based magitek or machinistry weapons with blade attachments or vice-versa. Her studies into the working of Garlean culture and mechanics seem to heavily influence many of her styles and forms, seeming almost directly descended from those of the Garlean military. ✦ Machinist: Corelyn's skill with a firearm is her primary, and best, asset in combat. She has considerably good aim, and her knowledge and application of salvaged technologies increases her effectiveness even more, giving her access to potent explosives and technology. Weapons/Gadgetry: ■ Dianthus - A Garlean military gunblade reforged with a thin but sturdy cermet blade; a Gunrapier. ■ Anthyllis - A black-and-crimson gundagger with a thin blade, not unlike a misericorde. ■ Ceruleum Battery Pack - Much like an Aetheroconverter, it uses ceruleum to empower firearm shots and powers gadgetry. ■ Carlina - A longer-ranged, heavier magitek rifle with less melee capability but greater firepower than her gunblade. ■ Ceruleum Grenades - Potent explosives re-engineered from Garlean weaponry. ■ Magitek Bits - Mobile, hovering turrets that can fire short bursts of magitek beam weaponry at foes. ■ Revolvers- Generally used in duelling, sharpshooting at mid-range, or when no preferred weapons are available. ✦ Fencer: Corelyn's history of dance and study of blade weaponry seems to have lent to a very elegant form of combat in which she often dances around strikes and delivers pin-point attacks to observed and studied weaknesses, allowing her to fight just as much with her wit as her reflexes. Blades of Choice: ■ Dianthus - A Garlean military gunblade reforged with a thin but sturdy cermet blade; a Gunrapier. ■ Rapiers - General proficiency, though her personal Gunrapier is preferred. ■ Shortswords - If push comes to shove, a light shortsword can suffice with enough of a point. ಌ OOC Combat Info ಌ I am generally open to any and all combat situations, but prefer that limits are established or understood beforehand - otherwise, I am open to very nearly anything but character perma-death! I am willing to engage in just about any system so long as it is explained to me and I have time to understand it. ■ Tier 1 Combat: This system is my preferred method, and uses detailed posts to explain actions that are being placed in combat. It uses a roll system which the person playing the attack will roll and the defender will need to roll higher to defend. Critical hits are welcomed in this system and often are considered if the difference between rolls are over 700 (using ingame /random rolls). Explanation swiped from Abagail Graves along with her layout. ■ Designated Personal Systems: Everyone has their own system for group combat RP which they themselves made or they made for their Free Company. I am open to discovering, learning, and uses all kinds! ■ Freeform/Honour System: I am not a fan of the honour system unless it is established and agreed upon as to who will win the fight beforehand on an OOC basis and there is a mutual trust on the same level. I will not often do this with strangers for any reason. RELATIONSHIP STATUS LEGEND ♥ Family – ♥ Involved – ♥ Romantic – ♥ Platonic – ♥ Physical – ♦ Friend – ★ Acquaintance – $ Business – ✝ Deceased – ✔ Positive – ✖ Negative – ● Neutral – � Unsure Aiouxdaux Beaumont ( ✔♥ ) Character's Thoughts: "I owe him my life. He is my best friend, and I would do most anything for him." Following the Calamity, Corelyn met Aiouxdaux and his Miqo'te crew aboard the vessel "The White Coeurl", and sailed with them for some time as privateers. Primarily ransacking and plundering Garlean vessels, Corelyn eventually found herself a wealth of knowledge in the wrecks and loot, learning a great deal about magitek and putting that knowledge to good use. However, the ill-fated Couerl eventually was to be no more, and the entire crew, save for Corelyn and Aiouxdaux, who remained unknowingly separated for a bit over a year, perished in the horrible event. The only but recently reuinted, and have thus far spent a great deal of time catching up. J'azhar Tia . ( ✔♦) Character's Thoughts: "Such a charmer. He and Aioux could be attached at the hip and I doubt neither would mind." Not long after having been reunited with Aioux, Corelyn was introduced by the same elezen to J'azhar. They spent a good deal of time talking, and have met again several times since, especially as the desert-faring miqo'te is so important to her best friend. She is curious about him, and would like to get to know him more since Aioux trusts him so well, but has yet been reluctant to make good on that desire. R'kalya Vheo. ( ✔♦) Character's Thoughts: "Quite the awkward young woman, but I can't entirely blame her. She seems... sheltered." Corelyn encountered R'kalya while reminiscing with Aiouxdaux, and then several times after. While their conversations have not been incredibly in-depth, R'kalya has nonetheless become a friend to Corelyn. She has confided quite a few private things to the young woman, by choice or circumstance, and seems to trust her quite a bit. Jadoth Bloodreign. ( ✔♦) Character's Thoughts: "Jumpy, shifty, and a bit brash... but he means well, and he can certainly cook." Met at the same time as she met R'kalya, Jadoth was, at first, somewhat shifty and aloof, but eventually warmed up some to Corelyn. Eventually, they met several more times, usually at the same time as R'kalya, having been friends with Jadoth before they met Corelyn. He has gone on a few adventures and expeditions with her, and knows a deal more about Corelyn most would at first glance. Rose Typhoon. (✔$★ ) Character's Thoughts: "She seems a brute, but, in reality, is quite an elegant and learned individual." Corelyn met Rose through mutual business opportunities, having hired the Hellsguard for protection on more than one expedition. They have spoken at length about the arts and of their interests in that time and have come to form something of a mutual respect for one another, though their times together have been somewhat brief and more laden with ponderous, studious silence or din of combat more than conversation. T'jerris Nhorenas. (●★ ) Character's Thoughts: "A strange one, indeed. I feel she has identical siblings. I keep seeing duplicates with different hair..." Also met with R'kalya and Jadoth, T'jerris has spoken with Corelyn a number of times since their first encounter, as have the miqo'te's apparent sibling, though she has only met once. They spoke once but briefly about forming a free company or band of common-purposed adventurers, but she has not since heard from T'jerris. ಌ RUMOURS ಌ N P C Some of these rumours are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated. ◢ Common Rumours - Easily overheard. Use these freely! ■ "I've heard she spent a whole day and a sack of gil at the Bismark, workin' in those books of hers." ■ "Corelyn? Good girl. Bit queer at times, but she's got a good heart if ye can manage to keep 'er int'rest." ■ "Don' let'er demeanour fool ya. That girl could take your 'ead off from a malm away if she wan'ed." ◢ Uncommon Rumours - A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first! ■ "She don't stay in the Wench n'more. Heard she blew one of the rooms clean up with some gadget or other." ■ "Swear on me life, I seen her with a pirate crew - wieldin' a gunblade, no less! It's the gods-honest truth!" ■ "Ain't any idea where she's from, but I 'eard Rosefire ain' even 'er real name." ◢ Rare Rumours - Very rarely overheard. Please ask before using! ■ "Heard she was at the Battle of Carteneau. No idea how or why, though. And what was she doin' there, 'xactly?" ■ "Ever seen 'at patch on her fore'ead? Hard to notice. Says it's a bandage, hides it with'er 'air. Bullshite." P C Feel free to add your own rumours to this section. ◢ Player Character Rumours - Some of these are more rare than others! ■ "She's good in my book. She taught me a pretty important lesson about not judging people because of where they came from." -- Jadoth Bloodreign. ■ "Corelyn? Ah, yes, her. I've never met anyone better with firearms or magitek than her. Well, at least on this side of my daggers." -- Aiouxdaux Beaumont. ■ "You want to know what I think about Corelyn..? Well, she talks about a lot of fancy stuff I don't really understand, but she says it with such passion that I can't help but be charmed by it." -- Rose Typhoon. ಌ Artwork ಌ (Nothing here yet!) ಌ Screenshots ಌ (Nothing here yet!) ಌ MUSIC ಌ Songs used to set a mood; lyrics may not reflect the views of my character. The following links will take you to Youtube. Please mind your speakers. Character Theme "Streamline" Artist: VNV Nation Ambient Theme "Science" Artist: Two Steps From Hell Grace Theme "Dance of Swords" Artist: Aivi Tran / Steven "Surasshu" Velema Action Theme "Cannon in D Minor" Artist: Two Steps From Hell Heroic Theme "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" Artist: Two Steps From Hell Sad Theme "Doomsday" Artist: Murray Gold ಌ OOC NOTES ಌ OOC INFORMATION Player Note Corelyn is currently unavailable for public/free RP. She is currently listed as missing. Personal RP Limits I will always refrain from these things and ask all people do the same when engaged with my characters. I am incredibly open to most things, so talk to me OOCly about what you would like to do. ■ No godmoding. ■ No powerplay. ■ No rape. ■ No violating the IC/OOC divide. Disclaimer The views and mannerisms of this character do not always align with those of the player and are never meant to offend, belittle, or do intentional harm to any one person or their character on an OOC basis. All actions taken by this character are as the character would be written and will not be tailored to OOC influences except as absolutely needed to continue playing the character as I like. CHARACTER TIDBITS Potential Plot Hooks ■Corelyn often hires adventurers and other like-minded individuals for protection in research expeditions so she can focus on her work and not constantly defending herself. ■ Corelyn often likes to sit at the Bismarck in Limsa Lominsa with a pot of tea and several books for hours at a time. ■ Those who were at the Battle of Carteneau might have a slim chance of recognising her. ■ Anyone working at Mealvaan's Gate would know Corelyn fairly well, and likely will have worked with her. ■ Corelyn is registered as a Garlean defector, but the information is classified for her protection to all those not in an office to be concerned over it. Character Lore Adherence This character will always adhere as closely as possible to established lore as possible. Small deviations into territory not fully covered may be possible, but never without solid logic and reasoning, as well and will always be researched as thoroughly as possible before implementation. Non-lore-friendly aspects present are subject to retcon at any time as they are brought to light for any reason. ಌ INFORMATION ಌ Name - Corelyn Rosefire Pronounced - (kor-EL-inn ROHZ-fyer) Race - Hyur (Highlander) Age - 29 Height - 5' 9" Weight - 133pz. Name Day - 20th Sun, 3rd Umbral Moon Deity - Unknown Orientation - Pansexual Status - Single ■ Alias: None Known ■ Citizenship: Limsa Lominsa ■ Occupation: Machinist, Researcher ■ Voice Claim: Billie Piper ■ Hair color: Blonde (dyed dark with black) ■ Eye color: Teal ■ Complexion: Fair ■ Piercings: Several in each ear ■ Marks or tattoos: Vague scars at either temple ■ Alignment: Neutral Good ■ Key Items: Gunblade, Unmarked Book(s), Machinist's Tools ■ Favorite Food: Almond Cream Croissant ■ Favorite Drink: Eggnog ■ Favorite Color: Emerald Corelyn is a scholar, researcher, and machinist who is particularly secretive about her means and her beginnings. She has many secrets and only those she truly trusts know the half of them. ===== Template is from Abelia's Template ! =====