Vasque Desmarais
| Vasque Desmarais | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Race | Hyur |
| Clan | Midlander |
| Citizenship | Unaffiliated |
| Place of birth | Ishgard |
| Age | 29 |
| Weight | You'll wanna make her a sandwich. |
★Vasque is a physician and surgeon, as well as a traditional conjuror/arcanist-type healer. She studies crystals and aether and their applications in medicine, and is fascinated by the history of medicine, as well as anatomy and physiology. If your character has a similar bent, hit her up! She's always looking for fellow sawbones.
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Basic Info
Vasque Desmarais is an intellectual powerhouse wrapped in a small, blonde shell. There is nothing that doesn't interest her, nothing that she doesn't wish to know more of, or better. Her gift manifests itself in an almost profound grasp of language and emotion, one that brings both comfort and strife to her life, and the lives of those around her.
Vasque's life has taken her all over the world, and for the most part her experiences, both good and bad, have made her more understanding and kind; despite that, she most certainly has high expectations of people and does not suffer fools gladly. Her standards for herself are high, and she often doesn't understand why other people are not so demanding on their character.
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Appearance
Vasque is petite and slim with very pale blonde hair and large, inquisitive hazel eyes. Her body is fit and toned, mainly because she enjoys running and training at skills and jobs she is never likely to use. Full of energy and rarely still, Vasque is constantly on the go. Her metabolism runs at full tilt, and she often has trouble keeping on weight. Coupled with a workaholic personality and some history of serious hunger, food often falls off Vasque's radar, closely followed by her clothes falling off her body.
Her face is very pretty, prettier than she herself realizes, and this gives Vasque a sweet unselfconsciousness that seems to draw in those around her. She's got more than her share of admirers, and finds herself having to "let 'em down easy" more often than she would like. She dresses well, and prefers to wear black, white, pink, and red.
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Hair | Skin | Body Type | Voice | Clothing | Notable Features |
| Pale Hazel, almost wheaten | Very pale blonde, almost towhead in spots | Pale, like cream or porcelain | Petite and fit | Educated and lilting, with a hint of Ishgardian accent to it, unnoticeable to most. | She likes to look good. Especially in pink or red. | Two beauty marks on her face, one on her right cheek, and the other under her bottom lip, to the left. |
Behavior & Personality
Vasque is bright and quick, and she makes friends easily, but she tends to get lost in her own thoughts. An excellent doctor, she is much in demand for both her medical skills and her professionalism, and sometimes she finds herself overwhelmed by the demands of her busy company. She likes to curl up in her room with her mate, Chokho, or a book, when she needs to unwind.
She is a "pleaser" and often goes out of her way to make others happy, even at her own expense. She has recently been working on saying "no" and making what she herself wants a priority, but she occassionally falls into old habits and says things she cannot ever make good on.
Vasque has a very hard time with willful ignorance and stupidity; she will go out of her way to teach or help someone, but the moment they display any hard-headedness about something that is factually wrong, she practically writes them off, and it is very hard to get back into her good graces once she has done so.
Skills
Vasque is a gifted doctor and surgeon. Raised almost entirely by her librarian/researcher father, she has been studying the natural world since she was a very small child. Naturally bright and inquisitive, Vasque turns her considerable knowledge and talent toward any professional problem she encounters, and often will make connections cross-discipline that are astonishing and insightful. Fluent in several languages, including ancient ones, she has spent many years studying history, philosophy, religion, and linguistics. She sometimes reverts to Ishgardian when under extreme duress, it being the language of her earliest years.
Vasque has spent much of her life in the study of anatomy and physiology, and her skills in non-magic healing are formidable. Though she is well-versed in arcanima and conjury, it is often her skills as a surgeon that save lives, especially in situations were her patients are aetherically-sensitive.
All this focus on intellectual pursuits hides somewhat Vasque's lack of talent as a fighter. She is physically fit and not at all clumsy, but she must work very hard to master any skills with weaponry. Though she did for a time make an attempt to follow her mate's path into shinobi, Vasque now recognizes that her true gifts are in healing, and she has made peace with the fact that she cannot be good at -everything-. She is content to let the talented fighters in her company take charge, and she is more than willing to patch them up when they come home from their battles.
★Not all Vasque's skills are reflected by her in-game job. She is gifted in magics but is also a surgeon, a researcher, and a scientist.
Biography
CHILDHOOD
Vasque Elisabeth Desmarais was born the second child to Laurence Desmarais and Elisabeth Binoche in Ishgard. Laurence was a renowned researcher and librarian for the Holy See, and his scholarship in the fields of history, philosphy, and language were both the source of his fame and his reason for eventually fleeing to Coerthas. Vasque's mother was one of the dragoons of legend, and was killed in the Dragonsong wars when Vasque was a very small child. Her older brother, Julien Laurence, died as a boy in Ishgard under circumstances Vasque herself never talks about.
After the death of her mother and brother, Vasque's father become more reckless and outspoken about his scholarship, drawing unwanted attention from the Holy See and the Inquisitors. Worried for his small daughter, he packed little Vasque up, along with a few precious volumes and a family scrapbook, and headed south into Coerthas.
Easily finding work at the Observatorium, Laurence settled in and began once again to work on his scholarship, drawing attention via his masterful publications about astronomy throughout the ages. Vasque was brought everywhere with him, thanks to a paranoia about leaving her anywhere out of his sight, and her father never spoke to her as a child, but always an equal. Vasque thrived under his tutelage, and her every interest was indulged, winning her the hearts of her father's fellow researchers.
When Vasque was about seven, her father received an offer to become one of the Head Librarians at the prestigious Gridanian Library, and he accepted with gracious excitement. The opportunities for his gifted young daughter were numerous, and soon Vasque was being tutored by some of Gridania's most talented scholars. Vasque was fortunate to land several apprenticeships and her drive and talent won her the respect of her masters. By the time she was fourteen, her focus was on medicine.
YOUNG ADULTHOOD
Vasque continued to study, forging ahead of her peers and indeed her fellow scholars in the fields of anatomy and physiology. Her father's sensitivity to aether made learning alternative medicines a priority for her, and she would often beg, borrow, and even steal bodies upon which to learn. Though her obsession with cadavers disturbed some, Vasque was undeterred and her insistence on this field of scholarship has saved the lives of several company members.
Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC!
- ■ "That girl can carry her liquor, but she's no pirate."
- ■ "Always seems to have some girl hanging on her every word...she seems clueless, though"
- ■ "She saved my kid brother in the camps in Ala Mhigo. Good doctor."
- ■ "Heard she cuts up corpses. No idea where she gets 'em."
- ■ "So...she's dating who, now? Huh...could've sworn it was that other girl..."
- ■ "Ishgardian name on a hyur...where's she from, and why is she here now?"
- ■ "Be curious to know just -how- she's learnt so much about bodies..."
- ■ "She's an amazing doctor, and an all-around smarty-pants. I'm glad I get to have her as a friend." - Cassandra Lachance
(Add your own if you know Vasque!))
♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Interest ● Good Standing ● Watching
- ♥ Chokho Viqqoh -
- ● Nazeru Auronas -
- ● Nesi Greene -
Inspiration
Most of the music that influences Vasque's character is instrumental. A few of the pieces I like best are showcased below:
- I Don't Know - Vasque genuinely loves people and sees the good in everyone around her, even in the little things. She notices much and misses little.
- Little Martha - The day-to-day rhythm of Vasque's life.
- Classical Gas - Vasque's mind never stops working, never hesitates, and this relentless and syncopated piece brings that to mind.
- Two of Us - "We're on our way home."
- Template credit goes to Bancroft Gairn... Stolen via Cho. All thanks to them both.
