Aean Deschain
 Aean Deschain
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| Gender | Male |
| Race | Elezen |
| Clan | Wildwood |
| Citizenship | Gridania |
| Nameday | 28th Sun, 1st Umbral Moon |
| Age | Mid-Thirties |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Occupation | Forest Ranger, Craftsman, Hoplite |
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Basic Information
Height: 6'4"
Weight: Average
Body: Fit
Complexion: Fair
Hair: Black
Eyes: Walnut
Appearance
Bears the hallmarks of standard Wildwood appearance; fair skin, long raven black hair (often with decoratively braided strands & chocobo quill/ornament), and hazel eyes framed by somewhat long lashes. Despite forest-weathering and minor battle-scars, his combined his short height (by Elezen standards), rounded jawline and softer features, gives him a somewhat pretty and androgynous appearance, sometimes mistaken as being a youth, even confused as being a woman by less familiar races. This is swiftly dissuaded by if he chooses to speak with his deep calm voice, and experience-hardened eyes behind his expressions.
Personality
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Positive Points
- Confident
- Adaptable
- Tenacious
Flawed Points
- Aloof
- Judgmental
- Impatient with verbosity
Equipment & Magic
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Armor
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Weapons
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Magic
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Magic
Little of his childhood & teenage years is known; a quiet loner, his time spent largely in solitude in the forests of The Black Shroud; his hermit-like behavior compounded in part by his childishly idealistic & all-friendly nature shunned (and tempered) by his elders & peers in Gridania; those who experienced the Autumn War approximately half a century earlier, and the historical pride / nobility egoism which is common within the Elezen culture.
At the age of 17 he emerged as a young adult; engaging more actively with Gridanian society as a forest ranger, botanist and craftsman, with a fondness for woodwork, music, and roses. His demeanor & behaviors seemed almost unrecognizable as his previous persona; seeming more hardened & focused, yet non-the-less striving to be more outgoing, friendly & sociable, intent on finding & engaging with peers who shared his abstract ideals on the “true nature of nobility”, finding friends amongst hunters & guardsmen, spending spare time more actively engaged in combat training; practicing regularly with bow, sword & shield.
He and his allies became increasingly proficient combatants; both individually and as a group, plying their abilities in pack hunts and over time, as combatants in skirmishes; aiding wherever their services were needed, defending settlements from raiders and so forth. Being self-proficient they didn't need payment hence never asked; their service & actions guided only by their ideal. As a result, some of the locals began referring to them as the “old knights”; a reference to them being a kind of southern counterpart of the Ishgard temple knights.
1572 (Aean's late 20's) saw the return of Elder Seedseer Kan-E-Senna to Gridania, the reinstatement of the order of the Twin Adders, and the union of the city-states as the Eorzean Alliance. Having formalized Gridania's guard, the function of the Eld Knights as protectors within the Shroud region was no longer required; its members joining the Adders, traveling abroad, or otherwise resuming peaceful lives.
Aean sought the latter; with Gridania under the protection of Senna & The Adders, he set aside weapons and resumed his previous relatively peaceful life, and at the turn of the century he found Nayumi; his now and ever-since partner. In recent years he decided to leave The Shroud and travel abroad; initiated partly by his long-term dreams of finding a home in the forest with Nayumi – plying his skills as a merchant in the trade-hub of Ul'dah, and partly by the old memories of the Autumn War and wanting to understand the Ala Mhigans.
The fates had favored them in their journeys, but Eorzea had different plans for them – instead of a little cottage & garden he'd envisioned, the “Halls of Eld” is now his base of operations; a large old house standing at the center of one of the Lavender Bed's Wards, handed down from an old order with similar ideals as the Eld Knights, on the provision that the Knights of Eld continue.
And so a new chapter in the saga had begun – where he is today.
Trivia
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Likes
- The Forest, Gardens, Flowers
- Kind People, Empaths
- Integrity
- Creativity, Music, Dance, Art
Dislikes
- Sociopaths, Narcissists, Elitists
- Thoughtlessness, irresponsibility
- Arrogance, patronization, superiority/inferiority social norms
- Mindless followers, weak wills, weak ethics/moral
- The Golden Saucer
- His own darker & killing instincts
Goals
- Protecting The Shroud
- Helping people
- The Ways of Eld
- "The Tower"
