Alyx Quintessence

Xyla Quintessence
Doll #401
"Think of me as a large Mammet."
OOC Character Information
Main Job(s):	None
Main Tradeskill:	Unknown
Preferred Role:	Support
Server:	Balmung
Status
Alignment:	Neutral Good
Reputation:	Shy, timid girl.
Occupation:	Doll looking for her place in the world
Education:	From creation
Marital Status:	Unknown
Sexuality:	Bi
Guardian:	Unknown
Free Company
NC
Items Carried
Six Elemental Crystals and books
Characteristics
Race:	Au Ra (?)
Clan:	Xaela (?)
Age:	Appears 24 (Half a year made)
Height:	Unknown
Weight:	Unknown
Eyes:	Void Black with Purple Umbral Rings
Hair:	Black
Complexion:	Unknown
Physical Build:	Frail
Notable Features:	Unknown

Attributes
	Strength	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		P.Defense	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Dexterity	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		M.Defense	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Martial Prowess	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		Intelligence	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Magic Affinity	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		Luck	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █

Basic Info

As the 401st doll among those made for Xyla to command, this one was considered weak and as such was fused with Au Ra DNA as an experiment. While since she had broken off from Varthamith and Xyla, she tries to find her own place under the name 'Quint' to avoid any suspicion. All she wants is the destruction of those who made her and hopefully find peace in this world.

Theme

LIKES ■ Reading ■ Learning ■ Helping

DISLIKES ■ Xyla Prime ■ Varthamith ■ What she is ■ Accusation ■ Not feeling Mortal enough

HOBBIES ■ Reading ■ Research ■ Solving Puzzles

Appearance & Personality

Xyla wears glasses on her face to help her read better.

While she may come off as neutral and Monotone, Xyla has slowly developed a personality akin to a curious and very careful type. Wanting to make sure nothing goes wrong and wishes to belong. But at times she overthinks and due to a lack of some emotions she might miss a few things.

Biography

While the memories of the real Xyla's past resides inside her, it is not her history...

Before Creation

Xyla Quintessence was born in the Shroud to a loving family. Yet as time went on, her powers and potency with the Aether lines became far too strong. Her parents would abandon her in fear that she might cause much strife to the point of reducing the woman to a hermit. Living out in an abandoned cave in Snakemolt she would make a name for herself as the 'Black Witch'. Able to aid those who request just about anything...yet the greed of people were more attracted than say looking for lost items or people. They asked for money, fame, strength and so on. Even with warnings, those clinets ignored them and were given that which they asked for...with heavy prices.

Her reputation turned from caution to being blamed as a murderer and deadly. As a loner it made sense to pin blame on those with no family ties or friends. And soon enough, a militia was sent to kill the witch.

Before the final blow could be drawn, an Elezen male reached out his hand after slaughtering the militia and asked...

"Do you want to cleanse this world with me?"

After Creation

Created as the four hundred and first Doll, This Xyla was a test to use Au Ra DNA and see if other races could be used. Though it worked, this one was weak in physical strength unlike the rest and her personality was warped due to the genetics. As such, Varthamith proposed an idea...

Either be a failure and reduced to her primordial state, or be useful for pleasure on the side.

She bit the bullet and took his offer, not wanting to die like the other failures.

Months would pass and her first ever job was contracted by another Xyla under Varthamith's order. Poison some wine meant for a group close to Arala Makeo. She was reluctant as she hardly knew the woman despite sharing some memories like the rest. She eventually caved and did the deed...only failing since they found out before they could drink it.

After some time, Xyla slowly started to rebel after talking with a few people. As Lilith promised to help Xyla, she followed the word of Robert Colt and decided to finally join him. Her ties with Varthamith have been cut off since then and is now on her own. Living at the company house and promised to use her abilities when needed.

Now with the Augmentations attuned and the key to his tower figured out, she waits for Arala's word to assault. For when this all ends, she sees no other reason to keep living.

Sure enough their first encounter with her creator was just an example as her augmentations were taken and used to fuel her new dolls that she called 'Artificial Primals" when in turn they were just Elemental Constructs. After the Water Construct was defeated, the Water Augmentation was retrieved but it was depleted. Xyla desperately seeks a way to refuel and use this in time to open the gate to Varthamith's tower.

Once the augment of water was finally empowered, she created two new Augmentations to fill the missing elements. Ice and Lightning. While the Lightning Augmentation was helped by Leih'a, there came a moment when the Fire Augmentation Doll was spotted. Despite their best efforts to slay and end it before it got worse, the Augmentation didn't back down and instead sought to burn them. Without any choice, Xyla and the others had to shove the doll into the waterway in order to stop it for a time. The search sadly had to be put on halt after Cobalon, her odd carbuncle became frozen in fright after entering the water. For the time, the Fire Augmentation was left to roam...but it soon returned and after a successful group took it down, it gained it's second wind and nearly took Quint had it not been for one extra man and his Chocobo.

Cobalon believed there were more behind this than just Xyla and Varthamith...

From there, she headed to Limsa to find the Wind Augmentation that P'rita had been tracking for weeks, only to have it chained down and weakened upon combat. Before the last blow was made, the Elemental form of the Wind Augmented Doll spoke to them. Prompting Quint to feel an emotion she never felt...

A painful one.

She conversed with a few friends and made the choice to talk to the Earth Augmentation Doll before Arala can fight it. To try and convince it to join her. In the end they had to fight it but managed to save something inside.

With all Augmentations in hand she is ready to open the way...

Combat

Combat is the last thing Xyla wishes to do, but in her situation she uses her crystals to further her skills and even fuses elements to make whole new spells

She has six Augmentation Crystals intended to be her source of spell casting. Each one powered by their element.While she can cast most spells, the Aura Spells are a unique trait.

Fire Augmentation - Defensive Aura Spell: Fire Barrier. - Offensive Aura Spell: Ignit Weapon.

Water Augmemtation - Defensive Aura Spell: Water Shell. - Offensive Aura Spell: Reflective lens.

Earth Augmentation - Defensive Aura Spell: Earthen Scales. - Offensive Aura Spell: Earthen Strength.

Wind Augmentation - Defensive Aura Spell: Reflective Winds. - Offensive Aura Spell: Backdraft.

Lightning Augmentation - Defensive Aura Spell: Arcing Lightning. - Offensive Aura Spell: Aftershock.

Ice Augmentation - Defensive Aura Spell: Crystalized Ice. - Offensive Aura Spell: Chilling Mists

Abilities

Future Sight: Using four of her Augmentation stones, Quint is capable of opening a portal to see into the future for others to see. However the most she can open it is up to five minutes and it cannot predict incidents past six months in advance, Nor is it possible to see into the past for other choices. These visions are purely speculative and never one hundred percent right. They are more what if's to the choices. She is unable to see these visions as she must maintain the portal instead. Only those who stick their body part inside can see into the future for themselves and not others.

Another quirk deals with other people. In some cases, the people are black silhouettes while rarely will a real person show up in them. The conditions to meet such a feat have to rely on the person's relation and how well known they are to one another.

Medicinal Food: Quint is a horrible cook. She can't really cook meals to save her life...except for food that are remedies for illness and other ailments people suffer from. The odd quirk of her to make wonderful medicinal food over normal food is put into question with her sense of taste. One of her main goals is to make a fabled curry that Cobalon spoke of. Said to cure many and if any illnesses within a host while tasting heavenly to boot.

Siphoning and Transferring Aether: A process taught by Cobalon. The ability to transfer Aether from one source to another requires a lot of concentration and one wrong move can be fatal to the person attempting or the host in question. Especially if done on living organisms. The Siphoning process is about extracting a certain attuned aether to an element of it's type. From the six elements, Aether can be individually plucked and gathered in one's hand. This usually requires a 'totem' for living organisms since there is no good method to take aether away without harming the subject.

The two acts can be compared to how a weaver mends and makes robes.

Aether Repair: Like a real doll, Quint's body can be damage and severed anywhere below the head and still live...however in the event she does lose a limb or take heavy damage, an abundance of Aether is required to mend what is lost. Her body is of a normal flesh consistency but her interior work is akin to the system of blood veins on mortal. In place of that, it's aether. From there, absorbing aether from where her wound is will slowly repair that spot. The bigger and more potent the damage, the more she may need. If her body was destroyed completely but her head remained, it would take upwards of three days to make a new body out of just Aether alone. Thus it's best to have all her parts together to hasten her recovery if possible.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Xyla excels in magic much like her creator to an unthinkable level.

Her body is weak and frail and at times can show signs of use and tear from casting too many spells. While she is powerful, she can eventually break or kill herself from using the augmentations.

RUMORS Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! ◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard) ■ "She is a witch!" ■ "Those crystals do no look safe." ■ "What kind of Au Ra eats stale bread without flinching?" ◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ■ "Quint is her name? Seems cute. Could learn to smile." ■ "That girl is so weird...She acts like a newborn at times." ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ "Did you not see her just mend a man's open wound in a few seconds?! Witchcraft!" ◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the characters of other players) ■ "She's just misunderstood, I think. Odd. But deep inside, I think she could be really sweet." ~Rihxo Matoi

RELATIONS ♥ Romantic Interest    ● Neutral Standing    ● Good Standing     ● Poor Standing ♥(?) Keiichi Jejeichi- An Au Ra looking man with a Lalafell Name. He seems kind of awkward at times but means well and is apparently from a Caravan. ● Cobalon- A summoned Carbuncle that can speak thanks to her involvement. It is revealed that he was once called Edward and was not always a Carbuncle. A witch cursed his body before the Green Death could claim him. He currently seeks a way to return to his normal form. While he speaks with a proper and nature dialect, he is known to be quite the pervert at times. Xyla does keep him in line though. ● Gaia Quintessence - A mortal Au Ra saved by Stein and given new life away from Xyla's touches. One of the younger sisters of Quint, Gaia is a cheery and optimistic girl with lot of hope and a strong will. Her old doll number was 405. ● Forta Quintessence - TBA (doll 404) ● Igni Quintessence - TBA (Doll 402 ● Wati Quintessence - TBA (Doll 403) ● Arala Makeo- A woman her creator eagerly seeks on her side, but after much struggle, she has accepted Xyla as an ally. She is thankful for the chance to prove herself. ● P'rita Kali- A Doman ninja who has kept watch over Xyla to make sure she did nothing to be a threat. ● Stein Vespyn- An Elezen who seemed to take an interest in Quint and what she is. Perhaps this person could further teach her many thing in the world? ● Chiyo Hoshi- A Miqo'te who got wrapped up into the mess. Shows signs of actual care towards her. ● Varthamith Von Netowa- An Elezen who wants to cleans the world in his own way...And the one who insisted she would be fused with Au Ra DNA. ● Xyla Prime- The creator of Doll 401 and the sole reason Xyla wants revenge. It is because of this Elezen that she will do what it takes to bring her down. Even if it costs her own life.

Footnotes

"The future before us is never set in stone. What choices we make can and will alter the path we head on. There are an infinite amount of possible outcomes, and yet even the simplest actions can completely alter your world. And while I can see into the future briefly...I cannot confirm nor deny if and when that vision is and can be true. For the future CAN be changed, WILL be changed and MUST be changed." - Quint

All credit goes to Bancroft Gairn for the templete!

Xyla with Cobalon