Askier Mergrey

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Askier Mergrey
"What do you mean I shouldn't drink while building a bomb? If I mess up, we'll be dead so fast we won't know I messed up."
Gender	Male
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Unknown
Citizenship	Garlean

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Character

General

THIS IS ALL JUST A ROUGH DRAFT! I KNOW MUCH IS MISPELLED OR BADLY WORDED. ROME WASN"T BUILT IN A DAY. LOL
((Askier was part of the Garlean Army the day of the Calamity, and, as a result, was not sent forward in time.))
((Askier is gifted at building explosives))

Appearance

((He's too sexy for clothes at the moment so we are getting him shoved into a more presentable description…one with pants…))

Behavior

Askier is a bizarre sort of character, often perceived as both a drunk and naive individual. He is quick to give a smile and even faster to offer to buy someone he has just met a drink as he tells terrible jokes. He feels the most alive when other people around him laugh at something he has done or said. He tries see the best in someone and is fanatically loyal to those he calls his friends, and expects the same dedication from them in return.
Askier will be the first to admit he relies a great deal on luck and refuses to think himself as an intellectual since he has trouble containing his volcanic temper. However, for all his apparent absentmindedness, he is a reasonably intelligent being, often able to win word games and riddles quickly and can construct explosive devices with relative ease and not lose a limb while doing so.
Askier views the world as one giant experience waiting to happen and that gods, spirits, and mortal races are all subject to no greater end than what they try to achieve for themselves. He believes that everyone acts for reasons that are logical to themselves, and, as such, calling someone good or evil is pointless in Askier's mind. He see's all things as equal and would gladly help out a stranger. But, because there are those that would harm what Askier chooses to care about, he finds no qualms in killing, viewing it as a normal part of being alive and that the act of killing isn't to be viewed as vile, but that the intentions behind the act certainly can.

Combat

General

Askier fights with his fists and feet, preferring the intimate feeling of his opponent's body against his knuckles. He knows a moderate amount of restoration magic.

Tendencies

Likes

• Whiskey…
• Rum…
• Playing word games and sleeping, while under the effects of the first two.

Dislikes

• Overly picky people.
• Being underground
• Being out of booze

Hobbies/Talents

• Understands and has designed several magictek devices, most of which are explosive.
• Drinking
• Has a natural affinity with mechanical contraptions

Other

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Relationships

Family

Father

• Ven'li Mergrey - Deceased. Askier's father was a soldier for the Garlean Empire whose illustrious job was to wrangle up chocobos. His father was also a drunk and was killed by a chocobo stampede when Askier was six.

Mother

• Unknown - All Askier knows about his mother is that she gave infant Askier to his father and then never came back into his life after she left.

Sister

• Saravena Mergrey - Askier's younger sister. They share the same father but a different mother. She is an energetic and kind individual and Askier is incredibly loyal to her. However, for nearly two years, she has been locked in a cell, used as leverage by Askier's Garlean superiors to "encourage" him to build his magictek bomb and destroy Ul'dah.

Friends

((So many people I gots to add… lol))

Enemies

((Got a few of these too))

Rumors

Common Rumors

• "Askier can't read." It's a lie Askier tells about himself.
• "How can someone drink that much and be okay with themselves?"
• "I'd say it's not normal for someone to always be this much fun to be around, but I'm having such a good time!"

Moderate Rumors

• "Heard he likes men and women equally in the bed."
• "Don't make him mad, he'll snap your neck soon as look at ya."
• …

Rare Rumors

• "I heard Askier knows how destroy a city with a device of brass and magic."
• "More than one of that man's drinking buddies have been found dead the next morning."
• "Why is he never says where he comes from directly?"

PC Rumors

• "We do not agree, but we understand. If the world must burn to protect our own, then so be it." - Delial Grimsong
• "What unsettles me most about him is that, save for his murderous intents, we're… so strangely alike. I saw it in his eye when he… nevermind." - Kahn'a Od'hilkas
• "He ain't his own, and there's a gods-damned pity." - Osric Melkire

History/Timeline

((Juicy details coming soonish lol))

Birth and childhood

Askier was born in the Galean Empire to Ven'li and a female he knows nothing about. His mother stuck around long enough to birth him and recover before leaving Askier with his father. Ven'li was stationed in an open plan and was responsible for taming chocobos. Ven'li was a distant father and Askier only remembers him from his smell of booze. Askier's sister, Saravena, was born five years after he was to another female. Askier's father was killed when Askier was six. Askier was sent to live with his father's brother, who was a woodcutter near a river.

Life in the Garlean Lumber Camp

For the next 10 years, Askier and Saravena lived relatively uneventful lives. They helped their uncle deforest large swathes of the land to send the lumber down river for the Garlean war machine and learned simple schooling from traveling scholars. This simple life was violently interrupted when a group of anti-imperial soldiers assaulted the camp and burned many of the workes and the woods in an attempt to hurt the lumber supply to the Garlean military. Askier and Saravena escaped but their uncle was lost in the flames. Lost, the pair eventually reached a city. There starving, and forced with some unpleasant options, Askier enlisted to serve the army to earn money for his little sister to eat.

Life as a soldier

Askier would spend the next four years being bounced around from one tour of duty to the next. During that time, he took to learning about magitek and started messing around with spare parts he stole. He discovered he was rather good with making random parts work together and his tinkering eventually caught the eye of an officer in the engineering branch. The officer had Askier transferred to his unit and Askier quickly excelled in his new job, causing a good amount of interest amongst the military brass when it came to new explosive devices. One such device of Askier's was loaded aboard a Garlean airship and was planned on being us the day of the Calamity, destroying his device before it could be detonated. At seeing the immense power of the primal that day, Askier deserted his post, concerned only with keeping his sister safe. He returned home and fled with her south till they came to Eorzea, where they lived as traveling mercenaries for three years.

Life as a freelance mercenary

Life as a freelance mercenary was good for Askier and Saravena. They travelled and used their coin to live well. Askier began drinking more and more heavily during this time, much to the concern of his sister, who was unable to stop him. Askier used the money he made to keep his sister well taken care off as he spent the left over research what few books he could afford, trying to better himself. Askier also tried to put his past behind him, and, while he still continued to study bomb making with the few books he could find written about magitek, it was simply for academic reasons. He was enjoying his life and considered himself extremely lucky.

Life as a Garlean Saboteur

But the good luck ran out. Askier was recognized by a Garlean spy near Ul'dah and, after tailing Askier, came up with a plan. force Askier to build another bomb, in Ul'dah. Askier refused initially but the agent took Askier's sister hostage and made the demand: destroy Ul'dah or she dies. Askier gave in immediately for his sister and has been working on building his bomb for over a year and a half, shipping in the needed pats slowly and piece by piece to avoid attention.

Saga of the Wind Swept Sands

This section will detail the events currently underway in my Episodic rp event once it is complete. For now, look for Sage of the Wind Swept Sands" for the current low down on this awesome rp which has let me meet some absolutely wonderful rpers!

Messy template of doom by: Kahn'a Od'hilkas

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