Delial Grimsong

K I N S L A Y E R

❝ And just what would you have me do...? ❞

NAME: Delial Grimsong

(also known as: Blackstone, Kinslayer)

SEX: Female

AGE: NO.

RACE/CLAN: Hyur, Highlander

CITIZENSHIP: Ala Mhigo

AFFILIATION: Questionable

OCCUPATION: Myriad

MARITAL STATUS: NO.

SEXUALITY: Bisexual

NAMEDAY: 6th Sun, 4th AM

GUARDIAN: Rhalgr

RELATIVES: Garren (father, ☠)
Lyra (mother, ☠)
Westor (brother, ☠)
Harvard (brother)
Hrathi (???)

◉ L I K E S

● Trashy romance novels.

● Cheap, terrible wine.

● Flattery and praise.

● Costa del Sol.

● Pet names.

◉ D I S L I K E S

● Small, enclosed spaces.

● Clingy, over-sensitive people.

● Chains.

● Ul'dah.

● Guns.

◉ S T R E N G T H S

● CHARISMATIC. A beautiful, confident woman: what could be better?

● MANIPULATIVE. Skilled at turning people to her side, even if only temporarily.

● RUTHLESS. Nothing ever comes without a price and she is not afraid to pay it.

● PRAGMATIC. In action, simplicity is best, even if it may be brutal.

● ADEPT. There is magic in her blood and someday, it shall flourish.

◉ W E A K N E S S E S

● PROUD. Often, she cannot see her errors or missteps until it is far too late.

● UNFORGIVING. Grudges will be remembered for life; never forgive, never forget.

● EGOCENTRIC. Her own wants and goals are paramount, with few exceptions.

● VOLATILE. Little patience, less mercy.

● ADDICT. It is only a matter of time before a problem looks like a solution.

R E L A T I O N S

>> SAXON THORNE ( ✔ )

Whatever happened to that woman he spoke of...? I wonder if he ever approached her. ... Likely not.

>> ROEN DENEITH ( ○ )

What am I going to tell her?

>> GHAREN WOLFSONG ( ... )

I did this.

>> OSRIC MELKIRE ( ✔ )

That the jackal should hunt with the peiste... Oh, it almost feels nostalgic. I only pray he does not come to suffer for it.

>> COATLEQUE CROFTE ( ○ )

Discarded and replaced... but at least he lives. There must be some comfort in knowing.

>> KAGE KIRYUU ( ✔ )

What a strange friend you have made, my dear. How many would be so loyal to you? How many others have been? No one long for the world, at least. Pray look after this one. He is a good man.

>> KIHT JAKKYA ( ○ )

The honored Huntress. Apparently better connected than I previously thought. More than she seems, surely: a woman of strength and tenacity from what I have seen thus far.

>> FRANZ RENATUS ( ○ )

Kiryuu insists on being distrustful but I do not think he sees the bigger picture. If can actually do something about the affliction, then it would be worth our while to stay in his good graces.

>> RAELISANNE BANUREIN ( ✖ )

How does one go from an Isghardian house to a Garlean laboratory? Banishment? ... does it matter? The Pale One moves through her warrior and there is no telling if there are others like him.

>> JAMESON TAEROS ( ○ )

Alive, and far from where I expected. Betrothed. I wonder...

>> EDDA EGLANTINE ( ○ )

Was she... at Melkire's wedding? Roen's friend. And now, set to wed Taeros... What a strange turn.

>> SHAELEN STORMCHILD ( ✖ )

A damned good shot. Must return the favor someday.

>> U'ROH TIA ( ○ )

Another of his students. Hardly asked any questions, and was more than happy to talk. That could be problematic... but I think he will be of help either way. We shall see.

>> EVANGELINE PRIMROSE ( ✔ )

How Gharen came to know this one is beyond me, but I am grateful that she thinks well enough of him to help.

>> S'KIEAR GRIMSONG ( ✔ )

He is fortunate to have her. He is fortunate to have so many who care.

>> NAHARE RAHZ ( ○ )

I pray he treats her well. Better than well.

>> THE NAMELESS WARRIOR ( ✖ )

He breathes, yet so long as he does, so may He yet live.

R U M O R S

❝What's it ya heard about that woman? Go on, don't be shy: ain't no one listenin' but us birds, aye?❞ - Insufferable Gossip

❝There was to be a trial and a hanging. She only attended one. It was another who hung that day, I swear on my mother's grave. That woman should be dead.❞ - Ragged Refugee

❝She's got all sorts under her thumb, she does. Brass Blades, Immortal Flames, even Sultansworn if you'd believe it. If what they say is true then it's probably for her own good. Friends in high places, was it?❞ - Nosy Know-It-All

❝Dark times for me, for a lot of people who weren't quite in their right minds. But I swear, I've seen her before... We'd meet, you see, and pray together. I think I've seen her.❞ - Pale Penitent

❝No, I ain't dealin'. But I know someone who does. She gives him business now and again - maybe once a moon or so, sometimes twice, never buys too much. But repeats are repeats, you know what I'm sayin'?❞ - Knowledgeable Ne'er-Do-Well

❝The dose makes the poison. In the right quantities, we call 'em cures.❞ - Osric Melkire

❝Ever heard of the moth drawn to the flame?❞ - Kahn'a Ohditra

❝The poison vine breeds the sweetest wine.❞ - Chokho Viqqoh

❝I trust her. I leave my brother's fate, his very life in her hands. They are far more capable than mine. And... I trust her. Do not ask me why."❞ - Roen Deneith

❝I got the looks and the brains. Sis? She got me! Clearly she is the lucky one. But joking aside,some bonds are thicker than blood. I swore once I'd be willing to die for her, and that hasn't changed. You fuck with my sis, you fuck with me and my boomstick. Less you are literally fucking her. In that case, she on her own. But seriously. She wants you dead, I'll kill you for her. For free.❞ - S'Kiear Grimsong

❝Foolish it may be to expose me back to her, but if'n you dare lay a hand on her you shall answer to me. Me and my axe. Now leave her in peace. She deserves some rest.❞ - Kage Kiryuu

❝She has impeccable taste in both wine and men. A pity the both cannot be shared."❞ - Coatleque Crofte

❝The Bewitching One is cunning and cautious, This One shall have keep her off balance and questioning her every action.❞ - Nameless Warrior

❝A fine example of dignity, manners, and concealed devilry. One might compare her to the assassin's poison at the King's coronation and be perfectly accurate in their assessment. Tis a tragedy her sibling did not receive her finesse.❞ - Jin'li Epinoch

❝"A interrresting woman, caught up with her in Fallgourd after leaving Ishgarrrd for a time. Before I had known it I was involved in the search for Gharrren. Regarrrdless, I'm not sure what to think of her yet but I can say this. She seems... trustworthy, at the same time... not. It's harrrd to put to worrrds."❞ - U'roh Tia

● REMI MARCINEAUX. Missing, suspected dead. A Conjurer of the Stillglade Fane, he was assigned to assist "Curator" Delial Grimsong of a small Ul'dahn house of antiquities in the research of a particular ominous relic. Following an incident in the guild archives, Grimsong fled to the Shroud. She has been spotted in Gridania and the surrounding areas of the Shroud recently, albeit without Marxineaux or the relic in question. May have had an accomplice, suspected to have been a male hyur.

● AYLARD GREYARM. Kidnapped and murdered. A drifter later discovered to have been the leader of a cell of Ala Mhigan refugees was found dismembered and mostly eaten by wildlife. A merchant travelling to Vesper Bay noticed several carrion birds gathered in the waters of the Silent King making short work of hyur remains. The victim had been dead for at least a sun. His internal organs were not found.

● A FISHERMAN (name withheld). Murdered. Similar to the case of Aylard Greyarm, a fisherman living in Crescent Cove, Thanalan, was found dismembered and stuffed into the drawers of an armoire of a house suspected to be one of many Garlean safehouses in the area. Other local residents were reluctant to comment in any meaningful manner.

● GHAREN WOLFSONG. Kidnapped. The victim disappeared not long after Aylard Greyarm and was not seen again until some time after, during which Wolfsong suffered great physical and mental distress. Explicit details of this incident are scarce as the victim, though he was recovered, seems to generally avoid the city states and their respective Grand Company officers and law enforcement.

● ASKIER MERGREY. Assaulted with intent to kill. A violent physical confrontation was witnessed by several adventurers travelling through Camp Drybone and was brought to a halt by several of Mergrey's allies. She was held briefly but ultimately released within a few suns without further punishment.

● ITARLIHT SYHRKOENSYN. Murdered The mercenary was found to have kidnapped two individuals and was brought to Crescent Cove to negotiate their release. It is said that Grimsong, who was to leave with Syhrkoensyn in self-imposed exile, killed him instead. His body was not recovered.

● HROCH GREYARM. Kidnapped, maimed. A young man known to be the son of Resistance member Aylard Greyarm was reportedly held as ransom for an undetermined third party. The circumstances surrounding the incident remain unknown. Greyarm was released into the custody of said third party alive but sans two fingers off his left hand.

H O O K S

◉ ALA MHIGAN RESISTANCE
When the civil war hit, Delial took to the Garlean side of the conflict as a staunch supporter of Gaius van Baelsar and actively hunted groups or single members of the Resistance movement. Ultimately a botched mission would end in her capture and subsequent removal from Ala Mhigo to an undetermined camp in the wilds of Coerthas, where she was to be interrogated and executed. Someone from that particular group might have learned that Delial Grimsong (or Delial Kinslayer as she was also known) still lives. Supporters of the Resistance or around Ul'dah could also become aware of her presence, and of her hand in crippling another cell in Thanalan.

◉ THE LAMBS OF DALAMUD
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◉ STILLGLADE FANE
A member of the Conjurer's Guild has been missing for many, many moons and there was a woman matching Delial's description who remains suspect in his disappearance. A woman supposedly representing the scholarly pursuits of an old Ul'dahn house of relics and antiquities had been in his company and requested to procure a certain item out of the Conjurer's archives for research - an item of somewhat dubious nature which has also since gone missing. The nature of the item remains undisclosed.

◉ ARRZANETH OSSUARY
The Highlander is a recurrent figure in the Ul'dahn scene and lately she seems to have taken an interest in the Guild. If asked, the registrar there might vaguely suggest she had been a student of a student before but that her studies had soon been abandoned and the woman had practically vanished from their halls. She might also suggest contemptuously that the same woman has been sniffing about the place again, asking after books of disquieting nature. The gall of that hyur!

G A L L E R Y

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  By Dwen (NSFW)

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M I S C

◉ OUTSIDE LINKS

● K I N S L A Y E R - An IC/Inspiration tumblr. Has some NSFW content (sexual imagery/blood and gore).

● GRIMSONG FANMIX - A Youtube playlist.

◉ PLOTS AND WRITTEN WORKS

● LEGACY OF BLOOD - A Resistance cell and the women who hunt them. (Collaborative effort with a ton of cool cats.)

● NOTHING WITHOUT COST - The sum of everything is you.

● BALMUNG BULLETIN BOARD - Gotta find the entries! (1), (2), (3), (etc)

◉ MISC

● FACECLAIM - A toss-up between Brenda Costa (NSFW!) and Emanuela De Paula (still kinda NSFW!).

● VOICECLAIM - The lovely Mary Elizabeth McGlynn.

● CREDIT - Layout clobbered together by cuideag. Artwork courtesy of dieciaem - thank you so much!