Dex Swiftsteel

☠ Evelyn 'Dex' Masker "Money never lies." Dex is Hydaelyn's richest and most vainglorious Sky Pirate of the Seventh Astral Era... At least, that's what she'd like to be, but she still has a long way to go before she can rule the skies for certain. Born and raised into a loving La Noscean family, she was once the Maelstrom's youngest navigator before she quit her job to seek something more rewarding and fulfilling. Tragedy struck her after hearing about 'bandits living in the sky' pillaging helpless travellers, for when she set her course for the Sea of Clouds to stop them, she too was also robbed of eveything she carried. Despite the horrible event, it was only a mere setback to Dex. Reinvigorated into a hardy and strong-willed tech lover, building her own airships and trinkets, she quickly took up the new life of Sky Piracy with the aspiration to reclaim all she lost, and gain more in the process. Nickname(s) Dex Stormfang, Legless Sparrow, Lady of the Clouds, Storm Queen, Stormbringer Race Miqo'hyur Clan Highlander of the Moon Age 34 Nameday 28th Sun of the 5th Astral Moon Deity Oschon, the Wanderer Marital Status Single/Non-commital Occupation Sky Pirate, Airship Pilot, Airship Engineer Height 4 fulm 10 ilms Weight 130 ponze Orientation Hetro/Demisexual Alignment Chaotic Good

AppearancePersonalityBiographyRumoursRelationshipsOOC

General ☠

Evelyn Masker - more commonly known as Dex to strangers - is an unusually short, but strong woman. She was originally a Highlander, but her recent hormonal therapies and biological surgery has shifted her appearace to that of a Miqo'te. She is pale in skin tone, with dark red hair and amber eyes. Dex has an hourglass figure, but because she works out on a regular basis around cardio and weightlifting in the mornings, she has defined muscles, similar to the build of an athlete. An example of her build can be found here.

Markings & Scars ☠

The most notiable features of Dex is her magitek-infused arms and legs, replacing the stumps that she had lost from her adventures across Hydaelyn. While the limbs work most of the time, Dex can suffer from join pain, disfunction and internal wiring issues. Over the course of her life, she has obtained one long scar down her right eye and many scars over the abdomen, arms and back which differ in size, length and direction. They are easily visible when clothing is not covering them. She has ceruleum burns all down her left side of her body and over her left cheek beneath the eye. Dex's red tattooes over her eyes have been removed and now reminents of red ink lay over that area. Recently, Dex has obtained bio-engineered Miqo'te ears and tail with surgical scars to suit.

Clothing ☠

Dex has a different outfit for different occasions, be it casual or formal. Her style is consistantly flamboyant with splashes of reds, whites and golds. She used to be seen wearing silvers and fancier coats to assert her image as a Sky Pirate. If one is lucky, however, they may catch her in her 'gym' clothing or even more rarely, snugly pink pyjamas.

Voice ☠

Being a confident and vocal person, Dex almost loves the sound of her own voice and often makes it sound quirky, croaky or cracked for emphisised expression on her current mood. Her vocals are low, but not deep. One of her surprising talents is being able to sing slow jazz-esque sailor songs with ease, having sang so often back in her Maelstrom days. Voice claim for Dex (Laura Bailey).

Habits ☠

(WIP)

Dex is confident, cocky and reckless. As a hot-headed fighter for freedom and progress, the overzealous Sky Pirate always follows her own mind and sorts situations out her way. Dex can be irratable if she remains on the ground for too long and she takes solace in higher places. She is an adrenaline junkie if it is not apparent already from her numerous injuries obtained from her endevours, enjoying free-falling when she isn't cooped in her company workshop.

Despite Dex being a brash individual in the eyes of many, she a deeply caring woman who is pensive at heart. Her reckless and self-damaging behaviour counteracts the melancholic state she endures frequently. Constantly worrying over the health and wellbeing of her closest friends, she will sacrifice herself for their safety no matter the cost.

LIKES ♦ Drinking ♦ Machinery ♦ Building things ♦ Shooting things ♦ Airships ♦ Adventuring ♦ Danger ♦ The Gold Saucer ♦ Singing

DISLIKES ♦ Long-term relationship commitments ♦ Marriage ♦ Corrupted Bandits/Pirates ♦ Overly pompous/prissy people ♦ Liars ♦ Members of the Garlean Empire ♦ Lawful Authority ♦ Vundu Beastribe ♦ The Quicksand ♦ Magic

FEARS ♦ Losing her humanity ♦ Losing her friends ♦ Thunder ♦ Crabs ♦ Children Dying ♦ Burning alive ♦ Remaining on the ground too long ♦ Imprisonment

OTHER ♦ Positive Traits: Adventurous, Charismatic, Insightful, Organized, Passionate, Skillful ♦ Negative Traits: Angry, Coarse, Destructive, Erratic, Indulgent, Sadistic ♦ Favorite Food: Spaghetti Carbonara ♦ Favorite Drink: Whiskey ♦ Favorite Color: Wine Red

Childhood ☠

Dex's childhood is something that she doesn't often speak of due to being mistrusting of others. That being said, it is more than likely that Dex had lived a good life with her family on the farms of Lower La Noscea, keeping her nose out of trouble and living as Evelyn Masker. Her love for travelling on ships with her grandfather sparked her aspiration to become her very own captain of the ship at the age of seven summers old, to which one thing lead to another and she ended up becoming one of the Maelstrom's successful navigators by time she hit eighteen summers old.

Teenage ☠

After a few years, Evelyn grew bored of being told where to dock the ships and how to turn starboard at whatever degree and she quit her job to move onto living in the colder regions of Coerthas after hearing rumours of 'bandits living in the sky' pillaging the less fortunate. This lead the Highlander to take up arms and fight against these so-called bandits, only to be robbed of her goods herself. Despite the terror she witnessed, Evelyn couldn't help but feel at home in the skies of the Sea of Clouds. Not only did she want to prove her worth in the new environment, she also wanted her stuff back from the bandits and vowed to return again one day.

Defeated and without a coin to spare, Evelyn regressed to living in the Brume with the poorest Elezen lowborns. On the verge of starving, she began to beg across the Foundation for food. She accidentally came across a man with a gun making his way back to the Skysteel Manufactory, which piqued Evelyn's interest. Looking through the cracks of the entrance doors and peeking through the slightly steamed windows, Evelyn was welcomed to the sight of steam, metal and pistons pumping in a choreographed dance of progress. A fire lit inside her and she wanted to learn everything about what she witnessed. To her surprise, Evelyn was welcomed by Stephanivien, the founder of the Skysteel Manufactory and the job he dubs 'Machinist'. She was taken under his wing for another five years, learning the arts of heandling fire arms, while conducting private research into machines and their adaptation to life in Eorzea and other continents. Evelyn eventually leaves the Skysteel in pursuit of the skies, realising her true happiness lay there for her whilst also remembering the vow she made. However, to mark the begining of her new life of 'piracy', Stephanivien gifted Evelyn her very own mana-cutter ship and she was piloting the vehicle in no time. Since then, Evelyn vanished. There had been no mention of her since she left all those years ago; not a single soul knew of her whereabouts or her lifestyle. All that was known was the rumour of a mysterious 'Legless Sparrow' roaming the skies.

Present ☠

AS OF 3.56 - On her travels in Eorzea, she was offered a great sum of Gil by a miner to return her items and linkpearl to a home by the name of The Blades. When she arrived at the place, she was quickly whisked into a job by Valirelia Hirano and Nataru Hirano. The task that involved dark magic, lawbreaking and not at all a hero's work. Dex eagerly accepted the task with Gil being her ultimate motivation. It was then that she was offered a place with the Blades serving them as their mercenery for a sweet wage. Although Dex initially was skeptical about working for others, she agreed to join them. Some time after whilst pondering in the dark of the Quicksand, she bumped into another Sky Pirate by the name of Lukas Madrazo, to which began the new era of adventures for her. At first, she was her usual cocky self around the likes of Madrazo, Hirano and others in both groups but over time, she has settled into a newfound feeling of brotherhood.

AS OF 4.0 - Dex hatched a plan to travel to Ala Mhigo in hopes of striking it rich. However, her entire endevour backfired when she was attacked by Garleans, bringing down her ship from the skies. She survived the crash, only to come face to face with the soldiers defenseless. In a desperatebid to escapse, Dex used one of her ceruleum tanks from her shins to blast the soldiers to smitherines, leaving her burned on her left side to the point where her face was scarred and her left arm disintergrated. Since then, along with the shocking sights of child deaths in the war, Dex had gone into hiding. For so long, she had closed herself off to her own group of friends, wallowing in the misery of losing more than she had bargained for, even deciding to leave The Blades out of shame. It wasn't until weeks later that she eventually came around and decided to get back onto her feet, reliving her dream of being the richest Sky Pirate in Dravania.

AS OF 4.05 - Dex returns to the Red Shop, the homeplace of Team Red - founded by Lukas. She asked him to allow her to build herself replacements using his workshop and he abided, to which he extended an offer to her of becoming Team Red's official lead engineer. Taken aback by his offer, Dex accepted and began to become prideful of her place in the team. Dex was happy with life, however it was clear her experiences with Ala Mhigo drove her to be more aggressive to the point of not caring for her own wellbeing. She had regular scuffs against Lukas' teasing and her anger lead her into volatile situations against him, despite having developed a strong bond. A heated argument caused her to reconsider her actions and her plan for the future. Dex began a new process of opening up and trusting Lukas and his mates, breaking down her walls and allowing her true name to come into fruitition, much to her initial protest.

After much debate, Dex attempted to solve her problem of being limbless by manufactoring megitek limbs to fuse with her body. She spent a night drinking strong alcohol and numbing potions and operated on herself, however the procedure resulted in Dex losing a lot of blood and botching the fusion. It wasn't until Suuka Haishin stumbled into the company workshop to find her dying and out of her mind, as he contacted the linkpearl for assistance despite being in major distress. Rayla Black responded first and enters and attempted to heal Dex of her wounds, but to no avail. Eventually a medic named Crezelle Dullclaw and Kri'sie Crimson'lion arrived to assist with saving Dex from total fatality.

Dex was taken to the infirmary where she remained for some days to recover, until Kri came with news that there was someone who was able to help her attach the limb professionally. Overjoyed, Dex welcomed this stranger named Marcus. He operated on her whilst Kri assisted once again, and the operation was successful. She awoke to a megitek limb attached to her left arm and it overwhelmed her with joy. Eventually, she appointed the same doctor to grant her magitek legs to replace her prosthetics, rendering her technically fully limbed again.

Some time after recovering, Dex felt that she lost sight of the woman she yearned to be all those years ago; a ruthless Sky Pirate questing to be the richest of them all. Without a warning, she informed Team Red and Suuka of her departure and headed to the Sea of Clouds on the same day. She resided in the Clouds, looting whatever remained on the floating islands and attempted to reconnect with a distant ally, Leofard of the Redbills. She was successful in doing so.

She returned to the Red Shop as a meaner and leaner Sky Pirate. However upon her return, she finds out very quickly that most of her close friends have made dramatically dark decisions. Rayla grew increasingly aggressive towards her past business partners and in turn this made Dex become extremely wary of her presence and actions. Not only this, but her paranoia caused her to be aggressive towards her boss, Lukas. She aimed her anger at his carefee antics and even herself for allowing her heart to fall for him. She decided to close herself off from everyone around her, except Suuka who had become her main priority.

Sometime after, Dex encountered Harzonald Nonofono one day at the Grindstone tournament and thanks to this, the hyur suddenly found herself in a whole different dimension of discovery and adventure. She fell in love with the man rather quickly and she shared this with her close friends for advice on how to handle her sudden attraction to him. Eventually, she managed to confess to him of her feelings and in turn, she received more than what she bargained for; she learned of his purpose of his existence involving the revival of his wife, which contributed to Dex's continuous downfall of her emotional state.

AS OF 4.1 - Struggling with her own emotions flaring over the loss of another relationship, she finally snapped when Lukas sold off the shop she worked in and all of her projects within it. Dex felt utterly betrayed by her boss and refused to engage with any of her friends. Unable to speak of what she knows of Harzonald for fear of sounding crazy, along with the reminder of the loss of her former mentor, Lukas' abandoning and the mistrust in Ray, the lost freelancing engineer contemplated taking her own life with the belief that there was nothing else for her to carry on.

Suuka encouraged Dex to participate in an early All Saints Wake event in Lower La Noscea in a bid to cheer her up. Dex complied and arrived in a black armoured costume, readying to partake in the costume competition, however, her lack of funds to cater to Suuka's needs caused his friend, Ulfarr Reddwing to have her work under his stead for the night in exchange for repaying him money for the drinks that Suuka wanted to purchase. As the night progressed, Dex became involved in solving a robbery, to which the culprit and the cash could not be found. Dex at that moment felt completely useless, despite keeping up her mood for the Au Ra lady who was the victim that night. The costume competition arrived and Dex managed to squeeze into the line-up last minute for the spookiest catagory. She unexpectingly won first prize of one hundred thousand gil, instantly placing her back into comfortable funding. She was able to pay Ulfarr back in expense.

Dex had a case full of money and decided to seek something in Hingashi that she believed was missing in Eorzea as an alternitive to taking her own life. Suuka protested for her to stay, but the hyur's mind was made up. Dex arrived in Kugane no less than a sun after with the case and the clothes on her back. With the money in hand, she eventually set up a home within the Goten Kobai apartments in Shirogane, immigrating herself into the culture of the Far East.

AS OF 4.11 - A rejuvinated Dex returned to Ul'dah with a new sense of purprose to her life after discovering EQUINOX, a magitek engineering facility and medical research institute. She quickly proved herself to be a worthy member of the team with her unique knowledge and engineering skills on airships and gunsmithing. Alongside her new place of work, she also set aside her grudge for Ray. She also reconciled with Lukas and broke her ties from Harzonald.

Dex, finally free to live her chaotic life, found herself in the troubling events of a recent airship crash, to which the vessel belonged to her free company. While deducing the cause and the reasons for the crash - simultaniously balancing her pirate work and her social life - Dex decided to undergo a great biological change to enhance herself as a means to avoid becoming useless in her old age.

AS OF 4.2 - TBC

COMMON RUMORS (easy to overhear) ♦ "That's her! The Stormbringer! The Legless Sparrow of the skies, the woman who's got mechanical boots for legs!" ♦ "The red-haired -hic- wwwoman there w-won't say no to whiskey. Seriously, ask her i-if she wants one. I mmmight just do it m-myself. -hic-" ♦ "She is something of a grease monkey. I can smell the ceruleum on her. Foul..."

MODERATE RUMORS (moderately difficult to overhear) ♦ "I heard that lass has no legs! She got them eaten by those Sahagin bastards!" ♦ "That Miqo'te consumed the tears of a wyvern in a drinking challenge, and Hells have it, she won! She chugged the damn beverage like it was nothing!" ♦ "Did you hear about what happened to her at Ala Mhigo? She lost her left arm and barely made it out of Garlean territory. Lucky to be alive, eh?"

RARE RUMORS (very difficult or rarely overheard) ♦ "I can't imagine her being a parent type, ye know? Yet I've heard she's great with kids." ♦ "Yeah, I've harked to all the stories about her legs. After some... Financial persuasion, she confessed to having them cut them altogether for kicks. She's a fucking lunatic." ♦ "She calls herself Dex, but I caught her stating her real name once. Evelyn. I don't understand why she has to hide such a beautiful name..."

PC RUMORS (rumors from the characters of other players) ♦ "If yer havin' airship trouble, Dex here's yer girl!" - Lukas Madrazo ♦ "A-after hearing about her legs...I-I can't help but think about w-what kind of sweets she stores in them...s-she can do that right?" - Suuka Haishin ♦ N/A

♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Sexual Interest ♥ Platonic Love ✓ Good Standing ○ Neutral Standing ✗ Poor Standing ⚔ Rival 🕱 Deceased

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♥♥ Lukas Madrazo - Dex and Lukas share a very chaotic history during the time that they've known each other. They enjoy each other's comapny as much as they regularly scuffle over both major and minor things. Above all else, Dex is proud to know a loyal and trustworthy man and considers him as her closest, most beloved friend.

♥ Suuka Haishin - Dex finds Suuka the 'Noodle Fish Boy' adorable, much to his dismay. She sees him as a little brother she never had and gets very defensive over his wellbeing most of the time. Although she does tease him, she understands that she owes him her life for saving her from certain death on one occassion.

⚔○ Rayla Black - When it comes to Ray, Dex just doesn't know when she's going to get along with her or want to tear her eyeball out from her skull. She generally keeps it neutral unless one of her other friends is affected gravely by her antics, or she crosses the moral line that conflicts with Dex's.

✓ Kri'sie Crimson'lion - A thicc Roegadyn with a likemindedness to Dex, the pair get along uncannily well, even at different ends of the lawful spectrum. One thing that they definitely share a passion for is adventure and keeping strong. She sees Kri as the big polyamorous auntie when Dex is going through troubles - be it romance or finance.

⚔ Augustus Yandral - Augustus and Dex were the dynamic duo of the Black Sparrows. Augustus found her alone on one of the islands in the Sea of Clouds and saw potential in her to grow into a foolhardy Sky Pirate - where after many months of blood, sweat and tears - Dex earned her title of 'Legless Sparrow'. It's believed by Dex that Augustus had died in an airship crash in the Dravanian Hinterlands six years ago.

✓ Auron Savaris - Auron and Dex go way back since bumping into each other at the Quicksands. Some awkward occassions arise between the two whenever they attempt to hang out, but overall, they maintain a respectful, friendly relationship.

○ Harzonald Nonofono - Dex met Harzonald at the Grindstone whilst he accompanyed Suuka as a member of the audience, showing disinterest in the event altogether. Dex couldn't help but find the man mysterious and enjoyed his company greatly as they shared a passion for technology. They once formed a relationship, but it quickly ended when Dex realised that she couldn't commit to him. They both agreed to be friendly around each other, but trust was lost between them.

♥♥ Ryanti Veanysus - Not long after joining the Equinox Free Company, Dex found herself at the authorative mercy of Ryanti, having been forced to participate in an invention showcase. Despite being caught off guard by his sudden businessman approach, she found an unique solace in his wisdom and manner to life. She considers him to be the only authorative figure that she respects and holds him in her highest regard.

⚔♥ Thresh Meiroulf - Dex accidentally bumped into Thresh one night at the Quicksand while mistaking him for a woman. Within minutes after a drink shared between them, they both demonstrated fondness for each other. However, the ginger man admitted his past endevours of enslaving and turning in pirates for a hefty sum, bringing Dex to an overly wary distrust about his motives. Dex is unsure of how to proceed with the friendship as of now.

♥♥ Dorian Hawke - Dex and Dorian are business partners, aiding one another in their own goals. However, the pair get along like a house on fire, both having worked in the Skysteel Manufactory and refining their mastery in technology to this day. They both match each other's charm, love for compeition, freedom and taking over the world one bullet hole at a time. She thinks of him as a good friend and values his loyalty and honesty.

Notes ☠

■ I will play mature content and themes (violence, sexuality, drug / alcohol use) as long as they're logical in a plot-driven encounter. Erotic roleplay as long as they're logical in a plot-driven encounter. Coarse and excessive language. Temporary injury and incapacitation. Temporary imprisonment. Most walk-up encounters.

■ Ask about long-term relationship roleplay, long-term and/or permanent injury and disfigurement. Long-term captivity or imprisonment.

■ I won't play permanent character death or rape plots.

■ If an aspect of RP makes you uncomfortable in a scene we're playing, please send me a /tell, letting me know. Communication is very important, more important than potentially keeping immersion.

■ Everything in history tab is to be kept in OOC, unless my character states it IC.

In-Game ☠

■ Time Zone: EU UTC+00:00 GMT

■ Server: Balmung

■ Discord: [DEX]#2847

Outgoing Links ☠

Music: Dex's Theme

Character Tropes: Sky Pirate | Artificial Limbs | Sir Swearsalot | Badass Boast

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