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{{Infobox-character
 
| name = Diamanda Argentum
 
| name = Diamanda Argentum
| image = Ashelia_Profile.png
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| image = 2018-12-04 - Diamanda - Castrum Oriens 02.png
 
| imagewidth = 300
 
| imagewidth = 300
 
| caption =  
 
| caption =  
 
| title = Diamanda jen Argentum
 
| title = Diamanda jen Argentum
 
| gender = Female
 
| gender = Female
| citizenship = Garlemald
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| citizenship = Garlean
 
| race = Garlean/[[Hyur]] Hybrid
 
| race = Garlean/[[Hyur]] Hybrid
| clan =  
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| clan = None
 
| stat_1 = Place of Birth
 
| stat_1 = Place of Birth
 
| stat_1_value = Garlemald
 
| stat_1_value = Garlemald
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| stat_3_value = 4th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon<br>(Age: 25)
 
| stat_3_value = 4th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon<br>(Age: 25)
 
| stat_4 = Occupation
 
| stat_4 = Occupation
| stat_4_value = Magitek Engineer, Airship Pilot, Machinist
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| stat_4_value = Sky Pirate
 
| stat_5 = Pronunciation
 
| stat_5 = Pronunciation
 
| stat_5_value = "ˈdi.əˈmændə arˈɡen.tum"
 
| stat_5_value = "ˈdi.əˈmændə arˈɡen.tum"
 
}}
 
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Born a "cen" in the imperial capital of Garlemald to parents who supported the empire, [[Diamanda Argentum]] attended the Magitek Academy and, upon graduating, became a "jen" in the XIVth Imperial Legion. Gifted at working with magitek from a young age, she was an exceptional young engineer who looked up to Cid nan Garlond as her idol. Horrified by the ramifications proposed by Garlemald's "Meteor Project," Adamantia defected from the imperial army and contacted Garlond Ironworks in 1572 of the Sixth Astral Era.
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:''This young sky pirate seeks a life of freedom and adventure in the untamed skies.''
  
Since the Calamity, she has come to look up to Jessie Jaye as a mentor figure, learning much from the interim leader of the Ironworks as an engineer over the five years of Cid's absence. It was with help from Jessie that she crafted a set of magitek-augmented gear as well as a magitek repeater akin to those crafted by her mentor for Rowena's House of Splendors. Due to her skill as a gunner, Adamantia often seeks to lend her aid to the realm not only as an engineer, but as a combatant on the side of Eorzea.
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Born a half-breed "bas" in the imperial capital of Garlemald, [[Diamanda Argentum]] attended the Magitek Academy and, upon graduating, became a "jen" in the XIVth Imperial Legion. Gifted at working with magitek from a young age, she was an exceptional young engineer who was overlooked in favor of her pureblood peers. Horrified by the ramifications of Garlemald's "Meteor Project," Diamanda defected from the imperial army and joined Garlond Ironworks throughout the Seventh Umbral Era.
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Towards the end of the Seventh Umbral Era, she left the Ironworks' employ and became an adventurer, eventually joining the Immortal Flames and taking part in Operation Archon. She had some success as a treasure hunter in the Diadem, exploring the Sea of Clouds on her manacutter airship the ''Delphinus''. Through this, she earned the label "sky pirate." More recently, she aided the Eorzean Alliance throughout Rhalgr's Beacon and has recently been seen on the warfront at the Ghimlyt Dark.
  
 
===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Appearance</div>===
 
===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Appearance</div>===
  
"A bloody genius, I am. And not half bad looking."
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[[File:Ironworks Symbol 2.png|thumbnail|left|The Garlond Ironworks symbol is tattooed on Diamanda's right thigh.]]
''—Adamantia Argentum''
 
  
[[File:Ironworks Symbol 2.png|thumbnail|left|The Ironworks symbol is tattooed on Adamantia's right arm.]]
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Small of build and stature, Diamanda Argentum is an unimposing Midlander woman who stands at five-fulms-and-four-ilms tall and weighs no more than 120 ponze. While she has some tone to her arm and back muscles from years of archery and engineering, her skin is mostly smooth and soft. Her most distinguishing feature is a long scar drawn across the bridge of her nose, which she received during her time in the imperial army. She also has a tattoo of a gyrodrive wreathed in flames—the Garlond Ironworks symbol—emblazoned upon her right thigh.
  
Small of build and stature, Adamantia Argentum is an unimposing Midlander woman who stands at five-fulms-and-four-ilms tall and weighs no more than 120 ponze. While she has some tone to her arm and back muscles from years of archery and engineering, her skin is mostly smooth and soft. Her most distinguishing feature is a long scar drawn across the bridge of her nose, which she received during her time in the imperial army. She also has a tattoo of a gyrodrive wreathed in flames—the Garlond Ironworks symbol—emblazoned upon her right arm.
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Because of her work, her clothing and face can sometimes become stained with grease. While she's typically very clean, the smell of machinery and ceruleum tends to hang around her. For the sake of ease, she doesn't wear a lot of makeup, just some eyeliner and lip gloss that can be quickly reapplied if smudged. A spiky mess of straight, platinum blonde hair sits atop Diamanda's head. A spiky fringe frames the right side of her face, covering her right eye slightly.
 
 
Wearing a bright smile and filled with a youthful enthusiasm obvious from one look into her deep, blue eyes, Adamantia often has a skip in her step. Because of her work, her clothing and face can sometimes become stained with grease. While she's typically very clean, the smell of machinery and ceruleum tends to hang around her. For the sake of ease, she doesn't wear a lot of makeup, just some eyeliner and lip gloss that can be quickly reapplied if smudged.
 
 
 
A spiky mess of straight, blonde hair sits atop Adamantia's head. The majority is spiked backwards save for the hair at the nape of her neck, which is brushed down. A spiky fringe frames the right side of her face, covering her right eye slightly. Her hair is typically clean, as she washes it often, but it can sometimes become greasy if she neglects to wash up. She keeps any other body hair shaved using a special tool of her own invention.
 
 
 
Because she works with her hands, Adamantia sometimes suffers blisters on her fingers and keeps her nails cut short. She paints them occasionally, but the nail polish tends to chip off soon after. She tends to wear very little jewelry, despite being a skilled goldsmith, but is fond of leather necklaces with feathers attached.
 
  
 
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<div style="padding:5px 10px;background: #BEC3BC;font-size:13px;color:#5F5F5F;">''Outfits''</div></b>
 
<div style="padding:5px 10px;background: #BEC3BC;font-size:13px;color:#5F5F5F;">''Outfits''</div></b>
  
'''Casual Wear:'''
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'''Sky Pirate's Armor of Aiming:'''
 
 
: For everyday wear, Adamantia prefers to wear items made of Garlean fabrics not often seen outside of imperially-annexed provinces. One of her more common outfits is a sleeveless, plum purple sweater that zips up to the neck worn over a sleeveless, snow white vest fastened at the waist with brown leather. Her pair of loam brown shorts covers very little of her legs, and the bark brown skirt with an acorn brown belt only covers about the first quarter of her thighs.
 
 
 
: An elbow-length sleeve covers Adamantia's lower left arm, and a pair of leather bands decorates her upper right arm. Both her hands are protected by a pair of fingerless, Othard blue leather gloves with golden knuckles and pair of black boots are strapped to her feet. Lastly, a rose-colored satchel sits on her left thigh, wrapped around her waist, and a glowing, magitek shoulderguard of Adamantia's own design decorates her left shoulder.
 
  
'''Expeditioner's Outfit:'''
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: Crafted for Diamanda during her time in the Sea of Clouds, this outfit features a sleeveless vest and pair of shorts woven from cloud cotton. The garments are affixed with an amphiptere leather belt and baldric, adorned with titanium buckles and a matching choker and armbands. Sturdy pterodactyl leather gloves and boots adorn her hands, the boots inlaid with softer amphiptere hide and the gloves with silk. A stylish leather beret completes the ensemble, as well as a matching pair of silver earrings. Diamanda typically carries a cobalt-barreled carbine rifle with this outfit.
 
 
: Adamantia wears a thick, long-sleeved antique leather tabard over her chest. Buckled at her waist, the brown garments tuck into the pair of matching gloves covering her hands. Various necklaces decorate the opening of her collar, the most noticeable one set with a blue feather.
 
 
 
: The outfit cuts off at her thighs, revealing part of her matching pantalettes, with frilled cloth adorning its right side. She usually keeps her binoculars and canteen attached to the tabard. Antique leather thighboots, Adamantia's favored footwear, reveal only the barest of her inner thighs.
 
  
 
'''Ironworks Engineer Uniform:'''
 
'''Ironworks Engineer Uniform:'''
  
: The attire of the Garlond Ironworks includes an black engineer's doublet with white trimmings worn over a long-sleeved, blue shirt, a pair of black slops, black thighboots with white plating from the knee down, a pair of fingerless gloves, and welder's goggles. It's designed for ease of movement and functionality so as not to hinder the engineer's work. Its made to be practical whether on the battlefield or in the workshop.
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: The attire of the Garlond Ironworks includes an black engineer's doublet with white trimmings worn over a long-sleeved, blue shirt, a pair of black slops, black thighboots with white plating from the knee down, a pair of fingerless gloves, and welder's goggles. It's designed for ease of movement and functionality so as not to hinder the engineer's work.
  
'''Ironworks Machinist Armor:'''
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'''Ironworks Armor of Aiming:'''
  
[[File:Ashelia Ironworks Aiming.jpg|thumbnail|right]]
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[[File:Diamanda_Ironworks_Aiming.png|200px|thumbnail|right]]
  
: Forged of wootz steel and wolfram and based on the brilliant designs of Jessie Jaye often found available for sale in Revenant's Toll, Adamantia forged this suit of Ironworks Aiming armor herself. Every individual piece was painstakingly built in an effort to emulate her idol's handiwork, and her own skill is displayed in every lovingly-crafted ilm of the outfit.
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: Forged of wootz steel and wolfram and based on the brilliant designs of Jessie Jaye often found available for sale in Revenant's Toll, Diamanda forged this suit of Ironworks Aiming armor herself. Every individual piece was painstakingly built in an effort to emulate her idol's handiwork, and her own skill is displayed in every lovingly-crafted ilm of the outfit.
  
 
: The mask, designed with an interface that allows an easier field of vision in dark locations, rises from the eyes with a touch to the earpiece. It's made in such a way that having linkshells installed for communication is simple and convenient. The mask also protects from bright flashes and braces the neck and jaw in case of sudden assaults.
 
: The mask, designed with an interface that allows an easier field of vision in dark locations, rises from the eyes with a touch to the earpiece. It's made in such a way that having linkshells installed for communication is simple and convenient. The mask also protects from bright flashes and braces the neck and jaw in case of sudden assaults.
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: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Tinkering with magitek.
 
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Tinkering with magitek.
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Flying airships.
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: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Vehicles such as airships and her motorcycle.
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Collecting beetles.
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: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Games such as Lord of Verminion and Triple Triad.
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Playing Triple Triad.
 
 
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Forgekin and Mammets.
 
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Forgekin and Mammets.
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Sleeping for long periods.
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: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Taking long naps.
 
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Performing trick shots with her rifle.
 
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Performing trick shots with her rifle.
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Tall, snowy mountains and floating islands.
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: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Working with lost Allagan technology.
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Lost Allagan technology.
 
 
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Traveling and exploring new locations.
 
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Traveling and exploring new locations.
 
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Treasure hunting.
 
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Treasure hunting.
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: <font style="color:#5C9BD6;" size="3">■</font> People who attack civilians.
 
: <font style="color:#5C9BD6;" size="3">■</font> People who attack civilians.
 
: <font style="color:#5C9BD6;" size="3">■</font> Liars, cheaters, and thieves.
 
: <font style="color:#5C9BD6;" size="3">■</font> Liars, cheaters, and thieves.
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: <font style="color:#5C9BD6;" size="3">■</font> Having to meet deadlines.
  
 
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: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> <i>Food:</i> Rolanberry Shaved Ice
 
: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> <i>Food:</i> Rolanberry Shaved Ice
 
: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> <i>Drink:</i> Pineapple Juice
 
: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> <i>Drink:</i> Pineapple Juice
: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> <i>Color:</i> Storm Blue
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: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> <i>Colors:</i> Storm Blue, Silver, and Jet Black
 
: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> <i>Place:</i> Idyllshire
 
: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> <i>Place:</i> Idyllshire
 
: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> <i>Festival:</i> The Rising
 
: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> <i>Festival:</i> The Rising
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #6A8AC9;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Other''</div></span></b>
 
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #6A8AC9;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Other''</div></span></b>
  
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> <i>Alignment:</i> Chaotic Good
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: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> <i>Alignment:</i> Neutral Good
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> <i>Vices:</i> Laziness
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: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> <i>Vices:</i> Procrastination
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> <i>Religion:</i> None.
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: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> <i>Religion:</i> None
 
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> <i>Goal:</i> To live freely and become an engineer of Cid's caliber.
 
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> <i>Goal:</i> To live freely and become an engineer of Cid's caliber.
  
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: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Lazy
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: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Procrastination
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Rebellious
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: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Hastiness
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Willful
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: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Recklessness
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Reckless
 
: <font style="color:#5B9DFF;" size="3">■</font> Arrogant
 
  
 
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: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> Excellent markswoman.
 
: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> Excellent markswoman.
 
: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> Ace airship pilot.
 
: <font style="color:#5E9EF2;" size="3">■</font> Ace airship pilot.
 
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #6A8AC9;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Tropes''</div></span></b>
 
 
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ActionGirl Action Girl]
 
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeetleManiac Beetle Maniac]
 
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrilliantButLazy Brilliant, but Lazy]
 
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoolAirship Cool Airship]
 
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClockworkCreature ClockworkCreature]
 
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DitzyGenius Ditzy Genius]
 
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FiringOneHanded Firing One-Handed]
 
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImprobableAimingSkills Improbable Aiming Skills]
 
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Magitek Magitek]
 
: <font style="color:#6A8AC9;" size="3">■</font> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WrenchWench Wrench Wench]
 
  
 
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #5B9DFF;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Intelligence''</div></span></b>
 
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #5B9DFF;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Intelligence''</div></span></b>
  
: Adamantia is highly intelligent. As a child, she taught herself much about magitek through her father. Years of decadence in Garlemald have given her an aversion to hard work, at least without proper motivation. While she builds for the good of the realm under the Ironworks, she's generally happier to spend the day sleeping, playing Triple Triad, fiddling with her own inventions, or flying in her manacutter.
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: Diamanda is highly intelligent. As a child, she taught herself much about magitek through her father. Years of decadence in Garlemald have given her an aversion to hard work, at least without proper motivation. While she builds for the good of the realm under the Ironworks, she's generally happier to spend the day sleeping, playing Triple Triad, fiddling with her own inventions, or flying in her manacutter.
  
 
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #5C9BD6;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Quirks''</div></span></b>
 
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #5C9BD6;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Quirks''</div></span></b>
  
: Despite her intelligence, Adamantia can lack common sense in some regards. Her knowledge of Eorzea is limited at best, knowing the most about Mor Dhona, Ishgard, and Thanalan than any other locations on the map, and only where relevant to her interests. She has poor social skills due to having few meaningful relationships in her early life and can come off as something of a loner until she's comfortable with a person.
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: Despite her intelligence, Diamanda can lack common sense in some regards. Her knowledge of Eorzea is limited at best, knowing the most about Mor Dhona, Ishgard, and Thanalan than any other locations on the map, and only where relevant to her interests. She has poor social skills due to having few meaningful relationships in her early life and can come off as something of a loner until she's comfortable with a person.
  
 
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #5C9BD6;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Weapons''</div></span></b>
 
<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #5C9BD6;font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF;">''Weapons''</div></span></b>
  
: <font style="color:#5C9BD6;" size="3">■</font> Rifle
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: <font style="color:#5C9BD6;" size="3">■</font> Machinist's Arms
: <font style="color:#5C9BD6;" size="3">■</font> Magitek-Augmented Weaponry
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: <font style="color:#5C9BD6;" size="3">■</font> Gunbreaker's Arms
  
 
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<div style="padding:5px 10px;background: #BEC3BC;font-size:13px;color:#5F5F5F;">''Family''</div></b>
 
<div style="padding:5px 10px;background: #BEC3BC;font-size:13px;color:#5F5F5F;">''Family''</div></b>
  
<font style="color:#BEC3BC;" size="3">■</font>  
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<font style="color:#BEC3BC;" size="3">■</font> Albinus cen Argentum (Father)
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<font style="color:#BEC3BC;" size="3">■</font> Julia bas Argentum (Mother)
  
 
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<font style="color:#BEC3BC;" size="3">■</font> Garlean Empire
 
<font style="color:#BEC3BC;" size="3">■</font> Garlean Empire
 
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===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Affiliations</div>===
 
===<div style="padding:10px 15px; background: #BEC3BC;font-size:14px;color:#5F5F5F;">Affiliations</div>===
  
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====<div style="padding:5px 10px;background: #BEC3BC;font-size:13px;color:#5F5F5F;">''Childhood in Garlemald''</div>====
 
====<div style="padding:5px 10px;background: #BEC3BC;font-size:13px;color:#5F5F5F;">''Childhood in Garlemald''</div>====
  
[[File:Garlemald_Flag.jpg|thumb|right|Adamantia grew up under the Garlean Empire.]]
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[[File:Garlemald_Flag.jpg|thumb|right|150px|link=]]
  
Born into the imperial capital in the 30th year of the Imperial calendar, Adamantia Argentum was born into wealth.
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Diamanda Argentum was born to a Garlean man and a Hyuran woman. Though her father, Albinus cen Argentum, was born into wealth, his pureblood family never accepted his wife. As a result, he eloped with his beloved Julia and was summarily disowned by his family and denied his inheritance. Albinus toiled for much of his life in an imperial manufactory to provide for his daughter, and the discarded scrapped parts he often brought home to his daughter first sparked her interest in machina. Even at a young age, Diamanda loved to show off what she could build to her parents, and this eventually saw her accepted into the imperial Magitek Academy.
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Despite being admitted to the Academy, Diamanda was never truly accepted by her tutors and peers. As a half-breed, she was treated in a manner akin to a non-native citizen, and her talents were ignored in favor of the inventions of her "purer" peers. This came to a head when one of her inventions, a lightweight ''Heirsbane''-model gunblade optimized for firing speed and firepower, was denied recognition in favor of one of a pureblood classmate's version despite being a faster, more accurate weapon. That her variation of the weapon sees use in the imperial military to this day is proof of her expertise, and yet she still received no accolades.
  
 
====<div style="padding:5px 10px;background: #BEC3BC;font-size:13px;color:#5F5F5F;">''XIVth Imperial Legion''</div>====
 
====<div style="padding:5px 10px;background: #BEC3BC;font-size:13px;color:#5F5F5F;">''XIVth Imperial Legion''</div>====
  
[[File:XIVth_Legion.jpg|210px|thumbnail|left|Adamantia Argentum served in the XIVth Imperial Legion.]]
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After Diamanda graduated the Academy, she still found herself unable to find work as a researcher or engineer in the imperial capital. After a brief stint with the Strife Delivery Service, she decided to enter the imperial military to elevate her family through the Garlean meritocracy. Enlisted as an Architectus, she joined the XIVth Imperial Legion in 1570 of the Sixth Astral Era as Diamanda jen Argentum. Stationed in Ala Mhigo, she operated as an engineer in several installations including Castrum Abania, Specula Imperatoris, Castellum Velodyna, and Castrum Oriens. Throughout her two years of service, she was constantly disgusted and disillusioned by the mistreatment of aan by imperial soldiers.
 
 
The following year saw her truly enter Eorzea to support the VIIth Legion's efforts against the Eorzean Alliance.
 
 
 
1572 was to be the end of the Sixth Astral Era. Adamantiia jen Argentum spent her time helping to construct Castrum Novum (later known as Castrum Centri) in Mor Dhona, and tuning its various warmachina. Adamantia also noticed the growing insanity within the VIIth Legion, as their soldiers appeared fanatically devoted to Legatus Nael van Darnus and the Meteor Project. The staggering death toll proposed by the Legatus's ambitions appalled and disgusted her, and she found herself unable to turn a blind eye to the empire's actions any longer.
 
  
It didn't take long for Adamantia to plan her escape. In her time with the XIVth she'd made two allies, an older man from her homeland named Randell whose support throughout her time as a soldier of the XIVth helped her survive among the infantry, and an Ala Mhigan named Raminas who harbored resentment for the empire for his nation's fall.
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When Nael van Darnus returned from the eastern theater, Diamanda was assigned to aid the VIIth Imperial Legion in the reconstruction of the lunar transmitter housed in Castrum Novum as well as help seize control of the local ceruleum refineries in Bluefog. As she witnessed the Seventh Umbral Calamity, she fully understood the scope of destruction of which the Empire was capable. Amid the confusion following the devastation, Diamanda took the opportunity to defect entirely from the XIVth Legion and fled in a stolen magitek reaper. She ran out of fuel in Thanalan, where she was arrested and thrown in the Marasaja Pit in Ul'dah.
 
 
With the aid of Randell and Aldous, Adamantia created a diversionary explosion within Castrum Novum and commandeered three magitek reapers. Using the reapers' artillery, the three escaped the Castrum with imperial pursuers hot on their trail. The Immortal Flames found them near Raubahn's Push, routing the imperials and arresting the three.
 
  
 
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Adamantia, Randell, and Aldous did not spend much time incarcerated. After explaining themselves as defectors seeking Garlond Ironworks, they were eventually met by Cid Garlond himself and taken on as employees. While Randell and Raminas took up mercantile responsibilities, Adamantia was entrusted with the upkeep of airships produced for Highwind Skyways, which had suspended its flights due to the selfsame attacks she helped carry out.
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[[File:Enterprise.jpg|thumbnail|300px|right|Adamantia joined the Garlond Ironworks after defecting from the imperial army.]]
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Diamanda's pending sentence was halted by the miraculous arrival of Jessie Jaye, acting president of the Garlond Ironworks, who came to Ul'dah to negotiate with Highwind Skyways and overheard news of an imperial prisoner. After getting a chance to speak with Jessie, she agreed to work off her sentence under the employ of the Ironworks, forswearing her allegiance to the Empire to work for the defense of Eorzea. For the next half a decade of her life, she was instructed in the finer points of the design, construction, and maintenance of machina. Within but a few moons, she gained recognition for her sleek, efficient designs.
  
Her talents caught the eye of Jessie Jaye, who instructed her in the finer points of airship design, construction, and maintenance. In but a few moons, she learned more about engineering among the Ironworks than she had in her entire life. Eventually, she was constructing airships alongside the other Ironworks members, rather than merely maintaining them. For the first time in her life, she truly began to feel at home.
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Not only did she advance the skills she'd built in the Academy by working with the Ironworks, Diamanda also began to feel at home for the first time in years. While not the most diligent worker, her knowledge and problem-solving skills served the Ironworks throughout the era. She successfully recreated the armor, weapon, and airship designs created by her mentor, and even helped tutor novice Eorzean engineers during the latter half of the Seventh Umbral Era. Because of the latter, she was able to form close ties with Highwind Skyways and Skysteel Manufactory, assisting both with small yet helpful innovations on existing schematics.
  
Following the Calamity and the disappearance of Cid Garlond, Adamantia continued to work for the Ironworks. While she may not have been the most diligent worker, her knowledge and problem-solving skills helped both the Ironworks and Highwind Skyways in the Seventh Umbral Era. She began to study Jessie's designs and even helped tutor young Eorzeans who joined the Ironworks in the intervening years.
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The agreed upon period of labor came to an end in the fifth year of the Seventh Umbral Era, and Diamanda, having watched the movements of the XIVth Legion closely throughout her time in the Ironworks, decided to leave its employ to enlist as an adventurer and take a more direct role in aiding the realm. Using her skill with a firearm, she was able to make a decent living, and was invited to join the Free Brigade of the Immortal Flames. She agreed, and used her knowledge of the XIVth's tactics to the Alliance's benefit during Operation Archon, where she took part in the Flames' assault on Castrum Meridianum.
 
 
Cid returned to his workshop five years after the Calamity. In those years, Adamantia's respect for Jessie, who kept them afloat for half a decade, only increased. She successfully replicated the designs Jessie drew up for Rowena's House of Splendors, crafting herself a suit of magitek armor and a magitek repeater. Despite her lack of physical strength, Adamantia was determined to take part in the coming battle with the Garlean XIVth Legion.
 
 
 
During Operation Archon, Adamantia served as a sapper. Armed with her new rifle and armor, she took to northern Thanalan and assaulted the XIVth Legion through sabotage. When the Immortal Flames assaulted Castrum Meridianum, she fought alongside soldiers, adventurers, and Cid by assaulting their magitek operating systems. She even hijacked a magitek reaper for use against imperial reinforcements while the Warrior of Light and his group braved the Praetorium to destroy the Ultima Weapon.
 
  
 
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Following the defeat of the Ultima Weapon, Adamantia returned to Revenant's Toll where, between shifts at the workshop, she salvaged any magitek parts she could from engagements with Castrum Centri. Apart from more frequent airship travel and the newly-opened Gold Saucer, life returned largely to normal until the Warrior of Light was accused of conspiracy against Nanamo Ul Namo. After that, Adamantia decided to accompany Cid to Ishgard, where the Warrior of Light had taken refuge.
 
  
Shortly after arriving in the Holy See, Adamantia introduced herself to Stephanivien de Haillenarte and offered her (somewhat unreliable) magitek expertise to the Skysteel Manufactory and his house's forces in the Sea of Clouds. She found commonality with the lowborn of Ishgard, whose lives, while better than her own, reminded her of her childhood in Dalmasca. That Stephanivien sought to arm them against the Dravanian Horde using magitek inspired her to help.
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As the Seventh Astral Era dawned on the realm, Diamanda turned her attentions back to Ishgard when its gates opened to adventurers. The Ironworks' newest invention, the manacutter, piqued her interest. To save on money, she purchased the parts herself and, in exchange for her helping Skysteel Manufactory, she was allowed to avail herself their workshop to construct the airship. Stephanivien de Haillenarte also entrusted her with the aetherotransformer and soul crystal she continues to use to this day. After a few weeks of work—assisting House Haillenarte in the Sea of Clouds during her spare time—she completed her manacutter ''Delphinus''.
  
Armed with an aetherotransformer and autoturrets, as well as the Soul Crystal gifted to her by the Manufactory chief, she became a machinist and left for the Sea of Clouds to assist the Rose Knights. She later assisted in battle against hostile Vanu. Since the end of the Dragonsong War, she's frequently been seen taking on exploratory missions in the Sea of Clouds.
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For the next few moons, while the Dragonsong War came to its climax, Diamanda undertook exploratory missions in the Diadem. She returned to the front after the Eorzean Alliance turned its eyes to the east, fighting alongside the Immortal Flames to take Castrum Oriens. Much of her time in Gyr Abania was spent as a craftswoman, taking part in supply and provisioning missions and helping reconstruct magitek equipment for the Alliance and Resistance. She did, however, take part in the liberation of Ala Mhigo. Recent news of the slayings of Populares in imperial territories have pushed her to return to the battlefield at the Ghimlyt Dark.
  
 
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Garlemald Flag.jpg Diamanda Argentum
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Diamanda jen Argentum
Gender Female
Race Garlean/Hyur Hybrid
Clan None
Citizenship Garlean
Place of Birth Garlemald
Guardian Byregot, the Builder
Nameday 4th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon
(Age: 25)
Occupation Sky Pirate
Pronunciation "ˈdi.əˈmændə arˈɡen.tum"
This young sky pirate seeks a life of freedom and adventure in the untamed skies.

Born a half-breed "bas" in the imperial capital of Garlemald, Diamanda Argentum attended the Magitek Academy and, upon graduating, became a "jen" in the XIVth Imperial Legion. Gifted at working with magitek from a young age, she was an exceptional young engineer who was overlooked in favor of her pureblood peers. Horrified by the ramifications of Garlemald's "Meteor Project," Diamanda defected from the imperial army and joined Garlond Ironworks throughout the Seventh Umbral Era.

Towards the end of the Seventh Umbral Era, she left the Ironworks' employ and became an adventurer, eventually joining the Immortal Flames and taking part in Operation Archon. She had some success as a treasure hunter in the Diadem, exploring the Sea of Clouds on her manacutter airship the Delphinus. Through this, she earned the label "sky pirate." More recently, she aided the Eorzean Alliance throughout Rhalgr's Beacon and has recently been seen on the warfront at the Ghimlyt Dark.

Appearance

The Garlond Ironworks symbol is tattooed on Diamanda's right thigh.

Small of build and stature, Diamanda Argentum is an unimposing Midlander woman who stands at five-fulms-and-four-ilms tall and weighs no more than 120 ponze. While she has some tone to her arm and back muscles from years of archery and engineering, her skin is mostly smooth and soft. Her most distinguishing feature is a long scar drawn across the bridge of her nose, which she received during her time in the imperial army. She also has a tattoo of a gyrodrive wreathed in flames—the Garlond Ironworks symbol—emblazoned upon her right thigh.

Because of her work, her clothing and face can sometimes become stained with grease. While she's typically very clean, the smell of machinery and ceruleum tends to hang around her. For the sake of ease, she doesn't wear a lot of makeup, just some eyeliner and lip gloss that can be quickly reapplied if smudged. A spiky mess of straight, platinum blonde hair sits atop Diamanda's head. A spiky fringe frames the right side of her face, covering her right eye slightly.

Outfits

Sky Pirate's Armor of Aiming:

Crafted for Diamanda during her time in the Sea of Clouds, this outfit features a sleeveless vest and pair of shorts woven from cloud cotton. The garments are affixed with an amphiptere leather belt and baldric, adorned with titanium buckles and a matching choker and armbands. Sturdy pterodactyl leather gloves and boots adorn her hands, the boots inlaid with softer amphiptere hide and the gloves with silk. A stylish leather beret completes the ensemble, as well as a matching pair of silver earrings. Diamanda typically carries a cobalt-barreled carbine rifle with this outfit.

Ironworks Engineer Uniform:

The attire of the Garlond Ironworks includes an black engineer's doublet with white trimmings worn over a long-sleeved, blue shirt, a pair of black slops, black thighboots with white plating from the knee down, a pair of fingerless gloves, and welder's goggles. It's designed for ease of movement and functionality so as not to hinder the engineer's work.

Ironworks Armor of Aiming:

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Forged of wootz steel and wolfram and based on the brilliant designs of Jessie Jaye often found available for sale in Revenant's Toll, Diamanda forged this suit of Ironworks Aiming armor herself. Every individual piece was painstakingly built in an effort to emulate her idol's handiwork, and her own skill is displayed in every lovingly-crafted ilm of the outfit.
The mask, designed with an interface that allows an easier field of vision in dark locations, rises from the eyes with a touch to the earpiece. It's made in such a way that having linkshells installed for communication is simple and convenient. The mask also protects from bright flashes and braces the neck and jaw in case of sudden assaults.
Adorning the body is the corselet, spun with Garlean fibers and reinforced with wootz and wolfram plates. The black, white, and blue colors match the typical motifs of Garlond Ironworks, and the spiked shoulder guard is emblazoned with its emblem. The soft fabrics and flared skirt ending make the corselet comfortable to wear.
Leather brais cover the legs of the armor, crafted with saurian and chimerical kirimu leathers. Two, blue belt cross at the waist and the outfit's crotch is designed in such a way that it doesn't restrict movement. However, it can cause a bit of a draft due to how it exposes parts of the front and back of the thighs.
The vambraces and leg guards are forged in an identical style to the rest of the outfit. The gloves are mostly metal with a leather under-layer, while the boots are primarily leather with metal adorning the feet and knees. The thighboots also amplify the wearer's natural abilities, allowing her to jump and run faster than normal.
The pièce de résistance of the set is the Ironworks Magitek Repeater. Formed of interconnecting parts of wolfram and wootz, the repeater is a collapsible scoped rifle enhanced by the aetheroransformer invented by Stephanivien de Haillenarte. This device converts the wielder's mana into lightning-aspected energy to power her special ammunition and other innovations of the Skysteel Manufactory. An integrated gauss barrel is included in the weapon's three-pronged design.
Basic Info
Date of Birth: 4th Sun of the Fourth Astral Moon, Year 1552, Sixth Astral Era
Height: Average (5'4")
Weight: Slender (120 ponze)
Complexion: Fair-skinned
Hair: Short, Spiky and Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Particular Traits: Scar along nose bridge.
Voice: Mezzo-soprano
Clothing Style: Garlean fabrics with boots.
Laterality: Right-Handed

Preferences

Likes
Tinkering with magitek.
Vehicles such as airships and her motorcycle.
Games such as Lord of Verminion and Triple Triad.
Forgekin and Mammets.
Taking long naps.
Performing trick shots with her rifle.
Working with lost Allagan technology.
Traveling and exploring new locations.
Treasure hunting.
Dislikes
Being bossed around.
Malfunctioning machinery.
People who attack civilians.
Liars, cheaters, and thieves.
Having to meet deadlines.
Favorites
Food: Rolanberry Shaved Ice
Drink: Pineapple Juice
Colors: Storm Blue, Silver, and Jet Black
Place: Idyllshire
Festival: The Rising
Other
Alignment: Neutral Good
Vices: Procrastination
Religion: None
Goal: To live freely and become an engineer of Cid's caliber.

Personality

Flaws
Procrastination
Hastiness
Recklessness
Fears
Being captured by Garlemald.
Airship crashes.
Loss of limb.
Talents
Skilled magitek engineer.
Excellent markswoman.
Ace airship pilot.
Intelligence
Diamanda is highly intelligent. As a child, she taught herself much about magitek through her father. Years of decadence in Garlemald have given her an aversion to hard work, at least without proper motivation. While she builds for the good of the realm under the Ironworks, she's generally happier to spend the day sleeping, playing Triple Triad, fiddling with her own inventions, or flying in her manacutter.
Quirks
Despite her intelligence, Diamanda can lack common sense in some regards. Her knowledge of Eorzea is limited at best, knowing the most about Mor Dhona, Ishgard, and Thanalan than any other locations on the map, and only where relevant to her interests. She has poor social skills due to having few meaningful relationships in her early life and can come off as something of a loner until she's comfortable with a person.
Comparisons
Final Fantasy Characters: Edgar Roni Figaro (FFVI)
Other Game Characters: Vyse (Skies of Arcadia), Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles)
Anime Characters: Winry Rockbell (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Abilities and Skills

Personal
Excellent eyesight and precise aim.
Detail-oriented with an excellent long-term memory.
Good problem-solving skills.
Weapons
Machinist's Arms
Gunbreaker's Arms
Magic
Aetherotransformer
Crafting
Goldsmith
Armorer
Blacksmith

Family and Relationships

Family

Albinus cen Argentum (Father)

Julia bas Argentum (Mother)

Friends and Acquaintances

Jessie Jaye (Mentor)

Enemies

Garlean Empire

Affiliations

Garlond Ironworks

Skysteel Manufactory

Highwind Skyways

Rumors

Note: This section is editable by anyone. Just keep in mind that the rumors here may be both true or false.

Biography



Childhood in Garlemald

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Diamanda Argentum was born to a Garlean man and a Hyuran woman. Though her father, Albinus cen Argentum, was born into wealth, his pureblood family never accepted his wife. As a result, he eloped with his beloved Julia and was summarily disowned by his family and denied his inheritance. Albinus toiled for much of his life in an imperial manufactory to provide for his daughter, and the discarded scrapped parts he often brought home to his daughter first sparked her interest in machina. Even at a young age, Diamanda loved to show off what she could build to her parents, and this eventually saw her accepted into the imperial Magitek Academy.

Despite being admitted to the Academy, Diamanda was never truly accepted by her tutors and peers. As a half-breed, she was treated in a manner akin to a non-native citizen, and her talents were ignored in favor of the inventions of her "purer" peers. This came to a head when one of her inventions, a lightweight Heirsbane-model gunblade optimized for firing speed and firepower, was denied recognition in favor of one of a pureblood classmate's version despite being a faster, more accurate weapon. That her variation of the weapon sees use in the imperial military to this day is proof of her expertise, and yet she still received no accolades.

XIVth Imperial Legion

After Diamanda graduated the Academy, she still found herself unable to find work as a researcher or engineer in the imperial capital. After a brief stint with the Strife Delivery Service, she decided to enter the imperial military to elevate her family through the Garlean meritocracy. Enlisted as an Architectus, she joined the XIVth Imperial Legion in 1570 of the Sixth Astral Era as Diamanda jen Argentum. Stationed in Ala Mhigo, she operated as an engineer in several installations including Castrum Abania, Specula Imperatoris, Castellum Velodyna, and Castrum Oriens. Throughout her two years of service, she was constantly disgusted and disillusioned by the mistreatment of aan by imperial soldiers.

When Nael van Darnus returned from the eastern theater, Diamanda was assigned to aid the VIIth Imperial Legion in the reconstruction of the lunar transmitter housed in Castrum Novum as well as help seize control of the local ceruleum refineries in Bluefog. As she witnessed the Seventh Umbral Calamity, she fully understood the scope of destruction of which the Empire was capable. Amid the confusion following the devastation, Diamanda took the opportunity to defect entirely from the XIVth Legion and fled in a stolen magitek reaper. She ran out of fuel in Thanalan, where she was arrested and thrown in the Marasaja Pit in Ul'dah.

Garlond Ironworks

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Diamanda's pending sentence was halted by the miraculous arrival of Jessie Jaye, acting president of the Garlond Ironworks, who came to Ul'dah to negotiate with Highwind Skyways and overheard news of an imperial prisoner. After getting a chance to speak with Jessie, she agreed to work off her sentence under the employ of the Ironworks, forswearing her allegiance to the Empire to work for the defense of Eorzea. For the next half a decade of her life, she was instructed in the finer points of the design, construction, and maintenance of machina. Within but a few moons, she gained recognition for her sleek, efficient designs.

Not only did she advance the skills she'd built in the Academy by working with the Ironworks, Diamanda also began to feel at home for the first time in years. While not the most diligent worker, her knowledge and problem-solving skills served the Ironworks throughout the era. She successfully recreated the armor, weapon, and airship designs created by her mentor, and even helped tutor novice Eorzean engineers during the latter half of the Seventh Umbral Era. Because of the latter, she was able to form close ties with Highwind Skyways and Skysteel Manufactory, assisting both with small yet helpful innovations on existing schematics.

The agreed upon period of labor came to an end in the fifth year of the Seventh Umbral Era, and Diamanda, having watched the movements of the XIVth Legion closely throughout her time in the Ironworks, decided to leave its employ to enlist as an adventurer and take a more direct role in aiding the realm. Using her skill with a firearm, she was able to make a decent living, and was invited to join the Free Brigade of the Immortal Flames. She agreed, and used her knowledge of the XIVth's tactics to the Alliance's benefit during Operation Archon, where she took part in the Flames' assault on Castrum Meridianum.

Seventh Astral Era

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As the Seventh Astral Era dawned on the realm, Diamanda turned her attentions back to Ishgard when its gates opened to adventurers. The Ironworks' newest invention, the manacutter, piqued her interest. To save on money, she purchased the parts herself and, in exchange for her helping Skysteel Manufactory, she was allowed to avail herself their workshop to construct the airship. Stephanivien de Haillenarte also entrusted her with the aetherotransformer and soul crystal she continues to use to this day. After a few weeks of work—assisting House Haillenarte in the Sea of Clouds during her spare time—she completed her manacutter Delphinus.

For the next few moons, while the Dragonsong War came to its climax, Diamanda undertook exploratory missions in the Diadem. She returned to the front after the Eorzean Alliance turned its eyes to the east, fighting alongside the Immortal Flames to take Castrum Oriens. Much of her time in Gyr Abania was spent as a craftswoman, taking part in supply and provisioning missions and helping reconstruct magitek equipment for the Alliance and Resistance. She did, however, take part in the liberation of Ala Mhigo. Recent news of the slayings of Populares in imperial territories have pushed her to return to the battlefield at the Ghimlyt Dark.

Other Information

Name Etymology

Diamanda: Derived from the Latin "adamas," meaning "unconquerable, invincible".

Argentum: Latin word meaning "silver".

Nicknames

Dia
Mandy

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