Dietrich Dracht

Dietrich Dracht is a Disciple of Magic and former intern at the Arrzaneth Ossuary in Ul'dah.

Dietrich Dracht
Gender	Male
Race	Hyur
Clan	Midlander
Citizenship	Ul'dah
Place of birth	Ul'dah
Age	29
Marital status	Single
Guardian deity	Rhalgr, the Destroyer
Server	Balmung

Background

Early life

Dietrich Dracht was born the second son by the third wife of the Apothecary, Dietrich Dracht Senior. His father is the head of a mercantile Ul'dahn family that focusses on the export of potions and medicines. The son was thus born with a silver spoon in his mouth, growing up in relative luxury while assimilating Ul'dahns cut-throat values. The Calamity did much to improve the families' wealth, owing to the increase in demand for the products they purveyed, even if contact with some of the more far-flung trading posts was lost. All family members have chipped in to help support the business, by working in the shops or by going out into the country to peddle their wares. Though it wasn't a very warm nest to grow up in, the family was a tightly-knit unit and focussed around a single cause.

From age eleven onwards, the youth spent about half his time as an intern at the Ossuary. His father, desiring to expand the families' influence and recognising an unusual talent for magic in his second son, paid significant bribes for the privilege. To the old man's dismay, Dietrich was given an entire impractical education that focussed on rote remembrance of old tomes dealing with philosophy and highly theoretical issues of magic. The boy took to this with great zeal, becoming something of a dreamer and even thinking these intellectual pursuits to be more 'pure', and 'elevated' above the ways of his own blood. As puberty set on, young Dietrich grew ever more distant from his other relatives. His relationship with his father and elder brother became especially troubled as he failed to show up for work in time after spending time at the Ossuary. Though Dracht Sr. threatened to put his second son to work in the Apothecary full-time, he always held back on account of the lad's pleas, as well as the significant investment that had already been made in his future.

Recent events

Dietrich was recently made to accompany one of the families' traders on a round trip to serve several outposts in Thanalan. As usual, he tried to worm out of it, vastly preferring his books to the dust and grime of the desert. After returning, he loudly complained at the family dinner table about riff-raff customers and the incessant desert rains, hoping that he wouldn't be made to go on such trips again. Dracht senior exploded in anger and berated Dietrich for having been spoilt, cutting off his son's stipend and expelling him from the family home. Though Dietrich begged, kicked and screamed, he was given to understand that he could only return if he managed to "earn his own keep and stand on his own two feet." At age twenty-nine, he now seeks to make his own way, hoping sincerely that a man can earn coin while armed only with book knowledge and an eager mind.

Views

Dietrich is an Ul'dah patriot, believing in the motto For coin and country!, even if he has little experience in earning coin. Like most of his family, he is a moderate monetarist, considering the Sultanate to be an ineffectual institution. He has little patience for the huddled masses and is distrustful of refugees and outsiders. He has great respect for the cities' Dunesfolk Lalafell and is at ease interacting with other Hyur. While he's encountered most of the other main races on the continent once or twice, he knows little about their customs and traditions. During his visits to Limsa Lominsa and Gridania, he was usually too busy trying to sell potions and medicine, and wouldn't bother making friends.

Personality

Overview Primary Motivator: Recognition  Emotional Disposition: Curious Moodiness: Labile Core Traits Outlook: Pessimistic Intergrity: Unscrupulous Impulsiveness: Spontaneous Boldness: Bold Flexibility: Flexible Affinity: Cold Comportment: Discordant Interactivity: Engaging Disclosure: Candid Conformity: Conventional

Sexuality Orientation: Homosexual Libido: Healthy Sexual Demeanor Expressiveness: Flirtatious Style: Crude Openness to Experience: Moderate Promiscuousness: Medium Habits and Hobbies Reading Experimenting Philosophising

Rumours

Common Rumours

• "Dietrich? You can probably find him down at the Arrzaneth Ossuary, just yonder beyond the Sultana Gate."
• "One of the Apothecary's breed. Won't give you the time of day if you aint got no coin."

Moderate Rumours

• "I hear 'is whole family works for the Syndicate. Right bastards, the lot of em."

Rare Rumours

• "Oh, he's always sneezing. Allergic to chocobo's, or so I'm told. You'd think the Apothecary could do something about that."
• "I hear he was involved with the kidnapping of a refugee! Shudder to think why."

PC Rumours

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