Elise Blackheart

ELISE EBONHEART

THE PURSUIT OF MASTERY IS AN ENDLESS JOURNEY.

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Overview

Overview

Elise Ebonheart
"There's always an occasion for a suit."
Character Information

Full Name	Elise Ebonheart
Race	Hyur
Subrace	Highlander
Gender	Female (Trans)
Sexual Orientation	Homosexual
Relationship Status	Single
Nameday	First Astral Moon, 20th Sun (Jan. 20)
Age	25
Birthplace	Ala Mhigo
Occupation	Mercenary, Adventurer

Elise Ebonheart is a Highlander Hyur, who was born in Ala Mhigo. Through the fall of Ala Mhigo, she found herself on a journey to Ul'dah, where she began to learn her martial skills that she uses now to secure herself a job as an adventurer or mercenary. She found herself living under the guidance of a family friend who had left Ala Mhigo long ago- who doubly served as Elise's mother figure and mentor. Through her, she learned the aforementioned martial skills and dedicated her skills and energy to the art of combat.

She still works as a mercenary and adventurer as a means of survival and wishes to hopefully find someone along her adventures who could claim the soul crystal and honor Emiline's memory. Her life is devoted to the disciplines of war, often able to pick up many weapons and use them to great capabilities or even use her fists. With quick learning, Elise prides herself as a fighter with expertise, having served under many various mercenary companies and offering security to trading companies before breaking away and forming her own small adventuring group named Dawnblade.

In light of the Eorzean Alliance's actions to liberate Ala Mhigo, Elise has pledged herself to assisting with the Ala Mhigan Resistance as best she could.

Having mastered the use of her Darkside after the tumultuous conflict over Ala Mhigo, her adventures often come in the form as lone jobs. Slowly, after building Dawnblade, has she gained some financial backing for the group, allowing herself to purchase a home. The subsequent purchase of a home then serves as a base of operations for the group, Elise finding herself busy juggling the needs of the young, small group and herself. However, she manages to find some brief time away from rough employment and chasing injustices around the world, and finds herself able to relax and take stock of something she hadn't considered: success. At the very least, she managed to make herself a home in the Mists.

Eorzea still remains in threat, and while she cannot lose herself to trying to protect it, she is still one that strives to right the wrongs and defend the meek.

History

History

Past

Past

Having come from Ala Mhigo, there was no doubt that Elise was inspired already to learn battle. The battle for Ala Mhigo however, was one that spiraled a darker disdain that Elise keeps hidden, quietly blaming the Garleans' actions for the lack of family and less than stellar situation, and blaming Ul'dahn society for its lack of humane treatment for Ala Mhigans. Having been driven from her home, with her parents deciding to stay behind for the sake of resistance, Elise found herself shoved towards the arid land of Thanalan with a trusted family friend. Due to a mishap in registry, Elise Blackheart was mistakenly listed as Elise Ebonheart. Although the issue has not been rectified, Elise still goes by either surname.

Still, she could learn of the Ala Mhigan ways that she never truly experienced herself, and learn the life that the Garleans unfortunately took away from her.

When she grew of age to hold a weapon, she displayed a fiery determination in learning how to fight. With the assistance of the family friend, she was given the mentor she sought. Through intense training from once a grand adventurer, Elise could learn quickly through her young years the art of combat. She joined her mentor in fighting various threats before her mentor officially retired, trusting in Elise to simply be capable of surviving on her own. Most of these battles came against the Corpse Brigade. They constantly raided and fought against the former kingsguard now turned bandits, leading to tense stand offs. At one point, Elise and her mentor had been captured and nearly lost her eye due to an attempt at torture. However, Elise managed to break free and free herself and her mentor. Her mentor suffered much more injuries than she did, and thus, was forced to retire.

Elise wandered around, joining various mercenary and adventuring groups for gil, before finding the confidence to take on solo jobs. She was met with another refugee who had fled Ala Mhigo- with aspirations to become a free paladin, named Emiline Dracht. Together they adventured together, before Emiline found herself compelled to fight in Carteneau, only to fall there. Elise managed to retrieve Emiline's sword and soul crystal, keeping them for safekeeping. She holds onto the crystal, waiting for anyone worthy to claim it.

After the Calamity, Elise found herself working with a runaway noblewoman named Shayla Graylance. She found herself taking jobs against the Corpse Brigade, partially out of anger and vengeance for their crimes and for nearly taking her eye and torturing her family friend. Shayla herself had ran away from Ishgard for one reason or another. Elise hadn't bothered to pry too deeply. But they worked hand in hand in the same earlier techniques-- raiding and being a nuisance to the Corpse Brigade, culminating into a prevention of multiple raids against Little Ala Mhigo.

Shayla herself had an effect on Elise. They remained amiable close friends, although time and distance was a cruel factor as Shayla departed for other jobs. Elise found herself alone once again, and continued as a sellsword. At the same time, she had made an unwarranted rival with a Miqo'te named Kirala. More often than not, Kira stole marks and jobs away from Elise, and attempted to ruin her reputation. More often than not, Elise and Kira constantly clashed in battle, often leading to Elise losing in battle no thanks to Kirala having a decade's worth of experience over the only recently hardened Elise. Supposedly sworn enemies, Kira constantly haunted Elise in her early days, bombarding her with insults and attacking Elise's pride. Only, this time, Elise disappeared from Thanalan.

Truthfully, she had expanded her horizons and left to other regions of Eorzea to find work, as Thanalan grew too hostile at those recent days. She continued to find work as a solo sellsword, while contracting between a few different mercenary companies or offering herself as security to trade companies, before striking it out alone with her own small adventuring group-- or being a lone wolf.

Present

Present

For the most part, she works on her own adventuring group, Dawnblade. But for the most part, her work is alone. With funding from certain benefactors, Dawnblade keeps afloat as she guides the adventurers within to prosper for the future.

Personality

Personality

Nature & Demeanor

Nature & Demeanor

Elise is polite and patient. Most of her conversations rarely ever have her speaking over others. As such, she tries to be understanding of any situation. Often, Elise is friendly and eager to speak with other people. The woman holds herself to a professional standard on first meetings, often intending to leave an impression of seriousness. For the most part, she could be considered as a woman with a dramatic flare, often speaking at length with passionate tangents depending on the topic. Over time, she has grown somewhat more stoic, rather than maintain a more cheerful outer shell.

Elise holds benevolence to heart, and isn't afraid of lending help and aid to anyone in need. In such, she's more liberal and open-minded in certain viewpoints, perhaps even coming off as possibly apathetic unless it involves her. The Highlander is rather accepting of what people do, as long as it won't wrong others. Under pressure, Elise might still try to hide any disappointment or anger with smiles and jokes. Then, her face may become flustered. But anywhere beyond that would earn Elise's legitimate ire. She often avoids violence as the very first answer.

Truthfully, underneath is an overwhelming state of complex emotions. Though rarely shown, if one manages to push her to anger, she quickly becomes cold and stoic, often a tranquil and silent fury with a judgmental glare. These emotions are not very common, at least, not to many people.

Fiercely loyal, Elise will do anything to protect anyone she cares about, often willing to shoulder burdens and offer her sword and shield within the blink of an eye.

Distinctive Features

Distinctive Features

Likes

Likes

• Friendliness
• Coffee
• Patience
• Swordplay
• Relaxation
• Sleep
• Atmospheric rain/storms

Dislikes

Dislikes

• Garlean Loyalists
• Unwarranted insults
• Unwanted advances
• Looming negatively on the past.
• Failure
• Exploitative Capitalism
• Blind zeal over Ala Mhigo.

Fears

Fears

• Failure.
• Disappointing others
• Losing friends and loved ones
• A very slight fear to very small spiders.
• Judgement/discrimination for her heritage.

Trivia

Trivia

• Favorite food: Pasta.
• Favorite drink: Black coffee.
• Favorite colour: Black, gray, red
• Vices: Heavy coffee indulgence.
• Possible alignment: neutral good

Appearance

Appearance

Tall. That was definitely one thing that could immediately come to mind. Elise has height. As such, that could leave her to stand as an imposing figure. In summary, she is curvaceous as she is fit. Elise is clearly muscular, no doubt from the work she does as a sellsword and what physical activities she needed to maintain fitness and the capability to hold prolonged battles. At the same time, her bosom was bountiful along with her wide hips and taut, muscular stomach. A curvaceous nature was mixed with an energetic level of fitness.

Of course, when needed in battle, she often used magical means to bind her breasts to a smaller size. They can’t be a bother if they aren’t cumbersome, after all.

Her skin has a tan, sunkissed complexion.

Elise's eyes are a cold, icy blue that helps with the intimidation factor. Not to mention, the scar on her eye. Although, all signs of intimidation are likely melted away by the calm, soft smile Elise might have on her face.

Scars & Markings: A scar on her eye is the most apparent scar.

Voice: Perhaps as a contradiction to what would be her intimidating height, Elise's voice is pleasant, lighthearted, and easy to the ears. Her voice is of a lower range, comparable to something alto-like.

(In terms of "voice claim," I imagine the the British female Inquisitor from Dragon Age Inquisitor, but at a lower pitch/tone. Sivir from League of Legends is a good range for pitch/tone.)

Clothing: "Genuinely? It depends on what I feel like wearing." Elise practically wears anything she feels like on a whim. Although, her common casual clothes often involve slacks and long coats or her favorite jacket. Her tastes often gravitate towards something semi-formal, with one of her most common pieces being a leather jacket with a tie. Suits are also common on her.

Talents

Talents

Abilities

Abilities

• Martial Prowess: Elise is a fighter first and foremost. She knows how to handle herself very well in a fight.
• Basic first-aid: Something that Elise has picked up as a mercenary and adventurer, just for the small things that wouldn't and shouldn't require the expenditure of someone's energy and aether.

Attributes
	Strength	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		P.Defense	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Dexterity	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		M.Defense	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Martial Prowess	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		Intelligence	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Magic Affinity	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		Luck	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █

Combat

Combat

Through most of her life, she had dedicated it intensely to learning how to fight. Now, it did not mean that she shirked other academic pursuits- but she was first and foremost a fighter and a warrior. Through which, Elise found herself to either be incredibly lucky or rather competent. Priding herself in her swordplay the most, Elise offers her expertise through a greatsword as her weapon of choice to anyone who chose to hire her.

The more hidden secret is that she had somehow came into possession of a Dark Knight's crystal. After years of using the Darkside and taming it, she is a very potent, dangerous force to fight against. She is both an expert and utterly efficient at aether usage that her dark, emotional powers are often controlled, refined, and deadly. Combined with her incredible martial prowess, Elise resembles the very mantle of a Dark Knight, using emotions as the driving point to bring justice one way or another.

==People & Places

♥ Romantic Interest

♥ Platonic Love

♥ Attraction

♥ Family

★ Trusted Friend

✔ Business

✖ Deceased

● Positive

● Negative

● Neutral

≈ Unsure

==

People & Places

♥ Romantic Interest

♥ Platonic Love

♥ Attraction

♥ Family

★ Trusted Friend

✔ Business

✖ Deceased

● Positive

● Negative

● Neutral

≈ Unsure

Relations (NPC)

Relations (NPC)

Kiara Blackheart (≈♥ ♥ ) - Mother
Once a scout and swordswoman, she often smuggled people if possible out of Ala Mhigo before the wall was built. She also smuggled arms for the Resistance.

Aidan Blackheart (≈♥ ♥ ) - Father
Once a formidable lancer, he was apart of the Resistance when Ala Mhigo fell. He was often tasked with finding other likeminded Ala Mhigans, trying to recruit and gather numbers for the resistance.

Emiline Dracht (✖ ♥ ) - Friend
A now deceased friend who was a free paladin. She died in the battle of Carteneau, and Elise reclaimed both sword and soul crystal to honor her memory.

Friends (PC)

Friends (PC)

Ayla Thatcher ●★
Dawnblade

There was undoubtedly some history behind this friendship. First they were acquainted through books, before adventuring together to save Fhilwyda's father. Coincidentally, Elise even joined some of the same companies. The match was lit and a bond was struck as a friendship was cemented. Elise unofficially became a mentor figure to Ayla, as she created her own adventuring group, Dawnblade. Ayla was the first to join, and the two confide in each other more than anything. Nothing forges friendship like battle against a multitude of threats in Eorzea.

Gilda Reed ●★♥
Hemlock

In technicality, Gilda is a superior to Elise in [REDACTED]. However, their relationship was far more personal. Elise first met Gilda after offering her soul crystal for research, and the two remained physically affectionate towards each other. The two are certainly good friends, despite two highly different varying paths and personal morals. But clearly, there are some similarities that drive them to remain friends. Or at least, Elise hoped that there was enough similarities to drive the friendship.

Fhilwyda Eyrihaerzwyn ●★
Might and Magitek

A friend of Ayla's. Elise met Fhilwyda when she dropped off a borrowed book at Ayla's room-- and then again at Might and Magitek bars. Elise managed to lift Fhilwyda's gigantic axe in a third meeting at the Drowning Wench. Elise met Fhilwyda through coincidence once again in another adventure- Fhilwyda retreated to obtain reinforcements. When Fhilwyda re-emerged with others from Might and Magitek, Elise fought alongside Ayla and Fhilwyda through the swaths of Voidsent. This adventure ultimately led to Elise and Ayla discovering Fhilwyda's father, Wandering Heart, and saving him.

Wandering Heart ●★
Might and Magitek

The man of the hour-- the one who was rescued between the rescue attempt from Elise, Ayla, and Fhilwyda. They remain amiable, having once joined the same companies before. Although Elise has no intent to have a father figure, Wandering Heart is an ever large presence of gruesome dad-jokes.

Acquaintances (PC)

Acquaintances (PC)

Zurri Jysal ●♥
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It's always trouble when a thief can steal your gil, and then your friendship. Although luck had it that they were mutual friends of sorts to Kira- and the scheming began. Instead, it was more prudent to work with a thief to completely annoy a pain in the ass friend. That in itself was rewarding. Elise forgave Zurri (perhaps foolishly) over the first incidence of stealing, in light of forging a friendship. It probably helped that Zurri was very charming.

M'rhos Tia ●
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Liberty, Freedom, Justice. Values that are shared between the acquaintances. A chance meeting at a tavern had given the two some fonder memories of finding like-minded Ala Mhigans, torn away from their homes. They eventually ran into each other long after Ala Mhigo's freedom, with Elise purchasing clothes from M'rhos. They reminisced over freedom, and looked to the future.

Tajih Yatko ●
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Another friend of both Fhilwyda and Ayla, they also met within one meeting in the Drowning Wench. Truthfully, Elise has little recollection over the meetings. She did recall, however, Tajih being a seamstress for the company.

Juno Iskandi ●
Eorzea Defense Force

They've grown fairly distant from each other. There is not much time to visit each other, and Elise finds herself busy more often than not. They were once good friends, but nothing binds them together at the moment.

Rumors & citations

Rumors & citations

Common Rumors ■ "Who?" ■ "Ain't she part of some merc group? Hells if I remember what it was called..." ■ "Bloody hells, she swings a sword really hard!" ■ "Looked at 'er eyes once. They're damn blue. She's got a nice smile on 'er." ■ "There's something calm about her- even if she looks fierce." Rare Rumors ■ "Swore I've seen 'er with another lady before. Some sorta free paladin. Wonder where the paladin went?" ■ "She's not the greatest flirt. But hey, her trying's kind of funny." ■ "Think I overheard one of her quiet drunk mumbling about traitors and dead parents, or som'thin'." ■ "Swear I've seen her before! Years ago! She nearly killed some poor sod in Ul'dah." ■ "Thought I saw her long ago, furiously pummeled some Brass Blade. Never saw that guard ever again, y'know?" PC Rumors ■ "Elise, for everything that she's experienced, is a rock. A stable presence, a valiant protector. I couldn't imagine a better mentor to follow." -- Ayla Thatcher ■ "I 'eard from a lil' gull tha' 'er kiss' is mighty flavorful~. Fruity, even." - Kirala Kuyo, assaulted nearly immediately upon Elise hearing these words leave Kira's mouth. Gallery Gallery OOC Information OOC Information Roleplay, stances Roleplay, stances Stances on RP: I typically enjoy heavy characterization stuff, so really, just interact with me and I'd love that. These days, I tend a little more to slice of life things due to the focus on characterization. While I'm okay with erotic themes, please don't just come to me with only the intent for ERP. Hooks and relationships: I'm open to talking to people about any possible hooks! RP combat and injuries: This is something I'd like to talk about before hand-- I don't mind it as long as it won't: leave a permanent scar forever out of no where, maim her, kill her, and overall anything permanent (unless, of course, talked about.) Footnotes Footnotes Player Info: NA player. In game name is Elise Ebonheart, due to losing the account that had the name Elise Blackheart in it. Tumblr: redmatches.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/RedCerise1 (NSFW) Server: Balmung Artwork: The artist in the character info box is https://twitter.com/craigthesaurus! Check out their art! Wiki Templates: Using Fancy Template - https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Fancy_Character_Template ; Modified by Suen Shyu