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<p>The experiment proved extremely successful if somewhat displeasing to the eyes, for the parts used in his making were selected to fit its purpose, ox-like legs with hooves and powerful beast arms with sharp claws. The end result was a highly intelligent human/beast soldier, with the ferocity of the voidkin, the intelligence and resourcefulness of mankind and practical immortality if enough aether was provided for its regeneration.</p> | <p>The experiment proved extremely successful if somewhat displeasing to the eyes, for the parts used in his making were selected to fit its purpose, ox-like legs with hooves and powerful beast arms with sharp claws. The end result was a highly intelligent human/beast soldier, with the ferocity of the voidkin, the intelligence and resourcefulness of mankind and practical immortality if enough aether was provided for its regeneration.</p> | ||
<p>However before the aetherochemists were able to mass produce Aegeus Warriors for the upcoming rebellion against Xande's rule, the great calamity struck the empire. The Syrcus tower fell and with it most of the Allagan empire was destroyed, thus the abhorrent Aegeus Warriors initiative was discarded. As the Allagan empire fell into disarray the knowledge was lost and forgotten, and project Aegeus was left shelved in stasis for millenia. </p> | <p>However before the aetherochemists were able to mass produce Aegeus Warriors for the upcoming rebellion against Xande's rule, the great calamity struck the empire. The Syrcus tower fell and with it most of the Allagan empire was destroyed, thus the abhorrent Aegeus Warriors initiative was discarded. As the Allagan empire fell into disarray the knowledge was lost and forgotten, and project Aegeus was left shelved in stasis for millenia. </p> | ||
− | <p>Later on, nearing the end of the Fifth Astral Era, | + | <p>Later on, nearing the end of the Fifth Astral Era, the laboratorium machines that kept watch over the star detected a significant disturbance in the sea of aether and the early signs of void gates opening around the world. As per the ancient protocols the machines started the rekindling protocol and the devices that kept him in stasis were shutdown. Once again he was released into Azys Lla where he found the floating continent abandoned.</p> |
− | <p> | + | <p>After realizing his allagan masters were gone forever he started working on the restoration of Azys Lla when once again he felt a powerful disturbance in the sea of aether. He left Azys Lla to investigate and followed the disturbances to Aldenard.</p> |
− | <p> | + | <p><b>The Magi War</b></p> |
− | <p>He arrived at Eorzea right before the dawn of the Mhach and Amdapori conflict. Attracted by the stench of the Mhach dealings with the void magics he reached Yafaem Saltmoor first, where he attempted to persuade the Mhach to stop from meddling with the void, whom in their arrogance would not listen. When he learned about the elementals flood prophecy and the construction of the Void Ark Ethan decided to flee Yafaem Saltmoor | + | <p>He arrived at Eorzea right before the dawn of the Mhach and Amdapori conflict. Attracted by the stench of the Mhach dealings with the void magics he reached Yafaem Saltmoor first, where he attempted to persuade the Mhach to stop from meddling with the void, whom in their arrogance would not listen. When he learned about the elementals flood prophecy and the construction of the Void Ark Ethan decided to flee Yafaem Saltmoor as he realized the Mhach's thirst for power was beyond hope.</p> |
− | <p>He then reached out to the Amdapori and the Nymians who listened to his plea. He eventually became an ambassador of peace between the warring nations | + | <p>He then reached out to the Amdapori and the Nymians who finally listened to his plea. He eventually became an ambassador of peace between the warring nations, and fought long and hard to try and keep the peace and stop the calamity from occurring. However, mankind's thirst for power gave way to ever-escalating tensions between the nations which reached a boiling point and an all-out war.</p> |
− | <p>During the great Magi war he was forced to reveal his true nature to the Amdapori and was key in sealing Diabolos and Ferdiad in the city and the keep. However, he was powerless to stop the Mhach attack on the Nymians when they unleashed | + | <p>During the great Magi war he was forced to reveal his true nature to the Amdapori and was key in sealing Diabolos and Ferdiad in the city and the keep. However, he was powerless to stop the Mhach attack on the Nymians when they unleashed a vile dark creature named Bitoso to curse the nation and turn them all into tonberries.</p> |
<p>Eventually the war ended when the elementals unleashed the great flood over the world, he tried to save as many as he could but in sadly all those great magic faring civilizations inevitably vanished just like the mighty Allagan Empire did.</p> | <p>Eventually the war ended when the elementals unleashed the great flood over the world, he tried to save as many as he could but in sadly all those great magic faring civilizations inevitably vanished just like the mighty Allagan Empire did.</p> | ||
− | <p> | + | <p><b>The Long Slumber</b></p> |
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+ | <p>Empires rise, and empires fall. After his half successful mission to prevent the spilling of darkness over the world at the cost of countless lives lost in the great flood, he decided to stay among mankind to keep watch of the historical developments. In time the knowledge of aetheric manipulation was lost, the people he grew close to died of old age and the world went into a lull.</p> | ||
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+ | <p>The few centuries he spent with mankind made him grow bitter and wary of them all, he became fully aware that people will go to any lengths and do just about anything to acquire that which their hearts covet, which he used to his tactical advantage.<p> | ||
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+ | <p>So he became a lone wolf. He faked his own death and reappeared again as his estrangled legitimate child or some other familiar all grown up to reclaim his fortune, in what he came to call "Lifetime Iterations". After multiple iterations, he's amassed quite a fortune which he keeps hidden in undisclosed locations all over the star as as was quick to realize that its best not to draw too much attention to himself. He also learned not to grow attached to the precious lightkin as their existence is very fragile and their time on this star is too limited. He tends to keep everyone at arm's length. After having loved and lost many times over the course of his life and being betrayed by the people he considered his dearest friends he figured he rather not expose himself unnecessarily to the pains of loss and abandonment thus portrays an aloof and detached personality.</p> | ||
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+ | <p>He ultimately returned to Azys Lla when the world settled down and went back into deep slumber.</p> | ||
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+ | <p><b>The Great Calamity</b></p> | ||
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+ | <p>He remained in stasis for millennia until once again he was revived by his trusty machinery, all the alarms in his nursery compound went wild when they received the dreaded signal, the machinery of the lesser moon Dalamud had awoken. At first he was rejoyced at the tought that his Allagan Masters would have returned and been using the moon's power to revitalize the lost empire, but alas, that was not the case. The allagan machinery of the lesser moon did not receive a legitimate signal, it was a forged beacon sent by something else, and it had been plucked from the skies and had begun its fall. </p> | ||
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+ | <p>So once again he traveled back to Aldenard to try and stop it. How the world had changed so much in such little time, dragons and mankind locked in an endless war, an empire of magicless people rose from nothing and were now defiling the allagan empire's technology. He was a stranger in a strange land once again. </p> | ||
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+ | <p>He joined the fight to help the brave heroes who finally destroyed the transmitter the Garlean Empire was using, however the empire's machinations could not be stopped and the lesser moon fell. As Bahamut broke free from its eternal allagan captivity it unleashed his wrath over the world and changed the face of the realm forever. Yet in the midst of the chaos, Bahamut was enveloped in a blinding white light and abruptly disappeared from the skies to never been seen again.<p> | ||
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+ | <p>In the aftermath of the calamity the Crystal Tower rose again from deep beneath the earth and that could only mean one thing. The threat of the Allagan covenant with the Cloud of Darkness remained in effect, and the tower could continue amassing energy to open the voidgate and unleash the cloud of darkness upon Eorzea. So as long as the crystal tower stands the threath of the voidgate opening remains.</p> | ||
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+ | <p>So he's decided to stay in the realm for the time being. In his latest Lifetime Iteration, Ethan is the mellow owner and manager of a hot springs inn called "The Golden Oni" located in The Goblet, Thanalan. While he spends his some nights behind the bar at his inn tending to his customers and showing them the marvels of fine dining and professional wine pairing, the majority of his time he's deep in his workshop crafting all kinds of special requests or restoring old Allagan Devices and keeping an ever watchful eye on disturbances of the aether.</p> | ||
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+ | <p>This time around he took advantage of mankind's appetite for power and glory by providing people with their heart's desire for a hefty price. Through his tradings of rare goods and hot commodities in exchange for the vast amounts of aether or information he created the Secret Order of "The Keepers of the Ninth Gate", who's mission is to <i>To be the ever watchful gatekeeper of darkness, to guard and protect the thin veil that separates us from the void.</i>.</p> | ||
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A 7'7" large roegadyn beast of a man. White long hair and bushy beard and a thick mustache, his wide black tip nose is characteristic of hells guards and makes him appear somewhat beastly, and his deep hypnotic golden eyes appear to shimmer under the right lighting conditions and its very hard to withstand a staring contest with him. He doesn't look a day over 40 but the beard and thick mustache that hide his facial features give him a stern angry resting face so he'll look displeased unless he's laughing out loud. He's got broad shoulders and muscular arms that are almost too big even for a roegadyn male. Has no trouble showing the claws in his hands and he'll often clean the dirt from under them in public, being the charismatic man he is he gets away with saying he was the victim of a powerful curse that twisted his flesh. His lower half, however, is more troubling for him to show around proudly as he has heavy hooves that ground his overly thick legs to the land. The really upsetting features, he keeps tightly concealed though some ancient mirage magics. His whole body is sealed with what seem to be faded out intricate allagan scriptings and glyphs. And extremely sensitive people can see his unusual aether dense aura and a hint of his horns, tail, and wings that sometimes manifest visibly during periods of extreme excitement or duress but for the most part they're well concealed from most bystanders.
He's comes across as the strong silent type. As the owner of "The Golden Oni", a quiet little inn, he's often seen around his establishment, usually behind the bar serving libations and tasty delicacies to his customers, when he's not tending his business he's recluded deep inside his workshop behind closed doors, or deep inside his office at the far end of the Great Library were it is said that dark deals are made.
The origins Roughly 5000 years ago he was made, for he was not born like a regular man. The scientific term for his kind is "Allagan Chimera", a splice between vilekin beasts, human flesh and massive amounts of hyperdense aether. Originally named "Experimental Project Aegeus" he was pieced together in an Azys Lla laboratorium from the limbs of voidsent summoned to this realm by godless Allagan aetherochemists around the end of the Third Astral Era. Records claim he was the first of his kind and created as a proof of concept. A warrior to protect Allagan Citizens and to be a voidgate keeper against emperor Xande's insane plan to unleash the darkness into this realm. Hybrids were considered abhorrent in nature by most of the Allagan Aetherochemical Community, so he was created in secret as an improvement over the naga and empuse projects. They were mere copies of void flesh cultured in this realm, but the Aegeus was much more, they were half voidkin and half human for what better way was there to defeat your enemy than to absorb his strengths. The experiment proved extremely successful if somewhat displeasing to the eyes, for the parts used in his making were selected to fit its purpose, ox-like legs with hooves and powerful beast arms with sharp claws. The end result was a highly intelligent human/beast soldier, with the ferocity of the voidkin, the intelligence and resourcefulness of mankind and practical immortality if enough aether was provided for its regeneration. However before the aetherochemists were able to mass produce Aegeus Warriors for the upcoming rebellion against Xande's rule, the great calamity struck the empire. The Syrcus tower fell and with it most of the Allagan empire was destroyed, thus the abhorrent Aegeus Warriors initiative was discarded. As the Allagan empire fell into disarray the knowledge was lost and forgotten, and project Aegeus was left shelved in stasis for millenia. Later on, nearing the end of the Fifth Astral Era, the laboratorium machines that kept watch over the star detected a significant disturbance in the sea of aether and the early signs of void gates opening around the world. As per the ancient protocols the machines started the rekindling protocol and the devices that kept him in stasis were shutdown. Once again he was released into Azys Lla where he found the floating continent abandoned. After realizing his allagan masters were gone forever he started working on the restoration of Azys Lla when once again he felt a powerful disturbance in the sea of aether. He left Azys Lla to investigate and followed the disturbances to Aldenard. The Magi War He arrived at Eorzea right before the dawn of the Mhach and Amdapori conflict. Attracted by the stench of the Mhach dealings with the void magics he reached Yafaem Saltmoor first, where he attempted to persuade the Mhach to stop from meddling with the void, whom in their arrogance would not listen. When he learned about the elementals flood prophecy and the construction of the Void Ark Ethan decided to flee Yafaem Saltmoor as he realized the Mhach's thirst for power was beyond hope. He then reached out to the Amdapori and the Nymians who finally listened to his plea. He eventually became an ambassador of peace between the warring nations, and fought long and hard to try and keep the peace and stop the calamity from occurring. However, mankind's thirst for power gave way to ever-escalating tensions between the nations which reached a boiling point and an all-out war. During the great Magi war he was forced to reveal his true nature to the Amdapori and was key in sealing Diabolos and Ferdiad in the city and the keep. However, he was powerless to stop the Mhach attack on the Nymians when they unleashed a vile dark creature named Bitoso to curse the nation and turn them all into tonberries. Eventually the war ended when the elementals unleashed the great flood over the world, he tried to save as many as he could but in sadly all those great magic faring civilizations inevitably vanished just like the mighty Allagan Empire did. The Long Slumber Empires rise, and empires fall. After his half successful mission to prevent the spilling of darkness over the world at the cost of countless lives lost in the great flood, he decided to stay among mankind to keep watch of the historical developments. In time the knowledge of aetheric manipulation was lost, the people he grew close to died of old age and the world went into a lull. The few centuries he spent with mankind made him grow bitter and wary of them all, he became fully aware that people will go to any lengths and do just about anything to acquire that which their hearts covet, which he used to his tactical advantage.
So he became a lone wolf. He faked his own death and reappeared again as his estrangled legitimate child or some other familiar all grown up to reclaim his fortune, in what he came to call "Lifetime Iterations". After multiple iterations, he's amassed quite a fortune which he keeps hidden in undisclosed locations all over the star as as was quick to realize that its best not to draw too much attention to himself. He also learned not to grow attached to the precious lightkin as their existence is very fragile and their time on this star is too limited. He tends to keep everyone at arm's length. After having loved and lost many times over the course of his life and being betrayed by the people he considered his dearest friends he figured he rather not expose himself unnecessarily to the pains of loss and abandonment thus portrays an aloof and detached personality. He ultimately returned to Azys Lla when the world settled down and went back into deep slumber. The Great Calamity He remained in stasis for millennia until once again he was revived by his trusty machinery, all the alarms in his nursery compound went wild when they received the dreaded signal, the machinery of the lesser moon Dalamud had awoken. At first he was rejoyced at the tought that his Allagan Masters would have returned and been using the moon's power to revitalize the lost empire, but alas, that was not the case. The allagan machinery of the lesser moon did not receive a legitimate signal, it was a forged beacon sent by something else, and it had been plucked from the skies and had begun its fall. So once again he traveled back to Aldenard to try and stop it. How the world had changed so much in such little time, dragons and mankind locked in an endless war, an empire of magicless people rose from nothing and were now defiling the allagan empire's technology. He was a stranger in a strange land once again. He joined the fight to help the brave heroes who finally destroyed the transmitter the Garlean Empire was using, however the empire's machinations could not be stopped and the lesser moon fell. As Bahamut broke free from its eternal allagan captivity it unleashed his wrath over the world and changed the face of the realm forever. Yet in the midst of the chaos, Bahamut was enveloped in a blinding white light and abruptly disappeared from the skies to never been seen again.
In the aftermath of the calamity the Crystal Tower rose again from deep beneath the earth and that could only mean one thing. The threat of the Allagan covenant with the Cloud of Darkness remained in effect, and the tower could continue amassing energy to open the voidgate and unleash the cloud of darkness upon Eorzea. So as long as the crystal tower stands the threath of the voidgate opening remains. So he's decided to stay in the realm for the time being. In his latest Lifetime Iteration, Ethan is the mellow owner and manager of a hot springs inn called "The Golden Oni" located in The Goblet, Thanalan. While he spends his some nights behind the bar at his inn tending to his customers and showing them the marvels of fine dining and professional wine pairing, the majority of his time he's deep in his workshop crafting all kinds of special requests or restoring old Allagan Devices and keeping an ever watchful eye on disturbances of the aether. This time around he took advantage of mankind's appetite for power and glory by providing people with their heart's desire for a hefty price. Through his tradings of rare goods and hot commodities in exchange for the vast amounts of aether or information he created the Secret Order of "The Keepers of the Ninth Gate", who's mission is to To be the ever watchful gatekeeper of darkness, to guard and protect the thin veil that separates us from the void..
Ethan can be considered a somewhat Lawful Neutral individual. Positive: While he will not lie, he will certainly withhold information if he needs to. Believes that those who seek to rule others are, by nature, corrupt. Considers public service in a leadership role an honor. Obeys all personal contracts and promises. Will Support the legal procedures and systems of all nations although he will grumble at their primitiveness. Believes hard work will pay off in the end. He'll never fight dirty and will allow the enemy to attack first and pick up his weapon if disarmed. Will rather take prisoners than kill them. And has mankind and all of hydaelyn's lightkin creatures in his best interest.Negative:Ethan will use his wealth to destroy others who oppose him, and if that fails he'll use physical force to make them bend their knee. Will appear arrogant as he condescendingly views most people as primitive uncivilized creatures unworthy of the Allagan heritage. He considers himself above the flawed laws of primitive societies because he views Allagan Laws as superior, but supports the legal procedures of the nations, without regard to his own discomfort. Is not concerned with those less fortunate. Will rarely aid the weak for free. Is not trusted by the community due to his physical form and has many enemies because of it. He's known to go berserk when wounded or aether-starved for too long.
Traits and tendencies: Methodic, Organized, open-minded, calm, disagreeable, cautious, patient, reserved, leader, empathetic, noble, jaded, slow to anger and easy to forgive but hard to forget. In between optimistic and pessimistic, he hopes for the best but always prepares for the worst. In between traditional and modern, he embraces cultural changes but holds on to certain traditions. Hard-working, cultured, and fiercely loyal with those who earn it. Relentlessly vicious with those who cross him.
Beliefs: Believes in ghosts and spirits, gods and kamis. Believes in an aetherial afterlife. Believes in reincarnation. Not into organized religion but very philosophical. And he adheres to some of his original ancient Allagan directives: To protect the innocent. To prevent darkness from spilling chaos and disorder. To assist allies in need. To not betray allies. To not lie. To honor all oaths and contracts. To preserve the allagan empire. To uphold the allagan law. To honor legitimate allagan authority.
Orientation: Pansexual
Sexuality and Romantic Inclination:clear preference for intellectual and warrior casts and potential mates that show some form of strength and resilience. Sex favorable to the right individual who is not disgusted by his chimeric appearance. Very experienced sexually. Also very self-assured and quite the flirt. Romance neutral, tends to shy away from romantic liaisons as most inevitably he'll outlast his romantic interests and is prone to suffer abandonment issues, but is known to fall in love from time to time.
Known Habits: Never smokes, never consumes narcotics, never consumes traditional medicines, very indulgent with food, splurges spending to excess, seldom ever gambles, known to barter rare goods for large amounts of crystalized aether. Is known to walk about most market places with an Allagan Acompaniment node delivering crafts and making deals.
He's the sole heir and owner of "The Golden Oni" a hot springs inn located on The Goblet. With too much time free on his hands when he's not tending the bar of his inn, he pursues the business of crafting and he's been dubbed "A god of the hand".
If you require hard to get items, rare goods or hot commodities he's your man, but you better be prepared to pay his price. It won't be cheap, but he'll almost always be willing to strike a deal in aether, as he seems to have no real interest in gil.
Allagan technology catches his ear, he'll pretend he does not know much about it, but he's more than versed in it. If you got tomestones he'll want them all.
Also he seems pretty keen of rumors regarding voidgates or voidkin appearing in the world.
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