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Revision as of 11:09, 22 April 2015

 Flameson Hammersmith
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"Life solves the problems we hope it won't."
Gender Male
Race Roegadyn
Clan Hellsguard
Citizenship N/A
Age Old
Sexuality None of your damn buisness
Occupation Sellsword, blacksmith, seigesmith, saboteur
Height/Weight 8 fulms 7 ilms / 400 ponze
Diety Rhalgr

Basic Info

An elder Roegadyn with all the warmth of a cannonball, Hammersmith is an immense Hellsguard who's come out of "retirement" at the behest of someone blowing up large portions of the continent including, but not limited to: Where he was trying to retire to.

Never known for being cheery he's even less such now, having been forced to pick his weapons up again and return to a life already well traveled.



"I know the cities pretty well. Helped put a lot of holes in their walls. Marched through a lot of those holes. Don't trust walls. Don't trust cities. Don't trust people who tell you they're safe."
"Hate's a strong word. I don't use it lightly. I find I'm using it a lot these days."
"People build. People tear down. That ain't stoppin any time soon."
"Cause trouble. Make things difficult. Or else someone else will."
"Few things worth being stupid for. Best enjoy them while you can afford to pay their price."

Likes

Melee Weapons
Fighting
Good metalwork
Violence
Pushing Limits
Smoking like a chimney
Drinking
Gear Works
Consequences

Dislikes

People.
Leaders of people
Shitty smithing
Magic
Mages
Mages
People who think consequences are someone else's problem

Skills

Blacksmithing
Armorsmithing
Metallurgy
Hand to Hand combat
Siege Smithing
Funeral Dirges
Advice

Appearance & Personality

Hammersmith is very, very large, even for a Roegadyn. His build is a working man's build. The kind you get when you've never been allowed, or allowed yourself, an extended rest from toil and obligation. His body is absolutely covered in scars, the most notable being the ones crossing his left eye and the dead orb inside it. His age is hard to determine. He could be anywhere from a very haggard 40 to a very well maintained and pissed off 70. Hammersmith is, above all, a testimony that spite can serve as a preservative.
Hammersmith is well spoken, assuming you catch him without a bottle in his mouth. Given that this is a rare event, most times he speaks with the accent of his childhood village, which makes the torrent of filth, philosophy, and temptation all the harder to understand.
Hammersmith is slow to actual anger but quick to annoyance and even quicker to act on that annoyance. People who aren't well acquainted with the giant Hellsguard often find themselves on the receiving end of poor impulse control paired to an even poorer tolerance for bullshit.
Hammersmith's fighting skills are based on a lifetime of heavy combat and the understanding of skirmishing that comes from it. It's not flashy and it's not stylish. It's efficient and practiced, with muscle memory retained from decades of taking people apart step by careful step. The Hellsguard looks slow, and has a severe disdain for 'showing off'. This works to his advantage in most cases. He enjoys brawling but he considers pulling steel on someone as something you only do when you intend to kill them on the spot.

Known Biography

Those who have encountered the giant in recent days liken it to camping on a volcano. It's not a matter of if he's going to cause chaos. It's a matter of when and how many people are around when he goes off. Attempts to find out why this eye of the storm has returned to the field after so long have revealed the following:
Hammersmith has a military history in Ul'dah, with a long record of service stretching back decades from the current point in time. The few that recognize the name in the leadership refuse to say more than 'He was a siege master and he was good at his job.' His claims of retirement are validated by the official record with it marked as almost one year before Dalmud's decent. Several mercenary companies do have some record of a Hellsguard matching Hammersmith's description in their records pre-dating his service to Ul'Dah. His records of service in the mercenary companies were always short and normally involved an extremely violent campaign against large cities.
Hammersmith claims that almost everyone he knew before Dalmud's decent is dead. His age, combined with the high casualty rate of both siege workers and recent cataclysm support his claim. With little to no support or social structure left to him in his advancing age, it's not a surprise he's been forced to return to the fields of war and his old bloody craft to 'rebuild'.
What records remain in Limsa support his claim of "retirement", with a filed rank of 'master' at the armorer and blacksmithing guilds, as well as a deeds to a plot of land now several feet under water post Dalmud calamity. There used to be a town there as well, named Copper Grove. Now it's gone. The question of why Hammersmith isn't underwater with it is a matter of debate and, for some, lament.

Miscellaneous

  • Hammersmith's teeth are filed to points.
  • His one remaining eye is a dark, bloody red, usually matched to the often burst vessels surrounding it.
  • One of his current hobbies seems to be participating in the local underground fight circles between stints of "official" work for the Immortal Flames.
  • Hammersmith's loathing of mages is only matched by his utter hatred of chronic liars. There are guard records from the Yellowjackets several decades ago that suggest a sudden outbreak of tongueless "mutes" was due to politics and Hammersmith meeting head to head.
  • That's probably not his blood colouring his hair. But it probably belonged to someone else, at some point, earlier in the day.
  • Speaking of which: The Limsa Maurader's guild refuses to speak about Hammersmith in any official capacity and claims to have no records on him. Even those too young to know Hammersmith from that far back don't talk about his enrollment or lack there of.
  • Hammersmith has been heard, in public, to claim to have had children. If they survived to adulthood is up for speculation, as is who would be stupid enough to remain in arm's length of him long enough to start raising a family.
  • Coffee, smokes, and heavy alchohol seem to be all the giant consumes. Local merchants in Ul'dah note he does purchase large amounts of Hard-Tack from the Immortal Flames stockpiles though.



Rumours

Some of these rumors are untrue or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC!

◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard)
"I hear most of the Immortal Flames officer core have dress weapons and metal-work with his maker's mark stamped on it."
"I heard he worked for the Syndicate when he was younger. He looks like one of their thugs."
"He used to be a merchant. All this mercenary work and military service helped him invest in war-profiteering."
◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear)
"Our local Sargent said he recognized him. Something about being the Demon of the Walls. He knocked on one of the city gates when he said that."
"One of the Ala Mihgo refugees said one of their leaders knew him before the city fell. He used to be one of the Destroyer's priests ."
"I've seen him offering coins to the Byregot orders. Something about debts owed."
◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard)
"He loathes the twelve. They say he pulled the ears off an elezen priest during the last temple holiday."
"I heard he makes people sign contracts for smithing work in blood. The Flames officers say his mercenary papers are signed in the same stuff. Both his and their signatures."
"He plays a "Violent Golf" with anything shorter than him. Which is pretty much everyone. I've seen him punt a Lalafel over a wall in one swing."
◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players)
"Add your own." -- Someone, anyone, whatever

Current Relations

Sexual Desire Romantic Interest Platonic Love
Good Standing Neutral Poor Standing

Everyone and everything

Gallery

Footnotes

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