Gene Treno

Birth Name: Gene [Pronunciation: Jeen] Treno

Nicknames: 'Pretty Boy' 'Lucky S.O.B'

Race & Clan: Hyur, Midlander

Gender: Male

Age: 27 Summers

Nameday: Born on 1st Sun of the 3rd Astral Moon

Orientation: Straight

Marital Status: Single

Nationality: Lominsan

Residence: Mist, Limsa Lominsa

Occupation: Seafarer, Goods Exporter

Patron Deity: Althyk, the Keeper

Height: 5 fulms, 11 ilms

Physique: Lean, Athletic

Recent Activity: Gene is currently working in employ by a number of different Free Companies shipping goods between the Great Cities.

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Summary

A very over confident, daring, charming and spirited self-sufficient man. Gene’s relentless and apparent brazen nature often lures trouble to his doorstep. He comes across as a selfish, narcissistic and somewhat egotistical Hyur and is known to act the hero wherever he may see fit for a reward.

However withal this assumed façade is noted to be a natural protective to his most treasured memories and people in his sand-shifting like life.

This self-proclaimed ladies man isn’t short of friends and although his charms backfire and fail him more often than not; His luck seems to hold out on him just in the nick of time.

Apropos to his romantic advances and charms that often fail him, they have in some way been said to leave a warming, enamoured and lasting impression on some folk. (But they daren’t admit that to him of course!)

A little hypocritical and silently at war with himself now and then, he is driven with determination when it comes to troublesome and trying times where he and his friends are concerned.

Despite his many flaws this hopeless romantic's heart is often in the right place, leading him to make decisions resulting in some less than favourable consequences.

Appearance

"With rugged charms and a face chiselled by the Twelve"

Gene has a head of golden blonde hair with darkening tips and light facial hair usually with a stubble chin. He has tanned skin tone and an olive complexion, sea-green almond shaped eyes and a narrow but soft nose. His teeth are in great pearly white condition and proudly maintains them so.

Likes to claim his features as "the art of and chiselled by the divine Twelve" themselves albeit often in jest however apparently many take him far too seriously.

He has a light blue painted tattoo on the right side of his face, likely a symbol of his Midlander family heritage.

Casually, he often wears a light blue shirt usually seen worn by most seamen. A sandy white embroidered pattern trails along the collar. He is very rarely without his black boxing hand-wraps and gil pouch tucked beneath a buckle of his trousers.

Wears a number of different situational attire for light travel to armed and venturing fighter. He carries a deck of cards with a blue motif identical to the tattoo on his face and calls them the ‘Treno’ deck specifically designed for a card game popularly played by his father's friends.

And last but not least, he wouldn't be the complete seafarer picture without his gold and glory. He wears two gold earrings, rings, bracelets and sometimes a necklace on special occasions.

Voice: Distinctively warm, masculine and generally friendly tone. When serious or sombre, it becomes very slightly raspy.

Rogue, Charming, Deceptive, Stubborn, Determined, Passionate

Fishing
Triple Triad
Fencing
Gambling
Brawling
Excavation
Auctioning
Camping
Cryptography
Harmonica

Close Quarters Combat
Espionage
Mining
Sailing
Singing
Swimming
Piano
Goldsmithing
Dancing
First Aid

Compassionate
Whimsical
Optimistic
Independent
Ambitious
Bold
Conscientious
Patience
Amiable
Loyal

Stubborn
Reckless
Audacious
Dishonest
Hypocritical
Infamy
Over Confident
Nuisance
Soft-Hearted
Temptation

Chronicles

During the Third Umbral Moon at the age of 16, Gene found himself roped into a shady life with a company of piratic dabbling activities. With the unexplained loss of his parents some moons ago, Gene grew somewhat unbalanced but his ever remaining resolve kept him from completely losing sight of hope. He had come to accept his parents’ disappearance and spent many moons planning his route of survival. However, all lawfully practised endeavours to survive it became more difficult with each day and proving next to futile thus he fell into a pit of darkness for some time.

Gene's days were spent scrambling for food at the disposal unit and hawking the streets for dropped gil in the city of Ul’dah. A stalwart, gruff looking Roegadyn noticed the young, now vulnerable Hyur one evening flicking a pack of cards between his grubby fingers. The back of the cards were marked with a blue motif similar to that of the one on the right side of Gene's face. The Roegadyn made no attempt to sugar coat his intentions, just by a glance; Gene was very well aware of this mans "trade". It was perhaps his overwhelming and forward approach that persuaded Gene's acceptance of the pirate's offer for he would never had chosen to walk such a path before now.

Around two cycles later, Gene had learnt the ropes and earned himself a significant position among the corsair ranks. With his own charm paired with an influenced mendacious attitude, he became a valued asset and was tasked with a role in one of the largest illegal operations the crew had ever devised. Sources and information had reached the crew with word of a ship fraught with precious wares that would leave each member richer than some of the richest people of the three city-states put together. A fantasy in reach of becoming a reality for Gene and the others.

Although he had no choice but to accept the task, he battled with an instinct he’d thought he had overcome a long time ago. He whispered prayer to Althyk perhaps in desperation, after two cycles of no request for help. This was an enormous risk and he knew the consequences were undoubtedly fatal. Nonetheless, he managed to slip unnoticed aboard the ship apparently loaded with extremely valuable jewels.

Gene succeeded in finding the treasures in the darkest place below decks. He opened the top of one of the crates after a good few attempts of putting his acquired skills in lock picking to use. The sun glimmered a stream through a tiny crack from the deck above. His eyes sparkled behind the black mask and he paused momentarily. As he reached into the crate to take a closer look at one of the dazzling gems, footsteps thud ever close so he shut the crate quickly and hid in the shadows behind some sacks of flour. There was nowhere to run with a guard patrolling back and forth across the door so Gene covered himself and slept there for the night.

The ship finally reached port and pre-planned distractions took place as Gene readied himself to take the cargo out the opposite side of the ship. He lifted the crate he had previously opened. It was heavier than expected and Gene had half a mind to lessen the weight but his focus was on the fortune. He eventually managed to come to a narrow opening down a lane but just as he turned to lower the crate, it wobbled and slipped from the tip of his fingers crashing onto the ground. The wood cracked and out poured the jewels and something else rather unexpectedly…

Gene froze, aghast and in disbelief. Gazing up at him were two big, dark ruby eyes of what appeared to be around an 11 cycle Miqo’te. Her arms bound to her body, gagged and hands in shackles. Gene pulled the gag from the Miqo’te girl's face and spoke broken words of question and confusion. He removed his mask just looking at the wafer thin girl. Panic began to set in, and the thought of the crew or worse, the army passing by; He shifted the bound Miqo’te girl aside and began scooping the jewels back into the crate. The girl's desperate muffles behind the gag became louder. It was clear she was begging for the thief's help.

With every heartbeat, time was running out and instead, Gene pocketed as many jewels he could fit before he staggered to his feet and rushed to find the quickest escape. The Miqo’tes voice of panic alerted a nearby Yellowjacket and any hope of escaping a rich Hyur dwindled rapidly. Gene stopped in his tracks and turned to look back at the shackled girl. At this moment, Gene displayed a heart once lost in the time of the last two cycles and tried to calm the girl down. He removed his shirt to cover her body to keep her warm and picked her up off of her feet, grasped her hand and headed back down the alleyway but as they turned a corner, a Yellowjacket and his wide girth cut their path.

Gene managed to string a story together and an embarrassing one that it was. Luckily, Gene managed to escape the law once again and left with more than he had bargained for one could say.

Gene jumped on the next boat to Thanalan with the young Miqo’te girl and completely abandoned his crew. Needless to say, he kept a low profile for some time and reluctantly took the girl into his care for the next five cycles and so naturally, their bond grew over time.

To be Continued...

Relationships

Under Construction!

Friendships
Romance
Rivals
Enemies

OOC Information

Roleplay Style:

Amount of RP (heavy, medium, light):

I've always disliked these labels to be quite honest but here we go. I play a light-hearted character role and don't have a ton of time to be online as much as I would like so I would like to say more toward "Medium" however when I do have the time I can get my teeth stuck into a nice chunk of "Heavy", story-rich RP and welcome it greatly!

Views on RP combat and injuries:

I prefer to either roll a dice and roleplay the consequences of that dice roll or just roleplay as normal without using dice to determine events. I don't do D&D character attributes and HP with dice rolling every move. It completely ruins immersion for me and becomes tedious and time consuming.

Views on IC Romance:

Now with Gene - I like to write on his profile that he is quite the hopeless romantic type and his advances are usually met with a slap in the face and his charms often fail him. Because of Gene's character - I truly feel the need to stress the fact that I am not OOCly driven to find romance or anything lol.

I'm actually a straight female who just enjoys playing the character of Gene and find it comical at how he is portrayed and received. I play the ROLE of Gene. There is no weird ulterior motives like I have unfortunately and often come across in the roleplay world. Roleplay to me is playing a role. Nothing more, nothing less.

However! Should Gene actually find love or romance during his quests then I am more than happy to play along with it!

Views on Non-Romantic RP (family ties, etc):

I am totally open to any RP connections including family ties, frenemies, foes and more! Just poke me and we can work something out. Big Grin

Views on Lore:

I do prefer to roleplay within the lore and awareness of the environment however I am no lore guru myself and open to folk correcting me if I may say/do something that doesn't make sense according to the lore. I'll feel stupid for about 15 seconds but that's okay.

Views on Chat Functions (/say, /linkshell, etc):

I like to try and keep roleplay in /say and /em as much as possible. It's all about the immersion for me. I can however adapt to other channels if required. IC linkshells are fine and OOC are fine depending on their individual purposes.

I am not keen on paragraph-posting as it swallows the chat and can be somewhat intimidating to others. I don't mind if it is necessary of course.

For me, roleplay is all about improvisation and being quick as you can to respond and react as you would when roleplaying on stage.

Paragraphs take time to type, read and then think of a response for each key points in the respective paragraph and it all just becomes too tedious, ruins the flow for me and seems more like forum-RP rather than improvisation.

Other Info:

Server: Balmung
Country: United Kingdom
Timezone: GMT/BST/EU
Contact info: RPC Private Message or in-game

I took a couple of long breaks from the game over the past couple years so i've not really had chance to make any decent long-lasting connections. I hope to find and make new friends and fellow roleplayers that I can stick around like a bad smell from now on!

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Artwork

The following art subjects have been commissioned and are NOT permitted for use by anyone else for their own characters/avatars or any other purpose.

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