Gervannant Holmen

Gervannant Holmen
"Grumpy elf dad"
Gender	Male
Race	Elezen
Clan	Wildwood
Citizenship	The Holy See of Ishgard
Age	52
Sexuality	Heterosexual/Asexual
Occupation	Temple Knight (lancer)
Height/Weight	- fulms - ilms / 187 ponze
Diety	Halone

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Basic Info

Likes ■ His son

Dislikes ■ Dragons/dravians ■ Those who talk too much or are unable to identify just when it's best not to speak (which, around him, is generally all the time)

Skills ■

Known Biography

(Some information on his sister will be shared too because I don't want to make a separate RP page for her)

Born and raised in the Central Highlands of Coerthas, Gervannant Holmen lived with his widowed mother and sister, Yseulette. Despite the vast differences between the two siblings--Yseulette the friendly and supporting type and Gervannant the curt and short tempered one--the two spent much of their time together growing up, generally centered around helping to support their mother who experienced lingering depression after their father had been accused of being a heretic and plunged into Witchdrop. Though cleared of all allegations when his body underwent no transformations, the family still underwent many forms of social heckling. Such abuse left Gervannant bitter and even disgusted with his father for even gathering suspicion, causing the boy to continuously work on becoming a lancer for the Temple Knights as means to prove his own loyalty to the Holy See. Yseulette, on the other hand, took it all in stride, feeling no need to prove herself more than her father's death already had. While Gervannant worked for the city she chose to work outside the gates at Camp Dragonhead under the House of Fortemps to protect those who traveled Coerthas. While separated, the siblings continued to keep in contact through letters, sharing what events happened in their lives and the prospect of children as they grew older. Gervannant stated plainly he held no plans nor want to be anything but a bachelor--the idea of children far too irritating for him--while Yseulette openly shared her wishes to have a child. The chance almost occurred for her after she married a fellow Fortemps guard but the possibility was taken away after a miscarriage and the death of her husband shortly thereafter. But one more chance appeared.

Hearing about a caravan of a dozen infected orphans that would be in need of a chaperone to protect on their journey to Warmwine Sanitorium, Yseulette took to the offer, writing to her brother that it would give her the opportunity to interact with children more to see if she really was ready to become a mother. And, if all went well, perhaps this would give her the chance to even bond with one of the orphans and eventually adopt them. Only a day after receiving the letter did Gervannant get a notice about his sister's death. During the beginning of their travels towards Gridania, an ogre known as Gargamelle came out and attacked the caravan, Yseulette doing all she could to fight the beast off. Despite her attempts the woman was killed and the children consumed, some even carried away for a later snack. The event would later be so charmingly known as the Bellyful Incident. After identifying what was left of her body and burying the body there was no more talk nor thought from him about his sister, wishing to simply move on.

A decade later on a particularly cold, snowy winter's day, Gervannant found himself posted outside the Gates of Judgement to check the perimeters with a fellow knight. A massacre of a miqo'te clan was found in the snow, to which Gervannant ordered the other to get a wagon so as to carry and dispose the bodies elsewhere as a means to keep the attraction of mobs from their city's gates. While the other man was gone though, Gervannat not only came across fresh aevis tracks in the snow but also a child hidden in the roots of a dead, uprooted tree. After recovering from the shock of there even being a survivor, especially a child at that, Gervannant's mind was struck with two choices: send the child off to Gridania with the chance it could be attacked in similar fashion to what caused his sister's death or risk persecution by taking the child in himself. Heavy with guilt at the idea of willingly putting the child in a situation all too familiar to him and partially guided by the wishes his sister once had, Gervannant decided to make what he considered the first decision he had ever not fully thought out. Concealing the boy under the coat covering his armor,When asking for the boy's name, all he was told was 'Eir'a.'

, Gervannant's loyalty to the city and stubbornness to avoid the persecution his father had undergone got the better of him, leading him to request a private

Miscellaneous

• The first time Gervannant began to develop guilt over his decision is also the prominent memory the two share where they remember having fun together. During the yearly Starlight Festival, Eir'a (around the age of 8) grew curious about what was going on but refused to bring it up, scared his father would reprimand him for it. Feeling sympathy towards and suddenly realizing just how many experiences he was withholding from his adoptive son, Gervannant decided to

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) ■ "." ■ "?" ■ "." ◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ■ "." ■ "." ■ "." ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ "." ◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players) ■

Current Relations ♥ Sexual Desire ♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Neutral ● Poor Standing ● Eir'a Holmen: He will most likely never be able to express his true feelings coherently (mostly because he assumes the boy should know) but Gervannant deeply cares for his son. While he has no idea how the miqo'te is doing now that he's left Ishgard, Gervannant only hopes he's experiencing all he can and enjoying it. He holds a lot of guilt towards the boy, only realizing the folly of his decision to raise him out of sight far too late. He feels should Eir'a ever develop a grudge against him that it would only be completely understandable.

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