King Noxaelius

Noxaelius Avantine
Gender	Male
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Keeper of the Moon
Citizenship	Limsa Lominsa
Age	24
Marital Status	Single
Alignment	Chaotic Neutral
Orientation	Heterosexual
Guardian	Rhalgr, the Destroyer
Out of Character IGN:	King Noxaelius

Noxaelius Avantine

Although he is a Miqo'te, he was named Noxaelius Avantine by the Duskwight Elezen family that adopted him, since they are not familiar with Miqo'te naming conventions. His name is usually shortened to Nox by people close to him, or people who simply do not want to pronounce a mouthful when addressing him.

Appearance

Noxaelius is a Miqo'te Keeper of the Moon with ebony skin of a slight blue hue. His almond-shaped eyes are a very light gold-tinged silver and his full height brings him to about 5'10". This young man has high cheekbones with sharper facial features, giving him a constant unimpressed, almost intimidating look. He sometimes wears his platinum-blond hair in different styles, although he tends to prefer his hair tied back and knotted in various braids most of the time. Thin, low-set eyebrows and a thin, straight, high nose bridge contribute to his natural, slightly unfriendly expression. He has a few scars across his face, showing that this Miqo'te has been through some rougher times.

Although he focuses on the more arcane aspects of combat, his body is lean and muscular due to rigorous physical training. Intricate designs etched with black ink snake across various parts of his body and his face, with his right arm completely covered in them. Several scars are also present on arms, chest, and torso.

This Miqo'te usually carries around a long, black staff with a dull red crystal formation on his back and a medium-sized axe hanging from the side of his belt. He often keeps the axe under an invisibility illusion that is broken once it leaves his belt, simply to maintain the element of surprise, in case he is ever ambushed or suddenly attacked. The axe is simply invisible, however, so it may still occasionally knock things over or hit someone if he's not careful.

When under his Duskwight Elezen illusion:

Noxaelius takes on the appearance of a greyish, slightly olive-skinned Duskwight Elezen with very angular, regal facial features that make him look as unfriendly as his natural appearance. His eyes remain the same color and a similar shape, although they longer and more slanted. His hair has a very similar shade to his skin, the only difference being a few tones lighter, and is quite straight with a moderate length - ending right above his shoulders. It is also rather wild, with light-blond streaks and more tufts at the back. The male's long, sharp ears stand out prominently through locks of hair.

His body type as an Elezen is actually quite similar to his body type as a Miqo'te, the only exception being the length of his body and limbs in general, since Elezen are naturally much taller than the feline race. Since he always longs to be taller as a Miqo'te, he fulfills this desire by making his Elezen illusion a towering 6'10", one of the tallest heights among the tall race. The same scars and tattoos appear on his Duskwight face and body, although the tattoo designs and placement are slightly different. He is quite fond of nice-looking armor and spent a lot of time creating some heavy armor in his illusion, although it is merely an illusion, so it doesn't have the properties of actual heavy armor.

Personality

Noxaelius has always been quite sure of his own capabilities as well as his appearance, leading him to become a very arrogant person. He is shameless and openly expresses his arrogance and vanity in public, constantly antagonizing other men. However, he does not actually purposefully try to pick fights - he only picks them if someone rubs him the wrong way or does it first. He is extremely fond of flirting with any decent-looking female, regardless of her relationship status. The male is also extraordinarily vain and not afraid to make comments about how great his appearance is (in his eyes).

He likes to make witty, sarcastic comments or "bully" (tease from moderate to extreme amounts) people who are close to him (or people who are just easy targets). The closer he is with someone, the harder he will tease them. He is particularly fond of teasing females over males. Despite finding enjoyment in "bullying" the people he cares about, however, he is very loyal and will always attempt to help out his friends and family during important events. He often tries to hide any caring feelings he has for people close to him, making excuses up to explain some nicer actions. His unfriendly and intimidating appearance matches his personality - still, he would be willing to chat with a stranger if the topic interested him or wasn't a huge waste of his time.

This young man is very selfish and his actions revolve around things that would bring him personal benefit. Meaning, he would not help a stranger out if they were in trouble, even if their life was in danger, without any personal gain. If he acts nice to a stranger or group and helps them out for seemingly no reason, he most likely has an ulterior motive. He is very sly and not below accomplishing his goals in dishonorable ways. However, he usually has no interest in criminal activities because he finds having to deal with authorities annoying. Noxaelius is a strong believer in give and take, so if someone does him a large favor, he will strive to return it.

The Miqo'te may usually come off as sexist with the way he treats women, but he is largely narcissistic rather than sexist. He tends to treat women as sexual objects because he is heterosexual and doesn't look at men in that way. However, he does not really believe that women are the lesser sex. He believes that he is the best and looks down on anyone who isn't himself, regardless of their race or gender. He also looks down on people with submissive behavior and most courtesans or whores he's had relations with had such behavior, so he associates it more with females. Still, if there is a situation where a man and woman of equal skill face off, he wouldn't automatically assume the man would win or be better.

He can also tend to be sadistic and violent, finding no problem in permanently disfiguring someone or blowing buildings up. Of course, he only does these things to enemies, but he has no moral qualms. The male has probably indirectly killed a few people in his life, but has yet to murder someone in cold blood. He has no control over his strength when he loses his temper.

Biography

Childhood

This Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te has never known his tribe or the ways of his race because he was adopted by a Duskwight Elezen family as an infant. Unfortunately, his adoptive parents are also clueless about his background because they merely found him placed behind a large boulder with a leaf over his body in the Shroud, as though he had been put there for protection. Therefore, Noxaelius was raised in the ways of the Duskwight Elezen despite not being from that race. However, he does not share the same racial animosity towards Wildwood Elezen .

Noxaelius had an interest in destruction at a very young age and discovered the existence of Black magic from books. He thus developed a desire to become a Black Mage and wield destructive arcane powers. However, he had no knowledge or experience of where to even begin, nor where to obtain a Black Mage Soul Stone, so he sought the tutelage of a retired Master Thaumaturge. The Master Thaumaturge was initially unwilling to take the child in as a disciple, but Noxaelius showed promise and used various ways to sway the mage's decision. The Master accepted him as a student under the condition that he will never search for Black magic.

The Master decided to test a theory he had about boosted elemental powers a few years after Noxaelius became a student. He threatened the Miqo'te to consume a live fire sprite or else he would lose his student position. Of course, Noxaelius was terrified but being deeply ambitious, he ate the fire sprite and fell into a coma for two weeks, nearly dying from the experience. Eventually, he recovered and the Master's theory was actually proven to be correct: consuming the sprite and magically bonding with it increased the person's affinity with that particular element. In turn, it also decreased their effectiveness with the opposing element. However, it is very dangerous and it seems to only work if the person originally already bonded well with that element. In Noxaelius's case, bonding with the sprite's magic made his body temperature permanently unnaturally high, so he does not easily get cold (even in Coerthas), and suffers from fevers during the summer.

Teenage

The young man suddenly disappeared from his home in East Shroud one day at the age of 17 and his whereabouts were unknown for six and a half years. However, there are a few rumors that he dabbled with pirate activities for a few years.

Present

He briefly returned to East Shroud to visit his parents, before setting off once more. He ropped his temporary Elezen illusion for reasons unknown. Significantly more tattoos and scars mar his visage as well as his body, indicating that he had gone through rough times during his leave. During his disappearance, he obtained a Black Mage Soul Stone, but currently only knows one combative Black magic spell, the other Black magic spells being support. Since he has only had access to some of the magic for about a year, he is not very good at the single destructive Black magic spell in his possession. One of his main goals is to learn more Black magic - preferably ones he can better attune with.

Noxaelius recently absorbed a moderate amount of dark Aether from a voidtouched woman he killed, and has grown more powerful, but also more unstable. The Aether occasionally attacks his mind in an attempt to take control and he struggles to fight it every time.

Combat Abilities

Fire magic is Noxaelius's forte. He is very strong with the fire element and decent at lightning-based magic. Ice magic, on the other hand, he struggles with, since he did not put as much study into that element due to his Master believing that the ice element is rather useless, and is also naturally less effective with the element because of his consumption of a fire sprite. The fire sprite also made him more resistant against fire, so he may still sustain minor burns, but would not be as affected as others by it. Unfortunately, the single combative Black magic spell he has knowledge of happens to be of the ice element, which is partially why he is having so much trouble with it. This Miqo'te is also proficient at illusion magic, since it was a part of his studies.

He is able to cast a basic fire spell without his staff, due to some of his jewelry. However, this spell is significantly weaker without being amplified by his staff. All the jewelry that he wears are actually replaceable crystal catalysts for storing reserve magic in. He also temporarily loses some of the vision in his left eye when casting a spell using Black magic (during the duration of the cast).

Noxaelius has some experience with wielding an axe because, although he devotes most of his studying time to magic, he believes that simply training the mind is not enough to protect oneself, so he also trains his body. Of course, his melee abilities do not measure up to a person who has studied melee as their main method of combat. This male is very confident in his magical combat abilities and hates to lose. Sometimes, he may get too immersed in the battle and lose control of himself, seeking only to win and not caring what kind of damage he does to himself or anyone around him. He is always eager to battle because he believes that experience is the best teacher. He has not bothered to study any other type of combat and patches up his own wounds with magical items and medicine.

LIKES ■ Anything that will help him become more powerful. ■ Flirting with and bedding beautiful or decent-looking women. ■ Explosions. Particularly magic-based ones. ■ Cooking. He is a very accomplished cook. ■ Cleanliness and organization. He's obsessive to the point of OCD. ■ Luxurious lodgings.

DISLIKES ■ Losing...pretty much anything. ■ People who are weak or helpless and do nothing about it, as well as crybabies. ■ Being looked down upon. ■ Letting himself go in appearance or skill. ■ The more feral aspects of his race, and hates being referred to as a cat. ■ Environments with high temperatures.

OTHER ■ Nameday: 8th Sun of the 2nd Umbral Moon. ■ Vice(s): Pride. ■ Favorite Food: Sauteed Coeurl Steak. ■ Favorite Drink: Good quality wine or ale. He's a chronic drinker with a very high alcohol tolerance and drinks the liquid as though it were water. ■ Favorite Color: Black, and he doesn't care if it's technically not a color. ■ Talents: Cooking, singing, drinking alcohol, lying, and exploding things. ■ Weaknesses: Extremely prideful, very short temper, doesn't care much about his own health, ice magic, and high temperature environments.

QUIRKS ■ Raises his right eyebrow when unimpressed, doubtful, curious, surprised, or questioning. He rarely raises both eyebrows. ■ He spends more time smirking or smiling slyly than actually smiling. ■ Sometimes accidentally blows something up with fire when he loses his temper. ■ Tends to spill a lot of secrets in his drunken state. ■ The angrier he gets, the lower and more monotonous his voice goes. ■ Has a habit of taking unnecessary amounts of medication: for example, 6 pills for a headache when he only needs 2.

Extra Information

Family

Noxaelius's real parents are unknown. His adoptive parents are two Duskwight Elezen, his father being a lancer and his mother an archer. They are very kind, upstanding people. He lived with his Master the entire time he studied with him and only visited his parents once every two weeks for an entire day, so they are not too knowledgeable of his life under his Master, nor do they understand much about magic. Noxaelius refuses to tell them the details of his disappearance and lies to them when he visits them, wearing outfits with sleeves and gloves so that most of his tattoos are covered. He completely changes his personality to being polite and cultured, and tells them that he is living in Limsa as a Thaumaturge teacher. The young man loves them despite visiting them rarely, and pretends to be someone he isn't because he does not want to disappoint them or get them involved in any of his problems.

Note: The Miqo'te's parents now know of his true personality, after stumbling upon him unprepared at his house. They have still accepted it and the young man no longer bothers with his disguise or puts up pretenses when he visits them, although he still feels slightly uncomfortable.

Elezen Illusion Glamour

The illusion he casts on himself to appear as an Elezen is actually quite a complicated process. When he first began to create his illusion, he had to carefully use magic to craft every minute detail of the appearance he wanted into the spell. Once he was done creating the illusion, he also had to commit all the details to memory, in order to keep the spell up. The initial process took several hours, and it took him about half a year before he was able to comfortably keep up the illusion. This means that he cannot easily change the base appearance, and new clothing or accessories that are very complicated will require him a bit of time to incorporate. He uses a special glamour crystal to help alleviate the stress of the spell, so that he does not have to dedicate too much concentration to maintaining it.

How the spell works is that anyone seeing him or touching him will think that he is an Elezen, even if his projected appearance is taller than his actual physical height. However, because it is merely an illusion, his actual physical height is not extended, so he would be unable to reach something too high above him regardless of how tall he looks. Others would not know of his true appearance unless the illusion is lifted or broken in some way (or if the viewer perhaps has a special ability to counter such spells). The glamour crystal he uses will continue to project his illusion even if he is unconscious, but only for about two more hours. If he stays unconscious past that, or if he is too injured and/or fatigued to continue casting the spell upon wakening, the spell will be broken.

RUMORS ◢ Common Rumors (Easily overheard) ■ "That guy is always checking his appearance in a mirror or window." - Curious Commoner ■ "Every time I see him at the tavern, he ends up leaving with a woman. Lucky bastard." - Disgruntled Tavern Frequenter ■ "I saw someone accidentally drop some crumbs on his boots and he blew up at them! Ridiculous." - Practical Merchant ◢ Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ■ "I see him with the same girl a lot. Is she his girlfriend?" - Gossiping Courtesan ■ "One time he hit on another man's woman right in front of him and I heard that they later broke up! Despicable!" - Indignant Housewife ■ "Witnessed him blow up a man's home while laughing hysterically. I think he's a little off in the head." - Wary Street Rat ◢ Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ "I heard that he got most of his coin from pirating activities before." - Dubious Noble ■ "Seems like one of those power hungry types. He's quite violent. I wouldn't put it past him to be looking for Black Magic." - Disapproving Thaumaturge ■ "Some shady lookin' guys were askin' around for someone named Noxaelius. Said they wanted him dead or alive, but preferably dead. Wonder if they're one and the same? Not exactly a common name, 'innit?" - Suspicious Sailor ◢ PC Rumors (Rumors from the character's of other players) ■ "If you're in a perfectly happy relationship... please steer clear of him. Especially if your woman happens to have a pretty face. You'll regret it." - Caelia Salinas ■ "Get him piss drunk to the point of passing out, then you can scratch him behind the ear. Care: If he remembers it the next day, he will hate you forever." - Aeylis Bloodbinder ■ ■

RELATIONS ♥ Romantic Interest ♥ Platonic Love ● Good Standing ● Neutral Standing ● Poor Standing ● Estee Eyloiss : Noxaelius greatly dislikes this female Miqo'te because he considers her an annoying brat. He sometimes likes to tell her the wrong things and enjoys watching her operate under misconceptions. She once broke a flower pot in his house and has been banned from it ever since. ♥ Caelia Salinas : This young woman somehow ended up living at Noxaelius's house through a series of events and seems to act almost as a housekeeper of sorts, continuously insisting that it's all to sleep in his comfy bed. Noxaelius has no idea why he even let her live there in the first place, but she takes care of a lot of minor things around the house. He loves to bully her to the point where bystanders often wonder why she even hangs around him. Some strange feelings have recently started to emerge in Noxaelius, and they bother him greatly. ● Aeylis Bloodbinder : Noxaelius has had a roller coaster standing with this Highlander, either flirting with her or fighting with her, but the two have recently settled on being "friends" (or as the Miqo'te calls it, "drinking partners"). She is the only person Noxaelius knows who can hold her liquor almost as well him (he insists that he can drink more though). ● Echello Lailia : This female Keeper caught the eye of the male Keeper one day in Limsa, and he proceeded to flirt with her as he did with every female he came across. She responded very badly and developed a hatred for him, which initially put Noxaelius off. However, he recently flirted with her again and discovered that some of her reactions were amusing, which renewed his interest.

Footnotes

OOC Note: The illusion/glamour idea was created and woven into Noxaelius's story in order to compensate for OOC racial switching with fantasias.

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