King Noxaelius

Noxaelius Avantine
Gender	Male
Race	Miqo'te
Clan	Keeper of the Moon
Citizenship	Limsa Lominsa
Age	24
Marital Status	In a relationship
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, 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 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, his face, his back, and up his neck, with his right arm completely covered in them. Several scars are also present on arms, chest, and torso. He wears a lot of gold jewelry and many rings. Although the accessories look unnecessarily elaborate, they have gems capable of storing a small amount of aether or act as catalysts for him to channel magic through.

This Miqo'te usually carries around a long, black staff with a bright red crystal formation on his back. The staff is extremely pointed at the top, making it almost as sharp as a lance blade and capable of piercing various materials as well as bodies.

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. 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. 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 also looks down on people with submissive behavior.

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. He has no control over his strength when he loses his temper.

The best quote to describe him is, "Don't play with fire if you don't want to get burned".

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, then took four months to fully recover, 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 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 dropped 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. Later on, Noxaelius 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.

He has moved from his Mist residence to Lavender Beds with Caelia, due to complaints from the neighbors about his violence and lack of discretion.

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. 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 is quite capable at using his staff as a weapon 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. In fact, he often prefers to fight close-range because he enjoys using his spells on someone with direct contact instead of long-ranged casting and also likes to stab enemies with his staff. 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 an animal (and even more specifically, 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: The red of flames. ■ Talents: Cooking, singing, drinking alcohol, lying, and exploding things. ■ Weaknesses: Extremely prideful, terrible self-control, doesn't care much about his own health, ice magic, can't dance, 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. A genuine smile from him is very rare. ■ 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. Unfortunately, his parents were later murdered.

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) ■ "He may have a flirtatious personality towards other women... but don't let that fool you! He's got a good girl at home. Don't you dare think he's single." - 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 ■ "Oh, th' guy is a real pain in the arse to deal with, I tell ya! If ye ever get 'im mad, don't think he'll forget it if you ever meet him again! Guy can hold a real grudge. Heh. I know from experience." - Rhian Solane ■

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. ● Saiyana Tailua : Saiyana and Noxaelius are long-time "friends", having met not too long after the latter became a pirate. All of the tattoos on his body were done by her, and he occasionally visits her outside of business for information or other activities. This girl is one of the few people who know him very well, and this is due to how long she has been acquainted with the male. ♥ 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. His feelings for her kept growing despite the Miqo'te telling himself that he would be able to distance himself from her at any time, and finally accepted that he loves her. The two are currently very in love. ● Aeylis Bloodbinder : Noxaelius has had a roller coaster standing with this Highlander, either flirting with her or fighting with her, but the two have 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). ● Grey Argentum : He finds this Miqo'te male quite pushy when it comes to sharing problems, too controlled, and greatly enjoys needling him. Still, he makes for a decent drinking partner and Noxaelius finds him a bit more tolerable than other men he has interacted with. The two have polar-opposite personalities but somehow get along.

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