Ma'sae Pohju

Ma’sae Pohju
Race	Miqo’te
Clan	Keeper of the Moon
Citizenship	Ul'dah
Hometown	Unknown
Profession	Wandering Merchant, Unlicensed Alchemist, Stagehand
Free Company	Tantalus Co. <<IX>>
Age	24
Server	Balmung
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Character

Vitals

• Name Ma’sae Pohju
• Known Aliases ‘Ma’sae the Magnificent’ or ‘Eight’
• Age 24
• Height 5’8”
• Race Miqo’te, Keeper of the Moon
• Gender Male
• Orientation Opportunist
• Hair Color Blue-Black
• Eye Color One black one blue

Associations

• Adventurer’s Guild - Membership revoked due to inactivity/unpaid dues
• Dutiful Sisters of the Edelweiss – Membership Lapsed
• Frondale’s Phrontistry – License revoked
• Tantalus Theatre Company – Stage Hand
• Ebonguard – General Irritant
• Draffthouse Barons – Ringleader
• Black Lotus Syndicate – Vague Affiliation

Residences and Territories

• Listed Residence - The Hourglass
• Actual Residence – Storage Hold he’s converted into a room on the Tantalus Troupe’s airship
• Usual Territory - Ul’dah and the surrounding Thanalans
• Favorite Haunts – Golden Bazaar

Appearance

"Tall, dark and devilishly handsome." - Ma'sae Pohju

"The sort of face you just want to punch." – Relh’n Amarikh

"Far too good looking for manual labor." - Shion Baku

“His eyebrows are pretty damn magnificent. If they weren’t a national treasure I’d have set him on fire by now.” – Kyt'ir Jakkya

Ma'sae is tall for a miqo'te, which still leaves him far shorter than almost everyone else save for other miqo'te. And lalafel. That still counts.

His hair is a deep, deep blue that tends to look soot-black thanks to dry desert conditions. He is incredibly proud of his hair. Ma'sae spends inordinate amounts of time preening it, takes an immediate liking to any who compliment it and takes unapproved touching as a personal affront.

Like the majority of Eorzea, Ma'sae has heterochromia. Like the majority of those who peek into matters best left alone, he was not born that way. The left eye is the same blue-black of his hair while the left is a pale blue color he proudly calls 'winter moon'. Reasons for the mismatch vary wildly from account to account and generally change depending on how much he wants to impress the listener.

Personality

• All the World is a Stage - Tends towards the dramatic even though he insists performance work isn't his calling. Anything worth doing can be done with style, in his opinion. Even if it's something as unimaginative as mucking chocobo stables.

• Honestly Dishonest - He tries not to outright lie, and never with ill intent, but he feels the truth is subjective. The pure and simple Truth is overrated and looks better with a bit of embellishment anyways. Especially if he's trying to sell you something.

• Shameless - Even when caught very much in the wrong he tends not to feel much remorse over it. There's also the superficial shamelessness of costume changes in public or pulling off his shirt to fluster Priestesses. Or flirting poorly with a tavern girl until he has to be physically removed from the premises.

Tricks and Talents

• Alternative Alchemy - Ma’sae has not been formally trained in Alchemy. What he knows he picked up along the way during a childhood spent tailing along after merchant caravans. He found the Phrontistry’s approach too limiting as the good stuff isn’t even in the pages of their books. He specializes in things that explode. Fireworks, smoke bombs, sparklers and improvised incendiary events. He’s more than happy to show off his latest work but mind your eyebrows if you stand too close.

• Back Alley Surgery - A life of finding himself on the wrong end of a blade or fist has given Ma’sae plenty of opportunity to learn to put himself back together. Adjusting dislocated joints, stitching wounds, setting bones and occasionally pulling a tooth if need be. These services are available upon request for a very reasonable rate… but dentistry is more of a hobby, really.

• Legerdemain - Now you see it now you.... saw him slip it into his sleeve. He’ll gladly show you how fast he can make gil disappear, literally and figuratively. If you were to turn him upside down and shake him the things that would fall out of those sleeves and hidden pockets…

• Self-Proclaimed Master of Disguise - Claims he can blend near-seamlessly with any law enforcement agency, social status or country with a bit of paint and a costume change. So far all he seems able to fool is Lux. Innocent citizens across the realm wonder why their laundry keeps vanishing from the lines.

Likes

WIP

Dislikes

WIP

Combat

Ma’sae is not much of a combat type. He would prefer to diffuse a situation with words or a quick getaway if all else fails. If the knives do come out, so to speak, he’s usually got a bit of steel tucked up a sleeve.

• Fighting Not to Lose - He will usually try to parry, dodge or block to buy himself time to find an escape. In case an offensive is needed he will usually resort to non-lethal Alchemical alternatives rather than blades or blunt force.

• Potion Roulette - Takes a potion at random from one of his pockets or pouches and throws it at his opponent. Common options are: Sleep, Blind or Paralyze

• Run Really, Really Fast - You get the idea. Get out and come back with someone bigger/tougher to fight for you

Relationships

Family

None Known

Tantalus

• Shion Baku – Impresario of the Tantalus Company and generally A Nice Guy. Perhaps a little too trusting, especially for a leader of a misfit theater troupe, but it’s hard to imagine anyone wishing him ill. It’s like wanting to hurt a little scaly bunny. You wouldn’t do that. No one would.

• Kherem Kahkol Ok maybe this guy would want to hurt a cute little bunny. A former Guard of the Tantalus Company so luckily he’s sworn to protect the Maestro, Baku, but that protection doesn’t seem to extend to the rest of the troupe as so far all of Ma’sae’s work-related injuries have come from this guy. Decent sort of fellow, though a bit on the stabby side.

• Lux Lunseer – She saw him shirtless once so she must be entirely star-struck by now. The only actress he’s ever met who can’t actually act. While he has an intense dislike for Thaumaturges generally as a rule he isn’t so thick-headed as to write them all off immediately. Lux is one of the good ones considering she’s the least Mage-like Mage he has ever met. She’s naïve but clever; a dangerous mix as often his attempts to tease her or fluster her often backfire as she spouts an endless stream of dogma or corners him with a financial technicality.

Ebonguard

We aren't the seamy underbelly, I think we'd be that ticklish spot over on the side near the ribs. You know the one I mean. That's us. We mean well.

• Crow The (un)official leader of the linkshell. He claims he's always too busy to come out and meet the associates on his own so he sends a barely - competent errand boy out to act as liaison with the rabble. Ma'sae is pretty sure he sits around writing snooty letters that never get mailed and clipping his toenails. He's gotta have at least twelve toes, which is why it takes so much time AND why he refuses to be seen.

• Errandboy ( Leonnaux Altoix ) The barely - competent Errandboy aforementioned. Seems like a good kid and was an excellent sport about being stuck with the tab at the café. Ma'sae is having a hard time reconciling the rosy-cheeked scholar he presents with the black market dealing drug lord he's been rumored as.

• Swan ( Itara Irispyre )Graceful, beautiful and in a perpetual state of dazed. Ma'sae hasn't quite sorted it out that her vacant stares and giggles are the result of a chemical effect rather than her natural state. If he was aware he would likely be trying to con her into all sorts of criminal mischief since she probably wouldn’t remember it the next day anyways.

• Foxglove ( Alfeaux Jeulerand ) Tall and good natured elezen. Maybe too much so for his own good. Ma'sae enjoys teasing him a bit, to the point of getting him to give him a ride on his shoulders or making him blush over cake.

• Antimony ( Lux Lunseer ) Every shepherd needs a flock and every Ossuary priestess a band of sinners to save. She seems to have fallen quite naturally into the role of linkshell mother hen. Ma'sae claims he slipped the pearl into her pocket for a laugh but really, he thought she could use some friends who would brazenly rush where the Ossuary wouldn't dare set foot.

• Kite ( Kyt'ir Jakkya ) A Keeper from the Shroud who is not actually as short as he seems to be. A Thaumaturge who, unlike most mages, doesn't mind jumping right into a fight and risk taking a hit. Ma'sae has a natural dislike and mistrust of Mages that so far has manifested in teasing them mercilessly, as demonstrated by his interactions with Lux. The same treatment is extended to poor Kyt'ir who doesn't seem to know what to do about it just yet. He’s starting to enjoy the fiery mage’s company as well as he does sticking him with the bartab or emptying his pockets.

• Oleander ( Phi Atsuho ) Pretty sure she's a Sylph

• Eve ( Edda Vincents ) This one is a bit of a mystery, implied powerful underworld contacts yet she's content to kick it with these losers.

• Nerve ( P'ianthe Aliapoh ) A mysterious hooded woman with an even more mysterious organization backing her and supplying her with the MOST MYSTERIOUS of ability-enhancing drugs. (Are we seeing a pattern with the mysterious sorts yet?) Other than being a creeplord drug dealer she seems alright. Ma'sae is morbidly curious about her connections as well as the effects of her specialty product.

• Larkspur ( Etan'a Vaca ) A sullen Conjurer from the Shroud that Ma’sae found wandering around Limsa. He took a liking to the blue-haired Mercenary when Etan’a managed to render him entirely speechless on their second meeting. Though he calls him a Princess, Sae respects the Conjurer’s abilities and appreciates his company. He’s also pretty sure he’s secretly a spy or something.

More to come as he meets/talk to them

Draffthouse Barons

WIP

Friends

None Yet

Other

• Sasagan A dusty old chocobo, named for the first Sultan of Ul’dah, that has been his adventuring companion ever since he borrowed him from an unlocked stable.

Plot Hooks

Coming Soon!

General RP Info

If I’m not In Duty I’m free to play. Walk Ups and /tells are welcome.

My preferred storylines are ridiculous shenanigans, fail!thievery or other comedic scenarios. Serious drama is usually reserved for characters I’ve played with a few times, at least.

Current Storylines

• The Draffthouse Barons – Ma’sae is working on forming a little street gang based out of the Golden Bazaar. Their current interests lay in bootlegging and smuggling. He’s eager to find contacts with similar interests and recruiting new members.

• Tantalus Company – Ma’sae’s ‘day job’. Running a gang doesn’t pay the bills just yet. He’s officially a stage hand but having shown a flair for a dramatic he may be taking a more active role on the stage itself rather than just behind the scenes.

• Alternative Alchemy – Everything he makes ends in fire, with a few exceptions. An amateur, unlicensed alchemist he’s been trying new and terrible things. Mostly to apply to his stage craft but also trying to find a few tricks to be put for less noble use with the Barons.

Rumors

Common Rumors

• “Charming, but not half as much as he seems to think he is. He’s in theater, right? That probably explains most of it. I never trust anyone who grins that much anyways.” – Pearl Lane Degenerate
• “He’s funny! He tried to do magic one time with a deck of cards. Then… one of the Blades came by and he dropped three more decks out of his sleeves as he ran away. Spoiled the trick but we have enough cards for a poker tournament now.” –Orphaned Children around the Ossuary
• “Ma’sae the Magnificent. Who calls themselves that, seriously? Then he struts around as if he expects everyone to know who he is. Like being part of a two-bit gang from the edge of nowhere means anything.” – Sapphire Exchange Merchant

Moderate Rumors

• “He just showed up one day with a few handfuls of coin and an idea to put the mines to use for bootlegging on the side. We’re struggling out here, so it wasn’t the worst idea. Maybe not the best either but a little extra gil in the pocket is pretty nice… maybe I’ll even have enough to order a dress from Sunsilk Tapestries next summer.” – Golden Bazaar Refugee
• “He doesn’t really seem to slow down. We travelled in the same caravan for a bit back before I set up shop in Vylbrand and even then he’d just up an disappear for a few suns. Pack up his potions on his bird and disappear without a word. Always came back but never told what he was up to.” – La Noscean Armorer
• “I shoved ‘im off’a dock after he tried pickin’ m’wallet. He carried on like he were dyin’ until he realized it were only ‘bout knee-depth. By then I were laughin’ too hard t’get the Yellow Jackets so I’m guessin’ he were doin’ it a’purpose. Crazy like a fox, isn’ that the sayin’?” – Lominsan Dock Hand

Rare Rumors

• “I’m not an expert on this kind of thing, but you don’t really see Keepers from the Sagolii, do you? Especially not as pale as he is. Who is he trying to fool? While we’re on it, ‘sae is supposed to mean the fourth, right? Where are the other three…” – Forgotten Springs Seeker

PC Rumors

• "He's, uh, how did he put it? Your friendly Ul'dahn fairy godmother who teaches you to hold on to your wallet and not believe everything you hear. Hey, did you hear that he was born during a lunar eclipse and that's why he can see ghosts? It's true, I swear it on my lucky five-gil coi-- ...Where'd my gil go?" -- Lux Lunseer
• "WhyYYYyyYYYYYyyy is he allergic to shirts?" -- a flustered Ossuary priestess having a Moment

OOC Notes

I am not my character and he is not me. I will not take it personally if our characters do not get along, in fact most find him something of an acquired taste. I do not get upset if you don’t like the direction a game is going and want to change it or stop. I have no problem discussing scenarios OOC during/before to make sure everyone’s having a good time. Fun for all is first and foremost. If you’re not having fun, what’s the point.