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GLIOCA SARGONNAI
THE SILVER DRAGON
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Glioca Sargonnai
■ RACE & CLAN... Elezen, Wildwood ■ GENDER... Female ■ AGE... 227. Appears 27. ■ NAMEDAY... 22nd Sun of the 4th Umbral Moon, 1350 S.A.E. ■ ORIENTATION... Pansexual ■ MARITAL STATUS... Married, Semi-Open |
■ CLAN... None ■ RESIDENCE... Ul'dah, Phoenix Estate ■ OCCUPATION... Artisan, Businesswoman ■ PATRON DEITY... Nymeia, the Spinner ■ HEIGHT & WEIGHT... 6 fulms, 5 ilms. Weighs 215 ponze. ■ ALIGNMENT... Chaotic Neutral. |
Glioca is a very physically aggressive individual, both in terms of conflict, and sexually. She's got a sharp tongue, and sharper teeth, and doesn't enjoy backing down from conflict. She's incredibly strong in a physical capacity due to events that have occurred in her back story, and can easily puncture steel with her bare fist, usually without much physical harm to herself. She wears an armlet that contains the extra aether from her body, cycling it constantly to keep her from essentially losing control of her flows. *** OOC NOTE *** I expect a clear IC / OOC division in RP. Glioca's feelings and my feelings are separate. I'm not opposed to friendships, but if an OOC relationship becomes stifling, uncomfortable, or seems to be pushing toward attempts at romantic involvement, I won't hesitate to address the issue, or cut contact. Similarly, I hope that others are also as open in this regard as I am. I prefer clear lines of communication with whomever I'm RPing with, and those I'm RPing with should always feel free to send a /tell to clear up any questions. |
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PERSONALITY
Intelligent. Friendly. Inquisitive. Grim. All of these words have been used to describe Glioca at one point or another. A woman who, in her youth was a quiet and studious intellectual, events in her life have given her a more serious and darker bent of late. She's very open-minded and eager to learn anything and everything she can, whether it be about people, magic, combat; she's very much a sponge, waiting to absorb whatever knowledge she's immersed in. Despite her perceived melancholy, most would find her easily approachable and more than willing to talk, particularly when the topic is scholarly or magical in nature. She has a deep wanderlust that causes her to spend a great deal of her time either wandering the wide roads of the Goblet, or the deep paths of the Shroud, anywhere that there are sights, or people, to be found.
A lifetime littered with loss and sorrow has changed her personality over the years, from sweet and somewhat innocent to more worldly and a touch more wary. She's somewhere in the middle of the scales, on where she was as a child, and the twisted individual who was broken down by life. Some things about her have changed: she developed a temper that was never there before, and a zest for fighting and conflict. But some things never change: she still prefers the role of a healer, she's still got a sharp mind and a quick wit, charming, and easily able to keep pace in intelligent conversation. She's got a moderate business sense, co-running a business as she does with her husband, but a greater mind for magic, with a single minded focus on magic and magical achievement that's so driven it could almost be a religion for her. While she does have a temper, it tends to run cold, rather than hot, with the woman becoming aloof, distant, abruptly spoken and quick to verbally lash those she's furious with. When it comes to combat against a serious foe, it's like she's emotionally gone, simply devoting herself to whatever battle she's in at the time. Very little can rouse her to burning anger, but what manages it finds her a completely different woman, devoid of compassion and mercy.
She's got few fears, and a great many enjoyments in her life, and she usually tries to focus on the latter much more frequently than the former. She's a tremendous flirt with both males and females, playing it out as a dance of intellect and wit to match words with another. She's overall about as dynamic as any other individual, with moods as varied as the weather, that influence her personality depending on what's going on, who she's interacting with, or in what capacity. One thing that stays consistent is that if she's able, she's usually willing to offer advice in whatever way she can to those who might seek it from her.
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APPEARANCE
Standing at six fulms and five ilms tall, Glioca is tall for a woman, even an Elezen, a scant two ilms shorter than her husband, A'rklonn. Her hair is naturally white, and is kept short-to-medium length, either pulled back into a ponytail, or cut into a simple bob that's pinned back away from her face in a silver hair barrette. Her eyes are a soft shade of stormy gray, and she bears a single scar upon her face, stretching up over her left eye. The frame of her body is a mixture of the supple curve of a well built woman, hard muscle from many hours training, and the overall complexion and health of her exemplary diet, given her enjoyment of cooking.
She usually wears a pair of rimless glasses perched on the end of her nose, but generally forsakes this for a circlet when in combat. Upon her forehead there are six symmetrical dots; whatever they once represented, she no longer speaks of their meaning now. The one thing she is never without is the band that represents her bond to A'rklonn. Her clothing is entirely dependent on whatever task she is engaged in at the time, and she has an outfit for every occasion. She prefers clothing that is well fitting, usually practical more than pretty. The biggest exception to this are her dresses, of which she enjoys a variety of styles, usually in dark gemstone colors, or varying shades of white in fabrics that breathe easily. She appears mature, but not aged, looking to be in her late twenties to early thirties, if one counted her age as they would that of a Hyur. This youthful appearance is somewhat superficial, and is easily seen past the moment one looks into her eyes, which speak of an individual who has seen far too much in the course of a very long and often troubled life.
AETHERIC CONDITION
Glioca has a sensitivity to particularly strong aether, having experimented in her youth with aetheric flows and energies. During the course of these experiments, she reinforced her body with pinpoint aetheric bolstering, which created a unique condition and affect within her.
OOC Note: While I realize that Glioca's strength could make it easy to powerplay, the armlet she wears exists to keep her at a manageable level. Glioca will often use her strength on objects more than people, to avoid any iffy situations that might make other RP'ers uncomfortable.
If you ever have a concern about the legitimacy or fairness of something that occurs during the course of RP, kindly send me a /tell and I'll quite happily work with you to find a compromise.
Glioca's body is under a constant aetheric cycle. This cycle means that she regenerates and heals at a much faster rate than most other individuals. This also prevents her from aging in any normal fashion, as her cells continually rejuvenate themselves at a very base level. She can be scarred, if a wound is inflicted with particularly nasty magical means, or if she has lost her armlet as her aether leaks during these periods, rather than remaining constant in her body. It's presently unknown if she can be killed outright, or if the aether in her body would simply reform her again at a later time. |
Those who have a strong aether sense may be able to detect the abundance in Glioca. Given the amount of raw aether that flows through her body, she's unable to control it to the fine degree she's used to without assistance. Because of this, she wears a bracelet made of a metal and crystalline substance that is worn on the right side of her body. This armlet draws aether out of her body in a continual stream, creating a conduit for the excess she generates to flow through, to leave the flows more manageable. |
When it comes to channeling aether, she has an easier time than some do, because of the way it's a constant in her body, instead of shifting and flowing as it usually should. Interestingly enough, Glioca doesn't have an endless pool of aetheric power to draw from when using magic, as it's a different direction than her aether usually takes. The aether required to fuel her body and regenerate is a rather large amount, and this limits the amount she can devote to her spell casting. Her pool would be considered large in comparison to some, but decidedly not limitless. |
BUSINESS VENTURES
Glioca and her husband A'rklonn started a small business out of the front of their home in the Goblet, where they ask for rather unique forms of payment, depending on the good purchased.
Goods... Glioca offers a number of unique products, primarily of her own design, at the shop. These can include things like makeup and cosmetics, but more commonly range to things like philters, draughts, and elixirs. She also sells confectionery treats, plush creations, and a variety of other things, but the real pride of the shop is their other range of more unique items, tomes, and other miscellany goods. Services... While much of what is seen on the shelves of the store are all that's offered, the duo are capable of obtaining a great number of things, and their skill with artistry means they're capable of creating unique items that an individual might need. Everything from jewelry to rare texts and even discreetly obtained Allag items. Much of what they create in this way is obtained by commission, usually for those that the pair find interesting.
Contact... Feel free to approach me for RP relating to Black Phoenix Oddities or to NPC / handwave the more common purchases, whichever is more convenient for you. If you choose the NPC / handwave route, note that the (NPC) employee overseeing most day-to-day business affairs, consults, and sales in the boutique is a Wildwood Elezen woman by the name of Melisine Sorel. |
Goods... Glioca keeps a trove of commonly created potions and requested items, both infused with aether, and not, readily available for purchase. Services... But the most interesting thing that they offer, outside of the shop, is a service that's in high demand, but low supply: revenge. The pair will take revenge for those who are unable, for a certain price, regardless of the fashion of revenge that is requested, usually delivering equal suffering upon an individual, however, the exact terms is dependent on their client. Contact... This type of service is offered on a person by person basis, and is contingent on the OOC approval of all parties involved (the asker, and the intended target). |
COMBAT & WEAPONRY
A woman who prefers to split her focus between a variety of combat styles, and who has a great deal of experience to draw from, she spends a great deal of time honing her body physically, but also her mind. Much of her strength comes from the raw muscle she has built, but she supplements herself heavily with her magic to further reinforce her body and increase her capabilities. When pushed, she can be quite the terrifying combatant. Her husband claims rightly that she is the strongest between the two of them in terms of physical capabilities, and freely brags about some of her past feats, such as punching through a mechanical construct which could rival the Vanguards of the Garlean Empire. While she's very well rounded in terms of abilities and proficiency, she's also not mastered any one thing, except maybe Conjury, and by extension, some forms of White Magic picked up in her self-study.
OOC Note: When it comes to unavoidable combat RP, I'm willing to go with either Dice, or Freeform, depending on what's decided on by those of us fighting. Because of the inherent strength of the character, she actually avoids combat as frequently as possible, preferring intimidation to outright conflict. I do my best to compromise and not outright overpower an individual, for the sake of making a fight more interesting. Scarring and beating her extremely is plausible and acceptable, however death requires permission if it seems as though it's headed that way, and so long as it doesn't conflict with any OOC plans I may have made, she can be temporarily killed, though don't expect it to be lasting, given her aetheric condition and other failsafes she has in place. Please feel free to shoot me a /tell at any time during a RP if you have questions: communication is the most important thing in conflict driven RP.
While not a mathematician by trade, she is still quick enough with numerics and strategies to take full advantage of arcane magic, be that for summoning a creature to aid her, or to aid others. She considers her skill with healing using arcane magic to be secondary to her skills with conjury, but she is still a fair hand at it, not having had the time to master it as she has white magic. She constantly seeks to expand her arsenal of abilities, both for practical and more combat-oriented uses. |
Glioca is just proficient enough with a bow to hit a target a distance away, and not snap the bowstring in the process. She's learning more and more as she progresses, but archery will never be among her primary skills without a great deal more study, and a patient enough teacher to deal with her snapping bows when she grows frustrated. |
While it has been some time, she did at one point study divination as a means of predicting the outcome of certain events. More to the point, she is fond of and has in the past practiced celestial magic, or magic influenced by the stars. Glioca is quite fond of astrology as a science and study, though she refuses to believe that certain things are 'fated', and instead refers to the fortunes she reads, when she reads them, as a type of directional marker, giving her an idea of which path she should be following at the present time, and she takes steps accordingly, if it seems as though a path may lead her down a bad road, to exercise the utmost care in those matters. In terms of using the magic either for bolstering allies or harming those who stand against her, only time will tell. *** |
While Glioca isn't as proficient with an axe as she is a sword, she's not a bad hand at the large weapons. Her fighting style grows a little wilder when she's using an axe, and she thoroughly enjoys trouncing her enemies with the much more energetic style of combat she adapts when using one. |
Singing and playing instruments is a talent that Glioca honed over her life, learning to play a number of different instruments. Given her penchant for magic, bardic magic is no extreme feat for her, and she enjoys the manipulations of it, but it's far from her strongest magic. |
Less skilled with this type of magic than the art of Conjury, Glioca is extremely proficient with Ice and Lightning, less so with Fire, which is typically her naturally opposed element. She took to the darker magics of thaumaturgy with ease, and seeks, as she has always done with any type of magic, to expand herself to master all magic. This is a daunting task which she approaches with diligence and patience, knowing that any magic is difficult to master. She is currently working on learning to combine the different types of magic she knows to great application. |
Daggers are far to light a weapon for Glioca to be exceptionally comfortable with. While she'd be more capable of using a single dagger, the twin-dagger style is something she's practicing, but she's not finding herself very capable with it. Time and training will improve her abilities. |
Her only experience with dark magics thus far are void-related, very minimalistic, and rarely spoken of. *** |
If you had to pick one type of combat that Glioca truly excels at, it would be hand-to-hand. She knows a number of martial fighting styles, both styles that would be familiar as far as Doma, and as near as Ul'Dah. Her movements are precise but incredibly strong, and in most cases, she would rather just punch something to death than she would combat it in any other way. She reinforces her strikes with her own aether or chi to make them far more dangerous, and to use them to counteract a persons ability to channel aether, either from outside, or through their body. She prefers offensive and reflexive strikes to defense, and usually fights unarmed even when dealing with heavily armed and armored opponents. At this time she makes excellent use of her enhanced conjury to field more precise blows on an opponent, leaving them totally disabled, or, in rarer cases when needed, to punch straight through their armor, or snap their weapons. This is accomplished by increasing her muscle density without increases in muscle mass through the use of conjury by altering her body on a minute level, giving her far greater than average strength. |
Glioca is just learning to take advantage of the reach and flexibility required to wield a lance, and would be far more likely to use a lance as a throwing weapon than an up-close weapon in any kind of conflict or fight. She does have a fondness for the halberd, but still has far less experience with this type of weapon than say, her skill with a sword. |
If it clinks, clanks, makes noise, or can somehow be used in machinery, Glioca can use it. She actually adores technology and uses it as liberally as possible, both in her day-to-day life, and in other cases. She often seizes and re-purposes Garlean technology for her own uses. She created a magitek guardian for the shop, a small Ultima weapon statue that fires off a condensed aetheric quad-Flare if triggered. She's currently working on a smaller sized bullet for the weapon, so there's less of a chance for damage to the shop, as opposed to just hitting the intruder. It's a work in progress. *** |
Out of necessity and a desire to further her training with the sword upon her return to Eorzea, Glioca took up for a time with the Gladiator's guild, training herself with a blade. She did eventually seek the training of the Paladin that was offered to all who claim themselves as adventurers, though she would prefer to use no shield at all, and instead rely solely upon a the sword itself. Still, while her skill with a sword is passable and she wouldn't hesitate to take someone on with a blade, her skill with a sword is still inferior to that of her husband, who has much more extensive training with swords of all styles. She prefers heavier blades to lighter ones, and would rather dual wield than wield a single blade, or as a compromise, wield a single large blade rather than a smaller one. |
She has more skill than one would consider her to have, though she tends to blend into an environment more than she actually shifts herself to be unseen. More of a hide-in-shadows than true stealth, she's working on improving her skill with this ability all the time, even if she is a bit slow at it. |
Upon first arriving back in Gridania for the first time since before the Calamity, she ended up seeking out the Conjurer's guild. With her prior years of study and the ability to draw on the nigh bottomless well of strength from inside herself, she continued her former studies of the art, using it as more than simple healing magic: hyper-reinforcing her body, which greatly boosted her endurance and agility. Coupled with her already keen mind, this has given her a very sharp edge over many others who might pursue the path of the White Mage. Adapting magics learned while abroad, Glioca drew on magic that should be locked, and untapped the potential within herself for the path of the White Mage. While she would never openly claim to be a White Mage, knowing that to be the purview of the horned Padjal, she will openly use magic that others are beginning to discover through self-study and investigation, and will freely spread what she knows among others who wish to learn, in a desire to continue to promote the spread of ancient knowledge. |
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ARTISTRY & TRADESKILLS
Glioca's very long life, and certain life choices, have given her a more practical eye for the things one might create and the craftsmanship, attention to detail, and quality that one might place upon their work. Rather than perfecting every combat skill, Glioca instead opted to pursue and perfect her skills in regards to the creation of items. She considers her strongest points to be botany or gardening, alchemy and cooking, but neglected no other craft in favor of another, instead preferring to dedicate herself to each one equally. In Eorzea, she sought out membership with each guild in order to maintain her level of capability, and indeed, improve upon techniques drawn from other places.
OOC Note: Glioca's a rather inventive person, and I like finding things that are a challenge to RP out creating, so feel free to send me a /tell if you want Glioca to try her hand at making something. Notably not mentioned in the description for Black Phoenix Oddities, Glioca creates some rather interesting bedroom aids using her different crafting skills in tandem. /cough.
To go along with her skill at cooking, Glioca spends a great deal of time pushing the envelope with recipes in Alchemy that would probably make people raise an eyebrow, blink, or do a little bit of both. She experiments, creating things like poison and "love potions" with equal ease. She crafts natural and magically based philters, draughts, and elixirs, all of which she sells. She also creates experimental potions and drafts, including ones that are used for transmutation of an object into another substance, and more notably, a potion, taken daily, which prevents pregnancy.
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Pounding on a sheet of metal is easy when you've got a lot of strength, and that's definitely something that Glioca has in spades. She maintains all of her own armor; a suit of silver half-mail created with a mixture of weaving, smithing, metallurgy, alchemy, goldsmithing and leatherworking. This unique combination allowed her to create an alloyed metal that is light as leather and flexible like cloth, while still affording her the protection of a full suit of armor. This gives her the flexibility to utilize her unique combat styles, as well as the necessary protection to still take the brunt of the damage she does. She rarely takes on commissions for others, as she doesn't feel her armorsmithing to be one of her best skills on it's own, but she does, as with everything else, try her hand at furniture that utilizes the strong plates, rings, rivets and other components that armorsmithing is well known for. |
She has a fair hand at blacksmithing, with long hours spent in study to make the most of her skill with the craft. She utilizes her knowledge of magic to carve runes and symbols along the weapons she creates, allowing them to be used, with some infusion of crystal somewhere into the weaponry, to be used as a magic focus. This is part of her experimentation in cross-combination magic, and she uses her sword as a singular focus when casting just about anything. She utilizes blacksmithing in conjunction with her carpentry to create weapons that are both elegant and functional, enjoying the decorations she can add that makes each individual item she crafts unique. She's not a bad hand with anything else you could make with the smithing craft, and utilizes it to create the small components she uses in her magitek work, as well. She's currently working on a gunblade based on a Garlean prototype. This project is still in the works. |
Probably Glioca's greatest hobby, the cultivation of plants and new subspecies of flora is one of the things that the woman prides herself on. Through careful study and experimentation, she has begun growing plants that are often not found on Eorzea, typically for personal use and never shared with the outside world except in the form of an ingredient used in one of her many concoctions or tinctures, or as part of an herbal tea. She keeps a number of small gardens at her home in the Goblet, and when she isn't reading or training, she can be found speaking to and tending these gardens. |
Her skill with botany has given Glioca a good eye for what types of wood would be best with what project. Her time in Othard helped in sparking her interest, as she spent a good deal of time working with her hands. She could build a house for someone, given time and materials, starting with the frame, and ending with the furniture. She enjoys the craft of working a log or piece of timber into a work of art, whether that's a decorative carving, or a weapon to be used by an archer or lancer. She tends all of her own needs in terms of weaponry, using her skill at carpentry to supplement and augment her skill at blacksmithing where necessary. |
Glioca has the most experience with cooking. She tends to cook with an elegant flourish, and favors candies and cakes, but she can make just about anything, ranging from traditional Eorzean dishes to the more unique cuisine of Othard, and indeed, lands far beyond. But take away her fancy pots and pans, and she's just as happy cooking over an open fire with a simple metal pot and fresh spices. She's more of a personal fondness for savory rather than sweet, and sells a number of her wares at Black Phoenix Oddities, the store she runs with A'rklonn. She did undergo training at the Bismark, to learn how to appropriately and adequately prepare more local food, as a number of ingredients in Eorzea are new to her. Her specialties are small chocolate candies, filled with cream and fruit, a sort of cordial cherry type dish, which she makes with a number of both sweet and sour fruits. |
A very casual fisher, Glioca's favorite spot in somewhere deep in the Twelveswood, nothing but a lot of quiet around her, and her fishing pole in hand, watching the water. She could easily spend hours this way, but sadly, doesn't get to fish as much as she'd like. She doesn't trophy fish, however, instead preferring that anything she catch be used for a meal, for alchemy, or some other craft.
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This requires a fine hand and touch that while Glioca has it, she prefers mixing metals into unique alloys for the craft more than she does crafting the actual pieces of jewelry themselves. That said, she can make a ring as intricate as anything one might have seen - but she'll probably never call it her favorite craft. She's much more fond of using her skill to make links and rings for armorsmithing work. |
This is a skill that Glioca honed to accompany her weaving, knowing that working leather was a practical skill to nurture as the two often go hand in hand, especially when a piece requires both finely worked leather and well-woven cloth. Just as with weaving, she spent time working with Fen-Yll, learning patterns and practical knowledge. She's developed a few patterns on her own, mostly for styles of gloves that are easily used by combatants who want a lighter armor that allows the free use of magic. |
While she can mine, she prefers to leave that to her husband. Larger orders of metal are usually left up to him, though, given her gardening habit, she does do a bit of gathering of prime topsoil for use in her botany projects. |
Nothing nurtures weaving quite like the need to make clothing for day to day use. Glioca's specialization in weaving comes not from an intricate pattern or decorative clothing, but from her skill at crafting practical things - pillows, and most especially plush dolls. She's made a number of plush dolls over the years, including a dancing cactaur ballerina powered by a special wind cluster. She put in her time at the weaver's guild, and can craft just about anything you want from her, but she finds the most joy in dolls and the other types of things she creates, rather than just clothing, intricate or not. She does enjoy weaving for the sake of it's own craft. |
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HISTORY
Glioca doesn't like to go into depth about her history, providing broken bits and pieces to one individual, and full details to another individual. All of the details given here are provided as an OOC courtesy for the purpose of planning RP, interest's sake, and shouldn't be used ICly without permission.
Early Life
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Across the Sea
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Home Again
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Moving Forward
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RUMORS
Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated. ◢ Common Rumors - Easily overheard. Use these freely!
◢ Uncommon Rumors - A little more difficult to hear. Use sparingly or ask first!
◢ Rare Rumors - Very rarely overheard. Please ask before using!
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Feel free to add your own rumors to this section. ◢ Player Character Rumors - Some of these are more rare than others!
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INTERACTIONS
- ♥ Romantic Attraction – ♥ Physical Attraction – ♥ Platonic Love – ✔ Business – ✖ Deceased – ● Positive – ● Negative – ● Neutral – ≈ Unsure
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MUSIC
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GALLERY
FOOTNOTES
Layout Credit
- Template adapted from Bancroft Gairn, with edits by Xheja Rajhera, inspiration from D'lyhhia Lhuil, and more edits by Glioca Sargonnai. Please leave the link-backs if you use the theme for anything.
Character Lore Adherence
- Everything concerning this character that has not been confirmed by in-game lore should be taken with a grain of salt. While an effort was made to craft lore that was vague enough and would believably fit into what we know based on the Echo and dimensional travel ala Shantotto, until we have hard and fast information from SE, she is considered to have traveled from a realm outside the Final Fantasy universe, and as such uses terminology not normally found in the games. She has been to more futuristic iterations of the world, and speaks about more complex or advanced forms of medicine that do not wholly fit into the current lore's scope of scientific discovery. Changes made to make her fit more accurately within the lore will be noted below
- ■ Information added on skills in regards to Machine use (Machinist), Astrology (Astrologian), and Dark Magic (Dark Knight). Information will be adjusted as necessary after the release of Heavensward, to make it lore-compliant.
General Disclaimer
- ■ Glioca is based on the goddess of the same name from Kru/Nexon's Dark Ages. Her story and lore was heavily modified after 13+ years of play in forum, tabletop, and MMO role-play.
- ■ She is a world-traveler, and has been all across the universe with the use of magic and other means of travel. Addendum: Feel free to treat her like she is insane if she says as much and your character doesn't or wouldn't believe in such things.
- ■ Glioca is a skilled surgeon. I don't have a medical degree. I don't always type things one hundred percent accurate to real medical knowledge.
- ■ If an aspect of RP makes you uncomfortable in a scene we're playing, please send me a /tell, letting me know. Communication is very important, more important than potentially keeping immersion. With that said, tells are strictly used for Linkpearls, or OOC communications. I do not do general RP in /tells because I use it so heavily for these other purposes.
