Melisande D'Hildegarde

Melisande of House Hildegarde

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"By the balance of Her lance will all be set free."

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"First daughter of Lord Adhémar D'Hildegarde, pure-blood heir of the great Lucienaux Anselme D'Hildegarde the Dragonslayer, Divine Conduit of Halone's will, Star Apprentice of the reknown master thaumaturge Zagi'zi Kumai."
Gender	Female
Race	Elezen
Clan	Wildwood
Citizenship	Ishgard
Nameday	32nd Sun of the 3rd Astral Moon
Age	26
Marital Status	Betrothed to Lord Simeon of House Sibaruse
Occupation	Praise The Fury!

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Appearance & Personality

Appearance & Personality

Nature & Demeanor

Nature & Demeanor

Demeanor: She acts as a snobbish proud lady, xenophobic, racist, fierce and merciless towards every single mistake, paranoid and without any respect nor compassion for everything which is not related to Ishgard or the values proned by her dear holy city. However, she's oddly friendly with thaumaturges regardless their origins (excluding au'ra, of course, no one can bare au'ra).

Nature: She has fire in her blood. Her temper is abrasive. She's likely to explode if something goes too much against her will. She is only driven by passion, and it can be as good as chaotic.

Trope: She spent her childhood in the Scholasticate, where she was educated under the righteous gaze of the Fury. She is a blinded zealout towards Halone, fanatic to deadly extents. There is no flaw in her pure faith, as she spent way too many years praying Halone in the most dreadful and painful times. It was somehow the light she has been following through an endless maze of sufferings, and she still believe that everything she's doing is but Halone's will to put her in trials. She considers herself Her champion, trying hard to conquer the power which will make her worthy of guiding her people in Her righteous war.

Habits: She spends much time reading in Ul'dah, though she spends as much time telling out loud how she hates this aweful city. She can also be spoted praying in Ishgard's cathedral.

Notable Features

Notable Features

Common Appearance: She has a pale white aristocratic skin. Her lips are always painted in dark red. Her emerald eyes have a fierce glow in it, making her look fierce when she's angry. She always look distant, speaking with a tone as cold as ice, keeping a faint polite smile to soften her harsh words. No wonder she's been surnamed 'The Ice Queen'.

Scars & Markings: Her left arm still bears burn-scars. She also has two long transversal scars in her back: one seemed to have been made by huge claws, the others looks like it has been made by a blade or a lance.

Voice: She has a strong ishgardian accent, with all the snobbish way of talking of the nobility.

Clothing: When walking in the beautiful streets of the Pillars, she always wear ishgardian clothes. Usually, she opts for religious outfits. But sometimes, she can be seen in fancy noble clothes or ceremonial armor depending on the situation. She carries a ceremonial Halonic staff with her as well.

Ishgardian outfits

When she's travelling outside the holy city, she goes for something more irreverent. She likes wearing extravagant robes, or outfits showing more skin than she would be allowed in Ishgard. She always carry a bone-staff, finely crafted but somehow leaving an ominous feeling to everyone that may stare at it.

Thaumaturge outfits

Tastes

Tastes

Likes

Likes

• Power
• Knowledge
• Thaumaturgy
• Insulting outsiders
• Bullying au'ra
• Being praised

Dislikes

Dislikes

• Everything which is not ishgardian enough
• Everyone who is not ishgardian enough
• The Horde
• The outsiders
• The au'ra
• The heretics
• Most of the lowborns
• Most of the nobles who aren't loyal to Dzemael

Favorites

Favorites

• Ishgard
• Halone, the Fury
• Saint Reymanaud's Cathedral
• Saint Endalim Scholasticate
• House Dzemael (and Archombadin)
• Ishgardian fancy balls
• Ishgardian fancy clothes
• Ishgardian tea

Prejudices

Prejudices

She thinks the outsiders are plaguing Ishgard with sins and vices. She only sees the opening of the gate as a defilement of Ishgard's traditions and fears this will only lead to internal quarrels and chaos. As a matter of fact she disregards everyone who would dare to settle inside her beloved city without being of the proper race and status.

Besides, she cannot bare to look at au'ra people. Their scales, horns and tails are too much alike of those of the dragons, and always force her to remember painful memories. She'd rather ignore them, or bully them if she's not in a good mood (and she never is). She believes the Xaela are mere save beasts and would rather have them eradicated.

She also have the conviction that thaumaturgy is the master art and every other form of magic or way of fighting is inferior to the power of destruction she seeks.

Abilities

Abilities

Strengths

Strengths

Her loyalty has no flaw - be it a strenght or a weakness for her. Although it is very difficult to earn her trust, once she makes an oath towards someone she's ready to go to deadly extents if necessary. She will never fail that person and will follow blindly his/her path.

Her faith is also a powerful strenght. When everything crumbled down around her, she held on by praying Halone to guide her. When the situations are harsh for her to endure, she always turns to the Fury and finds the strenght to keep going.

As a matter of fact she has a strong willpower. She lost her brothers, saw her parents becoming mad with grief, has been rejected by her own mother, took alone the responsabilities of her House, traveled on the most dangerous roads by herself to seek power, has been beaten so many times that pain became a habit, and witnessed so many dreadful situations she managed to overcome, that obviously her will is difficult to bend once she's decided something.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

She is a tortured being. She has too much overwhelming emotions in her and often struggles to keep control in stressful situations. If provoked, she is likely to lose her temper and run carelessly towards the enemy.

She can get very emotionnal if something hinder Ishgard in a bad way. Regardless her own safety, she is likely to stand against everyone who would want to defile her beloved city, no matter who or what he/she is.

As a maiden, she is also weak when it comes to romantic/physical relationship, as she is clueless on the matter. She believes the Fury shaped her to be a battle mage and not a good respectable wife, but deep down in her heart the loneliness is devouring her.

Finaly, she developed a craving for power and knowledge over thaumaturgy and everything related to the Void. Even if she knows she'll run into troubles, she can't help it - if she hears of something or someone related to this field she'll do anything to know more.

Combat

Combat

She is gifted with magic. As a child, she was overprotected and could not really learn the true art of thaumaturgy, even in the Scholasticate. When she left seeking power ton defend her city, she met Zagi'zi Kumai, who revealed her potential. Since then, she ran into so much troubles that she had many opportunities to practice in deadly situations. She is a quick-learner and will likely become a powerful thaumaturge.

However, she is definately not a warrior. She cannot run long distances, nor jump high heights, nor carry heavy weapons. Her body is weak and if someone can get close to her, it would be easy to knock her out.

History

History

"By the balance of Her spear will all be set free". House Hildegarde's motto quotes the Enchiridion as a token of their unflawned faith towards the Fury throughout the ages. The coat of arms of the House represents their great ancestor Lucienaux Anselm Hildegarde, as a mounted knight on a chocobo, piercing the flank of a dying scared dragon with a spear. His glorious battle against the dragon's general Irmekt still fashions the dreams of Hildegarde's heirs. The tale has been told generation after generation as the first righteous and praised deed the family done to earn its place amongst nobility, pledging their lives to House Dzemael.

House Hildegarde & Amarante Bloodline

Throughout the generations, House Hildegarde has earned its reputation of loyalty, faith and respectability. Their wealth has been mostly used for the Church, and to support the military efforts in the war against the Horde. No scandal tainted their history, no flawn in their praised faith towards the Fury and the sacrifices they made during the war.

Lord Adhémar is the actual head of the House. He spent most of his life living like a scholar, fond of reading and writing. His arranged marriage with Lady Aurore D'Amarante was an unexpected yet fitting match. She was an Inquisitor when he married her, and she gave him 3 sons and a daughter. All her children were raised to value blood heritage, purity of the elezen race, giving scorn to the outsiders, and prevail duty before one's own happiness. She was well-known for being a merciless woman, strongly dedicated to the Holy See. She insisted to give her 3 sons knights' education and lessons, while sending her daughter to the Scholasticate to follow a more quiet and secured path under the watch of Halone.

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People

People

♥ Unmatchable ♥ Romantic Attraction – ♥ Attraction – ♥ Platonic Love – ♥ Family – ✔ Business – ✖ Deceased – ● Positive – ● Negative – ● Neutral – ≈ Unsure

Relations (NPC)

Relations (NPC)

Lord Adhémar D'Hildegarde ( ♥ Family ) - Melisande's father
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Lady Aurore D'Hildegarde ( ♥ Family ) - Melisande's mother
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Aldéric D'Hildegarde ( ✖ Deceased ) - Melisande's elder brother
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Judicael D'Hildegarde (✖ Deceased ) - Melisande's 2nd brother
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Gabriel D'Hildegarde ( ✖ Deceased ) - Melisande's younger brother
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Lord Théobald De Boisnoir ( ✖ Deceased ) - Melisande's first fiance
The heir of House Boisnoir: Details about the character

Relations (PC)

Relations (PC)

Zagi'zi Kumai ( ♥ Unmatchable) - The Master
The Magnificent: Test blablabla Z & Mel

Sebastian Pavel ( ♥ Romantic Attraction ) - The best knight
The white knight in shining armor: Blablabla Sebastian & Mel

Camille Amarante ( ♥ Family ) - A cousine
The tomboy knight: Blablabla Camille & Mel

Jeanvirgaud Levesque ( ● Positive ) - Adhémar's best knight
The most worthy: Blablabla Jean & Mel

Yselta Luha ( ● Positive ) - A secret acquaintance
The Witch of the Wild : Blablabla Yselta & Mel

Rhyme Brimstone ( ● Positive ) - A thaumaturge friend
The shit-blower: Blablabla Thaumaturges plots

Aronaux Farendaire ( ● Positive ) - A political acquaintance
The heir of Farendaire House :Blablabla

Deyaenoux Bouchard ( ● Positive ) - Melisande's favorite priest
The Sheperd: Blablabla Dey & Seb & Mel

Irya Lila ( ● Positive ) - An old friend
The miqo'te archer: Blablabla

Nyssa Marola ( ● Positive ) - Melisande's cutest pet
The cute adorable sweet fighting kitty : Blablabla Just like family...right?

Reinard Ackerman ( ✔ Business ) - A sellsword
The Voidhunter : Blablabla

Chlodomer Bavarac ( ✔ Business ) - A sellsword
The skilled sellsword : Blablabla

Rafailleur Sangmarche ( ≈ Unsure ) - The first outsider crush
The Brass-blade : Blablabla Raf & Mel

Khyran Oisin ( ≈ Unsure ) - A strange encounter
The mysterious Voidhunter : Blablabla

Xhosa Jab ( ≈ Unsure ) - The usual healer
The proud mage-lady: Blablabla

Simeon Sibaruse ( ● Negative ) - The betrothed
The heir of House Sibaruse: Blablabla Simeon & Mel

Emanuel Miller ( ● Negative ) - A thaumaturge master
The Dreamer : Blablabla Thaumaturges reunion

Emon'i Allond ( ● Negative ) - A political acquaintance
The unbearable: Blablabla Emo'ni & Mel & the Pink Dragoon

Riven Pendragon ( ● Negative ) - An acquaintance
The unwanted : Blablabla Riven cute face

Lilith Blackheart ( ● Negative ) - The worst ennemy
The Omniscient darkness: Blablabla Lilith Epic battle scene

Kudros Crendraven ( ● Negative ) - The Nemesis
The Pain in the Ass: Blablabla Kudros & Mel

Rumors

Rumors

Common Rumors Voidhunters Sellswords

Rare Rumors Hildegarde knights

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Art

Art

Artist - Nyssa Marola