Valen Stalhart
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Height: 6 fulms Weight: 185 ponz Complexion: Caucasian Hair: Black Eyes: Blue.
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Though Valen will try to avoid combat if at all possible, he is absolutely ruthless when it comes to fighting. His style is a blend between flurries of vicious brutality and precisely landed devastating blows. His Magitek augmentations have given him incredible strength and agility, also giving him an incredible amount of durability and stamina. Though he is by no means the mightiest of all spearmen, he is still a force to be reckoned with in combat. WeaponsValen exlcusively uses a Magitek spear that was given to him during his service with the Magitek Knights, and has since been heavily modified. It's incredibly light, and incredibly dangerous. Pulses of energy are sent through its razor edged tip to create vibrations in the blade to allow for it to also saw through anything it pierces. MagicValen has little to no magical capabilities. Before being augmented with a small aetherite crystal into the palm of his hand, he even lacked the capability to travel through teleportation. Though this crystal does allow for him to do such minor magicks as teleportation, its primary purpose is to power his Magitek augmentations. Since his Magitek has a relatively low ceruleum demand, with careful use, the aetherite crystal should be able to keep his Magitek powered for anywhere between 50-75 years before running dry and needing to be replaced. Early Life (0-10)
Service Under Garlemald
As a part of his induction, Valen was implanted with a Magitek chip directly into his brain, as well as various other Magitek augmentations throughout his body. The implants enhanced both his physical and mental capabilities, allowing him to emulate similar abilities to that of a Dragoon, all the while without needing to wield the soul of a dragon. Due to the relative secrecy of the Magitek Knights, Valen's duties mostly consisted of low-key assassinations, sabotage, or seek and destroy missions. During one such mission, he was sent to kill a lalafell merchant on a trade route through Thanalan. However, he was under the guard of the highly skilled archer, X'matoi Tia. Tia managed to keep Valen at bay while the merchant escaped, and even tried to dissuade Stalhart from continuing to fight for the Garlean Empire. While X'matoi was unable to convince Valen, his words did not fall unto deaf ears. Ultimately, Stalhart managed to close the distance between him and X'matoi, and stabbed him with his spear. He thought the Miqo'te to be dead, and left him to rot. However, X'matoi still yet lived, as Valen found out a few years later when he overheard tales of the archer's exploits while he was on assignment. After the battle with Tia, Stalhart considered the Miqo'te's seemingly genuine request for him to abandon Garlemald and come to the other side. It was this seed that planted skepticism in him, and ultimately helped him come to the realization that he had no true sense of free will. The chip in his brain had been forcing him to obey Garlemald's commands, and he had been made none the wiser to it until his confrontation with X'matoi. When he tried to resist his commands, the chip would send pulses throughout his entire body, leaving him in agony. This left him with no other choice but to follow through with the orders he was given, lest he wish to suffer at the Empire's hands. Defection, and Days Leading to the Calamity
However, due to the fall of Dalamud, the Garlean Empire was unable to spare the manpower to hunt him down. By the time the Empire had regained footing after The Calamity, the tracker built into Valen’s Magitek chip had long since shorted out after going so long without proper maintenance. With no trace of him to follow, Valen vanished from the Garlean Empire entirely, but to this day still remains an enemy to the nation. After the Calamity
After a little convincing, he talked Anelia into letting him stay so long as he pulled his weight. However, when Anelia inquired about where he came from, he privately disclosed his former affiliation with Garlemald, only to learn that Anelia had just as much a vendetta against the Garlean Empire as he did. However, she insisted that Valen keep his origins a secret from the others living at the residence, as not to cause any unnecessary tension between them. Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! Some of these rumors may be untrue or greatly exaggerated. Common Rumors (Easily overheard)
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●Rihxo Matoi: Despite everything that has happened, Rihxo holds no grudge against Valen, and is even quite kind to him. Stalhart sees her as a friend, and is happy to have her on his side. ●Nanagi Nagi: Though they've had their differences in the past, they have since moved past that, and now Valen seeks to help the lalafell in her search for her mother. ●Adelaide Levenson: A fellow defected Magitek Knight. He was weary of her at first, but has since come to accept her as both a helpful companion and a friend. Dates are included mostly for me so I can keep track of things. However, feel free to use them as references for character journals. Notable events are divided into arcs, so that you can easily find new info on each arc.
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Tropes:Optional section. Remove if you don't want. You can link Tropes about your character here. About the Player:I do raid content as well, so sometimes I'm not always available for RP, but if I'm not raiding or doing dungeons, then I'm pretty much always open for RP. Annotations:This template created by Rihxo Matoi with the help of Nanagi Nagi and has pieces from the templates of Unnamed Mercenary, Roen Deneith, Cyrus Wolfe, and Coatleque Crofte. |