Panther Pridewright

Panther Pridewright
Gender	Male
Race	Hyur
Clan	Unknown
Citizenship	Ul'dah
Server	Balmung
Nameday	23rd Sun of the 2nd Umbral Moon
Age	26 Cycles
Ethnicity	Eorzean/Garlean
Guardian	Oschon, The Wanderer
Alias	Pan, Pride, Chore Boy

Panther Pridewright is a half-Garlean bastard child born in La Noscea currently living in Gridania. He is sometimes also called Pan and, derogatorily, Chore Boy. Panther lived most of his life as a street rat, working whatever odd jobs he could, including a chef position at The Quicksand in Ul'dah. Currently, he lives at the The Shroudrose Teahouse and Tavern within the Lavender Beds of the Twelveswood, serving as a chef. Despite his terrible luck and knack for getting into trouble, Panther aspires to one day live a life of immense fortune and lavishness.

Appearance

Panther is a young and slender Hyur, nearly six fulms tall. Although for most of his life his hair was glamoured to that of a dark brown, he has since let its natural color come in; a shaggy grey synonymous with Garlean people, with splotches of reddish orange. Panther's right eye also lacks color, a point of particular embarrassment to him in which he seeks to cover up. There is scar on his right cheek that he is very touchy about.

Personality

Panther is known for not taking himself too seriously, but also having a flair for the needlessly dramatic and theatrical. As a rambunctious youth, he sought the attention of beautiful Miqo'te women, even going so far as to propose to many in over complicated and ostentatious ways even within sight of their lovers, frequently landing him in hot water. Because of his quick temper and aloof attitude, Panther has often been at the epicenter of bar fights so hectic that Guards of the Immortal Flames have become involved. This had garnered him a very poor reputation with authority figures throughout the city from a young age.

Because of his starved childhood, Panther adores food and considers cooking to be one of his greatest talents. One of his enormous pet peeves is wasting food, and he frequently reuses fresh (but forgotten) ingredients on customer's plates for his own personal dishes. Despite his reputation as a degenerate, Panther actually has an immense fondness for all things fanciful and delicate. He can often be caught speaking how one day his lofty goals of being a prince will eventually come to fruition with hard work and fortune.

History

Born a bastard in La Noscea, Panther was raised by his mother whom he scarcely remembers along the lower docks. Because of their lowborn status as well as Panther being half Garlean, they were widely detested and isolated. When he was four cycles old, his mother sold him away to a traveling merchant from Ul'dah who promised that he would lead a better life at the city of coin. While it's true that the city of coin discriminates less on status and moreso the contents of their purse, Panther's life growing up on the streets of the desert city was still hard fought. Between bouts of fighting, begging, and struggling to maintain just enough money to eat, Panther had developed a love for cooking fueled by his hunger-ridden childhood. Panther worked whatever odd jobs he could afford, his many merchant trips taking him across Eorzea, even as far as the Twelveswood, to sell goods and work as a chef.

Post Calamity

Following the Calamity, Panther has continued to work and salvage as much Gil as possible for a possible investigation into the whereabouts of his mother and father. Assuming that fighting in the future is an inevitability, he has been teaching himself how to fight with Magitek and survive the day when he may travel to Garlemald to trace his true lineage. Following his employment, Lady Faye Covington extended a hospitable invitation to live in the Shroudrose Teahouse and Tavern, a gesture that has given Panther immense access to new kinds of food, books so that he can learn more of Eorzean history, countless new ways for him to earn Gil, and generally more fire to fuel his various ambitions.

Aether Attunement and Combat

Because of his partial Garlean descent, Panther possesses a minuscule degree of aetherial manipulation, far less than the average Hyur, and is incredibly unwieldy when using magic. Supposedly, Panther has had to travel quite far in the past due to the immense amount of stress it takes for him to align with an Aetheryte Crystal. Despite Panther's dedication to understanding magic and combat, his severely crippling Garlean blood as well as lack of formal training results in him losing almost every fight he picks... though not for lack of trying.

He is fairly skilled with a knife due to his talents as a chef, and relies on this and many other underhanded tricks such as concealed guns, cheap shots, and running away. The Magitek weaponry founded at the Skysteel Manufactory in Ishgard is of particular interest to Panther despite his lack of engineering knowledge, as it does provide him some more measure of protection as he travels.

Rumors

Common Rumors

“Why do they even keep that kid on the staff here? He's a total disaster. Does he have some dirt on the owner or something?” - The Quicksand Customer

“If that wild Hyur can cook e'en half as well as he can find a maiden... well 'ed still be proper screwed.” - The Quicksand Customer

Rare Rumors

"Ere I thought the man was mere slow in the head, but he's awfully slow to react when called. Mayhaps his name 'tis not e'en 'Panther' after all? Aye, who names their own kin that, anyway?" - Ul'Dahn Traveler