Post by Catrian on Oct 16, 2021 18:00:16 GMT -5
CHARACTER DETAILS
Name: Ardyn Izunia (formerly Ardyn Lucis Caelum)
Age: 33 (physically), 2500ish (chronologically)
Birthday: April 30th, 1975 AE
Race: Human. Probably.
Pronouns: He/him
Orientation: Pansexual
MBTI: INFP
Alignment: Chaotic Good
House: House Hades
Guild: Healer’s Guild
Class: Arcanist/Priest
- Arcanist - covers those that study the arcane arts
- Bonus - start at level 15 in Thaumaturgy
- Perks - 5 rerolls granted per check for Thaumaturgy
- Priest - priests, priestesses, oracles, and other servants of any members of the pantheon
- Bonus - complete immunity to the element of your patron deity so long as you are in their service
- Perks - will always be saved from the Death Realm by your patron god(dess), though there may be a price
Description:
Ardyn is never quite what you’re expecting. Dark hair tints far closer to maroon these days, falling just past his shoulders, and eyes once blue have turned gold under the influence of the power running through him. His lean 6’2 frame is almost entirely covered whenever he’s in public. His skin, never having been one to tan much, is fair and smooth, what little of it you can see - really nothing more than above the collarbones and his fingertips, if he has a choice. (The scars of his past are not just in his mind and heart, and he does not want to give anyone reason to ask.)When serving, he wears the trademark white and red of a healer; a white long sleeved tunic and pants, with tiny crimson triangles all around the neckline. The white robe falls to his ankles, revealing dark boots that go up his calves. His hands are covered by white fingerless gloves with aligning crimson triangles on the back and palm. Around his waist is a thick crimson sash with many, many pouches carrying any number of items.
When not in service he still stays covered, and in even more layers. A black suit with an off white shirt is under a black duster style jacket that falls to his ankles. He keeps the same calf high boots, and this time his fingerless gloves match, black leather in sharp contrast to fair skin. He also keeps the black hooded cloak with its Hades’ clasp, and the crimson sash and its many pouches.
Backstory:
Were one to ask where Ardyn’s story began, you would never get a straight story from the man himself, and if you did, most would be disinclined to believe it.Once upon a time there was a boy gifted with healing magics that ran so deep he didn’t even need crystals to cast. This boy was loved, and he loved in return. As he grew older and stronger, he traveled far and wide seeking to cure an illness that had plagued the land he called home under Aster’s banner. Needless to say, his great skill and greater kindness made him incredibly popular, and soon one he trusted - one he should have been able to trust - grew bitterly jealous.
Ardyn was barely thirty three years of age when he was locked away to die.
Ardyn did not die.
At first he prayed to Aster to sustain him. Days turned into months turned into years passed in solitary confinement, driven nearly out of his mind by pain and loneliness and betrayal. Then he prayed to Hades for relief, because he was miraculously sustained but could hardly bear it. Years blurred into decades, into centuries, into millennia, with nothing but his body’s pain and his heart’s tortured thoughts.
When he was finally found and freed, the world had changed beyond recognition. So too had he.
It would take him the next fifty years, terrified to trust anyone enough to confide the horror of what had happened but slowly, slowly remembering how to feel and be and live all on his own. To remember not only how, but why it was worth it. How precious life was.
His magic, something borne not just of the mind but of the heart, was stagnated and strangled by his pain and grief to the point that it is a pitiful shadow of the miracles he was once capable of. And yet he serves again, under Hades’ banner now, mocked by the sands of time in the hourglass, his own not allowing a single grain to pass.
Fifty more years, come modern day, and Ardyn has slowly found a place in this strange new world, where he can begin to heal his hidden wounds. Presented as a simple, eccentric servant of the gods - one of many, in Casdema - no one would guess or even believe his past, and he likes it that way. Untethered, he is able to attempt to move on. Some days, his smiles are even real.
Personality:
Ardyn is a man who feels deeply, but many of these emotions are buried until they bubble to the surface - often catching people who don’t know him by surprise with their intensity as they’ve been building unnoticed beneath his calm, cheerful demeanor. High levels of empathy led him to a healer’s path, but at times become so overwhelming he has to withdraw into himself, or the company of the precious few he trusts most.His long life has led to constant reinvention and experimentation and an ever increasing penchant for mischief the moment things start to get boring. Words like “whimsical” and “eccentric” suit him well, though he is perfectly capable of being practical and grounded at the same time. He’s still as playful (and mischievous) as he was when he was a boy, and knows how to find pleasure in the simple things.
All that said, Ardyn has suffered physically and emotionally. Scars hide not only behind his clothes, but his seemingly unfaltering smile. There is a deep sadness in his heart, and also an untapped depth of fury at the injustices he’s faced and witnessed. He is very careful not to indulge in either long, for the genuine fear they would consume him once more, and twist him into someone he doesn’t recognize.
SKILLS LIST
In Character Skills
- appealing to the Gods
- chocobo riding
- healing magic
- medical knowledge (general)
Modifiers - HP+MP = 20; (M)ATK/(M)DEF = 8
Minigames
Combat: Level 8, (100/200 EXP)
HP: 95
MP: 110
ATK: 20 + 10 (weapon) = 24
M.ATK: 40
DEF: 26 + 3 (armor) = 29
M.DEF: 38
Combat: Level 8, (100/200 EXP)
HP: 95
MP: 110
ATK: 20 + 10 (weapon) = 24
M.ATK: 40
DEF: 26 + 3 (armor) = 29
M.DEF: 38
Crafting:
Alchemy: Level 0, (0/0 EXP)
Cooking: Level 0, (0/0 EXP)
Fiber Crafts: Level 0, (0/0 EXP)
Smithing: Level 0, (0/0 EXP)
Thaumaturgy: Level 15, (160/400 EXP) - 5 rerolls for Arcanist
Alchemy: Level 0, (0/0 EXP)
Cooking: Level 0, (0/0 EXP)
Fiber Crafts: Level 0, (0/0 EXP)
Smithing: Level 0, (0/0 EXP)
Thaumaturgy: Level 15, (160/400 EXP) - 5 rerolls for Arcanist