ESTINIEN WYRMBLOOD

"YOU GIFTED MY PEOPLE A THOUSAND YEARS OF SUFFERING.
NOW I GIFT YOU AN ETERNITY OF DARKNESS!"

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About

Estinien Wyrmblood is a non-player character in Final Fantasy XIV. He was once the Azure Dragoon, the mightiest hero of Ishgard, but has since retired to the life of an errant knight. Once taken as the vessel of the great wyrm Nidhogg, he has inherited the remains of his old enemy's essence, allowing him to wield the power of dragons.

Personality

➤ STOIC: Despite having been fuelled by a thirst for vengeance most of his life, Estinien plays his emotions pretty close to his chest, and doesn't seem to be particularly easy to agitate. While threats and disrespect will receive the same in kind, he doesn't go out of his way to start fights in social settings and keeps his own anger and frustration at a cold burn. He doesn't often show overt sentimentality and takes most things in stride. He's already experienced so many horrible things, there isn't much that causes him to visibly balk.

➤ IRREVERENT: While he isn't easily provoked, he does pretty much just go ahead and say whatever he feels like saying in a given moment. He sees no need to pay respect to things or people he sees as unworthy of it, and scorns all of the Ishgardian social customs he considers to be a waste of his time. He doesn't have much respect for Ishgardian politics, nor the behavior of its church. That isn't to say that he's rude for no reason - it's just that he'll casually take the piss out of anybody that he thinks has it coming, including himself.

➤ INDEPENDANT: Estinien isn't the kind to spend much of his time in the company of others. As a teen and young adult, he spent most of his time training, having little interest in pursuing friendships or even attempting to socialize. In the present, he has managed to end up with some friends despite himself, but even so, whenever he spends much time in other people's company, it seems inevitable that he will eventually head off on his own again. He values his privacy and is accustomed to handling things on his own.

➤ LOYAL: Despite his penchant for self-isolation, Estinien is dedicated to his cause and to the people he cares for. He's fought tooth and nail for Ishgard, and after leaving that duty, he's quick to assume the mantle of a warrior fighting for man and dragon both. He has a tendency to appear out of nowhere to aid his companions, and though he usually leaves soon after, he'll do what he has to do to keep them safe.

➤ SINGLEMINDED: Estinien has no hobbies and has spent his entire life fighting and training to fight better. The war against the dragons has been the only thing on his mind for a long time, and until very recently he's had no desire to actively pursue anything that isn't that. He doesn't take particularly good care of himself physically or spiritually as a result, given that his attention rarely strays from the task at hand.

Headcanons

➤ SLEEP HABITS: Estinien is gifted with the ability to sleep in small bursts without going prone, basically like a horse. He can doze off while sitting upright, only to snap awake and be ready to go the next moment.

➤ SCARRING: Though it's not really established in his character model, I choose to believe that Estinien has quite a few scars beneath his armor from various injuries.

➤ FISHING: After retiring as Azure Dragoon, he has the capacity to become interested in fishing as a hobby. How far along he is on that journey would depend on the context, but it could very well become his first real interest outside of battle.

PERSONAL STORYLINES

"SPARE US THE HYPERBOLE. TIS NOT FOR PRAISE THAT WE FIGHT."

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About

Hello! FFXIV has really caused me to be bitten by the PSL bug, so I put together this page to write out the details of what I'm interested in playing, as well as any general plot hooks or concepts I come up with. The stuff listed here isn't the only content I'm interested in playing, but it's the stuff that's definitely on my wishlist. Hit me up in the comments below if you're interested in putting something together! I'm currently mostly interested in FFXIV canon characters, but if you play from another canon that vibes well with the concepts of the FFXIV setting, I'm up for trying that as well!

General Themes

➤ HURT/COMFORT: The bread and butter of what I like to do in RP. Many of my favourite PSLs have followed the pattern of 'something terribly fucked up happens to one of the characters, the other character helps them through recovery, and then they go on to try to rectify whatever situation caused this.' In particular, I like the trauma to be on the intense side, where the character is brought close to if not over a breaking point, and then has to find their way back. This can include torture, long term imprisonment, slavery, whatever. Important to note, though, is that while the trauma can be intense, I do like for the story to be about recovery and to have an overall hopeful outlook.

➤ INVOLVED STORYLINES: I have a habit of overthinking PSL concepts, but in general, I do like for RP stories to have a solid narrative context to them. This means I will want to work out details about the general situation that is happening to the characters and to develop it further as the story moves along. Basically, this just means I'm not particularly good at completely winging it, and like to have a solid foundation to work off of. I love to plot and I feel like FFXIV in particular has tons of opportunities to do so.