LIFE IS SHORT, AND PLEASURES FEW, AND HOLED THE SHIP, AND DROWNED ITS CREW- BUT O! BUT O! HOW VERY BLUE THE SEA IS!Starveling Cat | Crystal - Diabolos | EST (GMT-5)
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OOC INFORMATION.
Hi, I'm anthers! I'm 29, a graduate student getting my degree in library science, and I use it/its pronouns.
I've been roleplaying for 10+ years and started on Gaia Online and jcink forums. I'm still a little new to ingame roleplay so please be kind!
I'm disabled and suffer from migraines, brainfog, and occasional difficulties in forming speech. I'll let you know if it's a bad day.
In addition to FFXIV I spend my time writing for and helping to moderate the SCP Foundation Wiki, malding over League, and reading and reviewing adult and YA horror novels.
I'm reading a horror novel in Braille right now. Something bad is about to happen. I can feel it.
wu/t okay! if my rp tag is on I'm IC.
okay with m/ERP with ooc communication and if there's some narrative scaffolding to back it up. This can be as simple as 'they were flirting at the bar'.
discord available upon request. I love making friends OOC!
with that being said, keep IC and OOC separate, do not blur the lines. my idiot son is not me and I am not him!
no fash no racists no homophobes or transphobes. I retain the right to stop a scene or stop roleplaying with you if you make me uncomfortable.
I sometimes write heavier or potentially upsetting themes, including but not limited to explorations of trauma and grief. Despite this, I do not like to be surprised with dark topics without prior OOC discussion. Just be normal.
BIOGRAPHY.
NAME. Starveling Cat. ALIASES / NICKNAMES. He'll respond to just about anything. DOB | AGE. ???, Second Umbral Moon. | About 26. GUARDING DEITY. Nymeia the Spinner. HEIGHT | WEIGHT. 5'3"/160 cm. | 120 lbs/54.4 kg. GENDER | SEXUALITY. Cis male. | Bisexual, heavy masc preference. JOB | OCCUPATION. Warrior. | Adventurer for hire. PLACE OF ORIGIN | HOME | AFFILIATION. Born in Limsa Lominsa | Currently Ishgard | Various independent employers. FAMILY. There's a mother and at least one sibling somewhere out there. EYE COLOR | HAIR COLOR | SKIN TONE. Burgundy. | Ashy brown. | Pale. NOTABLE FEATURES. He has big fangs even for a Keeper that dimple his lower lip. Scar on one side of his mouth that pulls his lip up into a little smirk. To those with aethersight, his aether is particularly dense and churns like a stormy sea.
PERSONALITY. Cheerful, nosy, and a little bit awkward, Starveling plays up the idea that he’s less than smart so that the people around him underestimate him. He has a habit of lying about small things- ask him where he got his name or the scar on his mouth – and habitually hoards things of middling to no use. If he decides to take a shine to you or happens to work with you on a job, you couldn’t want for a more loyal friend. BRIEF BACKGROUND. Starveling Cat’s life is outlined by three major events – the day he was abandoned by his mother as an infant, the day he got his name, and the day he stole the soul crystal that would see him driven out of his home.The first was an event he doesn’t remember. Instead, he was raised as a child by a loose aggregate of dockhands and blue-collar workers. As nobody knew what he would have been called, his names were “boy” and “kiddo” and occasionally even “shitehead” when he teethed sharp little fangs on someone’s tail. He was kept mostly fed and sort of clothed and free of fleas and pneumonia, but he never got the warmth and love his mother might have given him under better circumstances.The next came at fourteen summers after falling in with a gang of adolescent thieves. He quickly proved his worth, having an almost preternatural sense of when it was safe to pick pockets and when you ought to scatter, but it wasn’t infallible. His name came from a Yellowjacket who scruffed him as he took scraps from abandoned tables at the Bismarck. “Starveling Cat,” she sneered as she dragged him off to the gaol, and instead of taking offense he took the name for his own.The third? It happened at twenty and four summers, still fresh enough two years on to pang when he thinks too hard about it. There was a boy and a smile and a tipoff about a house whose owner was in the middle of moving. An officer, but risk breeds reward. In and out, don’t think about it too hard, we’re the best who ever lived-Well, it's easy to see how that turned out. Now if he sets foot in his home again he runs the risk of ending up in quite a bit of trouble because of that cherry-red crystal he fished out of a locked desk drawer. If you asked him if he regrets it you'd get a different answer every time, but one thing's for sure: ain't no going back now.
PLOT HOOKS.
Starveling has a reputation as a thief in Limsan crime circles. Heists and robberies always seemed to go his way...so why did he suddenly fall off the map? If you have history with the seedier side of Limsa Lominsa, you might recognize him.
Whatever the reason, he now works as an adventurer for hire in Ishgard and the surrounding areas like Coerthas, Dravania, and Idyllshire, and may have encountered or been hired by individuals from these areas.
He has a bad habit of lying, and even worse it's always about small and stupid things. Challenge him or catch him in one and watch him fluster.
Starveling has an unusual aether signature, stained a deep red in color and churning tempestuously. Characters with aethersense might be able to detect this discrepancy. To those familiar with Warriors or their soulstones, it's even more apparent what this is.
Starveling has the Echo! It's sometimes possible for him to receive glimpses into the thoughts and memories of others through eye contact or physical touch. If you would like to engage with this hook, send me a tell so we can work it out.
