Asriel Blackwood
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In the dead of night, upon the quaint steps of a church in the Twelveswood, a small basket was nestled amidst a sea of tattered quilts and cloth. The cloth stirred with each shiver of the wind, and a hiccupping wail broke the silence until those who called the humble building home answered its desperation.Such was how Asriel entered the world as a newborn babe, abandoned to the charity of the pious. He was reared amidst orphans and devotees of the Twelve, ever seeking a footing in his life and ever plagued by the unknown nature of his origins.
Eventually, a day arrived when he'd come of age and was turned out into the world in hopes that he might make his own way within it. With his predisposition for knowledge, and gift for the arcane, it was not long before he found opportunity in the broader world... If only he'd been wise enough to know it was littered with hidden thorns and would carry him down a dark path.At the tender age of seventeen, as the aftermath of the Calamity rocked the whole of Eorzea, he swore devotion to his arcane master, the leading priestess of a radical sect of the Lambs of Dalamud. He dedicated his life to Menphina and in service of cleansing the world of sin.There he grew to master the arcane, excelling at his newfound life with a particular zeal. He scaled the ranks of his newfound home, and earned a rather far-reaching reputation for his earnest, if not brutal, faith. As with all rises, however, come the falls.
As the story goes, fate conspired with the keeper of hearts to spin a web that would entangle him in a fiery dance. He fell in love. Then lost it.The gentle light of Menphina touched his tender heart and opened his eyes, only to scorn all that he had become. Ashamed of himself, he abandoned the Lambs of Dalamud for a life in opposition to the beliefs he once championed. Though he would like nothing more than to leave the past behind him, his sins crawl upon him like fleas, and a sinister secret looms over his head with the force of a guillotine's blade.
Name | Asriel Blackwood
Aliases | Hellhound, Bastard Hound,
The Hound of Dalamud / ImaniAge | 30 Years, Estimated*
Nameday | 17th Sun of the 6th Umbral Moon*
* Having been abandoned as a newborn, there is no guaranteed way to determine his age or date of birth. Consequentially, they've been calculated around the day he was found.
Race | Miqo'te, Keeper of the Moon
Gender | Male
Hair Color | Blonde
Eye Color | Silver
Height | 5'5"
Profession | Arcane Master
Known Languages | Common, Elezen,
Various Arcane Languages
Asriel is an arcane master specializing in sigilwork, Arcanima. From the days of his youth, into his adulthood, it's been noted that he has an uncanny ability with the craft, and a rather brilliant mind for magick. In many ways, he appears built for it... and very little else. This suits him fine, for he finds there is little he is more enthused by than the practice of his arts. He is a mage, through and through, and, like many mages before him, predisposed to reckless tendencies in the pursuit of power.He is a passionate man, possessed of strong feelings and an earnest sense of his own morality and faith. Often, he feels and acts before he thinks, but one can (usually) be certain that his heart rests in the right place.While he can be difficult to get close to, he forms strong bonds with those companions who do work their way beyond his peculiarities and emotional barriers.
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High within the skies of Etheryis roves the Island of Imani, a jewel of the heavens themselves if the tales are to be believed. She was stolen from the Sea of Clouds by a rag tag group of sky-pirates, and tamed into a home that knows no boundary and no authority but her own.Though once comprised of a simple marketplace intended to function beyond the reach of the City-States, Imani has since grown into a functional nation herself, playing host to a proud, hard-working population. Truly, she is well known amidst those who've heard of her as a kingdom of Second Chances, where one will be measured not by their past, but by the measure of the work and present word.It is here that Asriel makes his home, serving as an Arcane advisor to one of the three Pirate Lords who serve as the island's governing body.
The Goldenfeather Tavern's bard, Colm is an avid musician who resides upon the Island of Imani. As a member of Voyce Oswell's crew, the Fate's Threads, he was present for the foundation of the island, and has consequentially come to wear a variety of hats over his years with the motley crew of sky pirates. Primarily, he served as a frontline fighter, information specialist, and Gunblade expert, prior to taking up the role of an entertainer.Generally speaking, he's a genial man with an extensive reputation as, well... A lover, they might say. He and Asriel have formed what they view as a complicated relationship over the time in which they've known one another, serving as mutual companions through good and hard times. At present, they live together in a cottage on the island.
