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gautsome ([personal profile] gautsome) wrote in [personal profile] indigo_league 2020-11-15 04:02 am (UTC)

Player
Name: Aspen
E-mail: aking94rp@gmail.com
Preferred Contact: [plurk.com profile] ashstriferous
Timezone: Central
Current Characters in Victory Road: [personal profile] brokencode

Character
Name: Sylvain Jose Gautier
Series: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Timeline: Azure Moon route, like five minutes before the reunion at Garreg Mach
Canon Resource Links: Link!


Personality: On the surface, Sylvain is very much carefree and flirtatious, much to the chagrin of those around him. He claims to fall in love with every girl he meets, and others still claim that he has left countless men and women in his wake. He’s the bicycle of Garreg Mach and damn proud of it.

This, of course, is a facade. The truth is that there is a lot of resentment and loathing brewing deep within Sylvain. He considers himself cursed by his crest -- a magical endowment that guaranteed him to be the heir of his family, despite being the younger brother. It subjected him to abuse as a child, and leads him to believe that the bulk of any attempted relationships exist solely because of what Sylvain can give them.

This manifests as a hatred of women, though even Sylvain admits that it’s the easy answer. Considering comments made about fighting like he’s going to die, and the way he refers to himself having ruined his brother’s life, it’s fair to believe that the hatred Sylvain feels is more centered on himself.

Regardless, these behaviors were largely left behind at the tail end of his youth. His outlook on his professor, who he scorned for having a crest and offered to “take” it from them, has largely changed. He’s apologetic for his behavior at this time, and seems to be working toward understanding the depth of his feelings.

Despite his complex feelings toward others, though, Sylvain is fiercely loyal to those he considers his friends. He holds the promise he made Felix to not die without one another close to his chest. He does his best to guide Dimitri when it comes to flirting, and struggles to do right by Ingrid when she chews him out over his careless behavior. He also requests that she stay close to him on the battlefield so that he might protect her.

Despite everything, some of that loyalty even extends to his family -- particularly Miklan. Though Sylvain recounts being nearly killed by his elder brother (thrown into a well and left on a mountainside), he also is the first person to defend him. Frequently, he explains away Miklan’s behavior as being part of the crest system. And though he resents that he’ll have to marry without love and pass along his crest, he has accepted his fate as a studhorse for the Gautier family.

Sylvain is also prone to more soft-hearted moments, in which he does what he can to encourage the growth of others. He does what he can to assure a friend that her writing is good, even as she vehemently denies it and considers throwing him into a fire. Because of the relative age of this character, it can be assumed that Sylvain is disinterested in building her up simply for a romance -- in fact he makes no such attempt to fall into his usual flirtatious role.

Under slightly different circumstances, he also works to build up the confidence of Marianne. Though he started out flirtatious, attempting to coax the young woman out on a date, he became far more determined to encourage her to simply smile. When she once again denies him on going to the local village together, he surrenders with grace and is simply happy to see her smiling.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Breeder. Because how could I resist.
Starter: No Name the Feebas.
Password: Atomic Fireball

Samples
RP Sample: Here

Victory Road Sample: Here

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