Player Name: Famine E-mail: nova.puppets@gmail.com Preferred Contact:[Bad username or site: ”novatierrie” @ plurk.com], timeskips#3493 Timezone: Central Current Characters in Victory Road: None (exchanging for Cylva)
Character Name: Estinien Varlineau Series: Final Fantasy XIV Timeline: After 6.0 Canon Resource Links:Estinien @ FFWiki
Personality: Quiet and intense, Estinien has spent the last few years changing from a man driven to terrible things by grief and anger, to one who has released that anger and turned his grief into a drive to protect. He’s not the sort of person who you would expect to see with the Scions, and before the end of the long war that caused him to put aside everything except his relationships with maybe 3 people, you never would have.
Despite not being incredibly book-smart, Estinien is observant and direct. He tends to be lost in conversation he doesn’t understand, and so he spends a lot of time standing against a wall being confused, but he is always listening and watching. He will speak up and speak his mind if he deems it necessary. Otherwise, he’s sparing with words and very generous with gestures, whether those be glares or going to pick up lassi for his motion sick friends.
There are also small pieces of himself he gives over without a thought, For instance when he traveled to Garlemald, he stopped over at Radz-at-Han, and found that he enjoyed the life of the city, the scenery, the food, and the people. He learned enough about it to even know some of the local beliefs, like the origin of the ever-watching eye symbol above its gates, the layout of the town, and even the name of the fountain in the main town square. (But he won't give you a tour so don't even think about asking.) He also mentions that he's terrible at coming up with things on the spot when he's being menaced by Sharlayan immigration authority. He expresses quiet despair at having had to go to tea with Alphinaud's mom because she wanted to meet him because he's not "made for idle chitchat with lords and ladies'' and admitted that he thought about running away, only to be stopped by the thought of Tataru never letting him live it down. He actually does run away from the twins trying to socialize him like a feral cat a bit later via jumping out the WoL's window. He's terminally awkward in most situations that don't involve him stabbing something, but his quiet love for everyone is obvious enough that God Herself calls him out on it. Later, his adoptive father marvels at how at peace he is with himself.
It's not even that he's particularly secretive about it. He is much, much more open with his emotions than he has been in the past, in the conversation with Alphinaud after leaving the tea party with his mom that he was so worked up over, he immediately said that despite his protestations he didn't actually mind because he didn't have anything better to do and it reminded him of his mom too. And that he's grateful to Alphinaud and the WoL saving his life and enabling him to come to terms with everything that's happened to him. And then immediately went "WELL THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT MUSHY SHIT." Even his adoptive father (who he was estranged from for quite some time) comments on his new openness, saying that Estinien was more candid with him than he's ever been before, and he's learning to put his past behind him. Granted, he's not about to start pouring his heart and soul out to a stranger - he is more candid and willing to speak, but with the caveat that he does have to know the person he's speaking to well before they start unlocking much about him.
He's also started to use his perception to encourage people--he talks Vrtra into revealing himself to the people of Radz-at-Han, the dragon having spent centuries afraid that if his people knew that their leader was a dragon, they'd fear and hate him. He doesn't do it with a lot of tact, but luckily for him brutal honesty seems to work for him most of the time.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Charmander Password: Atomic fireball
Victory Road Sample: [As he wakes, the first thing he notices is the music. He’d forgotten–and also forgotten how annoying it was.
Wonderful. This place again.
Though he’s not in Goldenrod, he’s back in the tiny house with an equally tiny woman shoving a bag (woefully understocked) in his hands and out the door. Iceheart–or any of his other team–is nowhere to be seen.
Instead, the one pokeball he has produces a small orange lizard with a flame on its tail who immediately starts crying and shifting from foot to foot in the snow and mush.]
Wonderful. We had best start walking, there’s not nearly enough supplies for us to be wandering around in midwinter.
[He hauls the Charmander up, and it drapes himself around his neck and shoulders awkwardly, tail hanging down his back. The warmth is nice, but they’re still going to freeze to death out here if they’re not careful.]
Estinien Varlineau | FFXIV
Name: Famine
E-mail: nova.puppets@gmail.com
Preferred Contact: [Bad username or site: ”novatierrie” @ plurk.com], timeskips#3493
Timezone: Central
Current Characters in Victory Road: None (exchanging for Cylva)
Character
Name: Estinien Varlineau
Series: Final Fantasy XIV
Timeline: After 6.0
Canon Resource Links: Estinien @ FFWiki
Personality: Quiet and intense, Estinien has spent the last few years changing from a man driven to terrible things by grief and anger, to one who has released that anger and turned his grief into a drive to protect. He’s not the sort of person who you would expect to see with the Scions, and before the end of the long war that caused him to put aside everything except his relationships with maybe 3 people, you never would have.
Despite not being incredibly book-smart, Estinien is observant and direct. He tends to be lost in conversation he doesn’t understand, and so he spends a lot of time standing against a wall being confused, but he is always listening and watching. He will speak up and speak his mind if he deems it necessary. Otherwise, he’s sparing with words and very generous with gestures, whether those be glares or going to pick up lassi for his motion sick friends.
There are also small pieces of himself he gives over without a thought, For instance when he traveled to Garlemald, he stopped over at Radz-at-Han, and found that he enjoyed the life of the city, the scenery, the food, and the people. He learned enough about it to even know some of the local beliefs, like the origin of the ever-watching eye symbol above its gates, the layout of the town, and even the name of the fountain in the main town square. (But he won't give you a tour so don't even think about asking.) He also mentions that he's terrible at coming up with things on the spot when he's being menaced by Sharlayan immigration authority. He expresses quiet despair at having had to go to tea with Alphinaud's mom because she wanted to meet him because he's not "made for idle chitchat with lords and ladies'' and admitted that he thought about running away, only to be stopped by the thought of Tataru never letting him live it down. He actually does run away from the twins trying to socialize him like a feral cat a bit later via jumping out the WoL's window. He's terminally awkward in most situations that don't involve him stabbing something, but his quiet love for everyone is obvious enough that God Herself calls him out on it. Later, his adoptive father marvels at how at peace he is with himself.
It's not even that he's particularly secretive about it. He is much, much more open with his emotions than he has been in the past, in the conversation with Alphinaud after leaving the tea party with his mom that he was so worked up over, he immediately said that despite his protestations he didn't actually mind because he didn't have anything better to do and it reminded him of his mom too. And that he's grateful to Alphinaud and the WoL saving his life and enabling him to come to terms with everything that's happened to him. And then immediately went "WELL THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT MUSHY SHIT." Even his adoptive father (who he was estranged from for quite some time) comments on his new openness, saying that Estinien was more candid with him than he's ever been before, and he's learning to put his past behind him. Granted, he's not about to start pouring his heart and soul out to a stranger - he is more candid and willing to speak, but with the caveat that he does have to know the person he's speaking to well before they start unlocking much about him.
He's also started to use his perception to encourage people--he talks Vrtra into revealing himself to the people of Radz-at-Han, the dragon having spent centuries afraid that if his people knew that their leader was a dragon, they'd fear and hate him. He doesn't do it with a lot of tact, but luckily for him brutal honesty seems to work for him most of the time.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Charmander
Password: Atomic fireball
Samples
RP Sample: Here
Victory Road Sample:
[As he wakes, the first thing he notices is the music. He’d forgotten–and also forgotten how annoying it was.
Wonderful. This place again.
Though he’s not in Goldenrod, he’s back in the tiny house with an equally tiny woman shoving a bag (woefully understocked) in his hands and out the door. Iceheart–or any of his other team–is nowhere to be seen.
Instead, the one pokeball he has produces a small orange lizard with a flame on its tail who immediately starts crying and shifting from foot to foot in the snow and mush.]
Wonderful. We had best start walking, there’s not nearly enough supplies for us to be wandering around in midwinter.
[He hauls the Charmander up, and it drapes himself around his neck and shoulders awkwardly, tail hanging down his back. The warmth is nice, but they’re still going to freeze to death out here if they’re not careful.]