I am Titanium...

Hi there followers.

I've returned to the mad world of tumblr. Also with a fresh set of characters. If you see an add from @valorblade then that is me and a character I have been RPing for at least two years before coming back, along with others I've been RPing as well. Because I am an altoholic.

With the imminent release of Dawntrail, I am ecstatic to be bringing my characters to light back on this platform.

You may wish to unfollow this blog, and along with my other blogs @gunbreakings @grimoirespikes @hyorin-habaki since those are no longer being updated. I will create more as we go.

Thanks everyone!

Level 70 Gunbreaker.

New glamours for Andrew.

Here is my calendar for the Fourth Astral Moon, featuring Andrew Shepard! This is the second time he has appeared on my calendar but here is the meat of his profile. See details below!

NAME: Andrew Jeremy Shepard AGE: 26 NAMEDAY: 2nd Sun of the 4th Astral Moon BUILD: 71 ilms, 180 ponz (181 cm, 82 kg) FEATURES: wind-tunneled golden blond hair, ocean blue eyes JOB: MNK, MCH, MRD OCCUPATION: metal smith (armour and weapons), miner LANGUAGES: Eorzean, limited Hingan RESIDENCE: Limsa Lominsa city proper MARITAL STATUS: Single (recent) FAMILY: Gabriel Kaiden (father), Julia Ashley (mother)

VOICE CLAIM: Ray Chase (in the intonation of someone obvious, with a noticeable “Lominsan” accent) FACE CLAIM: Anthony Baldwin

BRIEF HISTORY: Born and raised in Limsa Lominsa, Andrew grew up a fairly hectic childhood. He spent a lot of time with his father in the forge because, for some god awful reason, the other kids in his neighborhood did not like him much. Whether it was for his bright blond hair or the way he spoke, no one was certain. He was bullied into his pre-teens and early teens and one day decided that he had had enough. Taking some classes at the Marauders’ guild, the bullies later learned their lesson the hard way when he used a long stick like he would an axe. He later got in big trouble for this but it did prove to him that knowing how to fight was a way to get awful people to leave you alone, and make friends along the way. After becoming disinterested in the axe, he later learned how to shoot targets when he learned how to make musketoons and arquebus and other pistols from his father. His most recent history, however, had him going to the Far East and back, and learning how to be a pugilist. That disciple of war would further him into what his master called ‘martial arts’, which was really just another word for monkhood as its Eorzean equivalent.

Here is my calendar for the Second Astral Moon, featuring Andrew Shepard! (Some of you may have been looking forward to this, too!) But we’re going to be doing it differently this time. Here are some questions I’ve been asked about this character instead!

Q: Why Andrew? Andrew was actually someone I created in another MMO called Champions Online and his personality was something that stood out to me. I’m so used to making these quiet, noble, chivalrous, and oftentimes inner-monologuing characters that I sometimes forget that I can make them outgoing, too.

Q: Why did you decide to make him yet another blond? Andrew was blond in his original incarnation in Champions Online so he had to be one here, too. Over there, he was one of the varsity linebackers in the high school he attended. And he also wasn’t very smart. He thought he could be in a school play and instead he… cast earth spells because he grabbed the wrong “book” and started reading from it like a dumb blond. Again, not very smart in that universe.

Q: What makes him different here? Here in FFXIV, Andrew actually has some kind of usefulness and is fairly successful in his life. He has a stable occupation and he works hard for his gil. He is fairly well-off here as opposed to being a teenager going through teenage angst and popularity shit and dealing with having superpowers. He deals with more… adult situations and struggles here in FFXIV. 

Q: How did he start getting into being a pugilist? Andrew was in a relationship with one Soga Tachikake and because of the Doman’s martial prowess of being a shinobi, Andrew felt like he needed something in order to properly protect Soga in return. It took him a bit of time and he decided that pugilism would be best. Not only is a weapon optional, he could create weapons for it himself as well. Of course, he did not find it as easy as it seemed. Still, he stuck to his guns and started to become adept at it. Additionally, training in this gave him a body that, as Kaslin Emri has said, makes it look like he could “lift a house.”

Just some Moonfire Faire fun.