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Adrien Pendragon - RP Updates (2/15/22)

More About Adrien

I recently typed out a big long recap to a friend who wanted the tea and figured I’d share here as well. Might come back and clean it up eventually but here’s just a scattered retelling of what he’s gone through in FFXIV.

Thistle Brandywine - Adrien’s childhood friend - ran off to Ala Migo and Doma with nothing but a mysterious and concerning letter. This (along with a jokingly made kiss) sparks a lot of soul searching for Adrien, who up until this point found little interest in love and relationships. Thistle had always been in his life and now she was missing and he cares A LOT.

Adrien did his best to find her, but she wouldn't tell him where she was and in the end he got desperate and made a pact with a voidsent.

The demons name is Malphas and he offered a way to track Thistle. In exchange Adrien would give up one of his eyes. Now Adrien has the ability to see and find people's umbral energy. Which I've kinda interpreted as their physical forms (so not the soul). Long story short he has a way to follow Thistle’s trail.

FC Sketch dump.  The Mistcallers are very competent, well adjusted individuals. 

“Freyja Dei-Ijla”

Age: 50

Height: 6’11”

Race: Rava

Canon Class: Dragoon

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Personality:

A stubborn outsider. Confused by Eorzean customs and often stumbles into social faux paus. Rather than reacting with embarrassment she tends to treat them as being “beneath her.” Oftentimes openly defying them. 

She hides behind a cold exterior, strong emotions usually simmering beneath the surface. Her right ear twitches when she is burying a particularly strong feeling. Something only her closest companions would pick up on. 

A strong moral compass guides her. She will act to protect those who are downtrodden and those close to her regardless of the consequences.

Rae really doesn’t connect with Eorzean propriety and has a number of relations over her travels. (Viera culture doesn’t really do monogamy, lifelong bonding is particularly rare.) 

Clan and Family:

Freyja and her twin Falki were born to the Rava clan in the treetop village of Dei-ljla. Differences in gender don’t appear in Viera until their 13th nameday and it was then that they discovered Freyja and Falki to be fraternal twins rather than identical. Falki was to be sent to the borders of the Rava wood to be trained as a protector (a life threatening trial), while Freyja was to stay behind in Dei-ljla.

Exile and Arrival to Gridania

The loss of her brother and closest family was beyond anything the young rava could bear. In the middle of the night, a few days after Falki’s departure, Freyja followed him out of the village. Freyja’s actions would break the “Green Word”, the age-old cultural traditions that define viera life, and result in exile. At least they would be together, or so she thought, until upon finding her brother and confronting his new mentor she discovered that Falki did not want to go. His acceptance of his new path and refusal to leave broke Freyja. She cursed his name, the Rava,  Dei-ljla and vowed to never step foot in their woods again. She hasn’t seen him since.

The name Raebet Fluffalo was given to her by a drunk bard she met in a rundown tavern on the outskirts of Gridania. She kept it, feeling as though it was an appropriate jab at her rava heritage, but it’s grown on her over the years. She’s warmed up to other exiled viera over time, but in general tends to avoid them as much as possible. Preferring to forget and ignore her troubled youth in the company of elezen, mi’qote and the other varied races of Eorzea.

The Scions of the Seventh Dawn

The Scions provided Rae with the sense of purpose and family she hadn’t known since leaving Dei-ljla. While reluctant to be chosen by the goddess Hydalin, she knew better than to squander the opportunity to protect her friends with her newfound strength.

The Mistcallers - Free Company

Her true family, her equals. Those in her life that challenge her and humble her. Those that remind her that no matter what happens, she'll never have to face life alone.

Rae and Dragon Eyes (***HW SPOILERS****)

A deep wellspring of power that can be used to unlock new abilities and push physical limits. 

The eye’s power is addicting and terrifying all at once. Dragon blood brings out the savage, instinctual side of an individual. Highly likely to overwhelm and corrupt the person unless they are strong-willed and can weather the storm of emotion that roils within them.

Rae learned quickly what it meant to tap into the power of the eyes as a dragoon. First it was Nidhogg’s, all vengeance and fury. Then Hraesvalgr, love and sorrow. Finally Rae was gifted an eye by Vidofnir at the end of the Dragonsong War when she committed herself fully to being a voice for dragonkind in Ishgard.

Rae fears she’ll do harm to people she loves if she doesn’t keep her own emotions in check. In the early days of her pact with Vidofnir, the surge of power, draconic instinct, and emotional upheaval caused her to recede further into herself. Very few people knew how close she was to losing control. With Estinien’s corruption and so much attention on the Warrior of Light, the stakes were incredibly high and Rae felt it keenly.

Slowly but surely Rae leveled back out and learned to hone and direct the power that Vidofnir shares with her. Great emotional distress can still trigger episodes, but they’re rare.

There are times Rae has big Rosa Diaz energy. Good thing we have @isiantos’s Chef to keep folks from being stabbed with plastic forks.