#rostik

Radovan, Sophie, Cato Mammula, Vitus quo Messalla, and Rostik

Gunbreaker introduces Radovan, a rare survivor of the clan that used to live at Bozja Citadel, and Sophie, his viera conjurer companion. They escaped Imperial captivity together and sell their skills as bodyguards, becoming each other’s new family in the process. Radovan decides to teach the WoL how to wield a gunblade in the traditions of his clan, as there is no one else left.

Each quest moves to a different city of Eorzea (and a new outfit for Sophie in each), from Gridania to protect a popular if eccentric singer, to Ul’dah where a woman’s plea for aid is not all it appears, to Limsa Lominsa to escort an important prisoner, and to Ishgard, where the Ironworks welcomes Garlean defector Cato Mammula, with plans that can help the freezing poor--but Cato’s past intersects with Radovan’s, and draws dangerous attention.

The villain is a man who tortured Radovan until he’s now plagued by seizures, a dishonored officer said to be as fearsome in combat as the Black Wolf, and seeks a means of regaining his rightful place in the Empire--Vitus quo Messalla.

Level 80 brings the WoL back to Revenant’s Toll, where the duo decide to “hang their hats” (very funny, given it’s a hrothgar and viera). Radovan wants to find new adventurers to instruct, and he’s interested to hear about Thancred somehow knowing his clan’s specific disciplne.

Then it’s off to track down another hrothgar gunbreaker that’s appeared in the realm. We catch up on the aftermaths of the 60-70 quests and those characters before finally meeting Rostik, whose goal is to seek other surviving clanmates and rebuild Bozja. Radovan considers it, but he can’t leave Sophie, nor his own calling of training new gunbreakers so their clan’s traditions live on.

And then Rostik leaves us with this: