Alaric Kilgannon
"Well, here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why."
Info
Details
Name: Alaric Kilgannon
Former Aliases: Alaric Tien, Ari aan Kilic, Arikiliç, Ari Virtawesfv of Vihreävesi
Age: Admittedly at least 80 years old
Nameday: Unknown, sometime in late summer
Height: 6 fulms (179 cm)
Race: Veena Viera
Origin: Skatay Range / Rabanastre
Current Location: Keeps workshops in both Valnain and Ul'dah. Travels frequently for work.
Profession: Magitek mechanic & salvager. Formerly worked as a professional wrestler, a waiter, and
a Dalmascan Resistance saboteur.Religion: A blend of his home village's animist beliefs, the Light of Kiltia pantheon, kami worship, and the Church of the Twelve.
Gender: Male
Orientation: Bisexual
Description
Alaric is of average height for a male Viera, with a lean muscular build. He has large expressive violet eyes and long ears, and his often-volatile emotions are easy to read in his expressions and body language. He has long, naturally bright red hair, and he wears it in various braided styles.His face and body are heavily freckled, and he has a prominent tattoo on his left cheek and bridge of his nose, a reminder of his days as a Woods-warder. He has quite a few scars across his body, most appearing fairly old. Most seem to be unusual burns of some sort, including a faded brand of a Dalmascan Suncrest on his right hip.Alaric tends to wear shirts that gratuitously show off his chest, if he's wearing a shirt at all. His clothes are of affordable but fashionable make, almost always well-laundered and well-fitting.He carries a pistol, a knife, a set of odd nouliths inlaid with intricate copper designs, and a small enchanted leather bag for his daily items (you could call it a purse) which horribly screams like 'a Bangaa in a tavern brawl' when someone who isn't him tries to open it.
Personality
Impish, paternal, unconventional, passionate. Speaks multiple languages at least conversationally (some he only knows cursing and drinking songs), but struggles with reading and writing. His interpretation of grammatical structure in Common is memorably creative. His voice is quite loud and still has a noticeably Rabanastran accent. Works hard, plays hard. Calm in a crisis, mildly panicking the rest of the time. Several of his mannerisms are quite leporine, but he'll insist they aren't.
Skills
Skilled at repairing most magitek, from coffeemakers to hearing aid devices to airship engines.
Deadly accurate with a firearm, and almost religiously practices gun safety.
Exceptional non-magical healing skills in emergency/first aid, gained during his many years as a field medic.
Capable of using nouliths for healing minor to moderate injuries. (But usually he uses his nouliths as soldering irons or for practicing his own eclectic self-designed style of elemental magic).
Incredible luck -- astounding at stumbling into disasters, even more astounding at getting out alive & relatively unharmed.
Savant-like mathematical ability, including an affinity towards arcanima (or rather, what little he's been able to read about the subject in his daughter's textbooks).
Strong constitution -- a combination of being extremely stubborn and having a very high pain tolerance makes it difficult to keep him knocked down in a physical altercation.
Gallery
RP Hooks
General Interest
Alaric loves to fish, especially on rivers. Angling buddies are always welcome, especially those who are willing to venture out to new and exciting locales to cast a line. He strongly dislikes the ocean, but could be convinced to fish there too if there's incentive or challenge.
Dalmasca
Once known as Arikiliç of Rabanastre, he fled his homeland about a decade ago, at the end of his time with a Resistance cell he has very little good to say about. Alaric is anxious to set aside that troubled past and contribute to Dalmasca's rebuilding efforts in any way he can. Primarily he's assisting efforts to reclaim castrums and castellums left behind by the IVth Imperial Legion. Anyone from Dalmasca in the past several decades might have previously encountered Alaric, or will have quite a lot in common with him.
Magitek Salvage
& Repair Services
Alaric recently started up his own business -- a Valnain-based workshop for routine repairs and maintenance, retrieval and salvage of magitek and other mechanical components, and sales for scrap and refurbished components.
For salvage expeditions, he welcomes capable travelling companions to help defend against dangers on the road and match his love for lively conversation.
Customers can request repair and maintenance services, or hire Alaric to retrieve magitek that might difficult to find and acquire.
Those who are passionate about helping a clever but eccentric man with a profound lack of formal education learn mechanical engineering & design are also very welcome to help guide Alaric's independent study.
OOC
About
I’m a 30+ year old busy adult that works full time. RP is my fun hobby, let's keep it fun!
I prefer in-game RP over Discord, and need to set aside time for RP in advance (generally weekdays after 5pm PST and anytime on weekends).
This character is on Crystal DC (Coeurl) but I'm willing to travel elsewhere.
Writing partners must be 21+ OOC, due to the high potential for mature subjects in RP.
What I find acceptable will vary by situation and by my faith in the intentions of my writing partner. If I find something uncomfortable, I will tell you. Please do the same for me.
I reserve the right to remove my character from any interactions that don’t align with my RP values, and encourage any of my potential writing partners to do the same. You respect my time and energy, I respect yours, we’re cool. I want RP to be a mutually satisfying writing collaboration, and a vehicle to propel each others’ characters forward in fulfilling directions.
Looking For
Travel & adventure. I love a good action scene, whether it includes combat or not.
Emotional nuance & a good sense of humor. I like to have both angst and comedy in my RP (even better when it's possible to artfully combine the two).
Lore flexibility and reasonable headcanons/homebrews that color in the vague outlines of existing FFXIV canon are great, but I prefer to avoid extreme fanon concepts.
Close platonic friendships of all kinds. I especially enjoy RPing with characters that have a strong contrast or even a clash in personality/interests.
Pre-existing character connections are very welcome with a bit of discussion.
Dark or violent themes and antagonistic dynamics are welcome, please ask first.