Personality: They say that the Dream grants its Hunts based on those that are most capable, and Syrlya has within him the nobility to carry the fate of the world. He is dutiful to his world, his people, and his friends, and he's taken up the sword to protect them from further harm.
But his reasons are a little more intimate than simply playing hero, and the gravity of Syrlya's heart is his broad and encompassing ability to love. He makes friends easily and trusts the best in people until proven otherwise. He is incredibly empathetic, the feeligns and stories of others move him and just about every person he gets to know becomes someone special to him. It's because of how much he loves his friends that he finds the resolve to continue to fight even in the face of great odds, or great pain.
His people believe in a list of tenants left by the centaur Ventari. They are much like the commandments and lead them to a life of doing good by themselves and others, to co-exist peacefully. Syrlya has taken them to heart, as most of his people have, but they are not so much rules for him, religious or otherwise, as much as they are guidelines. Syrlya does what his heart feels first and foremost, and if his duties go against his heart he feels great conflict. He is loyal, though, and considers betrayal to be one of the worst offenses--though he may argue, disagree, and try to encourage a different path he will never turn his back on his allies for any reason.
Being very empathetic comes with being very emotional as a whole for Syrlya. While his race are known for their purity in expressing their emotions, Syrlya feels with such intensity he has difficulty tempering them, whether it be anger, sadness, or joy. While age and experience has taught him to swallow certain emotions in certain situations, stronger feelings often become a bomb with a limited amount of time before he must express them explosively.
His strong emotions and his genuine and enthusiastic curiosity can make Syrlya appear childish, but he is in fact very aware and very wise for his age. Syrlya has been forced to experience a number of traumas, loss, and his destiny has carried him across the world to experience a number of different cultures and lives. Syrlya is aware of how tragic the world can be, but he's also seen it's beauty. He's seen how varied and special people are, and he gives everything for the sake of others.
And it's in that knowledge that Syrlya walks a fine line between hope and despair. Death has taken much from him and he has fought and suffered against beasts and war since he has awoken and the pain weighs on his heart. His greatest weakness is to give up on himself and his resolve, because when he loses hope he loses his will to do anything. He holds tightly to his friends, to good people and good memories to remind himself what he fights for and to keep himself going in the face of such tragedy.
Syrlya struggles with his trauma. Some might find the destiny of a hero to be desirable, envious, but Syrlya was given the task of great things very early on. He was only a few months when he joined the Vigil, and not even a year when was assigned to command the Pact and was at the heart of a war against a dragon. He's lost many loved ones over the years and seen a lot of horrific tragedies and destruction. It's created a lingering sadness in his heart, a weight that keeps reflecting everything he used to have an be before he was scarred.
He also has had little time to be just Syrlya, not Commander or Boss or Valiant, and he has a shallow sense of identity. He doesn't know what he would or could be outside of fighting dragons to protect the world. Worse, he has no idea this is an issue--his duties are so tightly wound into his person he doesn't realize that, without them, he has little else that is driving him forward, and little sense of autonomy. Syrlya believes in doing what his heart wants, but the moment a big shining Destiny is slapped onto a task he pursues it because he feels it is his obligation--even when it gets in the way of something else that is more pressing to him.
He does, however, still have his desire to learn strong in his heart. Books, new people, and new places are among his favorite experiences and he's known to get carried away with question after questions when faced with the unfamiliar. Despite his lifestyle choice to be a solider, Syrlya is very studious and clever-minded. Sometimes this curiosity causes his thoughts to wander and he'll find himself distracted from the original task at hand.
And despite his noble and honest demeanor, Syrlya did take the path of illusions and trickery for a reason--his sweetness comes with a bit of spice, and he's got a dry sense of humor and enjoys teasing and flustering his friends. He's pragmatic about his ideals and recognizes that rules come with exceptions, and sometimes it takes a little lying, trickery, and deceit to get the job done.
Abilities: Syrlya is Sylvari, a race of plant people that come with a number of abilities inherent to their biology, including the ability to sense the status of plants and manipulate them, change their appearance at will, and regenerate lost body parts (although this requires a long amount of time as their natural healing rate is the same as humans). Syrlya's skills in this are only moderate at best, but he can give plants minor influences to grow in particular ways.
His biology also makes him hardier against extreme temperatures (though it still affects him, it is less likely to kill or cause permanent harm without longer exposure or even stronger temperature), and the thick plant-matter muscle and wooden bones make him hard to break, requiring more force to pierce through it.
Syrlya is also a Mesmer, which is an illusion-based mage. However these skills require using chaos magic native to Tyria, so they likely won't be usable in empatheias.
On the non-magical side of things, Syrlya is also skilled in sword-fighting, both one-handed and dual-wielding.
Alignment: Peromei. Syrlya has had to claim faith against great loss and setbacks in his crusade against the dragons--he fights for his hope, but when it breaks his despair is his greatest weakness.
Other: SORRY I JUST REALIZED THIS SECTION DIDN'T COPY OVER Syr will only be bringing his clothes, a sword and a shield. No fancy dragon eggs will make it in transit.
Syrlya/The Commander | Guild Wars 2 OC
Personality: They say that the Dream grants its Hunts based on those that are most capable, and Syrlya has within him the nobility to carry the fate of the world. He is dutiful to his world, his people, and his friends, and he's taken up the sword to protect them from further harm.
But his reasons are a little more intimate than simply playing hero, and the gravity of Syrlya's heart is his broad and encompassing ability to love. He makes friends easily and trusts the best in people until proven otherwise. He is incredibly empathetic, the feeligns and stories of others move him and just about every person he gets to know becomes someone special to him. It's because of how much he loves his friends that he finds the resolve to continue to fight even in the face of great odds, or great pain.
His people believe in a list of tenants left by the centaur Ventari. They are much like the commandments and lead them to a life of doing good by themselves and others, to co-exist peacefully. Syrlya has taken them to heart, as most of his people have, but they are not so much rules for him, religious or otherwise, as much as they are guidelines. Syrlya does what his heart feels first and foremost, and if his duties go against his heart he feels great conflict. He is loyal, though, and considers betrayal to be one of the worst offenses--though he may argue, disagree, and try to encourage a different path he will never turn his back on his allies for any reason.
Being very empathetic comes with being very emotional as a whole for Syrlya. While his race are known for their purity in expressing their emotions, Syrlya feels with such intensity he has difficulty tempering them, whether it be anger, sadness, or joy. While age and experience has taught him to swallow certain emotions in certain situations, stronger feelings often become a bomb with a limited amount of time before he must express them explosively.
His strong emotions and his genuine and enthusiastic curiosity can make Syrlya appear childish, but he is in fact very aware and very wise for his age. Syrlya has been forced to experience a number of traumas, loss, and his destiny has carried him across the world to experience a number of different cultures and lives. Syrlya is aware of how tragic the world can be, but he's also seen it's beauty. He's seen how varied and special people are, and he gives everything for the sake of others.
And it's in that knowledge that Syrlya walks a fine line between hope and despair. Death has taken much from him and he has fought and suffered against beasts and war since he has awoken and the pain weighs on his heart. His greatest weakness is to give up on himself and his resolve, because when he loses hope he loses his will to do anything. He holds tightly to his friends, to good people and good memories to remind himself what he fights for and to keep himself going in the face of such tragedy.
Syrlya struggles with his trauma. Some might find the destiny of a hero to be desirable, envious, but Syrlya was given the task of great things very early on. He was only a few months when he joined the Vigil, and not even a year when was assigned to command the Pact and was at the heart of a war against a dragon. He's lost many loved ones over the years and seen a lot of horrific tragedies and destruction. It's created a lingering sadness in his heart, a weight that keeps reflecting everything he used to have an be before he was scarred.
He also has had little time to be just Syrlya, not Commander or Boss or Valiant, and he has a shallow sense of identity. He doesn't know what he would or could be outside of fighting dragons to protect the world. Worse, he has no idea this is an issue--his duties are so tightly wound into his person he doesn't realize that, without them, he has little else that is driving him forward, and little sense of autonomy. Syrlya believes in doing what his heart wants, but the moment a big shining Destiny is slapped onto a task he pursues it because he feels it is his obligation--even when it gets in the way of something else that is more pressing to him.
He does, however, still have his desire to learn strong in his heart. Books, new people, and new places are among his favorite experiences and he's known to get carried away with question after questions when faced with the unfamiliar. Despite his lifestyle choice to be a solider, Syrlya is very studious and clever-minded. Sometimes this curiosity causes his thoughts to wander and he'll find himself distracted from the original task at hand.
And despite his noble and honest demeanor, Syrlya did take the path of illusions and trickery for a reason--his sweetness comes with a bit of spice, and he's got a dry sense of humor and enjoys teasing and flustering his friends. He's pragmatic about his ideals and recognizes that rules come with exceptions, and sometimes it takes a little lying, trickery, and deceit to get the job done.
Abilities: Syrlya is Sylvari, a race of plant people that come with a number of abilities inherent to their biology, including the ability to sense the status of plants and manipulate them, change their appearance at will, and regenerate lost body parts (although this requires a long amount of time as their natural healing rate is the same as humans). Syrlya's skills in this are only moderate at best, but he can give plants minor influences to grow in particular ways.
His biology also makes him hardier against extreme temperatures (though it still affects him, it is less likely to kill or cause permanent harm without longer exposure or even stronger temperature), and the thick plant-matter muscle and wooden bones make him hard to break, requiring more force to pierce through it.
Syrlya is also a Mesmer, which is an illusion-based mage. However these skills require using chaos magic native to Tyria, so they likely won't be usable in empatheias.
On the non-magical side of things, Syrlya is also skilled in sword-fighting, both one-handed and dual-wielding.
Alignment: Peromei. Syrlya has had to claim faith against great loss and setbacks in his crusade against the dragons--he fights for his hope, but when it breaks his despair is his greatest weakness.
Other: SORRY I JUST REALIZED THIS SECTION DIDN'T COPY OVER Syr will only be bringing his clothes, a sword and a shield. No fancy dragon eggs will make it in transit.
Sample: Test Drive
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