Backstory: Growing up in a small fishing port on the coast of Vylbrand, it wouldn't be wrong to call Ikar a simple country boy. He’s the only child of a fisherman and if he stayed at home he would have definitely been roped into the family trade as well.
Thankfully for him, growing up he developed a fond interest in keeping various unusual critters around his home town that would ultimately drive his life elsewhere. If farmers could tame and keep sheep and dodo why couldnt he with carnivorous fish or wild jackals? It was regarded as an unusual and unproductive hobby however by his peers. Self conscious, it was easier to pretend that his interest laid in protecting people. In knowing and understanding all the pests he could help dispose of them! He got his break at age 14 with the perfect exit from small town living. The Company of Heroes had recently felled the primal Titan and Leviathan and it was easy to convince his way to Limsa Lominsa to get some formal training for his so called hobby protecting the people.
Once in Limsa, the young gullible Ikar was swayed into the marauders guild which at the time was an elaborate pirate recruitment scheme. He narrowly managed to avoid a life of piracy by keeping himself involved with the legit neighboring fishing and culinarian guilds which helped keep him out of trouble. Thanks to their help he could focus on his training. His ultimate goal being able to defend himself so he could travel Eorzea and continue harassing the wildlife.
Things were swell and pretty uneventful for 4 years until the lesser moon Dalamud fell when he was 18. Shortly after that catastrophe, a major reworking of Limsa Lominsa swept through lead by the new Admiral Merylwyb. There was massive damage to the city, strict new laws on pirate activities and his 'guild' was under renovations as there was a change in leadership with a huge overhaul from its pirate roots. He lingered for a few months, but ulitimately used the chaos as an excuse to leave Limsa and broaden his horizons as adventurer.
He spent the next two years over in Thanalan working as an adventurer and expanding his knowledge on monsters. He also actively started funneling time and effort into taming the wildlife during this period though he was unsuccessful in his attempts. One bad trip out to the Sagolii desert would change the course of his life again though with a bad run in with the hostile beastmen of the region ending in his capture. The Amal'jaa, as these beastmen were called, were fervent worshippers of their god Ifrit- a god who demanded sacrifce. It was by pure luck Ikar was found by a passing adventurer who helped escape this fate. This kind soul happened to be a part of a Free Company called Empyrean Bellatorum, who after the ordeal extended an invitation for Ikar to join them.
Since then he's been working at the Free Company and in exchange he gets a pretty good deal with free meals and his own room. He mainly does chores and errands, but he does get to go on battle missions as well. Otherwise he's free to follow his interests which he still hasn't made much headway on honestly. As far as current events go, Ikar is not one to keep up with the times. You can't exist in Eorzea without hearing of the Warrior of Light and their fabled deeds though. However recently talk of the Warrior of Light has grown sour with rumors of an assassination plot on the Sultana of Ul'dah.
Personality: On first impression Ikar is pretty average for a Limsan Lominsan. He can be loud, crude, boisterous, stubborn and not to mention little on the dumb side. He's also got a quick temper and is easy to offend if you say the wrong thing to him. While I wouldn't describe Ikar as a violent type, he won't hesitate to instigate a fight with those he thinks wronged him and would be easy to beat. He also enjoys slinging insults if the opportunity presents itself, but unfortunately he's not as quick witted as he likes to believe he is and frustrates easily when he can't keep up the smack talking.
Even though he is a rowdy boy, he is still friendly to strangers! His mother didn't raise him not to be a decent human being and treat people with respect after all. He still wouldn't particularly go out of his way to help someone he didn't know and certainly not without some sort of reward. It's not completely impossible of him though. He just at his core is a very selfish person. If things don't benefit him directly he typically won't be on board to help, this goes for friends as well. Often friendly gestures he offers are just some round about way to help himself. Like many people, he is apathetic towards things he doesn't want to be doing. If it's not in his immediate interest, he's pretty much not interested.
Speaking of interests, he's very very passionate about his studying of the monsters of Eorzea. It's a major driving force in his life after all and he has the stubborn determination to keep persuing it. Thanks to his upbringing though he's self conscious to share these interest even with those who are close to him. Despite it actually being a pretty normal interest for someone to have he regards it as an embarrassment. It's not fishing which his father wanted him to continue and it's not even related to all the training he had in becoming a marauder. So he prefers to keep his personal life private for this reason and keeps quiet on topics such as these despite his true enthusiasm for them.
Perhaps if he was poked and prodded enough by someone he was close to he would open up, but he doesn't exactly have a connection like that in the Free Company he is with. He does have a few friends though! Friends that are unfortunate enough to be around his inconsiderate ass. He doesn't think of how his actions effect things and he does have a bit of a boundary issue. He very likely to overstay his welcome, he's the type of person who won't knock before entering a room, he'll come over uninvited, ask too many favors and borrow things without asking. He's a fun guy! Right?
Abilities: *Marauder skills up to level 50. As a keynote he is not a warrior, nor does he have a soulstone. He's similar to other generic enemy marauders in game by how they use some warrior actions but with a name change. For example the warrior skill steel cyclone is changed to iron tempest, but it's still the same skill.
*Skilled fisher. He's not reeling in eorzea's big fish but he has sunk a lot of time into refining this skill.
Alignment: Sosyne, because of Ikar's hot temper. He's quick to anger and just as easy to frustrate.
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Character: Ikar Kestrel
Age: 24
OC Type: MMO OC
Point Taken: After 2.55, Before the Dawn.
World Building: Here and here!
Backstory:
Growing up in a small fishing port on the coast of Vylbrand, it wouldn't be wrong to call Ikar a simple country boy. He’s the only child of a fisherman and if he stayed at home he would have definitely been roped into the family trade as well.
Thankfully for him, growing up he developed a fond interest in keeping various unusual critters around his home town that would ultimately drive his life elsewhere. If farmers could tame and keep sheep and dodo why couldnt he with carnivorous fish or wild jackals? It was regarded as an unusual and unproductive hobby however by his peers. Self conscious, it was easier to pretend that his interest laid in protecting people. In knowing and understanding all the pests he could help dispose of them! He got his break at age 14 with the perfect exit from small town living. The Company of Heroes had recently felled the primal Titan and Leviathan and it was easy to convince his way to Limsa Lominsa to get some formal training for his so called hobby protecting the people.
Once in Limsa, the young gullible Ikar was swayed into the marauders guild which at the time was an elaborate pirate recruitment scheme. He narrowly managed to avoid a life of piracy by keeping himself involved with the legit neighboring fishing and culinarian guilds which helped keep him out of trouble. Thanks to their help he could focus on his training. His ultimate goal being able to defend himself so he could travel Eorzea and continue harassing the wildlife.
Things were swell and pretty uneventful for 4 years until the lesser moon Dalamud fell when he was 18. Shortly after that catastrophe, a major reworking of Limsa Lominsa swept through lead by the new Admiral Merylwyb. There was massive damage to the city, strict new laws on pirate activities and his 'guild' was under renovations as there was a change in leadership with a huge overhaul from its pirate roots. He lingered for a few months, but ulitimately used the chaos as an excuse to leave Limsa and broaden his horizons as adventurer.
He spent the next two years over in Thanalan working as an adventurer and expanding his knowledge on monsters. He also actively started funneling time and effort into taming the wildlife during this period though he was unsuccessful in his attempts. One bad trip out to the Sagolii desert would change the course of his life again though with a bad run in with the hostile beastmen of the region ending in his capture. The Amal'jaa, as these beastmen were called, were fervent worshippers of their god Ifrit- a god who demanded sacrifce. It was by pure luck Ikar was found by a passing adventurer who helped escape this fate. This kind soul happened to be a part of a Free Company called Empyrean Bellatorum, who after the ordeal extended an invitation for Ikar to join them.
Since then he's been working at the Free Company and in exchange he gets a pretty good deal with free meals and his own room. He mainly does chores and errands, but he does get to go on battle missions as well. Otherwise he's free to follow his interests which he still hasn't made much headway on honestly. As far as current events go, Ikar is not one to keep up with the times. You can't exist in Eorzea without hearing of the Warrior of Light and their fabled deeds though. However recently talk of the Warrior of Light has grown sour with rumors of an assassination plot on the Sultana of Ul'dah.
Personality:
On first impression Ikar is pretty average for a Limsan Lominsan. He can be loud, crude, boisterous, stubborn and not to mention little on the dumb side. He's also got a quick temper and is easy to offend if you say the wrong thing to him. While I wouldn't describe Ikar as a violent type, he won't hesitate to instigate a fight with those he thinks wronged him and would be easy to beat. He also enjoys slinging insults if the opportunity presents itself, but unfortunately he's not as quick witted as he likes to believe he is and frustrates easily when he can't keep up the smack talking.
Even though he is a rowdy boy, he is still friendly to strangers! His mother didn't raise him not to be a decent human being and treat people with respect after all. He still wouldn't particularly go out of his way to help someone he didn't know and certainly not without some sort of reward. It's not completely impossible of him though. He just at his core is a very selfish person. If things don't benefit him directly he typically won't be on board to help, this goes for friends as well. Often friendly gestures he offers are just some round about way to help himself. Like many people, he is apathetic towards things he doesn't want to be doing. If it's not in his immediate interest, he's pretty much not interested.
Speaking of interests, he's very very passionate about his studying of the monsters of Eorzea. It's a major driving force in his life after all and he has the stubborn determination to keep persuing it. Thanks to his upbringing though he's self conscious to share these interest even with those who are close to him. Despite it actually being a pretty normal interest for someone to have he regards it as an embarrassment. It's not fishing which his father wanted him to continue and it's not even related to all the training he had in becoming a marauder. So he prefers to keep his personal life private for this reason and keeps quiet on topics such as these despite his true enthusiasm for them.
Perhaps if he was poked and prodded enough by someone he was close to he would open up, but he doesn't exactly have a connection like that in the Free Company he is with. He does have a few friends though! Friends that are unfortunate enough to be around his inconsiderate ass. He doesn't think of how his actions effect things and he does have a bit of a boundary issue. He very likely to overstay his welcome, he's the type of person who won't knock before entering a room, he'll come over uninvited, ask too many favors and borrow things without asking. He's a fun guy! Right?
Abilities:
*Marauder skills up to level 50. As a keynote he is not a warrior, nor does he have a soulstone. He's similar to other generic enemy marauders in game by how they use some warrior actions but with a name change. For example the warrior skill steel cyclone is changed to iron tempest, but it's still the same skill.
*Skilled fisher. He's not reeling in eorzea's big fish but he has sunk a lot of time into refining this skill.
Alignment: Sosyne, because of Ikar's hot temper. He's quick to anger and just as easy to frustrate.
Other:
He has his pet smallshell named Snips.