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ambitionburns) wrote2018-10-23 10:17 pm
ambitionburns) wrote2018-10-23 10:17 pm
Application to Duplicity
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Name: Lampy Age: 36 Contact: Timezone: Atlantic Standard Time (AST, one hour ahead of EST) Other Character(s): n/a |
Name: Nero tol Scaeva Door: Door Pass Canon: Final Fantasy XIV Canon Point: Post-Stormblood, at patch 4.0. Age: 34 Appearance: In his armor, and in traveling clothes. History: The wiki link to Nero's role in the story covers matters briefly. To go into further detail of his time prior to his first appearance in the main story: Born to a poor family in Garlemald, Nero was a bright and clever boy who worked his way up from nothing to a placement at the prestigious Magitek Academy. He was a brilliant student, but always second-best when compared to Cid Garlond. This both frustrated him, and drove him on to greater heights of achievement. They were rivals and occasionally even reluctant collaborators. He showed a particular talent for reverse-engineering ancient Allagan relics, and it became the main focus of his studies. Upon graduating from the academy, Nero chose to proceed onward to a position in the military rather than take a safer post as a researcher. Military rank and prestige would grant him first-hand access to new relics and discoveries. Nero's drive to succeed and thirst for knowledge brought him up to the rank of Tribunus Laticalvius, second in command of the XIVth Legion. Prior to the Legion's arrival in Eorzea, he was responsible for unearthing, repairing, and reactivating the Ultima Weapon, an ancient Allagan war machine. Personality: Nero is a man driven by a thirst for knowledge and glory. Garlean culture prizes competitiveness and constant self-improvement, and he has embraced this wholeheartedly. His life has been one long climb higher and higher, regardless of setbacks or competition. He views those around him as tools to be used or obstacles to be eliminated, and is not afraid to change allegances when it is to his benefit. He is capable of coldblooded murder, and not one to let such things weigh on his mind. Knowledge slightly edges out glory as his motivating priority. He is absolutely obsessed with Allagan technology, and his actions after the dissolving of the XIVth Legion have been entirely focused around unearthing Allagan ruins and locating Allagan creations. He is a brilliant engineer and scientist, and has a genuine passion for his work. It's a subject that's likely to get him holding forth at length, less to educate others and more to show off his own brilliance. It is, however, not out of the question for him to collaborate with others towards some greater goal, presuming that he does not need to heavily compromise his own ego in the process. Additionally, being offered the chance to learn something new or to be given some new technology, he will jump at it. He is quick-thinking and adaptable, and when presented with something outside the realm of his experience, he will be eager to learn as much as possible. Large as his ego is, it does not take well to being challenged. Having come from a humble and low-class background, Nero has a fundamental insecure streak and a constant need to prove himself as superior. Though he considers few others to be his equal in intellect, if someone does come to present themselves as being better than him, he will desperately strive to outpace them. Cid Garlond has been his life-long rival, and while it is unlikely that he would come to despise anyone else to the same degree, it is not out of the question for him to develop a similar-but-lesser antagonistic and competitive relationship with another knowledgeable scientist or engineer. That said, it takes quite a lot to make him visibly angry. He generally carries himself with a confident calm, and when not required to be a coldly professional military man, he is sharp-tongued and sarcastic. Even in the face of death threats or imminent doom, he can manage something biting and possibly even witty. He speaks with confidence and without hesitation, and is rarely left stunned speechless. Only when pushed to his limits, either physically or mentally, does he become genuinely snappish and short-tempered. The most important person in Nero's life is Nero, and his behavior generally reflects it. He does not have friends, he has allies and rivals. While he has been shown to act in ways that appear selfless, he will loudly proclaim that it was all in self-interest and that no one should get any ideas about the sort of man that he is. Having spent his entire life striving to get ahead at any cost, he may well have lost sight of how to genuinely and transparently demonstrate kindness and vulnerability. Powers and Abilities: Nero is trained as a soldier, and has show proficiency with both a gunblade and with a "gunhammer", a heavy warhammer enhanced with magitek. He fights in the style of FFXIV's tank classes, the Gladiator and Marauder, using heavy blows and taunts to draw attacks to himself while letting his companions finish his opponents off. He is a brilliant engineer, capable of reverse-engineering and potentially improving on designs. Having been second in command of a military legion, he has a solid knowledge of tactics, troop deployment, and leadership. As a pureblooded Garlean, Nero has next to no ability to manipulate aether, the force from his world that allows beings to use magic. Inventory: A ceramic mask, his gunblade, a portable goldsmith/tinkerer's toolkit (containing small screwdrivers, pincers, etc). Samples: Thread from the test drive, and network threads and a longer prose discussion from a previous game. |
