Al’vachir Avagnar

Al'vachir Avagnar is a quiet and prideful man who works as one of Azure Acquisitions resident blades for training and teaching, as well as a blade for hire. A keen eye for detail and a steady hand make him an ideal treasure hunter, and a seedy past makes him a reliable trove of information.

About

Al’vachir Avagnar doesn’t really remember much of his life before the Adarkim if, indeed, there was much to remember. But he has been told stories - pride in his name had been passed along to him and kept burning within his breast. Even as others of his clan were struck down for the use of their ancestral name, Al’vachir remained proud.His escape was inevitable, as was his turn towards the arts of war. Little more than an ill-trained and half-starved teenager, Al’vachir carried his pride as a temper and raged his way across Yanxia and into Kugane, until he was bested by a Sekiseigumi samurai - and saved, in the process, from a life as a member of The Confederacy. This did, however, leave him as a lost soul in Kugane, and he soon found himself at odds with both groups - working as a hired blade to sneak goods in under the noses of the Sekiseigumi, and to circumvent the Ruby Tithe of the Confederacy. He eventually fell in with some of the gangs in Kugane, hiring himself out as a sellsword to different yakuza-styled groups and gangs but never really staying with any one group for very long.Over time, his honed skills have given him the means to retake his life, and apply for more honorable work with Azure Acquisitions - a mercenary company dealing in strange requests and the occult. While the work still amounts to odd contracts through the organization, it has been much more stable and has allowed Al’vachir to take a measure of pride in himself again.Al’vachir still carries his anger towards the Adarkim, however, and still struggles to find healthy outlets for his emotions. In his youth, Al'vachir was what some might call promiscuous - and a heavy drinker to boot. And though he'd given up his vices when he turned away from organized some five years ago, his continued contact with other Xaela has driven him back to drinking - kumis, at the very least. He's also taken up smoking from a long-stemmed kiseru with a thick metal bowl: whatever it is he's smoking gives off a sweet scent, and seems never-ending.Prone to bouts of depression and wild surges of confidence, Al'vachir is a man in search of balance between the life he was taught and the heritage he has forgotten.

RP Hooks

• Are you an Avagnar? Al’vachir makes no secret of his ancestry, and is always pleased to see brothers and sisters out in the world.• Are you an Adarkim? There’s always room for some interesting conflict in a story. Let’s talk about scenes.• Are you a Confederate, or Sekiseigumi? You may recognize Al’vachir, or know of his exploits across the Ruby Sea.• Do you live in Shirogane or Kugane? Al’vachir can be seen walking through the adventure’s district and through the city at odd hours, don’t be afraid to say hello.• Do you work or live in Ul'dah? You've probably seen Al'vachir sitting outside the Quicksand on the bench, or you've potentially hired him once or twice as a bodyguard or extra muscle.

What you see is what you get with Al'vachir. Despite his old-man behavior, the Xaela looks closer to his late twenties - when he isn't wearing his mask, anyway. He's also covered in scars; anywhere he doesn't have scales, there's likely a scar or two formed. The streak of grey that runs through his hair seems natural, and more abundant each day. He's built with a wiry, lithe frame that belies how strong he actually is - and seems to constantly reek of Thunder-aspected aether to those sensitive to that sort of thing.

OOC Info

Still getting used to RPing in FF14 and learning all the lore and the world. Happy to discuss head-canons and collaborate on narrative work! Open to walk-ups, whispers and Discord RP!Everything's a constant work-in-progress.