cw: arson, in-world homophobia, religious trauma, suicide

not-so-shining armor
pld • former knight • lycanthrope

BASICS —
name • Uriel Castille Idrys B'nargin
pronouns • he/him
age • 36
homeland • Dalmasca Ishgard
classes • pld
orientation • gay
SYNOPSIS —
Many have heard of the fall of Rabanastre close to three decades ago. Many know of the death of its royal line. Few are aware that Dalmasca had more than one Prince. Spirited away as a young boy, Uriel was brought across the sea to be raised as an orphan in the care of the Holy See.The life of a holy knight is no easy thing. Between dragons and politics and the general woes of the world, it brings one in contact with the unsavory. Sometimes, it exposes someone to dark magics. Often, those magics change them. After a run in with a particularly nasty voidsent, Uriel found himself changing. Something primal and dark roiled under the light of the moon, and he sought aid from a trusted priest. Faith and alchemy brought his curse to heel, but also grew a forbidden fondness between knight and clergy.When the affair was discovered, Uriel knew he needed to leave Ishgard. Rumors swirled in his wake. His excuse of leaving to 'train as a paladin' was weak. All the same, he's found a living in Ul'dah, and that is as much as he can ask of the world for now.
HOOKS —
• sword for hire: Uriel makes his living selling his blade these days. He's not overly picky about the job, so long as people can pay well and are upfront about the specifics. He's been known to work as a personal escort just as often as criminal muscle.• lycanthropy: under the light of the full moon, Uriel undertakes a terrifying void-touched transformation if he does not have particular alchemy at hand. All sorts of possibilities here. Some aetherically sensitive types might notice the void disease lingering on him, too.• rumor mill: if Ishgardian gossip is the name of the game, Uriel's name has made the rounds. first as a knight of skill and respect, and then as a deviant who corrupted one of the See's own priests.
TRIVIA —
• hopelessly chaste. no, really. flirt with him and he might actually die.• in a similar vein, he tends to be incredibly modest in his preferred styles of fashion.• he's a terrible shot.• once set a church on fire. no one knows.• really does not like sharing his secrets.• his surname is given to many orphans who are taken in by the ishgardian orthodox church.

1. I am a player who believes in negotiated consent. If something comes up in the course of RP that I am uncomfortable with, I will reach out OOC to touch base on how we can move forward from here - and I invite anyone writing with me to do the same! If there is something you are unsure of, please ask.2. This character has a lot of in character secrets. Many are listed here for ease of communication. Please contact me if you would like to plot out discovering any of them.3. No minors. No minor characters. No minor players. This character and his stories have themes in which I will not include minors. In this vein, respect the time-honored rule; don't lewd lalas.4. I am happy to write conflict and antagonists. However, it is important that no one 'rps to win.' There is no winning in rp, there is just making stories. If we don't all walk away happy as writers, we've all lost.5. Either in-game or discord is fine for any of the above communication needs. However, for ongoing plots, I vastly prefer Discord for roleplay.6. IC is not OOC. Player and character are very different. Shitposting sometimes blurs those lines and that's okay, but the delineation is important when talking about actual narrative arcs, scenes, and in those OOC instances where harm has been caused.7. I am an adult with a life and also dyslexia. This means I sometimes miss things in game chat. If you think I'm ignoring you, I'm almost certainly not. Shoot me a /tell, a message on Discord, or make sure to include Uriel's name in a post so it pings me.