About

An Excommunicated Priest of Halone

Age: 34
Height: 6’4
Eyes: Pale Gold
Hair: Dull brown
Relationship Status: Single
Sexuality: Gay but closeted
Birthplace: The Holy See of Ishgard
Current Residence: Wherever there is money to be made

He wears clothes that would have once been fine but have become worn and frayed around the edges. His boots show the most wear with scuffed toes and soles almost worn down to nothing. Despite this, he seems to make an effort to maintain his appearance, indicating some vanity.

A lonely child who became a lonely man, Santienne is reserved and polite to a fault. He is easily taken advantage of and struggles to say no to people, especially those more charismatic than him.

He currently works as a wandering chirurgeon and apothecary. He is more comfortable with tinctures or a scalpel than with magic but he does posses some aetheric skill.

Below information is for OOC use only unless your character could reasonably know it

Background: The bastard son of a minor noble scion and a servant, Santienne was raised by his mother with the financial support of his father (to his father’s family’s chagrin). Santienne has been a devout follower of Halone his whole life and is exceptionally bright, so when he came of age he was sent to Saint Endalim’s Scholasticate. He was ordained at age twenty and took his vow of chastity. He had little interest in climbing the clerical ranks and spent most of his hours that were not devoted to prayer and study working at various free clinics and studying the healing arts.

For ten years Santienne lived his life in relative peace, weathering the calamity and the loss of many of his close companions to Dravanians or the Empire. Things were manageable until his paternal grandfather, and his father were both killed in an ambush by unknown assailants. This left a vacancy in the minor house of Montfoisalle, and panicked Santienne’s younger half siblings. Since Santienne was older than them and had been publically acknowledged by his father, there was a chance he might have a claim to the title 'Compte de Montfoisalle'. Santienne had no interest in the position but regardless was caught up in their games. His siblings fabricated evidence of a damning affair between himself and a servant of the Montfoisalle family, including an imagined scheme to claim the Montfoisalle title for himself.

Fellow clergy who knew him were, of course, dubious as to the veracity of these claims, however were powerless against the noble houses who had the ears of the upper echelons of the church. Santienne was excommunicated and asked to leave Ishgard for good. He was given a generous amount of gil for his trouble as something of a bribe and apology.

As the church has dwindled in power in recent years, Santienne has considered going home, however he is not close with his mother and has nothing else to tempt him back to the icy cobblestones of Ishgard.

Hooks

Santienne is both an apothecary and well versed in the art of healing magic. If you are injured, sick, or need something specific brewed (legitimate or not) Santienne is not in a position to say no to gil.

Santienne has spent the last five years suffering a crises of faith. He believes but he's adrift after losing the security the church offered him. Perhaps your character will influence him, one way or the other.

If your character is from Ishgard, perhaps you have heard of the Montfoisalle bastard and his unhappy circumstances. Perhaps you are a member of the church itself and knew him, or of him, before his excommunication.

Santienne is desperate to build a reputation again after his was shattered, if your character is influential, especially in Ishgard, perhaps you have a mutually beneficial opportunity.

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OOC

About Me: I'm a queer guy in my late 20s and have been RPing in various formats since my teens. I'm also a writer and an artist. I'm still pretty new to FFXIV and the RP scene on here so please be patient with me if I make any mistakes.

Server: Mateus/Crystal

Contact: Get ahold of me either in game at Santienne Malfoieaux or on the RPC, my profile is linked in the footer.

RP Style: I can go anywhere from Medium to Heavy, though I'm not opposed to light RP it's just not how I naturally play. I'm down for in game and I'm absolutely open to moving to discord if things go well, I just prefer to get to know someone first before hopping on discord.

Yes: I love grim storylines and RP, I'm pretty hard to freak out and I love exploring darker themes. I'm pretty much game for anything horrible to happen to my character, or for him to be coaxed into committing atrocities if that's where the story takes us.

I'm not opposed to ERP as long as it comes up naturally for the characters but it's not something I'm actively looking for per-se. Romance totally cool as well as long as you're aware that Santienne is very confused and repressed and will need a LOT of coaxing.

No: Permanent character death. I spent a lot of time on this guy and I don't want to lose him. My only other IC nos are highly specific things that would probably only pop up in ERP situations so we can discuss that if we end up going there.

IC is NOT OOC. I'm a pretty relaxed guy and I'm happy to make friends, just use your better judgement.

I don't really feel comfortable RPing with anyone under the age of 21, especially if more mature themes are coming up