Erichthonios

PLAYER INFO

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Player Name: Fey
• Player Contact: PM or Discord, currently trying to remember my Plurk password It's been A While.
• Player Age: 30+
• Permissions: Here it is


CHARACTER INFO

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• Character Name: Erichthonios
• Character Age: Apparent age around 25. His kind is apparently supposed to live for centuries but he's still a young adult.
• Character Canon: Final Fantasy XIV
• Canon Point: During the Final Days, right before being sundered.

• Character History: Wikia Link

• Character Personality: I should probably mention Erichthonios is a support character in a raid quest of Final Fantasy XIV and we don't see much of him outside what's a time of emergency and the moments immediately after, but I will do my best to elaborate on what we see.

— Devoted: The first time we meet Erichthonios he's transformed in a his True Self (A monster form) and completely lost track of what's happening around himself. He attacks the protagonist blindly and his only motivation during this? Protecting his coworkers from a threat he doesn't quite understand. Once he calms down? He's still devoted to his coworkers and chooses to stay and try to fix what's going on inside the Pandaemonium instead of moving to a more secure location. Even when Lahabrea, member of the convocation (and his father), tells him the safest solution is to leave the facility behind and lock it away where it can do no harm, he steps up and argues because he is willing to do anything to protect those he loves.

He doesn't quite rest even when it's implied he had a chance to do so, since we find out that between one battle and the other Erich spent his time teaching Themis how to use internment magicks and working. The people he devoted himself to have his full attention until it's no longer necessary.

We also see him at the end of his life, creating a crystal to pass down to his future incarnations the duty of protecting the Pandaemonioum in his steed, to fix what he will no longer be able to fix. He has chosen to defy the highest authority in his world and ignore his call as one of the sacrifices to stay and die in his beloved facility because the creatures inside it cannot be left unattended and he will see his duty done until the very end.

— Born Scholar: He is a person born basically without magicks access in a society that strongly relies on them. He grew up in one of the most dangerous facilities of his time, without ever stepping outside of it, and he had to keep up with dangerous beasts and monsters with the only weapon he truly had: knowledge. Themis mentions it directly in a dialogue ingame that despite Erich's inability to use internment magicks, his knowledge of the theory behind it is impeccable, and he still workls full time as researcher despite his limitations.

He has a passion for learning new things that I'd love to reflect ingame, and a deep love for teaching what he knows, even if in the current setting he may be rather... limited, considering he's completely out of his element.

— Optimistic: No matter how dark things turn, he always seem to have a sliver of hope to cling to. When the Pandaemonium is falling apart, he doesn't give up on the hope of saving his coworkers. When the Final Days are destroying everything he holds dear he entrusts the Pandaemonium to his future incarnations and doesn't give up the hope that someday a certain 'warrior' or someone like them will show up again and save everyone once more.

He's not stupid, mind you, he can accept that the world isn't good and he doesn't cling to false hopes, but he also attempts to see the bright side in things even when the situation is dire.

— Resentful: While it's difficult to actually make him angry in most situations, if he thinks he's been wronged far too much he'll struggle to accept a certain person around him and may even antagonize them even if it's against their best interest. The most blatant example we have is Erich's relationship with his father: calling it rocky is an understatement and for most of their story we see them struggle to reconcile with each other (With the exception of the third raid set, but that's set literal millennia after their deaths.). 

It's only by the end of their ordeal that Erichthonios seems to be able to let the past go, accept that his father tried his best despite the circumstances and that his mother wasn't the single best person alive. At least he seems to be able to move past previous issues once things are settled down, as it's shown by having him and Lahabrea work together when they're finally back on speaking terms.

— Emotional: There isn't much to say about this: he's emotional for Ancient standards, something stated by Elidibus himself (The man seems especially confused by how much Erichthonios is attached to his parents, something that wasn't normal back in their days.). He is driven by emotions and dreams, even choosing the least practical approach on how to handle the issues inside the Pandaemonium instead of putting the safety of the Star above anything else as he's supposed to do.

His inner turmoil and resentment are what allowed Hepaistos to control him, too. Even if we can assume most of his affection was imprinted with experiments and such by his mother... well, by the very end of his story he's still giving her a small chance to redeem herself before locking his heart and bringing her down with himself.

It is also hinted his true strength, magically speaking, is tied to his feelings instead of logic and reason like it is for the rest of his people. The three times we see him using *any* power at all he's driven by strong emotions that get him to overcome his limits.

Erichthonios also allows his very low self esteem to get in the way of the things he does.

— Limited knowledge of the outside world: It's heavily hinted the boy never left his facility. He knows a lot about magicks, aether, souls and all those things that are part of the basic knowledge of his world, but at the same time his knowledge of anything that lies outside the Pandaemonium is minimal at best. He was born in it, spent his life inside its walls and then died in that place.

Survival skills that could be useful for gathering and hunting in the wild? He has none. Ability to read maps properly or even draw them? Absolutely nada. Despite being a quick learner, he will spend a good amount of time feeling useless in the beginning.• Quick learner: He's a scholar and he is very adaptable. Many things may be new to him bu he's ready to step up to the game and learn new things. Books and teachers of any kind will find themselves dealing with someone who is very interested in learning and quite good at it. 

• Good organizational skills: The TDM was him gathering items to make a list of what's available and help people that may come later, plus he spent his entire life in one of the most organized facilities of the Ancient World (due to his danger). He will at least be good at prioritizing tasks, setting goals, and developing systems for achieving those goals.


• Character Inventory:  
 - His clothes, including the fancy crystal belt.
 - A mask, typical of his people's usual wear.
 - The now completely powerless Crystal he tied his fate to. Basically a fancy looking stone.

• Important Notes: Since I don't know if/how many WoLs may apply to the game, I will default his WoL to the basic male Hyur we see in the trailers and promotional material. He will openly welcome more WoLs and treat them as close friends, of course, probably being fascinated by the concept of multiple worlds and dimensions, but until a WoL joins he'll be very vague about it and stick to he/him pronouns.

His eyes also... glow in the dark? It's a racial trait and I don't know if it will carry over or not, I have no issues in dropping it though. Ancient just have bright eyes.

• Writing Samples: 

— SAMPLE ONE: Here
— SAMPLE TWO: Here