Leontius bas Florus

AKA "Leon Gardner"

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(This section is a heavy wip because I'm rewriting it after like two years to account for what's changed in that time.)Having been smuggled into Eorzea through Kugane some years ago, he's a relatively fresh face to life outside of Ilsabard. An easy-going nature allowed him to quickly adapt to his new environment. Life as both a hunter and a farmer has left his hands rough and callused, numerous scrapes and scars along his arms and legs. His experience as an occasional voidsent hunter may involve violence, but considerable coaxing is required to get him to raise a fist to another person for anything more than a friendly spar between friends. Unless he's wasted.As the years have gone on, a man who once found it difficult has learned to smile, to emote, to show excitement. The distant, scruffy vagrant that struggled to make genuine connections has been replaced by a man who's quick to call someone a friend, who wears everything on his sleeve. Which has both upsides and downsides, of course. Leon's recovered ability to express himself has also come with the caveat that he behaves more or less like a prey animal. A bundle of nerves, ready to bolt from the scene at any sign of danger to himself. Decades of propaganda, the civil war that occurred in Garlemald shortly before his arrival, and the bloodthirstiness of adventurers have all left their mark on him.And then there's the fact that he's really fucking stupid, a trait more apparent than ever now that he's less inclined to keep his mouth shut.

HOOKS

Refugee in Thanalan: One of a number of imperial refugees that fled during the civil war. If you saw him a few years ago, he was looking quite dirty and scraggly. Now he's all cleaned up and working to care for his little found family.Hired Muscle: Odd jobs are Leon's preferred source of income. Washing windows, moving crates, making deliveries, building some simple furniture, or anything else of the sort. Combat jobs are less preferred, but he's not about to say no to paid work. Need someone to guard you on a delve into dangerous territory? Feel free to approach.Staring: ...honestly, he has a bad habit of staring at people. His eyes are wide, the whites under his irises fairly visible.Poroggo?: What is this clearly non-Sharlayan man doing being followed by a clearly Sharlayan familiar? Or for that matter, why is he sometimes spotted following it?Void-y: He a reaper. He has an avatar. The void monk he's pacted with has been in Leon's family for generations, and its faint presence seems to fluctuate in and out. (I'd like to ask that this hook be discussed OOC first if you want to utilize it. It's something he's highly secretive about. Your character is free to sense something, but he will 100% deny it unless it's someone he trusts.)Lemures: Speaking of reapers -- that shady gang of gangsters helped him immensely when he first came to Thanalan, along with many of those he cares about. He's not an official member of the secret clubhouse, but may be known by association either through accepting their aid some years ago, or the being involved in occasional small favors at present.

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I am a 30+ y/o LGBTQ+ guy. The usuals apply here: please be 18+ both IC and OOC (21+ preferred), no anti-lgbtq+ or racism garbage, no fetish characters. If you're a naziboo or a f*ta fetishist or anything like that we're not going to mesh.I'm just here to play Final Fantasy dollies and see how our OCs interact with each other. Please don't make it weird. I'm not using RP to look for a relationship and I'm definitely not qualified to be someone's therapist.I am not my character. He is ignorant to a lot of lore/information. Please don't come at me OOC for his lore blunders. Ask me if you need clarification on something he said.I'm a mirror poster for the most part, but lean more towards 1-2 paragraphs in private and shorter posts in busy areas.I am disabled and might have to dip mid-RP. I promise it's not you, I just have sleepy bastard disease and there are times I suddenly can't sit upright anymore.I am also fairly introverted OOC and don't always have the energy to be as talkative/friendly as I want to be. As quiet as I am, I do love making friends! Putting this here to let you know that if I seem distant it's not because I don't want to be pals, I just have a low capacity social battery.I don't have mare.F-List link here for those interested.