Player Name & Pronouns: Taylor (she/they) Preferred Communication: DM here or portolan I also have discord if you prefer Character Name & Journal: Balthier portolan Guild Affiliation: Society
Plot/CR Hooks: -Sells and buys antiques and magical or alien technological goods -Great con artist, great pirate, clueless to social rules of superhero/villain stuff -Does not trust the Alliance or organized “heroics” in general, but tends to be heroic. Yes he’s aware this is hypocritical. -Really long term I want Balthier to have an arc where he has to confront that he likes power and leadership, and that doesn’t make him his father. His powers will get darker to push his moral line. I think eventually he may switch guilds.
Character Motivations: Short term -He REALLY wants it to work here, and things are going so well. He has friends, and an unbelievable relationship, and he likes his job. -He wants to keep learning his powers and feel a little less useless in that realm -He’s aware he’s getting restless and trying to fill that with acquisitions for the shop and staying busy with things like the expo
Long term -Boy wants love and community and he’s REALLY trying to secure that, especially as he’s realizing some of the obstacles are himself. Clown emoji -Balthier wants a meaningful existence and is butting up against the fact that he’s terrified of leadership and being committed to an organization even as he…wants to be powerful and involved
Potential Roles: -Pirate w/ a heart of gold. If you need someone to do bad things for good reasons, he’s your guy. -Snarky banter/Will call you on your shit/Great for philosophical discussions -Likes mentoring teens ok -Rival or enemy
Event Plot Ideas: -He may have a booth for the illicit part of the antiques shop and staff it anonymously using his illusions. Or at least ads/contact info, since the shop would have been established before him but he doesn’t want to be directly linked to the illicit stuff.
-He is definitely going to participate in the AI stuff. He will be taking the role of Nolan Clark, a 16-year-old meta with compulsion powers. Nolan is aware of his powers but largely not used them due to their dubious moral nature. Because of the dire situation, authority figures encourage him to use his powers “for good.” He tries, initially, but feels so ill about it he decides he can’t do that. Even when threatened with death himself and with the opportunity to stop someone else from murder, Nolan will not use his compulsion powers. Nolan probably dies that day.
Roles Needed: General -Looking for negative CR (rival, someone he just butts heads with) that can help bring out his more sour traits. He generally is gruffer towards adults in the Alliance than any other demo -Interested in someone he respects but ultimately clashes with on world view who he could build a rapport with; he respects convictions -CR from Alliance that may help push him toward "good" organizations can sometimes be good/be trusted -Always down for more friends, mentors/mentees, and ways to get him integrated into the world
Event -Any opportunity to test out this villain persona -If someone wants to be compelled by Nolan, who will immediately feel terrible and try (poorly) to fix it, that would be great -Down for other threads with Nolan/AI
Balthier | Final Fantasy XII
Preferred Communication: DM here or
Character Name & Journal: Balthier
Guild Affiliation: Society
Plot/CR Hooks:
-Sells and buys antiques and magical or alien technological goods
-Great con artist, great pirate, clueless to social rules of superhero/villain stuff
-Does not trust the Alliance or organized “heroics” in general, but tends to be heroic. Yes he’s aware this is hypocritical.
-Really long term I want Balthier to have an arc where he has to confront that he likes power and leadership, and that doesn’t make him his father. His powers will get darker to push his moral line. I think eventually he may switch guilds.
Character Motivations:
Short term
-He REALLY wants it to work here, and things are going so well. He has friends, and an unbelievable relationship, and he likes his job.
-He wants to keep learning his powers and feel a little less useless in that realm
-He’s aware he’s getting restless and trying to fill that with acquisitions for the shop and staying busy with things like the expo
Long term
-Boy wants love and community and he’s REALLY trying to secure that, especially as he’s realizing some of the obstacles are himself. Clown emoji
-Balthier wants a meaningful existence and is butting up against the fact that he’s terrified of leadership and being committed to an organization even as he…wants to be powerful and involved
Potential Roles:
-Pirate w/ a heart of gold. If you need someone to do bad things for good reasons, he’s your guy.
-Snarky banter/Will call you on your shit/Great for philosophical discussions
-Likes mentoring teens ok
-Rival or enemy
Event Plot Ideas:
-He may have a booth for the illicit part of the antiques shop and staff it anonymously using his illusions. Or at least ads/contact info, since the shop would have been established before him but he doesn’t want to be directly linked to the illicit stuff.
-He is definitely going to participate in the AI stuff. He will be taking the role of Nolan Clark, a 16-year-old meta with compulsion powers. Nolan is aware of his powers but largely not used them due to their dubious moral nature. Because of the dire situation, authority figures encourage him to use his powers “for good.” He tries, initially, but feels so ill about it he decides he can’t do that. Even when threatened with death himself and with the opportunity to stop someone else from murder, Nolan will not use his compulsion powers. Nolan probably dies that day.
Roles Needed:
General
-Looking for negative CR (rival, someone he just butts heads with) that can help bring out his more sour traits. He generally is gruffer towards adults in the Alliance than any other demo
-Interested in someone he respects but ultimately clashes with on world view who he could build a rapport with; he respects convictions
-CR from Alliance that may help push him toward "good" organizations can sometimes be good/be trusted
-Always down for more friends, mentors/mentees, and ways to get him integrated into the world
Event
-Any opportunity to test out this villain persona
-If someone wants to be compelled by Nolan, who will immediately feel terrible and try (poorly) to fix it, that would be great
-Down for other threads with Nolan/AI