Character ConceptHis name is Belmont Corwell and he is a Hyur-Elezen halfblood hailing from Ishgard. His father, Petyr, was a knight of House Haillenarte (Hyur) and his mother, Ceaulie, a noble of the same house. The relationship was kept secret between the two of them as not only was a knight courting his charge, but also that the relationship was between a noble Elezen and a relatively low-ranked (by blood) Hyur would cause uproar among the lords and ladies of House Haillenarte. Should they have been found out, it would bring shame upon House Haillenarte as well as costing both Petyr and Ceaulie their titles, risking exile.

However, it had to come to an end. A matter of months before Petyr was due to depart on one of Haillenarte's zealous campaigns against the dragons, they (accidentally) conceived. In the months that followed, word spread around House Haillenarte of young Ceaulie being impregnated. This, in itself, prompted questions. A noble of Ishgard, pregnant outside of marriage with no wedding arranged? How curious. But still, the nobles entertained the notion. Until the day of the birth. When it was discovered that Ceaulie had given birth to a halfblood (Belmont being more Hyur in appearance than Elezen. He grows rather tall and has slightly pointed ears in adulthood), Ceaulie and her infant child could do nothing but wait on the judgement of the highest lords and ladies of Haillenarte. Though they were not exiled, Ceaulie was stripped of her title as a noble of House Haillenarte and forced to live on the streets of Whitebrim. Though she struggled, and often did not eat herself, she managed to provide enough food and warmth to her child to keep the infant alive.

Petyr Corwell returned to Whitebrim with his company (now a few heads short...) some months later, to report of their "glorious victory" over the dragons. Though, he was not met in the way which he had expected. Having forced the name of the child's sire from Ceaulie with false promises she would remain a noble during her time of judgement, the lords of Haillenarte had learnt that he was the father. Stripped of his rank and title, Petyr was ordered for execution under the charge of "seduction and desacralisation of a noble lady", until an unknown reason caused the lords to over-turn this charge, instead condemning him to the same fate as Ceaulie. Living together on the streets, Petyr would attempt to find work whilst Ceaulie would care for young Belmont. Two highly respected individuals, brought down to become beggars living on the cold streets of Whitebrim, and for what? Love?

Years passed, Belmont growing up the son of beggars, a street urchin. During the winter of his fifth year his mother, Ceaulie, succumbed to the frost and died of pneumonia. There was no funeral, only a crudely carved plaque in the corner of the fort's graveyard. From this moment onwards, Belmont knew he wanted to make a better life for him and his father. As a knight, nonetheless. And so, Petyr taught his son all he knew of the sword, the lance, the bow. Belmont seemed to take best to the lance, however. On his fifteenth year, Belmont sent away a sealed letter, written in his best handwriting, to the Knights of House Haillenarte. Petyr did not expect a reply, though he would continue to encourage Belmont and tell him they might.

Petyr was taken in shock when Belmont actually got a reply, it was no surprise. Invitation to an assessment of his capability, they wrote back. Overcome with excitement, Belmont showed the letter to all that could see in Whitebrim, though who would listen to a street urchin? For all the aristocracy and commonfolk alike knew, he had simply picked the hefty purse of a pimpled baroness, out gawking over the disgustingly fragrant perfumes on sale she so fondly wore. His pleasure was rather short-lived though, when his father told him how he came to be in this world and that he would have to lie about his heritage when asked by the knight captain. Why, to be under the name "Corwell" was to be instantly denied. And so, Belmont lied. He told them his father was "Abel Southway", a leatherworker from the outskirts of Haillenarte territory. After seeing the boy's skill with the lance, however, the captains and lieutenants hardly cared for whom his father was! As it was, Belmont was accepted in the the Knighthood of House Haillenarte under the rank of messenger boy.

As three years passed, Belmont had become an infantry private in the 207th Division of the Knighthood. His skills ever impressing, he grew close to his commanding officer, Vairemont Ganathaine. Until the day on which he told his commanding officer of his true heritage. Son of Knight-Lieutenant Petyr Corwell, courter of the "Harlot Ceaulie" as she had become known in the years since her death. It goes without saying, his trust was double-crossed and, like his father, Belmont was expelled from the Knighthood.

His father still residing in Whitebrim, Belmont now travels Eorzea, seeking a new purpose. For every gil he earns, he sends them back to Whitebrim, to his father, in the hope that Petyr might make enough gil to own more than a wooden shack outside Whitebrims walls.

*Cool, bold, unique font Final Fantasy style shoots across the screen*

"The legacy of Belmont begins now..."

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