Virgil's ultimate goal is to become a Scholar. This has been his dream since childhood.
When he was younger, Virgil didn't like being outside during the day due to the glaring brightness of the sunlight and the immaturity of the other children. So he mostly stayed indoors. His father decided, as Virgil wasn't interested in regular "kid" stuff and he wanted his son to grow and mature, he asked his friend, the guildmaster of the Arcanist's Guild, to watch him while he was out fishing.
Ever since, Virgil spent every single day within the Arcanist's Guild, reading book after book on a wide variety of subjects. He also watched and looked at the guildmaster with the highest esteem as someone who was really smart and knew everything! This never truly stopped until he was 16 years old. He had since borrowed many mannerisms from the guildmaster (imitation is the greatest form of flattery, after all).
However, one day, the guildmaster took him down into the deepest part of the Arcanist's Guild and told to hide until he came down to get him. Everyone then left. He could hear horrifying explosions outside and he did exactly as the guildmaster had asked, at least at first. After a couple of hours, he was afraid of what may have happened to the Guildmaster. He then left the box and headed back up and outside, trying to look for him. It was then that he looked up into the sky. It was dark, with a rain of fire crashing down over all of Eorzea. Too frightened to move, he just watched as his home was under assault from this horrifying force.
It wasn't until the assistant guildmaster pulled him away and, summoning her Carbuncle, used its wind magic to divert a massive fireball into the sea. Virgil couldn't believe what he was witnessing.
After the battle was over, Virgil noticed that the Guildmaster had vanished, and no one had given him a straight answer as to where he had gone, either because they had no idea themselves or to spare Virgil's feelings. He didn't know, but he did know that he wanted to become a scholar in order to find the guildmaster and rescue him from wherever he is. While he doesn't like the idea of the assistant Guildmaster taking the place of the Guildmaster until his return, Virgil does acknowledge that she will do some good, and that the position is only until the guildmaster returns.
If anything, Virgil's goal to become a Scholar is to find his mentor, the Arcanist Guild's Guildmaster. His Arcanist studies have made him powerful and highly knowledgeable about magic of many forms, but he continues to study the other disciplines in order to get a better understanding of how all magic works.
As such, he has studied the way of the Conjurer, and developing a better understanding of how Conjurers use the power of nature to channel their magical abilities as opposed to an Arcanist whose magic comes from the symbiotic relationship between Arcanist and Carbuncle, and has even chosen to study more about how a Thaumaturge harnesses his magical abilities by channeling one's own spirit into pure magic to be molded by a thaumaturge's scepter. He has even witnessed what happens in the events that a conjurer does not form a bond with nature and decides to use the power of healing despite that, and how it eats away at the conjurer's own life force.
The pursuit of knowledge and the investigation into the disappearance of the Guildmaster are both top priorities of his, and he will use all of the magical energy he can access in order to find out the truth.
When he was younger, Virgil didn't like being outside during the day due to the glaring brightness of the sunlight and the immaturity of the other children. So he mostly stayed indoors. His father decided, as Virgil wasn't interested in regular "kid" stuff and he wanted his son to grow and mature, he asked his friend, the guildmaster of the Arcanist's Guild, to watch him while he was out fishing.
Ever since, Virgil spent every single day within the Arcanist's Guild, reading book after book on a wide variety of subjects. He also watched and looked at the guildmaster with the highest esteem as someone who was really smart and knew everything! This never truly stopped until he was 16 years old. He had since borrowed many mannerisms from the guildmaster (imitation is the greatest form of flattery, after all).
However, one day, the guildmaster took him down into the deepest part of the Arcanist's Guild and told to hide until he came down to get him. Everyone then left. He could hear horrifying explosions outside and he did exactly as the guildmaster had asked, at least at first. After a couple of hours, he was afraid of what may have happened to the Guildmaster. He then left the box and headed back up and outside, trying to look for him. It was then that he looked up into the sky. It was dark, with a rain of fire crashing down over all of Eorzea. Too frightened to move, he just watched as his home was under assault from this horrifying force.
It wasn't until the assistant guildmaster pulled him away and, summoning her Carbuncle, used its wind magic to divert a massive fireball into the sea. Virgil couldn't believe what he was witnessing.
After the battle was over, Virgil noticed that the Guildmaster had vanished, and no one had given him a straight answer as to where he had gone, either because they had no idea themselves or to spare Virgil's feelings. He didn't know, but he did know that he wanted to become a scholar in order to find the guildmaster and rescue him from wherever he is. While he doesn't like the idea of the assistant Guildmaster taking the place of the Guildmaster until his return, Virgil does acknowledge that she will do some good, and that the position is only until the guildmaster returns.
If anything, Virgil's goal to become a Scholar is to find his mentor, the Arcanist Guild's Guildmaster. His Arcanist studies have made him powerful and highly knowledgeable about magic of many forms, but he continues to study the other disciplines in order to get a better understanding of how all magic works.
As such, he has studied the way of the Conjurer, and developing a better understanding of how Conjurers use the power of nature to channel their magical abilities as opposed to an Arcanist whose magic comes from the symbiotic relationship between Arcanist and Carbuncle, and has even chosen to study more about how a Thaumaturge harnesses his magical abilities by channeling one's own spirit into pure magic to be molded by a thaumaturge's scepter. He has even witnessed what happens in the events that a conjurer does not form a bond with nature and decides to use the power of healing despite that, and how it eats away at the conjurer's own life force.
The pursuit of knowledge and the investigation into the disappearance of the Guildmaster are both top priorities of his, and he will use all of the magical energy he can access in order to find out the truth.
Hope gives the earth blessings
Courage lights the flames
Kindness makes water the source of life
Pursuit lets wisdom ride the wind
Burning Passion's Passionate Profile of Burning~!
Courage lights the flames
Kindness makes water the source of life
Pursuit lets wisdom ride the wind
Burning Passion's Passionate Profile of Burning~!
