John Spiegel is an adaptation and reimaging of the FFXI character I RP'd. He's a highlander whose birthname is Jnsyn Silversheath but he goes by John Spiegel (as well as other names really). The character was my first attempt at RP, back in XI I was fresh-faced with anime and took attributes from Spike from Cowboy Bebop (namely the name and his playful nature) and mannerisms from Vash from Trigun. It's a little blurry back then but suffice to say it was a rocky road the first months as I was rough around the edges.
Through the years back in XI, JJ grew to be a rather complicated character. But still a goofy son of a bitch. The character grew as I went through my lovely teenage years. I came to find out how I RP JJ's fighting nature to be similar to that of Guts from Berserker.
In XIV, now that I'm older and matured, I took what JJ was at the core and adapted it XIV. He's an outwardly goofy bastard that talks a lot (about nothing, really) and keeps a lot of things close to the vest... things he doesn't even tell his children or even his now deceased wife. He's in his 50s and has been fighting his whole life, his body shows this with scars. His vitality is near infinite, he's always on go and full of life. In XI, JJ was a Musketeer/adventurer/madman. In XIV he holds no national alliances and distrusts government to do things.. he frequently probably breaks laws to achieve justice. JJ don't care. JJ don't give a #*%@. He seeks no reward or glory. JJ just does.
Alex and Grace are the adult versions of the babies JJ fathered back in XI. In XI, their mother was a monk. I adapted that to XIV as her being a Fist of Rhaglr and her father heading a sect within it. Alex takes after his dad in his dad's youth, meek and mild-mannered while Grace takes JJ's playful nature but her mother's quick-acting temper. They really have no inspirations past that, though.
Got a little off track buuut... weee!
Through the years back in XI, JJ grew to be a rather complicated character. But still a goofy son of a bitch. The character grew as I went through my lovely teenage years. I came to find out how I RP JJ's fighting nature to be similar to that of Guts from Berserker.
In XIV, now that I'm older and matured, I took what JJ was at the core and adapted it XIV. He's an outwardly goofy bastard that talks a lot (about nothing, really) and keeps a lot of things close to the vest... things he doesn't even tell his children or even his now deceased wife. He's in his 50s and has been fighting his whole life, his body shows this with scars. His vitality is near infinite, he's always on go and full of life. In XI, JJ was a Musketeer/adventurer/madman. In XIV he holds no national alliances and distrusts government to do things.. he frequently probably breaks laws to achieve justice. JJ don't care. JJ don't give a #*%@. He seeks no reward or glory. JJ just does.
Alex and Grace are the adult versions of the babies JJ fathered back in XI. In XI, their mother was a monk. I adapted that to XIV as her being a Fist of Rhaglr and her father heading a sect within it. Alex takes after his dad in his dad's youth, meek and mild-mannered while Grace takes JJ's playful nature but her mother's quick-acting temper. They really have no inspirations past that, though.
Got a little off track buuut... weee!
