Mastiffmind

Server: Mateus Location: The Black Shroud, The Central Shroud Who May Mention This: Sentries Rumor: There is a strange fellow stalking about the Central Shroud, just seeming to be relaxing. Whenever you try to get close to him, he just sidles away, but we can't catch up to him. He might be up to something.

25th Sun of Second Astral Moon I did some running around down in Treespeak today, mostly through Blessed Bud. Those folks down at Treespeak Stables had me hunting these little creatures, Mitelings. They said they startle the Chocobos. I've no mind to disagree with them. They raise the things, not me. I've never even been on one before. But these Mitelings weren't as small as that stablehand made them out to be! These things were the size of large dogs! They reminded me too much of spiders. Hate the things. I figured I'd post up in a tree to pick them off before realizing they could probably just climb it. So I did what any brave man facing down a horrid creature would do. I ran. I kept taking a shot or two, running away for a while, taking a shot, running away again. I know it's not the most glorious method out there, but it's not like I had traps on me or anything. It was more annoying that their shells are so rounded. My arrows kept grazing if I didn't get a good shot. But eventually I killed a few of them and went back. They seemed pleased enough. Those things aren't even fit to be meat. I like the courier work better, when I can get. Just walk somewhere, drop something off. It's easier that way. I don't have to fear for my life, wondering if that thing will finally drop before it gets to me. And I don't have to end theirs. I think I'm going to take a seat somewhere comfortable. Try and get my mind clear. I need to make a quick, little note to myself. DON'T POP A SQUAT IN A FOREST YOU KNOW IS AN ACTIVE WARZONE! One of those damned Ixal caught me sitting, posted up against a malmstone. He couldn't resist easy pickings like that, I guess, because he put an arrow through my shoulder! I had to run back to Gridania and get some healing. My gil pouch is going to be hurting from paying those bills for a while. I'm just glad those long legs don't carry them as fast as you'd think they might. I guess I got back at those Ixal. A sentry tasked me with taking a few of them down. I said that I didn't really like the thought of that, but the pay was pretty good. The go down easier than I thought they would. They're big targets, easy to hit, and their scales aren't any tougher than flesh. At least not enough to make a difference to an arrow. They go down as easily as any man would. Their face, though. They do have faces, as opposed to what some of the Gridanians would have you think. They twisted up in the same fear anyone else would have when an arrow comes from out of nowhere. The same way when they know they are going to die. I don't like it. I'm going to take some time. Think about some things. Wait out this rain. I might stick to that courier work for a while.

Server: Mateus Location: The Black Shroud, The North Shroud, Treespeak Who May Mention This: Stable workers and sentries Rumor: Some young hunter is out here telling tall tales, spinning yarns about dragons, heroes, and history too old to really be known. He's probably making up half of it, but his eyes light up so much when he's telling it you almost want to believe him.

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MMORPG Background - I have played to the endgame in Archeage and Star Wars: The Old Republic, but I never got super serious into optimization or the raiding communities. I have dabbled in Guild Wars 2, TERA, The Elder Scrolls Online, Neverwinter, and Uncharted Waters Online. I also played quite of a bit of City of Heroes and City of Villains once upon a time, but I was very young. This all being said, I still very much consider myself a noob to MMORPG's as a whole. RP Experience - I have been roleplaying since I was in middle school. I grew in a house that placed a lot of emphasis on fantasy and creativity, my mother being an artist and my father being a long-time D&D player and reader. I have been a DM for an ongoing D&D group for... Oh, jeez, it's been 6 or 7 years now. I am a very experienced roleplayer capable of fully immersing myself into the character and situation. I am here to see what happens and write a story with friends. Character Ideas & Info - I am a bit of an altoholic, but I'm going to try to keep in reeled in. My main character is Alexandre Laxley, a jovial young man who considers his own upbringing rather milquetoast and left home in hopes of gaining enough wealth to live a comfortable life and out of a deep-rooted fear of being forgotten. Other characters I may want to play someday are: Gardenia Whisperwind, a young woman who grew up in the wild, finding companions only in animals. Now that things are changing, she has been thrust into an adventuring life and is struggling under the weight of the change. Tarnarvon Trickeyfeet, a playful and cowardly Lalafel who enjoys his practical jokes but gets engrossed into tinkering for long periods of time. Ruok, a mountain of a man with unrivaled strength and a tragic past who refuses to use any weapon but his fists or say anything but his own name. Eren Si'ir, a young man from an impoverished noble family who find his strength in his natural leadership skills and his family's library of books on summoning. He seeks to restore his family to what he believes was their former glory. I learned about the Coalition through Googling, "ff xiv rp." Pretty simple. I knew what I was looking for. I wish that I had the time to be a heavy roleplayer, but as a single father, I don't have the kind of time anymore. I'm hoping that I can be as much as a medium, but be aware that while I am online, I will never break character. I am here for the roleplay. Please do not judge me as a person entirely based on the actions of my characters. If there is a Discord, I will be myself there. I am a newly single father who runs writes, runs, and plays D&D in his free time. I am working on being a writer as I hope to be a novelist, and once I get my son into a good schedule, I am hoping to get back into some casual streaming. I look forward to hearing from any you who care to get in contact!