Aelfred

A hooded Highlander has re-appeared in Ul'Dah and once again taken residence in the Salty Hearth. Rumors are that he can be seen with two little ones of brunette hair at the bazaar sometimes, aged about four years apiece with brown hair and peachy skin. In his return to Thanalan, Aelfred has given his "cubs" sanctuary within his old Hearth and assumes keeping a low profile from searching eyes too curious. With old dirty money beginning to run dry with a return to substance abuse, the Hearty Half-breed will be needing more illegitimate means to keep himself afloat whilst he struggles to be a "single father" (refer to rpc wiki below) and provide a decent life for his brood whilst he deals with dread at his recent "loss". RP Searched for: Most contemporary forms. Aelfred makes as much enjoyment sharing philosophy and stories of feats of strength over mead and bread. Potential for short term or long term jobs. Interactions with entire FC's can be done, though I am not looking to join any. Contact Method: This forum, my Hydaelyn RP'ers messages, or in game (character is Aelfred Sigmundsson). RPC Wiki: https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Aelfred_Sigmundsson OOC Notes: My RP is detail-driven and unrestricted. RP with Aelfred has potential to be brutal, dark, incorporate suggestive themes, and extremely mature. If this bothers you at all, you will need to find another safe space. Gender-fluid characters and other custom content will simply earn you a disregarding grunt from the Hyur as your characters being insane.

This just describes a ton of RP'ers in general in this community: Needy. They need a ridiculous amount of accommodations and the 'rules' of RP vary so strongly from one to the next. Some people go so far to try and have me script my RP and list out every detail of what is going to happen and what is the expectation of it. I find few to RP just for the sake of RP and generating story. Unfortunately at least for me, these great majority disappear after a week or hop on another character to play for a few month's streak, and go back and forth, or IRL gobbles them up. What keeps me hooked to the game is my ability to make RP happen anywhere and the ease I can make walk ups for people to exercise their characters. As Pawn Stars says, you never know what'll come through those doors (quicksand doors). I enjoy seeing new RP'ers who make their first steps into the game and give them a taste of quality where they can weave through AFK'ers and ERP magnets. The Quicksand gets a horrible rep but those with their noses stuck so high to the ceiling forget that this is where first-time RP'ers go. The main hub. You gotta sift through mud to dig out the gold and diamonds. People become so obsessed with stigmas and maintaining their image they forget to enjoy the RP that is right under their noses. P.S., Some of the best advice I can give for being a successful roleplayer is to entirely detach your OOC self from the RP. Lots of people want to jump into FC's and other groups and get immediately connected. Discord calls, discuss X and Y in the real world. Unfortunately the internet is not an accepting place and this can cause -major- friction. The Identity of you should be your characters and your characters alone. The best RP's I had are where I have no clue who was on the other side of the keyboard and our only focus was the story at hand. Per Example, I'll relay myself only because I'm not bothered if these facts deter or upset people: I am a Southern Baptist Texan Libertarian. I am CiS-gender Male (hate that term personally). I believe there are only 2 genders with exceptions of mutations in development. I own lots of firearms. I believe in right to bear arms. I am very confrontational and 'in your face, shake my hand' type of personality. I don't believe Trump is Hitler. I talk issues out on the internet as I would IRL. I talk about contemporary and sensitive issues openly in person and online forums (as you can see here). In my personal experiences, I've come to clash alot with RP'ers who tend to be on the opposite end of my political and social spectrum, and how I handle RP. I've found most of the community to be strong-leftist idealists. I will not say in this post which side is right or wrong out of respect for their opinions and forum rules. I've found the RP community on FF is entirely counter-culture from where I started (runescape), which is not talking about problems and spreading rumor mills on linkpearls or FC chat that might not be entirely true. The use of screenshots is limited to none. There is heavily scripted RP and players are extremely sensitive to various material and for not agreeing with their methods or own political or social views. If you stick to your guns and are not wanting to change the way you RP or how you view the world in whatever X topic, there are strong odds you will be ostracized or belittled for being 'uncooperative'. Disclaimer:I present none of the above information to promote nor belittle personal views, religions, etc of others, to abide by Forum Rules Post 2, Section 3 (http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=19139). tl;dr version: Roleplay to have fun with your characters but do not expect people to follow your own rules and needs. Avoid Stigmas and prejudices, such as 'everyone in the Quicksand is a terrible RP'er'. This is where mostly everyone starts. AVOID identifying who you are oocly in RP if you want it to go as smoothly as possible. The internet is intolerant and unmerciful, and this simply opens the can of worms that can soil your RP and plots as it has done for me countless times.

Pardon my absence, folks. Life has tugged me away, but I come crawling back now.

You're funny Mister Bell. Indeed Ael napped off when he was due for a fight. You might get a second chance again sooner than you'd think!

P.S, Here be the wiki for Ael. Pardon not posting sooner. https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Aelfred_Sigmundsson

Aelfred, Son of Siegmund, Son of Saigath. Burly man-bear of many cigars and many emptied bottles of meads. Looking for story or a place to crash (repeated rp at X location) to help exercise the ol' rp wings again. Extra sensitive, sjw's, white knights, ERP hounds, and all other triggerable folk need not apply. Ping this post or me if you need a good ol' burly mix of 007 and Conan the Barbarian for laughs or good hearty conversation or some action. D100 or emote combat, the latter preferred. -Ael

Simeon Sibaruse and La Pacificatrice are the most well-reputed Frenchies I know. I vouch for them. Good he grabbed you.

I can volunteer Aelfred who is all too familiar with Imperials. Could take chance to learn more about the Raen tribes as he's not ever met one who's elected to military potential. I have some legit connections and hookups with other Garlean RP'ers, we've had some tight events. Reply to me with PM, this post, or in game to Aelfred Sigmundsson.

I'm usually trying to reach out and do Rp with anyone who rp's seriously.

Ahoy. Aelfred Sigmundsson here, interested in plots or FC's that may catch my fancy. I'm looking for any FC that may have DM'ed events and a regular source of daily activity whether it be BarPee or something other. I'd also like to expand my contacts if anyone is in need of a smuggler, party-goer or all-around rough guy for protection services. He's a mix of Han-Solo meets Conan the Barbarian with a habit of drinking like a dwarf. Refer to Wiki-Page (https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Aelfred_Sigmundsson#tab=Might_and_Mead) for further answers to any questions. Can find me in game at the name Aelfred Sigmundsson or poke me here on the forum post. Much appreciated, Ael.

Aelfred Sigmundsson. Highlander by birth, grew up in a Garlean dominated Gyr Albanian in his tribe. Forced to be a turncoat by Maelstrom pirates to smuggle goods and technology blueprints from the Empire to Eorza, he finally fought for his freedom via trial by combat. Staying in Eorza for cycles suffering betrayal after betrayal has had him questioning if this union of Grand Companies is truly all they say out to be with 'equality' and 'fairness'. He sees his countrymen still scattered and unable to secure a foothold in the 'new world'. He sees most Eorzans as greedy 'capitalist pigs', which he has reaped benefit of running a black market by means of very grey political agenda. He may feel loyalty to the country he grew up in, playing the cog with a purpose instead of an aimless being who would only get used again. P.S, His decision to turn coat on his own accord is still teetering. He'd need some IC motivation or enlightenment. Story is very basic not to give away all my RP.

I may have a character for you.he is 46 year old headsman, and Voidsent Slayer. Prudent, stoic, callous. Will be back in game in 2 days. Let me know your curiosity. Refer to my forum post further down the LFC forum.

Remember folks, as much as I enjoy looking for the RP. This here is a forum and a networking place for all you chum buddies to hook up as well. Open access.

I think we bumped into the same persons recently then. It seems there are a lot of drama-trolls making voidsent characters hard to be taken seriously. This saddens me : ( I hope we can go on with our little plot someday o/ You're still on my list of folks I'm gonna work with. IRL hit me like a freight train. Long story short, most folks in public RP aren't here to make serious story and support trolling. The casualness is real.

Just a notice for future reference. From repeated dealings with IC trolls and meta gamers I'll keep void related RP to FC's and private friends.

Yeah, I remember your name a few times. I think your Nuhn rolls his R's alot. Bring on any character you want and toss him/her my way for whatever reason.

Hellow. I've been out a few days because my Birthday was today. Scheduled events work fine, I've got no looming plots going on yet as folks are tentative or need time to dodge IRL. I'll be in game later today. Fill me in there or here on PM on your plans/thoughts/plots.

Alright, I've made a full page of all interested parties. FC Open times, their availabilities, etc. It looks like burden is on me to micromanage folks and it's getting nearly impossible to contact folks reliably in game. Keep in touch on this forum website to let me know when you'd like something to happen.

I would love to RP with either /both of you as my alt is also a voidsent. She's been looking to cause some trouble while furthering her own motives. Looks like its a double date. I think folks just need to come on home to make some of this stuff happen. I need to wrassle some voidsent :evil: I'm 100% available Wed & Thursday nights. Sometimes Saturdays (I can let you know a week before if I'm otherwise engaged). Sunday nights after 9pm EST. Just let me know where and when I might be able to run into either of you. Alright, we'll try and make it happen. Will attempt to get ya'll schedules down.

I would love to RP with either /both of you as my alt is also a voidsent. She's been looking to cause some trouble while furthering her own motives. Looks like its a double date. I think folks just need to come on home to make some of this stuff happen. I need to wrassle some voidsent :evil:

That'll do. Thank you for your efforts.

Well, Skargold would find Voidsent and either attempt to round them up, corral them interrogate them, or slay them. Or vice versa if he was ambushed (ofc we want to avoid IC permanent death for mortal characters). I'd like a chance to learn more of the Voidsent lore and make it more applicable to this secret life of his. Or have him reflect upon the reason he hunts and slays them. I just want general exposure to that RP. A participant.

Skargold Widowmaker -42 Y.O. Ul'Dahn Highlander -Headsman for the Immortal Flames. -Bounty hunter by day, Voidsent hunter and slayer by night. -Sex. Orientation-Straight/Asexual? -Brutal, proud, stoic, and cold. I'm looking for any person/people to involve Skargold in Void-related plots or head hunting or Beastman slaying. I accept most forms of contemporary RP. I'd also be looking for basic contact for just about any character type. Random RP hasn't been very fruitful for more 'hard-to-approach' or intimidating characters. Slice of life (no pun intended) RP isn't unwarranted. Looking to exercise this new character.