Basil

Gender: Male (he/him)
Age: 27
Nameday: 11th Sun of the 1st Astral Moon (January 11th)
Role: Wandering Landscape Painter
Race: Viera
Orientation: Pansexual
Private Estate: Empyreum (Mateus) • Ward 26 / Plot 44
Personality: Humble • Fond of nature • Keeps to himself • Easily embarrassed • Overly cautious and careful when in public • Content to just enjoy the simple things in life

About

Born in the snow mountains of the Skatay Range, Basil grew up in a small vieran village coddled as the cute crybaby that liked painting until age revealed him to be a male viera and he would be brought out for the customary ward training. The abnormally clumsy, unlucky and prone to danger viera was somehow able to make it through this training despite the whisperings of the viera within his village that were certain he wouldn't survive.There was an accident with a wild beast attacking them at the end of his training though where the ward that was guiding him had perished to protect him. This left a deep guilt in Basil that because he was weak and a failure at combat he had no place in his village that valued the strong and the sacrifice that was made to save his life would be a waste. Realizing he couldn't fit within the role he was meant to fulfill as a male viera he left the village, his old name, and everything he knew.Basil now travels Etheirys alone, avoiding lingering too long in one place.As a traveler Basil offers help where he can in exchange for a bit of gil or a place to sleep, but his true joy in wandering is painting every scenery he comes across.

Trivia & Hooks

• Basil is an avid painter of landscapes and will often spend his free time painting a scenery he likes in a small sketchbook he was gifted when he first left his village. He specializes in watercolour painting and will reluctantly sell some paintings when in dire need of gil.• Basil enjoys going to the local tavern in each city and settlement he visits to drink. The normally careful viera is a lightweight with alcohol though.• Basil has had the misfortune of being captured and used as a hostage on multiple occasions. Thankfully during each occurrence he was rescued by adventurers or the Warrior of Light.• Basil spent a year working at a brothel in Kugane cleaning the building, serving meals, repairing clothing and running errands in exchange for a room and meals while he was in the city.• Basil spent 7 months at Camp Dragonhead during the Dragonsong War after being found passed out in the snow by a knight near the camp. In exchange for board he offered help in doing mundane tasks around the camp and making trips to Revenants Toll.

OOC

Lumi / She & Her / 28• WU/T ✓ (I'm shy)
• I'd prefer to RP only with other adults above the age of 21 please.
• I like paragraph style roleplay and my fave scenes are slice of life!
• Mature themes are ok just grab a quick confirmation OOC first that it's something we're both comfortable roleplaying.
• Please don't be unreasonably demanding of my time I try my best to respond as quickly as I can but sometimes I'm just really busy with life. 😭