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..   RULE ONE
_{This character "John Doe" is based on the concept of a Warrior of Light that never met the Scions and instead went to live on his own in the Thanalan wilderness. Thus, while he is nowhere near as powerful as the canonical Warrior of Light in the story of FFXIV, he can still be considered overpowered. Most notably, he still possesses the Echo, which allows him to peer into the past, voluntarily or not. However, as a writer, I intend to use the Echo solely for corpses that my character encounters, and the Echo will not be used on living characters without my writing partner's explicit permission. If at any time you feel that I am overstepping my boundaries and metagaming, please talk to me and we can sort it out.}..   RULE TWO
_{Please be patient with me when it comes to replies. I work part-time, study, raid, and draw. As you can see, I tend to have a full plate when it comes to life, so I will not appreciate being rushed. That being said, I intend to extend the same courtesy to my writing partners. Please never feel obligated to reply to me as fast as possible. I understand that life comes first, and I will do my best to accommodate you as needed.}..   RULE THREE
_{I have a strong preference for Discord RP. While I'm not completely closed off to the idea of ingame RP, Discord RP is what I am most familiar with. On the other hand, my experience with in-game RP is little to none, and my knowledge of mods is similarly inadequate. I also tend to be short on time and energy, making ingame RP less preferable for me. Please keep this in mind as you interact with me!}

..   RULE FOUR
_{I'm multiship. Every ship that I have will also be considered their own verse, so unless it's discussed beforehand with all parties involved, there will be no cheating or open relationships. However, shipping is usually on the backburner for me, so when I plot character dynamics with others, I tend to prioritize chemistry first. I would prefer any ships that arise to happen naturally with lots of communication both OOC and IC.}..   RULE FIVE
_{I'm autistic and I have social anxiety. Touchy subject, I know, but I wouldn't be bringing it up if it wasn't important. While I am medicated for both of these conditions, I still struggle a lot with social cues such as sarcasm and tend to take things very literally. Therefore, if there is anything important that you need to communicate to me, I ask that you please be as direct as possible so that there are no misunderstandings on my end. No need to be scared of being rude to me- I find bluntness more helpful than not. Naturally I will try my best to extend the same courtesy and communicate as much as possible if any issues arise.}..   RULE SIX
_{I don't have any limits in terms of gore, smut, violence, etc. If anything, I actually enjoy writing gratuitous gore! However, I am also a firm believer of boundaries. Please ask if you are unsure of any of my boundaries, and let me know immediately if I am overstepping or if you aren't okay with writing certain topics.}

. written by toast. 24, she/her, pst (gmt -8)  .
. john videogames @ adamantoise, imtoast @ bluesky. .

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.   ..   BASICS_{. full name . ████
. also known as . "John Doe," Phinehas.. date of birth . unknown.
. age . unknown, estimated mid to late 20s.
. gender . cis male
. pronouns . he/him
. orientation . bisexual. house . Acheron (main) Eridanos, Lethe (Auxilary)
. occupation . field ops, security, gravedigging, maintenance.
. species . midlander hyur}.   ..   BACKGROUND_{. birthplace . unknown
. current home . Ul'dah, camps out often in the wilderness near the city state.
. language(s) . technically every language thanks to the Echo. parents . unknown
. siblings . meteor (twin brother). significant other . none
. children . none
. pets . none}

.   ..   APPEARANCE_{. hair . dark brown, shoulder length when untied
. eyes . blue
. height . 5'11"
. build . mesomorph, lean and muscular
. dominant hand . right. scars . none
. tattoo . legacy tattoo under his nape
. piercings . none
. other remarkable features . arguably the fact that he hardly has any remarkable features at all, despite living out in the rough. his regenerative abilities ensure that no wounds stay long enough to scar.}.   ..   PSYCHOLOGY_{. character traits . reliable, supportive, humble, hardworking, sensitive, reserved, unassuming, reluctant to change. likes . meat of any kind, routines, swimming.
. dislikes . cold weather, conflict, pushiness.
. fears & phobias . tbd
. wishes & dreams . rediscovering his past life before the calamity.. mbti . ISFJ (SiFe)
. moral alignment . neutral good
. enneagram type . 9w8, the advisor.}

A cross breeze between this life and the imagined one. I am stuck in an almost life, in an almost time...Who is John Doe? That is a question that no one has been able to answer, not even the man himself. When he first awoke in the wake of the Seventh Umbral Calamity, it had been with no knowledge of who he was. No memories, no past, no parents, no name. It was as though Dalamud's descent burned a hole through the annals of history, purging everything that might have hinted at who he was before. Only his twin brother remained, though that had been of little comfort, for he too had been afflicted with the same amnesia. The only surety they had that they were brothers at all was the fact that they practically shared the same face.Still, above all journeys of self-discovery, survival came first, and survival was not easy in Ul'dah. Everyone looked out for themselves and no one gave handouts, and that was no moral precept but the simple reality of living in a city that struggled to recover and deal with a surging refugee population. Thus, John and Meteor worked together to carve out a way of life anew, though as they worked in tandem to help one another, this ironically would cause their lifestyles to diverge. While Meteor worked within the confines of the city, learning new trades and swapping different uniforms, John found his way of life in the wilderness of Thanalan. He was hungry, always hungry, and the city would not feed one as ravenous as he with his empty pockets. The land, on the other hand, had no shortage of animals to hunt, and he was rewarded for his persistence with substantial carcasses to sup on. His passage through the wilds became marked by the bodies he'd left behind, with barely even bones left for the scavengers that tailed his kills.

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Still, Thanalan's wilderness could hardly be considered bountiful, and it lacked for other basic necessities besides. Clothes, soap, vegetables, weapons— some things could only be found within the city, and while his twin brother could provide with his income, John hated to impose his needs onto him. Thus, Meteor came to him with a different solution: join Danse Macabre. Use the skills he'd honed in the wilderness and be handsomely rewarded in return.And so he did. House Acheron, as he'd find out, was strangely accommodating to him in a way that no other employer was. The only thing they asked of him was that he do his job, and that he do it well. The extraction missions were easy enough at first: fetch the bodies that no one else wanted to touch, out in the wilds that no one else wanted to venture into. However, as John proved himself more and more capable, the missions started to grow more dangerous. Jobs to fetch corpses baking in the open became jobs to retrieve bodies lost to bandits and beasts. Yet as the danger grew, so did the pay. John, they had found, made for quite the ideal pack mule. He fulfilled jobs with little complaint so long as he was paid, and his lone wolf tendencies meant that they didn't have to risk more hands than they needed to. He could only travel as fast as any man could, but his endurance outpaced even the most well-bred chocobo, and he seems to have the strength of ten men by his lonesome.Well, there is one complaint his employers might have with him; he simply refuses to retrieve corpses from Southern Thanalan. Not after one job got him captured by the Amal'jaa and brought to their Primal to become their tempered slave. Hard to say how he even came out of an encounter like that in one piece, but that's neither here nor there...

..   ENHANCED PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES
. _{Capable of taking down large beastkin by his lonesome and lugging the stiff corpses of any race across Thanalan. His fighting style is rather roughshod compared to any trained warriors, but his strength is more than enough to make up for any clumsiness.}..   PASSIVE REGENERATION
._{Any wounds that he sustains tends to heal on their own at a rapid pace, to the point where scars form within hours and fade within days.}..   THE ECHO
._{The defacto ability that marks out any Warrior of Light as one of Hydaelyn's chosen. The Echo allows him to understand any language, gives him protection from tempering, and, most notably, allows him to peer into the past of others, both living or dead. The downside of this ability is that it is impossible to trigger consciously, and can hit him with flashbacks at inopportune times.}

..   EXCESSIVE HUNGER
._{There's no such thing as a full stomach with John. His meals are enormous and rarely fill his belly for long before his abdomen starts grumbling again.}..   AETHER SICKNESS
._{The main drawback of using the Echo. The longer he peers into the past, the worse the sickness. Symptoms range anywhere from light nausea and headaches, to collapsing, to full on fainting. Furthermore, he cannot control how long the Echo's visions last, meaning that he also cannot control the intensity of his sickness.}

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