Mal Lamprogue
"woke up in the grave again,
On my last reincarnation
Closer to the ever burning light"
-Cats Eyes and Rosebuds, So Much Light
OOC
Name: Alex, he/they, 26, est timezone
I will not roleplay anything mature with anyone under 18, and would prefer to roleplay with adults.
Heya! I'm kind of new at this whole RP in the acclaimed MMO RPG Final Fantasy XIV thing, so please be patient with me as I learn the ropes. I have roleplayed outside of the game for about five years. I am also an artist, and any art on this carrd is drawn by me. I do commissions and I also have a webcomic!
I am asexual, and while I am not specifically sex-repulsed, I am not comfortable nor am I looking for anything to do with ERP. However, I am open to a possible romance with my character if there's like a really good vibe. Mal is biromantic.
I am mainly interested in plots, so if you have an idea, feel free to send me a tell/dm me on discord and we can hash out deets! I'm down with pretty much anything except for killing/destroying my character.
name: Mal Lamprogue
age: 26, recently "turned"
gender: Nonbinary (They/Them)
species: Aether Vampire, Miqo'te, Keeper of the Moon
occupation: Mercenary, Bartender, Gambler
aether: Generally as normal as you can get, but on closer inspection slightly darker tinged around the edges, as if something is trying to hide its true nature. Its best not to try and look too much into it.
A liar. That's what, in their mind, they branded themself as. Not that they had went out to do so in the beginning, it was just....more exciting. One embellishment here, one exaggeration there, and they'd have the boring, stuffy socialites that their family seemed to constantly have around the home look at them like some kind of weird freak. Everyone said they'd probably just murder their family one day with all their talk of the paranormal and curses-and when they did all die after some robbery gone wrong, everyone's fears seemed to be realized--but Mal actually had nothing to do with it. Maybe. Who knows what that truth is anymore.
Always looking for thrills, and now having a nice sizable inheritance in their pocket, they decided to finally do what they've dreamt of: paranormal investigating. But you can't just look at creatures of the night like they're some of lab experiments, so Mal figured they'd just become one. But finding a willing sire proved a bit harder than they thought. So, they did what they've always done. They lied.
But its one thing to lie about how you totally saw the ghost of your dead cousin-once-removed in the basement that one time, and to lie about being a powerful creature of the night. You're going to get caught, and well. Get eaten. And that seemed to be the end of that for the Miqo'te...
....Unless of course, a lower voidsent senses an opportunity for a deal.
the voidsent: like Mal, Ghor'dun was an unassuming lesser voidsent. Generally wandering the 13th and only being summoned to the source to feed on the scraps of aether left on the dead, or sometimes, being able to take the aether of someone on their way out. He came upon the dying miqo'te by chance, and sensing their complete desperation to continue to live and survive, they sensed an opportunity for more power that they could not refuse. Now merged with the cat, they are separate, but also one and the same, both now requiring aether to survive. Like the cursed red mage family who made a deal with the Lilith voidsent, in order to take aether, the victim must bleed. So Ghor'dun (who Mal likes to call Gordy, much to his annoyance) prefers to be in the form of a weapon. But they can be jewelry, a cat, or perhaps, nothing significant at all on the cat's body. But he's always there.
Hooks
Paranormal: if there's things that go bump in the night, you can see Mal there. even after being turned, they are not deterred. It's why they mainly got a job as a bartender at the Second Circle, to mingle and meet the paranormal underbelly of Eorzea. you can learn so much by just listening....even if Gordy constantly making his commentary makes it a bit harder to do so.
Voices:when having a conversation with them, you may feel like there's a hidden consversation that the cat is participating in, one that you are not privy to, and probably never will be.
Black Cats: sometimes they can be seen with a strange black cat following them around. they seem like any ordinary feline, but you seem to get the sense that there is something more to it. Something more dangerous.
Flowers: always a fan of flowers, Mal will normally smell like various bouquets, mainly roses.
Gambler: still a thrill seeker, you can often see Mal gambling, or working at a casino called Casino Gamba. they're not necesarrily skilled, but occasionally will have near supernatural luck.
Liar: as said before, Mal is a chronic liar. if you put them in front of a therapist, they'd probably say something about how they didn't get enough attention as a child and decided to lie to get it, but regardless, its something that's there and something they have to deal with. after the "incident" they decided to be more honest from now on and to not lie as much-only if its necessary. things like that though, aren't so easy to change.