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Kingsglaive {Filled}

Ugh, the relationship section I'd typed up managed to delete itself. I'll get around to remaking it soon enough.

Oh, and @Redrum: You're pretty spot-on, except for the fact that Gideon wouldn't be likely to take Dianthe's teasing too hard. He isn't the kind of self-important that people challenging him really upsets him, he's the kind of self-important where he's so confident he doesn't mind challenges, as they don't phase him at all.

And it's interesting that in the now sadly obliterated version of my relationships page, I'd also pegged Gideon and Dianthe as getting along pretty well. Great minds think alike, I guess.

The Pickers

Would it be possible for those of us who have submitted our CS's to begin IC, and the others join in when it is convenient?

I don't mean to be impatient, but this seems like such a cool concept for an RP I'd hate for anyone to lose interest and for it to wither before it gets off the ground.

Kingsglaive {Filled}

I've decided on the nature of Gideon's cover job. The official narrative is that he was promoted out of active duty because everyone in Teirland was sick of dealing with him, and that he now serves as part of Teirland's diplomatic attachment to Algareth; however, he serves absolutely no purpose, has no real duties and never does anything in this position.

Kingsglaive {Filled}

Somewhere in the room, Gideon's phone was losing its shit. The young man cracked his eyes open and immediately regretted the move as blinding light poured into his vulnerable eyes. Blinking twice, he was at last able to gain a decent picture of his surroundings. He was in the living room of the modest apartment he had been afforded as a member of Teirland's diplomatic attache to Algareth, laying on the couch he vaguely remembered collapsing on at some point after the dreadfully tedious diplomat's ball he'd attended the night before. Judging by the absolute mess the room was in, the splitting headache swimming behind Gideon's eyes and the fact that he could not seem to find his shirt, it seemed fair to guess that the party had gotten a lot less boring at some point.

The phone was still ringing. In a daze, the soldier swung his hand over the the glass table where it lay and swatted at the screen in a vain attempt to make it stop. His struggling was resisted, and reluctantly Gideon grabbed the device and read the message that had appeared on the screen. He paused for only a moment, and then immediately sprung into action.

Or perhaps it'd be better to say he rolled into action, as his first attempt to rise from the leather couch met with disaster. On the second try he managed to get to his feet, and dashed quickly to his apartment's changing room. Ten minutes later, he emerged, having transformed handily from hungover ruin to a well-groomed military gentlemen, though he'd been wise enough to avoid anything in his wardrobe that made his national allegiances explicit.

Lastly, he slung the holster of his twinblade over his back and began sauntering towards the door. "John, get the car ready," he spoke brusquely into the apartment's intercom, then exited the room and slammed the door behind him.

The garage was only a short drive away from the diplomatic offices, a distance further scrunched by the reckless pace Gideon was driving at. He left his car parked next to what he was pretty sure was Mirany's motorcycle and strode over to the lift, whistling quietly to himself the whole way down. Finally, the doors opened into the Safehouse and Gideon stepped out, rolling the kinks out of his shoulders.

"Do you suppose," he announced to the room, "That the brass could be convinced to give us more than an hour's warning next time? I might've been in the middle of some important diplomatic business."

Kingsglaive {Filled}

I like the idea of a relationships tab! I've got a busy night tonight, so I won't be able to get it done until tomorrow in all likelihood, but I'll be thinking about it.

Kingsglaive {Filled}

Can Gideon's cover be 'rich idiot with no day job'? Not only would that make sense for his backstory and explain his idleness well, it would also allow me to fulfill my secret desire to play Batman.

And yeah, Dark Souls 3 has been ravaging me lately. My strength/pyromancy build is making slow, yet steady progress; I think I'm about halfway through.

Kingsglaive {Filled}

Question: how well do our characters know each other? Is this the first time we've all been assembled, or have there been missions before?

Presumably all this will be answered when we hear how our characters joined the Kingsglaive, but I'm curious.

Kingsglaive {Filled}

Name Gideon Carrahy
Age 24
Gender: Male
Height 5'11"
Appearance
Gideon is a straight-backed and impeccably well-groomed fellow, dashing good looks always having been an important quality to him. He is rarely seen outside of a uniform, dress or otherwise - his skin is a pale white, and his dark hair, beard and mustache are always perfectly combed.

Weapon: Gideon wields a custom-designed shock-enhanced twinblade - if you start by imagining a double-bladed lightsaber, you wouldn't be far off, except for the fact that the 'blade' parts are slightly shorter and have actual metal blades in them, though the alloy is infused with electricity so as to deliver powerful electric shocks on contact. The handle, which is made of non-conductive material, can be split into two so as to convert the weapon into a pair of shortspears.

Elemental Affinity: Air

-Wind
-Shoots a blade of wind at a single target
-Gust
-Shoots a small wall of wind forward, blowing back targets

Personality: Perhaps the first word that comes to mind about Gideon is 'confident', or maybe 'arrogant' if one was being ungenerous. He oozes confidence and self-assurance from every pore - he knows (or thinks he knows) that he's the best, and while he's not exactly going around boasting, he doesn't believe in false modesty either. He has something of a self-perception as a charming rascal, and it's not far from the truth, as his quick wit is only just matched by his contempt for authority - not the best qualities for a soldier, perhaps, but they've made him quite notorious in some circles.

History: Gideon was born to relatively wealthy circumstances in the kingdom of Teirland, a frigid island nation that is one of the oldest and most devout allies of Algareth. Though the kingdom is small, they have a reputation for honor and military strength that is well founded. Perhaps the most noteworthy thing about the kingdom is their vaunted Airship Corps, an elite sect of their military responsible for crewing the fleet of flying technological marvels that represent the pinnacle of Teirland's achievement.

Anyway, Gideon was born to wealth in the kingdom of Teirland. His father was a vaunted public official, and it was assumed that all of this three sons would go on to serve the nation similarly. Gideon's elder brother became a politician, like his father before him, while Gideon's younger brother showed great aptitude for the sciences. Gideon, however, had no obvious talents, and so at the age of twelve he was shipped off to a military academy. Though he took to the combat training like a duck to water, he was completely uninterested in any of the military discipline his instructors attempted to drill into him, and it's quite likely he wouldn't have succeeded in graduating were it not for the influence of his father (and his prodigious talent in combat).

But graduate Gideon did, and soon he was a fully-fledged officer in the Airship Corps. Promotion did little to mollify his pride or his disdain for propriety, and he quickly displayed a propensity for shirking his non-combat duties, addressing his superiors by their first names and making a scene at officer's balls. Contributing to his ego were several early victories in what looked to be a promising military career, and though for the time being his talent as a warrior has been enough for his superiors to overlook his shortcomings as a soldier, they have come very near to the edge of their patience more than a few times. Everyone knows it's not going to be long before Gideon crosses the wrong man or disregards the wrong order in the heat of battle - and when that happens, the consequences will fall squarely on his shoulders.

Relationships:

Nero:

Mirany:

Blair:

Dianthe:

Saga:

Trivia: Not much, besides the fact that Teirland is (obviously) inspired by traditional depictions of Victorian London. Also, I'd consider this to be his themesong, even though it's about a character of different gender from a different genre, just because it covers his attitude pretty well. Oh, and since everyone else is doing favorite food: Gideon loves a cheeseburger.

The Pickers

So a bioweapon, a drunken mercenary, an assassin, a gangster, a fish, a pilot, and a captain all walk into a bar...

Kingsglaive

Sure, I'm interested. Sign me up.