decius vendelin

 dea . 22 . they/them . EST . discord: u.self 

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 rule i.  21+ I will not rp with anyone under the age of 21, i can be a little goofy at times but i take things relatively seriouslyas always stated, i am not my character. ic and ooc are separate, please don't be weird.darker themes, more ambiguous topics are fine. there are a few hard no's for me, only if it comes up i'll mention it.
more nsfw-scenes are.. ehh for me, i am fine doing them (it's def not a goal)- but decius does not do one-night stands and no fwb. rule ii.  i'm relatively chill with in-game or discord (small bias for in-game rp)
i don't like going to player-ran rp venues for first meetings. also chill with being friends ooc! i like running roulettes and other content! rule iii.  i am. so sososo forgetful at times, i don't do discord rp often for that reason- responding can be difficult for me. (so please don't be afraid to poke me!!)
usually i'm always available after 6pm EST till earlier hours in the morning. the later the better.- my schedule will change when dawntrail savage releases rule iv. 
lore bending ✔
listen, i'm not gonna claim i'm someone who's super knowledgeable on in-game lore. if your character seems reasonable enough, i could really care less!
voidsent, garleans n all that are fine.
i hard pass on things like wols and power-fantasy characters. things that fall more on lore-breaking bits are a no. rule v. 
keeping stuff vague
decius's past isn't on display here, and that's on purpose. i don't like dumping his entire history and stuff- it should be found out ic!
odds are, if i'm poking at you for RP.. i will have only looked over the basic info, hooks and ooc. i don't like snooping past that!
i have a few trigger warnings/notes in regards to personal bits for decius. that's about as much i'll list here. (listed under info about his scars)

i'm Looking for:

 longterm. 
as in frequent meet ups / some sorta plot & story!!
i like decius having 'friends', or rather people who tolerate him. mutual hatred is fine too.
i love gpose n drawing silly lil doodles. so if it's something i'm super into, you will definitely know. employers. 
kinda falls in line with long-term?
a brief job is fine, too.
from pursuing a bounty or escorting a merchant caravan- decius does just about anything if someone dangles coin in front of him. his temper is usually off-putting for any potential employers.
ideally though, work as a body guard is what he's most suited for. he's great at standing there, watching and keeping his mouth shut. accompanying your character to venues/events to serve as their security is a huge plus! free company 
based in mateus
he's apart of a fellwood leves.
a lodge dedicated to handing out bills to thrill seekers and fresh faced venturers. any sort of connections. 
enemies, maybe pre-established links to his past?
i'm chill with any types of relations. decius is rather hard to get along with (at first) so becoming friends isn't exactly common
if your character is some sorta bounty hunter, he is in trouble with plenty of folk. it's entirely possible there's a bill out for his head.

 about 
A viera hailing from Dalmasca before it's fall.
Decius is one with a troubled past and a cold, indifferent attitude towards Eorzea and his newfound 'freedom'. Though he primarily roams from city to city, he makes certain he never lingers. Not for long, anyways. His long term business endeavors remain intentionally vague.
He's a man with plenty unresolved issues. Prone to mood swings and spouting insults- it's no wonder those patrons at his typical haunts avoid him like the plague. The viera lacks any form of morality, only following his own twisted sense of justice.He keeps to himself.

voice claim
height: a little over six fulms (6'2)
build: larger than your average viera. wide shoulders with a heavier-set waist. he's far bulkier than he looks. (and heavy)

Typically he looks..

Disheveled. he doesn't care for appearances, always holding a scowl on his features. his clothes typically cover him well, seldom ever showing skin.
very much unapproachable.

• about his scars..
• gallery

(eventually, i'm getting around to adding scar textures for him in game)
also i suck at drawing scars :'3

The rest of his body holds scars typical of a mercenary. Especially one who gets himself in all kinds of petty fights. There's scarred remnants of a bullet wound above his left shoulder blade. His arms littered in deeply engraved gashes and scars. Some looking fresh due to how he fidgets with them.His fingers are calloused and rough. Deep scars wrap their ways along his right knuckle. As well as rough, discolored skin along his left wrist. Caused entirely by his habit of fidgeting with his hands.
His gauntlets & gloves typically hide it.

scars

All spoilers below. He will seldom ever show his leg to someone. Not unless he trusts them (rare) or seeking some form of care for it. Decius's past isn't a pretty one.
TW: Self-harm, Self-Mutilation, Attempted Suicide

His left leg is the result of self-mutilation. Decius at one point attempted to saw off his own leg, ultimately failing and instead having carved the flesh from his skin. The wound is raw and rotted, beyond infected. It's all along his calf, the skin discolored and uneven. Even some freshly carved wounds creep along the front of his leg and the back of his knee. It's unknown whether or not these are his doing. There'd been many attempts when he was freed from Valnain that the resistance opted to amputate- the viera refusing every time. The compromise had been cauterizing the front end of his knee with an iron- the infection having been at it's worst.
This was used in an attempt to bring him to his senses, make him relent in giving up his leg. It didn't work. Now it remains heavily bound in cloth, a long wooden splint in place along the back of his calf to maintain it's shape.

The burn scar is relatively healed, if only constantly agitated by his refusal to give himself rest. Although he bandages it like any other wound- it constantly rubs against his boot and blisters. It's near always uncomfortable. Typically, he only seeks out aid for the burn. Refusing to relent on getting proper treatment on what remains of his calf.

 fellwood. 
what is there for him to gain by handing out random bills to fresh-faced adventurers? rumor in the toll speaks that a trip to fellwood would be worthwhile for any seeker of adventure.
These ventures build character development! (And not accountable for any harm towards the venturer that accepts them.)
decius is an unwilling levemete for fellwood leves, a lodge within a logging town nestled in the coerthas central lowlands.

 Looking for work, 
taking up odd jobs is commonplace for decius.
he struggles with finding proper work, most come to him with unsavory offers and want for illegal endeavors. more often than not, he is something of a bodyguard.
he lacks any morality if there is decent enough coin involved. taking up bounties set upon another poor souls head isn't below him.

 somnus, 
an addict.
although he primarily smokes the drug for some semblance of pain-relief, it is a habit he cannot manage to break.
he buys it through all sorts of unsavory means. he is no stranger to ul'dahn backstreet merchants.

 a fellow dalmascan, 
he bears a striking resemblance to his mother.
any fellow who found themselves stumbling into port valnain would recognize the woman he takes after.
a popular, renown songstress apart of a street performance. and once previously, a fierce matriarch of a tightknit tribe of rava in golmorre.
she passed some time before the empire's occupation of dalmasca.

 his drinking problem, 
he drinks. a lot. way too much.
with his ban recently lifted from buscarron's, he's is thankfully back to his usual haunt.
there are a few sparse taverns he is known to be a patron of.. though he's restricted from quite a number of them for 'poor conduct'. public day drinking isn't exactly unusual for him either.
from exchanging blows with another drunkard to lurking in the far corner- curious drinkers will find him to be quite interesting.

 he's a wanted man, 
rumor within much tighter circles of bounty hunters is talk of a viera wanted for murder.
his appearance is like no other, so it is unmistakably him. there's plenty who are after the man's head.

 an odd place for a viera, 
coerthas.
he resents the region for both the cold and it's inhabitants. yet he can be found up to no sort of good within those snow covered paths. this leads to plenty confrontations from the patrolling knights near the settlements.

 the lichyard, 
albeit in his past now, decius left quite a mark on those who had an unfortunate encounter with the viera.
his time at the lichyard lasted a few summers. having been taken in through the generosity of the church, (they were paid) to ensure his rehabilitation.
he tormented few who came to grieve their losses. arrogance being his most notable trait.