Gilane Katarna

Crystal ✧ Balmung

"You know everyday my life gets stranger, it doesn't bother me as ya know... I get off on the danger."

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Name: Gilane Katarna
Race: Hyur Midlander
Ethnicity: Gridanian
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Orientation: Straight
Alignment: Neutral Good
Height: 6'1
Build: fit with a bit of muscle
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Scars: Gilane has two scars on his face, he also has a fair number of scars on his chest, back, legs and a rather nasty looking one on his left arm.
Scent: He smells of leather, sage and lemongrass.

Likes:
Traveling and being able to see new sights
Coffee Gil is a well known coffee addict
Whiskey
A good book normally about something in the field of engineering or history.
His gunblade he doesn't like to leave home without it.
Silver, Gil will just stare at something silver for as long as he can.

Hates:
Bullies of any kind.
Slavers to a point where Gil will want to kill on sight.
His mother, there's a lot of issues there... So many issues...
Archon Loaf, Gil claims it is vile and a crime on the star that it was made.
Full on religious fanatics.
This depressing and awful music he heard being played at a farm. It was Country

Other notes,
Due to his time under the watchful eye of Checkers Gil has a bit of kleptomaniac. While he never swipes anything really of 'value' unless it's on a job. Gil will find random lighters, glasses, mugs, ashtrays and the like in his coat pockets.Gil's brother Ashren is a moonshiner who makes what he claims is a "fine sipping whiskey" along with being a high explosive. It uses both natural and unnatural ingredients. The statement of quality on the bottle is labeled, "If you drink this you will die." Gil keeps a few bottles around as an engine degresaser.Gil for some reason most likely due to his travels speaks with a accent that some would find horrifying. In other words? Gil still speaks with an FFXIV: A Realm Reborn American accent sounding like he's from the east coast.He loves the Fat Cat. Mostly due to Gil's player seeing the Fat Cat as the Eorzen Garfield.

Gilane was born to Malory Katarna of the old Katarna family in the city-state of Gridania. While still well off, the family over the last few generations had fallen somewhat in the eyes of other more well known families. Not helped was the fact that Malory was known for being snarky, selfish, bigoted, and jerkish to just about anyone. Two years after Gilane was born Malory would give birth to Gilane's brother Ashren. While both brothers know they are from the same father, who that man is tends to be anyones guess. It's also not helped by Malory having a number of lovers.A few years after his birth it was found that Gilane suffered from unstable aether. This was at first viewed as perhaps a blessing that could have Gilane become a Padjal. It was made clear that the young Gilane wouldn't be growing horns anytime soon. It also was found from a young age that Gilane just lacked the gift for any sort of spell casting. Due to this Gilane was viewed by other children as have some sort of freakish issue. Once again his childhood was not helped by his mothers treatment of him and his brother. She could go from being overprotective to neglectful.Gilane made friends with anyone he could, while unable to cast spells Gilane did learn from watching and a little teaching how to fire a bow and weild a lance. Gil also did grow a bit faster and was viewed as 'tougher' then the other children. He never picked on the other children, he would go after bullies and those picking on the younger. It also helped that the young midlander didn't care about race. Making friendships with Elezen and Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te.Gilane's teenage years saw him leave his home. While he isn't open about why he ran off from his home. What little he tells is that he packed his bags, took whatever he could pawn off and sell for coin, and will mumble something about tell the witch to burn in hell. Gilane who had read books about the ocean made his way to Limsa Lominsa with the idea of signing on with the Maelstrom. Sadly for Gil he was still three years too young to sign on. Knowing he'd have to find work if he wanted to live, he found a job working on one of Limsa cargo docks under a man known as Checkers.Checkers a man known for his love of coin, cake and history, became the father that Gilane never had. He was well known for being fair to his cargo techs as he called them. Paying well and also looking the other way when it came to things in that cargo area going missing. A joke of the area was it was the land of stolen things. The Quartermaster would tell his tech's stories and made sure that they where the best damn cargo movers in Limsa. He also put in a good word for Gilane when he finally was able to enlist with the Maelstrom.Gil served for two years after getting out of training. After those two years he was given an honorable discharge. Gil doesn't speak of why he was given the discharge other then saying he understands why, and that he had a lot of anger at the star in general. He packed up his gear and hit the road becoming a mercenary. Those that knew him said his time in Ishgard did have him lose much of the anger he had in him. He made his way east, spending time in the port city of Kugane. Then making his way west taking a job with the resistance group known as Lente's Tears and meeting a long time friend along with learning how to use a Gunblade. Not long after the job ended Gilane made his way back to Eorzea.Today,Back home Gilane works partly as a freelance bodyguard along with being part of the Red Lantern Society's security team. While he still has his unstable aether issues he's more or less able to deal with it and able to do a few things aether wise. He does have a small home in Empyreum, he still spends time in Limsa, Gridania and now and then Ul'dah.

About Me,Age: 21+Feel free to walk up or send me a tell. If I have the RP tag on then hey more power to ya feel free to hit me up.Discord? Yes I have it and I'm on it. If you want mine feel free to ask.Interests: In FFXIV? You'll find me doing content both PvE and PvP. I also play other games as well, normally shooters like Destiny 2 or Division 2, single player boomer shooters or titles like MechWarrior. And I love me some table top, Pathfinder, Battletech, Shadowrun and Cyberpunk being my picks.

What I'm looking for,Adult Role Playing Partners - And be 21+. I'm fine with mature themes or the darker things, just keep in mind I may not go along with some things. And Gil the character is mostly good so he may be likely to not really like what you may want to do or are doing.Short or long term roleplay partners. Not really looking for one night stands.Romance and ERP - While I am open too it please keep in mind that I want interaction with your character before they go about doing anything like that.What kinds of RP? -Slice-of-life and the more light-hearted and even adventure RP. I love things like that, I mean sure spice is nice and all, but I enjoy characters talking about things while over dinner or even a more goofy side of things.In game or out of game? - While I am looking for in game RP I will do RP on Discord as well.And finally? - Consent and communication! If something I'm doing isn't working or something you really don't want to do? Please by all means tell me that and we'll talk OOCly. And note that go's the same with me.