TW for child molestation--the question that contains this content in its answer will be bolded in red for ease of avoiding
1.) Describe your character’s relationship with their mother or their father, or both. Was it good? Bad? Were they spoiled rotten, ignored? Do they still get along now, or no?
Thielo isn't close with his father. He's a child of a former mistress (a servant), and was taken under his father's family name only because his father essentially wanted more men to eventually serve him. Thielo's needs have always been taken care of indirectly and at arm's length, and he very seldom even saw his father. Since Thielo is a bastard child, he wasn't really priviledged with limelight, and grew up pretty solitarily, blanketed in wealthy amenities. He used to be really wrapped up in getting his father's approval, or any form of nuetral/positive attention... but he's over that now.
When he was about 5, Thielo understood the implications of the rumors throughout his manor about his birth, and was able to find his mother. She'd been taking care of him like any other servant since his birth, but he didn't realize she was legit his mother. So in his lows of feeling insignificant and or invisible, Thielo would periodically visit his mother once a week or more for most of his life. They got along pretty well, even if Thielo was never particularly warm to her. He doesn't know how to do that.
2.) What are your characters most prominent physical features?
Probably his straight, long nose, dark sunken eyes, and stark white hair. He's also ripped (but slimways), so there's that.
3.) Name one scar your character has, and tell us where it came from. If they don’t have any, is there a reason?
Thielo has a lot of misc scars, but his most significant one would be the scar on the corner of his mouth. He got it from talking a lot of shit to a downtrodden midlander hyur in a bar (who was kinda cute); just as planned, the midlander struck first, thus starting the brawl--but he hit Thielo with a broken bottle, right in his shit-talky mouth. The scar is only a couple years old.
4.) How vain is your character? Do they find themselves attractive?
For some reason, yeah: he finds himself rather attractive. He knows he's got a good body, and he's proud of it because it reflects how much work he puts into his fighting ability. He also likes his face, and he's fully aware that his hair is dorky or whatever, but it serves a purpose. Which is concealing his gross lil reptilian third eye. He's also really picky about what he wears, and has a secret skincare routine. THIELO CARES ABOUT BEAUTY AND HYGIENE
Also, to cope with his trauma-imposed prudishness, Thielo acts like he's SOOOOO much of a catch no one's worthy of touching him.
5.) What’s your character’s ranking on the Kinsey Scale?
A solid 6. Easily my gayest character. Is anyone surprised
6.) Describe your character’s happiest memory.
Maybe the first time he really beat the shit out of somebody; the adrenaline rush and endorphine spike from victory was probably the closest thing to euphoria Thielo has achieved outside of orgasm and drug use. He probably vividly remembers the stinging of his palms; the soreness of his arms; the unconscious body, and his barely recognizable face. He found that kind of power exciting, and at the same time, ultra soothing.
7.) Is there one event or happening your character would like to erase from their past? Why?
Uh... Well... This isn't something I like to talk/write about, but Thielo used to be routinely abused by his brother (it was like severe sexual harrassment). His brother always pegged Thielo as gay, even from a young age, because of Thielo's flamboyant and particular eccentricities--and harrassed him for it, mostly because he had an inherent and territorial dislike for his father's inferior child. He prompted Thielo to do inappropriate things with his friends, though Thielo had no want of it; things never escalated incredibly, as it was mostly just to make Thielo feel disgusted with himself and homosexuality as a whole. Despite his attraction to men, he instinctively finds them disgusting by the same token, as his brother gave him a hugely negative bias.
Obviously, this was traumatizing, and Thielo's head is really fucked up about his own sexuality and homosexiality in general, which brings him a lot of grief. The stress of it coupled with his brother's continually disgusting behavior through his adult life led to Thielo murdering his brother and fleeing his country, which has also brought him a lot of complicated, shitty feelings. If none of that stuff ever happened, he thinks he'd be much happier.
8.) Day of Favorites! What’s your character’s favorite ice cream flavor? Color? Song? Flower?
Favorite ice-cream: vanilla, or strawberry
Favorite color: CITRON aka brightass lime-green that's almost on the yellow spectrum Song: anything done with string instruments, particularly cello/viola/violin/etc.
Flower: Bird of paradise
9.) Who does your character trust?
No one, really... He has big trust issues, and thinks people are naturally shitlords. His mom, maybe.
10.) Can you define a turning point in your character’s life? Multiples are acceptable.
a) His abuse
b) His brother's death
c) Fleeing Garlemald
d) Joining Empyrean Bellatorum
11.) Is there an animal you equate with your character?
Maybe a crow, or a raven? Despite Thielo's general dislike for people and shit attitude, he's all about humor--at the expense of other people. He likes to play tricks, and he mocks people constantly. He's also disarmingly clever, as well as alert and aware of his surroundings. He also likes to puff up his feathers and squawks a lot.
12.) How does your character feel about magitek? Or even the garleans in general.
Thielo mostly keeps this to himself for obvious reasons, but he's EXTREMELY PROUD of the technological progression of the Garlean Empire, and as a wealthy child of noble blood in Garlemald, some aspects that go into magitek were part of his academic curriculum. Thielo is actually very smart and math minded, so the engineering aspect of things came quite naturally to him.
As for Garleans themselves--he does personally feel that there is a coldness in their way of life that twists the minds of his people, but he doesn't exactly feel that ~love would change it all for the better!~ Because he thinks that Garleans are at least true to themselves, and that their interest in self preservation is what has lended them to so many victories and such vast expansion in conquering. He thinks his people are more adaptive than others, and more cunning to compensate for their lack of innate magical abilities. tl;dr Garlean surpemecist, so
And I think this additional perspective is worth adding since Thielo IS Garlean:
12.5) How does your character feel about the Garlean invasion?
Thielo always was very proud of his people's progression. He found their cause noble from the home of his huge, empty and ornate manor, immersed in his subjects and sitting safely in his ranks. But since coming to Eorzea, and seeing what hell it's all unleashed, he's starting to sort of second guess the Empire. He knows that war is ugly no matter what (for both sides), but he's starting to maybe understand that the Emperor and his successor are a little bit insane. He was easily brainwashed in heart of the country, and the dawning realization's been really uncomfortable for him.
13.) What does your character’s bed look like when he/she wakes up? Are the covers off on one side of the bed, are they all curled around a pillow, sprawled everywhere? In what position might they sleep?
Thielo's bed looks like it went through a blender when he wakes up. He sleeps in all sorts of crazy ways, because he's a restless sleeper, and he's normally sprawled out, whether on his back, side, or belly. He tends to fall asleep on his side first, though.
14.) How does your character react to temperature changes such as extreme heat and cold?
Thielo hates extreme heat, and loves extreme cold. His favorite temperature is around thirty degrees farenheit, because he feels the most comfortable while active at that temperature.
15.) Is your character an early morning bird or a night owl (by their own race's perspective)?
Both! Thielo only sleeps about 4-5 hours a night. There'll be a few days a month wherein he really only gets like, 2 hours.
16.) Are there any blood relatives that your character is particularly close with, besides the immediate ones? Cousins, Uncles, Grandfathers, Aunts, et cetera. Are there any others that your character practically considers a blood relative?
Thielo Nybras | pt 1 | !content warning!
1.) Describe your character’s relationship with their mother or their father, or both. Was it good? Bad? Were they spoiled rotten, ignored? Do they still get along now, or no?
Thielo isn't close with his father. He's a child of a former mistress (a servant), and was taken under his father's family name only because his father essentially wanted more men to eventually serve him. Thielo's needs have always been taken care of indirectly and at arm's length, and he very seldom even saw his father. Since Thielo is a bastard child, he wasn't really priviledged with limelight, and grew up pretty solitarily, blanketed in wealthy amenities. He used to be really wrapped up in getting his father's approval, or any form of nuetral/positive attention... but he's over that now.
When he was about 5, Thielo understood the implications of the rumors throughout his manor about his birth, and was able to find his mother. She'd been taking care of him like any other servant since his birth, but he didn't realize she was legit his mother. So in his lows of feeling insignificant and or invisible, Thielo would periodically visit his mother once a week or more for most of his life. They got along pretty well, even if Thielo was never particularly warm to her. He doesn't know how to do that.
2.) What are your characters most prominent physical features?
Probably his straight, long nose, dark sunken eyes, and stark white hair. He's also ripped (but slimways), so there's that.
3.) Name one scar your character has, and tell us where it came from. If they don’t have any, is there a reason?
Thielo has a lot of misc scars, but his most significant one would be the scar on the corner of his mouth. He got it from talking a lot of shit to a downtrodden midlander hyur in a bar (who was kinda cute); just as planned, the midlander struck first, thus starting the brawl--but he hit Thielo with a broken bottle, right in his shit-talky mouth. The scar is only a couple years old.
4.) How vain is your character? Do they find themselves attractive?
For some reason, yeah: he finds himself rather attractive. He knows he's got a good body, and he's proud of it because it reflects how much work he puts into his fighting ability. He also likes his face, and he's fully aware that his hair is dorky or whatever, but it serves a purpose. Which is concealing his gross lil reptilian third eye. He's also really picky about what he wears, and has a secret skincare routine. THIELO CARES ABOUT BEAUTY AND HYGIENE
Also, to cope with his trauma-imposed prudishness, Thielo acts like he's SOOOOO much of a catch no one's worthy of touching him.
5.) What’s your character’s ranking on the Kinsey Scale?
A solid 6. Easily my gayest character. Is anyone surprised
6.) Describe your character’s happiest memory.
Maybe the first time he really beat the shit out of somebody; the adrenaline rush and endorphine spike from victory was probably the closest thing to euphoria Thielo has achieved outside of orgasm and drug use. He probably vividly remembers the stinging of his palms; the soreness of his arms; the unconscious body, and his barely recognizable face. He found that kind of power exciting, and at the same time, ultra soothing.
7.) Is there one event or happening your character would like to erase from their past? Why?
Uh... Well... This isn't something I like to talk/write about, but Thielo used to be routinely abused by his brother (it was like severe sexual harrassment). His brother always pegged Thielo as gay, even from a young age, because of Thielo's flamboyant and particular eccentricities--and harrassed him for it, mostly because he had an inherent and territorial dislike for his father's inferior child. He prompted Thielo to do inappropriate things with his friends, though Thielo had no want of it; things never escalated incredibly, as it was mostly just to make Thielo feel disgusted with himself and homosexuality as a whole. Despite his attraction to men, he instinctively finds them disgusting by the same token, as his brother gave him a hugely negative bias.
Obviously, this was traumatizing, and Thielo's head is really fucked up about his own sexuality and homosexiality in general, which brings him a lot of grief. The stress of it coupled with his brother's continually disgusting behavior through his adult life led to Thielo murdering his brother and fleeing his country, which has also brought him a lot of complicated, shitty feelings. If none of that stuff ever happened, he thinks he'd be much happier.
8.) Day of Favorites! What’s your character’s favorite ice cream flavor? Color? Song? Flower?
Favorite ice-cream: vanilla, or strawberry
Favorite color: CITRON aka brightass lime-green that's almost on the yellow spectrum
Song: anything done with string instruments, particularly cello/viola/violin/etc.
Flower: Bird of paradise
9.) Who does your character trust?
No one, really... He has big trust issues, and thinks people are naturally shitlords. His mom, maybe.
10.) Can you define a turning point in your character’s life? Multiples are acceptable.
a) His abuse
b) His brother's death
c) Fleeing Garlemald
d) Joining Empyrean Bellatorum
11.) Is there an animal you equate with your character?
Maybe a crow, or a raven? Despite Thielo's general dislike for people and shit attitude, he's all about humor--at the expense of other people. He likes to play tricks, and he mocks people constantly. He's also disarmingly clever, as well as alert and aware of his surroundings. He also likes to puff up his feathers and squawks a lot.
12.) How does your character feel about magitek? Or even the garleans in general.
Thielo mostly keeps this to himself for obvious reasons, but he's EXTREMELY PROUD of the technological progression of the Garlean Empire, and as a wealthy child of noble blood in Garlemald, some aspects that go into magitek were part of his academic curriculum. Thielo is actually very smart and math minded, so the engineering aspect of things came quite naturally to him.
As for Garleans themselves--he does personally feel that there is a coldness in their way of life that twists the minds of his people, but he doesn't exactly feel that ~love would change it all for the better!~ Because he thinks that Garleans are at least true to themselves, and that their interest in self preservation is what has lended them to so many victories and such vast expansion in conquering. He thinks his people are more adaptive than others, and more cunning to compensate for their lack of innate magical abilities. tl;dr Garlean surpemecist, so
And I think this additional perspective is worth adding since Thielo IS Garlean:
12.5) How does your character feel about the Garlean invasion?
Thielo always was very proud of his people's progression. He found their cause noble from the home of his huge, empty and ornate manor, immersed in his subjects and sitting safely in his ranks. But since coming to Eorzea, and seeing what hell it's all unleashed, he's starting to sort of second guess the Empire. He knows that war is ugly no matter what (for both sides), but he's starting to maybe understand that the Emperor and his successor are a little bit insane. He was easily brainwashed in heart of the country, and the dawning realization's been really uncomfortable for him.
13.) What does your character’s bed look like when he/she wakes up? Are the covers off on one side of the bed, are they all curled around a pillow, sprawled everywhere? In what position might they sleep?
Thielo's bed looks like it went through a blender when he wakes up. He sleeps in all sorts of crazy ways, because he's a restless sleeper, and he's normally sprawled out, whether on his back, side, or belly. He tends to fall asleep on his side first, though.
14.) How does your character react to temperature changes such as extreme heat and cold?
Thielo hates extreme heat, and loves extreme cold. His favorite temperature is around thirty degrees farenheit, because he feels the most comfortable while active at that temperature.
15.) Is your character an early morning bird or a night owl (by their own race's perspective)?
Both! Thielo only sleeps about 4-5 hours a night. There'll be a few days a month wherein he really only gets like, 2 hours.
16.) Are there any blood relatives that your character is particularly close with, besides the immediate ones? Cousins, Uncles, Grandfathers, Aunts, et cetera. Are there any others that your character practically considers a blood relative?
Nnnnnnope.