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ꜰᴀɴᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ([personal profile] endcaller) wrote in [community profile] expiationooc 2025-05-01 10:10 pm (UTC)

Fandaniel | Final Fantasy XIV

Player: Psi
Pronouns: She/Her
Contact: [plurk.com profile] PsiYamaneko | PM
Anything Else?: I am a crone living with her dog and three cats somewhere in Maine.

Fandoms are Suikoden, Final Fantasy, Tales of, Metal Gear, Devil May Cry, Baldur's Gate, and other game franchises too numerous to list.

Character: Fandaniel
Canon: Final Fantasy XIV
Canon Point: Just after "The Dark Inside"

Crime: Despair

Background: A mad elven scientist who gave up his mortal flesh to become an immortal sorcerer. Since he still needs a physical form, he's vibing in the corpse of a dead samurai these days.

Nihilistic, sadistic, and extremely flamboyant. He tends to present himself as a clown, but beneath the playfulness, he is in great despair. His main agenda is to die and take everyone else with him. He hates you, he hates the world, and he really hates himself.

Abilities: As an Ascian, Fandaniel can do the following:

Conjure shadow chains and bind people with them

Possess dead bodies (but he has to return to his current vessel after a time)
Haunt living bodies (cannot possess them, again has to return to his vessel)

Cast spells! The usual sorcerer stuff. He's particularly inclined to use shadow magic.

View the memories of others by observing the person while they are remembering something

Fly

Create objects with his own aether, which he usually uses to create clothes and disguises

Teleport



Also, he has no shadow. Weird, right? Probably nothing to worry about.

It's worth noting he rarely uses his more combat-focused abilities. He doesn't like fighting unless he's very sure he can win.

His greatest "ability" is his intelligence. He's an obnoxious turbo-genius

Plans: Fandaniel will most likely be tempted by the snakes. Tempting him to "break the system" is just not...very hard to do. He will also be out exploring more because he wants to know what the map updates from the data in Hyperetes actually were.

I would really like to pursue deep, meaningful CR this month! Fandaniel has been around a while, but most of his CR is basic. I love it all, but if you would like to start on the path of getting to know him a bit better, let me know! His visions in the Garden could be a good jumping-off point.

I don't tag out much on the log comm because I don't want to shove a character like this at people who might not be interested. I am always down for building up CR with anyone! Positive OR negative! Fandaniel wears a thousand masks at all times. It IS possible to get to know him better, but expect that it will take multiple interactions.

How can you run into my character? Fandaniel "lives" at the Aetherochemical Research Facility. He has the entire thing now, but I haven't had the time to update the page. Bear with me, folks, we'll get through this together. When he isn't there, he's out and about. He tends to be a busybody, so he's not hard to find.

NOTE Fandaniel is usually a playful, whimsical eccentric, and as much comedy relief as villain, but this character can get very intense. Themes around him include suicide, despair, existential horror and hopelessness, nihilism, and extreme self-loathing. You can read more about this on his OPT-OUT. Please do not hesitate to opt out of interactions if you want to. I understand some of this character's themes are heavier than people might want to deal with in RP.


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