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heartofthestar ([personal profile] heartofthestar) wrote in [community profile] avalonooc 2022-01-16 07:42 pm (UTC)

Player Name: Dragon
Contact: [plurk.com profile] dragonoflife
Pronouns: He/him
Other Characters? Dust ([personal profile] mithrarin) and Morgan ([personal profile] morganknight)
Tell us about yourself: I game, that's my thing. FFXIV, of course, but also a deep library of Steam games and a particular love for factory games. Why do I work second and third unpaid jobs for fun?

Character Name (Canon): Venat (FFXIV)
Tell us about them: Venat is from pre-sundering times, a member of the ancient civilization which also gave rise to the Ascians as they appear in the game. She was the leader of the splinter group that opposed sacrificing lives to the primal Zodiark in order to bring back those who had sacrificed themselves; this splinter group summoned the primal Hydaelyn to sunder creation into fourteen pieces, resulting in the world of the game in the present.

Endwalker spoilers like crazy: Venat turns out to be not only the heart of Hydaelyn, but one heck of a person: she held the seat of Azem before turning it over to her protege, who in far distant times becomes the Warrior of Light; she is powerful, skilled, motherly, kind, energetic, mischievous, and not a little bit stubborn. Thanks to time-travel shenanigans, she knew everything that was going to happen, and spent her life and thousands of years just to get mankind to the point where it could stand up to the avatar of despair attempting to break existence into lifelessness.

Needless to say, she has a lot of weight on her shoulders after all that: pride in her metaphorical children, guilt from willfully condemning all mankind to lives of suffering, and so much exhaustion from soldiering on alone for countless, countless years.


After all that, here she is, suddenly free of weighty responsibility and duty, and very much confused as to why she isn't allowed to rest.

Initial Ideas: Venat very much needs to connect with people. Considering what she's used to, having friends and allies and people who actually care about her, personally, would be a wonderous thing. Of course, at the same time, she has more than enough mothering left in her for those who need such care and attention. So just send things her way and let's see what explodes!

Did you make any new years resolutions this year? Trying to be more positive!

Anything else: This is a big one: Venat is a walking Endwalker spoiler. If you'd like me to avoid them, or simply don't want me to interact with you, let me know on her permission post.

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