Abraxas AU Event
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philancerFULL NAME
Sylvain
TITLE
Guardian of the Marked
AGE
800+
ARCANA
The Sun
ALIAS
The Cleansing Flame
PRONOUNS
He/Him
WEAPON
Lance of Ruin
SYMBOLS
Sun, Winged Lion, Crossed Spears
TRAITS
BLESSING: SHINING ARMOR
✸ Bravery or valor
✸ protective armor or shield
✸ inspiration or marking for greatness ✸
AFFLICTION: PALE IMITATION
✸ Fragile clones or doppelgangers
✸ provoking feelings of unworthiness ✸
APPEARANCE: SYLVAIN
Sylvain's general appearance hasn't changed very much in his many years here. The most noticeable difference is that his eyes have brightened from a mortal amber to a gleaming gold. Sometimes, when he's using magic or his abilities, you can see a flame dancing within them, or they glow with sunlight. His hair is still a familiar shade of red, but it's now also streaked with gold, almost like his hair, too, embodies a living flame.
HEIGHT
6'1
HAIR
red with gold streak, flame-colored
BUILD
thickly muscled, strong, powerful
EYES
gold
APPEARANCE: GODLY
When invoked as a deity, he most often appears as a shining knight with the head of a lion, although a few times he has appeared on a battlefield or to petitioners as a fully-winged lion. Sometimes appearing much larger than even his tall 9ft height, his armored figure often appears with a blinding flash of sunlight, and his shield has been known to reflect brightness to blind enemy forces.
It is whispered that there was a time when his darker powers were invoked, as a force of pure destruction. His appearance was heralded by an eclipse before fire rained down from the sky in a massive firestorm. Legend has it that his armor was a gleaming black, cracked with lines of hissing, steaming lava and his eyes glowed with red flames. It was not the head of a lion mounted on his shoulders, but that of some great black beast. Although this may be strongly exaggerated because if he truly appeared on a battlefield this way... none walked away to tell the tale, even those that had invoked him in the first place.
It is whispered that there was a time when his darker powers were invoked, as a force of pure destruction. His appearance was heralded by an eclipse before fire rained down from the sky in a massive firestorm. Legend has it that his armor was a gleaming black, cracked with lines of hissing, steaming lava and his eyes glowed with red flames. It was not the head of a lion mounted on his shoulders, but that of some great black beast. Although this may be strongly exaggerated because if he truly appeared on a battlefield this way... none walked away to tell the tale, even those that had invoked him in the first place.
APPEARANCE
an armored figure with the head of a lion
HEIGHT
9'/massive, looms
ARMORED
thick plate mail in white and gold, no helmet
EYES
gold
THREEFOLD GOD
Together with Claude and Hilda, the three have established themselves as a unit that works well in harmony. So much so that in later years, their names were so often invoked in tandem that they became seen more as one deity with three aspects or manifestations. (Still under discussion; likely a god of war or chaos)
ABILITIES
RAIN OF FIRE
Blazing orbs of fire plummet from the sky, slamming into the ground with concussive impact and igniting the area around it. The flames can be fanned into an inferno, to race across a battlefield and devouring everything in its path.
CLEANSING FLAME
A wash of heat surrounds the target and sweeps through them with a comforting tide. The flame cleanses the body of any toxins, poisons, or harmful magics, and increases the healing ability of the body, sealing mortal wounds and mending flesh and bone.
BLINDING LIGHT
A flash of dizzying, disorienting sunlight, reflected to blind any caught in its wave temporarily. If the blast is powerful enough (or caught nearby) the damage or duration of that blindness might be more permanent.
IMMOLATION
A target is engulfed in flames that consume it from the inside out, leaving nothing but ash.
FLAME SHIELD
A target is wrapped in a warm comforting embrace that manifests visibly as thin, wispy flames wreathing them. The shield burns through anything flammable that comes into contact with it, or diverts any harmful magical effects.
LOOKING FOR
RELATIONSHIPS
✸ Claude and Hilda, longtime lovers; threefold god
✸ Jesper, lover
✸ Claire, mother (adopted)
✸ Kaz, friends with benefits
✸ Himeka, friends with benefits
✸ Astarion, friends with benefits
✸ Cassian, friends with benefits
✸ Dion, rivalmance
✸ Thancred, friends
✸ Steve, friends
✸ Jaskier, friends with benefits
✸ Jesper, lover
✸ Claire, mother (adopted)
✸ Kaz, friends with benefits
✸ Himeka, friends with benefits
✸ Astarion, friends with benefits
✸ Cassian, friends with benefits
✸ Dion, rivalmance
✸ Thancred, friends
✸ Steve, friends
✸ Jaskier, friends with benefits
✸ lovers/friends with benefits
✸ found family
✸ good/close friends
✸ battle buddies/friendly rivals
✸ healer friends
OTHER THEMES:
✸ horses
✸ gryphons
✸ snowy mountain / colder weather / outdoors
✸ extreme sports / adrenaline junkies
✸ questionable life choices
MISC
✸ Sylvain has forgotten his life before Abraxas; all he remembers now are his days here, starting in the Free Cities. Although there are remnants of his past in Fodlan that still cling to him, he's lost the context for them entirely, such as the reality of the Lance of Ruin in his possession, his horses - which have also joined him in the real world and are no longer restricted to the Horizon, and the origins of his deep connection to Claude and Hilda. Because of this, he's much happier and has a brighter, more optimistic outlook on things. His cynicism has faded, ironically enough, at least to the depths that it once jaded his outlook.
✸ he no longer remembers the name "Gautier" and just goes by Sylvain, or the invoked godly moniker "The Cleansing Flame"
✸ He's still very much a charmer and a flirt, and as he's been in a very open relationship now for over 800 years, he's probably dallied a lot in that time, either as a fling or perhaps something more long-term, if you don't mind the fact that he's not ever going to leave his other lovers for anyone/anything. He also doesn't tolerate jealousy, nothing gets him out the door faster. But I am very open to him having seduced his way into multiple people's beds (or maybe you seduced your way into his?)
✸ There was a period, pretty early back, where a big blowout between him and Claude had both of them going separate ways due to some secrets blowing up in their faces, broken trust, etc. They didn't talk for like a century. Sylvain vanished to a snowy mountaintop and stayed almost a hermit there for that entire time. There might be a literal crater somewhere in the badlands as a result of their rather... explosive tempers while fighting.
✸ While he still sticks around the Free Cities (probably???) he also has a snowy mountaintop he claims as his (possibly overlooking Thorne? I'm not sure where else we have snowy mountaintops). he's totally befriended gryphons, though. Claude and Hilda can keep their wyverns, he likes these guys better.
✸ His horizon has changed, mostly because he no longer remembers Fodlan so no more Garreg Mach. I have no idea what he's replaced it with yet, though. TBA when I think of something.
✸ I want him to have helped in the conflict where Nott won its freedom. he is very much a defender of the underdog. And he really hates Thorne's monarchy.
✸ he no longer remembers the name "Gautier" and just goes by Sylvain, or the invoked godly moniker "The Cleansing Flame"
✸ He's still very much a charmer and a flirt, and as he's been in a very open relationship now for over 800 years, he's probably dallied a lot in that time, either as a fling or perhaps something more long-term, if you don't mind the fact that he's not ever going to leave his other lovers for anyone/anything. He also doesn't tolerate jealousy, nothing gets him out the door faster. But I am very open to him having seduced his way into multiple people's beds (or maybe you seduced your way into his?)
✸ There was a period, pretty early back, where a big blowout between him and Claude had both of them going separate ways due to some secrets blowing up in their faces, broken trust, etc. They didn't talk for like a century. Sylvain vanished to a snowy mountaintop and stayed almost a hermit there for that entire time. There might be a literal crater somewhere in the badlands as a result of their rather... explosive tempers while fighting.
✸ While he still sticks around the Free Cities (probably???) he also has a snowy mountaintop he claims as his (possibly overlooking Thorne? I'm not sure where else we have snowy mountaintops). he's totally befriended gryphons, though. Claude and Hilda can keep their wyverns, he likes these guys better.
✸ His horizon has changed, mostly because he no longer remembers Fodlan so no more Garreg Mach. I have no idea what he's replaced it with yet, though. TBA when I think of something.
✸ I want him to have helped in the conflict where Nott won its freedom. he is very much a defender of the underdog. And he really hates Thorne's monarchy.
