VISUALSHair: Graying, short-cut, messy and asymmetrical.Eyes: Cold, bright clusters of light, bruised with sleeplessness.Face: Boxy, sliced up, with two raking cuts up his right cheek and a large Y-shaped scar from his left eye to next to his chin. Faint blemishes here and there, pasty white complexion. Left earlobe is torn. Often a little sunburnt.Body: Muscular, androgynous, incredibly scarred, durable, of a lancer's.Attire: Clad in black. Prefers to be comfortable, well-covered, and well-equipped. A modest and covering neckband stretches across his jugular.

META:Age: Mid 20s (25 exact!)
Height: 5'2"
Pronouns: He/Him
Occupation: Chef, freelancing adventurer, hunter, ex-Dragoon.
Known Languages: Eorzean Common (written and verbal, fluent), Eorzean Sign Language (fluent), Hingan (verbal, basic), Doman (verbal, key words and phrases)
Other notes:
Aethersight-sense weirdo. He sees aether as watercolors, splashing about as they would their elements around sapient beings. His own aether crackles off him like an energy field, deeply aligning levin.Unable to use aether past teleporting systems.

ALL ALONE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT?
common, any theme, walkupHe's a wanderer, and travels frequently. Vylbrand happens to be home territory for him- it's almost as familiar as the overbearing canopy of the Twelveswood. Oft you'd find him by rivers, casting a line or hovering over the edge with a spear in hand. Otherwise, the man wields a halberd and haunts little explored locales.While he's easy to approach, he can be standoffish when his mind is preoccupied. But, perhaps you've got something in common with him- you're tracking the same animal, you're guarding the same caravan... Or, you've stopped at the same campfire or inn. Really, it's very open-air on wherever characters meet. I'm all up for discussion.Places he hasn't been/currently can't go:
- The Northern Empty
- Tural/S9
- Thavanir
- Garlemald

ONE HELL OF A CHEF
common, slice of life mainly, walkup/discussDon't stop at his rough exterior- the man is Bismarck-trained in the culinary arts, and specializes in Far Eastern cuisine. While the teashop he works for is on an indefinite hiatus, Xembre keeps up his professional nature when serving even to friends and acquaintances. He's still hireable as a chef, and may take up offers for cooking lessons for those who are in dire, dire need of assistance.SHAPES OF COLOR
common, any theme, discussion requiredWithout cherry-stained lenses, diamond eyes scry your soul. He sees your form, then he sees your aether- a splash of pigment being pushed around by water, some unseen artist's brush behind the apparition... What is there, to your essence? Your core?This is a phenomenon he grew up with- being able to see people's aether is as unusual as it is handy. Only coincidentally the soul's visage is brought up, and only rarely it becomes relevant in conversation. Xembre cannot see his own and never found another aether sighted person that sees like he does, but he's trying to learn more about it.This is a plot beat that might be incredibly irrelevant... or deeply important. Depends on what we come up with. Really this is a moment to get funky with abstract writing. I love hearing people describe elements, it's very fun. OOC of course is required for discussing this- feel free to decline him being able to see it if you're too uncomfortable!!!uncommonly mentioned skills:
- quite good at sketching
- contortionist?
- fantastic swimmer
- somehow, still very durable
- very good navigator

Hello! My name is Red. My pronouns are he/him and I'm Australian (making my timezone AEST). I've been roleplaying for a decade now, and have been doing so on FFXIV for about a year and a half now. Thanks for checking out my carrd for Xembre- he's my lifeline and longest existing OC. Just a few notes about him and I as a footnote on OOC and IC interactions.I don't give out my discord ID to people I don't know- sorry about this, it's a timezone thing. I suck at keeping social stamina up, but if we click after some time and we aren't in a mutual server, we can talk about exchanging tags! My twitter is currently locked- don't necessarily want to unlock now- but if you wanna see funny art and goofy gposes that aren't posted on the gallery, please let me know and I'll send you the url! I am a NSFW artist and draw it quite a bit on there, so another note is that whether you, the player, or your character, is under the age of 18? Please don't interact with me! I don't want to deal with that, I'm not interested.Some notes about writing IC:
- Para/mirror writing: For XIV, I try not to go past two log lengths- especially in venues. I do try and match partners, though! My average is 2-3 paragraphs on Discord/whatever media there is, though,I can go longer. Just need more time!
- My hours suck: Again, I'm Australian, meaning I often RP on days off and during sunlight hours. If I have to cancel something or cut an encounter short... I'm sorry, but it happens more than I'd like. Because of this, though, I don't mind timebubbling encounters and continuing them in DMs or in servers, if we have those together! I have one RP that started in March '23, and it's still ongoing...
- Dark themes: Xembre can be a little hater sometimes. That's one of them. But if you have specific triggers pertaining to graphic descriptions of heavy scarring and bodily traumas, death-related ideations, etc... this might be the point where you step back and let me know so I can soften it down a little bit, or avoid the subject. Xembre is heavily scarred, but keeps himself covered anyway.
- I do have a bit of roleplay anxiety (sort of settling it out), so if I'm quiet during group events- I'm just reading the room, or taking my time responding.

Some things I am not interested playing in IC are:
- Character death: you can beat him up if he's mean, but any unprompted... attempts to just end him? without asking beforehand? a little weird, dude.
- Casual ERP: one night stands and whatever tourists to the Crystal DC are hunting after are off the table. he's not your type, anyway! and you're not his. While I don't mind ERP with people I'm close to, it's not something that happens all the time, and it's not the goal for what I write.
-Again- any mature content involving minors/minor-themed: I don't want that on my ass! It's nasty. Go back to 4chan or something.
-Drug RP: I think it's understandable. I really have no interest in playing out drug-related themes in character. Alcohol is fine, but Xembre doesn't do anything past that, and I don't really want to change that. That's out of my comfort zone! Fine with mentions, though, or background/worldbuilding occurrences.HARD LIMITS & EXTRA FOREMENTIONI don't RP with F+/Futanari characters, sfw or otherwise. Both terms are nasty, and horribly demeaning to transgender women.
If you use the terms futa/nari or F+ to describe your character's gender identity, I really have no interest in approaching you for RP.