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Themis Player Information Player Name Jake Contact vikarmic | vikarmic AKA Paracelsus von Hohenheim in Serpentine Horizon, Masego in Sidereal, various boss monsters since the beginning of time Character Basics Character Name Themis Series/Canon FFXIV: Endwalker AU/PG/Canon Point End of the Final Days Cottage Hen Canon Details Immediately after his willing sacrifice to form the heart of Zodiark. Thanks to some meddling from the last raid tier, he'll be able to regain some fragmented memories from after that, but "this" Themis never actually experienced them. Character Details Age Young for an ancient, but never actually specified Pronouns he/him Physical Stature Short-to-medium height and oddly willowy Hair/Eyes white/luminous blue Notable Traits Soft-spoken, but his voice is startlingly deep. His eyes glow faintly and the irises have a notable radial pattern. 15 Second Summary A prodigy of the Ancients and the Emissary of the Convocation of Fourteen. A brilliant, curious mage, dedicated to maintaining the balance of the star. Friendly, soft-spoken, far-sighted and more manipulative than he seems. Abilities & Permissions Abilities Detailed skill info will go here, but overall, he's a hybrid mage, skilled at the Ancients' signature creation magicks, which let him shape aether into permanent objects or even creatures. Permissions Just get in touch with me if things are getting intense! I promise I don't bite. Generally I'd prefer to gloss over anything heavily torturous, and I'm going to have to veto detailed use of insects, especially under the skin. Anything else we can probably talk through. Sensing Themis is very sensitive to the flows of magical energy, and can tell whether or not something has a soul, though not in any detail. He'll still probably notice anything magical that's going on. As far as sensing him goes, he's a magical powerhouse with MP for days, weeks, months and years. Ancients aren't entirely mortal -- they don't have to eat or sleep very often, for example, although they do need both, and they live so long that very few of them die of natural causes -- so it's likely that he's pretty suffused with aether. Memory Registry (details) Positive Significant • Claiming the seat of Elidibus • Meeting a falling star • Becoming Zodiark • Saying farewell to a dear friend (fragmented) Positive Trivial • Plotting to protect Azem from censure (again) • "The rains have ceased, and we are graced with another beautiful day" (Azem and Emet-Selch drag him out of the records room) • Fighting through Pandemonium with ???? and Ericthonius (P5) • "A falling star shall appear before you" (Azem and Themis discuss Pandemonium) • more pandemonium memories go here eventually Neutral Significant • Fandaniel discovers the cause of the Final Days • P11 (blurred) • Ripping himself out of Zodiark to make the Convocation stop arguing (blurred, fragmented) • more here eventually Neutral Trivial • Minor Convocation business • some stuff goes here • some blurred, fragmented Ascian business Negative Significant • Making the argument to become Zodiark's heart; Azem walks out of the convocation • The Sundering (hoo boy) • "The rains have ceased, and we are graced with another beautiful day...but you are not here to see it" (blurred, heavily fragmented) Negative Trivial • Battles in the Final Days • Rescue operations in the Final Days • Fighting blasphemies in the Final Days (x1) • Realizing he can no longer remember things (blurred, fragmented) Skills • Basic Aether Manipulation • Combat Basics • Transformation • Internment • Creation (Basic) • Creation (Life)

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MEMORIES

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Plotting to protect Azem from censure (again)

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(First part of Ere the Curtain Falls. To be rewritten from his perspective.)

TAKEAWAYS:

* He's the Emissary. That's important. He has a role and duty to make impartial decisions.
* He admires everyone else he works with; it seems as though they're all somewhat older, though he only has strong impressions of a few. They're all extremely cool, including the guy he's talking to, Emet-Selch, who's prickly and acerbic but has a good heart. He has a strong impression of Azem's personality but, for some reason, can't quite remember what he looked like...
* Azem has a tendency to intervene where maybe he shouldn't, but that's just part of his ever-refreshing perspective. Themis feels a responsibility to keep him out of hot water.
* They talk about pulling all the fire aether out of a volcano, manifesting it as a fire elemental, and beating it up as if it was nothing particularly special. In the memory, he doesn't see it as a particularly notable feat.
* The city they're in is beautiful.

Fighting blasphemies in the Final Days

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[Themis arrives at a small seaside village currently being overrun by nameless horrors. He wipes out the little ones while buying time for the evacuation, then tries to take a bigger one captive for Lahabrea and Fandaniel to experiment on. It's a rough fight due to trying not to kill the thing and he's wary of transforming, but he manages to take it down and intern it, only to be surprised by another wave. Azem shows up in the nick of time.]

SKILLS

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Basic Aether Manipulation

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This is the basic aetheric manipulation that all Ancients seem to be capable of, save for creation magic, which is locked behind another skill. "Basic" for an ancient, however, is pretty wild. This skill covers general control over environmental aether, casual teleportation, channeling aether into things or people, and various simple-but-powerful combat techniques that rely mostly on raw aetheric power and energy manipulation. He can use the brute force of his aether with surprising finesse, but it's still mostly application of brute force. (It's a LOT of brute force, though, and again, he can wield it with surprising finesse.)

Combat Basics

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This skill gives Themis his basic combat style, without transformation or the esoterica that come with more advanced skills.

We don't actually see Themis fight without his transformation, but I'm arbitrarily deciding that he fights like a red mage with some paladin tricks. (P11 makes it pretty clear that he has RDM vibes -- mixed melee and magic, a lot of dualcast or mirrored abilities, a deep obsession with balance...) In general, as an Ancient, he's got a fair bit more punch than a PC red mage (in much the same way that Venat used punched-up familiar PLD/DNC/WHM skills), but most of the basics will be familiar, with some elements from P11S mixed in because I like them.

This also gives him the ability to convert and condense aether in the four RDM elements (wind, stone, lightning and fire) plus light and dark using his general aether manipulation skills, as well as summon a staff/spear, which he uses as a focus instead of a rapier.