(@driftward) Hey, actually, can we get a general character sheet for Apple and Pip? Like where they're from, what their parents were like, their primary job, why they adventure, maybe some special skills they have, current friends/close friends/more <3, where they live now, that sort of thing?
Lets do this!
Name: Apple Silverberg
Parents: Leon Silverberg (deceased), Lucrezia Formante, Jermaine Archembault (stepfather). Leon was a rebellious figure amongst the Sharlayans and a master Arcanist. A student of Louisoux and companion of the current scions, he was drawn to the study of history and cultures, spending much of his early adult life at the Sharlayan Colony in Eorzea, the continent being a prime location for his studies in the conflicts surrounding the war of the Magi. Lucrezia, on the other hand came from a rather poor background, and had made a name for herself as a fencer after stealing a blade from a Ishgardian merchant vessel and being caught in the process by the blade's owner, who took pity on the child and began teaching her bladework whenever her position saw her docked at the wild port town. Those skills saw her soon apprenticed on a pirate vessel within the Kraken's Arms colors. Her parents converged in a moment of fate when Lucrezia's ship was drawn into a conflict with Leviathan, which had been reported to be attacking vessels along the main shipping route to northern La Nosca. Losing much of her crew, and the ship's captain, Lucretzia rallied the survivors, rigging the ship to ram the worleater in a successful maneuver now known as the Sahagin's Folly. The two met in the wreckage of thier scuttled ships, Leon's research vessel having been sliced in twain a few hours before Lecrezia's ship arrived. They managed to ride some floatsam to a nearby island where they survived for three weeks before flagging a rescue vessel. Lucrezia discovering she was with child soon after, and Leon putting aside his grand designs to help raise their child. They doted on Apple, sparing no expense (Limsa's bounties on Primal Slayers were exceptionally high at the time) to see she had the best education they could provide.
Hometown: Limsa Lominsa primarily, but early schooling at the Sharlayan colony
Primary job: Researcher/Adventurer. Apple works for Gage acquitions in both the Gageverse and the WoLverse, the two mainly differ in the time Adventuring/Researching time split.
Reason for Adventuring: Apple's father was killed in Bahamat's rampage in Carteneau, taking the role of the original Warrior of Light. Apple was devastated, and frustrated by her lack of direction and promise. Not taking well to her mother's physical training as a child, the couple had ensured she would be well educated, but the young girl abandoned her higher education to join the arcanists guild, hoping to follow in her father's footsteps. Unfortunately, her innate Aether reserves were insufficient to advance past the summoning of a simple carbuncle, and she feared her lack of power would not allow her to make an impact on the world, at least not one as wide reaching as her parents. She took to her father's notes concerning the war of the magi, and in doing so came upon a rather interesting discovery in his diversions to Allag, and a type of militarized magical force that used enchantments to draw in and channel aether into some sort of crystal, using its power to reign destruction. Setting out to the field to track down what she could, Apple inadvertently came across a Mi'quote researcher named Y'shtola, setting her on a rather fated path...
Special Skills: Apple is an accomplished scholar in her own right, and one of the more knowledgeable historians, especially after awaking to her echo, which helps her piece out the histories of ancient civilizations she studies. She is a practitioner of the lost art of summoning, having studied ther creation of enchanted garments and especially the summoning horns, she can make up for her lack of aether by drawing it in from around her, making her a formidable magic wielder specializing in aetheric -control-. In addition she's become something on an aetheric artificer, reverse engineering ancient aetheric devises and even creating altogether new ones, which is her primary role as a researcher for Gage Acquisitions. In addition, she's classically trained on the harp and piano.
Current friends: All the Scions knew her father, and though many are around the same age as she is, her lack of experience and their connection to him see them taking the roles of older siblings to her at times, if not fatherly and motherly towards her themselves. This of course isn't the case with the twins, which, despite having the better part of a decade on them, have more of a peer-like friendship with her. Of course, all of her coworkers at Gage Acquisitions have earned her fondness, though she can be a little shy around so many people. She especially is good friends with the researching department, Zoissette, Rhysswyn, C'orette (though goodness she's a bit forward and out there!) and Aeryn. She has a particular fondness for Dark Autumn, who tends to be the responsible big sister of the organization in general, and taught her a bit about bardic magics. Of course, she likes her boss, Erick, but it feels weird for her to think of him as a friend and not a boss.
Current Apple facts: Apple lives on her house boat, which she currently moved from La Nosca to docking near Sharlayan while she studies there. She spends more time in her office at Gage acquisitions, though, sleeping at the facility herself in her office or several little reading nooks she ferrets away in the research lab. She recently became and Archon, her thesis being primarily on Allag magical theory and the art of summoning.
@autumnslance @biot08 @erickgage for the mention
Pip will come later in a reblog!
Name: Pippena Pipp
Parents: Unknown, Pippena was discovered abandoned in a wicker basket of a stall in the streets of Ul'dah, no one ever took the time to try and track them down, and little was done to track them down. This wasn't an entirely uncommon act in Ul'dah, with the economic hardships made raising a child impossible for many. With the Orphanages full to bursting, she was shuffled around several foster homes she barely remembers before being taken off the streets by Rengedi Rangedi, a gangleader who trained her to be muscle for shakedowns. She was taught how to fight, mostly by being made to defend herself, and just enough letters to let her get by.
Hometown: Ul'Dah, she knows every corner of that city, from the highest halls to the darkest alley.
Primary job: Martial Artist, bodyguard, combat school instructor
Reason for Adventuring: Pipp was driven off by her gang after growing a deep dislike of their methods, having taken on several jobs that ended in murder by her fellow gang members. Upon trying to leave, the bulk of the gang attacked her, and after fighting her way through them she fled the city, awakening to the Echo soon after and running into Thancred out in the wilds of the desert, who had caught her trying to steal from him. He took pity on her, letting her tag along on some scion business he had in the area before becoming impressed enough to call in some favors to get her honest work with Gage Acquisitions, oftentimes reaching out to hire her himself. She mainly adventures because it pays well, though she certainly enjoys getting to face off against danger and best mighty foes!
Special Skills: Pippena is a mixed martial artist, especially adept at observing styles she sees others use and mimicking them to an almost uncanny level. She's an adept blademaster, able to wield a greataxe, lance, and especially her own fists as formidable weapons. She also has a deep well of aether, and would be a very talented magick user... if she had the head for it. She instead channels her magicks into purely destructive thaumaturgy, and, in her words, "hits people with the hardest heals they ever saw!" as a conjuror, though spends much of her time as one conjuring stone to hurl at enemies rather than healing her allies.
Current friends: She honestly doesn't have many close friends with how aloof she is, barging her way into conversations but not having the attention to really hold a long one with anyone. She gets along well with Thancred, cetainly, probably as she reminds him a bit of himself, and she certainly has his youthful bravado. Lyse is a natural kindred spirit and frequent sparring partner. She is -very- popular with her students at her newly gifted "dojo" and is actually a very talented instructor, and her bravado has led to her having many short lived romances and flings. Time will tell if she befriends more of her coworkers or remains a bit of a force of nature at GA.
Current Pip facts: Recently impressing some financiers in Kugane with a demonstration of her combat prowess chasing down some pickpockets in the city streets, she was gifted her first hom in Shirogane.... a basement underneath a tacky theme restaurant called "The Taste of Eorzea". She's converted half the space into a martial arts school, teaching her own blend of Ul'dah pugalism and Ala Mhigo monk mixed martial arts to aspiring students.
