chastity - 5. Is your OC prudish about sexual matters or do they enjoy bawdy jokes or innuendos?
temperance - 3. What is your OC's attitude to alcohol? Do they enjoy and occasional (or very frequent) drink? Or do they look down upon inebriation?
charity - 5. Does your character have any particular prejudices? Do other people ever consider them bigoted or judgemental?
chastity - 5. Is your OC prudish about sexual matters or do they enjoy bawdy jokes or innuendos?
Morganaux comes off as rather prudish, finding innuendos and other sexual topics of conversation to be inappropriate. He isn't one to judge others for being open about sexual matters, but he would rather not participate in or have to hear about anything of that nature. It's partially the TMI factor and partially that it's considered unacceptable in Ishgardian high society to speak in such a way.
If a conversation starts getting too risqué for him, he's going to find a way to change the subject, and if that doesn't work, he'll politely excuse himself. Behind closed doors with a trusted partner is a different story, however.
temperance - 3. What is your OC's attitude to alcohol? Do they enjoy and occasional (or very frequent) drink? Or do they look down upon inebriation?
For the most part, alcohol is almost entirely off the table for him. He might have a few sips socially while attending High House festivities if he feels he has to, but he tries to avoid it as much as he possibly can. In addition to hating the taste of it, he finds the idea of not having perfect control of his mental faculties to be terrifying.
Due to past uncomfortable experiences, he tends to avoid being in the presence of anyone who's drunk unless it's absolutely necessary, and even then, he's going to be looking to get out of the situation as quickly as possible.
It wasn't often that Morganaux found himself willingly venturing into the Twelveswood, but he needed ethers, and not just any ordinary ones would do. These ones were meant to be a gift, and he intended to make every single one of them by hand to make certain that they would be of the finest quality for the occasion— and to do so, he needed freshly-picked tinolqa mistletoe, and plenty of it.
But Warrior of Light or not, he could not help but feel uneasy traversing this part of Eorzea, knowing how Duskwights were often thought of there. And so, he had arrived here quietly, features hidden beneath an old cloak of dusty rose and gold.
It did not take long for him to find the mistletoe he was looking for, a veritable bounty of it growing upon a high bough of a massive tree towering over a river. Though, just as he was about to make his ascent up its trunk, Morganaux's ears perked up at the sound of rustling footsteps behind him, and gasping, the Elezen turned back to ascertain its source.
Standing there before him was another Elezen— Wildwood, judging from his features, he presumed— staring straight at him. Offering an uneasy smile, Morganaux raised a hand up in greeting, praying that the man meant no trouble. "Fine day, isn't it? ...Were you out here foraging as well?"
9. Is your muse attracted to any features in particular?
Since Saahe’s attraction only even begins to manifest after he’s established an emotional connection with someone, and with him doing that very, very rarely, the sample pool of what manner of individuals he’s even had the potential to be attracted to is depressingly small.
But of the few of the few he did come to find attractive, a common theme has been “muscular”. Not to any exaggerated extent, but rather as a simple indication of clear physical strength.
So we can conclude he likes muscles on others. All of the targets of his attraction have also been Xaela, but that’s more likely to be another matter of availability, since he’s spent the majority of his life in the Steppe and wasn’t really exposed to other races until recently. Now he is exposed to a wide variety of people, sure, but he’s also a case of extreme devotion to one single partner and would rather castrate himself than do so much as allow himself to find someone other than his significant other attractive.
4. In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts?
12. What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art: writing, drawing, edits, etc.)?
15. What is something about your OC can make you laugh?
4. In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts?
When I first started developing Morganaux into a full-fledged character, I wanted him to be a love letter to all my favorite parts of Ishgard, like the Heavens' Ward, the Scholasticate quests, and House Dzemael, so all of those played a huge part in making him who he is now. The starting points for building his character were:
Orphan granted a scholarship to study at Saint Endalim's
Someone who can get along well with Noudenet
Romantically involved with Grinnaux and unfortunately exposed to the rest of the Dzemaels because of it.
That last point didn't really stick for a variety of reasons, but his involvement with the family was too much fun to pass up, and I found a different way to make it happen! It's given him a lot of depth, making him into quite the cunning individual beneath his friendly exterior— sort of like Tarresson de Dzemael, in a way.
Other influential elements include the ACN quests and the Sharlayan lore we got from the AST quests!
12. What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art: writing, drawing, edits, etc.)?
Anxiety. For a whole lot of reasons I won't get into, putting Morgy out into the world with both writing and screenshots can be a scary thing. I'm slowly getting a bit more comfortable about it and making more RP connections for him though! :,D
Answering for WoL!Morgy! I might end up going back and doing these for Phoebus later on too, maybe.
D - Director - How much do they feel the need to have control over their life? Do they spend a lot of time telling others what to do or and they more likely to be more obedient to others?
Morganaux has an intense need to have control over his own life stemming from his experiences of being controlled throughout his childhood. Back then, he had to deal with the Scholasticate's strict rules, the high level of routine and surveillance during his short time as an expurgator, and the confusing etiquette of highborn society when he was taken in by House Dzemael.
He wants to be free to go where he pleases and do what he wants, but at the same time, he has a strict set of rules that he imposes upon himself so that he can appear likable, yet unapproachable. So, he's not really as free as he likes to think he is.
He’s fine with following others’ instructions so long as it makes sense and he’s being treated respectfully. There was a point in time where he was obedient without question, especially when it came to anything relating to Halonic doctrine, but these days, he’s a bit more comfortable questioning things and politely speaking up if he feels he has a better way of doing something.
(...Though, he’ll be rude or feign ignorance if he’s really upset with something he’s been ordered to do. Sometimes there’s moments where he’s gotta pop off, just a little bit.)
He tries to avoid telling others what to do, but makes an exception when it comes to safety and medical advice. In that case, he won’t just stop at telling you not to do something and may end up taking matters into his own hands.
Q - Queen - What kind of leader are they? Are they entitled? What have they inherited from their parents? How powerful are they? Do they act superior towards others?
Morgy doesn't really like to lead for the most part and will only take charge if it's something he absolutely must do. He’ll be uncomfortable about it the whole time and will try to hide it, but he’ll make it obvious with all the questions he’ll inevitably be asking the whole time.
He’s not entitled, but at the same time, he kind of is? It’s complicated. He doesn’t think he deserves special treatment, but he isn’t above taking advantage of his adoptive family’s status to get his way if he thinks it’s for a good cause. And he’ll do the same with his WoL status, but to a lesser extent since he hates all the attention he gets from it.
He’s powerful both in combat and with the amount of wealth/influence he has, but despite all of this, he doesn’t act like he’s better than anyone else. He had humble beginnings and has seen how power can corrupt people, so he tries his best to not let it get to his head. That being said, he’s certainly capable of going down that route, and I have a few AU scenarios in my head where that happens. :^)
W - Witness - What do they consider the best thing they have ever seen? What would they most like to see in their life?
For the first question, Morgy has two answers for this. The more serious answer is seeing the truth of the Dragonsong War finally come to light and the effects it would have on Ishgardian society. He never thought he’d see the day where he could finally share what he had known for a near decade of his life and actually be believed. He kept quiet about it and fled home for fear of being labeled a heretic over what he was taught as an expurgator, but always struggled with guilt over it.
His less serious answer? Emet-Selch’s face when he asks him to do something for him, especially when he has to ask him more than once.
As for what he’d most like to see in his life, he really doesn’t have a specific answer for that, actually! Certainly, he does know beyond a doubt that he wants to see every corner of the star, but the world is full of surprises and he wants to be totally caught off-guard by the wonderful sights and events he’ll someday see. So, I guess you could say that he wants to see something completely mind-blowing (in a good way) during his lifetime and isn’t picky about what it is.
