#a rare non-ffxiv content appears

[aethernoise]

So, I typically keep my BG3 posting to my side account, but this is far too amazing to not put in front of a much wider audience so BEHOLD!! my Tav (Xandra) and Gale by the incomparable @britishmuffin

This ship has me in a mage hand stranglehold and I'm not complaining. I love them & I am obsessed with how gorgeous Muffin drew them here. My crops are watered my skin is clear my spell slots are all replenished. Thank you for your time (& Muffin for an always wonderful experience).

[lukelxiv]

Never-Ending Survey : Lukel

Tagged by: @enlightened-palace​ [Thank you kindly for the tag!]

Tagging: @xiv-endora @glowinggunmetal @enambris @charm-in-spades @favrielle-emberdusk @simplysoriya @crowsaerie-rp @ahlis-xiv @fair-fae @tiergan-vashir @carmen-ffxiv @mai-takeda @vylette-elakha @laznenharuya @aethernoise @elezendad @sanguinesorceress @zhauric​ @holyja​ [For any of your characters! And sorry for duplicate tags, I just love you, okay?]

Rules: Repost, do not reblog, tag 10 blogs! (Or however many you want?)

BASICS.

FULL NAME: Lukel Mizereem Sol’ba

NICKNAME: Lu or Lulu from his grandkits.

AGE:  Old as sin (Physically appears to be in his late thirties)

BIRTHDAY: 32nd Sun of the 6th Umbral Moon (December 31st) 

ETHNIC GROUP: Au ra - Xaela

NATIONALITY: Unknown

LANGUAGE/S: Eorzean, Hingan, Garlean, Xaelic, Sylphic.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION : Pansexual

ROMANTIC ORIENTATION : Panromatic (Monogamous)

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Mated to Lucien Korbinius (@glowinggunmetal​)

HOME TOWN / AREA: Unknown

CURRENT HOME:  The Raven House - Lavender Beds

PROFESSION: Being Lukel.

PHYSICAL.

HAIR: Ridiculously long and crimson with strands of pure white shot throughout

EYES: Amethyst (or white. Depends on who you’re talking to. And who is talking to you.)

FACE: Generally stoic and unemotional, difficult to read, handsome in a ‘he could probably kill me without blinking’ kind of way.

LIPS: Pleasant but rarely seen lifted in a smile.

COMPLEXION: Clear

BLEMISHES: None

SCARS:  Two scars that rest underneath his collar bones, long enough to suggest a blade - or two - pierced him there. Faint exit would just above his shoulder blades in his back.

TATTOOS: MANY. Lukel is pretty much tattooed from his neck to his ankles, but wears suits so they often go unseen.

HEIGHT: 217 cm (7′1″)

WEIGHT: 235 lbs

BUILD: Muscular and toned, a warrior’s build.

FEATURES: Besides his eyes and tattoos? Perhaps his bespoke suits. Always on point.

ALLERGIES: Small children and or babies that are not in his immediate family.

USUAL HAIR STYLE:  Tied up into a ponytail and left to hang, or braided into many small braids, often with blood rubies interwoven within them.

USUAL FACE LOOK :  Calm, collected, stoic... is he thinking about eating you or the latest book he’s read? Hard to tell.

USUAL CLOTHING: Finely tailored suits, suspenders, vests, polished shoes, occasionally a dress if he’s feeling pretty.

PSYCHOLOGY.

FEAR/S: Losing the people he loves.

ASPIRATION/S: To make his family’s life as full and happy as possible for the duration of the time he has left with them.

POSITIVE TRAITS: Understanding, non-judgmental, compassionate.

NEGATIVE TRAITS:  Prone to rage when pushed too far, unsympathetic, often cold and disassociated from reality.

TEMPERAMENT: Calm and collected until you push him too far and the Butcher wakes up...

SOUL TYPE/S:  Does he have a soul?

ANIMALS: Raven, wolf

VICE HABIT/S: CHOCOLATE ANYTHING ALWAYS.

FAITH: None to speak of.

GHOSTS?: Most certainly

AFTERLIFE?: Not for him.

REINCARNATION?: He would not want to come back for another round. If he was given the gift of death, it would be enough.

POLITICAL ALIGNMENT: Whatever suits him at the time.

EDUCATION LEVEL: Doctorate.

FAMILY.

FATHER : Dead. Very dead. Lukel doesn’t even like to speak his name.

MOTHERS : Deceased. Her name was Anurah and he loved her.

SIBLINGS : One sister who is (surprise) also deceased. Her name was Elenria and she was his twin.

EXTENDED FAMILY: Fifteen adopted children with Lucien, several adopted adult children (Lazne, Caelric, Isuke), adopted siblings (Neheon, Favrielle), his adopted niece (Enambris), a strange cousin named Justice, a few daughter and son-in-laws, several grandchildren at this point...

NAME MEANING/S:    Lukel means Lukel? Sol = Latin - Sun. Ba = Egyptian - Often translated as “The Soul”.

HISTORICAL CONNECTION?: Unknown.

FAVORITES.

BOOK: All of them.

DEITY: The few he’s met. 

HOLIDAY: Starlight

MONTH:  January

SEASON: Winter

PLACE:  The mountains.

WEATHER:  Fog and or rain.

SOUND / S: His children’s laughter.

SCENT / S: Lucien’s tea.

TASTE / S: Chocolate. 

FEEL / S: Velvet and silk and the hands of people he loves.

ANIMAL / S: Raven, wolf

NUMBER: 8

COLORS: Purple, black, silver, white, crimson.

EXTRA.

TALENTS: He plays the violin rather well and writes his own music. He can also take apart a fully grown man in under twenty minutes.

BAD AT: Cooking. Please don’t ask this man to cook for you. It won’t be fun.

TURN ONS: Intelligence, sarcasm, quick-wit, Lucien.

TURN OFFS: Unnecessary cruelty, pride, egomania

HOBBIES: Playing the violin, making small music boxes for his children and grandkits, knitting, tailoring and reading.

TROPES: Scary on the outside, scary on the inside, but turns to mush for people he loves.

QUOTES : "The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?" -Edgar Allen Poe

MUN QUESTIONS.

Q1 : If you could write your character your way in their own movie,  what would it be called,  what style would it be filmed in, and what would it be about?       

A1 :  It’d be called ‘The Butcher of Braille’ and the entire thing would be shot in horrible sepia, with Lukel in the center, utterly silent, brushing his fingers across the pages a braille book for an hour and forty three minutes exactly. Then it would end. Just like that.

Q2 :  What would their soundtrack/score sound like?          

A2 : Anything by Ramin Djwaldi. It’d be the best soundtrack to the worst and most misleading movie of the century.

Q3 :  Why did you start writing this character?        

A3 : I had an itch to play a villain, honestly. (Who turned into kind of a villain, who turned into ‘I’ll be your villain’ to ‘I have a family that I love and I am content, but I will tear your heart out and eat it in front of your eyes if you hurt any of them’. He took me for a ride, man.)

Q4 :   What first attracted you to this character?        

A4 : The day I made him I was attracted to him, excuse me.

Q5 :  Describe the biggest thing you dislike about your muse.

A5 : He can get lost in his head a lot and forget that the people around him don’t have the time for him to be detached and non responsive. He’s working on it.

Q6 :  What do you have in common with your muse?          

A6 :   We’re both pretty fierce lovers of our adopted families and would do just about anything to make sure they are happy and healthy and taken care of.

Q7 :   How does your muse feel about you?        

A7 :  We’re very old friends.

Q8 :  What characters does your muse have interesting interactions with?       

A8 :  People with flavor, with a story, with fears. He likes knowing how people tick - and that means just about anyone. People are fascinating to him.

Q9 :  What gives you inspiration to write your muse?    

A9 :  He tells me when it’s time to write him and when he’s tired. If I could inspire him more, I would, but he is a thing all his own.

Q10 : How long did this take you to complete?

A10 : About an hour!    

[The top art is by me and the family art is by Winterleigh on DA!]