Persi Zartosht


Blood mage, man of fine things, antique

About

Persi lux Zartosht
Appears mid 30s
Garlean
Red hair, Green eyes
Homosexual
Single, explorative, not looking for commitment

Persi is a man of finery and high society. He appreciates vintage red wine, expensive clothes, and pampering of himself. While rare to catch him outside of his manor in The Mists, by one look of the man it will be obvious that he holds some kind of magic aptitude and scholarly pursuit.He is commonly found with his curly hair covering his emerald third eye, making it not completely obvious he is of Garlean blood, especially when he seems to be a man of magic.Persi is not the most pleasant person to speak with, choosing to be a man who takes standing in society as truth of worthiness. Being rude to those he deems beneath him is fairly common, though he will take advantage of a silver tongue to get what he wants from those. He believes that there's always a way to get what he desires whether it be through money, work, or other things and does not hesitate to needle at people to find their weaknesses.

History

Persi's known history is that of a Garlean runaway after the Doman Revolution. During the occupation of Doma he spent much of his time researching ways for those of Garlean blood to harness aether thru the use of another body. Many of both the rebels and within the Garlean occupation knew the man for using slaves and prisoners of war for his research, many men and women entering his research facility and never being seen again.When it became obvious that things were going sour for the Empire he took it upon himself to turn deserter and make for a safer place, taking the disguise of a bard. Through a few events he ended up in Gridania, taken in by an old friend's son, Felix Bendixen, and worked about building up his life as he had done so time and time again.With enough time and being the social butterfly that he was, he ended up marrying into a man whom end up dying prematurely and leaving him a winery near Wineport as well as the family estate in the Mists. Using the estate he began taking in apprentices for the magic he himself had helped develop in his past.

And more...

((This is knowledge that isn't inherently known by many people and actually doesn't need to be brought up into other people's canon unless requested or roleplay comes to it. Details here are just a jist of it, but there's a lot more than just this!))Born near Rabanastre before the time that would be known as Dalmasca's glory days, Persi is an ageless man that found his luck thru blood magic - a talent that harnesses another person's aether to do or create things some would assume to be impossible.He has had a small hand in a number of things - whether it be Mhach and the War of the Magi or the War of the Lions in his home country. Every time he has held some sort of power was when he built himself a circle of talented mages about him, sharing his talents and knowledge within his inner apprentices, some following him in his agelessness.In no way is the man immortal, no, he bleeds like any other, many of his scars from his past he obsessively hides thru magicks or simple makeup to ensure his appearances are upkept. His talents do not come easy, either, whether it be from the cost of the spell or those effected by it.

An Ascian ally

In his agelessness, Persi has spent much of his time weedling his way into high society of the different worlds he found himself in. In the times of Mhach he was known for his talents in aether manipulation and spent time researching voidsent and the thirteenth. In more recent times he used his knowledge to entice Zenos for support in a way to escape the ire of the newly appointed Emperor.What he has not known himself is manipulation done upon him through nosey ancients - the Ascian Emet-Selch taking it upon himself to use the ageless man as his own tool. Persi's introduction to the Cyrus Circle had been set up by the man, and his agelessness somewhat the result of Emet-Selch's interference in some hopes of dealing with a shard of the man in the thirteenth. Avarice, master of the domain of the Silver Sin, had to be put down to avoid future issue with the beastly voidsent and with each mortal's agelessness they made a pact to keep the beast asleep - Persi included. When it became obvious that the monster and mage were shards of the ancient Narcissus, Emet-Selch put forth an effort to guide the youngling immortal as both the mask of a lover and teacher.The last time Persi came across Emet-Selch was in Garlemald itself - Persi as a merchant looking to make money in the small country of fellow Garleans and Solus Galvus a centurio who forcefully inducted him into the Republic's military. Persi assisted the man gain the throne and maintained it as his right hand man and secret lover. In some time they revealed their own oddities to eachother, Persi a loyal servant to Emet-Selch regardless of Ascian intentions. When he took his leave as feigning the death of Solus Zos Galvus, Persi was abuptly left by the Ascian to his own devices and has never recovered from the abandonment.The man still holds nostalgia dear for his years with Solus, ever loyal even beyond the false death to the first emperor.

Records of the man who has stolen the ages

storiesold money - history of the garlemald empire's emperor and right hand manEyes on Me - nostalgia grips a man deep enough for it to be real

Commissions and gift pieces (18+, NSFW)

Art by me

To attend to eachother's advances

Persi can be a pretty controversal sort, and I am completely fine with him being seen as a villain of sorts in many people's interactions. His attitude sort of deems him as the kind of man to grate nerves.Garlemald
Persi is incredibly interested in his fellow Garlean sorts, readily poking his nose into any business related to his homeland.
Mages
Persi is a mage despite his blood. In public he will hide his talents though will be a moth to flame when it comes to other mages.
Bookish Interests
Perhaps you have heard of a man who has been actively collecting antique books from the ages. Perhaps Persi has heard that you have something in hand that is dusty and from his past. He's more than happy to spend some time attempting to add whatever it may be to his collection or perhaps pay you to fetch something in a not-so-safe dungeon.
Researcher
More recently Persi worked within the Doman front as a researcher. Perhaps you have heard of the butcher of a man who used prisoners of war as research material.
Wine
Like wine? Persi owns a winery in Limsa by the name of Druthers.

Contact

Discord - Tande#1337

Things I'm looking for -
- Paragraph RP, either discord or in game
- Serious ongoing plots in a dark setting
- Those alright with lore-grey characters!
- Persi is a flirt and will most likely make advances with male characters. I'm fine with fading to black for the details if one is not comfortable in ERP!
- 18+ partners only!