Louinaut Lafayette

Bard, Amateur Scholar of History, Voidsent Hunter

"Halone's fury flows through those who serve."

  • Race: Ishgardian Elezen

  • Age: 36

  • Height: Six Fulms, Ten Ilms

  • Weight: 210 Ponze

  • Hair: Brown

  • Eyes: Dark Grey

  • Orientation: Bisexual, Female Preference

  • Status: Recently divorced

  • Voice Claim: Aaron B. Phillips as Laurent Thierry

  • Key Traits: Honest, Loyal, Persistent, Vengeful

Basic Info

One could easily best describe Loui as many things. Aloof and evasive. But the most accurate would be to say he's a man of pensive silences. An ambivalent overthinker trapped within an eccentric entertainer.Having come from the Pillars of Ishgard originally, Loui grew up with a very clear and direct understanding of what nobility was like. After the loss of a life he cared for dearly, he stole away from Coerthas and made his way to The Shroud. From there he's wandered Eorzea to his hearts content. Almost two years ago, he settled down in a cabin in the shroud. He was lucky enough to find a woman he cared for dearly, married her, and hoped that it would be a chance at a happy ending.It was not.Now, the long lost son of Ishgard has returned to his homeland. As of late. Loui's personality has obviously shifted. While once he was a jovial and lighthearted sort, now multiple things have taken hold. Divorce, Crisis of Faith, Jealousy, Anger. None of it has been good for him or his mental health. He has lost much. Over and over and over. He prays that he won't have to suffer such again.Much of the politeness he displays is a falsehood. A painted on mask to hide his true emotions. On rare occasions he may feel some semblance of deep melancholic despair. A desperate need for some form of comfort from anyone who'd give it to him. But most times what lays beneath is rage, anger, and wrath.

Brief History

RP Hooks

  • Seeker of Magic: While Loui is well versed in Red Magic, his interest in matters aetheric hardly stop there. He has already learned much and more of Thaumaturgy, Arcanism, And Conjury. Anyone with more to teach him of other forms of magic are welcome distractions.

  • Born Again?: A malcontent to some, or idealist to others. Louinaut once fought to change the order and way of things in Ishgard. Now, following the recent ecumenical council his tune seems to have shifted? Where once a man stood in opposition to the church, now he seems to stand along side it. For what reason caused this shift is for you to discover.

  • Musically Minded: With music being not only one of his jobs, but primary source of income, Loui's very mind is doused in music. Anyone with any interest in song, learning more of music, or tales from near and far will find what they're after.

  • Triple Triad: Of all his hobbies and pastimes, Triple Triad is the one that he takes the most pride in his skill at. With a collection of cards that could rival or even dwarf some professional players he's always happy to take on a match. Just don't expect him to hold back.

  • Defiant Duelist: Louinaut was trained with blades of many shapes and styles since he was a child. Be it a longsword, sabre, or his preferred weapon of choice, a rapier, Loui will gladly take on any request for a duel.

  • Militant Voidsent Hunter: Any form of work or outing that involves the killing of voidsent will quickly gain Loui's attention. The elezen seems to have an almost undying hatred of anything spawned from that foul plane. If it came from the 13th shard, odds are that Loui will have his sights set on killing it with extreme prejudice.

  • More Power: In one's goal to fight those that are possessed of great threat such as the beings of the void, one must gain strength. The real question though, is to what lengths one would go to become stronger? How much power can one hold while still maintaining their humanity?

  • Ishgardian Nationalist: Having watched the shift in Ishgard's culture since the opening of the gates. Loui has taken a very dramatic stance that Ishgard as a nation should focus on being a home for those who have called it home for the past thousand years. He see's his homeland being flooded with spiteful imigrants and tourists who despise the culture that exists. Much of his home has changed, but they want to change it further to be like Uldah or Limsa.

Description Through Music

For a character so deeply ingrained with music as a bard like Loui, perhaps it is better to take a different approach to explaining him. Instead of spelling it out with words on a page I'd rather do it though songs, with each song or group of songs representing an important life moment or, more likely, a state of mind.

The Egomaniac

"The limelight, the stage, your atention. Call it what you will. I won't just claim it. I demand it."

The Duelist

"I find your conviction wanting."

The Anti-Socialite

"A performer who hates crowds, The irony right? But it's true. These people, this crowd... It's all grown so very trite."

The Vengeful

"I am payback for those who died, even despite their obvious innocence."

The Broken

"All those lillies have turned black as I've weathered out this storm... and all I feel is cold."

The Shattered

"To find love after all the both of us have endured was the greatest miracle I witnessed. But you couldn't bring yourself to love me with the same intensity I felt...""I wasn't enough."

The Hunter

"After everything those monsters have done... every last one of those malformed voidspawn deserve nothing less than extermination!"

The Madman.

"Don't die on me too quickly now. I wanna gorge myself on this sense of fulfilment till I fucking vomit."

First things first, most of the information you're gonna learn here is likely to be of little to no use to you. Either that, or it's all stuff you'd learn through interaction most times anyway.
- I'm a 28 year old guy living in the middle of the USA.
- I've been involved In RP Since Highschool.
- My time schedule is convoluted as shit, but if you're someone I actually want to RP with I will eventually find time or find a way to make it happen.
- That said I enjoy not only Role Playing in XIV but also actually doing content, so I may or may not be busy grinding old relics or mount farming.
- Louinaut is an inherently tragic character of late. This isn't due to an intent to make him so, but rather because of how his story has played out so far. He is in a constant state of flux. He will change and adapt as time and those around him change too. He is not a static object to remain in stasis. He will likely change again further, for better or worse. Expect such.
- I am the lore purist you were told to fear. I do not understand the desire to RP in a setting while ignoring all the worldbuilding that makes that setting unique. If your character breaks too far from the lore established by the writers and developers of the game, I with either likely outright ignore you, or at worst actively call you out on it. This can range from something as drastic as someone who role plays as a Sin Eater in The Source, or something as minor as a character who's race and homeland have no sense of congruence. (For example, an Elezen from Doma, or a Miqo'te from Ishgard)
- Loui's personality is intentionally polarizing. I understand that many people may take issue with the kind of person Loui is. He's a man who is not only a nationalist who believes his homeland should focus on its own people and close it's borders, but also a religious and pious man that believes wholeheartedly in the absolute extermination of anything that came from the 13th shard. You are free to take offense to the kind of character Loui is as much as you like, however... I do not care. You do not get interesting characters out of a concept that is sanitized and scrubbed of anything that makes it unique. Loui is compelling, both to me the writer, and those who know and interact with him regularly, because of his inherent traits, flaws, and quirks. As such, I will not neuter his personality for the sake of interaction with those he would be opposed to.