Brandis Meath
|| Archeologist || Treasure Hunter ||
|| Historian || Adventurer || Thief? ||
|| Mateus || Crystal ||
Information
"What would you care to know?"
City Name: Brandis Meath
Birthplace: Somewhere in the Skatay Mountains
Nationality: Dalmascan
Height: 6'1"
Residence: Mist, Limsa Lomnisa.
Profession: Historian, archaeologist, occasional monster hunter, alleged conman.
Areas of study: Ivalician History, Lost Civilizations, Lost Arts.
Combat skills: Skilled Lancer. Decent shot with a gun. Surprisingly stealthy.Brandis, to hear him tell it, is a historian and archaeologist of some renown - and has managed to do so without institutional funding until recently. While there are numerous rumors about him, others accuse him of being a thief and trickster. Much of his history before the fall of Rabanastre is opaque, his name only coming to prominence after the city has fallen. While some of his writings, such as The Lost Arts of Western Othard or The Failed Settlements are respectable works, he was seen as a fringe academic due to his instance on the historicity of Ivalice (later vindication of this would bring grumblings about a "damned theater troupe".)Eventually, Brandis would find himself in Eorzea - spending most of his time working for whoever had the gil to hire him, rather than for research's own sake; gaining a reputation less for his academic work and more as a treasure hunter, who's artifacts were up for sale to the highest bidder. Though to hear it from some, this is who he always was – with any pretenses of being a historian being a fraud.
Information
"What would you care to know?"
City Name: Brandis Meath
Birthplace: Somewhere in the Skatay Mountains
Nationality: Dalmascan
Height: 6'1"
Residence: Mist, Limsa Lomnisa.
Profession: Historian, archaeologist, occasional monster hunter, alleged conman.
Areas of study: Ivalician History, Lost Civilizations, Lost Arts.
Combat skills: Skilled Lancer. Decent shot with a gun. Surprisingly stealthy.Brandis, to hear him tell it, is a historian and archaeologist of some renown - and has managed to do so without institutional funding until recently. While there are numerous rumors about him, others accuse him of being a thief and trickster. Much of his history before the fall of Rabanastre is opaque, his name only coming to prominence after the city has fallen. While some of his writings, such as The Lost Arts of Western Othard or The Failed Settlements are respectable works, he was seen as a fringe academic due to his instance on the historicity of Ivalice (later vindication of this would bring grumblings about a "damned theater troupe".)Eventually, Brandis would find himself in Eorzea - spending most of his time working for whoever had the gil to hire him, rather than for research's own sake; gaining a reputation less for his academic work and more as a treasure hunter, who's artifacts were up for sale to the highest bidder. Though to hear it from some, this is who he always was – with any pretenses of being a historian being a fraud.
Rumors
"Oh. You've heard of me, have you?"
Perhaps your character has heard the name Brandis Meath before, possibly with a story attached. Feel free to pick from this list, though not everything on this list is true.
Brandis ...
• is an archaeologist, exactly as he says he is.
• is a thief, stealing his relics from real academics. (this rumor is common among gleaners)
• is the author behind some anti-Garlean propaganda found in Rabanastre.
• has secretly stashed away the more dangerous relics he finds.
• has sold off dangerous relics to the highest bidder.
• is a crackpot who happened to be right about Ivalice.
• is a plagiarist.
• is a mere treasure hunter, using academia to launder his reputation.
• has secretly stashed away the most valuable artifacts he finds.
• was a spy for the Garlean Empire.
• is a conman, dealing in dubious relics.
• stole his name from a man he murdered.
• is a spy for Lente's Tears.
• will talk your ear off about history, if you allow him to go uninterrupted.
• is a practitioner of void magic.
• is an exile from his village.
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OOC
"Well, let's be honest then."