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Name: Estinien Wyrmblood
Canon: Final Fantasy XIV
Age: 32
Suitability:
To be frank, Estinien would hate every bit of this world. He's used to fantasy and magic and all that sort of hocus-pocus, but not quite to it being sex related. Being a man who has dedicated himself to his duty, and literally nothing else, he's not exactly the most sexually involved. If at all. However, he'll treat people pretty similar to if this wasn't some sexy magical paradise, merely because he's a grumpy sourpuss and wouldn't like being brought here regardless.
Eventually he'd likely warm up depending on CR, but at least at the start he'd be pretty revolted, and would avoid shacking up with anyone as long as he could.
Species: Elezen (with half dragon blood, so half dragon??)
Canon Point: Right before The Aery.
World/Setting: N/A
History: Boom
Personality:
Estinien hails from the Holy See of Ishgard, which is a nation filled with people as cold as the winter that has engulfed it. With the nation suffering a thousand year war of extinction against sentient dragons, there has been little reason for Ishgardians to be hopeful, happy, or warm. Not only to outsiders, but even to each other. Estinien encompasses this very well, and his is a story that tends to be pretty typical for Ishgardians; especially for those who find themselves training to become Dragoons. Having suffered his hometown being razed to the ground by Nidhogg and his horde twenty years ago, and thus enduring what horrors that bore with it, he ended up growing into a very distant and cold person.
Ishgardian society hardly helps admonish this, particularly when they often take in specifically orphans of war to be dragoons in order to weaponize their trauma against dragons. There's no therapy in Ishgard, only nurturing hatred and psychological scars to further give them an edge against their mortal foes, and Estinien was no exception to this. He, of course, didn't help himself either, and let his hatred and thirst for vengeance fuel him through the years to eventually become the Azure Dragoon: the mightiest warrior of Ishgard so chosen by the Eye of Nidhogg.
The Eye of Nidhogg being the literal eye of their greatest foe: an ancient wyrm that has been laying siege on Ishgard for a thousand years. His eye had been plucked from his head at the beginning of the war. Thus becoming a national treasure, but also one of Ishgard's greatest war assets. Mainly due to the advantage it gave them by wielding half his power, as well as the Azure Dragoon being linked with his emotions/thoughts/etc. (The more you know!)
However, at the start, Estinien was a bit of a lone wolf, he was taken in by the previous Azure Dragoon after his hometown was destroyed. Tending to his family's laughably small flock of sheep at the time, thus he was spared the fate the rest of the villagers suffered, making him the sole survivor due to nothing short of luck. Alberic, his adopted father, then trained him from an early age in the ways of the dragoon. Helping him foster his skill, and while he tried to gainsay Estinien's obsession with getting vengeance, Estinien still stayed the course. However, as Estinien remarks far later in story, it was through Alberic's admonishment and others he grew close to, that his obsession didn't completely consume him. Just, mostly did.
In his time in the temple knights, before he became the Azure Dragoon, he was seen as a surly, dedicated soldier who favored battle and training than he did social interaction. He made no friends for a good while within it, and the only friend he did make was more because they pursued him than the other way around. Even after that, he didn't seek friendships, nor did he make any more till the events of Heavensward. Perhaps because he saw most socializing as unnecessary distractions to his true goal—one that may very well cost him his life. So such relationships weren't exactly important to him. They didn't help him in his pursuit for vengeance, so they were of little value to him.
When the Warrior of Light first meets Estinien (assuming they did the dragoon storyline), he is a fugitive of Ishgard because he's taken the Eye of Nidhogg from the church, when it's not supposed to leave. Ever. Estinien, while loyal to Ishgard, still does things his way, even if it might guarantee him some repercussions. As it turns out, he was not simply taking the eye for the sake of it, but he had sensed that Nidhogg was awakening after a twenty year nap (he had to sleep off his wounds that Alberic had given him back in Ferndale) and aimed to draw Nidhogg's attention away from Ishgard.
He had hoped to use himself as bait, so that he might do battle with the great wyrm, and thus have the chance to slay him where Ishgard might not suffer the battle. Needless to say, Estinien has some good intentions, but he is extremely reckless in them, and has little self preservation if it means it might guarantee him his vengeance, and also Ishgard's safety.
However, as the dragoon storyline progressed, Nidhogg had shared with Estinien what had happened in Ferndale, and how because of Alberic's inability to slay Nidhogg when he had the chance (due to his bond with Nidhogg through the eye, thus being overwhelmed with Nidhogg's emotions and nearly being taken over because of it) it lead to Ferndale's destruction. This was not pleasant news for the vengeance starved Estinien, who then took his rage and set it upon Alberic. In his moment of manipulated weakness, he called upon Nidhogg for his power so that he may slay his adoptive father, he became no more than a thrall to Nidhogg's and his own rage.
The WoL was having none of it though, and through a travailing battle, Estinien was defeated, and the essence of Nidhogg banished from him. He retreated from the scene quickly after that. However, this whole conflict between Alberic and Estinine never gets remarked upon again, and so we as players have no idea if Estinien forgave Alberic, or if he is still mad at him for his inability to save his small village. Thanks SE, you're a gem. I go with the latter, seeing as Estinien is pretty bullheaded about this stuff when it concerns his family.
Even with that conclusion, Estinien still carries the Eye, and the Holy See seems fine to let him be; after all he is their finest champion and he is indeed using the Eye for their benefit. So, it would seem even his fugitive charges have been dropped. Honestly, by the time Heavensward rolls around, it would appears the Holy See is just accepting of Estinien's Do What He Wants attitude. They probably just learned to accept it, particularly when he tended to spurn any invitation to political events he was expected to go to. So much they just stopped bothering to invite him. There is no changing Estinien for the most part, he is stubborn and set in his ways. That is, unless something specifically thought provoking challenges him in ways he cannot deny.
During the events of Heavensward, such an event occurred, however. With the threat of Nidhogg and his hoard making an assault on Ishgard, Estinien grouped up with the Warrior of Light and Alphinaud in an attempt to contact the heretic leader Iceheart: their aim was to parley with the dragons through her connections. Estinien knew that if Nidhogg aimed a full assault on Ishgard, he would likely be the victor of such a battle. With such a reality weighing on him, he was willing to go along, because if the parley failed, then he could likely down Nidhogg with the warrior of light's aid and they would conveniently already be there. This, of course, didn't stop him from sassing Ysayle despite her willingness to help them, and bickering beliefs with her all along the way. Because he's kind of a petty child, even when his nation is in danger.
Through their travels, and through more and more piling evidence pointing at the fact that maybe the Holy See's ways of how events transpired a thousand years ago were not as factual as they would have their people believed, Estinien started to question his beliefs. His resolve started to chip a bit, and he was becoming more willing to accept that his faith was flawed—but his loyalty was till to Ishgard, even if the church has sewn lies into their faith and teachings. The people of Ishgard was who he would protect, to who he was loyal. Not the church, which says a lot about Estinien. While a man of faith, he had little for the church itself, and he actually knew well how flawed the men of Ishgard were (once making a comment that if every man's thought was made known, that Ishgard would not last a bell), but that did not mean they deserved to be damned to death by dragon's fire.
Not only did his beliefs change with his traveling, so too did his demeanor in ways: he opened up, even playfully teased Alphinaud (in likeness to that of a teenage boy teasing their little brother for having feelings), and made friendships. Even with his disputes with Ysayle, he still eventually forged some respect for her, seeing her as he put it "a worthy woman". However, even with his camaraderie with the others, his true goal remained ever present and unwavering. Even when he did kill Nidhogg, after learning the truth behind the motivations of the Dragonsong war, he felt little joy in accomplishing his life-long goal. It was a bittersweet victory, but it served its purpose to protect Ishgard from its would-be destruction.
Ultimately, beyond vengeance, duty is the most important thing to Estinien. His dedication to such was greatly shown when he was possessed by Nidhogg's eyes (long story, but basically both eyes were found, Estinien held both like a smarty, and got his body jacked by dragon satan and went MIA for a good long while). Nidhogg waged an assault on Ishgard, using Estinien's body as a vessel, but through the combined effort of Hraesvelgr (Nidhogg's brood brother and mortal sympathizer) and the WoL, Nidhogg's shade was defeated, though scarcely dead. Estinien was able to regain control of himself long enough to subdue Nidhogg and beg for the WoL to kill him—thus Nidhogg would be truly defeated with his sacrifice. His shounen sacrifice got denied, but regardless it showed just how willing he was to let himself die for the sake of Ishgard.
All in all, Estinien is duty-bound, aggressive, but a good dude. He may undermine authority if it would serve his duty better, or be better for the people, even if it means it might get him in trouble (he usually gets out of it anyways). He is highly a chaotic neutral type of character, but with more of a leaning towards good, than evil. He will be heroic and generally do the right thing, but entirely under his terms and any naysayers be damned. He carries himself as very prickly and with little patience, but he does have a good nature about him under it all, he just isn't good with socializing (or likes it very much). Nevertheless, Estinien still has the potential to be far worse than he is, and can teeter a bit in alignment depending on the influence of those around him. He can be rash, and quick to anger, and absolutely rude, but he means to do well, just in his own way.
Abilities/Weaknesses:
Racial abilities
-Improved sight: Elezen have great vision, much better than that of a human's. It's along the lines of a bird of prey's vision, than a normal person.
-Improved hearing: Elezen have large ears which allow them to hear much more than those of rounded ears. They can pick up sounds far beyond human capabilities, but surprisingly they're not the race with the top hearing from their world.
-Longevity: Elezen live longer than all the six races, so while they max out at around 120 years, Elezen live longer. How much longer? WHO KNOWS they keep being very goddamn vague about this, but apparently they can be OLD AS BALLS.
-Inhuman Strength: As not only a dragoon, but being an Eorzea who all seem capable of greater feats of strength than average humans upon training themselves, Estinien is absolutely ridiculously strong. Dragoons are trained to be able to crush dragon skulls with their landing, and have to be strong enough to pierce the hide of nigh impenetrable dragons scale. On top of that, he has half dragon's blood which further enhances his own strength, reflexes, and senses.
Dragoon/Lancer Skills
-Blood for Blood: Eorzeans all have aetherial properties to them, which is a fancy word for MAGIC. Even those who do not weave spells can manipulate it in ways to improve themselves, or manipulate themselves. One such abilities allows Estinien to become more susceptible to damage, while greatly increasing his own strength.
-Ring of Thorns: Estinien can make non-aspected whirls of damaging aether erupt from his lance, doing damage to anyone in close proximity. He basically poledances on his lance, and the aether does the rest. Wish I were kidding.
-Doom Spike: Similarly to Ring of Thorns, Estinien can slam his lance down into the ground at an angle, causing a blade of Aether to shoot off in a line, hurting anything in its path.
-Chaos Thrust/Phlebotomize: Using Aether to imbue his attacks, he can leave someone to suffer continually over time. It more or less racks them with pain, but likely isn't enough to kill someone on it's own.
-Jump: As all dragoons who are part of the Order of the Knight's Dragoon, Estinien can jump extremely far (35 yards is the in game number give on the skill, but in cutscenes he seems to be able to jump further.)
Spearmanship: Dragoons are taught to be very proficient with polearms, so that they may pierce the hides of dragons that swords tend to break upon. They are quick and nimble with these weapons, and they combine their use with jumping to commit devastating blows to the otherwise immortal beings.
Dragon Blood Abilities
-Dragon Empathy: Because of Estinien being chosen by the eye, he first garnered an ability to sense dragons and their emotions, however it was far more attuned to Nidhogg specifically. However, once Nidhogg had possessed him (the first time), half of his blood became that of a dragon's, and so he no longer needed to rely on the eye for such things. His attunement being stronger that he could more or less hear Nidhogg's thoughts, and thusly could more accurately gleam from dragons their feelings as well.
-Dragonfire Dive: Calling upon the powers of Nidhogg, and those he's garnered from his tainted blood, Estinien can conjure dragon's fire to erupt as he descends upon an opponent. It explodes upon impact, hurting everyone around him, and also scorching the place he lands with lasting fire (a feature unique to his use of it).
-Dragonsong Dive: A devastating attack that can only be used under very particular circumstances (particularly ones of great duress), and requires the additional aetherical assistance of others. "Unleashing the power of the dragon within, the dragoon leaps upon the enemy with primal savagery. The aether expended with this attack burns with a fierce light, appearing as nothing less than a colossal, cerulean wyrm descending from the heavens." (From the lorebook)
-Gierskogul: This attack more or less acts as a serpentine blast of unaspected aether, following a similar principle that dragons employ to lace their breath with arcane destruction. Typically, one has to be under the effect of blood of the dragon, but seeing as Estinien's blood is half dragon's blood (the WoL does not have dragon's blood in their veins at all and has to rely on the eye fully), and he used it while being possessed by Nidhogg himself, it's something he has access to using.
-Dragon Transformation: Although he'll never willingly do this, but if Estinien were give into his dragon's blood, he could potentially turn into a dragon. Being far past the ritualistic requirements of such, and having been forced turned into Nidhogg himself, this is certainly something that could happen, but he'll never allow it. ALL THE SAME, IT'S THERE.
-Nidhogg's eye: When Estinien has the Eye of Nidhogg, he can manipulate it for various purposes. He knows how to use it to form an impenetrable shield, as well as focus its aether to make a blade that can pierce some of the strongest shields. And while he doesn't need to anymore since his own blood is half of Nidhogg's, he can tap into the power of the eye to enhance himself further. He seems to be able to do a lot with the eye in general, even being able to knock a giant dragon out of the sky by causing it immense pain through it's use.
Weaknesses
Estinien's main weaknesses fall to his emotions, while he has an iron will and was able to resist a god-like dragon from mind controlling him for years (like seriously non-stop guard being up), when he does lose out to his emotions, that's when he's able to be taken down. Or he just makes plain senseless decisions. He's a bit of a hot head, and has little patience, and part of that is because he suffers from PTSD. He's far from emotionally stable, and that makes him pretty susceptible at times. He's also a huge failure when it comes to socializing, he's more or less sacrificed everything that would make him a functioning person in normal society to become a dragon killing weapon.
RP Samples: Sample One!
[This was a lot to take in, to say the least. Estinien knew not what to make of it, beyond the fact that the inhabitants were clearly a bunch of shameless harlots. Had they no dignity? No pride? Well, they seemed to pride themselves on their endless debauchery, that much was plain.
While Estinien found countless reasons to be clad in his armor, this situation gave him an even greater one. Dressed head to toe in the blackened mythril and dragon bone, only his lower half of his face and a little bit of his arms were visible. The worst part of this all was the woman who dared to claim to be the mistress of this debased domain. Scarcely clad like the rest, Estinien found it increasingly difficult to even consider such a person a ruler. Ishgardians were a flawed people, and while their own lechery lead to bastards being born between classes, they at least pretended to act with some measure of class.
With the meeting over, and Estinien being brought to the room he was so graciously offered for the night, he had to reflect on his options. While he did not think surviving outside of the castle would be a hassle for him, chances were if he were to return to Eorzea the means would less than likely be beyond the castle. He would have to play along, as much as his dignity would allow, till he could find a way back.
He had suffered worse things than debauchery, but he could not help but find himself thinking that the fangs and claws of dragons gnashing at him, fire lacing their attacks, more appealing than the endless naked bodies that filled this perverse castle. Let alone dealing with the mistress, but he'd make due. He would not crumble. He had to get back to Eorzea.]
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CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: Estinien Wyrmblood
Canon: Final Fantasy XIV
Age: 32
Suitability:
To be frank, Estinien would hate every bit of this world. He's used to fantasy and magic and all that sort of hocus-pocus, but not quite to it being sex related. Being a man who has dedicated himself to his duty, and literally nothing else, he's not exactly the most sexually involved. If at all. However, he'll treat people pretty similar to if this wasn't some sexy magical paradise, merely because he's a grumpy sourpuss and wouldn't like being brought here regardless.
Eventually he'd likely warm up depending on CR, but at least at the start he'd be pretty revolted, and would avoid shacking up with anyone as long as he could.
Species: Elezen (with half dragon blood, so half dragon??)
Canon Point: Right before The Aery.
World/Setting: N/A
History: Boom
Personality:
Estinien hails from the Holy See of Ishgard, which is a nation filled with people as cold as the winter that has engulfed it. With the nation suffering a thousand year war of extinction against sentient dragons, there has been little reason for Ishgardians to be hopeful, happy, or warm. Not only to outsiders, but even to each other. Estinien encompasses this very well, and his is a story that tends to be pretty typical for Ishgardians; especially for those who find themselves training to become Dragoons. Having suffered his hometown being razed to the ground by Nidhogg and his horde twenty years ago, and thus enduring what horrors that bore with it, he ended up growing into a very distant and cold person.
Ishgardian society hardly helps admonish this, particularly when they often take in specifically orphans of war to be dragoons in order to weaponize their trauma against dragons. There's no therapy in Ishgard, only nurturing hatred and psychological scars to further give them an edge against their mortal foes, and Estinien was no exception to this. He, of course, didn't help himself either, and let his hatred and thirst for vengeance fuel him through the years to eventually become the Azure Dragoon: the mightiest warrior of Ishgard so chosen by the Eye of Nidhogg.
The Eye of Nidhogg being the literal eye of their greatest foe: an ancient wyrm that has been laying siege on Ishgard for a thousand years. His eye had been plucked from his head at the beginning of the war. Thus becoming a national treasure, but also one of Ishgard's greatest war assets. Mainly due to the advantage it gave them by wielding half his power, as well as the Azure Dragoon being linked with his emotions/thoughts/etc. (The more you know!)
However, at the start, Estinien was a bit of a lone wolf, he was taken in by the previous Azure Dragoon after his hometown was destroyed. Tending to his family's laughably small flock of sheep at the time, thus he was spared the fate the rest of the villagers suffered, making him the sole survivor due to nothing short of luck. Alberic, his adopted father, then trained him from an early age in the ways of the dragoon. Helping him foster his skill, and while he tried to gainsay Estinien's obsession with getting vengeance, Estinien still stayed the course. However, as Estinien remarks far later in story, it was through Alberic's admonishment and others he grew close to, that his obsession didn't completely consume him. Just, mostly did.
In his time in the temple knights, before he became the Azure Dragoon, he was seen as a surly, dedicated soldier who favored battle and training than he did social interaction. He made no friends for a good while within it, and the only friend he did make was more because they pursued him than the other way around. Even after that, he didn't seek friendships, nor did he make any more till the events of Heavensward. Perhaps because he saw most socializing as unnecessary distractions to his true goal—one that may very well cost him his life. So such relationships weren't exactly important to him. They didn't help him in his pursuit for vengeance, so they were of little value to him.
When the Warrior of Light first meets Estinien (assuming they did the dragoon storyline), he is a fugitive of Ishgard because he's taken the Eye of Nidhogg from the church, when it's not supposed to leave. Ever. Estinien, while loyal to Ishgard, still does things his way, even if it might guarantee him some repercussions. As it turns out, he was not simply taking the eye for the sake of it, but he had sensed that Nidhogg was awakening after a twenty year nap (he had to sleep off his wounds that Alberic had given him back in Ferndale) and aimed to draw Nidhogg's attention away from Ishgard.
He had hoped to use himself as bait, so that he might do battle with the great wyrm, and thus have the chance to slay him where Ishgard might not suffer the battle. Needless to say, Estinien has some good intentions, but he is extremely reckless in them, and has little self preservation if it means it might guarantee him his vengeance, and also Ishgard's safety.
However, as the dragoon storyline progressed, Nidhogg had shared with Estinien what had happened in Ferndale, and how because of Alberic's inability to slay Nidhogg when he had the chance (due to his bond with Nidhogg through the eye, thus being overwhelmed with Nidhogg's emotions and nearly being taken over because of it) it lead to Ferndale's destruction. This was not pleasant news for the vengeance starved Estinien, who then took his rage and set it upon Alberic. In his moment of manipulated weakness, he called upon Nidhogg for his power so that he may slay his adoptive father, he became no more than a thrall to Nidhogg's and his own rage.
The WoL was having none of it though, and through a travailing battle, Estinien was defeated, and the essence of Nidhogg banished from him. He retreated from the scene quickly after that. However, this whole conflict between Alberic and Estinine never gets remarked upon again, and so we as players have no idea if Estinien forgave Alberic, or if he is still mad at him for his inability to save his small village. Thanks SE, you're a gem. I go with the latter, seeing as Estinien is pretty bullheaded about this stuff when it concerns his family.
Even with that conclusion, Estinien still carries the Eye, and the Holy See seems fine to let him be; after all he is their finest champion and he is indeed using the Eye for their benefit. So, it would seem even his fugitive charges have been dropped. Honestly, by the time Heavensward rolls around, it would appears the Holy See is just accepting of Estinien's Do What He Wants attitude. They probably just learned to accept it, particularly when he tended to spurn any invitation to political events he was expected to go to. So much they just stopped bothering to invite him. There is no changing Estinien for the most part, he is stubborn and set in his ways. That is, unless something specifically thought provoking challenges him in ways he cannot deny.
During the events of Heavensward, such an event occurred, however. With the threat of Nidhogg and his hoard making an assault on Ishgard, Estinien grouped up with the Warrior of Light and Alphinaud in an attempt to contact the heretic leader Iceheart: their aim was to parley with the dragons through her connections. Estinien knew that if Nidhogg aimed a full assault on Ishgard, he would likely be the victor of such a battle. With such a reality weighing on him, he was willing to go along, because if the parley failed, then he could likely down Nidhogg with the warrior of light's aid and they would conveniently already be there. This, of course, didn't stop him from sassing Ysayle despite her willingness to help them, and bickering beliefs with her all along the way. Because he's kind of a petty child, even when his nation is in danger.
Through their travels, and through more and more piling evidence pointing at the fact that maybe the Holy See's ways of how events transpired a thousand years ago were not as factual as they would have their people believed, Estinien started to question his beliefs. His resolve started to chip a bit, and he was becoming more willing to accept that his faith was flawed—but his loyalty was till to Ishgard, even if the church has sewn lies into their faith and teachings. The people of Ishgard was who he would protect, to who he was loyal. Not the church, which says a lot about Estinien. While a man of faith, he had little for the church itself, and he actually knew well how flawed the men of Ishgard were (once making a comment that if every man's thought was made known, that Ishgard would not last a bell), but that did not mean they deserved to be damned to death by dragon's fire.
Not only did his beliefs change with his traveling, so too did his demeanor in ways: he opened up, even playfully teased Alphinaud (in likeness to that of a teenage boy teasing their little brother for having feelings), and made friendships. Even with his disputes with Ysayle, he still eventually forged some respect for her, seeing her as he put it "a worthy woman". However, even with his camaraderie with the others, his true goal remained ever present and unwavering. Even when he did kill Nidhogg, after learning the truth behind the motivations of the Dragonsong war, he felt little joy in accomplishing his life-long goal. It was a bittersweet victory, but it served its purpose to protect Ishgard from its would-be destruction.
Ultimately, beyond vengeance, duty is the most important thing to Estinien. His dedication to such was greatly shown when he was possessed by Nidhogg's eyes (long story, but basically both eyes were found, Estinien held both like a smarty, and got his body jacked by dragon satan and went MIA for a good long while). Nidhogg waged an assault on Ishgard, using Estinien's body as a vessel, but through the combined effort of Hraesvelgr (Nidhogg's brood brother and mortal sympathizer) and the WoL, Nidhogg's shade was defeated, though scarcely dead. Estinien was able to regain control of himself long enough to subdue Nidhogg and beg for the WoL to kill him—thus Nidhogg would be truly defeated with his sacrifice. His shounen sacrifice got denied, but regardless it showed just how willing he was to let himself die for the sake of Ishgard.
All in all, Estinien is duty-bound, aggressive, but a good dude. He may undermine authority if it would serve his duty better, or be better for the people, even if it means it might get him in trouble (he usually gets out of it anyways). He is highly a chaotic neutral type of character, but with more of a leaning towards good, than evil. He will be heroic and generally do the right thing, but entirely under his terms and any naysayers be damned. He carries himself as very prickly and with little patience, but he does have a good nature about him under it all, he just isn't good with socializing (or likes it very much). Nevertheless, Estinien still has the potential to be far worse than he is, and can teeter a bit in alignment depending on the influence of those around him. He can be rash, and quick to anger, and absolutely rude, but he means to do well, just in his own way.
Abilities/Weaknesses:
Racial abilities
-Improved sight: Elezen have great vision, much better than that of a human's. It's along the lines of a bird of prey's vision, than a normal person.
-Improved hearing: Elezen have large ears which allow them to hear much more than those of rounded ears. They can pick up sounds far beyond human capabilities, but surprisingly they're not the race with the top hearing from their world.
-Longevity: Elezen live longer than all the six races, so while they max out at around 120 years, Elezen live longer. How much longer? WHO KNOWS they keep being very goddamn vague about this, but apparently they can be OLD AS BALLS.
-Inhuman Strength: As not only a dragoon, but being an Eorzea who all seem capable of greater feats of strength than average humans upon training themselves, Estinien is absolutely ridiculously strong. Dragoons are trained to be able to crush dragon skulls with their landing, and have to be strong enough to pierce the hide of nigh impenetrable dragons scale. On top of that, he has half dragon's blood which further enhances his own strength, reflexes, and senses.
Dragoon/Lancer Skills
-Blood for Blood: Eorzeans all have aetherial properties to them, which is a fancy word for MAGIC. Even those who do not weave spells can manipulate it in ways to improve themselves, or manipulate themselves. One such abilities allows Estinien to become more susceptible to damage, while greatly increasing his own strength.
-Ring of Thorns: Estinien can make non-aspected whirls of damaging aether erupt from his lance, doing damage to anyone in close proximity. He basically poledances on his lance, and the aether does the rest. Wish I were kidding.
-Doom Spike: Similarly to Ring of Thorns, Estinien can slam his lance down into the ground at an angle, causing a blade of Aether to shoot off in a line, hurting anything in its path.
-Chaos Thrust/Phlebotomize: Using Aether to imbue his attacks, he can leave someone to suffer continually over time. It more or less racks them with pain, but likely isn't enough to kill someone on it's own.
-Jump: As all dragoons who are part of the Order of the Knight's Dragoon, Estinien can jump extremely far (35 yards is the in game number give on the skill, but in cutscenes he seems to be able to jump further.)
Spearmanship: Dragoons are taught to be very proficient with polearms, so that they may pierce the hides of dragons that swords tend to break upon. They are quick and nimble with these weapons, and they combine their use with jumping to commit devastating blows to the otherwise immortal beings.
Dragon Blood Abilities
-Dragon Empathy: Because of Estinien being chosen by the eye, he first garnered an ability to sense dragons and their emotions, however it was far more attuned to Nidhogg specifically. However, once Nidhogg had possessed him (the first time), half of his blood became that of a dragon's, and so he no longer needed to rely on the eye for such things. His attunement being stronger that he could more or less hear Nidhogg's thoughts, and thusly could more accurately gleam from dragons their feelings as well.
-Dragonfire Dive: Calling upon the powers of Nidhogg, and those he's garnered from his tainted blood, Estinien can conjure dragon's fire to erupt as he descends upon an opponent. It explodes upon impact, hurting everyone around him, and also scorching the place he lands with lasting fire (a feature unique to his use of it).
-Dragonsong Dive: A devastating attack that can only be used under very particular circumstances (particularly ones of great duress), and requires the additional aetherical assistance of others. "Unleashing the power of the dragon within, the dragoon leaps upon the enemy with primal savagery. The aether expended with this attack burns with a fierce light, appearing as nothing less than a colossal, cerulean wyrm descending from the heavens." (From the lorebook)
-Gierskogul: This attack more or less acts as a serpentine blast of unaspected aether, following a similar principle that dragons employ to lace their breath with arcane destruction. Typically, one has to be under the effect of blood of the dragon, but seeing as Estinien's blood is half dragon's blood (the WoL does not have dragon's blood in their veins at all and has to rely on the eye fully), and he used it while being possessed by Nidhogg himself, it's something he has access to using.
-Dragon Transformation: Although he'll never willingly do this, but if Estinien were give into his dragon's blood, he could potentially turn into a dragon. Being far past the ritualistic requirements of such, and having been forced turned into Nidhogg himself, this is certainly something that could happen, but he'll never allow it. ALL THE SAME, IT'S THERE.
-Nidhogg's eye: When Estinien has the Eye of Nidhogg, he can manipulate it for various purposes. He knows how to use it to form an impenetrable shield, as well as focus its aether to make a blade that can pierce some of the strongest shields. And while he doesn't need to anymore since his own blood is half of Nidhogg's, he can tap into the power of the eye to enhance himself further. He seems to be able to do a lot with the eye in general, even being able to knock a giant dragon out of the sky by causing it immense pain through it's use.
Weaknesses
Estinien's main weaknesses fall to his emotions, while he has an iron will and was able to resist a god-like dragon from mind controlling him for years (like seriously non-stop guard being up), when he does lose out to his emotions, that's when he's able to be taken down. Or he just makes plain senseless decisions. He's a bit of a hot head, and has little patience, and part of that is because he suffers from PTSD. He's far from emotionally stable, and that makes him pretty susceptible at times. He's also a huge failure when it comes to socializing, he's more or less sacrificed everything that would make him a functioning person in normal society to become a dragon killing weapon.
RP Samples: Sample One!
[This was a lot to take in, to say the least. Estinien knew not what to make of it, beyond the fact that the inhabitants were clearly a bunch of shameless harlots. Had they no dignity? No pride? Well, they seemed to pride themselves on their endless debauchery, that much was plain.
While Estinien found countless reasons to be clad in his armor, this situation gave him an even greater one. Dressed head to toe in the blackened mythril and dragon bone, only his lower half of his face and a little bit of his arms were visible. The worst part of this all was the woman who dared to claim to be the mistress of this debased domain. Scarcely clad like the rest, Estinien found it increasingly difficult to even consider such a person a ruler. Ishgardians were a flawed people, and while their own lechery lead to bastards being born between classes, they at least pretended to act with some measure of class.
With the meeting over, and Estinien being brought to the room he was so graciously offered for the night, he had to reflect on his options. While he did not think surviving outside of the castle would be a hassle for him, chances were if he were to return to Eorzea the means would less than likely be beyond the castle. He would have to play along, as much as his dignity would allow, till he could find a way back.
He had suffered worse things than debauchery, but he could not help but find himself thinking that the fangs and claws of dragons gnashing at him, fire lacing their attacks, more appealing than the endless naked bodies that filled this perverse castle. Let alone dealing with the mistress, but he'd make due. He would not crumble. He had to get back to Eorzea.]