Serge Blackstone
Student of Baldesion, Sharlayan studied Scholar.
Info
Age: 2 Epochs, 4 Winters.
Gender / Pronouns: Male, He/Him.
Orientation: Homosexual.
Height: 6'0".
Weight: 250 Ponze.
Hair Color: Jet Black.
Race: Hyur, Highlander.
Guardian: Oschon.
Nameday: 29th Sun of the 1st Astral Moon.
Happily Bonded
Serge happened upon Tien whilst lost in Ul'dah, the kind stranger offering him assistance on his way to the Pugilist guild, where Tien was tasked by Guild master Hamon to train Serge. The two growing to know each other over time, Tien offered Serge a cord necklace, holding a ring on it, stating that he would like to be bonded. After many a turbulent adventure, with the offer still open from Tien, Serge accepted the man's proposal, setting a date for their bonding on the 8th Sun of the 1st Umbral Moon, under the caring gaze of Menphina. The two serving as each other's pillar in any time of need, eventually affording a house together, located in the Mists.
Proficiency
Serge has spent most of his life training and studying in Sharlayan. He is most proficient when weaving aether for skill such as casting or healing, preferably the latter with his Fae companion Violet. Over time, he's come to learn to fight in the same style as his husband Tien, training to enlist as a Fist of Rhalger.
Profession
From a young age Serge was enlisted as a Student of Baldesion, the only place he had known of a close family, outside of his husband. To this day even after finding the Isle of Val in it's current state, he still considers himself as such. He also works side jobs, taking on field research from his collegues in Sharlayan. Recently assisting Gideon Steele in opening the Free Company 'Hired Steele'.
Biography
Serge, the oldest of his two siblings Ty and Elie, was Ala Mhigan born. Fleeing with his family at the age of seven when Ala Mhigo fell, still remembering the images now engraved in his mind, the blood and bodies lining the streets. His own father dying to protect his family, leaving him and his siblings in the care of his mother. After a long journey, they made camp and lived as refugees outside of Ul’dah. By the age of ten, serge and his younger brother had already made a habit of stealing from adventurers just to help support their mother and sister.
Not knowing his own place in the world around him, at the age of thirteen Serge found himself still living off of stealing and cheating others, until the day he managed to steal from the wrong adventurer. The man, clad in black, fine looking clothing managed to catch him, the look in his eyes not upset at the young boy, simply intrigued. He returned Serge to his mother, asking her for a moment of her time. After some hours had passed, the two emerged from their tent, his mother with a small sack of coin in hand. She refused to look her son in the eye, simply stating to the man “He’s yours.” The man quickly flung Serge over his shoulder, carrying him off. Unbeknownst to him, his mother had just sold him to a complete stranger.
The man, Angelo Blackstone, forced Serge to take his last name, pretending him to be his own son. At the age of fifteen, he informed Serge that when he first saw the boy, he noticed a sort of potential in him, something he hadn’t seen in many children. The two proceeded to the Isle of Val, where Angelo would leave serge, to be kept and trained by the Students of Baldesion. His time there, would prove difficult, as he had to quickly learn to read and write, they gave the boy no quarter, forcing him to his limits physically and mentally.
After roughly ten years, Serge had finally found his place to call home, a family he could belong to with the Students of Baldesion. Though he was still young, he would volunteer for as much work as possible, his favorite being researching aetherial disruptions that may pertain to the rejoining, and lores from each of the lands. Whilst out on a mission to survey and research a possible eikon summoning, he received a peculiar call on his link pearl, though mostly static he could hear a few words, at the time he figured it to simply be nonsense. Upon the end of his mission, he came to find that the entire Isle of Val could no longer be found, no trace of it existed where it once was, Serge has lost his home, his family once again. Broken, he wandered the lands, searching for the answers to what had happened to his home and his newfound family.