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sylvain jose gautier, fire emblem: three houses. | reserved

[personal profile] acquaint 2020-11-23 05:19 am (UTC)(link)

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⬢ Name: Ame
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⬢ Contact PM or [plurk.com profile] wooloos
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Character Info
⬢ Name: Sylvain Jose Gautier
⬢ Canon: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
⬢ Canon Point: Azure Moon (Blue Lions route) final chapter, pre-epilogue.

⬢ History: Character info, General game timeline, Azure Moon timeline, Game synopsis

Notes: Byleth was female and the only other students that were recruited into the Blue Lions were those from the Ashen Wolves house (Yuri, Constance, Balthus, and Hapi). Byleth also completed the Cindered Shadows dlc storyline; while Sylvain isn't a playable character in those chapters, upon Byleth and Dimitri's return to the monastery, he will have been informed of what had transpired.

⬢ Personality:
"Oh yeah? Which ones? Is it that I'm terrible to girls? Or the rumor where I bring some terrible misfortune to the girls I date? I don't, by the way. In case you're about to ask. Oh! I also heard about how I'm total trash and everyone should avoid me. That might be my favorite."


In order to really understand Sylvain, it's important to remember that he has, essentially, two sides to him: one that he allows people to see and likely prefers them to see most of the time, and his true personality that he only shows in private or in the presence of very close friends. For most of his interactions, Sylvain projects an outward appearance of affable insouciance, with a light-hearted and easy going charm that allows him to get along with most people right off the bat. He's caring and helpful, and gives off that older brother vibe for most of his classmates, some of whom he's taken care of since childhood. He's always seen with a smile on his face and is almost always surrounded by girls, of which he's never out of compliments and sweet words for. 'Tis he, Sylvain, skirt-chaser, oath breaker, leaving a trail of broken hearts behind him wherever he goes. But no one hates him for it, surely; the ladies all love a dark and brooding nobleman hidden beneath a winning smile, after all, especially one who bears a crest.

And that's the crux of most, if not all, of Sylvain's issues: despite only having a minor Crest of Gautier, Sylvain is next in line to inherit House Gautier and is able to wield the Lance of Ruin to its full potential, a hero's relic that's been passed down in his family through generations. Since birth, Sylvain was given everything and anything he could want, whereas his older brother, Miklan, was given nothing simply on the basis that he wasn't born with a crest. Throughout his childhood, Miklan tormented Sylvain, abused him and even attempted to kill him at every opportunity until Miklan was eventually disowned, all of which Sylvain had endured silently. Sylvain believed his existence was the reason Miklan had suffered, and that he had unknowingly destroyed whatever future (whatever life) Miklan may have had simply because he was given the crest that Miklan didn't have. Despite the numerous attempts on his life, he never held a grudge against Miklan, only harboring pity for him after his death at Conand Tower. These events and the abuse he had suffered throughout the years have colored his opinion of crests and how they've become so ingrained into the life and culture of Fódlan; it's also influenced his opinion of himself, as he was led to believe that his crest is all he's good for and all he's worth.

So deep is his hatred for crests and ultimately, himself, that he struggles to reconcile his own self-worth outside of his crest, believing that people only want to be close to him to reap the potential benefits that comes from being with him. It's the reason why he dates around with no intention of commitment—what's the point of getting serious with someone and settling down when they have no interest in who he is anyway? It's a vicious cycle that repeats itself: he falls for a girl, they fool around, and just when it seems as if she's interested in something more, Sylvain breaks it off immediately. He's surprisingly insensitive and goes about it almost mercilessly, no flowery language here whatsoever, and it usually results in the girl crying and hurling insults at him. He justifies it by saying that they only wanted to use him as a means of becoming nobility, yet he doesn't allow any of them to come close enough to actually get to know him like he really wants. It's the same with nearly everyone else; for all of Sylvain's smiles and friendly disposition, he keeps people at a distance, only showing them a side of himself that he's cultivated over time—one built of easy smiles and easier lies, convincing himself that, yes, this is all he's good for: a crest and a lance and a duty to defend the northern border with his life. This is his purpose, his birthright, and there are no room for things like sincerity, like honesty, because in the end, no one cares about that, or about him. At least, it's what he'd convinced himself of, until that side of himself, that mask he wore every day, became real.

But like all masks, they crack eventually. For all that Sylvain tries to keep people at arm's length (not only to protect himself but to protect them from himself, because Sylvain is surprisingly self-aware and knows better than anyone else how deep his self-hatred and insecurities run, all while being notoriously awful at letting the people who actually want to help him in), he's pretty bad at it because he cares too much, especially when it comes to his friends and his allies. Let it be known that Sylvain would be the first to lay down his life for Felix, Ingrid, or Dimitri without a second thought, not because of chivalry and honor and all those other notions of duty that their kingdom had force fed them with since they were able to walk, but because he cares about them. They'd been friends since childhood and he'd watched them grow, wiped their tears whenever they cried despite having no one to wipe his own. His friends are so important, much more important than he is and ever will be, and while it's so easy to write it off as dedication, in reality it's his self-loathing and self-destructive tendencies rearing its head again.

But here's where it gets complicated, because in the end, it is dedication: for as much as Sylvain fools around and never seems to care about his training, he never fails to show up whenever his friends need him. He's the kind of guy who makes a childhood death pact at, like, ten years old and still honors it even at twenty-four; it's the one thing that makes him get his act together and curbs his self-destructive habit of throwing himself in the path of danger for his friends rather than actually pulling them out of it. He never outright refuses to help anyone either, even if it may be out of his way, or even if they didn't ask him in the first place. He tells Ashe that it's their job to help anyone who needs it, and that everyone's the same, deep down: "If someone's in trouble, I help them. You don't need to be a valiant knight to know that." He spends time with Dedue, a man from Duscur whose people have been subjected to prejudice following the assassination of the king, heedless of the misunderstandings people may make about him for doing so. He insists that a person can't be judged by the worst of their kind, that what happened during the tragedy doesn't concern Dedue himself, much like the way he wishes people could view him: to be free from the attention that having a crest grants him, which is both as much of a spotlight as it is a microscope, always judging and scrutinizing each move and choice he makes.

And while he plays up his dumb playboy act like it's going out of style, he is, in fact, surprisingly intelligent. There's an expectation of nobles and crest-bearers that he rails against vehemently, the idea that people who don't have crests are lesser than those who possess them. As someone who is both, Sylvain was expected from a young age to do great things, expected to be better than the rest and a model for people to look up to; to lead his citizens to a brighter future. It's something he both hates and is terrified of, partly because he wishes so desperately to have the freedom to live his life the way he wants to, without the burden of crests and the suffocating weight of everyone's lofty expectations; partly because he's seen firsthand what happens if he were to fail to meet those expectations: his brother cast out and disowned, reduced to nothing but a bandit and who had ultimately died a monster, attempting to wield the Lance of Ruin in a last ditch effort to prove his worth despite knowing the consequences of doing so without having a crest. So Sylvain does the exact opposite, builds up a reputation for himself as nothing but a dandy and a philanderer, one who doesn't care about training and studies and hard work. In actuality, it couldn't be further from the truth: Sylvain is smart and calculating, able to grasp complex magic formulas at a mere glance, expressing his suspicions of the true cause behind the Duscur tragedy despite the story that everyone else believes. One of his favorite gifts is a board game set, and he's seen studying up on Sreng outside of his classes, learning about their history and land despite his duty to defend the border from their invasion. He values hard work and respects those who truly dedicate themselves to following their passions or honing their skills, but further than that, what he actually admires are people who are true to themselves: people who don't try to pretend to be someone different, who know who they are and what they want and are unapologetic in trying to achieve it.

All this culminates into his true personality: beneath all the fake smiles and frivolity, Sylvain is a man weighed down by expectation and duty, burdened by bitterness and self-loathing due to his crest and his childhood. But he is also a man who cares deeply for the people around him, a man who honors his promises to his friends; a man who wants nothing more than for the people in his life to live happily and above all, to live freely.

⬢ Powers:
  • Weapons proficiency: Sylvain's main weapon of choice is the lance/spear, and while he isn't Felix "While You Were Partying, I Studied The Blade" Fraldarius who wakes up at four in the morning to destroy training dummies every day, Sylvain is actually quite good at wielding it. He has to be, when he's tasked to defend the border from invading armies from the north; when he's the only one able to wield the Lance of Ruin. His fighting style apparently incorporates "flashy techniques" and "evocative poses", and "always draws attention." Yeah, I hate him too. He's also decent in wielding axes and handling horses.
  • Magic: Sylvain has a budding talent for Reason, which, if cultivated, allows him to access a variety of fire-based elemental spells of increasing strength. He also knows some minor healing spells, which aren't very powerful, but will work in a pinch.
  • Sylvain possesses a minor Crest of Gautier, something hereditary that tends to only manifest in battle, which gives him a boost in strength when he uses special attacks and allows him to wield the Lance of Ruin without suffering from the physical and mental strain of doing so.
  • Lance of Ruin: a cool and creepily unsettling lance made from the bones of a beast, passed down through the Gautier family. As Sylvain is its rightful wielder, he's able to wield it to its full potential and execute the special attack Ruined Sky with it, which is super effective against dragons and flying enemies.


⬢ Inventory:
  • his armor
  • the Lance of Ruin
  • one steel axe
  • one silver lance
  • a javelin
  • a pack containing: a change of clothes (similar in style to this, high waisted trousers and long sleeve shirt/tunic, thick leather boots; everything is in shades of red/green/teal/brown), a bed roll, some rations, and a chess set
  • he will be getting this shirt as well as this one!

    ⬢ Sample 1: [Link]
    ⬢ Sample 2: [Link]
    • Edited (god sorry for the million edits!!) 2020-11-23 06:01 (UTC)
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    ACCEPTED

    [personal profile] liburuzaina 2020-11-23 08:07 am (UTC)(link)

    Accepted!

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    [personal profile] acquaint 2020-11-23 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
    oops sorry, i accidentally requested before commenting but this is the journal i'll be using!! thank you mods!
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    [personal profile] liburuzaina 2020-11-23 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
    Not a problem! Also please fill out this survey! We somehow forgot to slip it into the acceptance notice last night!
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