Yalmerevan Falsfalk
NOBLE RIDER • FALSE FALCON
A gentle, ravenous heart
Yalmereven Falsfalk is a trained witchblade; an itinerant monster slayer.She just happens to specialize in caravan-guarding and prefers more job security than her blade brethren (whom she has never met). Yalmerevan has found employment with the Fata Morgana Company based in Ul'dah, and intends to make a commitment out of it. Onwards, ho!Yalmerevan sports a down-to-earth charm, mild-mannered speech, and with a lilting, soft accent to boot. She endears herself quite easily to some, and is a bumpkin nuisance playing at proper etiquette to others.
GEARS & POWERS
Strengths
Alacrity ( A ): Honed perception, sharp intuition, with a little bit of amateur deductive skills
Arms Proficiency ( B ): Swords, Warscythe, Shield, Crossbows
Alchemy ( B ): An array of boosting potions, poison, and bombs, for combat and utility
Spells ( C ): Simple, versatile spells from her shield or her palm
Weaknesses
Confidence ( D ): youth, obscurity, and dangerous line of work constantly drives her to overcompensate to prove herself
Insight ( D ): even if her intuition tells her something's not right, she's really just hot garbage at reading motive
Bleeding Heart (D): incapable of standing by in the face of neediness. Ask her, and she will help, maybe even knowing the chance that it could come back to bite her in the ass, somehow.
Known Spells
Shieldbash Shock: Emit a shockwave from her shield, staggering or throwing foes off their feet.
Flintstrike Fire: Strike her sword against a metal surface, spraying white-hot sparks that could blind or burn. She could also simply cause her sword or the boss of her shield to shed light.
Warding Sheltron: Widen the effective radius of her shield with aether.
Grounding Break: Shifting gravity disrupts motion, rooting enemies and disrupting flight.
Alchemy: Witchblade Potions
Blue Spearhead: Augments hand-eye coordination, but increases aggression, lowering straightforward defence. Great for swarms of lesser foes.
Golden Ichor: Cures fatigue, and heals small wounds and bruises, but lowers strength while active. Best used for long engagements or forced march, when endurance and watchfulness is paramount.
White Kingsguard: Increases pain tolerance and elemental resistance, favouring defence over assault. Best paired with a poisoned weapon to make up for lost offence.
Black Bishop: Bolsters magic potency at the cost of pain tolerance. Suitable for supportive vanguard role.
Alchemy: Bombs
Grenade: Stuffed with incendiaries and whatever debris happens to be at hand
Aetherburst Bomb: An overwhelming blast of aether that can cause sickness in spellcasters, and discomfort in others.
Aetherdust Bomb: Throw a cloud of aether-sensitive pigments in the air to measure recent aetherical activities.
Hush: Releases a sweet-scented, weakening reagent that dulls senses and response time for a short time.
Red Rook: Releases a toxic gas that induces internal bleeding in the airways for a short time.
Alchemy: Poisons
Hemotoxin: Applied to edged weapons to cause severe pain upon hit, and promotes profuse bleeding.
Paralysis Poison: Applied to edged weapons to temporarily disrupt motor functions.
Art & Screenshots
Credit: Selene Dawn
Credit: Selene Dawn
Credit: Self
Credit: Self
Connections & History
Little Ala Mhigo
Born, raised, and trained in all she knows. Yalmerevan's parents came from Gyr Abania, and even though she helped the Ala Mhigans take back Rhalgr's Reach, she has never felt kinship to that motherland.
The Witchblade Caste
Trained by one, but not raised as one, she possesses the versatility and expertise of a Blade without (in theory) harbouring the institutional feud so prolific between them. She was still imbued with a sense of pride, and the more she hears about other Blades out there, the more she has begun to feel them undeserving of goodwill.Her Blade mentor, called Falcon, disappeared sometime after Yalmerevan declined to follow him on his itinerant path when her training completed.
Fata Morgana
New - and hopefully permanent - employment. Yalmerevan met Lady Scarlet Dawn completely by chance at the Bric a Brac shack, where she was looking for rare bomb ingredients. Seems she has made some good impression indeed, and performed her initiative task of guarding a convoy well.
HOOKS AND OOC Information
Hooks: Caravan and Convoys
Trafficking through perilous territory? Seek Yalme out, and she'll she that you come through safely! She is familiar with La Noscea, Ul'dah, the Shroud, and Coerthas.
Hooks: Bodyguarding
That shield isn't just for herself. Any blow she could see, she could turn aside. In danger or hounded by ill-intentioned thugs? Give her a call and she'll see you come to no harm! Maybe she won't even charge a copper.
Hooks: Monster Slaying
She's a trained Witchblade. Even if she doesn't lead the picture-perfect lifestyle of one, she still introduces herself as such. If you've dark things in darker dungeons need slaying, discuss a contract with her.
Hooks: Yalme's Secret
Yalme harbours a secret that lies in conflict with her moral compass. If your toon might've caught her in the obscure alleys with something suspicious in hand, PM me, and we can discuss something together,
Contact me at (Discord) CommunEstVEVO#3890