Gisela Austrechild
echo of a fallen star
What the fortune teller said
is I'm alive for now but good as dead
She claims she'd seen it all
While she was gazing in her crystal ballIf I can't evade my fate
Then I won't sit around and wait
A fallen star will be thy bane
I call you by your ancient names
-Lord Huron
Name: Gisela AustrechildAge: gracefully approaching middle-agedBirthday: 13th Sun, 5th Umbral MoonRace: Ishgardian Hyur
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Born to a family of falconers in western coerthas, Gisela was brought up to raise and train birds to hunt for knightly cookpots in falcon's nest, and to scout the skies for signs of impending dragon attacks.She was skilled at it namely due to a sensitivity to aetheric currents that spoke of a talent for magic. It was noticed by a visiting astrologian when she was a teenager and she was admitted to ishgard's aethaeneum astrologicum to study. She later was posted at the observatorium in central coerthas, and spent her days quite happily studying the movements of the dragon star across the heavens to predict horde activity.She likened it as not too dissimilar to the craft she was raised to, except with some part of herself as both falcon and falconer.Sometime after, something changed, or it started to. Whether it was patterns she noticed in her divinations, or something she read in texts she ought not to see, or just a romantic ideal of her work, she began to grow curious about the lives of dragons beyond what she'd been taught. Nidhogg rose and fell with the regularity of twenty years, Midgardsormr fell at Silvertear lake, and yet there seemed to be something in it all that lay just beyond her understanding.She tried to keep her curiosity to herself as much as possible, but eventually, the tribunal turned its attention on her, and she was forced to leave ishgard for her own safety.She stayed gone until the end of the war.
Fortunes for the Bored and LovestruckAn advertisement on the bulletin board at Ishgard's famous Forgotten Knight displays the following:ISHGARDIAN ASTROLOGIAN
YOUR FATE REVEALED
ROMANCE - FINANCE - PROSPERITYThe curious are encouraged to leave contact information at the counter.
OOC Note: These are meant to be taken as some speculation and not entitely IC gospel. Also, please don't metagame - if you'd like to follow up on a rumor here, please get in touch with me to talk about it!
The Washerwoman's Abode
Gisela lives in the newly-restored Firmament district. She takes in laundry and mending to earn a little coin.the stars and beyond the stars: Gisela was schooled in traditional Ishgardian astromancy until her flight from Ishgard; she has salvaged some knowledge of the Sharlayan school from her time among the goblin freehold of Idyllshire, as well as some limited magical capabilities from other sources. Are you a fellow seeker of this knowledge - another traveler along astromancy's Royal Road? A rival? A more finely-trained mage seeking to correct or undo what she has learned?Renegade Astrologian Members of the Ishgard's Inquisitorial Tribunal or Astrologians of a certain age may remember or find records of a young analyst who was tried in absentia for straying too far from the teachings of the Enchiridion in her work and subsequently fled. Astrologians may have been told a cautionary tale of what happens to those who gaze too deeply into the dragon star's coruscations...GANDAREWAFive hundred years ago, a Coerthan peasant styling himself 'The Great Guru Gandarewa' preached a heretical doctrine amongst his followers until the Temple Knights put an end to it.Over the centuries, Gandarewa's preachings inspired by Near Eastern philosophy became blended with forbidden tales from Ishgard among those scant few who survived to keep his teachings alive down the centuries.Inspired by their guru's 'ascension' at the sacred mountain of Sohm Al, the fable of hraesvelgr and shiva as well as stories of the thavnairian MRGA - beastly gods with the features of men -there persist rumors still of a sect of devotees who seek to transcend their mortal flesh (and mortal limits) by spiritual (and sanguine) unity with dragonkind.---BOREAS*“I render unto thee, the Heaven’s Bride.” *Her low voice, pleasant enough for singing lullabies and calling watch, resounded in the frozen air.“Saint Shiva.”And she let the arrow loose.The unicorn’s holy blood crystallized violently on Akh Afah’s frozen floor wherever it happened to spill.--It’s not a bride what doesn’t tremble on the morn of her wedding. They cautioned. The Heaven’s Bride herself must’ve, when she met her great Lord at the last day. You leave her be.Dran Sorn Gahr
The aevis Stheno, said to be of the lineage of dread tioman herself,
Server: Mateus/Crystal
Timezone: ESTPlease feel free to message in game!Thank you for your interest! If you are interested in making a connection, please don't hesitate to reach out to me.I am over 30, and usually prefer to RP with people closer to my own age. I'm mostly just here to hang out casually, but do like talking about story and plot connections! If there is a question, please don't hesitate to ask!I am down for mature/dark themes, but I do not ERP and am not looking for a romantic/shipping partner.This is not negotiable. I am down to explore connections of many other kinds, however!.I do my best to adhere to the game's lore; however, I also understand that FFXIV's game lore is very broad with a lot of room for creative expression and evolved with new information.I am fine with lore-bending as long as it makes sense with the lore as established. Ultimately, good storytelling triumphs all.
ISHGARDIAN ASTROLOGIAN
YOUR FATE REVEALED
ROMANCE - FINANCE - PROSPERITY
Horoscope
Your nameday holds secrets - the pull of the stars on the day you arrived onto this one can give insight into your life, personality, relationships with others...Tasseomancy
Enjoy a cup of tea, and then have your leaves read through the art of Ishgardian Tasseomancy. The shapes in the cup reveal your destiny...
EVENT PRESENTATION
The Lower Heavens and their AffectHave you wondered about the effect the Heavens can have on your life? Your temperament and relationships with other people? Have a trained Astrologian explain a few ways the six greater Constellations sway and influence the earthly realm with a question-and-answer session to follow!(An hour long presentation consistng of a 20-25 minute macroed 'lecture' with Q&A session/audience engagement after.)
The Great Guru GandarewaIt isn't only the dragons who have brought heretics into our midst, you know. Five hundred years ago, another heretical sect gained traction among the smallfolk of Ishgard."
"The heathens adopted the customs of the Near East, bathing themselves in perfumes brewed from strange flowers and forging idols from rare metals that they used in their bizzare and unholy rites.""Naturally, the Temple Knights were quick to clamp down on the sect's activities. Its leader, a peasant who styled himself the great guru Gandarewa, fled to the next holiest place he knew--the sacred mountain of Dravania. There he supped on the blood of a dragon, and was forever changed...”