Imogen Lafontaine
❝ Pretty little pillows on floral couches—
—until our faces all resemble dying roses.
Querent Dossier
Name Imogen Lafontaine | Gender Female (she/her) |
Age Mid 20s | Race Half-elezen |
Residence The Cetea | Origin Ishgard |
Height 5'3" | Class LNC + AST |
Affiliations The Dreadstorm Castaways, the Unsung
Likes Sparring, coffee, sunny weather, flying aircrafts, fashion, speaking her mind, sarcasm
Dislikes Conversational etiquette, law enforcement, organised religion, tea, the cold
On first impression, Imogen is a miscreant poorly playing hero. She's scathing, misanthropic, and often straight up cold. While she's a decent, jack-of-all-trades adventurer, her fatal flaw is being absolutely awful to work with.
What others in the business condemn as aggression is really just passion, badly packaged and impulsively expressed. Imogen's passions burn hot; her morals are fiercely defended. Beneath that barbed exterior is a genuine desire to bring justice to the people of Aldenard. Rather than a cocky freelancer looking to make quick gil, Imogen is a spunky novice with something to prove, who chose adventure for a reason.
These physical features should be noted in addition to her in-game appearance:
Pointy-tipped ears (not round)
Slouchy, asymmetrical posture
Hair is unkempt (not tidy)
Resting scowl
Celtic Cross Roleplay Hooks
AVIATION APPRENTICE
Imogen recently joined a crew of Sky Pirates who took her up as a pilot-in-training. She's no prodigy — she has to work hard to catch up with her peers' understanding of magitek, systems aetherology, and navigation. Not to mention book learning is far from her forte; she prefers things hands-on.
HALF-BLOOD HERITAGE
With a diminutive stature and sharply pointed ears, it's obvious to most that Imogen is half-elezen, half-hyur. She unabashedly and proudly displays her mixed features. Imogen can be prickly towards people's natural questions about the subject, but in the right company, she might open up more about life as a half-blood.
DRAGONSONG DESERTER
The first daughter of House Lafontaine fled Ishgard. She was an adolescent when the Calamity hit, and a young woman when the Thousand Year War came to an end. She's distrustful of the Holy See, yet she's curious about rumors she's heard of a novel, changed Ishgard.
ADVENTURING ALL-ROUNDER
While a majority of Imogen's leves are issued by a private Eorzean adventuring company, she freelances on the side to make ends meet. Imogen is a fairly decent survivalist, tracker, frontline fighter, and magical support... with a bad attitude and excellence in absolutely nothing. Her hiring rates are lower than the market average, but are they worth it?
CONSTELLATION CHANNELER
Imogen studied the Sharlayan school of astrology when she was a teenager — in the heart of the Pillars, no less! Heresy aside, Imogen desires to reconnect with an art she's long neglected. She specialises particularly in her use of the Major Arcana deck.
Arcana History
HOUSE LAFONTAINE saw scandal: Baron Etraux Lafontaine and Imogen Century, a Sharlayan astrologian under his asylum, bore a half-elezen child of affair. Shortly after the young Imogen was born, her namesake left Ishgard. Despite the dishonour, Etraux fearlessly claimed his daughter — but he rarely let her leave home, as protective of her as he was proud. As she grew, their relationship strained. She'd sneak out to Foundation to befriend Brumelings; he caught wind and tightened her security.
THE CALAMITY cost the Lafontaines their water resources in the Highlands. The House was bereft of their main source of wealth. Etraux instead sought to profit from low heresy. He taught Imogen the art of Sharlayan astrology, and together they delivered illegal fortune-telling services to risk-seeking nobles, enamoured by the taboo. Her father's rebelliousness surprised Imogen; the Calamity had brought them closer than ever before.THE END OF THE DRAGONSONG WAR brought with it the acceptance of Sharlayan astrology in the Athenaeum Astrologicum. Without the taboo surrounding the Lafontaine's practice, their clientele lost interest and their high prices were unjustified. Etraux was unwilling to forsake his esteem and power even as Ishgardian classism broke down before him. He attempted to convince Imogen to marry into House Durendaire with an elezen noble: Adrant de Zaciere. Despite all the open-mindedness Imogen had seen in her father, he was still highborn to the bone — she was disgusted.LEAVING ISHGARD BEHIND, Imogen started a new life with a new family. She aimed to reinvent herself as a sellsword, and engage in the battles her father never let her fight. It has been years now since she has deserted her home city-state.
Significator OOC
Hey, thanks for showing interest in Imogen's profile! I'm Danny, a 21+ year old Filipino living in the UK. Read here to learn more about me and my characters.Citizens of Ishgard might know more about Imogen's backstory, particularly her noble house. If you're interested in this information, please feel free to ask for my Discord in-game so we can plot.I am not interested in ERP. Please don't approach me with this intent. If Imogen spends the night with another character, we'll fade to black.
