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AT FIRST GLANCE

 NAME    Imogen Lafontaine

 AGE    Mid 20s

 GENDER    Female (she/her)

 RACE    Half-elezen

 RESIDENCE    Ul'dah

 ORIGIN    Ishgard

 HEIGHT    5 fulms 3 ilms

 CLASS    LNC + AST

 STATUS    Polyamorous & open;
Dating Redgar Ashten

 LIKES    Sparring, coffee, sunny weather, flying aircrafts, speaking her mind, thinly-veiled sarcasm

 DISLIKES    Conversational etiquette, law enforcement, flirtatious men, tea, the cold

These  physical features  should be noted in addition to her in-game appearance:

She speaks with a  neutral Eorzean accent  that begets an  Old Elezen  origin with slightly guttural r's, floaty a's and deep ə's. Ishgardians will recognise the twinge.

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THE DISTANT PAST

 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 and found new family among an adventuring company and an airship crew, both tightly intertwined... until she couldn't hack it anymore. The chain of command, whether to levemete or captain, raised her hackles harshly. She failed to follow the beat of another's drum and kept stepping out of turn — she realised, even if she truly, deeply cared for the people around her and above her, she couldn't bring herself to defer to them. Disappointed in herself, she became a lone operant once more, this time on the solid ground of Ul'dahn brick.

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PERSONALITY

On first impression, Imogen is a miscreant poorly playing hero. She's scathing, misanthropic, and suffers from chronic resting bitch face. While she's a decent jack-of-all-trades adventurer, her fatal flaw is being absolutely awful to work with. Her talent for turning a normal conversation into an argument doesn't help.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.When it comes to her moral inclinations and beliefs, Imogen wears her heart on her sleeve behind a translucent curtain of sarcasm. Despite the sardonic tone, her facetiousness is easily read through. Love her or hate her, you will always know where Imogen stands.

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ROLEPLAY HOOKS

 RABBLE ROUSER . . . 
When she's not looking for quest bills to fill, she's drinking on Pearl Lane, getting into street spars, and going for walks in the middle of the night.

 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.

 ONCE AN ORACLE . . . 
Imogen used to attune to the Heavens' Gates and channel the raw power of constellations. Her astrologial skills peaked when she became an apprentice airship pilot... and crashed when she abdicated her role in the crew and returned to ground. The gates have closed on her, and her once aetherially-potent focus is now just a fancy spear.

 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. Perhaps you've met her as the Baroness.

As a  jack-of-all-trades , Imogen has a lot of skills, but the highlights include:

Even the broadest jacks have weaknesses, and Imogen struggles with:

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RULES OF PLAY

 NO THANKS.    Purely IC bigotry can be interesting when written realistically, but writers who are racist, sexist, ableist, MAGA, transphobic, homophobic, or Zionist OOC need not apply.

 21+.    I only want to write with other players who are 21+, and with characters who are 18+ (that have 21+ year old writers!)

 LIGHT.    I can turn it “off”, but please be discreet. I won't respond to reckless tells.

 SCENE LENGTH.    I have a soft limit of 3-4 hours before I start needing a break. It can help to pause long scenes and come back another day.

 POST LENGTH.    I don't have a hard limit, but with new contacts, I prefer a limit of 2-3 posts per reply.

 LORE.    While Imogen herself is a strictly lore-abiding character, I consider myself a fairly lore-flexible player. As long as your lore is in dialogue with the worldbuilding of Final Fantasy XIV and Eorzea, I'm happy.

 ON THE TIME BUBBLE.    I can play loosely with our nebulous timeline, but please know that in Imogen's backstory, the 7th Umbral Calamity definitely occurred more than 5 years ago at this point.

 COMBAT.    Ask before initiating combat. I will default to using Random! rolls when sparring with strangers.

 ERP.    Imogen needs a lot of established trust and camaraderie before anything like this, so don't expect it on early interactions.

 WE ARE PEOPLE FIRST.    You aren't entitled to my time or attention, and I'm not entitled to yours! I roleplay for fun and I'm not always in the mood to write.I have no tolerance for players who get upset that I'm not writing a scene with them or replying in a timely manner. Just because I'm busy with other players doesn't mean I don't like writing with you.That said — not all writers are compatible, and I may ask candidly to stop writing with each other because of that. Be aware of this possibility before you approach me.Real life will always come first for me and I won't be offended if you need to poof.

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THE WRITER