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CHARACTER INFO
Character: Basch fon Ronsenburg
Canon: FFXII, CRAU
Age: 37 (canon + 1.5)
Background Information:
Basch is the honorable knight incarnate, and life has tested that time and time again. The twin son of a noble house in Landis, he was raised to lead despite his shy nature and always assumed his brother would take over their father's title. However, this didn't come to pass, as their country was invaded when he was a teenager. He joined his father in battle, but his father was slain and his mother fell sick, causing her and his brother to stay home and ultimately perish in the invasion. This prompted him to flee to the neighboring country of Dalmasca to continue his mission and stop the advance of the enemy and liberate his home. He assimilated entirely to his adoptive home, and his commitment to a better future led him to take on sensitive missions and rise through the ranks until he was in the King’s most trusted men. He became popular with the people, too, rising to more or less a national hero in the war. Basch, however, was never motivated by power, only creating peace and safety for others that was taken from his family and thousands of other. If anything, he's adverse to power, often shying away from the limelight or even for reasonable acknowledgement of his contributions.
While things looked to be improving for a time, nearly twenty years later, Basch is set up by his twin brother, who had not perished and had instead defected to the invading country, which was also their mother’s country of birth. He blamed Basch for their mother's death and had no qualms framing Bach for killing the King as both personal retribution and to break the morale of Dalmasca in the political effort to bring it to heel. This leads Basch to be labeled kingslayer and reported executed, though in reality he’s held in prison for two years while Dalmasca is slowly broken down and subjugated. Despite torture and his brother’s direct ire, he still holds onto hope and a belief he will somehow get out and right this wrong, facing ridicule from other prisoners and his own brother for his unrealistic, heroic fantasy. Basch privately starts to waver, but clamps down his own emotions as a means for survival. He doesn’t allow himself the easy out of accepting failure. So many have suffered, and in part because of his actions and his betrayal of his family.
When a pirate passes through speaking of the lost princess and doubtful that Basch killed the king, Basch seizes the opportunity and begs them to break him out. When they do, he reveals the truth. The princess, who he formerly guarded and watched grow from child to woman, does not believe him and hates him. He accepts deserving this, but pledges himself to restoring her crown and freeing Dalmasca. Still, his resolve is rattled again and again, forcing him to risk working with pirates, facing former members of the close guard betraying him, and perhaps the worst, starting to be tempted by the life of freedom, indulgence, and quiet days with friends the pirate peddles. He doesn’t feel he deserves to even dream of this, and that even if they succeed, he needs to atone for the pain and death his failure caused Dalmasca and her people.
For his CRAU adjustments, Basch was whisked from his pirate companions mere weeks after escaping prison to the compulsory sex hotel the Golden Peacock. There, “guests” were claimed by one of the four suits of cards and forced to indulge not just in sex but in other lurking desires. Basch was claimed by the suit of Spades, which controls darker impulses and hidden desires. Basch, ever the servant, was adverse to desire itself, and spent this time coming to terms with the fact that wanting things for himself wasn’t inherently damaging, especially when other people were aligned in those desires.
Basch initially thought the hotel was a sort of purgatory where he was being made to atone for his many failures, but came around to thinking perhaps it was an Eden of sorts too; for the first time in his life, he had no one to serve but himself, and was forced to take better care of his body and mental health. He made real connections, and people who took care of him as fiercely as he was used to taking care of others. Basch was forced to indulge with his desire...and realize the world didn't combust because he enjoyed pleasure or put himself first. However, this was easier to do in a place that this was all he could do, and he still found the majority of his meaning in supporting those he grew close to.
Personality:
1) Tell us about who your character is and what someone’s first impression would be upon meeting them.
Basch is stoic and reserved, even a stick in the mud. He comes off older than he is, with quiet teacher energy. He's served in the military for over twenty years, including as both a major General and as the person who trained (difficult) cadets. He's endlessly patient, but can be literal and socially awkward. He's very sweet and protective, truly a knight.
With his growth at Golden Peacock, he has a budding sense of humor and an easier time being teased, though it’s still easy to make him flush or stammer. He doesn’t consider himself socially apt at all, and is prone to either be a wallflower or insert himself by way of service: protecting the weak, helping with chores no one else wants, or offering himself up for hard labor.
In a crisis, he can absolutely lead, and he has an iron spine in the face of chaos. Sacrifice comes easy. Speaking up for what he wants – or even identifying it – does not. His time at the Golden Peacock helped him examine this more, and he’s started to realize he very much would like a quiet, more normal life, but he’s not entirely sure what that looks like, or, now that he’s out again, that he deserves it. He has an easier time grappling with it when he’s fighting for it alongside someone else he cares for.
2) What is a driving force your character has? What goals do they have, what motivates them, etc?
There's a big gaping hole here, actually, and Basch's driving motivation is going to be to fill it. He'd always said he'd figure out his own life when the war was over, and twenty years later, it still wasn't settled, and he'd lost his adoptive second country. When he entered Golden Peacock, he thought it was to pay for his sins. Here, back in a much more real world but without a place he belongs, he's going to be forced to figure out who he actually is without a cause behind him. He IS motivated to protect and support his boyfriend, who came through with him, but without the other being in constant danger, that leaves a lot of room for soul-searching and existential crises.
By default, he's motivated by a desire to protect others and improve the community. He's responsible and good to a fault. This largely comes from being so young when his country was invaded, and a childlike desire for everyone to be safe and happy before he can rest. There's a piece of atonement in here too, and it makes it difficult for him to rest or enjoy while suffering persists.
3) What are their flaws as a character? What is something they've messed up, or have done that they regret?
Basch regrets following his father to war and abandoning his brother and mother; it’s why he can’t leave anyone behind, even if that situation wasn’t really his fault to begin with. He regrets not being a better solider or leader or son. He carries the burden of both Landis and Dalmasca falling, despite not being the lead commander and hundreds if not thousands of others failing too. This is, in a way, a childish regressive belief he can’t get out of.
Basch’s sense of servitude is a weakness too. Besides being happier serving someone else’s orders and happiness, Basch could fall into being used interpersonally. What did his happiness matter if he could help someone else blow off steam? This led to a slew of one-sided and unhealthy trysts in his time in the military, as well as many betrayals in friendships; people knew Basch would understand, and so they let him take the fall over and over and over. His taste in relationships has improved a little, but more due to accident than full growth.
Basch has gotten more comfortable with his own sense of desire – for anything from decent food to companionship to a stable life -- but it will be rattled now that there is a real world with real problems again. He doesn’t feel he deserves anything good when there are others to serve, and now he’s more conflicted on his own wish for a quiet life instead of being willing to fight and die.
4) Optional: What is something unique and interesting about them, or what is a fun little tidbit that sets them apart from the crowd?
After being stuck in a sex casino for a year and a half, he discovered (much to his own chagrin) that he has a kink for possessing tentacles that his boyfriend won't let him live down. In general, for such a repressed person, he has very few limits in bed or on the field and often forgets this about himself. I'm looking forward to him recalibrating that this is NOT a sex hotel and people are going to be mortified if he's blasé about some of his stories, but also continuing to learn he's allowed to have boundaries in general. He doesn't need to justify his existence, and it isn't evil of him to want to enjoy the things he has.
Abilities & Inventory:
No Inventory due to CRAU
Excellent grappling, staff fighting, and broadsword skills
Military leadership
Military travel practicals (camping, riding, hunting, etc.)
Woodworking and Carpentry
Canon: FFXII, CRAU
Age: 37 (canon + 1.5)
Background Information:
Basch is the honorable knight incarnate, and life has tested that time and time again. The twin son of a noble house in Landis, he was raised to lead despite his shy nature and always assumed his brother would take over their father's title. However, this didn't come to pass, as their country was invaded when he was a teenager. He joined his father in battle, but his father was slain and his mother fell sick, causing her and his brother to stay home and ultimately perish in the invasion. This prompted him to flee to the neighboring country of Dalmasca to continue his mission and stop the advance of the enemy and liberate his home. He assimilated entirely to his adoptive home, and his commitment to a better future led him to take on sensitive missions and rise through the ranks until he was in the King’s most trusted men. He became popular with the people, too, rising to more or less a national hero in the war. Basch, however, was never motivated by power, only creating peace and safety for others that was taken from his family and thousands of other. If anything, he's adverse to power, often shying away from the limelight or even for reasonable acknowledgement of his contributions.
While things looked to be improving for a time, nearly twenty years later, Basch is set up by his twin brother, who had not perished and had instead defected to the invading country, which was also their mother’s country of birth. He blamed Basch for their mother's death and had no qualms framing Bach for killing the King as both personal retribution and to break the morale of Dalmasca in the political effort to bring it to heel. This leads Basch to be labeled kingslayer and reported executed, though in reality he’s held in prison for two years while Dalmasca is slowly broken down and subjugated. Despite torture and his brother’s direct ire, he still holds onto hope and a belief he will somehow get out and right this wrong, facing ridicule from other prisoners and his own brother for his unrealistic, heroic fantasy. Basch privately starts to waver, but clamps down his own emotions as a means for survival. He doesn’t allow himself the easy out of accepting failure. So many have suffered, and in part because of his actions and his betrayal of his family.
When a pirate passes through speaking of the lost princess and doubtful that Basch killed the king, Basch seizes the opportunity and begs them to break him out. When they do, he reveals the truth. The princess, who he formerly guarded and watched grow from child to woman, does not believe him and hates him. He accepts deserving this, but pledges himself to restoring her crown and freeing Dalmasca. Still, his resolve is rattled again and again, forcing him to risk working with pirates, facing former members of the close guard betraying him, and perhaps the worst, starting to be tempted by the life of freedom, indulgence, and quiet days with friends the pirate peddles. He doesn’t feel he deserves to even dream of this, and that even if they succeed, he needs to atone for the pain and death his failure caused Dalmasca and her people.
For his CRAU adjustments, Basch was whisked from his pirate companions mere weeks after escaping prison to the compulsory sex hotel the Golden Peacock. There, “guests” were claimed by one of the four suits of cards and forced to indulge not just in sex but in other lurking desires. Basch was claimed by the suit of Spades, which controls darker impulses and hidden desires. Basch, ever the servant, was adverse to desire itself, and spent this time coming to terms with the fact that wanting things for himself wasn’t inherently damaging, especially when other people were aligned in those desires.
Basch initially thought the hotel was a sort of purgatory where he was being made to atone for his many failures, but came around to thinking perhaps it was an Eden of sorts too; for the first time in his life, he had no one to serve but himself, and was forced to take better care of his body and mental health. He made real connections, and people who took care of him as fiercely as he was used to taking care of others. Basch was forced to indulge with his desire...and realize the world didn't combust because he enjoyed pleasure or put himself first. However, this was easier to do in a place that this was all he could do, and he still found the majority of his meaning in supporting those he grew close to.
Personality:
1) Tell us about who your character is and what someone’s first impression would be upon meeting them.
Basch is stoic and reserved, even a stick in the mud. He comes off older than he is, with quiet teacher energy. He's served in the military for over twenty years, including as both a major General and as the person who trained (difficult) cadets. He's endlessly patient, but can be literal and socially awkward. He's very sweet and protective, truly a knight.
With his growth at Golden Peacock, he has a budding sense of humor and an easier time being teased, though it’s still easy to make him flush or stammer. He doesn’t consider himself socially apt at all, and is prone to either be a wallflower or insert himself by way of service: protecting the weak, helping with chores no one else wants, or offering himself up for hard labor.
In a crisis, he can absolutely lead, and he has an iron spine in the face of chaos. Sacrifice comes easy. Speaking up for what he wants – or even identifying it – does not. His time at the Golden Peacock helped him examine this more, and he’s started to realize he very much would like a quiet, more normal life, but he’s not entirely sure what that looks like, or, now that he’s out again, that he deserves it. He has an easier time grappling with it when he’s fighting for it alongside someone else he cares for.
2) What is a driving force your character has? What goals do they have, what motivates them, etc?
There's a big gaping hole here, actually, and Basch's driving motivation is going to be to fill it. He'd always said he'd figure out his own life when the war was over, and twenty years later, it still wasn't settled, and he'd lost his adoptive second country. When he entered Golden Peacock, he thought it was to pay for his sins. Here, back in a much more real world but without a place he belongs, he's going to be forced to figure out who he actually is without a cause behind him. He IS motivated to protect and support his boyfriend, who came through with him, but without the other being in constant danger, that leaves a lot of room for soul-searching and existential crises.
By default, he's motivated by a desire to protect others and improve the community. He's responsible and good to a fault. This largely comes from being so young when his country was invaded, and a childlike desire for everyone to be safe and happy before he can rest. There's a piece of atonement in here too, and it makes it difficult for him to rest or enjoy while suffering persists.
3) What are their flaws as a character? What is something they've messed up, or have done that they regret?
Basch regrets following his father to war and abandoning his brother and mother; it’s why he can’t leave anyone behind, even if that situation wasn’t really his fault to begin with. He regrets not being a better solider or leader or son. He carries the burden of both Landis and Dalmasca falling, despite not being the lead commander and hundreds if not thousands of others failing too. This is, in a way, a childish regressive belief he can’t get out of.
Basch’s sense of servitude is a weakness too. Besides being happier serving someone else’s orders and happiness, Basch could fall into being used interpersonally. What did his happiness matter if he could help someone else blow off steam? This led to a slew of one-sided and unhealthy trysts in his time in the military, as well as many betrayals in friendships; people knew Basch would understand, and so they let him take the fall over and over and over. His taste in relationships has improved a little, but more due to accident than full growth.
Basch has gotten more comfortable with his own sense of desire – for anything from decent food to companionship to a stable life -- but it will be rattled now that there is a real world with real problems again. He doesn’t feel he deserves anything good when there are others to serve, and now he’s more conflicted on his own wish for a quiet life instead of being willing to fight and die.
4) Optional: What is something unique and interesting about them, or what is a fun little tidbit that sets them apart from the crowd?
After being stuck in a sex casino for a year and a half, he discovered (much to his own chagrin) that he has a kink for possessing tentacles that his boyfriend won't let him live down. In general, for such a repressed person, he has very few limits in bed or on the field and often forgets this about himself. I'm looking forward to him recalibrating that this is NOT a sex hotel and people are going to be mortified if he's blasé about some of his stories, but also continuing to learn he's allowed to have boundaries in general. He doesn't need to justify his existence, and it isn't evil of him to want to enjoy the things he has.
Abilities & Inventory:
No Inventory due to CRAU
Excellent grappling, staff fighting, and broadsword skills
Military leadership
Military travel practicals (camping, riding, hunting, etc.)
Woodworking and Carpentry
ARMADA SELECTION
Paladins
Basch is a career military man who is used to serving and protecting others. Even without the Paladins telling him to, he's already jumping in to protect others in bar fights or with the sharkfolk invasion. He feels best being useful, and his main skill set is combat and deescalation. He's guided by morals and duty. However, as he keeps figuring out who he is and that the systems he followed weren't ever going to produce a happy ending for him, he may ICly be tempted to switch to Corsairs at a later time.
I would gently request he and Sylvain be placed in the same Armada, as Basch is ICly obsessively loyal to the other and this would outweigh any personal preference. If they aren't in the same one, he's just going to end up wherever Sylvain is anyway.
Basch is a career military man who is used to serving and protecting others. Even without the Paladins telling him to, he's already jumping in to protect others in bar fights or with the sharkfolk invasion. He feels best being useful, and his main skill set is combat and deescalation. He's guided by morals and duty. However, as he keeps figuring out who he is and that the systems he followed weren't ever going to produce a happy ending for him, he may ICly be tempted to switch to Corsairs at a later time.
I would gently request he and Sylvain be placed in the same Armada, as Basch is ICly obsessively loyal to the other and this would outweigh any personal preference. If they aren't in the same one, he's just going to end up wherever Sylvain is anyway.
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