Gospel Lightfaith ♦ Cleric of Thaliak ♦ Healer
Daughter of the Desert
Born in 1547, Gospel spent her early life travelling with her merchant parents as they made and sold various arms and armor all across Hydaelyn. Lightfaith Armory is a small, hand-made mercantile likely serving nobles and nobility for singular, specialty-made pieces as well as among the smallfolk for common household metal goods.
At the age of sixteen, Gospel underwent tutelage as a free paladin with a former Ishgardian Knight, Thellarin Brightblade (NPC), forced into retirement by the Dragonsong War. A friend of her father, he trained Gospel thoroughly and with a steadfast worthiness as to make her strong and capable when she took her first steps into the wider world.
Knight of the Lily
During her five years of training, Gospel went with Thellarin on a number of adventures, assisting smallfolk all across Thanalan. Due to her pale complexion and silver hair, locals came to refer to her as the Lily of the Desert. Later on, as she continued to serve alongside Thellarin in his Free Company, it morphed into a pseudo-title, Knight of the Lily, that was more jest than any serious proclamation.
Still in the midst of her training, Gospel was surprised to be taken to the Battle of Carteneau when Thellarin’s Free Company was asked to join the Grand Alliance in their efforts there. Not one to back down from a challenge, she fought alongside her trainer with all the power and strength she’d been trained to. Fusing magic with steel, she and Thellarin were forces to be reckoned with in the field. Unbeknownst to them, though, they were fighting a losing battle. Or at least a stale-mated one.
Stranger in a Strange Land
After Carteneau, Gospel found herself in Limsa Lominsa, recovering in an infirmary there. Members of the Grand Alliance had saved her and other members of the Free Company she was part of — but there was no sign of Thellarin. On her own in a foreign place, Gospel set about earning her keep to try and earn enough money to get back to Ul’dah and her family. During one of these many misadventures for Baderon and the local Adventurer’s Guild, Gospel was eventually recruited into the Maelstrom where she served for a number of years. She became very loyal to the Maelstrom and the Admiral, admiring the roegadyn’s no-nonsense attitudes toward warfare.
Through the Maelstrom, she travelled the world and saw the heroics of the Warrior of Light — albeit at great distance — which inspired her to use her life to better those around her. When she finally left the Maelstrom to return home to Ul’dah, she carried those memories with her.
A Return to Ul’dah
Now in her late 30’s, Gospel found her way back home to find that Lightfaith Arms was still going strong and that her parents were alive and well. Overjoyed to finally see their offspring again, they welcomed her back with open arms.
Restless, however, Gospel returned to the Adventurer’s Guild to find more work to keep herself busy. Momodi happily provided in the form of caravan guard, and various protection and defense contracts for the local community. She also spends a lot of time with the down-trodden providing aid as a physician or giving out medicine to those in need.
Still, though, something seemed to be missing. Until the day she came across one Valeria Camena and they, together, formed The Seventh Chantry; a Free Company dedicated to filling in the cracks left behind by the greater adventures of the Warrior of Light and the Grand Alliance, helping all people great and small.
Life After the Final Days
Much in Gospel’s life changed in the aftermath of the Final Days. Devastated from a great deal of personal loss, she retreated into herself and spent much of her time in a remote village in Thavnair known as Akela Springs (headcannon) where she helped them to rebuild almost the entirety of their hamlet after it was destroyed in the flames. She spends a great deal of her time traveling between the various city-states, negotiating deals on building materials to help the Akelans find prosperity and success in their revitalized home.
After reuniting with Archambaut Vremaix, he has spent much of his time in the Springs helping Gospel with the repairs and reconstruction, even going so far as to help with negotiating more help for them from the Moogles of Bahrr Lehs and assistance with their agricultural pursuits from the gardeners in Idyllshire and Camp Cloudtop.
D&D Style Stats
STR: 14 (+2)
DEX: 12 (+1)
CON: 16 (+3)
INT: 15 (+2)
WIS: 14 (+2)
CHA: 18 (+4)
High Proficiencies: All Armor Types, Longsword, Shield, Rapier, Dancing, Blacksmithing, Mining, Diplomacy, Strategy, Quartermastery, Athletics, Persuasion, Insight, Intimidation, Perception, Religion
Medium Proficiencies: Cooking, Minor Sewing, First Aid, Aetheric Manipulation (Learning/Studying), Hand-to-Hand Combat, Investigation, Arcana, Performance, Nature
Low Proficiencies: Offensive Spellwork, Aspect Control, Any other weapon proficiencies, Any other crafting proficiencies, Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Medicine, Sleight of Hand, Stealth, Survival
Character Vitals
Age: 35 Gender: Female
Height: 5’9″ Weight: 125
Hair: Silver Eyes: Blue
Occupation: Paladin
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Deity: Thaliak
Orientation: Hetero-Demiromantic/Demisexual
Availability: In a committed relationship with Archambaut Vremaix
Personality: Headstrong, Stubborn, Compassionate, Kind, Loyal, Faithful, Confident, Can Be Set in Her Ways, Self-Sacrificing
Description: A tall, hyuran female with silver hair and blue eyes, usually garbed in medium-to-heavy armor, armed with a longsword or rapier.
Scars: Many, most hidden by armor.
Notable Scars: A red-purple burn mark that spans all of her right shoulder. A one-inch-wide laceration scar that runs from her left knee up to her hip
These are all items of interest that Gospel owns and may be seen with or around her, depending on where she is. Characters are welcome to use these as conversation pieces if they see them.
A Novel, Book, or Other Manuscript
Either open in her lap or tucked into an outer pocket of her satchel
As a Cleric of Thaliak, Gospel is almost always reading something in her downtime. Whether it’s treatises on warfare, to Garlean magitek, to aetheryte construction, to novel and novellas of adventure, romance, or mystery — there’s always a book near-at-hand.
Currently Reading: Gospel is currently reading various texts on medical maladies, specifically those tied to headaches, the mind, and the brain.
An Elaborate Music Box
Usually within her satchel, but she takes it out on occasion
Gifted to her by one Reynard Silvaire, this particular music box and the song it plays are of great sentimental value to Gospel. Reynard had given her the music box when she was afflicted by terrible nightmares and it was the only thing that would soothe her to sleep. She keeps it close by even to this day, oftentimes tucked away in her packs somewhere because the song comforts her when she’s distressed or upset.
In ANY major city capital with [RP] on…
You are welcome to approach! Even if she looks busy reading or seems otherwise occupied, Gospel is always free game inside the city limits. If she wanted a private/closed conversation there are plenty of other locales she could use for it. So by all means, walk-up, stumble into her, say you forgot something on the ledge/seat next to her, mistake her for an old friend — come up with something and we’ll absolutely help you break the ice! ♥
Merchant’s Daughter
Lightfaith Arms & Armory
Buyers and purveyors of arms and armor are also welcome to know Gospel through her merchant family. Until she came of age, the silver-haired, well-mannered young woman travelled with them frequently as they travelled Eorzea to peddle their wares.
The Lightfaith family name is commonly attached to a small arms and armor merchant whose emblem is a radiant sun.
Daughter of the Desert
Ul’dahnian Citizen
Natives of Ul’dah are welcome to know Gospel, either by name or simply by reputation. She is a known free paladin adventurer that offers her services as a caravan guard, a defender of the smallfolk, and occasionally as a physician for the less fortunate.
Often seen around the Adventurer’s Guild helping Momodi in recent years, other Adventurers are welcome to know her either in passing or by reputation.
Might of the Silverwing
Maelstrom Captain
Members of the Maelstrom, both current and former, are welcome to know Gospel from her time in service. A long-standing member of the crew of The Silverwing she worked her way through the ranks to become Captain Esmerelda Harlock’s First Mate. She was in line to succeed her Captain and take over the captaincy of The Silverwing but Gospel retired to return home to Ul’dah, much to the Admiral’s ire (and admiration.)
Guardian of the Chantry
Paladin & Sage
The Seventh Chantry is Gospel’s Free Company that she acts as figurehead for. Under the true leadership of Valeria Camena, the Chantry works in relative anonymity, cleaning up between the cracks of the greater adventures of the Warrior of Light and the Grand Alliance.
From helping farmers clear their lands to hunting Greater Voidsent, there’s very few jobs they won’t take on. But there is more to their story than mercenary work.
Please be sure to read and understand my OOC Boundaries as well.
Valeria Camena
Ward & Adopted Sister
Adventure itself brought this young raven-haired woman into Gospel’s life and it’s through adventure that the pair of them make their way in the world. Quiet and aloof, Valeria’s oftentimes hard for people to read, much less break the ice with, but Gospel loves and protects her, especially now that she’s been adopted into the Lightfaith family.
Zerey Zeyad
Companymate & Pain in the Neck
Zerey is a hot-headed Doman, but Gospel has learned to deal with him through patience and perseverance. Another of her Found Family, she looks upon the samurai with a sisterly affection, especially since his own family isn’t really part of the Doman’s life. Skilled with a sword, there are few Gospel would trust to have her back.
Ser Archambaut Vremaix
Battle Companion & Beloved
Recently reunited after the Final Days, Gospel spends much of her time in the stoic Ishgardian’s company. While he may seem courtly and taciturn to many, whenever he is in her company he is relaxed and an engaging conversationalist, speaking on things from local politics to aetherology.
A skilled paladin in his own right, he frequently travels with the cleric as protector and watchward, just as she often travels with him in his duties as a Temple Knight, lending him her healing ability. Together on the field of battle, they make a formidable team.
These are all songs that have inspired Gospel and her stories. Some are connected to significant Storyline elements from her life, and others are just inspiration/themes that fit her as a character.
