Yvesoix Sellemontiere

The Brume. Ishgard's forgotten windowsill, its dust and decay covered in the lacy curtains of its better loved neighborhoods. Even before the Calamity, it was here that the poor paid the price of the Dragonsong War, and it was here that Yvesoix was born in a dilapidated housing building converted into a brothel. In truth he didn't know which whore was his mother; none of them gave him or the other children of the house any time they could spare.

As an adult, Yvesoix swore to make a better life for his people, Ishgard's working and underclass. When the Calamity hit, Yvesoix and his followers seized the opportunity to occupy abandoned warehouses to build a community sheltered from the cold, funded by caravan raids to capture supplies that were equally distributed. For a while, there was stability, if not peace.

That is, until one day, after a raid, Yvesoix returned to see his entire compound on fire. No one knows how it happened. Ishgard's formal documents attribute it to some sort of technical mishap. The tar-like remains of burning pitch left behind suggest otherwise.

Wracked by rage and guilt, Yvesoix fled to Gridania. There, he met Istolin de Saillonaux, and the two fell in love.Together, they sought to build a new foundation for Ishgard's poor, combining Istolin's resources with Yvesoix's knowledge.

But it was not meant to be. Even after pledging his devotion to his beloved, another caught his eye: one of the very Inquisitors that he had sworn to despise. Drawn to a ruthless persona that belied a gentle nature, he fell deeply in love with him and they shared a passionate night. Upon confessing his sins to his husband, Istolin was crushed and divorced him the very next day.

After moons of drowning his sorrow in liquor and flinging himself into deadly situations in hopes of ending it all, it was only after the intervention of one of his lover's wards he was able to snap out of it. From then on, he focused on moving forward: he would keep Istolin's and his shared dream of an Ishgard for the masses alive, even if he had to do it alone.

Invigorated with a new purpose in life and supported by his growing group of friends and lovers, he took up several projects in the name of saving the Brume. He made a deal with the Inquisition to act as a proxy in their investigations there to both ensure that actual threats were being taken care of and none were traumatized by an Inquisitor's wrath. He has built houses with the Firmament and renovated infrastructure in the Brume. He has opened a dive bar designed to be more than a barren basement for his people that disregards Ishgard's class hierarchy; there are no titles within its walls and no active duty knights allowed. He will stop at nothing until the Brume sees rightful restitution as an equal part of Ishgard.

At times aloof and abrasive, at times hot-headed and passionate, Yvesoix may seem difficult to get to know at first. He's a blunt man who's not afraid to ruffle some feathers in the name of getting things done, which may turn off more polite, demure people. Underneath his moodiness, however, runs a strong desire for justice, and it's that desire that guides all his actions.As of late, he's slowly learned to open up to others and grown more gregarious. His boisterous laugh fills up a room much more warmly than his heated shouting ever did.

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