Arayan Delaura

"I'm a husband, a whore, a mage, a dancer, an entertainer, a murderer and a real bitch. What can I do for you?"

Home Server: Balmung
Timezone: Eastern Standard Time (EST)

INFO:

Full Name: Arayan-Jerômeaux Delauranoix
Age: 28 years old
Alias: Ara
Pronouns: He/Him
Sexuality: Polyamorous, Bisexual
Occupation(s): Gold Saucer Chief, performer, escort, Mage for hire, Voidsent researcher
Languages: Eorzean mother tongue, Ishgardian and Hingan on a basic level
Voice Claim: Click Here
Aetherial Alignment: Astral/Darkness aligned aether
Appearance: 5'8'' in height, 200+lbs in weight. Hair length changes often, colour is a dark grey-purple. Bright green eyes. Warm skin tone. Scars all across his body and face. Often wears bright or vivid makeup. Wears tight, revealing, long, flowing outfits with heels.

(oh my god finally a ref sheet)

Biography (It's long, big thanks to @masstiffrodd.bsky.social for compiling this all)

Arayan Delaura was born to the C tribe of Miqo'te. His mother was a huntress and his father was a Tia. While such a relationship was forbidden by tribal law, this did not stop the couple from meeting in secret. When Arayan's mother was revealed to be pregnant with his father’s child, the couple fled from the tribe. They traveled west, across the arid lands of Thanalan and to Ul’Dah, the city of coin.Traveling to Ul'Dah saved them from the retaliation of their tribe but their struggles were far from over. Shortly before their departure to Ul'Dah, the refugees from recently conquered Ala Mhigo had fled south, and the refugee crisis had gripped they city. Arayan’s parents, hoping to travel to Ul’Dah for a new life, had instead been swept up in the masses of scared and desperate. They became unable to feed themselves. And after Arayan was born in the refugee camps, they became unable to feed him, either. Desperate for succor and a chance to save their child, his parents made the gut-wrenching choice to sell their child away to a merchant. Arayan would have a chance at a better life, being a merchant’s child, and they would have the coin to perhaps save their own lives. However, this too would not come to pass.The merchant had deceived Arayan's parents. The merchant was intending to give Arayan a new life, but one under the bondage of slavery. The man brought the fussing Arayan to the dingy back alleys of Pearl Lane, intending to sell the infant to a local broker. Arayan’s fussing had attracted attention, however, and a servant of House Deluranoix had noticed the man carrying a baby into the dim alley. Suspicious, the servant tailed the man. When she saw what was transpiring, she began screaming for the Brass Blades and trying to take Arayan from his hands. The men fled, relenting their hold on the child upon seeing the gleaming armor of the Brass Blade Guard. Left in the alley with the baby and the guard offering no attempt to take the child, the servant, U'lacho Kahsn, decided to take it to her patron family, in hopes of the child being taken in by them.U’lacho brought the child before her patrons. The family agreed, liking both the distinction that taking an orphaned child would bring, and that their child, Manuelle, would have a playmate. They gave the child the name of Arayan, meaning Seeker. This was one of the only gifts given to Arayan from his adoptive family.Arayan’s youth was marked with misadventures. Harassing Guardsmen, pranking merchants, being chased by Chocobos, even being bullied by the son of a Sultansworm. Only Manuelle kept him out of most trouble and safe from most punishment. Manuelle showed a tenderness and care toward his adopted baby brother. While Arayan's adoptive family barely tolerated his embarrassment to their family, Manuelle’s affection for him stayed their ire. If not for him, they would not have tolerated it at all.As Arayan grew older, the luster of generosity that the family showed began to Tarnish. Gone was the young child that displayed their magnanimity, now Arayan was older and his constant rambunctious acts were a petty stain on their house's visage. The family decided to send the boy to the Thaumaturges guild, there he would learn and be out of sight of the public eye. The family hoped that one day Arayan would be a useful political lever that they could use within the rather inclusive guild of Magi.Despite Arayan’s young age, he displayed amazing talent with the dark arts of Thaumaturgy. He progressed quickly through the guild ranks, earning himself and his family renown; which they accepted readily. As Arayan’s experience grew, so did the responsibility entrusted to him by the Guild. Within a few years, he was being given Guildleves that would’ve required a team of Magi to complete.On one of these Guildleves, Arayan had encountered a Sorcerer, a summoner of Voidsent. In a pitched and panicked duel, Arayan slayed the summoner. The act was the first time Arayan had slain a man, and the act left a mark on his soul. Upon the Sorcerer's body was a crystal that Arayan had never seen before. It glowed with internal light and an animating force called to him from within it. When Arayan touched the stone, the Anima within it reached out to him and flooded with him knowledge of Black Magic. Arayan had discovered a lost Soul Crystal of the Black Mage, though he was unaware of this at the time. Panicking and scared of what had just bound itself to him, he fled to the only place he had known any measure of safety: his adoptive family and his older brother.When he fled home and showed them what had happened, however, his family saw it as nothing more as yet another mistake that their adopted son had blundered into. And this time they would not shield him. Manuelle, now the house's scion, attempted to shield his brother from their judgement. This time, though, the Delauranoix family would not protect Arayan. They saw this as too much, too risky. They would not be caught harboring a potential Sorcerer, lest they end up being destroyed by the Immortal Flames. Arayan fled, and believing he had taken the dark powers of a Sorcerer, fled the Thaumaturges Guild and Ul'Dah entirely. Manuelle would never let this betrayal from his family go. In time, when he ascended to head of the house, would rip the titles from his offending family, even his own parents.Now Arayan Delaura, losing his honorific title, fled Thanalan and journeyed to Mor Dhona, a land unclaimed by any major power. However, on the journey there, the caravan was viciously attacked by an unknown assailant. The caravan was slaughtered to a man and the carriages burned to ash. As Arayan lay sprawled upon the ground, bleeding and half-conscious, the assailant, draped in shadow and red mist, loomed over him. Sensing the rampant dark aether within Arayan, the assailant spared the boy. Perhaps feeling a sense of kinship with him, the assailant kidnapped Arayan and brought him to Coerthas, where he would teach Arayan how to harness the dark power within him. He would teach him the profane arts of the Dark Knights.For the next two years Arayan was the unwilling Squire to a Dark Knight, a monster that he never learned the name of. He was scarred, beaten, abused, and forced to gaze into the abyss of his own soul. His master forced his way of justice upon him and forced him to expand the dark power within himself. Eventually, Arayan killed his master, whom had long fallen to the Abyss. Consumed by his dark side, Arayan traveled back to Ul'Dah and to the start of his woes: his former house and adoptive family. There, under the influence of his dark side, murdered his adoptive mother and father. While it was done by his hands, he would have no memory of this for years.For the next several weeks, Arayan wandered he deserts of Thanalan consumed by his inner darkness. It took the time he wandered in isolation to regain control of his darkness. During that time, wandering between the settlements of Thanalan, he slayed any he came across that had evil in their hearts. Eventually, he came to and regained control of his body, but he was once again alone. With no home and no family, Arayan continued to wander alone.Arayan journeyed across the lands of Thanalan for nearly a year. He traveled with the U tribe at the edge of the Sogoli desert and lived with the refugees of Little Ala Mhigo. While among the Ala Mhigan people, Arayan was told of a place where he could begin anew; a place where he could stay: The Manderville Gold Saucer. With only the clothes on his back, Arayan approached the gates of the Gold Saucer. The employees there took Arayan in, sympathizing with his struggles.Arayan progressed quickly though the positions at the Gold Saucer. Starting as a waiter, he moved to GATE keeper, then finally performer. His talent with magic lent well to performance. Arayan would weave beautiful color and sound into his dances, enrapturing his audience. Within four years he was a major attraction for the Gold Saucer and was being tutored by Godbert Manderville himself.During his time as a performer, Arayan made new friends and connected with old acquaintances. He had reconnected with the childhood bully, the son of a Sultansworn, Bronze Courel. He had matured significantly since they were children and the two quickly became friends, oft times more. Around this time, Arayan also reconnected with his adoptive brother, Manuelle. The two made up after nearly seven years apart, although Arayan kept his distance from his estranged brother.Arayan would also become acquainted with a healer and scholar named Cryien, an Adventurer from the far east. When they met, Cryien was attached to an adventuring party with a very rough reputation. When Cryien caught his party members harassing Arayan, he stood up for the performer. The confrontation grew into Cryien being kicked from the party when the Gold Saucer threw them out into the desert and banned them from ever returning.Arayan and Cryien would continue to have brief contact with one another for a while, but it eventually would blossom into friendship. They shared joy, they shared sorrow. Eventually, friendship grew into love and the two became engaged.Unfortunately, tragedy would strike before the two could get married. Cryien’s old adventuring party, little more than bandits at this point, kidnapped Arayan and Cryien to the wilderness of Thanalan. In revenge for ruining their reputation they would kill Cryien, but not before raping Arayan in front of them. As Arayan watched the life drain from his Fiancé's eye’s, his Darkside once again took over. He killed his attackers and burned the shack they had dragged him and Cryien to down. While he would survive the ordeal, but he would never be the same. His Darkside, originally kept under strict control, now vied for total control of his body.The next year of Arayan’s life would be a testament to misery. After Cryien, many lovers came and went. Some stayed longer than others, but none were permanent. Most only stayed for a single night of pleasure. As his life continued to atrophy, and his relationships rotted more and more, one person decided enough was enough.Godbert Manderville, Arayan’s employer and mentor, decided to set Arayan back on course. Godbert viewed Arayan like a son and directed him to a more positive influence: Waylin Darktail, Chocobo Jockey at the Gold Saucer and Scion of the Seventh Dawn.The effect Waylin had on Arayan was profound. Waylin someone who would sympathize and help Arayan overcome his struggles. Arayan valued his friendship with Waylin but always kept his distance from him out of a fear of losing the one thing he had. Eventually, Walin would introduce Arayan to his partner: Demon Darktail, the Warrior of Light. The two Au Ra understood all too well the kind of pain Arayan suffered. They acted as a compass for Arayan, guiding him from his misery and back into the light.Over time, Arayan began to adopt the Au Ra couple’s proactive attitude. He began to join the pair on some of their adventures. Traveling the world and helping people has given Arayan a purpose like no other. Arayan may not be a Scion or a Warrior of light, but he is something greater: An Adventurer, a survivor, and eventually a Hero.

HOOKS:

Need entertainment?
From singer, dancer or even a backup dancer for a show, Arayan is available to show his stuff off. Fees? None. Being able to show off and please a crowd is its own reward.Need some company?
Perhaps you've seen Arayan leaning against the wall in the Quicksand? Or elsewhere for the matter... He'd love to join you for a drink, a stroll or otherwise.Need some... "company?"
What can this effeminate fellow do? Suck your dick, that's for sure.Need to find a Voidsent?
Arayan would be more than willing to offer aid in any Mhachi or Voidsent matter, even without payment, so long as he can have a sample for later.Got some of that Zodiark's Gysahl Greens?
Arayan says 420 blaze it, lol. He'll gladly accept a smoke, drink or recreational drug in a safe environment and whatever good times happen afterwards. He actively does gaelicatnip and is a drunkard with terrible taste.Need something or someone blown up?
Arayan's ties to the Thaumaturge Guild in Ul'dah has given him access to several hits on Voidsent or otherwise. Should you require a Black Mage to cause some chaos, he'll be more than worth the price.Happen to have some experience with the growing internal angst of your Darkside?
Despite his best efforts to rid of his second soulstone, ignoring his inner turmoil and darkside for years, the growing angst has only worsened and tormented him due to his lack of understanding. Should Arayan come across anyone with the skill or knowledge on how to quell or maintain it, he will beg for their aid.

Artwork (18+):

drawn by me, hey I take commissions check this magical link if you're interested

MUSIC PLAYLISTS:

(sorry for lack of visuals, carrd doesn't like spotify or youtube links for their audio formatting without paying for pro... screams
also I don't keep the Spotify one as updated as the Youtube one...)