gnrakel - OCs

Information and gallery on my characters in Dungeons and Dragons, Final Fantasy XIV, and other original characters.

D&D

• Scratch
• Cupid

FFXIV

• Sy
• Mio
• Caelius
• Cupid

• Scratch/Hatty

Fursonas

• Scratch/Eclipse
• Caelius

Miovaunt, or Mio

An elf hailing from Lakeland of Norvrandt, Mio was an orphan who hunted for a living. He has been raising his niece, Mianette, since she was eight. Mio wields an ax as a weapon, although he has dabbled in the practice of gunblades. He's extremely quiet, and not very social at all. He tends to speak in a monotone voice, but his expressions are very animated.When he and Mianette were transported to Eorzea by magical means, Mio found himself lost in Gyr Abania with no sign of his niece. After the Sorrow of Werlyt questline is completed by the Warrior of Light, Mio makes his way to the town of Terncliff during his search. While there, he befriends Gaius Baelsar and his companion Severa.This section contains spoilers for the Endwalker expansion.
During Endwalker, Mio travels to Garlemald in Gaius' stead with the Ilsabard Contingent. After a time, he attempts to leave at news of Mianette's location. He is attacked in the Garlean wilderness by a strange monstes known as blasphemies, but is fortunately rescued by another member of the Contingent.Mio spends time recovering from both physical and aetherical wounds in Camp Broken Glass. His condition worsens- for a few weeks he is in and out of consciousness. He is sick for quite some time, running a fever and nauseous even after he recovers from apparent hypothermia (he was ill prepared for Garlemald's climate). When he's well enough, Mio is sent back to Terncliff and reunited with his friends while he continues his recovery. He's very panicked and confused while he's sick, desperate to search for Mianette, but each time he attempts to leave the effort causes extreme pain, headaches, and sometimes unconsciousness. While bedridden, he grows closer to Gaius, his main caretaker. With the help of his friends, Mio returns to his former health, though the experience has left him permanently scarred with strange markings along his limbs.

Caelius pyr Hydrus

The son of imperial legatus Regula van Hydrus, Caelius grew up in the heart of Garlemald. His father had high hopes that his son would follow in his footsteps and become a high-ranking member of the imperial army, but Caelius never cared much for that, instead preferring to use Regula's wealth and high status to get whatever he wanted; possessions, information, people's trust and affection- Caelius learned from a young age to be very persuasive. The only person Caelius' charm didn't work on was his own father. Regula eventually had his son join the military, though Caelius made a point to dirty his hands as little as possible, having his subordinates do his work for him.This section contains spoilers for the Heavensward expansion.
During the Warring Triad questline, Regula is killed in battle. When Caelius gets this news, he decides this is the perfect opportunity to get out of the military. He's sent to the Far East for a mission, and during that time deserts the army. He finds himself wandering Othard for a time, and visiting Kugane, a place he's always wanted to vacation to. When traveling in Yanxia, he is captured by a group of imperials who decide to turn Caelius in for his crime of desertion- that is, until he convinces them otherwise. Caelius learns that this group appears to have lost some sort of rogue warmachina. He tells the imperials that he'll be able to find it, and if he does, they ought to let him go. They agree, seeming desperate. The captain gives Caelius a key to the machine, and tells him they'll be watching his movements.It isn't long before Caelius manages to get the imperials off his trail, but decides to continue his search out of pure curiousity. After a time, he comes across someone, dazed and confused, wandering the countryside. Caelius isn't sure what the figure before him is; man, warmachina, or hypertuned. Though he seems aggressive at first, Caelius convinces the man-machine-thing that he's here to help. Getting closer, he realizes this is the "warmachina" the imperials spoke of, though he appears more viera than magitek from a glance. That is, save his magitek eyes, glowing bright cerulean, and the hefty metal collar and muzzle he wears, each stamped with imperial marks.Caelius gets an idea. He convinces the viera, who tells him his name is Flores aan Wolfwynn, that he'll help him out now that his superiors are gone. He'll give Flores a job as his bodyguard and take him away from this place. Warily, Flores agrees, and the two make their way to Kugane.Over time, Caelius grows more than a little attached to Flores. He realizes the key the imperial had given him was to Flores' collar and muzzle, but by the time he comes to that conclusion, he worries that the viera will leave if he's freed. Since Caelius has deserted, he's been a little lonely. Though he wouldn't admit it, he feels Flores is his only friend now. And so he keeps the key with him, hidden away, knowing that Flores would love to get rid of his "accessories." But as long as Flores thinks he can't unlock them, Caelius can keep him close.

Dan "Scratch" Starling

Scratch is the character I play in my partner's D&D campaign, Hell's End. He's my favorite OC of mine and I strongly associate him with myself.Information:
Scratch is a human gunslinger who was raised in Texas. At age 16 he gained a crystal in his head which has gifted him superhuman agility. Each of the other party members have a similar crystal which has given them some power. Scratch spent most of his life a member of a gang of outlaws, before the leader, his partner Azzy, was killed in a gunfight. Scratch wields two pistols as weapons: a regular revolver named Delilah, after the eldest of his six older sisters, and a white-and-gold revolver that was seemingly given to him by Azzy's spirit, later on in the campaign. This gun, Hardbright, has the ability to shoot lightning bolts.Scratch and Azzy were somewhat known for having an open relationship, and Scratch had slept around with countless people during his time in the gang. In chapter 1 of Hell's End, Scratch discovers he has a thirteen-year-old daughter, named Bakoro. The two struggle through some familial issues created by Bakoro's mother, and later on Bakoro moves in with Scratch as they repair their relationship. After Azzy's death, Scratch had sworn off romantic relationships, but in chapter 4 he becomes close with a man named Athraithe, the king of the fae. Athraithe and Scratch are dating as of the current point in Hell's End.Scratch also develops a close relationship with another character: an older man named Hatty. Scratch initially hits on him, and Hatty hates him with a passion for the first few chapters of the game. After several fights, they discover they have a lot in common and sort of become friends, though I'd personally say it's more complicated than that. In chapter 5, Hatty sacrifices himself to save the party, thus sending the players into an underworld-like area known as the Below. Scratch spends a lot of time mourning Hatty, and the fact that the players can no longer return to their loved ones in the overworld, such as Bakoro and Athraithe.In chapter 6, the current point in the campaign, Scratch has found that the reincarnation of Azzy, his former partner, lives in the Below. They do not remember their former life, and go by the name Seraphiel. Scratch is currently trying to get to know Seraphiel, though they're making it quite hard for him.Additional Notes:
- Scratch is bisexual and polyamorous. He is cisgender and uses he/him pronouns. His deceased partner, Azzy, is gay, nonbinary, and uses they/them pronouns.
- Scratch was born in 1892. The current year in game in 1923. Hell's End takes place in an alternate, fantasy version of our own world.
- Scratch and Azzy had an open relationship in the sense that they were only romantically involved with one another, but with each other's consent had sexual relations with various other people.
- While Scratch is canonically dating Athraithe, I write and draw a lot of hypotheticals had he wound up in a relationship with Hatty instead. Hatty is a big comfort character of mine, and I like how his lore lines up with Scratch's. While I didn't want their relationship to be anything beyond platonic in-game, I think it would have been interesting. My partner, the DM, doesn't appreciate this and jokes about how much he hates their ship (womp womp).
- Sometimes I draw a version of Scratch that matches a modern AU. This version looks mostly the same, although he doesn't have the crystal in his head. Some additional differences include ear and nipple piercings, a tattoo of an eclipse (Azzy had this tattoo in all versions), and sometimes small pockmark scars. These scars are from a skin picking disorder; I decided to give modern Scratch this because I have the same thing in real life.

Scratch / Eclipse

Scratch (sometimes called Eclipse) is the coyote version of Scratch Starling, my D&D character. He features similarities to human Scratch, such as the crystal in his forehead, his eyes (Scratch's eyes are always a shade of yellow-green), and the piercings that modern AU Scratch has.
He is currently in the works of being redesigned slightly.

Caelius (Fursona)

Oriental shorthair cat design for my FFXIV oc, Caelius. I have been working on making his fursuit head! Progress is being posted on my fursuit account, @cowboybuppy on Instagram.He shares FFXIV Caelius' color pallette, his third eye, lip scar, and tongue piercing. The red and blue along his inner ears are the same colors as the FFXIV dyes I associate with Caelius (Rolanberry Red and Woad Blue).

Cupid (FFXIV)

Cupid's FFXIV lore is a work in progress.So far, I know that he is from Tural, that he is a miqo'te/viera, and that I might be shipping him with Erenville. There is also a chance he'll be some kind of celebrity, likely a musician.

Cupid (D&D)

Cupid's D&D lore is a work in progress.He is an android, a prototype of a line that was never released for sale, and later became a VERY popular musician. For 10+ years he was the lead guitarist in the band Cupid and the Heartstrings before their breakup. He has the ability to create a hologram copy of himself, which he commonly used at concerts.Members of Cupid and the Heartstrings, other than himself, include:
Fallon Taney, the lead singer. Very extroverted, outgoing personality, bit of a clown. He and Cupid had an off-and-on friendship, sometimes at each other's throats and sometimes best of friends. They once dated for a time.
Buck Ravers, a close friend to Fallon prior to the band’s founding. Played the drums. He enjoyed being a member of the group but the constant stream of work exhausted him. More laid-back than most of the group.
Jade Castro, the bass guitarist. A little camera shy, she was married to Buck during the time the band was together, but they have since divorced. She was also great friends with Cupid, but they’ve become distant since the breakup.Two years since the band's breakup, Cupid decided to take a vacation to the desert planet Yahhad. He became stranded on the planet due to a lockdown caused by the new government, along with a group of others (the other players); Wursen, a man with a strange mechanical arm, Digby, a scientist of sorts, and Hoover, a rather psychopathic bird-man.

Scratch and Hatty (FFXIV)

Their FFXIV lore is a work in progress.Scratch is a midlander Machinist, and Hatty is a highlander Gunbreaker. They most likely live in Tural together.