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character information.
SPOILERS UP TO AND INCLUDING FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL.
Name: Cain. If pressed, he'll give his last name as Hitlein. This is probably an alias.
Title: The Warrior of Light.
Preferred job:Astrologian. Sage.
Race: Hyur Midlander.
Sex/gender: Male/male.
Sexuality: Anything works for him. Anything.
Age:Late 20s. Early to mid-30s. Rapidly approaching old age.
Nameday: He claims it's the 1st Sun of the 1st Astral Moon.
Guardian: Althyk, the Keeper.
Grand Company: The Maelstrom.
Chocobo's name: Jackpot.
Current residence: Fortemps Manor, the Gold Saucer, an apartment inThe Mist Shirogane, or a private house in Lavender Beds he somehow managed to acquire legitimately. (He also spends way too much time in Amaurot.)
Abridged overview: Cain's backstory, as told by him, is remarkably inconsistent. Sometimes he will claim he was always an adventurer, right from the day he took his first step; it's a poetic tale of humble beginnings and destined ends. At other times, he'll describe how he found his calling during a routine business trip to Ul'dah to sell minerals and ore. The details of his origin story--people, places, even dates--vary across the board depending on whom he's speaking to. Nevertheless, a handful of eyewitnesses can account for Cain arriving in Ul'dah, as many would-be adventurers did, a few years after the Battle of Carteneau. He inquired at the Gladiators' Guild with a significant interest in self-defense over fighting in the arena. He was never too comfortable with being a "tank," but it did feed into his ego and the need to feel important. Awakening the Echo and becoming the Warrior of Light was the shock of a lifetime for him, and not a particularly good one.
In actuality, "Cain" was a con artist long before he became an adventurer. He was fond of impersonating people, get-rich-quick schemes, and anything else that would rob gullible folks of their hard-earned money without literally mugging them. His reputation was on this side of infamous, although he was a two-gil criminal compared to the real lords of the underworld. He was often able to talk his way out of rough encounters with angry gangs, angry ex-business partners, and angry civil authorities. Fleeing to Ul'dah was part of his decision to "reinvent" himself as an adventurer. He wasn't truly turning over a new leaf, just trying to lie low for a while, with a new identity.
To this day, he still finds time to trick people out of their money, usually with rigged games of chance, bad bets, and the like. He's ever practiced at lying directly or by admission. His moral fabric remains questionable in most areas. He often conflicts with staunchly lawful, justice-oriented types about how to approach a problem. As a result, he can come across as self-centered, overly confident, and dismissive of an ally's opinions. He isn't an evil person--he just takes self-reliance and a willingness to survive to an unsavory place. Hoarding a great deal of money makes him feel less vulnerable in an unpredictable world.
Being the Warrior of Light, and all that it entails, is at odds with Cain's inherent sense of self on a deep, deep level. He has struggled with his role as the people's champion versus being a low-key nihilist, anarchist, and bitter misanthrope. But the wonderful, respectable people he has met throughout his journey have decidedly influenced him for the better. He does want to figure out how to be a true hero, despite his tendency to backslide at times. It has even given him a bit of an inferiority complex, where he doesn't know if he will ever be as good as the Scions and other icons.
When Cain first arrived in Ishgard, he took an immediate interest in the astrologian profession for two reasons: 1) he was curious about healing magic after serving as a tank, and 2) glimpsing the future might be good for business. He didn't believe the healing role would mesh with him, but his aptitude was surprisingly high from the start. In general, Cain is a jack-of-all-trades due to his belief in self-reliance above all else. He enjoys reading and learning about various things, making him a kind of polymath, with the ability to converse with anyone about some subject or another. He tends to seem worldly and personable at first blush, which was important when he was still a con artist. He could pass himself off as a guild master, a chocobo breeder, a fishmonger, a tax collector, and many more personas. He acquired numerous enemies from those fraudulent days, adding to the laundry list he's inherited as the Warrior of Light.
Stormblood-related information is still under construction:
As a result of efforts to free Doma and Ala Mhigo from the Garlean Empire, Cain has gone through the wringer of tragedy, triumph, and soul-crushing plot twists. He has become more hardened as a person, more willing to make those tough decisions as a leader, but at the same time he's more disgusted with any perceived hypocrisy within the people he meets. He's also really fucking tired of people he knows dying in horrible ways.
The Mysterious Voice, with its tendency to steal the souls of his allies, has cursed Cain with anxiety, depression, a growing sense of apathy, and an untimely encore of nihilism. It could be argued that much of the progress he has made, if not all of it, is steadily being undone. As his mental state deteriorates, what happens next remains to be seen.
Shadowbringers-related information is perpetually under construction:
Cain murdered his cosmic eldritch beloved in order to save the world(s). Doesn't feel too good. But at least he got a badass mount afterward.
Appearance:Cain's personal aesthetic is the intersection of tryhard vanity and used car salesman sleaze. He prefers gold and silver accoutrements (probably fake), too much hair mousse, and boots that show off his nice, long legs. In the course of recent events, Cain's own vanity has started to lose out in a war against rising anxiety and apathy. He doesn't bother to cut his hair very often and he wears whatever is comfortable over what's strictly stylish.
Older snapshots: one, and two.
Name: Cain. If pressed, he'll give his last name as Hitlein. This is probably an alias.
Title: The Warrior of Light.
Preferred job:
Race: Hyur Midlander.
Sex/gender: Male/male.
Sexuality: Anything works for him. Anything.
Age:
Nameday: He claims it's the 1st Sun of the 1st Astral Moon.
Guardian: Althyk, the Keeper.
Grand Company: The Maelstrom.
Chocobo's name: Jackpot.
Current residence: Fortemps Manor, the Gold Saucer, an apartment in
Abridged overview: Cain's backstory, as told by him, is remarkably inconsistent. Sometimes he will claim he was always an adventurer, right from the day he took his first step; it's a poetic tale of humble beginnings and destined ends. At other times, he'll describe how he found his calling during a routine business trip to Ul'dah to sell minerals and ore. The details of his origin story--people, places, even dates--vary across the board depending on whom he's speaking to. Nevertheless, a handful of eyewitnesses can account for Cain arriving in Ul'dah, as many would-be adventurers did, a few years after the Battle of Carteneau. He inquired at the Gladiators' Guild with a significant interest in self-defense over fighting in the arena. He was never too comfortable with being a "tank," but it did feed into his ego and the need to feel important. Awakening the Echo and becoming the Warrior of Light was the shock of a lifetime for him, and not a particularly good one.
In actuality, "Cain" was a con artist long before he became an adventurer. He was fond of impersonating people, get-rich-quick schemes, and anything else that would rob gullible folks of their hard-earned money without literally mugging them. His reputation was on this side of infamous, although he was a two-gil criminal compared to the real lords of the underworld. He was often able to talk his way out of rough encounters with angry gangs, angry ex-business partners, and angry civil authorities. Fleeing to Ul'dah was part of his decision to "reinvent" himself as an adventurer. He wasn't truly turning over a new leaf, just trying to lie low for a while, with a new identity.
To this day, he still finds time to trick people out of their money, usually with rigged games of chance, bad bets, and the like. He's ever practiced at lying directly or by admission. His moral fabric remains questionable in most areas. He often conflicts with staunchly lawful, justice-oriented types about how to approach a problem. As a result, he can come across as self-centered, overly confident, and dismissive of an ally's opinions. He isn't an evil person--he just takes self-reliance and a willingness to survive to an unsavory place. Hoarding a great deal of money makes him feel less vulnerable in an unpredictable world.
Being the Warrior of Light, and all that it entails, is at odds with Cain's inherent sense of self on a deep, deep level. He has struggled with his role as the people's champion versus being a low-key nihilist, anarchist, and bitter misanthrope. But the wonderful, respectable people he has met throughout his journey have decidedly influenced him for the better. He does want to figure out how to be a true hero, despite his tendency to backslide at times. It has even given him a bit of an inferiority complex, where he doesn't know if he will ever be as good as the Scions and other icons.
When Cain first arrived in Ishgard, he took an immediate interest in the astrologian profession for two reasons: 1) he was curious about healing magic after serving as a tank, and 2) glimpsing the future might be good for business. He didn't believe the healing role would mesh with him, but his aptitude was surprisingly high from the start. In general, Cain is a jack-of-all-trades due to his belief in self-reliance above all else. He enjoys reading and learning about various things, making him a kind of polymath, with the ability to converse with anyone about some subject or another. He tends to seem worldly and personable at first blush, which was important when he was still a con artist. He could pass himself off as a guild master, a chocobo breeder, a fishmonger, a tax collector, and many more personas. He acquired numerous enemies from those fraudulent days, adding to the laundry list he's inherited as the Warrior of Light.
Stormblood-related information is still under construction:
As a result of efforts to free Doma and Ala Mhigo from the Garlean Empire, Cain has gone through the wringer of tragedy, triumph, and soul-crushing plot twists. He has become more hardened as a person, more willing to make those tough decisions as a leader, but at the same time he's more disgusted with any perceived hypocrisy within the people he meets. He's also really fucking tired of people he knows dying in horrible ways.
The Mysterious Voice, with its tendency to steal the souls of his allies, has cursed Cain with anxiety, depression, a growing sense of apathy, and an untimely encore of nihilism. It could be argued that much of the progress he has made, if not all of it, is steadily being undone. As his mental state deteriorates, what happens next remains to be seen.
Shadowbringers-related information is perpetually under construction:
Cain murdered his cosmic eldritch beloved in order to save the world(s). Doesn't feel too good. But at least he got a badass mount afterward.
Appearance:
Older snapshots: one, and two.
