Profile
Basics
● INTRO ●
Alan is a Vigil Tactician who rises through the Vigil ranks as Almorra Soulkeeper's protégé. Although it is Laranthir who motivates Alan to join the Vigil, Alan decides to stay solely because of Almorra's pragmatic outlook and personality, which he admires. Almorra, although skeptical of Alan's naive optimism (a mark of Sylvari), sees potential in his strategic talents and motivation, and agrees to mentor him so that he may lead Laranthir's faction in the Vigil. As a side-effect of his meteoric rise for tactical prowess, and the fact that he is easy on the eyes, he ends up the Vigil's avatar for recruitment and morale lifting purposes, which Almorra thoroughly encourages. He doesn't mind this poster boy status initially, but will in time come to resent it. Unlike the majority of vigil recruits, and even some generals, he cannot so easily reclaim anonymity.
Likes
- strong brewed trea
- a feast with company
- reading aloud
- night swims
Dislikes
- cruelty for cruelty's sake
- argumentative personalities
- pride in ignorance
- not getting a joke (often at his expense)
BACKSTORY & PERSONALITY
BACKSTORY
Like any other Dreamer, Alan has a strong connection to the Pale Tree from the moment he is born. The Dream speaks very clearly to Alan, and foretells him of his succesful tragectory in the Vigil, but says nothing about other events of Alan's life. When Alan falls in love within the Grove, without yet having ever set foot outside of it, only knowing of the rest of Tyria through legend and stories, he can sense the Dream pulling him away from it and towards a greater purpose. He ends up following the Dream, separating himself from his entwined lover and the Grove, but is still unsure about his choice (and grieves the sacrifice of it) to this day. In the end, what motivates his actions in the path that the Dream chose for him is the fact that he can now protect the path he left behind. If he fights, the rest of his kind will be free.
PERSONALITY
Alan has a calm, kind-hearted disposition. Although he can appear cookie-cutter, his pleasant demanor is often a way to package and present his true eccentric personality. Like many Sylvari, there is an innate and eerie politeness and gentleness that permeates his mannerisms, and that to others can come across as disingenuous or strange. Alan is not unaware of this perception, but unlike others he has decided to pointedly use it to his advantage, and this self-servedness is what distinguishes him. Thanks to the veneer of correctness and pleasantry, which he has polished and which he adapts to every race, Alan can operate as a skilled diplomat and quiet observer - gathering key information about both friends and opponents without arousing suspicion. Although the naiveté that comes with his optimism sometimes puts him in copromised positions, this does not paralise him. Alan is capable of acting quickly and making difficult decisions at critical times, but his weakness is ignoring the cumulative impact this has on himself - a result from his mentorship from Charr, a race much more focused on warfare than his own. But what he has learned from Charr is to enjoy the spoils, and so he has developed somewhat of a hedonistic outlook to survive and thrive in the Vigil, enjoying and sharing in his privileges and luxuries after a battle victory, to be able to withstand getting up at 4 am and train a bunch of new doe-eyed recruits.
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