Gaelelorn
Archambeau

Age: 46 (still appears to be in his late 20's)

Race: Elezen

Nationality: Ishgardian

Sex: Cis-Male

Pronouns: He/Him

Orientation: Heterosexual

Status: Married (Bonded) to Deydrianna Archambeau

Residence 1: Archambeau Estate (Sharlayan, Pier 9)

Residence 2: Archambeau Orchards (Ishgard)

Height: 7'3"

Build: Broad-Shouldered, Athletic, Toned

Unique Features: Fangs, Runic-Eyes, Extensive Tattoos (see Looks)

Deity of Reverence: Nymeia, The Spinner

IC Class 1: Red Mage

IC Class 2: Dark Knight/Warrior (Hybrid)

IC Profession 1: Goldsmith

IC Profession 2: Blacksmith

Class 1: Red Mage

Class 2: Warrior

Class 3: Dark Knight

Class 4: Sage

Data Center: Crystal

Server: Mateus

Time-Zone: EST

In-Game Residence: Empyreum: Ward 27, lot 11

Founder of House Archambeau

Founder of Archambeau Orchards

Founder of the Red Star Shipping Company

This character existed over two-hundred years prior to current events

Be familiar with the histories and origins of the noble houses of Ishgard

Do research, specifically, into House Archambeau and its origins

Gaelelorn's 'father'

Founder of the Petit Mensonge

Mysteriously disappeared approximately five years before the events of Heavensward and the opening of the gates of Ishgard

Has your character previous interacted with Cerenol as a failed business partner?

Has your character been to the Petit Mensonge?

In the period of forty-fifty years prior to his mysterious disappearance, and nearly ten years prior to current events, Cerenol was quite the 'play-boy'. Had your character interacted with him during that time frame? (not all of these interactions would have been in Ishgard)

A once-famous local venue and popular tourist destination located in the heart of Ishgard's residential district on the Archambeau estate

Themed after an 'apple festival' complete with carnival rides, food-goods, and souvenirs from the world's apple producers

The business and grounds fell into ruin and was forced to close its gates shortly after Cerenol Archambeau assumed leadership nearly fifty years prior to current events

This was a popular destination in Ishgard, and renowned across the realms, while it fell into disrepair and eventually closed, during its active years it would have been known and visited quite often by tourists and locals (the park was finally closed about 30 years ago, however)

Has your character known people or family members that might have spoken of Archambeau Orchards in its 'glory days', worked there, or in fond remembrance while passing the lingering trees on the Archambeau property

Once a premier company for transport and shipping across the realm; known for their expedient services, professional manner, and bright-red uniforms

In service throughout generations of the Archambeau family and host to a small fleet of chocobos, carriages, and no less than three airships, the common sight of red-uniformed couriers was a staple on the streets of Ishgard until nearly fifty years ago when the company was lead into bankruptcy and dereliction by Cerenol Archambeau shortly after his ascension to the house of lords due to the untimely death of his father

Another company that fell to the way-side nearly thirty years ago

People might have had relations or people they know that used to work for the Archambeaus at this delivery company

An exclusive, secretive night-club established by Cerenol Archambeau catering to the wealthy of Ishgard and their carnal appetites

Founded nearly forty years prior to current events, the Mensonge was the only successful enterprise of Cerenol Archambeau and undoubtedly his most profitable

The Mensonge was located upon the only ground the floundering lord could afford, the vast, empty, subterranean warehouse of the all but condemned Red Star Shipping Company

What was begun by Cerenol as a secretive den of ill-repute where flesh was bought, sold, and devoured by the ravenous, debaucherous appetites of Ishgard's languid upper-class would eventually be seized from the lord's control by his ambitious heir, nearly twenty years after its founding, and would grow into a luxurious and gilded 'underground palace' of refinement and nocturnal delights under the new direction and management of 'The Young Master', Gaelelorn Archambeau

Under Gael's meticulous and exacting leadership, the club, its clientele, and its staff would experience a welcome period of prosperity and repose from the war-weary world, religious doctrine, and political turmoil in which they were situated

Shortly after the opening of Ishgard's gates, however, the club would make an unexpected, unannounced closure; its gilded doors chained, the lights doused, and staff evacuated, never to open again

This secretive, 'speakeasy' kind of sex-club was in operation for over forty years within Ishgard

You had to be wealthy to be granted access, though once you were in, they could accommodate nearly every manner of sensual 'delight' you could imagine through their eager and well-trained staff

Depending on years of participation and who was the 'manager' of the club at the time, the quality and cleanliness as well as the over-all theme of the club would have dramatically improved within the last twenty years of its operation under the management of 'The Young Master', Gaelelorn, who was very much a public figure at the club and 'host' of every event

At a time when Gaelelorn was assuming control over most of the family's business operations in Ishgard, nearly twenty years prior to current events, the family home of Archambeau Orchards would be repurposed into the North Star Orphanage; a home for wayward and orphaned children in the region

The orphanage would remain in service for over twenty years, aiding as many children and youth of the region as it could house

Within the last five years, the orphanage was mysteriously burned down, and while arson was a likely cause, no convictions to the crime were ever made

The orphans that survived were moved to the family's new establishment in Old Sharlayan

Was your character a wayward youth that had accommodations at the North Star Orphanage?

The approximate age for those partaking during its tenure would now be within their early-late twenties

Those of the younger group that were moved to Old Sharlayan would be between the ages of six or seven and their late teens

Formerly known as the 'Blue Candle', this underground explicit dance club in Old Sharlayan's pier nine district was, somehow, acquired by the Archambeaus and renovated to the name 'The Phoenix Down' approximately five years ago. It is now owned and operated by a man Named Nikulus (Nik) Vannheim

While there is rumor that the change of management was more of a 'very hostile takeover', no evidence remains, if there was any to begin with, that would support these accusations

The club sits beneath a quaint, cocktail bar bearing the same name at the north end of the pier nine's trade district

While entry to the club is not exclusive, it does have a secretive quality and strict system of rules enforced by heavily glamoured and nearly invisible bouncers

Does your character work at the Phoenix down in Sharlayan?

Has your character visited the club?

Does your character remember the club when it was the Blue Candle, and what do they think of the 'new management' or its business directive?

The 'Ghost Guard' operates as a secretive security company, club guards, and enforcers for the residential district of pier nine in Sharlayan under the command of Moulton Rostnahct, a local business man and friend to the Archambeaus

Due to circumstances beyond his control, the former club guards were forced to better equip themselves and spread their influence in the district around their original base of operations for the protection of the community as a whole

So named for the 'uniform' of extensive glamours that, once employed, allow the bearer to blend into their surroundings almost entirely, leaving little perceivable to the naked eye, save during periods of movement where glimpses of the wearer's form are visible as wisps of 'shadow' in their wake

The organization is now based within the formative halls of a renovated mansion seated atop the cliffs overlooking pier nine, dubbed 'Cliffside'

Have you encountered one of the 'Ghost Guards' in your stay in Sharlayan while in or traveling through pier nine?

Have you encountered them at the Phoenix Down club?

Dormitories hosted in Old Sharlayan by a mysterious benefactor that provide food and lodging for resident and visiting attendants of the Studium

The dorms are based in the rear wings of a renovated mansion seated atop the cliffs overlooking pier nine, dubbed 'Cliffside', and can house nearly one hundred occupants

The former, rather expansive grounds of the mansion have been converted from sprawling, overgrown gardens into carefully sectioned and rotated pastures housing a modest flock of karakul and small milk, cheese, and wool production facility

Visiting students and staff are encouraged, though not required, to participate in the care and employment of these resident sheep, most often finding it to be a rather soothing and therapeutic experience as well as a way to earn extra spending coin for their efforts

Are you a student or faculty that has stayed at Cliffside while attending the studium in Sharlayan?

Have you visited Cliffside's venue for karakul products?

Do you work at Cliffside either as housing staff or a member of the karakul production team?

A semi-prominent, lesser noble house of Ishgardian descent under the liege patronage of House Durendaire

The house of Rosier was known in Ishgard for its imports in Ul Dahn textiles, adapting the silks and gold of the bazaar into the high fashion of elezen nobility

The house reportedly fell to shame when it was exposed that the lord at the time, as a means to expand his profit margins further than the limits bordering on the obscene they had already grown to, began operating with unknown sources within a growing ring of slave trade with connections to the far east

After the mysterious death of said lord, however, along with many other members of the Rosier family, control of the enterprise fell to the late lady of the house's sister and only remaining family member. Through her talented business ingenuity and clever political tactics, she was able to begin rebuilding the Rosier's reputation and rekindle the company's textile prowess

Were you a friend/associate/member of house Rosier in Ishgard or Ul Dah?

Do you currently work for House Rosier under its new management?

A house of low popularity, though no shortage of wealth or influence with roots in Old Sharlayan

The Lanterns were sea-faring people, their ancestors settling in Old Sharlayan though their one, true vocation had always been commerce and the sea

Lantern Shipping is what they are primarily known for, hosting no small amount of transport and trade vessels the world over

In more recent years, and due to the tragic loss of the family's current lord as well as three of his four sons, the company has stagnated, now attempting to rebuild in the wake of scandalous rumors of a progressive slave-trade that the family had reportedly been involved in

Currently, the youngest and last heir of the Lanterns, Quatros Lantern resides in Sharlayan as a ward of Moulton Rostnahct, who has pledged support and guidance to the young man, and currently assists in rebuilding both reputation and his business confederates throughout the world

Were you a friend/associate/member of House Lantern in Sharlayan or someplace else in the world? (they had a vast shipping network)

A Sharlayan noble family of little repute and standing

The family gained moderate notoriety within the small island nation through various members who held lesser political and official positions within the community over the generations

They are more prominently known for a small but robust fishing conglomerate to which they founded

In more recent events, the elderly lord and lady of the family were killed in a fire that engulfed their bedchamber at the family estate

The fire was small and ruled as 'accidental' citing the careless placement or ill-attendance of a lamp being the root cause

The lord and lady were survived by two grown sons, whom promptly liquidated the family's holdings in Sharlayan and retired to their estate on the more agreeable and temperate region of La Noscea

Were you a friend/associate/member of House Aubrey?

Did you know of their products sold under their brand? (mostly fish)

A former and long-time professor of botany at the studium and member of the forum in Old Sharlayan

Known best for his time at the studium as a crotchety and seemingly permanent old man as well as a ruthless professor when it came to grades

He was known secondly for being 'struck down' at the recent event of his open, cliff-side wedding reception when he, along with several unfortunate members of his groomsmen who were seated nearby, were struck by an errant bolt of lightning produced by a quickly approaching storm

Was your character a former student of Caleigh?

Did they know of him from the forum?

A wide-spread and wealthy confederate of slave-traders and human traffickers based in the far east

Those in the flesh-market or sex-trade would have known of 'The Peach' either by direct dealings with the company or by their solicitors who would commonly visit establishments to purvey their wares for acquisition or trade

While the original name was long lost, 'The Peach' was generally accepted though rarely spoken of in place of the company's original moniker due to the symbol of a 'peach' with a single green leaf above it found on their crates or branded on the shoulders of their marketable 'goods'

Within the last two years, the operation of this industry has undergone a dramatic change; people are no longer kidnapped or sold, they are 'gathered' from the areas in which they reside, taken in for vocational training at the establishments that would haven normally housed them for shipment, and then 'rented' to potential clients to work in their specialized fields

It is unclear why this known black-market supplier of 'human goods' underwent such a drastic alteration, though rumors abound of a change in leadership or more sinister, albeit unfounded, plots

Was your character a member of The Peach's organization?

Was your character captured/transported/sold by The Peach?

Is your character currently employed by the 'reformed' opperation?

A popular and common children's fairy tale among the denizens of the Coerthas and Dravanian regions

The story denotes the main character Gelayne, a larger than average elezen stable-hand with aspirations of becoming a knight, who enters a tournament in Ishgard and wins, fulfilling his ambition

The story continues as the hero gallivants around the countryside, battling monsters, saving villages and hapless travelers, and preventing disasters

He also meets, befriends and otherwise falls in love with a beautiful sorceress, Derina, known as 'The Red Star'

Though the pair battle dragons, the elements, and treacherous, and a constant array of challenger-knights sent to 'reclaim' the title won by a commoner, the story carries on with a rather whimsical theme

In the end, however, Gelayne and Derina make 'the heroes' sacrifice', traveling to prevent a flood from drowning an entire town, never to be seen or heard from again

Do you know of the story?

Was it told to you differently? (Ishgardian nobility often demonizes Gelayne as someone who 'fought' the status-quo and aristocracy)