#and then he was 20 when Gaius rolled in and they swapped out one evil regime for another

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Alivion is a Warrior, but in the sense of weilding a large chunk of metal to deadly effect, not in the sense of following a specific discipline. The rage mechanics for him are figurative, not literal magical channeling of emotion.

He's also proficient with a curved Ala Mhigan sword (I have a paladin glamour with an invisible shield that's canon for him), and could pick up any bladed weapon and do something with it.

He's uncomfortable casting magic, and he likes gunblades because of how they let him use magic in combat but cast it when he can focus on it better, but generally prefers to rely on a blade.

I don't think he even has a jobstone; jobstones are for people who learn skills properly and study magic theory, not for rebels who beat ploughshares into swords to make life miserable for occupying Garlean forces.

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After he got dead he was understandably too shaken to charge in on the front lines again, and he learned Rogue from Jacke so he could rely on a blade (which he is used to and which is the most comfortable form of combat for him) without being the center of attention and the target of everyone else's blades.

He isn't great at sneaksneak stabstab, but is good enough and it carried him through the early stages of his career as Warrior of Light. Towards the end of the Stormblood story he started getting his confidence back, and by the time he met Ardbert in Shadowbringers he was a full time tank again.

I keep Ninja leveled so he can wear the Ala Mhigan Resistance uniform, which is a Scouting dungeon drop; Ninja isn't canon for him, only Rogue is, but parts of the Ninja class quest are canon and he does know Oboro and Tsubame.

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He knows Monk but not as a combat discipline; he learned a noncombat version as a boy as a spiritual and cultural practice (I'm sure it's also a way to get the more energetic kids to burn off excess energy without running around screaming, and the less energetic kids to exercize properly). He would be a formidable foe even unarmed (Emet Selch can attest to this; Alivion beat the crap out of the guy when they were building the Kholusian elevator and something something "glowing embers of animosity" was the final straw that tipped him out of his self control), but this is only partially due to childhood Monk training and he's definitely not A Monk™.

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The Dark Knight story dealt with a lot of the same themes that I deal with in Alivion's story, but not really in the same way; a lot of the ways the player character leanrs and grows in the DRK arc is stuff that Alivion dealt with long before he started Warrior of Light-ing. Also, DRK relies heavily on magic, and Alivion would really rather leave the magic to literally anyone else. It's not a phobia per se, more a healthy respect that's gone a little too far; the way someone in real life might be extra cautious around fire or electricity without being phobic.

The fact he is not a Dark Knight needs to be said because the themes are so close and his main class is a sort of job-neutral tank with an oversized blade.

WoL/FFXIV OC Question(s)!

What is your WoL/OC's main class/job and why? Are they good at multiple roles? Are there any they're really bad at?