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History

Benedict Waverly was born in Old Sharlayan. Much like his mother, he's a carefree and curious boy. He's taught many things at a young age, such as magic by his mother and his great uncle.Born in the latest generation of House Waverly, a rather secretive Sharlayan family that dedicates to the research of curative magic, he is a candidate to be the heir to the house. However like his mother he doesn't care about the family legacy and decided to pursue his own goal as an adventurer. After he graduated the Studium, he left Sharlayan without a word except to his mother and sets his sights on Eorzea. In his adventures, he found himself oddly being a sort of investigator solving mysteries instead, which gave him the idea to become an "Adventuring Investigator". Eventually, he opened his own Grand Company in respect to his mother's old company in her adventuring days, "The Unwavering Wanderer" where clients can visit if they need his help, or for his associates to stay and hang out or work.

Personality

Benedict is an awfully carefree and eccentric person. He's very enthusiastic and very hard to upset because he never lets most things get under his skin, and frankly he won't care much about anything either.He's quite cheeky, sharp-tongued and not afraid to say what's on his mind. He's very nosy and doesn't care about privacy, which always gets him into trouble, but it's natural for an investigator to be somewhat nosy.He's a bit of a klutz and would sabotage things without meaning to, but he won't be sorry about it. He's also incredibly forgetful. He forgets a lot of names, people, what he ate for breakfast and even his own nameday sometimes. He usually forgets the past cases he's worked on and the people involved, too. That or he pretends he forgets. Who knows? It's no wonder people think he lost a few screws. Even so, he's actually well-educated, witty and his deduction skills are nothing to joke about.Although unusual, he can take things seriously. You'd know the situation is of dire importance and urgency when he does.

Abilities

The relevant ones:
Gunslinging - He was never a fan of magic despite being taught at such a young age. He preferred the inventions he created, one which was an improvised gun that shoots restorative rounds for someone who wanted to become a healer but didn't have the capacity to use raw magic and soon realized that he liked the concept of artillery powered by aether. Soon enough, he invented his own gun and practiced how to shoot one. It took time and effort to get better at it, which made him a decent shot at least.Machinery and Inventions - He has an obsession on his handmade artillery and would make plenty based on different tricks. He eventually made a single gun that can change components to facilitate these needs instead.Somanoutics - In recent years, House Waverly has adapted to this art. His mother in particular is an Archon in this field of study. He had an interest on it, believing it has a good balance of mending wounds which he is better at, but also causing harm which he prefers doing. Also, the nouliths align with his aesthetics. He made his own invention of nouliths that pair well together with his guns if he needs the extra artillery.Some extra talents:
Synthesized Conjury - House Waverly has a long history, and their ancestors being the Amdapori White Mages of the Fifth Astral Era, who have survived the Sixth Umbral Era after joining Sharlayan's founder Nyunkrepf in his ark and since built the nation of Sharlayan in his guidance. Since then they've have passed the art of White Magic to their Sharlayan descendants however forbade the use of it, so they created a version of Conjury that better suits their needs. House Waverly's White Magic and Conjury is quite different from the White Magic of Gridania's Seers and it's Conjury practitioners due to that difference. Benedict in particular is the most gifted of his generation, with great prowess in healing magic.Arcanima - He took up this field back when he was at the Studium because he liked how you can conjure your own Carbuncle from it and how it's more avenues for offensive magic compared to White Magic and Conjury. He has a Moonstone Carbuncle as a pet.
He has a better affinity for healing than destructive spells, unlike his twin sister however, which made him dislike using raw magic.Alchemy - House Waverly over the last century welcomed the alchemic arts into the business. He took an interest for alchemy since her mother was a great alchemist herself. Though, he's not as adept in the field as his twin sister, Evangeline. He only tried to learn it so he can incorporate alchemy into his own machinery and inventions.

Celeste Waverly

Benedict's mother, and a scholar from New Sharlayan. She was second in line to the Waverly name and business but after disagreements with her father, she went on an adventure right after she graduated from the studium. She eventually reforged bonds with her father and took up part of the Waverly business. Now she is an Archon whose expertise is both Alchemy and Somanoutics.One of Benedict's main influences into why he picked the life of adventure instead of taking up the family name, which his mother herself also empathizes on and supports his decision, if not romanticizing the idea too much.

Argent Brandt

Benedict's father, and a gladiator from Thanalan. After an unfortunate event regarding his family, a veteran coliseum fighter took him in as his own son and trained him to be a gladiator. In one fateful day, he met Celeste and her friends, and went on a grand adventure together.In his later years, he served the Waverly family as a personal mercenary, mostly to aid his own wife on her most ridiculous errands for research. Benedict respects him a lot as an adventurer.

Evangeline Waverly

Benedict's older twin sister. Unlike Benedict, she took up the Waverly business. She remained in Old Sharlayan as an expert Alchemist, perfecting her craft in creating curatives as her healing magic is not as potent as Benedict's.She's stern but very ill-tempered. She values efficiency, perfection and doesn't tolerate idiocy. She's not fond of Benedict for having far more potent healing magic than her while casting the Waverly business aside for his own "ridiculous" ambitions.On the sidelines, she became the acting Headmaster of the Unwavering Wanderer, a Sharlayan outpost owned by House Waverly, after Benedict entrusted the Free Company to her as he went to Tural.

Viktor Waverly

Benedict's grandfather's brother, which makes him his great uncle. Benedict treats him like his real grandfather anyway since they share the same desire for adventure. He was supposed to be the head of House Waverly due to his magical prowess but he cast it all aside for a life of adventure. He is a master in disciplines of magic and is an Archon specializing in sorcery, an art that is contrary to Waverly traditions.He is a fun-loving and adventurous man. He is wise and has a gentle demeanor but when it comes to things that interest him like playing with fire, literally, his personality can combust into a raging, insatiable flame.

Aurelius Lyon

Benedict's technically first cousin once removed, but considers him an uncle due to his sibling-like relationship with his mother, Celeste, and also with himself. He was adopted into the family so they have no blood relation but Benedict has a great admiration for him, as a person, a scholar and especially as an adventurer. He's one of the reasons why Benedict became an adventurer himself.He's a laid-back and free-spirited individual who is an adventurer by trade. Nowadays he (barely) supervises the Unwavering Wanderer, a Sharlayan outpost owned by House Waverly, and carries out errands demanded by the actual acting headmaster, Evangeline.

Lynell Blanchard

[To be written down]

Osmund Airaldi

[To be written down]

Theodore Grayve

He was a tutor for the twins back in Old Sharlayan, primarily in the studies and construction of ancient texts. He's awfully blunt and prefers a rational, more logical approach in reasoning which makes him sound so impertinent, but he does mean well.These days he helps out Evangeline in the prospects of the Unwavering Wanderer, though he's more of a patron than anything.

Calem Grenmeyer

[To be written down]

Nathanael Blackthorne

[To be written down]