

❝ The eternal sweet dream scatters in a fleeting instant, and you finally understand why people slumber.
They do so towards a dawn freed from dreams..❞
l ingering echoes
Kreide Calais | Bishop | Ren
heavensent | fragmented harmony
the keeper | the actor | the blade
Only when one has fallen to the ground can they learn how to fly.
The golden dream is about to become restless.
In the long night that will follow, I fear that you may encounter countless setbacks and witness endless tragedies. In the end, only black and white will be left in your vision.
But you must have faith. That black-and-white world will have a fleeting moment of crimson. But, when you make your decision...
...It will appear once again.
And you, you must carefully ruminate on its meaning, then return to the waking world.
We will find our answer there.
■■■rules
hello. i write this crazy character.
trigger warnings for psychological horror and suicidal themes, as well as mental-health things.please understand i will not write anything mature with any characters or any writers who are underage, and would prefer to write with characters who are over 18+ of age, but i welcome all rpers.if something is confusing or makes you uncomfortable, or if you simply want to change something, please feel free to reach out and let me know. if you have an idea for a plot, feel free to send me a tell! i reserve the right to refuse any plots, but i like rping pretty much anything that doesn't outright destroy my character.i do not run any plots that deal with racism, sexism, homophobia/transphobia/etc., and just generally be a good person. this also includes the use of fetishing terms - i will not rp with people who call themselves a f*ta. thank you.i am ace, so please do not cause any romance drama ooc. thank you!i have a few health issues which might randomly make me have to stop roleplaying (likely because i am suddenly falling asleep). i am almost always open for discord roleplay - please just ask. thank you for understanding.

■■■Kreide Calais
fragmented harmony
❝ in the end, we awaken from our dreams. ❞
ㅤnameㅤㅤ Kreide Calais.
ㅤother namesㅤㅤ Bishop | Ren | Titania
ㅤraceㅤㅤ veena viera
ㅤageㅤㅤ 156 Years
ㅤpronounsㅤㅤ He/Him
ㅤoriginㅤ ㅤIshgard
ㅤprofession Priest (auditor) | archivist | inquisitor (hunter)
ㅤaetherㅤㅤ unstable. aspected highly towards holy astral ice, interwoven with white magic. seems to be destroying and remaking the body constantly.
ㅤdynamisㅤㅤ multifaceted and powerful. reverent with hymns of harmony. can easily manipulate space if focused.
ㅤclassㅤㅤ Scholar. Dragoon | Dark Knight. Viper | White Mage
ㅤlanguagesㅤㅤ Eorzean, Ishgardian, Old Ishgardian, Garlean, Hingan, Voidsent
ㅤeyesㅤㅤ pale.
ㅤhairㅤ ㅤwhite.
ㅤskillsㅤㅤ "Words of Harmony" | Blood Magic | White Magic
ㅤvoice claimㅤ sunday, honkai star rail
ㅤpersonalityㅤ known to be determined but reticent, kreide lives a life in fragments, bound by his faith as a priest of the Ishgardian Orthodoxy, yet tormented by the fractures of his mind and past.
For what is the price of harmony? An answer that Kreide himself does not know. Yet whispers tell this viera to be both blessed and cursed while Kreide strives to make sense of the void of his past and himself.The gifts to the faithful are not always kind.
stats
ㅤheightㅤㅤㅤ6'1"
ㅤweightㅤㅤ55 kg.
ㅤstrengthㅤㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
ㅤdexterityㅤㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
ㅤhealthㅤㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
ㅤenergyㅤㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
ㅤstyleㅤㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
ㅤhygieneㅤㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
ㅤperceptionㅤㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
ㅤcommunicationㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
ㅤpersuasionㅤㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
ㅤmeditationㅤㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
ㅤliteracyㅤㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
ㅤcreativityㅤㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
ㅤcookingㅤㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
ㅤcombatㅤㅤㅤ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤
motifs
foundation
ㅤheadstrongㅤ
ㅤperceptiveㅤ
ㅤadaptiveㅤ
ㅤintelligentㅤ
ㅤkindㅤ
ㅤunderstandingㅤ
ㅤstubbornㅤ
ㅤassertiveㅤ
ㅤunyieldingㅤ
ㅤsharp-tonguedㅤ
ㅤparadoxicalㅤ
ㅤsingle-mindedㅤ
ㅤdrivenㅤ
ㅤdissociatedㅤ
ㅤunrelentingㅤ
ㅤcallousㅤ
ㅤsacrificialㅤ
ㅤsuicidalㅤ
history
a young boy
once sought the wisdom of the gods.
"why does life slumber?"
"i cannot see. i cannot dream. what shall i do?"
he had scattered lost ashes onto the snow, and wept - before raven feathers took him away.an actor
grew silent as he danced for the stage.
he would be trained to sing. to dance. to entertain on a knife's edge. all his sorrows drowned in white snow, and black ashes stained his soul.an blade
awoke with blood on his tongue.
crimson red stained his lips, golden petals trapped in his throat. his fingers ached - animated by the white that kept him from the grave. his duties weren't over yet.what is harmony, bound to the chains of fate? to find the answer, a fractured soul would write their own story.
hooks
common knowledge
requirements: none
the holy and the damned
A priest auditor of the Ishgardian Orthodoxy and an Inquisitor for the Inquisition, Kreide finds himself often within the cathedral, tending to the faithful, leading sermons or confessions, or dealing with the endless droves of paperwork as an auditor.
As an inquisitor, Kreide is part of the division known as the Apostolic Knights, a high-mortality-rate division tasked with dealing with "problem targets" such as dangerous cults, supernatural creatures, or otherwise.
Because of the division's reputation, Kreide and his fellow Knights are sometimes treated with wariness, even fear and distrust, amongst his inquisitorial brothers (with some believing that the Knights are cursed or heretical themselves), but nevertheless answers to his division commander and the Lord Inquisitors above him.
His relationship with this job is mixed, but for some reason he hasn't left. Yet.archivist
Kreide acts as a Keeper of the Ark Library, found in Ishgard. Under his mentor's tutelage, Kreide seeks out knowledge and stories, documenting them with his gifts over words and "harmony".a taste for fashion
A long exile from the city-state led to Kreide picking up sewing as a hobby. Over time, this has developed into a taste for fashion, and Kreide will happily make clothing for himself and his friends.
uncommon knowledge
requirements: ic explanations, friendshipsHeavensent | Hellbent
Kreide's aether is a blinding anomaly - blessed with a gift of immense astral, holy ice, Kreide wields the powers of snow as easily as breathing. But underneath, it all is roots of an older strain of white magic, one with golden flowers and spider lilies flickering around.Words of Harmony
Once a fledgling, uncontrolled power, under his mentor's tutelage, Kreide has learned to weave words into "miracles", able to affect reality around him from creation to spatial manipulation through Dynamis. However, words are notoriously fickle, and Kreide's "miracles" can often backfire.Fractured Mind
As a child, Kreide suffered quite immense trauma that led his mind to fracture into several alters, each with their own personalities, aether signatures, and memories.
While Kreide can communicate with some of them, particularly an alter called Ren, his memories switches tend to be more uncontrolled, subtle enough that he doesn't realize he lost time, sometimes leaving him with a headache.
hidden secrets
these are elements that are considered lore bending/potentially lore breaking or are considered "deep knowledge". i'll only use them on request.Mara
Kreide finds himself burdened with a curse, one more obvious than the other. He calls the strange white magic that runs through his veins "mara", golden blooms that keep him from death, no matter what it could be, but constantly wrack his body with agony. It gifts him with unbounded creation and "life", which he counters with unrestrained, chaotic blood magic.
Mara is said to be tied to his skill of "words of harmony", though how far is hard to say.Crimson Troupe
As a child, Kreide was picked up by someone named the Earl and was trained as an actor for the Rose Theatre Company in Ishgard. While supposedly, the theatre was known for high-class shows for the elite, something sinister hid behind its curtains.

■■■ 01
The only thing he could sense was a splotch of crimson in his sight and the taste of iron in his mouth. His limbs were unresponsive.
— He must have died.
"Do you remember?"Winters were cold, the corpse next to him colder - ice had already formed on the seam of his brother's lips. His breath was wet - rattling icy shards in his lungs that tore across his veins.
They were nothing, in the wake of the city. They were sacrifices to the goddess, a stain, a mark of tragedy. They would die in the snow - they would become martyrs.
He did not wish to die.
He grasped onto his hammer tried to crack the ice.
An earl with blue butterflies in his eyes answered his plea - pale fingers grasped onto salvation, onto undead infinity.

■■■ 02
The only thing he could sense was a splotch of crimson in his sight and the taste of iron in his mouth. His limbs were unresponsive.
— He must have died.
"Do you remember?"A thousand masks stared back at him. Some laughed, some cried, some wept bitter tears and grinned manic smiles.
He was their actor - he breathed their name. He danced - he sang, he forgot his own face and died.
He sat in the laps of a thousand faceless souls, he donned costumes - and his hands, too, wrapped that leash around his pale core and bound his own breath.
They saved him. He, too, would be their tool - his bitter tears the fuel of their progress.

■■■ 03
The only thing he could sense was a splotch of crimson in his sight and the taste of iron in his mouth. His limbs were unresponsive.
— He must have died.
"Do you remember?"The city tied around him - the mages had suffocated the chokepoints, and the grass had died. He held onto the soil and casted his pale gaze to the sky.
How marvelous - he had already lost the will to live, but this world cried out - and he could only listen to their prayers.
How marvelous - he no longer remembered his own face. His own name. His own wish.
He stood up on two feet, threw his tears to the world beyond, and let the vines fill those empty seams.If they could not remember themselves, he could remember for them.

■■■ 04
The only thing he could sense was a splotch of crimson in his sight and the taste of iron in his mouth. His limbs were unresponsive.
— He must have died.
"Do you remember?"They started a ceremony with wine, and ended it with a prayer to the snow. White clothes of sanctity draped over his shoulders - he could not remember why he wore them. But he was to - for it was pure.
He, had to be pure. He - was their savior. He lit the incense and recited the prayers - to heal the soul, to heal the body.
His own body had long since gave out - tendons snapped. The bandages on his palms had bled a crimson red. In the end - he was a tool for this unending calamity.He wished, silently, that he too could weave a miracle that could change fate.

■■■ 05
The only thing he could sense was a splotch of crimson in his sight and the taste of iron in his mouth. His limbs were unresponsive.
— He must have died.
"Do you remember?"They came to him for miracles - forged by his hands. They came for him, for them, the knight and the warrior. The forgemaster twins. They were warders - and the city of darkness kept enroaching.
He would protect them all - his brothers, sisters, all of them, for this sanctuary dream they had carved out together.(oh, but to protect a dream, it means to lose your mind, and to lose your mind is to forget reality, too, is sublime).

■■■ 06
The only thing he could sense was a splotch of crimson in his sight and the taste of iron in his mouth. His limbs were unresponsive.
— He must have died.
"Do you remember?"An angel came down and struck him in his core.
The flowers bloomed once more, white lycoris stained red, blossoming from his stomach, from his chest.
He remembered death - again and again. Life, however, would not let him go.How bitter. He clawed his way out of his nightmare, and opened his eyes. If he must kill his own dreams to achieve the death he sought, so shall it be.
So shall it be.

■■■ encore
He could no longer see anything.Each mask had shattered into ground porcelain dust, each butterfly fluttering against his chest - not even the greatest plays could keep him awake anymore.
What was he? No one. But a false face - a false name. False everything - he had died long ago.Someone placed a blade in his hand. Wrapped his fingers around a familiar hammer and breathed warmth onto corpse-cold limbs.
His heart had long been corrupted.
Some did not care."You are not your dreams yet, ■■■■■."
A smile - no wishes. No miracles. No blessings. A smile.
"You can also use your will to not become something you don't want. You can still do what you want.""You only need to reach to grasp the truth."
■■■writer
ㅤnameㅤㅤmelafyre.
ㅤageㅤㅤ21+.
ㅤpronounsㅤㅤthey/she.
ㅤtimezoneㅤㅤmst.
little about
artist. honkai star rail enthusiast (that might be obvious). i also have two cats who are my muses and menaces.
sometimes i write terrifying body horror, and sometimes i scribble beans.
thank you for writing with my strange, fantastical muses.

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