Character Avatar: Luke Mitchell
Character Name: Quinton Lavais
Age: 40 (1985)
Rank/Title: Priest of Eisheth
Race: d'Angeline
Country/Province: Eisande
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Player: Janet
Appearance: A mop of curly mousy-brown hair sits atop Quin's head and his expressive blue-grey gaze regards the world with intelligent and calm consideration. Standing at 6 foot, Quin's physique is well maintained, as he feels a healer should look after oneself if he is to look after others - lead by example and all that. Conversely, his features oft sport stubble, as he thinks that shaving is a vanity he hasn't time for.
Personality: Quinton is a quiet and mild-mannered man. Everything about him seems measured and collected. At first and even second glance, he seems the type that would not take risks, even going out of his way to avoid conflict. Ever calm, nothing seems to ruffle him. But courage lurks beneath that collected persona and a quiet determination to do the right thing. Yet, despite all that Quinton is a haunted soul, and he deals with that by turning to alcohol to dim the horrors in his mind.
History: Quinton was born in Eisande, the fifth and youngest child. His family had always been connected with healing and the Temple of Eisheth, but Quin's parents never pushed their children towards that path. Out of all of them, only Quin took that route. His quiet nature and steady hands leant themselves well to the arts of healing and when he was of age, he was accepted into the Temple of Eisheth as an initiate. He took to his studies well, learning the physician's ways with steady diligence. He was by no means top of his class, nor did he conduct himself with any particular flair. However, his calm bedside manner and ability to keep his head in a crisis made him beloved by his fellow initiates and teachers alike.
It was after he became a fully-fledged Priest that Quinton came into his own, however. He'd left Eisande and had come to the City of Elua when the war broke out. Despite his relative youth, Quinton joined with the delegation of other priests and chirurgeons and headed to the battlefields. But rather than join the rest of his brethren and sistren in the tents set aside to administer to the wounded, Quinton ventured out into the battlefields themselves, wanting to help comfort those who would not make it back to the tents where the medical personnel were waiting.
More than once he had to dodge blows and weapons, though his blue robes helped distinguish him from the soldiers he was helping. Whether it was a Skaldi, Carthaginian or d'Angeline soldier he found, Quinton did not hesitate. Offering water and what minimal comfort he could there and then. A few soldiers he actually saved, for a timely compress or a tourniquet helped the fallen warrior last until they could be carried back to the tirelessly working chirurgeons.
Day after day, Quinton went back out amongst the fighting, at night falling all but exhausted into a small cot, only to rise at dawn and venture out once more. In his mind, that was what was needed and he felt that it was only right that he should offer those that had fallen the comfort they would not otherwise be able to receive..
After the war, Quinton was a changed man. He had seen more death and destruction than many did in their lifetime. On the surface, Quinton seemed the same quiet caring man he'd ever been, but beneath that roared a furnace of horror. All the sights, sounds and even scents he'd experienced plagued him, and in an effort to drown them out, Quinton turned to drink. At first, it was just a few drinks at night, enough to wipe out his conscious mind and help him sleep. Then it became more regular, a crutch more than anything. Drinking in the morning to help him steady his nerves, drinking at night to forget.
Updates and Character Development:
- Quin met and began a tentative relationship with Aimee no Balm
- They slept together on MW when she was free to sleep with whoever she chose and then tried to stay chaste the rest of the time
- Unfortunately, though they were very much in love and Aimee was working on completing her marque, Quin's demons and drink, as well as Aimee's drive to help - not to mention their age difference - drove them apart and they ended up separating.
