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Traveler - tinkerer - enjoyer of simple pleasures - VIEU GREYSTONE IS EVERYTHING THAT HE PRESENTS HIMSELF TO BE. This is a man one is glad to have encountered on the road: he dusts off his weatherbeaten leather coat, adjusts his hat, and grins crooked, and the curve of that grin creases well-worn grooves on his face.

You in need of a helpin' hand, friend?

(He don't take payment. But if you insist, he'd like a beer and a story.)

ABOUT

THE TITLE TRACK - ORIGAMI ANGEL    -    A LIFE OF POSSIBLITIES - DISMEMBERMENT PLAN    -    RENDEZVOUS - MILI    -    CAVALRY - SHAYFER JAMES    -    COCKROACH KING - HAKEN    -    WALTZ IN E-MAJOR, OP. 15 "MOON WALTZ" - COJUM DIP

IDENTITY. Vieu Greystone. Romulus jen Casena. Linkpearl Kitten in the Wyld Hunt's ring. Pilot and engineer and vagabond and brother, once upon a time. Bartender (a really bad one).

PHYSICAL. A middle-aged man with scruffy mid-length hair and stubble; stockily built - short for a Garlean - with corded muscle hiding under a healthy layer of fat; a burn scar that runs up the length of his right arm; a gait that favors his right leg over his left. Relaxed grey-green eyes. A casual stance. A smile with one scraggletooth poking out at the edge.

THEMATIC. Life after loss. A coward's absolution. Escapism. The cruelty inherent in turning your eyes away. Who are you, when not defined by others? Reconciling privilege and suffering; even the in-group under fascism is ground down by the empire.

...And how do you live, despite it all?




STRENGTHS... Finding time to stop and breathe.
Providing infectious excitement.
Having the right tool in a sticky situation.

What have you forgotten about yourself?
What do you need to take one more step forward?

NEUTRALS... Injecting a spot of levity in any situation.
Being the exact sort of person that he seems like.
Keeping himself from appearing threatening.
Using his heart on his sleeve like a shield.

+*. Why can't we have a little fun while we're at it?
What sort of stories do you have to share?

WEAKNESSES... Being too afraid to take decisive action.
Wearing a mask of his own face without knowing what lies beneath.
Allowing unspoken grievances to color his heart.

How can I know if I ever changed at all?
Who am I without a reflection to wear?

adapted from theirlegacies; click here to learn more. thank you, sarah!

CONNECTIONS

pulled from vieu's former RPHub's connections page. if you're here, you probably know how to contact me— let me know if you'd like your connection updated!
and if you're not here and would like to be, shoot me a message!
trusted [✦] - friendly [☀] - neutral [☁] - unfriendly [⚔]

BEAU DAWNSTRIDER.
kindred spirit.

"She's a lot like me. Simple... naw, not simple. Forthright. Honest in her presentation and her kindness. Ain't nothing seems to faze her, and she keeps her head held high, but there's a weight on those shoulders, y'hear? I hope that I can be there when she's wanting for an offered hand."

how do they see vieu?
i like your smile better.
"I met Vieu through my wife, and I didn't think we'd have much in common. It turns out we do: hobbies and habits alike. We live our lives, and come together - occasionally - to share the stories we've collected. He's a constant in a life of variables. That scares me sometimes, but I enjoy having the anchor point. I might tell him someday, about it all."

MASANORI OBELLIUS.
Funhouse Mirror

"We've been nothing but the people we been supposed to be, you and I. And I want to find out who you - we, maybe - who we truly are. Wanna do it together?"

how do they see vieu?
I don't know.
"I had thought you everything I disliked in a man... but it turned out that I just couldn't stand seeing myself, reflected back at me through you. Let's retrace our steps, you and I, and see each other for everything we are. For everything we can become."

VALHYR WYLDERVYK.
through thick and thin.

"I'm not sure what I've done to earn this kindness. You've really become the mountain you wished to lean on, once. So... don't forget to be selfish, okay? You won't be goin' at it alone; I care for you as you've cared for me."

how do they see vieu?
My old friend.
"I'll keep on being there, by your side. Even if I don't quite understand how best to do that, yet. From now on, I'm not going to let you push that sadness away. A friend keeps his friends safe. A friend is there when you cry. When you feel crazy, or stupid, or anything in between. I will be everything you've been for me and then some, even if I have to stumble my way through it to reach you. I'll be there, Old friend. I'll be there."

ANDROMEDA (LUX) VALERIUS.
☀

"...I'm glad that, out of all the people from the VIIth to reunite with, it was you. What you did back then meant more to me than you'll ever know."

how do they see vieu?
Friend
"How the time flies, my old friend, and how we have both grown into our own destinies."

CALIMANT JEREND.
☀

how do they see vieu?
A Trusted Face
Vieu is as trustworthy as they come, in terms of folk he's met during his time attending the Broken Collar Club. The man brews a good cup of coffee.

DERYK HEARTHNEST.
Friend, book 'lender'.

"The book's been on my nightstand for ages... it's fine if I keep it, right...?"

how do they see vieu?
Friend, book borrower.
A trusted friend. He hasn't returned Deryk's book yet.

EFRIONNE NATAIN.
☀

how do they see vieu?
Helper Figure
The one who hired her at the Wyld, worked on a prosthetic hand for her, and is always there for her, whether she needs a shoulder to cry on, a hand to help her, or some good old fashioned southern advice. Vieu Greystone is, ironically or not, the rock to which Efrionne is often moored.

KORALIA ATOEL.
☀

"From a budding goldsmithing apprentice to openin' up a shop of your own— my friend, you've really come far! I know the past haunts you - it's a burden that weighs down every step you take - but I hope you find comfort in knowing you've got people at your back...And one day, we'll realize, the burden no longer weighs as heavy."


SHRIKE.
☀

how do they see vieu?
Yet-unsettled debts and bets.
"The man has a good heart. I try not to think of myself in terms of debt to him. I can repay it by making use of what he's offered. ...The furnishings for my quarters, and all." [...And I still want to see you in the ring, damn it.]

AMA AKHABA.
Coworker

"...She might be onto me."

how do they see vieu?
Why Is He A Cowpoke In Ishgard?
"No really. Why is he like that?"

FANA MAJORA.
Gleaner of Legend

"I watched her crack a fire crystal open like an ice-cold can of beer. Coupla years ago I heard she singlehandedly beat the Sons of Saint Coinach to a relic in the center of a volcano. She's friends with Wolf, too, through the Amalj'aa - and I suspect if we ever get to chattin' she'll be a friend of me."

how do they see vieu?
Forge Neighbor
He watched her melt a shit ton of evil, multiplying crystal and didn't call her a witch. 10/10, he's at-risk of getting aether crystals left on the windowsill as if he fed a street cat McMoogle's on an Iceday night.

ISABEL SCHLAGER.
Acquaintance

"...I think we might be buds if she came back in a few years. Right now I don't want nothin' to do with her relationship drama."

how do they see vieu?
Distant Confidant
"There's a world in which Vieu and I were best friends. We have a lot in common... But there's a dozen summers of difference in our age, and something tells me that some of my behaviors have somehow chased him away... Which is a shame. I'd like to get to know him, as a friend. But right now it feels as though there's distance between us, and maybe that's for the best. I was able to confide in him once and it made him very uncomfortable. I'd like to avoid doing that again."

LUCILLE STARLING.
Acquaintance

how do they see vieu?
Friend of a Friend
"Mister Greystone is also a trusted associate in the circles I've found myself in, and for good reason. I'm hard-pressed to find a more talented Machinist, and especially one as accommodating as he. I think The Wyld is lucky to have him around."

MARCEL ABBOTT.
Paid vacation ASAP

"That kid's always got somethin' going on with him. I'd say he needs a vacation, but I know he'd find a way to turn that into a job one way or another. Listen, I'm not sure what happened to make him this way, but I think he needs to do somethin' fun for once."

how do they see vieu?
Friend-of-a-Few-Friends
"One of my friends met 'em at an Astro-Bar thing, another one has history in his hometown, Saori and Beau work with 'em, yet it seems like his hat stays on straight with all those people he's around on the day-to-day. Dunno how he does it, they all give me headaches."

SAORI SUZURAN.
I smell trouble...

"That. Countless other incidents with other people, but also that. We sure did end up bannin' weapons from Broken Collar Club after she swung a glass at someone's face and they pulled a fucking gun on her."

how do they see vieu?
Hot Vodka Supplier
"He's the single worst bartender I've ever met. I think we might actually lose our liquor license if they keep letting him back there. I wonder sometimes if I make him sweat when he's hosting the Garlean hugbox. No one's tried to take a swing at me yet, but it's only a matter of time, riiiight?"

IOLA TARIAN.
Real...bitches...?

"I do not care how much we got in common. She nearly killed me when we talked."

how do they see vieu?
Real Bitches
"I don' think I've ever met another person more fake'n Vieu Greystone, but I don' mean it in a bad way. I think 'e doesn' know what 'e wants or who 'e is, so 'e wears a mask named 'Vieu Greystone.' It ain't so dissimilar ta me. 'Iola Tarian.' But Vieu taught me that sometimes when ya take off th' mask, life gets better. I 'ope 'e does the same. We'll be real bitches, he an' I, jus' ye wait."

HOOKS

"Sons of Saint Coinach? Rowena? Fetchin' Allagan relics for the highest bidders? I'm tellin' you I'm past all that, so piss off."
"Ain't nothin' you can do to convince me to get back into the business... for now, at least."
VIEU IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY NAUSEA OR DAMAGES NEED A HANDYMAN?
Exactly what it says on the tin. He'll help a buddy out for free, but this's a trade he's still picking up. Don't expect sparkling results.
NEED A HANDYMAN?
Exactly what it says on the tin. He'll help a buddy out for free, but this's a trade he's still picking up. Don't expect sparkling results.
WOMEN FEAR ME
FISH FEAR ME
MEN TURN THEIR EYES
AWAY FROM ME
AS I WALK
NO BEAST DARE
MAKES A SOUND
IN MY PRESENCE
I AM ALONE ON
THIS BARREN EARTH

DRAGONKILLER. (available to: skysteel manufactory workers, participants in the dragonsong war, ishgardians) became part of a dragonkiller operating unit as a part of the civilian militia erected after daniffen's wall got fucked up.

ALLAGAN BULLSHIT. (available to: allagan researchers, relic hunters, adventurers, gleaners) known for being a dumb fuck suicidal relic hunter who always seemed to come out alive. he stopped turning in tomestones/trawling adventuring boards as of a few years ago, and a number of people miss his services.

HOOK. (available to: X, Y, Z.) placeholder text (real)

UNDER THE EMPIRE. (available to: imperial soldiers & scientists. give me an idea and we can workshop this together!) A faceless grunt in the XIVth, Ala Mhigo, and the VIIth, though less so Project Meteor— he would have preferred to be faceless there too, but he was brought in as a nepotism hire.


(NOTE: "available to" actually means "available, but not limited to".
you're also more than welcome to extrapolate potential hooks from just about anything else on this profile!)

HISTORY

VIEU IS A MAN WITH A COMPLICATED PAST. It has dogged his footsteps since his unwilling defection under the blazing red Moon that was Dalamud, held at gunpoint by a twin brother who never planned to survive that journey, and his inadvertent awakening in Ishgard— free to breathe for the first time in twenty-four years.

He has learned to live with himself in the time since, and one day, gods willing, he will learn to live as himself.


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OOC

hey guys. its me. penis blaster 5000. i don't have much for the OOC page right now

open to most forms of RP. ERP is reserved for people i'm familiar with. don't be a shitterracist/sexist/transphobic/pedos, etc.
zionists & fascists
condone generative AI

include: general forms of roleplay im looking for. genre. scope. 21+ irl please.

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last updated:10/13/2026