Name: Oli Age: 26 Contact Info: horsechiffon on plurk Other Characters: Aymeric de Borel
Character Information
Name: Ignis Scientia Canon: Final Fantasy XV Age: 32 Gender: Male Canon Point: end of game, as Noctis parts from the group Background Link:http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Ignis_Scientia Inventory: crown-issue cane, his wallet, tiny carbuncle statue, kingsglaive uniform
Personality: Ignis has been groomed since birth to be his prince Noctis’ advisor, strategist, and subsequently his attendant. His entire life circles around Noctis, in spite of being a “foreigner”. He was certainly born in invaded enemy territory, though the details on that are not available.
Ignis has been Noctis' constant companion since a very young age. He's made reference that he knew Noctis' more lively personality before his near death experience at the age of 8, expressing his concern over his personality shift, though he's made due accepting the change in his friend.
Though they are very different people, Ignis has nothing but love for Noctis. Even though he gives him constant gruff about his habits and choices, he respects and falls under his younger liege’s commands.
Ignis’ uncle also works in the castle and his family seems to be joined through work and loyalty to the royal family. Every time we see Noctis as a middle schooler, we see Ignis has been tasked as his personal driver. When Ignis was sixteen, it became necessary for him to train physically as well. He took to his studies very seriously, and is a very competent and enthusiastic fighter. As an adult, he tasks himself with cleaning up after Noctis, cooking for him, and tending to his needs and schedule-minding.
As far as his upbringing, they were very successful in the formation of his personality and effectiveness. He is restrained, practical, kind, and polite. He executes his duties with no room for complaint. As the advisor to a surly young man, he has to be relentlessly diligent about his prince’s schedule and activities. He takes fierce pride in the things that are put upon him, taking them with grace and without vocal complaint. He has had very little choice in the course for his life, but he tackles each task with the ardor of a man who had.
Ignis is depended upon as the prudent and reliable strategist in the group. He is the first one to wake up each morning to prepare breakfast. He is naturally an early bird anyway, but prides himself on his adaptability. When they hunt daemons, they must do so far past when he would prefer to sleep, but he takes this on without complaint. He can be safely regarded as the “mom-friend”, so much so that even Noctis will whine at him for acting like he’s his mom.
Ignis is loyal to a fault to his prince. For all of Noctis’ many flaws, he falls in line with his decisions and understands that as an advisor that that is where his jurisdiction ends. He will take a backseat to Noctis, sometimes literally when it comes to driving at night.
Ignis does all that he can to make his friend and prince happy. After the traumatic fall of Tenebrae, Noctis described a pastry unlike any he had had since, but longed for. Ignis took it upon himself in his bits of free time to learn to bake and try to replicate this himself. He has been doing this for ten years, trying to get it right. Ignis has no natural love for cooking, but the joy it brings his companions is more than enough motivation for him to expand his knowledge and skill. Besides, he considers healthy meals absolutely necessary, and he will always put his money where his mouth is.
Ignis was blinded during his group’s terrifying bout with the goddess Leviathan and the invading troops of the Empire. It was deeply traumatic for him and his friends, who suddenly lost their self-sure and always-helpful advisor. In spite of this, he put on a strong face for his friends, telling them that it was a minor sacrifice in his line of duty.
But he was definitely set back. He had to relearn how to navigate the world and do all the things that he was used to doing. Through his own clever ingenuity and the understanding support of some of his friends, he was able to overcome the hurdles of readjusting.
One friend in particular was helpful in one hand and dismissive in the other. While he cared greatly for Ignis, he thought that he was a liability. Although Ignis is practical and prudent, he has not known a life outside of serving Noctis, and was not ready to let go. He vowed to keep up with them or leave, and was able to keep up. Losing ownership over himself and losing the ability to physically look out for Noctis was a heavy blow for him.
In the ten years that Noctis goes missing within the crystal, he continued to make his gains. By the time that he is reunited with Noctis, he does everything largely unassisted. For this he is proud, and for his other friends they are slightly weary in the way that it is clear that he has turned down help that he could have made use of. Regardless, he would see this reliance as stunting to his growth. He does accept help when he needs it, but it is clear that he has grown impatient with it as he as learned his way around his world. He has a lot of personal pride, and that has not changed with the sight taken from him.
Due to his life-long familiarity with Noctis, he will break his polite and proper mask and be playfully rude to him. They have long strings of mocking banter, but they never end on a sour note. It’s definitely a game for them. Although, Ignis will sometimes call him “Highness” in moments of duress.
When his friends lie or say something stupid, he will always take them to task and rib them over it in his usual sassy way. He lets very little actually slip, but mostly in a bemused way. He’ll get carried away talking about bits of science, history, and lore that he finds fascinating that bore his friends into zoning out on him. He has very thick skin, and will usually give it a pass.
His sense of humor is a little odd. Although he is so serious and understands the gravity of situations, he will always make puns in the middle of battle. When his prince is turned into a frog, he lets out a lame little pun: “What a… ribbet-ing turn of events.”
To deal with everything that he has to, he has a love and likely addiction to coffee. He can be seen drinking it almost constantly, even at night time. Everyone seems to respect that this is the trade-off for all that he does for everyone, and they keep him well-stocked.
Ignis loves his friends (although they were also dictated by duty rather than choice) and he seems to understand them a little bit more than they understand him. He even knows what each of his friends’ favorite foods are. He pays so close attention that he notices when Noct loses a button on his coat, and plainly requests it at camp to fix it for him. He can come off as overly serious and his friends like to get him on that. They like to comment that they can’t imagine him as a child or like to joke that they never see him smile.
This is an exaggeration of his character, of course. There are tons of photographs of Ignis grinning, hand on a friend’s back, posing, or generally talking happily in candid shots. Ignis will go along with things that he has no interest in, which is likely second-nautre for him now. He’ll play video games with his other friends even though you can tell he just barely tolerates it. He has a lot of fun when he’s around them, but he won’t engage in the same raucous physical play. He is far more restrained, and comes off as unfalteringly mature.
Flavor Abilities: Ignis is an excellent fighter and gymnast. He seems to learn to get along without his white cane in the years after being blinded. I can only assume that he is using the other techniques available, such as “echolocation”. He owns a cane but I think he would only use it in situations where he needed to be quiet or was surrounded by silence.
Ignis is a very resourceful chef, and will make delightful food even out of canned and processed things.
Suitability: Ignis is used to daemon attacks, conspiracies, and unfathomable horribleness by now. Not to where he likes it, of course, but where he can function and carry on. He will be determined to deliver his prince to the other side of this hellscape and complete his duties.
He’s a very clever and curious man, and will stop at nothing to figure out what he needs to do. However, he is easily side-tracked by his friends and will happily go out of his way for some ingredients or something pretty mundane. Even without Noctis, he is charming and kind and makes friends easily.
Ignis Scientia | Final Fantasy XV | Reserved
Name: Oli
Age: 26
Contact Info: horsechiffon on plurk
Other Characters: Aymeric de Borel
Character Information
Name: Ignis Scientia
Canon: Final Fantasy XV
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Canon Point: end of game, as Noctis parts from the group
Background Link: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Ignis_Scientia
Inventory: crown-issue cane, his wallet, tiny carbuncle statue, kingsglaive uniform
Personality:
Ignis has been groomed since birth to be his prince Noctis’ advisor, strategist, and subsequently his attendant. His entire life circles around Noctis, in spite of being a “foreigner”. He was certainly born in invaded enemy territory, though the details on that are not available.
Ignis has been Noctis' constant companion since a very young age. He's made reference that he knew Noctis' more lively personality before his near death experience at the age of 8, expressing his concern over his personality shift, though he's made due accepting the change in his friend.
Though they are very different people, Ignis has nothing but love for Noctis. Even though he gives him constant gruff about his habits and choices, he respects and falls under his younger liege’s commands.
Ignis’ uncle also works in the castle and his family seems to be joined through work and loyalty to the royal family. Every time we see Noctis as a middle schooler, we see Ignis has been tasked as his personal driver. When Ignis was sixteen, it became necessary for him to train physically as well. He took to his studies very seriously, and is a very competent and enthusiastic fighter. As an adult, he tasks himself with cleaning up after Noctis, cooking for him, and tending to his needs and schedule-minding.
As far as his upbringing, they were very successful in the formation of his personality and effectiveness. He is restrained, practical, kind, and polite. He executes his duties with no room for complaint. As the advisor to a surly young man, he has to be relentlessly diligent about his prince’s schedule and activities. He takes fierce pride in the things that are put upon him, taking them with grace and without vocal complaint. He has had very little choice in the course for his life, but he tackles each task with the ardor of a man who had.
Ignis is depended upon as the prudent and reliable strategist in the group. He is the first one to wake up each morning to prepare breakfast. He is naturally an early bird anyway, but prides himself on his adaptability. When they hunt daemons, they must do so far past when he would prefer to sleep, but he takes this on without complaint. He can be safely regarded as the “mom-friend”, so much so that even Noctis will whine at him for acting like he’s his mom.
Ignis is loyal to a fault to his prince. For all of Noctis’ many flaws, he falls in line with his decisions and understands that as an advisor that that is where his jurisdiction ends. He will take a backseat to Noctis, sometimes literally when it comes to driving at night.
Ignis does all that he can to make his friend and prince happy. After the traumatic fall of Tenebrae, Noctis described a pastry unlike any he had had since, but longed for. Ignis took it upon himself in his bits of free time to learn to bake and try to replicate this himself. He has been doing this for ten years, trying to get it right. Ignis has no natural love for cooking, but the joy it brings his companions is more than enough motivation for him to expand his knowledge and skill. Besides, he considers healthy meals absolutely necessary, and he will always put his money where his mouth is.
Ignis was blinded during his group’s terrifying bout with the goddess Leviathan and the invading troops of the Empire. It was deeply traumatic for him and his friends, who suddenly lost their self-sure and always-helpful advisor. In spite of this, he put on a strong face for his friends, telling them that it was a minor sacrifice in his line of duty.
But he was definitely set back. He had to relearn how to navigate the world and do all the things that he was used to doing. Through his own clever ingenuity and the understanding support of some of his friends, he was able to overcome the hurdles of readjusting.
One friend in particular was helpful in one hand and dismissive in the other. While he cared greatly for Ignis, he thought that he was a liability. Although Ignis is practical and prudent, he has not known a life outside of serving Noctis, and was not ready to let go. He vowed to keep up with them or leave, and was able to keep up. Losing ownership over himself and losing the ability to physically look out for Noctis was a heavy blow for him.
In the ten years that Noctis goes missing within the crystal, he continued to make his gains. By the time that he is reunited with Noctis, he does everything largely unassisted. For this he is proud, and for his other friends they are slightly weary in the way that it is clear that he has turned down help that he could have made use of. Regardless, he would see this reliance as stunting to his growth. He does accept help when he needs it, but it is clear that he has grown impatient with it as he as learned his way around his world. He has a lot of personal pride, and that has not changed with the sight taken from him.
Due to his life-long familiarity with Noctis, he will break his polite and proper mask and be playfully rude to him. They have long strings of mocking banter, but they never end on a sour note. It’s definitely a game for them. Although, Ignis will sometimes call him “Highness” in moments of duress.
When his friends lie or say something stupid, he will always take them to task and rib them over it in his usual sassy way. He lets very little actually slip, but mostly in a bemused way. He’ll get carried away talking about bits of science, history, and lore that he finds fascinating that bore his friends into zoning out on him. He has very thick skin, and will usually give it a pass.
His sense of humor is a little odd. Although he is so serious and understands the gravity of situations, he will always make puns in the middle of battle. When his prince is turned into a frog, he lets out a lame little pun: “What a… ribbet-ing turn of events.”
To deal with everything that he has to, he has a love and likely addiction to coffee. He can be seen drinking it almost constantly, even at night time. Everyone seems to respect that this is the trade-off for all that he does for everyone, and they keep him well-stocked.
Ignis loves his friends (although they were also dictated by duty rather than choice) and he seems to understand them a little bit more than they understand him. He even knows what each of his friends’ favorite foods are. He pays so close attention that he notices when Noct loses a button on his coat, and plainly requests it at camp to fix it for him. He can come off as overly serious and his friends like to get him on that. They like to comment that they can’t imagine him as a child or like to joke that they never see him smile.
This is an exaggeration of his character, of course. There are tons of photographs of Ignis grinning, hand on a friend’s back, posing, or generally talking happily in candid shots. Ignis will go along with things that he has no interest in, which is likely second-nautre for him now. He’ll play video games with his other friends even though you can tell he just barely tolerates it. He has a lot of fun when he’s around them, but he won’t engage in the same raucous physical play. He is far more restrained, and comes off as unfalteringly mature.
Flavor Abilities: Ignis is an excellent fighter and gymnast. He seems to learn to get along without his white cane in the years after being blinded. I can only assume that he is using the other techniques available, such as “echolocation”. He owns a cane but I think he would only use it in situations where he needed to be quiet or was surrounded by silence.
Ignis is a very resourceful chef, and will make delightful food even out of canned and processed things.
Suitability: Ignis is used to daemon attacks, conspiracies, and unfathomable horribleness by now. Not to where he likes it, of course, but where he can function and carry on. He will be determined to deliver his prince to the other side of this hellscape and complete his duties.
He’s a very clever and curious man, and will stop at nothing to figure out what he needs to do. However, he is easily side-tracked by his friends and will happily go out of his way for some ingredients or something pretty mundane. Even without Noctis, he is charming and kind and makes friends easily.
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