Meifeng eir Gladio

Profile Summary

Based at
Castrum VesperumCommander
TBD (see Hooks)Distinctive Marks
Scarred eastern tatoo on left cheek
Magitek bullet wound radiating in the backAvatar name OOC
La Pacificatrice@Malboro (Crystal)

Alignment
Social Neutral towards the Empire.
Believes in the laws and doesn't question established order.
The "Soldier" does what is seen as good for their group, without compassion.Personnality Type
ISTJ-T
Introverted, Observant, Thinking, Judging.
Rational, Methodical, Strong-Will, Insensitive.

Introducing Mei...

^ made by SilvaSphinx

Background Story

[1536] Meifeng was born in Nagxia, after the first imperial invasion. The political context of the era led her progenitors to foreshadow a pessimistic future, clouded by warfare and deadly threats. As a result, they dedicated their lives to forge a clan of warriors, whom they destined to protect their country. Meifeng was thus destined to grow up fearing the Empire's growing expansion over the South.[1547-1550] Meifeng was 11 when the Empire invaded Othard for the second time. As a child soldier, shaped entirely by the war and living through it, she was forced into the resistance by necessity and survived three years of guerilla in the jungles of Dalmasca Inferior. As they were losing this battle, survivors of the clan, including young Meifeng, fled to Yanxia and reported the gruesome defeat that befell upon their lands. They seeked refuge and protection within nothern territories and, in exchange, they dedicated themselves to the protection of Doma. They pledged loyalty to the Inugami Clan and served under their banner. Meifeng was thus known as Inugami no Mei and physically marked with the Clan tattoo as a symbol of submission to the rigid codes and traditions of her saviors.[1552] This time, Garlemald went as far as beyond Doma's shields. Following the Doman in the resistance against the Empire, her relatives met a tragic fate in the hands of the imperial legions. Captured amongst other rebels by Nikolai quo Gladio's unit when Lord Kaien surrendered Doma to the imperial legions, Meifeng was transferred to work in ceruleum camps as a punishment. The prisoners' treatment here was appalling.[1553-1562] After attempting to escape her lifetime sentence to gruesome work, Meifeng managed to murder two garlean soldiers before she was caught and trialed. After a few minutes of deliberation, her execution seemed inevitable. However, Nikolai quo Gladio chose to delay it and sent her to follow an experimental "reeducation" program instead. She was then conscripted by force, and spent 9 years in the Militum. She was then known as Meifeng ann Inugami.[1562] Meifeng was transferred to the Frumentarium to be trained as a foreign operative. Following the Bozja incident, she started gathering intels on the Far Eastern Resistance. It was her first trial of loyalty, leading her to betray those who sheltered her as a child without any form of remorse. She then spent the next 16 years as a solo operative in Eorzea, eventually coming back to join the Militum when the situation demanded it.[1562 - 0005 7th Umbral Era] Meifeng mainly performed operative tasks in Eorzea during this time. Reports of her missions were all under the supervision of Nikolai quo Gladio (who was promoted ‘rem’ during this period of time). During an (IC) event, she protected a pureblood Decurion and took a bullet to save her, thus considered in high esteem by the latter. The Decurion asked for Meifeng to be dispatched on a mission for her in return, and she was ordered to extract an imperial conscript who was trading information with Eorzea. Securing the target, she uncovered a network of garlean traitors and managed to get their names and status within the army.Her report was transferred to the Frumentarium, and her mission handled by more experienced (and trusted) operatives. The success of the mission led the Decurion to vouch for her citizenship. Nikolai rem Gladio dismissed the request at the time. Other more outstanding events were the kidnapping of an ala mighan priestess while taking advantage of a group of mercenaries, reports of intels gathered while working under cover for an ishgardian noble as a maid (before he was surprisingly murdered), intel gathered within the Syndicate while working under cover with the local assassins they were employing, and the hunting of a pureblood garlean defector and his unit.Now fully recognized as worthy to request her citizenship after 25 years of service, she was rewarded with the eir rank, and a new name as a symbol of her repugnance towards her savage's origins.[0001 7th Astral Era] Meifeng infiltrated the Doman Liberation Front. Following the commands of the XIIth Legion and the Frumentarium, she acted against the Resistance and took part in the imperial retaliations on Doma. When prisoners and their families were meant to be executed as an example, she was asked to stain her hands, and did so without hesitation.[7th Astral Era - Present days] Now part of the XIIth Legion, Meifeng was dispatched on the front lines as soon as the resistance weakened imperial forces in Othard. She fought at Secula Imperatoris, and nearly died in the collapsing of the tower when the main canons of Castrum Abania fired at it. Saved by survivors of her unit, she spent the next months under medical rehabilitation. Torn apart between her loyalty towards the Optimates, and the rising of the Populares party, she spent time alongside her first commander, Nikolai rem Gladio, who seemingly provided necessary Optimates "guidance". After she was declared fit for combat again, she was dispatched to the Ghymlyt Dark on the frontlines.[ShB update] Deeply disturbed by the rumors around the crown prince and the experimental Black Rose, Meifeng went through a mental breakdown that ultimately led her to be manipulated by a third-party. As a result, she failed to anticipate a trap laid to get rid of Nikolai, and was taken to Eorzea. Her military status was updated as AWOL, and an investigation was opened to determine whether or not she, as an agent, went rogue, and was responsible or not for Nikolai's gruesome execution. Guilty or not, Meifeng was framed for multiple accounts of murders in Eorzea, and captured in Thanalan as she was attempting to escape. Tortured by the Brass Blades, she was ultimately rescued by the intervention of the Flames, whom somehow identified her as a garlean. After a thorough interrogation, she was sentenced to the Bloodsands for a lifetime.[ 5.15 update] After being extracted from Ul'dah on the orders of an officer, Mei was trialed in martial court for the murder of Nikolai rem Gladio. She was judged by an officer of a different legion, for impartiality. With no evidence brought against her, she was found innocent of murder but guilty of negligence in failing to protect her commander and neutralizing the culprit. As a foreigner, she was made an example of how incompetent non native garleans could be. Humiliation went alongside some time in jail, before the officer used her to show how merciful he could also be, and how non natives should be grateful and work twice as hard to compensate their inferiority. She was sent to the Garlean Embassy to do menial tasks, guard duties and paperwork. During the whole trial, she dutifuly accepted her situation and fully cooperated, despite seeing her dreams of becoming an officer smashed. She would be allowed to reintegrate the battlefield as soon as a commander would deem it to be the right time for her to join them.[Civil War - 5.2 update]
After months of rehabilitation, Mei was granted her way back in the field as a Frumentarius agent. Due to an increased rate of defection in the ranks following the civil war, she was sent to hunt down traitors and secure the loyalty of experienced elements. However, she, too, was thrown in disarray by the death of the Emperor and the attitude of the Crowned Prince. Moreover, the reports on rogue legions and the suspicious activities of the IVth Legion led her to face countless dilemmas as to whose orders she was meant to follow and which of her commanders she should put her trust in. She spent most of her time training and preparing herself to pull the trigger on her own comrades if ordered to do so, but her own disdain for Zenos' treachery and the blurred boundaries of the meaning of loyalty in such hellish context started to break the barriers of her re-educated mind. And amidst this psychological warfare, an assassin emerged from the past, determined to shoot her down for her war crimes.[5.4 update]
Assigned to Garlemald for a Frumentarium investigation, Meifeng was in the heart of conflict when the Telophoroi war divided the Empire. Following her last orders before losing contact with the Frumentarium, she escorted a person of interest in the relative safety of Werlyt. Unfortunately, it soon fell into the hands of the enemy and forced her to retreat.
Loyal to the bitter end, Mei returned to the Capital to reconnect with her officers at all costs...only to find devastation.[5.5 update]
Utter despair should have ravished the soldier robbed of her only purpose, and yet, the Final Days only spared her because she was amongst the tempered. The nightmare she lived through, trapped inside the Babil Tower, still linger, even after being rescued by the very same people she swore to fight to the death.
She was cured by the Alliance and remained in recovery amongst the refugees of Camp Laterum (aka Broken Glass). There, she hid her true intentions behind the cover identity of Lilin jen Vopiscus, pretending to show gratitude to her saviours and work hand in hand with them.
Actively monitoring the Alliance's actions within the camp, she waited patiently for more refugees to be cured, more to be rescued, more to be found...hoping deep down she could soon be of use to any pureblood Optimates hidden agenda again.

Personality Traits

Meifeng is loyal to the core to the Empire's values and doctrines. But she embraces its ideology to a default, as it means leaders that do not fit exactly what the Empire should stand for are likely to be (secretly) considered traitors in her eyes. She is a perfect example of a successful reeducation of "conscripted savages".She is submissive to the higher in command, dutiful, respect the orders even if she feels in conflict, does not share her opinion unless asked or permitted to do so... She only takes personnal decisions when she analyzed all the available variables and usually process situations like a machine. Her personnal emotions are usually repressed behind the face of a meticulous operative. She never shown doubts or guilt when asked to execute targets, as long as the orders are justified by a context of war and necessity.This state of mind was trialed by the revealed existence of Black Rose and the potential mass-slaughter of civilians. Emotionnaly, she is usually calm, collected, distant - but this self-control can be broken in specific situations (use of aether, context involving treachery, discussions around Specula Imperatoris, rumours around the Crown Prince, etc).She knows how to act, deceive and manipulate, she is good as faking emotions when it comes to infiltrate a targeted enemy group and she will feel no remorse stabbing them in the back even after years of bonding. The empire's vision for the future justifies her every exaction, and its propaganda is a way for her to cope with any guilt she should have felt.This makes her a valuable ascet, but it also means that her identity can only exist within Garlemald. Should the Empire falls, Mei would cease to exist entirely. And with the civil war raging, her personnality is starting to be fragmented with feelings of imminent doom.

Motivations

Patriotic sense of duty
There is no greater strenght for Mei than justifying everything she does with patriotism.
"It's nothing personnal."
"I am only following orders."
"This is for the greater good."
"You've been left a choice."
To rid the world of Eikons, to unify it under a strong government, to see everlasting peace under the Ivory Standard, to annihilate the beasts and bring civilization to those who live in the darkness of their viles instincts...such is Mei's motivation.Emotionnal Need of Praising
Just like a conditionned pet, she works better if higher in commands pats her on the back for her outstanding efforts. She never asked anything but her citizenship during 25 years and put her life in the balance multiple times to be honoured with a rank. It's easy to motivate her with any little praise from the Optimates, as it means they stop seeing her as an insignificant savage.

Strenghts & Weaknesses

StrenghtsAdvanced military training (26 years)
As a veteran soldier and operative, her mastery of combat and field operations is high and consistent. Due to having no other purpose in life than serving Garlemald, her "free time" pretty much consisted in training herself. As a matter of fact, she is a very skilled fighter and her proefficiency in mastering new weapons is facilitated by the knowledge she capitalized over her 26 years of service.Physical resistance
Life as a child in the Nagxia jungles was already hard, and she developped resistance to the local diseases and physical endurance due to the need of hiding from the imperial cohorts and fighting guerilla wars. As a prisonner, then as a conscript, life was not made easier. Over her years of service she learnt the price of mistakes the hard way and followed a special Frumentarius training to resist torture in case she was captured during missions.WeaknessesAether
Meifeng is sensitive to aether, but not in a good way. Following a personnal traumatic experience, aether triggers sickness and a rush of adrenaline in her brain. If she cannot anticipate aether being used in her surroundings, she will become unpredictable.Emotionnal Immaturity
Growing up as a child soldier and being conditionned to repress emotions meant she never had the occasion to process them healthily. Deprived of figures of attachment at a very young age, she tends to cling to any strong leader she may find within the Empire. This weakness in particular led her to be manipulated in a very clever yet crual way.

Likes

Garlemald
Meifeng's love for Garlemald is unconditionnal and absolute. However mistreated she was, she grew up embracing the ideologies of the Empire. It became hard to tell whether this was th fruit of her conditionning program or not, but as a result she strongly believe in Garlemald's supremacy over the other nations. She greatly values the sense of duty, the meritocracy and the desire of conquest to bring a civilized world to the "savages" outside the Empire's control.Gaius van Baelsar
Meifeng looks up to Optimates and strong leaders within the army. But there's none she admires more than Gaius van Baelsar. His doctrine, his military record, his leadership is something that inspired her a strong attachment to Garlemald. His "death" was devastating for her.The Imperial Anthem
In times of despair and in the solitude of earozen's cells, the imperial anthem has been her only solace to feel the warmth of patriotism. She has a particular affection for the song that she kept the habit to sing whenever she was facing emotionnal burden or had to resist anti-garlean torture.Authority and Protocoles
Mei has always felt a dire need to follow strong figures of authority. She is likely to go to deadly extents for their recognition, and the secret childish desire of being praised for her efforts. Protocoles are also a part of the imperial system she find comforts in. They are rigid and set in stone. There is no need to think of process emotions when confronted to protocoles. They are reassuring.Training
Keeping herself in shape and good condition is her main activity. You cannot serve the Empire properly if you're not at the top of your physical and mental condition. Meifeng is dedicated to her ambition of becoming a good weapon for Garlemald to wield against the "savages". As a matter of fact, she tends to be very curious of "exotic" weapons and fighting styles. She can spend years honing specific skills and dedicate herself to learn new ones. And that's pretty much what makes her the closest to be "happy".

Dislikes

Defectors
Meifeng despises them and see them as cowards who did not have the decency to die with honour. She considers this treachery as a criminal act which should be severely punished and turned into a public example to avoid any weak-minded individual to ever think of turning their back to Garlemald.Eastern individuals
Meifeng grew up to think the East raised her to be just a tool in the war against the Empire. That eastern people stole her childhood and turned her into a weapon to use against Garlemald. That she was never left a choice. She crually despises them and is usually harsher with eastern conscripts despite all logic.Zenos yae Galvus
After the battle of Castrum Abania, Meifeng felt betrayed for the first time in twenty five years of service. The Crown Prince's blatant disdain for the troops and what Mei considers an obvious selfish rampage against the Eorzean champions left her with a bitter resentment.

Relationships

Garlean Relationships

Not-Garlean Relationships

Rumours

Last updated: 11.28.2021Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.-PC Rumors"What's there to say? She was a conscript, just like the rest. Out to prove herself, even if she's a bit of a frightened animal.
...is what I wish I could say, but everyone has their secrets and I'll not go prying."- Aphelius lux Scaevola about "Lilin".
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"Bit weird." - Alysdair Stormbreaker
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"I hear her hair is insured for 10,000 koban." - Astreda rem Redsteel
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"Mei's distaste for Viera is rumored to have come from having been deployed to the Golmore.""Mei is rumoured to have several identities one of which being a well known do-gooder in Othard, presumably to make up for her sea of sins.""Mei is rumored to be one amongst many Mei's in a project of mental rewiring the perfect obedient soldier.""Rumor has it that Mei unwittingly was investigating a mystery woman that turned out to be another identity of her own."
- Altin Kashir-
NPCs RumorsCommon Rumors - Easily overheard"Didn't they catch that garlean scum already? I heard that Bloodsands bitch was an imperial lapdog! Now I see why they shoot her down in the public baths. Should have told the healers to let her die. If she ever goes back to Ul'dah, we'll bust her worst than the Brass Blades!"- An angry Bloodsands customer in Ul'dah"Mei'? You can find her in the training grounds most of the time. I don't know her, she's quiet and she doesn't really talk much, even in the barracks. 'Saw her scars in the showers back then. She's pretty damaged. Must have seen a lot of battles." - An easy-going legionarus at Castrum Vesperum-Uncommon Rumors - A little more difficult to hear."That savage's trial was a good example that foreigners should not be trusted. They parasite the nation with their incompetency. She should have been executed." - A spiteful Optimates sympathizer"I know her. I don't believe she's guilty of what she's been accused of. We fought together several times, part of the same cohort in Othard. These kind of things - it creates bonds. She said she wanted to do her best to become an officer. It doesn't seem like her wish will ever be granted now. It's a shame, she got the experience, but I think it's because she's...well, you know... It's written all over her face she's a foreigner. The pureblood wouldn't take her seriously, no matter how hard she's trying to serve them." - A Legionarus in the XIIth-Rare Rumors - Very rarely overheard."I remember her from the Doman Invasion. She used to serve under Nikolai rem Gladio, right? Saw her shoot down civilians with such detached quietness, it's still giving me goosebumps." - A centurion in the IVth

OOC Notes

Player Notes

Hello, I am a european player, with many alt characters I only use for RP. You can find them all in this carrd list.Due to my time-zone (GMT+1), meeting for RP IG may require some time to work around schedules. As a matter of fact, I mainly RP on Discord.I am also a housing designer. My FC is an opened venue for loyal garlean RP. You can read all details here and enjoy a large house especially designed for garlean RP.Personal RP Limits
I am a chill player interested in co-creating fantastic storylines and in depth characters development. I rarely DM events but it is something I can do, and I also offer to NPC. I like my life drama-free, so if you start OOC arguments you'll never see me again.I will play pretty much everything with a preference for dark mature RPs, inter-personnal conflicts, psychological dilemmas and character relationship building.I won't play any themes around rapes and pregnancy. Please respect my boundaries.Character Lore Adherence
I abide by the lore and try my best to respect the background of the game. I usually read a lot before taking IC decisions and I like to keep myself informed on everything revolving around my characters' themes.I am not perfect, so if you are a lore nerd I'll gladly accept your constructive feedback to refine my characters' background and roleplay.Consequently, I am very picky with people I RP with and will not play with lore-breaking characters. I also consider myself neutral in the balance of realistic playstyle and high fantasy: I am usually flexible as long as you don't play OP high fantasy characters for the sake of "winning".IC is not OOC
My character's views do not reflect my own. Everything I write IC has nothing to do with the player I am OOC. If you struggle to put clear boundaries between IC and OOC, we won't get along.

RP Hooks for Imperial characters

Frumentarium Officers
Mei needs a direct in command. Preferably a pureblood since the mechanics of her conditionning work better with pureblood garleans.Military officers
Mei has served in the Militum most of her life. She might have served under the orders of your character?Medicus
Mei is a good example of a successful reeducation program and her willingness to submit to authorities make her a perfect volunteer for experiments.Any other imperial characters
26 years of service within the Empire is something. Enough for your imperial character to have met Mei at some point.There are hundreds of possibilities, and I am opened to discussion!

RP Hooks for other characters

Garlean defectors & desertors, garlean antagonists
I can hunt your character down and provide dramatic conflicts & combat RP. I can also spy on your character and explore themes such as investigation, manipulation, betrayal...However, we will have to discuss this OOC before I agree to be an antagonist for you.

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• La Pacificatrice@Malboro (Crystal)

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