Mylo Sweet

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Mylo likes to think of himself as three things; professional, pragmatic, and diligent, and he takes great pains to present himself as such. Underneath his carefully crafted persona is a free spirit who grew up riding sky trails on a manacutter, and Mylo has had trouble letting go of that sense of freedom ever since he decided to become a scholar.When it comes to many things others covet—wealth, love, pleasure— Mylo's interest borders on apathetic. His appetite for learning, however, is nigh on insatiable, and his personality can become entitled when someone stands between him and the subject of his fixation. He is not above using more unconventional methods to get what he wants, though his sense of ambition has not yet found a foothold beyond his own personal education.At his core, Mylo is a good person, and he wants to make his loved ones proud of what he has achieved. He is observant and quick to notice change, and prides himself on being ready to support others before they ask for aid. His loyalty is worth its weight in gold, and though he can be a bit of a brat at times, he is very sweet to his friends— often going out of his way to bring them tokens and trinkets from his various travels.

AT FIRST GLANCE
Professional / Pragmatic / DiligentBENEATH THE SURFACE
Observant / Cunning / Apathetic

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The past

Like many of his kin, Mylo was born in the jungles of Golmore. Unlike many of his kin, he was born with a weak body, and as he grew his mother began to dread his coming of age. When his twelfth nameday passed and Mylo was revealed to be a jack, his mother’s worst fears were realized. Before the men could come and claim him as a Wood Warder, his mother took him and fled to Dalmasca—choosing to abandon the Green Word instead of letting her son die.The little family lived together in the slums as Vera and Mylo Tazim, and as he grew older, Mylo desperately wanted a better life for himself and his mother. What scraps of learning he could manage allowed him to get work as an assistant to a map maker, stealing pages out of manuscripts and tomes to teach himself how to read. When he tried to steal a valuable tome from a mysterious patron of his master’s shop, the patron held him at gunpoint, revealing himself to be a sky pirate. Even at gunpoint Mylo refused to give up the tome, leaving the sky pirate to realize that Mylo had potential and offering him a spot as a cartographer on the crew of the Sterling Hawk.As a sky pirate, Mylo found himself surrounded by new experiences. New languages, new trades, and new relationships, for the crew of the Hawk quickly took a liking to him. The pirate who had recruited Mylo—the mysterious Haytham—took a particular liking to him: teaching Mylo how to use a gun and take care of himself as a fledgling privateer of the sky. Soon enough Haytham swept Mylo off his feet, but their blossoming relationship was put under duress by the captain of the Sterling Hawk—Captain Hollsygg.Before Mylo’s arrival, Captain Hollsygg had begun to turn abusive towards the crew—ordering raids on the poor, disobeying the pirate’s code, and forcing them to work to exhaustion. When the abuse began to turn towards Mylo, the crew finally decided mutiny was the only way forward. One night, after the crew had stopped at an inn, Haytham locked Mylo in his inn room and sabotaged the engine of his manacutter. By the time Mylo was able to break out of his room, the Sterling Hawk was long gone.A deeply hurt Mylo attempted to return to his former life in Dalmsca, but a few months later a brutal Garlean invasion robbed him of his mother Vera, the only family he had left. Bereft of purpose and grieving the loss of his mother, Mylo joined the Bozjan Resistance to strengthen his knowledge of languages: allowing him to become a fully-fledged translator and linguist. He stayed in Bozja as a translator for a few years until an attack on the camp he was in gave him permanent lung damage, ending in an honorable discharge from service. Not having anywhere else to go, Mylo called on his former crew and they answered, picking him up and allowing him to recover aboard the Sterling Hawk.In the aftermath of the mutiny Haytham became acting Captain and used his connections to get Mylo a most unusual mask—allowing Mylo to regain his former quality of life. As for what he would do with that life, Mylo struggled to find the answer, until the newly opened borders of Sharalayn reminded him of a promise made to his mother as a kit— to always remain 'sweet.'

The Present

At present, Mylo has once again found himself in the company of his beloved crew, but old wounds are not so easily healed. Although Haytham continues to try to get Mylo back into the crew (as well as rekindle their former relationship), Mylo has instead decided to set his sights on an academic career in Sharlayan as 'Mylo Sweet'; a persona born to honor the last wishes of his mother to take on honest work. The crew of the Sterling Hawk has decided to support him in his new endeavor. Unfortunately, however, their lack of finesse—unintentional or otherwise—tends to hinder more than it helps.

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Vera Tazim

status | deceased motherVera was Mylo's mother, a Rava Viera from the Golmore Jungle.Known in her tribe as a strong and proud huntress, Vera lived a normal life among her people until the birth of her first kit. The babe was born weak and frail, and as the kit's coming of age grew closer, Vera was overcome with the fear of losing her child. After the kit was revealed to be a jack, Vera fled her homeland, choosing to start over in Dalmasca.After Mylo joined the Sterling Hawk, Vera was able to live more comfortably and moved out of the slums, spending her remaining years enjoying simple pleasures in life. Unfortunately, Vera met an untimely end in a Garlean raid, urging her son to "stay sweet" before passing away.

Haytham

status | old flameHaytham is Mylo's "ex-boyfriend," a Wildwood Elezen (?) of dubious origins.Little is known of Haytham's life before his pirate career, and that is the way Haytham prefers to keep it. Never seen without head covering of some sort, the elezen is well-liked among his crew despite his shrouded past, and in return Haytham is loyal, protecting his people no matter the costs.He is an excellent and charismatic leader, but has a tendency to expect deference from others. Mylo's defiance of this expectation piques and provokes Haytham in equal measure. Despite currently being at odds with each other, Haytham still has a soft spot for Mylo—as well as a possessive streak that rivals the expanse of the Ruby Sea.

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Hello hello! My name is Cap and I'm a librarian, artist, and lover of all things soft and cartoony. I enjoy RP a lot and am looking to find serious RP partners! I enjoy arts & crafts, making moodboards/playlists, video games, reading, and watching bad movies!

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Though he does not "do" romance, Mylo craves intimate contact and the security of a partner who will be there for him when he is in need.