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The lone survivor and knight of the House of Benoit, a minor house that was formerly under Durendaire. Viktor is known mostly for his dark armor, his penitent helm and his ferocity in the Proving Grounds over his list of crimes. His personality is mostly listless, staring vacantly off into the distance, roused only by the idea of a fight or treasure hunting, despite his lack of want for gil.

  NAME   
Viktor de Benoit  NICKNAME/ALIAS   
Vik, Vikki (by few)  TITLES   
La Tache  AGE   
32  DATE OF BIRTH   
7th Sun of the 6th Umbral Moon  GENDER & PRONOUNS   
Male, He/Him  ORIENTATION   
Pansexual/Aromantic spectrum.  RACE / ETHNICITY   
Elezen / Wildwood

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Ishgardian  CURRENT RESIDENCE   
Ishgard  OCCUPATION   
Adventurer/Former knight  LANGUAGES   
Ishgardian, Commons

  NOTABLE MARKINGS   
Blinded right eye with scar, various other body scars, black band tattoo on his right forearm.  HEIGHT   
6’11”  HAIR   
black  EYES   
right: milky white, left: pitch black

  POSITIVE TRAITS   
hard-working, reliable  NEUTRAL TRAITS   
quiet, inquisitive, calm  NEGATIVE TRAITS   
morally gray, dismissive, can be cold

  Voice Claim   
Damon Mills

introverted

cold

selfish

skeptical

serious

logical

disciplined

suspicious

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extroverted

warm

generous

openminded

playful

emotional

hedonistic

trusting

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  OTHER   

  PETS   

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Viktor's early life is a traumatic blur. Stuck in a dying house, his maddened father spoke of reclaiming their former glory through any means necessary: even joining the heretical madmen imbibing in dragon blood. His father held him on a pedestal, the perfect vessel he would tell him over and over, the perfect specimen, a culmination of years and years of mixing blood like alchemic recipes until one was born with the perfect balance of man and dragon. Viktor would be brought often before the graves of his older siblings, thrown before them as a reminder that he should not fail House Benoit like the rest of them. Failed experiments. Failure of kin.Once of age, Viktor was sent to join the training for the Temple Knights. A vicious fighter, Viktor used training and battle as his outlet for all of his frustrations in his poor life, imagining each enemy or training partner to be his father. Often he would be scolded for his cruelty in battle, chided that he should save it for their draconic enemy. Ever the puppet for his father, he was urged to join the Inquisitors so that he could keep a proper eye on their movements lest his father be caught in the downfall of their fellow heretics. Viktor felt nothing when he was sent to hunt and execute his fellow man. It was the same as dealing with dragons, to him.

After the fall of Thordan VII, any hope of House Benoit restoring their noble status went with him to the grave. Unlike other Inquisitor zealots, Viktor almost felt relief at the news. It did not last. Upon his desk came his father's whereabouts all over again, with new evidence not even he was privy to: his father had been rumored to taking civilians and feeding them dragon blood. Calmly, Viktor would place the parchment back upon his desk and rise from his chair. He would don his armor and return home.Viktor's father was in a disarray when he arrived. Ranting, raving, damning the Warrior of Light and Ser Aymeric de Borel for their victory against Thordan VII. Viktor waited until his father was done with his spiel before he questioned him: were the rumors true? His father laughed. Would you like to see? he asked. Would you like to see what my experiments have born? Viktor's father led him through the destitute ruins of House Benoit down into their cellars to find cages, cages of men, people of the brume, fellow knights, children. Viktor was calm as he stepped behind his father as he rambled away his plans, admitting to every grievous sin imaginable. All for the sake of their restoration. The blade of his Rondel dagger went through his father's neck as cleanly as a needle through fabric. The rambling had turned into gurgling and his father collapsed onto the ground as Viktor withdrew the dagger. He left his father to bleed on the floor as he went back upstairs. Viktor swept through the house as Death, taking each of his uncles, his aunts and whomever was left for House Benoit until the house was silent. It wasn't until his grim work was finished that he went back down the steps to find his father still clinging to life. Viktor turned him over with his boot and crouched above his father, looked him over for but a few moments before driving the Rondel dagger in the upper part of his eye socket. With pure silence now settling over House Benoit, Viktor looked at each of the cages before sending word to his fellow Temple Knights and Ser Handeloup.

The Temple Knights fell upon the house swiftly, releasing the hostages and arresting Viktor who said nothing as they took him away. He was tried for the murders of his house and while found guilty, was given a short jail sentence in return for his freeing the hostages. Because of his father's heresy, Viktor was shown only to be doing his job. With the tattooed band on his upper right forearm, Viktor was released back into the world anew. Unable to rejoin the Temple Knights due to his crimes and the links to his father's, Viktor became a wanderer, occasionally taking on adventuring jobs or spending most of his time at the Proving Grounds, where he is often bet for as victor.

Cullen Rutherford

@holybleed ── heavily affiliated

Cullen and Viktor know each other from their Temple Knight days. While they barely dealt with each other in passing, their lives were far more entwined than both anticipated. After the death of his father, Viktor and Cullen seem to run into each other more often than not, and there seems to be an unfortunate dependance somewhere.

Argen Velterrage

@velterrage ── lightly affiliated

Argen knew of Viktor from his victories and rumors from the Proving Grounds. Now they run into each other often and Viktor has made a sort of friendship with him.

Verse Aliyev

lightly affiliated

Viktor knows Verse from Eugene de Dzemael. Knowing her only as his lap dog, he sees her often with Kalliope Mezzo.

Kalliope Mezzo

@anxietyway ── lightly affiliated

Viktor met Kalliope through Eugene de Dzemael. Their first interaction was an interesting one that Viktor knew was orchestrated by Gene. He treats her with respect.

Eugene de Dzemael

@anxietyway ── lightly affiliated

Gene and Viktor met at the Proving Grounds. Impressed by Viktor's victories in his bouts, he often bets on him to line his pockets.

Lohen Zeytsev

lightly affiliated

Viktor has seen Lohen often on the man's trips into town for supplies. Their relationship is light, but slightly tense due to each other's nature.