Adelaine was born on the 10th Sun of the Third Umbral Moon in the year 1552 to the Ishgardian House Heautaire. From the start, she was taught the history of her house - Of her ancestor who had saved a priest from a burning church during an assault by the Dravanians, elevating them to the status of nobility. A far-flung son of House Dzemael, the elevated ancestors of House Heautaire was then sworn to serve House Dzemael as a landed knight of Ishgard, with all the noble titles and weights that came with it.
Yet, Dzemael had no shortage of knights under their banner, leaving the newly founded House Heautaire to flounder with the newfound responsibilities and duties. The newfound house, rather than investing and creating a base of wealth for generations to come - The ancestors of House Heautaire relied purely on the wealth of House Dzemael to maintain their lifestyle.
By the time of Adelaine’s birth, the house had fallen to the wayside as far greater houses of knights had risen to the forefront of Dzemael’s sworn knights. This left her parents desperate, seeking to regain the attention of the high house they were sworn to, and thus from a young age she was taught the way of the spear. Her parents called in every favor from every house that had sworn bonds to them, begged for the master-at-arms of House Dzemael to train her himself, everything to ensure that Adelaine would become a great knight in the service of Ishgard and gain the house glory.
Despite the pain, endless training, and lost childhood - The gambit succeeded as Adelaine was a prodigy with the spear by the age of thirteen. Capable of fighting alongside knights while squiring, already having killed her first dragonfly and a number of heretics while serving under different knights as squire. This gained the attention of the church, where she was swiftly knighted at a young age to be inducted into the training grounds of the Order of the Knights Dragoon.
If what had come before had been pain, then the training of the dragoons was hell-made-real. She went through grueling days of training, only to be taken to sermons in the night to be anointed by the church, rest becoming something unheard of for her and her fellow trainees. Some perished whether due to the fighting of the Dragonsong War, Garlean Incursions, or from the harsh regimens of their trainers - A total of only four of her group managed to survive to join the Order of the Knights Dragoon. Yet survive this ordeal she did, becoming a member of the order at the age of sixteen and fighting at the frontlines in the defense of Ishgard and its Vigils.
She fought for years, those she trained with slowly dying off one by one, a battle against an ancient dragon at one vigil, defense of a hamlet in the highlands for another, the ranks of the Order of the Knights Dragoon slow to replenish its ranks. Through it all, she saw Estinien - The rising star of Estinien Wyrmblood rising from an orphaned peasant to the greatest of their order, even becoming the Azure Dragoon. It only pushed her to work harder, train to become stronger, viewing herself not as a person or citizen of Ishgard, but as a spearpoint and weapon of the Holy See.
Each fight against the Dravanians met her with further challenges, often barely winning with her life in many circumstances. This grew not anger in the woman, but a respect for the dragon - Or even an admiration for their strength. She had been raised from when she could walk to hold a spear, the only praise she earned through valor and combat, thus did she see the strength alone as a virtue to be respected. These thoughts she kept to herself, as an annointed knight of the Order of the Knights Dragoon she could not be seen with anything but the most zealous of hatred for their biblical foe.
With the the coming of the calamity, she redoubled her efforts as she saw the world around her shift from the highlands of Coerthas to the icy-hellscapes they’ve been wrought into. It was taught to her it was the fault of the dragons, of Bahamut, who caused this newfound strife for their people. Being a noble meant she did not face the brunt of the cold, her renown as a Knight Dragoon earning her house coin from House Dzemael keeping them from freezing to death.
Over the years, her focus on combat had worn at her and created a woman devoid of anything but a need for combat. This was the front given to others, a facade made to ensure the pride-and-joy of the house was perfect in the eyes of other nobles and the masses alike, an attempt to make a hero of Ishgard. In truth, she picked up certain proclivities and habits that made it difficult to live with her, nights woken by screaming, drinking into a stupor, and countless other bad habits which her noble parents would prefer not affect them and their image. So it was decided she would have a home of her own, a gift from her lord-father as a reward for honorable service.
When the Dragonsong War came to a close, Adelaine had been in the field hunting Dravanians in an attempt of vengeance for the most recent assault on the Steps of Faith, or perhaps simply to continue to hone her spear, yet for whatever reason she had been out there the call for peace rang out. She did not fight against it, or rebel, she viewed herself as a spear of Ishgard - and Ishgard had set its weapons down to speak rather than fight. Peace did not suit her though, and rather than be sent into the meat grinders of the coming wars, or worse in her mind - Be stationed to guard caravans and camps, she left the Order of the Knight Dragoon to begin life amongst Eorzea as a knight and adventurer both, able to seek the battles she looked for.

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Dravanian Battle

Name: Adelaine Heautaire
Race: Elezen - Ishgardian
Height: 6'6" / 197.7cm
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Eye Color: Blueberry
Professions: Dragoon
Likes: Wine, Fighting, Strength, Tea, Training, and Cute Things
Dislikes: Noble parties, Excessive Quiet, Feeling Useless, and Her Night Terrors

E-Mail: [email protected]
In-Game: Mateus - Adelaine Heautaire

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