Maraschino Cherry

Maraschino Cherry is a male Wildwood Elezen and a member of Eulmore GIrls. His real name is Cerisier Amereaux. After a series of unfortunate events at Haukke Manor, his subsequent death leads him to become a vampire.

## Appearance

Maraschino stands at about 6'10 with red hair and red eyes. He frequently wears red eyeshadow. He is most commonly seen wearing some variation of black and red.

## Personality

At first glance, Maraschino looks very stoic and dignified, but this is just really just because he's terrible at expressing emotions outwardly. He's generally very amiable and slow to anger, preferring to hang back and observe. Maraschino is not particularly intelligent so he ends up relying heavily on the other Eulmore Girls despite his attempts at independence. He is easily flustered, and has difficulty asking for help.

After his death, he is a lot harder to intimidate. Instead of confidence, however, his calmer demeanor can be attributed to apathy surrounding his condition. While it's not impossible for him to go out in the day, he cannot be out and about for too long before succumbing to sunlight sickness. This greatly alienates him from his FC members and results in a rather lonely existence.

## Background

Maraschino's natural airheadedness was inherited from his parents: a pair of eccentric Elezen with a love for travel. They moved from Gridania to Vesper Bay when Maraschino was young, not wanting their son to grow up into a "redneck farm boy" like those who eventually grew up to be Wood Wailers. Maraschino left behind a dear friend when he moved - a brash and turbulent Duskwight boy.

However, shortly after the move, he was abducted by traffickers and sold into captivity for the majority of his childhood, where he resided in Ul'dah as a dancer/personal servant for a wealthy Hyur merchant. However, there came a time where the strain on his already fragile mental state caused him to snap and murder his master in a fit of vengeance. Upon the realization of his actions, Maraschino later escaped into the Thanalan wilderness with the help of a stray chocobo he was secretly raising.

He blacked out afterwards in the Sagolii Desert due to exhaustion and dehydration before waking up alone in the Gold Saucer, with nothing but the clothes on his back and not a penny to his name. The Gold Saucer employees who found him were kind enough to provide Maraschino with a job and a place to stay, under the condition that he would work there until he could earn enough to repay his debts and set out on his own. "Maraschino Cherry" isn't his real name; his injury and traumatic events from his period of servitude prevent him from remembering much about who he was before. His coworkers nicknamed him jokingly as his pale skin made him "red as a cherry" whenever he was flustered (which was very often).

Maraschino's first destination as a free Elezen was (unknowingly) his birthplace, Gridania. After picking a job that wasn't too difficult for his miniscule IQ (lancer, because the only thing you need to know how to do is hit things with a big stick), Maraschino enlisted as a disciple of Ywain. Though he'd hoped to pick up an adventuring trade without much incident, an angry Duskwight appeared on the very first day of his training, brandishing threats and a sharp weapon at a hapless Maraschino. The other seemed shocked to see the Wildwood at first, and was hurt at the lack of recognition. Maraschino was unable to recall any events of his former life, or Foulques until it was too late.

Some time after he became a full-fledged lancer, Maraschino's unfortunate encounter with Lady Amandine at Haukke Manor led him to become an aetheric vampire, forced siphon the life force of others to sustain himself. While he is able to sustain himself through his work with the Eulmore Girls, he has a difficult time accepting what he has become and is often closed off and contemplative because of it.

## Story

He first met Nada Raskovaon one of her many trips to the Gold Saucer. Sensing a kindred spirit in Nada, Maraschino joined the Caulk Destroyers, and later, Eulmore Girls, to lend his talents as an escort and entertainer.

## Relationships

### Nada Raskova

Maraschino was nervous around her at first, especially taking into account Nada's general dislike of Elezen. However, as Caulk Destroyers slowly expanded into Eulmore Girls, the two have found much in common and have become close confidants.

### Sanide Mela

Sanide was the first Au Ra Maraschino had ever met, and he was a little startled with her infatuation at first but gradually warmed up to her adorable antics and cheery attitude. Still a little wary of her capability for violence, Maraschino enjoys doting on her like a younger sister.

## Trivia

* As a vampire, his hair is dark red when he has just fed, and grows lighter the longer he goes without eating.
* He has no need for regular food after turning, but does enjoy sweets and will secretly sneak bites of a friend's food if he sees them eating (then deny doing so when confronted).