Midadol Telamon

Midadol Telamon or Mid is a character in Final Fantasy XVI. She is the adopted daughter of Cidolfus Telamon and is the head engineer of the Hideout. Fiery, spunky, loud and very forward, Midadol Telamon is very much her father's daughter, despite being adopted by Cid. While her excessive energy and loud nature certainly shakes things up when arriving at the Hideaway, most often dread her arrival, particularly from the bookish Vivian, her old teacher — mostly due to the knowledge that they will never know quiet with her around. When she gets excited enough, her voice noticeably speeds up, something that some of the Hideaway residents find grating, along with her flimsy nature, but no one has the courage to really tell Mid off. Even Clive is left nearly powerless to Mid's demands in making a workshop for her at the Hideaway and helping her in creating the engines for her prized project, the Enterprise. Much like her father, Mid bears a strong deadpan and snarky sense of humor. Her favorite tactic to rile those around her is to push their buttons as much as she can get away with; when she meets Byron Rosfield he's one of her favorite targets. Even in tense situations, Mid's optimism and energy never waver, which actually motivates those around her to keep up with Mid. Further, like Cid, she's considered an expert engineer and builder, having come up with the designs for the mythril engines derived from Fallen technology, but she builds them all on her own, directing practically everyone in the Hideaway along with her team of engineers. With these engines, she manages to build the fastest naval ship in the world. Even as a child, she developed the orchestrion when she was around eleven years old. However much she gets on everyone's nerves, Mid nonetheless has a good heart as she hopes her inventions will help improve the people's conditions in the world. Mid also took it upon herself to act as a cool older sister to the children of the Hideaway, often teaching them about gadgets and the like. Despite wishing her inventions to change the world for the better, she is smart enough to know that the world isn't ready for her inventions, fearing that they could be used for war. Mid decides that once Clive no longer has need of the Enterprise, she's going to dump all the mythril engines into the Sins of Dzemekys, and leave the plans somewhere hidden for some ambitious treasure hunter or inventor to find sometime in the future, when the world is ready. Underneath her loud and nigh-endless energy, a part of Mid remains vulnerable when it concerns her father, Cid. She keeps a positive attitude almost the entire time at the Hideaway, and only falters when Clive and Otto want her to visit Cid's grave. She comes up with every excuse not to do it, and when they finally get through all of her excuses, Mid slips away before they can bring her. This shows that a large piece of her still misses her father dearly and dislikes appearing vulnerable to others.