The character you made

Hiya again!
So, we all have played this game after making a character. I tend to gush over mine... gosh I love my character. I mean, look at him go! He can do it!
Okay... I'll compose myself.

So, how do you feel about the character(s) you play in game? What gravitated you to choose their physical traits? Do you have a personality in mind for them?
Also, if you have any small bit of lore about your character feel free to mention it! ^^

To start I'll say I love how Miqo'te have tails. It makes me very happy inside. The cat traits are amazing and kept me playing. They are just so expressive. I also wanted to try a skin color I've never used before so I went with a shade that is very fantasy. Rhel'a is a himbo (socially) who don't usually understand if he is being threatened. He might take things literally and give direct answers.

Playing my lala just puts a smile on my face every time. The waddle if I walk, the emotes, the facial expressions. How can I not adore the little pocket goth?

https://i.imgur.com/fMRcZrx.png

My main piece of lore I have for her is that she's half dunesfolk and half plainsfolk.

I'm so glad that when I was picking, I dodge catgirl and au ra. This was the right choice, and the free fantasia I got will continue to gather dust in my saddlebag until the servers go offline.

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Originally Posted by Midare

Playing my lala just puts a smile on my face every time. The waddle if I walk, the emotes, the facial expressions. How can I not adore the little pocket goth?

https://i.imgur.com/fMRcZrx.png

My main piece of lore I have for her is that she's half dunesfolk and half plainsfolk.

I'm so glad that when I was picking, I dodge catgirl and au ra. This was the right choice, and the free fantasia I got will continue to gather dust in my saddlebag until the servers go offline.

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Your character is adorable. Lalas have a humor aspect to them that I've grown to appreciate (I mean, look at them. They absolutely kill gods regularly)

I created Zephyr after my Highlander kitten (named Zephyr) died at 8 months due to FIP. I later adopted his sister Selene around the time I started XIV.

I created Zephyr to by a hybrid of the two, taking Zephyr's name and white fur. He got the grey skin as Selene is grey, and his last name as an homage to Selene being a moon goddess:

Meaning of Menodora: Name Menodora in the Greek origin, means Blessing from the pioneer, the female deity of the Moon.

He started out very young, idealistic and innocent and I focused on White Mage to heal others, given how he passed. Over the past 9 years I aged him with fantasia and he got a bit hardened by the time he made it through Endwalker, and when not battling evil trains as a Monk to keep his mental in check.

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Originally Posted by ZephyrMenodora

I created Zephyr after my Highlander kitten (named Zephyr) died at 8 months due to FIP. I later adopted his sister Selene around the time I started XIV.

I created Zephyr to by a hybrid of the two, taking Zephyr's name and white fur. He got the grey skin as Selene is grey, and his last name as an homage to Selene being a moon goddess:

Meaning of Menodora: Name Menodora in the Greek origin, means Blessing from the pioneer, the female deity of the Moon.

He started out very young, idealistic and innocent and I focused on White Mage to heal others, given how he passed. Over the past 9 years I aged him with fantasia and he got a bit hardened by the time he made it through Endwalker, and when not battling evil trains as a Monk to keep his mental in check.

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many layers to your character! I like the detail with aging your character. Being a WoL must really age an individual. Sorry about your cat! Must have been difficult.

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Originally Posted by Local_Custard

many layers to your character! I like the detail with aging your character. Being a WoL must really age an individual. Sorry about your cat! Must have been difficult.

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He's still very much missed <3

I can't imagine anyone would live through the entirety of the WoL's journey without changing in some way. For my internal RP, in the despair in EW he was actually a Reaper, but afterwards went to a Monk temple to process all that trauma to avoid going too far down a darker path.

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Originally Posted by ZephyrMenodora

He's still very much missed <3

I can't imagine anyone would live through the entirety of the WoL's journey without changing in some way. For my internal RP, in the despair in EW he was actually a Reaper, but afterwards went to a Monk temple to process all that trauma to avoid going too far down a darker path.

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Fascinating! Yeah especially with how reapers are involved in EW and the lore on Monks.
Right now this character of mine is still in HW (I have played through EW on another character, however) but I do sometimes wonder how the story putting him through the ringer will change him. Well, maybe when I get into RP I'll be able to better understand that... or my usual pondering.
I have read a fanfic where a WoL became numb to pain and did purposefully harmful actions at themself (taking on dangerous tasks even though their body is still in poor condition post EW) just to feel something again.

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Originally Posted by Local_Custard

Fascinating! Yeah especially with how reapers are involved in EW and the lore on Monks.
Right now this character of mine is still in HW (I have played through EW on another character, however) but I do sometimes wonder how the story putting him through the ringer will change him. Well, maybe when I get into RP I'll be able to better understand that... or my usual pondering.
I have read a fanfic where a WoL became numb to pain and did purposefully harmful actions at themself (taking on dangerous tasks even though their body is still in poor condition post EW) just to feel something again.

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Very interesting and would love to see how much he stays the same, or how much he changes :) I don't RP with others - I did years ago but I didn't really get the in depth character development I wanted out of it. A lot of RP is very "light" and social-oriented so I kind of gave up on it. But I do like to head-canon as I play and internalize my RP.

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Originally Posted by Midare

Playing my lala just puts a smile on my face every time. The waddle if I walk, the emotes, the facial expressions. How can I not adore the little pocket goth?

https://i.imgur.com/fMRcZrx.png

My main piece of lore I have for her is that she's half dunesfolk and half plainsfolk.

I'm so glad that when I was picking, I dodge catgirl and au ra. This was the right choice, and the free fantasia I got will continue to gather dust in my saddlebag until the servers go offline.

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I just play 2 characters. Lala is great, but i want to have catgirl too

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Originally Posted by ZephyrMenodora

Very interesting and would love to see how much he stays the same, or how much he changes :) I don't RP with others - I did years ago but I didn't really get the in depth character development I wanted out of it. A lot of RP is very "light" and social-oriented so I kind of gave up on it. But I do like to head-canon as I play and internalize my RP.

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Oh definitely, internal headcanons are always fun! and yeah I agree, in my experience a lot of rps are very light. Can be fun if you want to meet new people though!
So far Rhel'a has been getting more friends. I have been grinding out tribal quests so in true Rhel'a fashion he will be befriending many individuals! I also plan to give him a silly chocobo-themed glam (more so in theme rather than having a chocobo costume) for machinist. Lemme let ya' tho- chocobo breeding so much pure RNG (the mask requires a level 9 pedigree chocobo). I think he is in his silly arc right now. As a writer this pleases me as I can stab him in the heart later and really squeeze him like a stress doll. Will his unbridled optimism sway? who knows!

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My rotten brat. I make them in every game.

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Originally Posted by OgruMogru

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My rotten brat. I make them in every game.

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that is a mood

From the moment I watched the Answers trailer, I knew I wanted to play a lalafell white mage. So, I did a little research and found plainsfolk came from islands in the Southern Sea. An idea formed of an easy going, tanned individual from a family of citrus growers who journeyed to Eorzea in order to learn how to be conjuror. But, what really cemented everything was how happy playing a lalafell made me feel. Everything about the race makes me smile.

https://i.imgur.com/MpfYL72.png

My WoL was designed to look as much like Big Boss as he is able. His attitude though is more like Brick from Borderlands.

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Originally Posted by Kacho_Nacho

From the moment I watched the Answers trailer, I knew I wanted to play a lalafell white mage. So, I did a little research and found plainsfolk came from islands in the Southern Sea. An idea formed of an easy going, tanned individual from a family of citrus growers who journeyed to Eorzea in order to learn how to be conjuror. But, what really cemented everything was how happy playing a lalafell made me feel. Everything about the race makes me smile.

https://i.imgur.com/MpfYL72.png

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that is wonderful. Thanks for sharing that backstory! I love the hair on your WoL!

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Originally Posted by Renalt

My WoL was designed to look as much like Big Boss as he is able. His attitude though is more like Brick from Borderlands.

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Never played borderlands before- what is your WoL's attitude like?

I find the races in this game to be extremely boring so I struggled for quite some time to find something I clicked with. I tried everything except Au Ra and eventually landed on Elezen which I stayed on for a while. Even then, I never felt like it was the perfect fit, it was more like "well I guess this is the best I can do with the choices available."

Later, during another period of being restless with the race choices, I started to go down the list trying out the different races again with fantas. This time however I did something I hadn't done previously, I checked out female Highlander in the character creator. I had always written them off as more boring humans and rarely ever saw them out in the world to prove otherwise. When I got to the voice section and heard Voice 9's /cheer ("WOO YEAH YEAH YEAH AAARRHGHRGH") I laughed really hard and made the switch.

I only expected it to be temporary for laughs but to my surprise a race finally clicked for me and I've been a thighlander ever since. I really dig their tomboy vibe, I love how animated and full of personality their emotes are, they look amazing in every glam, and the voice I use is hilarious. Even their /sit pose is awesome, they take a knee like a boss. I often get whispers asking "where did you get that emote?" lol.

I usually play whatever the furthest thing from humans is in every game so it's certainly surprising that this is where I landed, but it just goes to show that even if a race isn't as popular overall, it makes a world of difference for the people who do end up gravitating toward that race. I honestly probably would have quit by now if fem highlander wasn't an option. I'm sure many people will feel the same about the upcoming Hrothgals and honestly that's the only thing that could ever pull me away from Highlander, depending on how they turn out.

sexy dragon/lizard girl was basically the only thought in my head when i picked this character.

Honestly without fully understanding how important/unimportant attributes would be, coming from FFXI, I chose Highlander because it had the highest STR rating while also having second highest rating in VIT(at the time) and respectable other stats (decently high MND).

That and the option to finally play a Hume that had some bulk to them, rather than just being another bishie boy in a Final Fantasy was something I liked a rather lot. I trend towards things like Half-orc or full Orc if they're available, and Highlander was somewhat up that alley with the whole lore about being rumored to be half Roegadyn and such (really just an insult from insecure Midlanders loL).

I also started a Roegadyn as my first alt character back during 2.1. He wasn't a permanent fixture after Au Ra came out, though.

Lore I make up for my character changes on a whim, so I try not to think to hard about it.

Over the years I've tried out other races on alts as well. I find that Highlander males are the best at showing pain in their facial expressions.

I've always thought of my character as a continuation of my FFXI character.

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My characters always have a piece of myself in their creation (self insert alert!), so I picked Viera for my race because they're (typically) dark-skinned and tall (as well as being an all-time favorite race of mine).

Her forest name is Chul Dei-Ijla, but her city name, Kukuru, was chosen after eating chocolate for the first time. Before that, the only sweets she ate were fruits found in the Golmore Jungle.

...And yeah, I kind of chose that city name because she's a "chocolate bunny" of sorts... cx

Don't really have a personality or lore. I like cats, so miqo'te felt like a good idea.

Obviously it turns out that everyone else like miqo'tes too and that sometimes bugs me. Not so much that other people like it, but more so that I'm just a drop in the ocean of thousands of miqo'tes. I really don't feel like there's any way to actually be unique with the limited character creation options.

I have had thoughts of fantaing as well, but that's an expensive habit(assuming it becomes a habit). I feel like if I fanta it would take a few at least to figure out what feels good to me and I just don't want to go through the process or spend the money.
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Originally Posted by Local_Custard

Never played borderlands before- what is your WoL's attitude like?

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Pretty much this.

https://youtu.be/sn2CynMBjW4?si=7URjEGNXj5l1zJnu

I have been reading through the responses of this thread and I enjoy all you have had to say! Long post incoming! To start...

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Originally Posted by CidHeiral

I find the races in this game to be extremely boring so I struggled for quite some time to find something I clicked with. I tried everything except Au Ra and eventually landed on Elezen which I stayed on for a while. Even then, I never felt like it was the perfect fit, it was more like "well I guess this is the best I can do with the choices available."

Later, during another period of being restless with the race choices, I started to go down the list trying out the different races again with fantas. This time however I did something I hadn't done previously, I checked out female Highlander in the character creator. I had always written them off as more boring humans and rarely ever saw them out in the world to prove otherwise. When I got to the voice section and heard Voice 9's /cheer ("WOO YEAH YEAH YEAH AAARRHGHRGH") I laughed really hard and made the switch.

I only expected it to be temporary for laughs but to my surprise a race finally clicked for me and I've been a thighlander ever since. I really dig their tomboy vibe, I love how animated and full of personality their emotes are, they look amazing in every glam, and the voice I use is hilarious. Even their /sit pose is awesome, they take a knee like a boss. I often get whispers asking "where did you get that emote?" lol.

I usually play whatever the furthest thing from humans is in every game so it's certainly surprising that this is where I landed, but it just goes to show that even if a race isn't as popular overall, it makes a world of difference for the people who do end up gravitating toward that race. I honestly probably would have quit by now if fem highlander wasn't an option. I'm sure many people will feel the same about the upcoming Hrothgals and honestly that's the only thing that could ever pull me away from Highlander, depending on how they turn out.

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Sometimes it can be a struggle for picking a race to consistently enjoy, especially with almost all of them leaning very humanoid. Even then, the different traits make each of them a unique experience. I'm glad you found a race you enjoy! I appreciate how this game has considerably little gender locking (yeah it still exists, but the devs show a clear tendency to not letting it last). As you say, highlander has more than one gender to pick from. I also look forward to what the additional gender of hrothgar will look like! Sometimes the concept art isn't the full picture so I am up to the surprise and how the fandom may interact with it. Side note: I love how some voices sound silly or how a few sound straight up feral (gives me endorphins while I giggle).

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Originally Posted by Oizen

sexy dragon/lizard girl was basically the only thought in my head when i picked this character.

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very understandable. Sometimes reasons for picking a gender can be simple.

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Originally Posted by Vyrerus

Honestly without fully understanding how important/unimportant attributes would be, coming from FFXI, I chose Highlander because it had the highest STR rating while also having second highest rating in VIT(at the time) and respectable other stats (decently high MND).

That and the option to finally play a Hume that had some bulk to them, rather than just being another bishie boy in a Final Fantasy was something I liked a rather lot. I trend towards things like Half-orc or full Orc if they're available, and Highlander was somewhat up that alley with the whole lore about being rumored to be half Roegadyn and such (really just an insult from insecure Midlanders loL).

I also started a Roegadyn as my first alt character back during 2.1. He wasn't a permanent fixture after Au Ra came out, though.

Lore I make up for my character changes on a whim, so I try not to think to hard about it.

Over the years I've tried out other races on alts as well. I find that Highlander males are the best at showing pain in their facial expressions.

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ah yeah, attributes. I remember when I first entered the game I considered attribute but ultimately didn't care enough about minmaxing to consider it (I mean, the game let me make alts, so my first character can always be a playthrough and an alt be more polished? Luckily, that isn't really the case, though). I love how some faces show pain. Curious what the pain emote looks like on your character!

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Originally Posted by Fawkes

I've always thought of my character as a continuation of my FFXI character.

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neat! Any lore on that for your character? Also, did you do the FFXI event when it was a thing?

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Originally Posted by ronibosch

My characters always have a piece of myself in their creation (self insert alert!), so I picked Viera for my race because they're (typically) dark-skinned and tall (as well as being an all-time favorite race of mine).

Her forest name is Chul Dei-Ijla, but her city name, Kukuru, was chosen after eating chocolate for the first time. Before that, the only sweets she ate were fruits found in the Golmore Jungle.

...And yeah, I kind of chose that city name because she's a "chocolate bunny" of sorts... cx

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Does she like the Eorzean equivalent of easter or any holiday prominently featuring chocolate? I love how in lore, any name is a canon viera name. That is how I have a viera named Rosemary Tea (side note: I later looked this up after making him and rosemary tea is quite bitter).

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Originally Posted by NekoMataMata

Don't really have a personality or lore. I like cats, so miqo'te felt like a good idea.

Obviously it turns out that everyone else like miqo'tes too and that sometimes bugs me. Not so much that other people like it, but more so that I'm just a drop in the ocean of thousands of miqo'tes. I really don't feel like there's any way to actually be unique with the limited character creation options.

I have had thoughts of fantaing as well, but that's an expensive habit(assuming it becomes a habit). I feel like if I fanta it would take a few at least to figure out what feels good to me and I just don't want to go through the process or spend the money.

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yeahh. Sometimes I'm tempted to buy a fanta just to explore the other face options. I also get curious what my character may look like as other races. Sometimes it is about carving out a personality when choices overlap. Even then, it might be funny to run into a doppelgänger and get up to antics with them (maybe both parties agree to copy each other for example).

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Originally Posted by Renalt

Pretty much this.

https://youtu.be/sn2CynMBjW4?si=7URjEGNXj5l1zJnu

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That is a really fun character!

I have somewhat of a head-canon story for Vencio & though I don’t engage on Role Play I still like to have this magical-thinking of bringing more existence to him in Eorzea & in a way it’s a soothing feeling which I feel I am him and he is me in a connected way.

Other than its always been a great delight overall & personally I like to drift away from this “WoL” aspect & moreso be aligned towards personal growth & experiences.

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Originally Posted by Vencio

I have somewhat of a head-canon story for Vencio & though I don’t engage on Role Play I still like to have this magical-thinking of bringing more existence to him in Eorzea & in a way it’s a soothing feeling which I feel I am him and he is me in a connected way.

Other than its always been a great delight overall & personally I like to drift away from this “WoL” aspect & moreso be aligned towards personal growth & experiences.

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That thinking sounds fun- though I do wonder how you took some points of the story (Like how an important character dies and you cannot do anything to stop it. I will not specify which one).
Oh yeah for sure- 50% of the time I'm not even sure if Rhel'a is a WoL or not. He definitely is an adventurer at heart tho at least! Having a character be a WoL can feel awkward sometimes.

I've been making a ginger green-eyed character named Vivian in any RPG I could for the last 20+ years.

She's always been sort of a self insert, though I don't actually have ginger hair/green eyes. I may have been attempting to imitate Misty's look from the Pokémon anime when I first made her, and then it just stuck.
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I started as a cat girl but have changed to every race and back to cat. This character is basically retired just use her to craft. I have a lala I just adore now, I had such a hard time playing one but now she has grown on me. I think it's the sunny smile and being a badass ninja smol person lol. I have no real back story for my characters other than I enjoy playing them.

My short attention span and commitment issues mean I've had a fanta addiction and have basically no attachment to characters I make and even have different usernames on different platforms.

I spent the first 5 years or so of the game including 1.0 as a varying cast of pretty boys (my forum name comes from a short lived one I had at the time) and after I thought I'd been everything I liked, I then changed my name to something more feminine and started swapping between the girls. I've pretty much settled for my Midlander girl and stopped using fanta as often, but I had the itch and recently changed to Miqo using the anniversary as an excuse since my 2.0 character was a (male) Miqo.

Midlanders are rarer though since everyone else thinks they're boring which ironically makes them more unique. The princess run doesn't bother me and having no ears or tail means everything fits perfectly with no clipping. Having more hair options than the other races also helps prevent me from using fantasia. Others have commented that my Midlander looks too much like a real person and not fantasy enough but I've had random people send me tells commenting on her so it balances out.

I started out as a miqo because the one I made felt like a good fit for me, but also at that time I didn't have all of the expansions so I didn't have all of the races unlocked, and I really was mainly interested in au ra and viera. When I did get the expansions, I immediately switched to my au ra after seeing that viera are too tall for me (I vaguely make my character a self insert, lol). When I first made my au ra I wasn't sure if I liked her, but then she grew on me, and I would now call her my most "character that I feel would be the best self insert for myself" in a way. I do go back to my miqo too, but my au ra is my main one.

For my backstory with my au ra it is always changing, so I don't have a set one just as of yet. I see her personality as someone who is sweet but also can be mischievous. While I do see her slightly as a self insert character, it isn't too much so in her personality that I try to relate to mine. I do change her styles up quite a lot as well (hair colour, hair style, etc.) but she mainly always had the lightning hair, or the straight au ra hair.

I can't stand playing a character if it isn't perfect ( in my eyes).
If i'm not pleased with my character and name - it will ruin my whole experience.
x.x

My main:
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Originally Posted by NekoMataMata

Don't really have a personality or lore. I like cats, so miqo'te felt like a good idea.

Obviously it turns out that everyone else like miqo'tes too and that sometimes bugs me. Not so much that other people like it, but more so that I'm just a drop in the ocean of thousands of miqo'tes. I really don't feel like there's any way to actually be unique with the limited character creation options.

I have had thoughts of fantaing as well, but that's an expensive habit(assuming it becomes a habit). I feel like if I fanta it would take a few at least to figure out what feels good to me and I just don't want to go through the process or spend the money.
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I always find it interesting how things that bother some people are preferred choices for others.

To be honest, my main motivation for choosing a Miqo'te was simply to blend in. In fact, as you put it, "I'm just a drop in the ocean of thousands of miqo'tes" - but that suits me.

I prefer to keep myself to myself for the most part and I don't generally spend a lot of time in the busier social areas - but when I do, being 'just another Miqo'te' is fine by me.

Saying that, I'll confess that I am content as I am and have never felt any need or desire to use a fanta.
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When I strat mmos I typically play female so when I dl this game too that's initially what I picked. Being a girl myself I allways wanted my character to be "me" but because aura fem looked the most like my body type (5'1) i picked that race. I got to hw and something about the msq felt off. The story was so engaging but my character felt detached or that I just couldn't get this immersion with her.
At the same time have heard how good the drk story was I plated through it and I was quite smitten by the teacher. I loved the way that despite how strong he looked he had a very gentle side. That's when I thought I would try and fantasia to a male aura. I was surprised how physically attractive I found them to be given there demeanour, initially too I was put off them for there playerbase stigma (you know the one) but I couldn't help how much I liked there look.

I started rewatching the msq with him and I found they were so expressive. when they need to look nice, they look nice and when they need to look mean, man they can look mean. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F68fayRX...png&name=smallhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/F68itJmW...png&name=small
and that the story felt so much more immersive.
I love my wol now as if he was my son. I refer to him by my username sugar and see him as his own separate entity.
Because most ppl don't like male aura, I don't get much engagement except for the occasional people on a dungeon who likes his design. Or sometimes a girl who's attracted to him. But ig I'm OK with that. He's my gentle giant and my thing for me and thats all he ever has to be.

I love drawing him in his various jobs or whatnot with a semi invented hairstyle thats not the same one I use in game (maybe 1 day they'll add similar hair for men)
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When first played the game long long ago... the character I envisioned was more like this guy from the original 1.0 video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPG-rIeTYYY

Back then Heavensward had just come out and there was still come confusion between 1.0 and the ARR for people who had never played 1.0. There was some deep lore in that version, and it connected into 2.0, but if you had never played 1.0, then it was kinda lost on you.

I had also played FFXI where I played a Hume Red Mage in San D'oria.
But when I joined they didn't have that class in ARR or Heavensward. So I picked the Arcanist so I could start in Limsa in order to become a Summoner. It seemed like a good all arounder with flexible abilities to be able to handle anything even if not the best at any one thing. Didn't even know about the Dreadwyrm and Deathflare yet. Turned out I really loved it.

But my character I envisioned, was always like that original adventurer in the Tavern Video. No one special, just an average plain old adventurer, working for coin and seeing the spectacular things in the world. It was always about dungeoneering for me.

In time I would get to see the things the video shows, or at least the result of them, but they didn't come until the end of ARR and the beginning of Heavensward. (Well ok the Marlboros come a little earlier)

Still, that is what I envisioned for my actual character.

Mine... based off of my Aion character that's based off of another character from RP scene from like 10+ years ago. I wish FFXIV had a detailed character customization but I tried my best to make it as close as possible.
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My hubby and I met in the 90s in a Vampire the Masquerade IRC chat room. So we've always done our own personal roleplay, building our own worlds and setting up family legacies and such. All my characters are from this background and we've made our RP characters in MMOs since EverQuest. My hubby and I enjoy Percy Jackson, so we had run of characters who followed that concept. Thalia's dad was the child of a god, Poseidon in her case, and because of that she has an affinity to water. Her goddess is Llymlaen and her name is a reference to the Greek Grace/Charity. In RP she was tall and athletic and used a bow, so archer was perfect for her when I started. And while Roe didn't fit my mental image of her, Highlander did. So, she became a Thighlander. I had just BRD and then WHM for her, as a sort of battle cleric skill she picked up. When she started gaining more classes, I incorporated that back into her RP. She's a future leader of a nation of 13 cities (long story) and now I have each city specializing in one of the XIV classes and where she has to master them to kind of "prove" herself to them. So while I don't RP in XIV, it has gone back and inspired some things in her original origin.

I am loving all that I am reading! You all make such amazing characters!

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Originally Posted by DiaDeem

I've been making a ginger green-eyed character named Vivian in any RPG I could for the last 20+ years.

She's always been sort of a self insert, though I don't actually have ginger hair/green eyes. I may have been attempting to imitate Misty's look from the Pokémon anime when I first made her, and then it just stuck.
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even though the ginger options can be quite limited (hard to explain it fully, but I guess the limited hair selection is similar to how they skipped violet as a option) I often find the shades of ginger used very nice on the eyes. Also, I really like the grinmore you have there.

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Originally Posted by Snorky

I started as a cat girl but have changed to every race and back to cat. This character is basically retired just use her to craft. I have a lala I just adore now, I had such a hard time playing one but now she has grown on me. I think it's the sunny smile and being a badass ninja smol person lol. I have no real back story for my characters other than I enjoy playing them.

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As I keep saying, lalas are great. Sometimes a backstory isn't needed and that is great. I would love to see your lala- are you up to showing off your favorite glam?

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Originally Posted by MikkoAkure

My short attention span and commitment issues mean I've had a fanta addiction and have basically no attachment to characters I make and even have different usernames on different platforms.

I spent the first 5 years or so of the game including 1.0 as a varying cast of pretty boys (my forum name comes from a short lived one I had at the time) and after I thought I'd been everything I liked, I then changed my name to something more feminine and started swapping between the girls. I've pretty much settled for my Midlander girl and stopped using fanta as often, but I had the itch and recently changed to Miqo using the anniversary as an excuse since my 2.0 character was a (male) Miqo.

Midlanders are rarer though since everyone else thinks they're boring which ironically makes them more unique. The princess run doesn't bother me and having no ears or tail means everything fits perfectly with no clipping. Having more hair options than the other races also helps prevent me from using fantasia. Others have commented that my Midlander looks too much like a real person and not fantasy enough but I've had random people send me tells commenting on her so it balances out.

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Oh wow, I'd live to see your midlander! Though, her looking very close to a real person is interesting- don't know if I have ran into that too much myself. I have seen the occasional character with modern clothes on as their glam. They looked like they could be a cosplay of sorts? Either way, feel free to show em'! Also yeah, the tail clips so much with the ears doing that once in a while (I have not looked close enough) but I like to pretend that is intentional.

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Originally Posted by EstelleCere

I started out as a miqo because the one I made felt like a good fit for me, but also at that time I didn't have all of the expansions so I didn't have all of the races unlocked, and I really was mainly interested in au ra and viera. When I did get the expansions, I immediately switched to my au ra after seeing that viera are too tall for me (I vaguely make my character a self insert, lol). When I first made my au ra I wasn't sure if I liked her, but then she grew on me, and I would now call her my most "character that I feel would be the best self insert for myself" in a way. I do go back to my miqo too, but my au ra is my main one.

For my backstory with my au ra it is always changing, so I don't have a set one just as of yet. I see her personality as someone who is sweet but also can be mischievous. While I do see her slightly as a self insert character, it isn't too much so in her personality that I try to relate to mine. I do change her styles up quite a lot as well (hair colour, hair style, etc.) but she mainly always had the lightning hair, or the straight au ra hair.

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reminds me of how Miqo'te M's max height is 5' 8" or 172.72 cm. That is about my height. Whenever my character would stand next to an NPC, he would often feel short anyways (even though it is technically an average human height for men?). Glad you found a race you enjoy! If I may ask, what is her current backstory that you have thought up for her (even if this may change tomorrow)?

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Originally Posted by Zeastria

I can't stand playing a character if it isn't perfect ( in my eyes).
If i'm not pleased with my character and name - it will ruin my whole experience.
x.x

My main:
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your character is very cute! I like the flower crown ^^

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Originally Posted by Carin-Eri

I always find it interesting how things that bother some people are preferred choices for others.

To be honest, my main motivation for choosing a Miqo'te was simply to blend in. In fact, as you put it, "I'm just a drop in the ocean of thousands of miqo'tes" - but that suits me.

I prefer to keep myself to myself for the most part and I don't generally spend a lot of time in the busier social areas - but when I do, being 'just another Miqo'te' is fine by me.

Saying that, I'll confess that I am content as I am and have never felt any need or desire to use a fanta.
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Maybe most pf the miqotes on Eorzea are adventurers (headcanon)? I will admit, it is not to blend it sometimes and not be approached often, especially when trying to dodge FC invites... well- lately I haven't been getting invites (maybe it is because my jobs are overleveled?). I am not sure if I have used a fanta in any real meaningful way that the haircut guy cannot do. So that is a mood.

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Originally Posted by sindriiisgaming

When I strat mmos I typically play female so when I dl this game too that's initially what I picked. Being a girl myself I allways wanted my character to be "me" but because aura fem looked the most like my body type (5'1) i picked that race. I got to hw and something about the msq felt off. The story was so engaging but my character felt detached or that I just couldn't get this immersion with her.
At the same time have heard how good the drk story was I plated through it and I was quite smitten by the teacher. I loved the way that despite how strong he looked he had a very gentle side. That's when I thought I would try and fantasia to a male aura. I was surprised how physically attractive I found them to be given there demeanour, initially too I was put off them for there playerbase stigma (you know the one) but I couldn't help how much I liked there look.

I started rewatching the msq with him and I found they were so expressive. when they need to look nice, they look nice and when they need to look mean, man they can look mean. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F68fayRX...png&name=smallhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/F68itJmW...png&name=small
and that the story felt so much more immersive.
I love my wol now as if he was my son. I refer to him by my username sugar and see him as his own separate entity.
Because most ppl don't like male aura, I don't get much engagement except for the occasional people on a dungeon who likes his design. Or sometimes a girl who's attracted to him. But ig I'm OK with that. He's my gentle giant and my thing for me and thats all he ever has to be.

I love drawing him in his various jobs or whatnot with a semi invented hairstyle thats not the same one I use in game (maybe 1 day they'll add similar hair for men)
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I have seen you on the forums and never got the chance to express that I love your character's hair- I love when characters have pink hair. Also, I have an au ra myself (he is still in ARR) and man when he looks angry he looks seething. Even slight disapproval from au ra guy can be easily shown. I also know it isn't easy to make an au ra not look eternally upset as his default face... but that is probably another discussion.

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Originally Posted by Silverquick

When first played the game long long ago... the character I envisioned was more like this guy from the original 1.0 video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPG-rIeTYYY

Back then Heavensward had just come out and there was still come confusion between 1.0 and the ARR for people who had never played 1.0. There was some deep lore in that version, and it connected into 2.0, but if you had never played 1.0, then it was kinda lost on you.

I had also played FFXI where I played a Hume Red Mage in San D'oria.
But when I joined they didn't have that class in ARR or Heavensward. So I picked the Arcanist so I could start in Limsa in order to become a Summoner. It seemed like a good all arounder with flexible abilities to be able to handle anything even if not the best at any one thing. Didn't even know about the Dreadwyrm and Deathflare yet. Turned out I really loved it.

But my character I envisioned, was always like that original adventurer in the Tavern Video. No one special, just an average plain old adventurer, working for coin and seeing the spectacular things in the world. It was always about dungeoneering for me.

In time I would get to see the things the video shows, or at least the result of them, but they didn't come until the end of ARR and the beginning of Heavensward. (Well ok the Marlboros come a little earlier)

Still, that is what I envisioned for my actual character.

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oh nice. I remember playing earlier Final Fantasy games (mainly, 1 through 4. I have yet to really get into 5) red mage was one of my favorite jobs. Even thought it didn't offer as much damage as black mages, flexibility was difficult to beat (unless the game required a cheese strat to beat a boss, but that is besides the point). So, what do you think of the game's story with what position it puts your character in?

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Originally Posted by Rehayem

Mine... based off of my Aion character that's based off of another character from RP scene from like 10+ years ago. I wish FFXIV had a detailed character customization but I tried my best to make it as close as possible.
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If it's any assurance, your character looks like a pretty close match! I really like them ^^

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Originally Posted by TaleraRistain

My hubby and I met in the 90s in a Vampire the Masquerade IRC chat room. So we've always done our own personal roleplay, building our own worlds and setting up family legacies and such. All my characters are from this background and we've made our RP characters in MMOs since EverQuest. My hubby and I enjoy Percy Jackson, so we had run of characters who followed that concept. Thalia's dad was the child of a god, Poseidon in her case, and because of that she has an affinity to water. Her goddess is Llymlaen and her name is a reference to the Greek Grace/Charity. In RP she was tall and athletic and used a bow, so archer was perfect for her when I started. And while Roe didn't fit my mental image of her, Highlander did. So, she became a Thighlander. I had just BRD and then WHM for her, as a sort of battle cleric skill she picked up. When she started gaining more classes, I incorporated that back into her RP. She's a future leader of a nation of 13 cities (long story) and now I have each city specializing in one of the XIV classes and where she has to master them to kind of "prove" herself to them. So while I don't RP in XIV, it has gone back and inspired some things in her original origin.

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I have not read Percy Jackson before, but I have heard good reviews about it. Your character's lore bespeaks more depth than it shows- must be a lot to be a leader of a nation. There is more I want to say but my brain isn't 100% on right now.

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Originally Posted by Local_Custard

I have seen you on the forums and never got the chance to express that I love your character's hair- I love when characters have pink hair.

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thankyou so much, its such a wierd and funny story, made it pink as a joke and it wound up looking really nice on him, orginally ginger.. but the pink just stuck

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Originally Posted by sindriiisgaming

thankyou so much, its such a wierd and funny story, made it pink as a joke and it wound up looking really nice on him, orginally ginger.. but the pink just stuck

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pink for the win!!