The character you made

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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)?

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.
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My main:

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

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.

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.

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.
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)

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.

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.

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?

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.

If it's any assurance, your character looks like a pretty close match! I really like them ^^

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 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.

[sindriiisgaming]

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.

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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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

pink for the win!!

[sindriiisgaming]

pink for the win!!

ugh.. you're such a breathe of sunlight on these forums honestly. never change x

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ugh.. you're such a breathe of sunlight on these forums honestly. never change x

heh thanks! I love my character and I want to hear the love people have for their's too! ^^

[EstelleCere]

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)?

Aww yeah, the heights in this game are usually different compared to how irl heights work. And not much of a backstory I suppose, mine is pretty generic. Her leaving her homeland because she didn't feel welcomed anymore, and wanted something bigger in life. But also her spreading troubles at times where she goes (gotta give her that small evil side to her as well). Originally I thought about making her some half void sent, but not sure if that is *TOO* generic, I'm still thinking about it though!

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Aww yeah, the heights in this game are usually different compared to how irl heights work. And not much of a backstory I suppose, mine is pretty generic. Her leaving her homeland because she didn't feel welcomed anymore, and wanted something bigger in life. But also her spreading troubles at times where she goes (gotta give her that small evil side to her as well). Originally I thought about making her some half void sent, but not sure if that is *TOO* generic, I'm still thinking about it though!

sometimes I think of giving character evil traits as a treat. And not necessarily! Even simple backstories may draw from personal experiences at some degree. Generic isn't always bad either! It really depends ^^ I knew someone who had a half voidsent character- though I do wonder if in game we will ever get even more canon lore on this?

[DiaDeem]

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.

The grimoire is called Ethica. It's a very pretty one, with butterflies and flowers. The type of drop you'd expect from a place like Dohn Mheg... except it drops from Castrum Abania?? It has never made sense that the pretty Fairy-looking book drops from a Garlean castle, while Dohn Mheg's weapons barely look fae at all.

As for the ginger options, I think it just stuck because how pretty I think orange and green can look together, and it's not a combo I see too often in XIV. I've dyed my hair a couple times IRL, but the eye color I'd need contacts, and I hate contacts.

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The grimoire is called Ethica. It's a very pretty one, with butterflies and flowers. The type of drop you'd expect from a place like Dohn Mheg... except it drops from Castrum Abania?? It has never made sense that the pretty Fairy-looking book drops from a Garlean castle, while Dohn Mheg's weapons barely look fae at all.

As for the ginger options, I think it just stuck because how pretty I think orange and green can look together, and it's not a combo I see too often in XIV. I've dyed my hair a couple times IRL, but the eye color I'd need contacts, and I hate contacts.

Maybe the Garleans stole it? They steal land, so they likely steal pretty things too.

Also I too hate contacts lol This is why I wear glasses instead. Also very true. I usually see cherry red hair instead. In all fairness, cherry red is a pretty hair color.

Edit: Read the comment below me and did a short search. I think the weapon you are thinking of is Aurora
https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Aurora