I originally played a Mithra on XI until my friends convinced me to make a Taru to join their all Taru LS, and that character eventually became my main, although I always missed playing my Mithra. When XIV came out I wanted to switch back to a catgirl, so I rolled a Miqo'te, keeping my original hairstyle, but changing the color to green as a homage to my favorite FF character, Rydia. From a lore perspective, I love the clan system of the Seekers, and how you could quickly identify them by their name. There wasn't an animal I really loved out of the clans, save Raptor (But R'rydia would've looked silly, IMO), and I ended up choosing the Viper clan since I though L'rydia had a nice sound to it.

I of course named my character after my favorite FF character, especially since I knew I'd roll SMN from the start.