Who are we?

[Con_Carne]

Something I've been wondering is... Who are we?

Do we have a past? Childhood? Parents? How about our original place? Are we from Eorzea? Thavnair? The New World? I didn't played 1.0, so... Where was my character during Dalamud's fall? Did he saw the red moon and Bahamut?

Or we were just suddenly created by Hydaelyn and sent to the world the same day we travel to a city-state to become adventurers?

[alex4815162342]

You are want you want to be !
We don't have background, you create yourself.
You need to make some RP about your origins.

[Zojha]

We are generic silent protagonist number #376249.

We were created in the snowflake factory to vanquish the local evil overlord. Up until the start of the game, we spent our time permanently wasted in a shabby bar somewhere at the back of beyond, which explains why we have no memory of the time.

The rest is up to you.

[Kallera]

I'm not sure myself. I started out as a pugilist in gridania...yet the devs want to discount the possibly that I, a pugilist, started in Gridania, or was even a pugilist...its very annoying and I wish this blanket hatred for all things and people that played 1.0 would finally end already.

I just want to keep separate the whole "Warrior of Light" thing. Despite being an adventurer in 1.0. It never sat well with me roleplaying wise, and I don't even like being called it now. I started as a duskwight, hoping to have some unique origin or gamplay that shed some light on how we live, but nope, melting pot, crumbling remains of civilization, and lots of hate on the "greys" that get looked over, classy.

[Cilia]

Players who start at 2.0 and onward are implicitly not from Eorzea. The rest is up to you.

[Tracewood]

Players who start at 2.0 and onward are implicitly not from Eorzea. The rest is up to you.

This is perfect for Au'Ra roleplayers. Especially when you find out why in the 2.X patches.

I did play 1.0, but barely stuck around after beta and was a lala. He died before the calamity, head canon is that he was the one who arranged my smuggling in.
(incoming mental gymnastics)
2.0 I'm an Ala Mhigan Highlander (yes, I'm Au'Ra right now but that's gonna change), chased away from his homeland by the Garleans. Now, I try make a home in Limsa as a sellsword and a courier, only to end up as a high ranking officer and known as the Warrior of Light. 3.0 more of the same, except this time with dragons, moogles, and way too much snow.

4.0 Return to my roots as a Cowboy Samurai. (Which is apparently a trope, and here I thought I was being original.)http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph.../SamuraiCowboy

[Anonymoose]

Even during 1.0 it was assumed that you were coming to Eorzea from some vague otherwhere. (One example, the adventurer unit of the Maelstrom is called the Foreign Levy.) However, the purpose of this assumption on the part of NPCs has nothing to do with what the developers intend for you; rather it just makes more sense for them to go on expository rants teaching you all about Eorzea if they assume you're newcome to the realm.

For example, an Eorzean has little reason to teach another Eorzean about what aetherytes are, but it's the first thing you get lectured about when you show up. Why? You need to how know that game mechanic works. "OY, PLAYER FOREIGNER! OVER HERE! I WILL TEACH YOU OUR GAME MECHANICS AND WORLD LORE MYSTERIOUS AND EXOTIC WAYS."

There is not a single thing in this game that lends weight to the assumptions of these NPCs, though. It's up to you if you want to opt-in and go along with it or opt-out, tell yourself these NPCs are mistaken, and write your own Eorzean backstory.

[Vulcwen]

Well, it's mentioned you're not from Eorzea, as in, you come to Eorzea, however:

In the SMN questline (lvl58) it is mentioned that Bahamut's aether was spread across all of Eorzea and that you absorbed some of it (as anyone else).. so it'd indicate you were there or at least close by.

[Naria]

Well, it's mentioned you're not from Eorzea, as in, you come to Eorzea, however:

In the SMN questline (lvl58) it is mentioned that Bahamut's aether was spread across all of Eorzea and that you absorbed some of it (as anyone else).. so it'd indicate you were there or at least close by.

This line actually has a few different variations:

As a 1.0 "meteor survivor" player, I was told I'd adsorbed Bahamut's aether at Carteneau, and I believe if you've cleared coil prior to that quest you are told that it is a result of encountering Bahamut there.

Honestly its a vague "somewhere else" but if you want you could always just say that you are from a remote Eorzean community that did not interact with the cities much or have an aetheryte. This was the basic story I used as a Keeper and a Raen and it works for both since as a Keeper of the Moon and a Raen both characters would have been from isolated communities that wouldn't be considered mainstream Eorzean in culture.

[EdwinLi]

Well, it's mentioned you're not from Eorzea, as in, you come to Eorzea, however:

In the SMN questline (lvl58) it is mentioned that Bahamut's aether was spread across all of Eorzea and that you absorbed some of it (as anyone else).. so it'd indicate you were there or at least close by.

I believe 2.0 story showed a hint on how that was possible being

The 2.0 WoL was the one who gave Cid his goggles back when he or she has yet to be a physical being in the world yet.

Sometime after that event the WoL manifested into the world and what life and time they spent in the world they had until the beginning of 2.0 is up to the player's imagination.

With this there are basically endless possibilities with the WoL's Origin from being a person from another world, reincarnation into this world, natural residence of Eorzea from a small town, Born from another Continent and enter Eorzea for a chance at being a Adventurer, maybe born from Garlemald but left that life because "REASONS", and any other cliche origin story a person can think up.

As they say sometimes the best Origin option is one the Player can freely make up themselves.