What's your character's back story?

[Exiled_Tonberry]

I was kicked out of the house and was on my way to sell my body to Ul'dah, but some old man got in my way so...

[Iscah]

Here's the thing, I'm a devoted Christian in real life and I want my character to reflect who I am. Which is why I invented an "ex" God, outside of the twelve. lol.

I'm also Christian so I absolutely understand that, but I also think that it makes more sense to try to find the 'equivalent' of God within the story, rather than try to insert Him directly into another universe's fictional pantheon - and indeed we have Hydaelyn, goddess of light above the Twelve, loving guardian of all creation, who addresses us as Her "beloved child". Unless we get some kind of shocking twist as to Her nature later on, She very much is the God-equivalent of this world, who speaks to us and gives us strength to overcome the darkness.


(Also I'm not certain that the average person is aware of the Ascians or their 'true god', to be able to preach of a God beyond it? But I could be wrong there.)

[Gralna]

from my Lodestone page

How Gralna Kelgor Came to Eorzea

The dragon Gjalpinulva had been ravaging the realm of Midgard for years. In a final act of desperation, the peoples of Midgard had banded together in a final alliance to rid the realm of this menace.

Among them, was a Savage, Gralna Kelgor. She wasn't imposing at first sight, almost an average looking Valkyn. Her rusty auburn hair, and a furrowed brow accenting her features. Her eyes though told her tale, their golden yellow held the depth of her many struggles.

As the alliance approached the dragons lair, Gjalpinulva dove upon them. Though many were lost, they had managed to drive her back. It was in this desperation that Gjalpinulva sealed the fate of Midgard. She threw her head back and howled to the heavens. Gjalpinulva had summoned her fellow dragons from the realms of Albion and Hibernia, Golestandt and Cuuldurach.

In no time the trio of dragons had decimated the alliance until only a single soul remained, Gralna Kelgor. Knowing the battle was lost, she firmly grasped her teleportation stone and began to channel its magics. Seeing their prey attempting escape, all three dragons unleashed the might of breath attacks upon her.


The mighty attacks clashed with the aura of magic that surrounded Gralna. Creating an orb of impenetrable light that surrounded her. Under the force of such destructive might, the stone began to vibrant violently, it's magics beginning to unravel. Knowing her life depended on the stones success, she poured every ounce of her being into the spell.

In a final violent explosion, the stone shattered and the magical orb exploded with such force it threw the mighty beasts back. No sign of Gralna was in the remains of the destruction. Thinking their prey obliterated, the dragons returned to their lands.

Gralna however had not perished, in the last instant of the explosion, the stone had teleported her. She groggily began to shake the darkness from her vision, only to hear the sound of... a wagon? As she opened her eyes the first thing she saw was her hand, larger and devoid of claws. In a panic she examined herself to find she was taller now. She also was much more muscular, though now devoid of all the bestial traits of her valkyn heritage. Then at last she touched her face and felt a scar running over her left eye. A remnant of the explosion, as the stone shattered a fragment had sliced across her face and eye.

Finally looking across from her, she spotted 3 others in the wagon with her, two elven children. Next to them, a man in a strange turban and with a yellow beard. He casually gazed upon her and said, "Y'all right, lass?"

[Shallot_Liltian]

My character's ancestor was a Lilty from Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles from the village of Tida. While exploring the world for myrrh, he came across the ??? element miasma stream at the far end of the continent. Attempting to traverse the stream, the crystal in his chalice was rejected and reacted violently pushing him off of the narrow pathway and into the churning miasma below. Clinging to the chalice as he fell, the myrrh he had collected began to shimmer. In a blinding flash of light it burst from the chalice and enveloped him, stealing him away from his world and flinging him far across the aetherial sea.

He awoke on the shores of a distant land in a distant world called Hydaelyn. He went on many adventures in search of a passage back to the Vale of Alfitaria, but was unable to find a way home. However, he did find happiness. Having met a beautiful Lalafell he would call his wife, he settled down and started a family.

She often said he resembled an onion and took to calling him Shallot, a name he eventually took as his own, as well as the last name Liltian to honor his people who he would never see again. Given his appearance and fierceness with a spear, some even took to calling him the Onion Knight!



Generations later, a young Lalafell is born and named after his great grandfather, Shallot. As he grew he became fascinated by the tales and adventures of his ancestor. He would eventually set out on his own adventure to find the fabled Vale of Alfitaria and discover what it takes to truly be an Onion Knight, just like him.

[TinyRedLeaf]

Lyland was born in one of the islands of the Ciedalaes archipelago.

His home village is an outpost and safe harbour for the Maelstrom and passing ships. The village was virtually destroyed by the tsunami summoned by Leviathan, the same disaster that wrecked much of western La Noscea.

His teacher and guardian, a retired roegadyn arcanist, was among those killed in the tidal wave. The survivors eventually managed to rebuild their homes. Lyland subsequently left home to further his studies in arcanima, in Limsa Lominsa.

[Sigma-Astra]

She's a cat from the moon.

And no, she's not a whaler either.

[KageTokage]

I think of my character as being a Tumet from a family of artisans who didn't pass her coming of age rite and was thus never given a Xaela name, her forename instead being bestowed upon her by a Midlander hunter from Clan Centurio who saved her and took her in after she expressed an unwillingness to reside with a tribe other then her famiy's. Her surname is one she playfully adopted on a whim after some over-imaginative children mistook her for a dragon from a Sea Wolf fairy tale.

She vowed to become a woman of such merit that her tribe would welcome her with open arms when she returned to them, deciding to hone her skills as a hunter in Eorzea, along with a side of handiwork to make sure her parents wouldn't be disappointed in her. The whole Warrior of Light thing and becoming the current khagan of the steppe just ended up being significant extras on her resume.

[Jijifli]

Powerful Lalafellin mage. High arrange of spells, and they have a lot of potency behind him, specially for his young age.

But blocked by difficult control and fear of injuring his friends. Which has happened (Rip First Friend, turned to ash. Woopsie.)

Don't hang me.

[MOZZYSTAR]

I haven't really come up with something very detailed cuz when I made him, we didn't really know much about Ala Mhigo (back when the game first came out), but mine is from the Ala Mhigo area from an independent warrior tribe. Granted, his name doesn't suit that cuz I had no idea about FFXIV lore when I first joined, I just knew Ala Mhigo peeps were taking refuge at Ul'dah at the time. Maybe one day I'll change his name and expand on his backstory thanks to this SB expansion but I've gotten a little attached to people calling me "Riffraff." XD

[Super_Bee_Brian]

I'm also Christian so I absolutely understand that, but I also think that it makes more sense to try to find the 'equivalent' of God within the story, rather than try to insert Him directly into another universe's fictional pantheon - and indeed we have Hydaelyn, goddess of light above the Twelve, loving guardian of all creation, who addresses us as Her "beloved child". Unless we get some kind of shocking twist as to Her nature later on, She very much is the God-equivalent of this world, who speaks to us and gives us strength to overcome the darkness.


(Also I'm not certain that the average person is aware of the Ascians or their 'true god', to be able to preach of a God beyond it? But I could be wrong there.)

My issue with this is that Hydaelyn, the "mother Goddess", is essentially Earth itself. This is incredibly pagan and "Wiccaish". From what I gather, Wiccans worship Mother Earth.