How Many Role Players Ignore That We Are From Another Land?

[ObsidianFire]

That cutscene only shows if you got to a certain point in the 1.0 story. For all the new players, you come in on a boat/wagon to your starting city state and have decided to become an adventurer. And that's... really the only thing the game assumes about you.

Why you're going to your starting city isn't specified at all and even the answers you can give for why you decided to become an adventurer are super vague and have no nuance. The game almost goes out of it's way to leave you a blank check on why you decide to do things a lot of the time. The one thing it does kinda assume is that you as an adventurer and as a WoL want to help people out. Which is kind of a given for all RPGs with quest systems, so as far as I'm concerned, that doesn't really count.

[Iscah]

As a new (non-1.0) character, you're definitely treated as an outsider who isn't familiar with Eorzea at all. If I remember correctly the peddler remarks that you were having a nightmare and that you must not be used to all the aether. Which doesn't really make sense if your character actually is Eorzean - it's like they're trying to set up a "you-from-Earth have just arrived here and don't have a history in this world" kind of scenario. It's only gotten more awkward as we've learned more of the world outside Eorzea itself, and there are less in-world "vague elsewheres" to have come from.

I definitely ignore that suggestion. Aurelie is Gridanian and the game opens with her traveling to Limsa to study arcanistry. Simple enough, and mostly happening as shown.

Though on the other hand, I've never been certain whether I should assume she's a normal person or if at some point we're going to learn that we simply manifested out of the aether.

[MistakeNot]

As a new (non-1.0) character, you're definitely treated as an outsider who isn't familiar with Eorzea at all. If I remember correctly the peddler remarks that you were having a nightmare and that you must not be used to all the aether.

The peddlar does suggest that may be the problem. That does not mean we actually are unused to all the aether - peddlars aren't always right about everything after all.
In fact, we aren't especially susceptible to high concentrations of aether. The 'nightmare' was more like a vision due to being Chosen by Hydaelyn.

[Iscah]

The peddlar does suggest that may be the problem. That does not mean we actually are unused to all the aether - peddlars aren't always right about everything after all.
In fact, we aren't especially susceptible to high concentrations of aether. The 'nightmare' was more like a vision due to being Chosen by Hydaelyn.

I know that's the actual reason for the 'nightmare', but the thing I find strange is more that he (and Y'shtola/Thancred/Papalymo later on) remarks on it being a possibility at all.

Aether is the basis of everything in this entire world - so where would they have to come from to be affected by exposure to it?

[Erendis]

Pedler asks whether it is your first visit or not. And even if it is my first visit to Gridania maybe I spent all my life in West shroud...

[Ssmiley_Bjakkzz]

I believe alphinaud or his sister can answer to that how we meet up at caravan, unlock mission-quest on our origin quest

[xxvaynxx]

Yoshi-P said it's actually up to us to where our WoL comes from.
I like to say my au ra is from a hidden underwater village in the Ruby Sea.

[Bright-Flower]

From a RP perspective it's nice to have a solid origin for a character, so I know where all of mine come from. Though I also ignore the msq in my RP. None of my characters are 'warriors of light' or have the echo etc.

[TinyRedLeaf]

My character comes from one of the islands of the Cieldalaes which, as far as I can tell, comes within Limsa Lominsa's sphere of influence, but isn't offically a part of the thalassocracy. The Cieldalaes are near enough that it's not inconceivable that my character would know something about Eorzea but remains, for intents and purposes, a foreigner to the realm.

[JeanneOrnitier]

My character is Ishgardian, so I guess from their isolation it makes sense she'd be unfamiliar with Gridania when I first arrived there at level 1.

RP is going to ignore most of the MSQ for your character anyway, since it's not like every single person can go through all those events. Disregarding the "you're from outside Eorzea" isn't a big deal.