If I decided to go this route with my character, here's what I'd do for a background story:
Miranda learned Conjury first on the grounds that it appealed most to her, and she was drawn to the beauty of the forest. But the longer she stayed in the Black Shroud, the more she realized how arrogant and sometimes downright hostile towards adventurers Gridanians are. Over time she became increasingly disillusioned, guarded and aloof, and eventually she saw how Papalymo still fought to protect Gridania despite being a Thaumaturge.
So she decided to learn Thaumaturgy in secret, outside of the Twelvewsood, both out of curiosity and as a necessary means of fending for herself. As she reached the advanced levels of both, this led her to have a sort of idealistic rebel against the Padjal, believing that both White and Black Magic can be used for good, in a role that calls for balance in the world, all without letting the wrong person know and getting excommunicated.
Or she could have left the official order on her own accord upon joining the Scions, thus leaving her free to practice her arts on her own. Like Spiritual Machine said, I doubt that Job-level mastery of both will be required lorewise to become a Red Mage, and it would allow me to ignore the fact that Miranda wouldn't particularly get along well with the higher up WHMs.
Another cool part of this background story is that I'm thinking about making Miranda's last name "Koyo" (Japanese for fall colors). This would be a very meaningful name given that the season Autumn lies between Summer (peak of life) and Winter (death), and as a season it is also often associated with melancholia.
But if it would be hard to live a lie and soon she would be found out, I guess Arcanist would work too.
Miranda learned Conjury first on the grounds that it appealed most to her, and she was drawn to the beauty of the forest. But the longer she stayed in the Black Shroud, the more she realized how arrogant and sometimes downright hostile towards adventurers Gridanians are. Over time she became increasingly disillusioned, guarded and aloof, and eventually she saw how Papalymo still fought to protect Gridania despite being a Thaumaturge.
So she decided to learn Thaumaturgy in secret, outside of the Twelvewsood, both out of curiosity and as a necessary means of fending for herself. As she reached the advanced levels of both, this led her to have a sort of idealistic rebel against the Padjal, believing that both White and Black Magic can be used for good, in a role that calls for balance in the world, all without letting the wrong person know and getting excommunicated.
Or she could have left the official order on her own accord upon joining the Scions, thus leaving her free to practice her arts on her own. Like Spiritual Machine said, I doubt that Job-level mastery of both will be required lorewise to become a Red Mage, and it would allow me to ignore the fact that Miranda wouldn't particularly get along well with the higher up WHMs.
Another cool part of this background story is that I'm thinking about making Miranda's last name "Koyo" (Japanese for fall colors). This would be a very meaningful name given that the season Autumn lies between Summer (peak of life) and Winter (death), and as a season it is also often associated with melancholia.
But if it would be hard to live a lie and soon she would be found out, I guess Arcanist would work too.