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Erik Mynhier · **06-21-2015, 04:52 AM**

Why just the other day i saw a box of miqo'te babies with a sign saying "Free to Good Home."

JK, its fine to play inter-ethnic families. I have seen hundreds since I started and im sure everyone else has too, as has been said in this thread.

Suviyo Viyo · **06-21-2015, 05:36 AM**

It's funny... because recently I was thinking more about my own character's backstory (that I'm still trying to work on forging) and I thought about the idea of having her (a Dunesfolk Lalafell) adopted by Qiqirn.

Then again, if adoption is totally way super over-done... I'd hate to beat a dead trope. Even if a Lalafell/Qiqirin combo is somewhat rare (I'd imagine).

Caspar · **06-21-2015, 05:38 AM**

(06-21-2015, 05:36 AM)Suviyo Viyo Wrote: It's funny... because recently I was thinking more about my own character's backstory (that I'm still trying to work on forging) and I thought about the idea of having her (a Dunesfolk Lalafell) adopted by Qiqirn.

Then again, if adoption is totally way super over-done... I'd hate to beat a dead trope. Even if a Lalafell/Qiqirin combo is somewhat rare (I'd imagine).

That's way too crazy to scrap, do it.

Boo the Hamster · **06-21-2015, 06:59 AM**

A little late to the thread, but it's a thing I've seen.Â It's alright, though I've met quite a few who were raised by non-Miqo'te.Â There are some Miqo'te up in the north, though they are rare, and a Seeker will never be one of those (unless they went up all the way through to the Dravanian Forelands) as far as I'm aware. So far, other areas that I know of (I've been up to The Churning Mists so far) are so cold that Seekers will actually die from it if they remain there for too long.Â Something to keep in mind if you decide to choose the lands of Ishgard or Dravania.

Orphans are picked up by families. That is a thing and a common story that happens in XIV. Why other races would pick up others not of their race, who knows? I don't see other races picking up other races' children often, but it does happen.

Lilia Lia · **06-21-2015, 08:01 AM**

(06-21-2015, 01:27 AM)Magellan Wrote: @Daitokuji:

But... in order to actually rp with people, you have to be the trope: 'adventurer dissatisfied with home, seeks new horizons'.

There is a lot of truth to this and I feel it accounts for a lot of "fish out of water" style backstories.Â When it comes down to it, characters need a reason that they left home and there's only so much you can do here, especially with reclusive tribes.

I feel that we'll see a lot of it with Au Ra also.

Magellan · **06-21-2015, 09:45 AM**

(06-21-2015, 08:01 AM)Lilia Lia Wrote:
(06-21-2015, 01:27 AM)Magellan Wrote: @Daitokuji:

But... in order to actually rp with people, you have to be the trope: 'adventurer dissatisfied with home, seeks new horizons'.

There is a lot of truth to this and I feel it accounts for a lot of "fish out of water" style backstories.Â When it comes down to it, characters need a reason that they left home and there's only so much you can do here, especially with reclusive tribes.

I feel that we'll see a lot of it with Au Ra also.

Agreed. And as I've mentioned before, I've seen the exile/outsider route taken far more often then 'adopted', and I think we are already seeing that with a lot of Xaela.Â

I didn't want my character to have done something wrong, nor did I want her to have some quirk that set her apart. Though, I suppose she is different in that she feels no desire to leave home and do amazing things. Her great adventure in life was learning to be a better chef ^^;

Flickering Ember · **06-21-2015, 11:41 AM**

(06-20-2015, 08:50 PM)WorstRPerEver Wrote: This thread worries me a bit. I've got a Miqo'te with an unconventional name (didn't know if I'd be RPing or sticking around when I got the 14-day trial) and when I found out that there were actual naming conventions for all the races I was like "oh crap what if people are really strict about names on here?"

No one will string me up over a campfire and grill me for my character's name, I hope. ._.

Oh no! It's okay! Don't feel intimidated by our discussion. Think of it more as a topic that is examining how frequent certain story ideas and elements pop up. Don't view them as things that are bad to RP. You are completely fine and Ember has a lot of miqo'te friends that don't have a name within the traditional scheme. It works just fine and in general there are a lot of characters with names that don't follow the naming contentions.

There is no hidden law that demands RPers to choose those kind of names.

(06-21-2015, 01:27 AM)Magellan Wrote: @Daitokuji:

But... in order to actually rp with people, you have to be the trope: 'adventurer dissatisfied with home, seeks new horizons'.

It's 6 in one, half dozen in the other.

Traditional Seekers are reclusive, keeping to their tribes, generally not making contact with the outside world. There are small pockets of Miqo that engage in tribal rp exclusively with each other and that's awesome. But any Miqo who has entered the wider world has embraced a vastly overused trope. Whether it be 'the exile' 'seeks new horizons' Â or 'adopted' most rpers.... actually want their characters to rp with other people. So they used the trope that best suits them as to why their character is no longer in the tribe.

You can roleplay your character not leaving home or not leaving their tribe. If Ember had never joined her current guild, she may have not left home for a long while. Home being, an abandoned small building that she used for a house. And whenever I roleplayed her, she came down from the eastern Thanalan to trade or do jobs. She even currently has a new home where she lives with the rest of her guild.

I think you can do the same for tribes as well. You can roleplay them venturing out to accomplish some task for their tribe or on behalf of the tribe without them technically leaving it. Perhaps that may be rare or wise but it is still an option. You can even roleplay out that your tribe has been traveling alongside you and that it has stopped to put up camp just outside the city.

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