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Berrod Armstrong · **09-11-2014, 12:56 PM**

(09-11-2014, 12:35 PM)OttoVann Wrote: So its not much of a secret that I'm still relatively new to Balmung, and have only been here since June, and didn't start roleplaying until Late June / early July. Â I don't know a lot about lore at all admittedly and Im still quite poor at RP (another thread for another day).

BUT, I do have a question in regards to a bit of my backstory since it comes up enough now where I want to make sure I'm 'doing it right'. Â I've always said at least until this point, that I am not from Eorzea, and am from a different land far out West, in a tiny shit-hole of an existence called Malboro (My old west-coast server, which was a miserable existence). Â I always personally thought it was neat involving my server x-fer in that bit of origin story for me, but I am wondering if I am just going about it totally wrong, or if there is a better way to go about it.

Like are there delicious highlanders like myself not from...wherever Highlanders normally come from? Â I wouldn't know. Â

Thanks for any help rendered.

v/r

-Otto

I don't think anything is really wrong with making up an obscure, far away place from where your character hails -- but there's always the risk of new lore/map reveals derailing it all. Nevertheless, that's always a risk when playing within someone else's ever-evolving universe.Â

If you're looking for alternative means or a place within Eorzea itself, you can claim your Highlander is from anywhere, really! The Shroud and Coerthas are a bit iffy, but there are things that can be done to fix that.Â

Highlanders are normally said to have hailed from the mountainous region of Gyr Abania, where the city-state of Ala Mhigo is located. Many of them sought refuge westward when the Garlean Empire took over ~20ish years ago.Â

Buuut, do whatever feels fun to you! If Otto came from a little island in the Rhotano that only produced excellently bred Highlander goodness, that's fine! If he's from a shithole village named Marlboro Â in some obscure westerly direction, that's also fine! If you want to make him someone from Gyr Abania, that's great as well. The world is your oyster! Pick a place, then build something feasible around it.

I need help fleshing out a bit of backstory

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