Hello all,
So people probably know from my postings that I am a huge stickler for the lore as far as my personal tastes go - if there's no lorebacking for it, I'm not interested in RPing it. Which is an interesting irony since Kale's current position, a 'retainer for Lord Lolorito', may or may not be a little contrived.
A 'sipahi' IRL is an Ottoman knight, which is where I believe the ilvl55 item set 'Sipahi' comes from. Combine that with the Ottoman influence to Ul'dah, I concocted the idea sipahi might just mean 'Ul'dahn knight'. While Captain Jenlyns makes a reference to "mounted knights" being part of Ul'dah's military (and it might just be a translation thing), I took 'knight' in Eorzea to mean any individual in fighting service to a noble. Since Lolorito is a merchant noble, I presumed it could apply in this case.
I'm generally not the type to go to public forums to ask for suggestions about my RP, but I'm always pleasantly surprised by what RPC can come up with! I generally shy away from contrived ostentation, and I can't help but feel every time Kale spouts 'sipahi' IC, I am debasing myself with made-up RP terminology! Recently, I've taken to saying 'cavalryman', since that armour Kale wears does look mighty fine atop a chocobo, and surprised I haven't seen anyone combat RP being on a chocobo. If only the game allowed draw weapon atop a chocobo...speaking of armour, it's technically Immortal Flames, and even then I contrived a reason for Kale having it (Lord Lolorito's courtier in charge of Kale provisioning it from the Flames Huntmaster)
In summary, I'm asking...
1) Is the term 'sipahi' too pretentious? Would saying 'knight' bring the wrong connotations? How about 'cavalryman'?
2) Is Kale's position as an individual, free-roaming fighting asset of Lord Lolorito contrived? Should he be a Brass Blade officer instead? (i.e. a solo Brass Blade officer escorting two wealthy Ul'dahn citizens in Hustings Strip; v similar to the sort of work Kale does?)
Any other suggestions are welcome, too! I'm basically just looking for rationalizations and justifications to make Kale's position a little more grounded and believable.
So people probably know from my postings that I am a huge stickler for the lore as far as my personal tastes go - if there's no lorebacking for it, I'm not interested in RPing it. Which is an interesting irony since Kale's current position, a 'retainer for Lord Lolorito', may or may not be a little contrived.
A 'sipahi' IRL is an Ottoman knight, which is where I believe the ilvl55 item set 'Sipahi' comes from. Combine that with the Ottoman influence to Ul'dah, I concocted the idea sipahi might just mean 'Ul'dahn knight'. While Captain Jenlyns makes a reference to "mounted knights" being part of Ul'dah's military (and it might just be a translation thing), I took 'knight' in Eorzea to mean any individual in fighting service to a noble. Since Lolorito is a merchant noble, I presumed it could apply in this case.
I'm generally not the type to go to public forums to ask for suggestions about my RP, but I'm always pleasantly surprised by what RPC can come up with! I generally shy away from contrived ostentation, and I can't help but feel every time Kale spouts 'sipahi' IC, I am debasing myself with made-up RP terminology! Recently, I've taken to saying 'cavalryman', since that armour Kale wears does look mighty fine atop a chocobo, and surprised I haven't seen anyone combat RP being on a chocobo. If only the game allowed draw weapon atop a chocobo...speaking of armour, it's technically Immortal Flames, and even then I contrived a reason for Kale having it (Lord Lolorito's courtier in charge of Kale provisioning it from the Flames Huntmaster)
In summary, I'm asking...
1) Is the term 'sipahi' too pretentious? Would saying 'knight' bring the wrong connotations? How about 'cavalryman'?
2) Is Kale's position as an individual, free-roaming fighting asset of Lord Lolorito contrived? Should he be a Brass Blade officer instead? (i.e. a solo Brass Blade officer escorting two wealthy Ul'dahn citizens in Hustings Strip; v similar to the sort of work Kale does?)
Any other suggestions are welcome, too! I'm basically just looking for rationalizations and justifications to make Kale's position a little more grounded and believable.
