< rekt. Down here pls
Not an entirely fair remark, given that from July to recently Kale was EATC/Syndicate (and then before that, lot of RP was internal FC), but throughout that, Kale had always given off the vibe "Thanalan First" ("Thanalan Thirst"?)
Either way, the sentiment is the same. Now, Kale is back in the Flames as a Bloodsworn, and while I am RPing him as "new to their ways", I still have interest in using their mission ("an elite unit answering directly to the Flame General") as a device to justify more extensive RP than just playing around in Flame camps all the time. From their limited lore (all in their leves), I'd go as far as to say they would do more "Protecting the Sultanate" than the Sultansworn, who are technically just royal guards. BUT (and that's a big but) I am of course very biased. The goody knight angle isn't really my thing.
Anyway, for the love of all that is holy, please drag me into your plots. Kale has been of the Sultanate's military for going on 18 years, as a mercenary soldier back before the Immortal Flames was reformed. Yes, he can be abrasive/aggressive, but someone who's been in an army for that long is going to be very no-nonsense and intolerant of BS. From my RL experience, soldiers (especially veteran NCOs) are like that. At the same time, he can be extremely friendly and boisterous, even full-on whimsy. It's all part of the deal! More here. His assholish tendencies have been fully embraced by myself, and they all have justifications rationalized from experiences in his backstory.
Maybe I haven't properly exposed myself to the plotmakers, but given how much RP seems to happen around the Sultansworn RP group, it SEEMS cliquey*. I'm not going to outright say it is, because I equally accept I could be doing something wrong in not reaching out to the right people. Nonetheless, it is frustrating for someone who has consistently RPed an Ul'dahn soldier for so long to never get into all the plots that the RP community facilitates. In any case, whether or not it's cliquey or it's just me, this serves as my classified to the scheming sorts
*An example of this; someone mentioned they've RPed a Sultansworn for 3 weeks, and already got in on 3 plots. I don't want to have to make my character a Sultansworn just to do "For Ul'dah!" stuff. Nor do I want to feel like the Sultansworn group are monopolizing the "For Ul'dah!" stuff, especially when they are such a fab group of RPers. From the story, the Immortal Flames do 99% of Ul'dah military business (to exclude Stone Torches and Brass Blades), so I don't see why Kale can't be included in the Sultansworn's escapades.
Not an entirely fair remark, given that from July to recently Kale was EATC/Syndicate (and then before that, lot of RP was internal FC), but throughout that, Kale had always given off the vibe "Thanalan First" ("Thanalan Thirst"?)
Either way, the sentiment is the same. Now, Kale is back in the Flames as a Bloodsworn, and while I am RPing him as "new to their ways", I still have interest in using their mission ("an elite unit answering directly to the Flame General") as a device to justify more extensive RP than just playing around in Flame camps all the time. From their limited lore (all in their leves), I'd go as far as to say they would do more "Protecting the Sultanate" than the Sultansworn, who are technically just royal guards. BUT (and that's a big but) I am of course very biased. The goody knight angle isn't really my thing.
Anyway, for the love of all that is holy, please drag me into your plots. Kale has been of the Sultanate's military for going on 18 years, as a mercenary soldier back before the Immortal Flames was reformed. Yes, he can be abrasive/aggressive, but someone who's been in an army for that long is going to be very no-nonsense and intolerant of BS. From my RL experience, soldiers (especially veteran NCOs) are like that. At the same time, he can be extremely friendly and boisterous, even full-on whimsy. It's all part of the deal! More here. His assholish tendencies have been fully embraced by myself, and they all have justifications rationalized from experiences in his backstory.
Maybe I haven't properly exposed myself to the plotmakers, but given how much RP seems to happen around the Sultansworn RP group, it SEEMS cliquey*. I'm not going to outright say it is, because I equally accept I could be doing something wrong in not reaching out to the right people. Nonetheless, it is frustrating for someone who has consistently RPed an Ul'dahn soldier for so long to never get into all the plots that the RP community facilitates. In any case, whether or not it's cliquey or it's just me, this serves as my classified to the scheming sorts
*An example of this; someone mentioned they've RPed a Sultansworn for 3 weeks, and already got in on 3 plots. I don't want to have to make my character a Sultansworn just to do "For Ul'dah!" stuff. Nor do I want to feel like the Sultansworn group are monopolizing the "For Ul'dah!" stuff, especially when they are such a fab group of RPers. From the story, the Immortal Flames do 99% of Ul'dah military business (to exclude Stone Torches and Brass Blades), so I don't see why Kale can't be included in the Sultansworn's escapades.
