I picked 'em because unnatural strength and talent causing monomania and isolation is a really familiar motif I enjoy writing about. A huge number of the characters I've played in the past had some kind of unique talent that left them hugely deficient in other areas, or them being exceptional caused them more suffering than good. I'm just an angst machine and I like making my characters suffer. There are of course a few villainous psychos who didn't follow this rule. I've played the bad guy a lot as well.
The character Virara is a legacy D&D one from years ago, adapted into a new concept entirely. Before she was an antisocial (as opposed to asocial, what most laymen use 'antisocial' to refer to.) child assassin who equated murder with love, as she was raised by an arms merchant who kept her as a sort of bodyguard/pet, like that old Jet Li movie. Obviously this character isn't quite as extreme, but in order to give her the same level of proficiency, I needed to bend the limits of what is believably physically for her race. It serves the dual purpose of helping me tell the story I want to and also granting me a tool to isolate her with. And I have a strong fondness for fantastical martial arts from fighting games, so I wanted to tickle that part of my brain too.
I really like wuxia and martial arts based stories, and I felt the setting had some potential to tell such a story, part mundane, part supernatural. I find the values present in those types of shows a bit easier to sympathize with as well from to time to time, especially in regards to feelings of obligation or loyalty, revenge, virtuousness vs pragmatism, etc. So I tried to work that into my character, and it resulted in her being a bit stronger than what seems to be average.
The character Virara is a legacy D&D one from years ago, adapted into a new concept entirely. Before she was an antisocial (as opposed to asocial, what most laymen use 'antisocial' to refer to.) child assassin who equated murder with love, as she was raised by an arms merchant who kept her as a sort of bodyguard/pet, like that old Jet Li movie. Obviously this character isn't quite as extreme, but in order to give her the same level of proficiency, I needed to bend the limits of what is believably physically for her race. It serves the dual purpose of helping me tell the story I want to and also granting me a tool to isolate her with. And I have a strong fondness for fantastical martial arts from fighting games, so I wanted to tickle that part of my brain too.
I really like wuxia and martial arts based stories, and I felt the setting had some potential to tell such a story, part mundane, part supernatural. I find the values present in those types of shows a bit easier to sympathize with as well from to time to time, especially in regards to feelings of obligation or loyalty, revenge, virtuousness vs pragmatism, etc. So I tried to work that into my character, and it resulted in her being a bit stronger than what seems to be average.
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AV by Kura-Ou
Wiki (Last updated 01/16)
My Balmung profile.
