For me personally, even if I don't post/necro the threads, there are a lot of good topics in the Char Devo forum that can be very thought provoking for a character. Giant question lists, views on death, how they'd approach combat with others, how they act when drunk, preferences of clothing...those are just a few that caught my eye from the first page.
A lot of the lore discussion/debate is going to be in the RP forum and while we don't have a lot of lore about Au Ra as a whole there's nothing to really say you can't go either way. With both you'll have your varying reasons for traveling far from home as well as what might have occurred there (or even upon arriving) that nudged them towards interest in magic or tech...or both haha.
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As another suggestion, something I used to try and build my Xaela in my head was looking into the various classes/jobs and reading up on their lore to help me visualize and fill in the gaps on my character. What was originally going to be a Dark Knight spent some time in my headspace alternating between Ninja and Machinist but when I settled on Warrior everything sort of clicked and fell together. So maybe reading up on Arcanists will give you some inspiration, too.
A lot of the lore discussion/debate is going to be in the RP forum and while we don't have a lot of lore about Au Ra as a whole there's nothing to really say you can't go either way. With both you'll have your varying reasons for traveling far from home as well as what might have occurred there (or even upon arriving) that nudged them towards interest in magic or tech...or both haha.
 As another suggestion, something I used to try and build my Xaela in my head was looking into the various classes/jobs and reading up on their lore to help me visualize and fill in the gaps on my character. What was originally going to be a Dark Knight spent some time in my headspace alternating between Ninja and Machinist but when I settled on Warrior everything sort of clicked and fell together. So maybe reading up on Arcanists will give you some inspiration, too.
Martiallais Heuloix - Duty. Honor. Faith.
Armand Tremaux - Justice, like lightning.
"We're all snowflakes in a great blizzard." - Virara 2017
Armand Tremaux - Justice, like lightning.
"We're all snowflakes in a great blizzard." - Virara 2017
