Septha was just "I wanna cause explosions.". Nothing more or less. I actually made up the story as I went along to be honest, which I do regret a loooot.
Ira on the other hand was me wanting to play a character that ran the theme of "struggling to obtain freedom" and a type of character that wins small but it always results as a loss overall when you look at the broader picture. I didn't want to make his story dark however, but just enough to express that he's struggled his entire life and despite it all he continues to fight with pride in himself. I made him a stigma of Ala Mhigo, someone who was branded a fugitive despite the crimes were committed by his grandfathers. He lost his right of a surname, lost his right of freedom and struggled as essentially a slave until the invasion. Get dragged to Eorzea and the same thing happens, he struggles to gain the freedom he deserves. He was in the Pits, he gets out and is thrown into other gladitorial games instead. He earns rudis, is approached to join a criminal organisation as a brute force. He declines, they place a bounty on his head and he's thrown back into the games once more. Now he's earned rudis a second time after almost a decade and now he's struggling to get his freedom once again. It's not a dark story, but it's not 100% rainbows and sunshine either.
Ira on the other hand was me wanting to play a character that ran the theme of "struggling to obtain freedom" and a type of character that wins small but it always results as a loss overall when you look at the broader picture. I didn't want to make his story dark however, but just enough to express that he's struggled his entire life and despite it all he continues to fight with pride in himself. I made him a stigma of Ala Mhigo, someone who was branded a fugitive despite the crimes were committed by his grandfathers. He lost his right of a surname, lost his right of freedom and struggled as essentially a slave until the invasion. Get dragged to Eorzea and the same thing happens, he struggles to gain the freedom he deserves. He was in the Pits, he gets out and is thrown into other gladitorial games instead. He earns rudis, is approached to join a criminal organisation as a brute force. He declines, they place a bounty on his head and he's thrown back into the games once more. Now he's earned rudis a second time after almost a decade and now he's struggling to get his freedom once again. It's not a dark story, but it's not 100% rainbows and sunshine either.
