(11-05-2015, 12:46 PM)Riik Wrote:I'm just going to chime in on one thing here, keep in mind I am in no way telling you what to do, you do what you want and all that rad stuff.(11-05-2015, 12:32 PM)Vyce Wrote: Also, because they are highlighted points in the OP:
Riku Toiiku is a young lalafell who appears to be about 10-12 years of age. His actual age, however, is a lot more complicated than that.
What does this mean? All Lalafell look incredibly young almost their entire lives. Some wear eye masks to be taken seriously. It isn't complicated. Just say how old he is.
•Riku used to be a dragoon and served Ishgard for a time, but after tiring of civilisation and living in the wild for a year or so, his discipline has become dulled and he has grown in favour of using small blades.
How did he manage to serve Ishgard as a highly appointed individual when they treat non-Elezen like shit? No Lalafell would be allowed to serve Ishgard in any capacity other than a scullery maid. The gates haven't even been open for a year, so he can't have joined since then.
You've also given a Dunesfolk a Plainsfolk name.
1) Lalafell should be able to tell each others' ages, so age appearance does matter between lalafell. As for Riku's actual age, I consider that to be backstory-plot-based spoilers.
2) Race doesn't matter during the dragoon job storyline. If a lalafell can become a dragoon in the job quest, a lalafell can become a dragoon through RP. There is no lore more canon than the game itself. And whilst I'd never claim my character has the same 'specialness' to them as that storyline insinuates, Riku has had the capacity to wield a lance skillfully enough to be picked up by the knights of Coerthas. And as the knights in coerthas serve Ishgard, Riku did by extension. Furthermore, back then, I'd seen plenty of people RPing as dragoons in full-armour. Whether or not this fits the RPC standards nowadays, who knows, but that was the way of things.
3) Riku's name is also related to spoilers. I'm not stupid enough to have not thought about naming stuff after playing FFXIV since... 1.6-ish.
While I'm sure anyone can find any PiS reason to be any class. The lore in Ishgard is pretty Ironclad, There's really little to no way you'd be a Dragoon in service of Ishgard as a Lalafell, hell Hyur's have a hard enough time being taken seriously there. In my opinion I'd cut the Ishgard part off though. Sure you could have somehow become a Dragoon, somehow... but it likely wouldn't be in service to Ishgard.
like I said in the end do what you want, but being a Lalafell in the employ or service of Ishgard (outside of maybe and this is a stretch but it could work. Outposts such as Camp Dragonshead where they do hire outside Sellswords.) is a stretch a lot of people will find very hard to swallow.
Playing some character, maybe on Balmung, maybe not.
(Or am I hiding in the shadow next to you, maybe even posing as your best friend?)
(Or am I hiding in the shadow next to you, maybe even posing as your best friend?)
