(05-20-2013, 11:56 AM)allgivenover Wrote: There's really no reason to be so aggressively critical towards Vareal about his background.Â
Can't stress this enough. If you disagree with something Vareal has said about his character, there's nothing wrong with that. But keep in mind it is his character and he can do what he wants with it. I can understand if his character is getting completely out of control and ridiculous (which it isn't), but even then wouldn't it be more tactful to just say "Hey, I did some fact-checking and this is why this wouldn't work"?
I thought the age thing was a bit off myself. He's right about the European monarchies, however you brought up a good counter-point about hereditary monarchy vs. tribal leadership. I agree with you, Ship, (to a significantly less aggressive extent) that this all seems pretty unlikely. Him getting power from his father is fine if that's the way Vareal wants his off-shoot tribe to work, but battling another tribe member at 11 is a bit far-fetched. I'm guilty of similar situations, for example, Uther Skystrider went to battle for the first time at 15 (albeit, under the supervision of his father and older brothers who were already experienced.) 11 does seem too young, but it's not my character, it's Vareal's and he can do what he wants with it. All we can do is try to help him out when he asks for it.
