I like that you already have some interesting key phrases you've come up with as well as a motif and theme to help give your character flavor.
In the matter of backstory, I think using Spahro's approach to formulate in character voice and then let the background follow is good, though really either way could work. Also worth considering is the general mood and objective behind the character. I often joke that I think of how I'd like best for my characters to die before I start playing. While this is an extreme example, I believe personally it helps to keep in mind what you want to do when drafting backstory, and everything should contribute to that goal in some way, or to other things that accentuate the goal. I started with the basic cliche of "student wants to kill the master" and built upon the concept as best I could. However the aesthetic and personality was somewhat decided, like your character's, and so it was not too difficult to tie these things together.
Consider the moon aesthetic. Why the significance? Does she prefer honesty or simply find seeing people'strue character fascinating, not judging them?
Basically considering what kind of story you want to tell is key, in my view. It isn't necessary for you to have all your future story events planned, but consider what kind of writing you are comfortable with. Backstory can then be used to embue present interactions with underlying meaning like a character in a novel. I refer constantly to mine to determine how my character reacts to things or lend her words double meaning. It must likely be a concept, then, you won't get tired of revisiting over and over, even if it changes through the course of rp.
Your character is Au Ra. Like Warren said, on a level with indeterminate scale, this is a doubly unwanted person in Ishgard. Depending on what sort of RP you enjoy, this could be used to create a violent background, but she seems like a knight errant, chivalrous wanderer sort, so perhaps you could go with the angle that she sought a philosophical outlook to engage or disengage with the merciless way the Ishgardians treated the Xaela with in the past. If you choose to actually be an official Dark Knight, this somewhat ties her to Ishgard, though you could also just write her as a swordswoman. But if you're not interested in a darker backstory, you could either characterize her as at peace with herself despite suffering, which might imply a slightly older character (than the usual young adventurer type.) or have her be a more recent immigrant eager to see the way Eorzea exists in her unusual day/night understanding.
I'm saying as much "you could" as I can because you are more aware of what you enjoy writing than I am. If you're not sure, playing the character as she is for a bit to develop understanding of what feels like it fits will help. Otherwise I'll just ramble about the choices being yours and yours alone or something equally nineties.
In the matter of backstory, I think using Spahro's approach to formulate in character voice and then let the background follow is good, though really either way could work. Also worth considering is the general mood and objective behind the character. I often joke that I think of how I'd like best for my characters to die before I start playing. While this is an extreme example, I believe personally it helps to keep in mind what you want to do when drafting backstory, and everything should contribute to that goal in some way, or to other things that accentuate the goal. I started with the basic cliche of "student wants to kill the master" and built upon the concept as best I could. However the aesthetic and personality was somewhat decided, like your character's, and so it was not too difficult to tie these things together.
Consider the moon aesthetic. Why the significance? Does she prefer honesty or simply find seeing people'strue character fascinating, not judging them?
Basically considering what kind of story you want to tell is key, in my view. It isn't necessary for you to have all your future story events planned, but consider what kind of writing you are comfortable with. Backstory can then be used to embue present interactions with underlying meaning like a character in a novel. I refer constantly to mine to determine how my character reacts to things or lend her words double meaning. It must likely be a concept, then, you won't get tired of revisiting over and over, even if it changes through the course of rp.
Your character is Au Ra. Like Warren said, on a level with indeterminate scale, this is a doubly unwanted person in Ishgard. Depending on what sort of RP you enjoy, this could be used to create a violent background, but she seems like a knight errant, chivalrous wanderer sort, so perhaps you could go with the angle that she sought a philosophical outlook to engage or disengage with the merciless way the Ishgardians treated the Xaela with in the past. If you choose to actually be an official Dark Knight, this somewhat ties her to Ishgard, though you could also just write her as a swordswoman. But if you're not interested in a darker backstory, you could either characterize her as at peace with herself despite suffering, which might imply a slightly older character (than the usual young adventurer type.) or have her be a more recent immigrant eager to see the way Eorzea exists in her unusual day/night understanding.
I'm saying as much "you could" as I can because you are more aware of what you enjoy writing than I am. If you're not sure, playing the character as she is for a bit to develop understanding of what feels like it fits will help. Otherwise I'll just ramble about the choices being yours and yours alone or something equally nineties.
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AV by Kura-Ou
Wiki (Last updated 01/16)
My Balmung profile.
