This is a question I've been rolling around in my head for a while, but I haven't really had a chance to let it coalesce into something concrete I can ask about. Therefore, bear with me as I ramble on.
Short version: I want my Miqo'te Seeker of the Sun character (P'liko Cuga) to be new to Eorzea. What options do I have?
I like the idea of the opening cutscene where P'liko (and other non-Legacy characters) arrive in their starting cities via some mode of transportation. In P'liko's case, she comes from Somewhere Else, and takes a ship to Limsa Lominsa, which she quickly comes to call home.
Also, there's a meta reason for being new to Eorzea: I didn't know where the IC/OOC divide is in search info and the like, so I put in "new to Eorzea" as a way of saying I'm new to FF14 (and thus could use advice and help). The more I thought about it, though, the more I felt it was fitting for P'liko to not be familiar with a lot of Eorzean customs, matching my own lack of knowledge.
So the options for where P'liko comes from would be places which have a decent Miqo'te population, and which allow regular commercial sea travel to Limsa Lominsa. The latter almost certainly exists; even if I get the impression the entire world minus Eorzea is Garlean-occupied, that does not preclude trade. The former is trickier, since Miqo'te apparently came to Eorzea from "across the frozen seas" during one of the Umbral Calamities, but I don't actually know where they came from, or what Miqo'te society is like outside of Eorzea.
I'd also prefer if P'liko's origin is relatively drama-free, so nothing like escaping Garlean persecution or such. P'liko travelled to Eorzea in pursuit of knowledge, learning all she can, simply because she likes learning new things. That is about the extent of what I've worked out, since without knowing more lore, I can't even answer questions like how old she is, or what she was doing during the Calamity.
Right now I tentatively put P'liko's home as Sharlayan, or at least somewhere around that area. This is entirely because I don't see any of the major cities on Eorzea as valid origin points for P'liko for various reasons, and Sharlayan is an option only because I know next to nothing about it. However, this may also be problematic, as the Main Story Quest appears to be building up to something involving Sharlayan, which involves it being completely wiped off the map.
Googling for information/spoilers does not seem to help, and indeed complicates matters; there are apparently two Sharlayans, one of which is a colony in Dravania. I don't know which of these got destroyed by "an Ultima-like spell", according to Minfilia and Urianger. Presumably this will get explained later in the MSQ, but I haven't gotten there yet.
Short version: I want my Miqo'te Seeker of the Sun character (P'liko Cuga) to be new to Eorzea. What options do I have?
I like the idea of the opening cutscene where P'liko (and other non-Legacy characters) arrive in their starting cities via some mode of transportation. In P'liko's case, she comes from Somewhere Else, and takes a ship to Limsa Lominsa, which she quickly comes to call home.
Also, there's a meta reason for being new to Eorzea: I didn't know where the IC/OOC divide is in search info and the like, so I put in "new to Eorzea" as a way of saying I'm new to FF14 (and thus could use advice and help). The more I thought about it, though, the more I felt it was fitting for P'liko to not be familiar with a lot of Eorzean customs, matching my own lack of knowledge.
So the options for where P'liko comes from would be places which have a decent Miqo'te population, and which allow regular commercial sea travel to Limsa Lominsa. The latter almost certainly exists; even if I get the impression the entire world minus Eorzea is Garlean-occupied, that does not preclude trade. The former is trickier, since Miqo'te apparently came to Eorzea from "across the frozen seas" during one of the Umbral Calamities, but I don't actually know where they came from, or what Miqo'te society is like outside of Eorzea.
I'd also prefer if P'liko's origin is relatively drama-free, so nothing like escaping Garlean persecution or such. P'liko travelled to Eorzea in pursuit of knowledge, learning all she can, simply because she likes learning new things. That is about the extent of what I've worked out, since without knowing more lore, I can't even answer questions like how old she is, or what she was doing during the Calamity.
Right now I tentatively put P'liko's home as Sharlayan, or at least somewhere around that area. This is entirely because I don't see any of the major cities on Eorzea as valid origin points for P'liko for various reasons, and Sharlayan is an option only because I know next to nothing about it. However, this may also be problematic, as the Main Story Quest appears to be building up to something involving Sharlayan, which involves it being completely wiped off the map.
Googling for information/spoilers does not seem to help, and indeed complicates matters; there are apparently two Sharlayans, one of which is a colony in Dravania. I don't know which of these got destroyed by "an Ultima-like spell", according to Minfilia and Urianger. Presumably this will get explained later in the MSQ, but I haven't gotten there yet.
