(09-22-2017, 04:35 AM)Valence Wrote: Out of curiosity, was his father a Noxius in the bloodsands? Or just a professional gladiator? This could change a lot the outlook a child would get of the thing I think.
Also if it can help, getting healed in Ul'dah doesn't come off exactly cheap. 1.0 portrays that in a very grim manner when the Phrondale doesn't accept to heal a refugee child because she has no money (and they ask a pretty juicy amount). Maybe his mother was wealthy enough with her job though. In any case, it's another possibility in Ul'dah.
I was running with the idea that his father was a professional. I read that the only fights involving Noxius are Gladiator v Noxius, so it wouldn't make sense for him to have died by one, unless that's just a headcanon. I didn't write it into his story, but I had the idea that his father's death by prisoner and his mother's death by bandits with nothing being done about either (father died in the arena, and mother died away from jurisdiction) were what spurred his desire for justice. Though, I am curious to know what you mean by that - how would it change their outlook? Sorry if this seems like an obvious question.
That could actually be a good driver for that plot point, but with the both of them earning money and, presumably, putting it towards the same things, I'd be hard pressed to come up with a reason they wouldn't be able to afford it. Perhaps Vivi had a little gambling problem at the arenas and that's how she met Olbant, who knows?
