I was thinking about this thread yesterday. Usually, when I'm in a beta and getting a feel for the game, I come up with a plethora of strange and different characters from my main and do a sort of process of elimination as time goes on until I narrow it down to one or two characters (sometimes three if I'm feeling really attached). It's kind of a plug-and-play sort of scenario.
That being said, I'm working on a character that I really enjoy brainstorming. Whether he ever comes into existence or not is based entirely on how good I am at manipulating the character creator. I've been lightly talking about my ideas for him on the Misericorde skype lately, though not saying much. I got the idea from seeing pictures of Native Americans in the 1800s wearing business suits whilst simultaneously wearing feathers in their hair. The character is very much based on Tarzan with a fair amount of Queequeg, and even Beast from the X-Men, thrown in. The whole concept of the character is based on one who grew up in a tribe (in no way similar to the fun-loving half-tribes that the game's lore provides and everyone seems to adore. We're talking about loincloths, feathers, stone weapons, and possibly cannibalism. Seriously, they're barely more advanced than the rest of the animal kingdom) but, like Tarzan, taught himself to read by memorizing the coded shapes attached to pictures in children's picture books over the course of a decade. Later he learns to speak, after befriending explorers, and joins society. He wears nice clothes, speaks with a wide vocabulary, and has the manners of a gentleman; but his body is still covered in scars and tribal markings and, in battle, his instincts tend to kick in and he goes full-on savage. The back story is not established in the slightest, but I feel the character has some potential.
I have little faith that the Miqo'te character creator will allow me to make him look as feral as I'm hoping, since SE decided all of the notorious feline hunters would be fourteen year old boys. Assuming I one day manage to defy reality and get him to look the way I want and I get over the fact that everyone and their mom is playing a Miqo'te, it should be a fun RP experience. We'll see, though. As of right now it's only a pipe dream, unfortunately.
EDIT
I'll throw in some sweet pics, since everyone else did.
![[Image: 1-lordofjungle04-cov-renaud.jpg]](http://geek-news.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1-lordofjungle04-cov-renaud.jpg)
Tarzan, from Tarzan of the Apes: Primary Influence
![[Image: friedrich-von-lebebur-as-queequeg.jpg]](http://monsterminions.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/friedrich-von-lebebur-as-queequeg.jpg)
Queequeg, from Moby-Dick: Secondary Influence
![[Image: 3040598-beast+1.jpg]](http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/10/105723/3040598-beast+1.jpg)
Beast, from X-Men: Tertiary Influence
SECOND EDIT
Since I'm a musical person, I also get inspiration from songs a lot. Here's a score that's helping me as I'm coming up with this character.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsmUd10jp7A
That being said, I'm working on a character that I really enjoy brainstorming. Whether he ever comes into existence or not is based entirely on how good I am at manipulating the character creator. I've been lightly talking about my ideas for him on the Misericorde skype lately, though not saying much. I got the idea from seeing pictures of Native Americans in the 1800s wearing business suits whilst simultaneously wearing feathers in their hair. The character is very much based on Tarzan with a fair amount of Queequeg, and even Beast from the X-Men, thrown in. The whole concept of the character is based on one who grew up in a tribe (in no way similar to the fun-loving half-tribes that the game's lore provides and everyone seems to adore. We're talking about loincloths, feathers, stone weapons, and possibly cannibalism. Seriously, they're barely more advanced than the rest of the animal kingdom) but, like Tarzan, taught himself to read by memorizing the coded shapes attached to pictures in children's picture books over the course of a decade. Later he learns to speak, after befriending explorers, and joins society. He wears nice clothes, speaks with a wide vocabulary, and has the manners of a gentleman; but his body is still covered in scars and tribal markings and, in battle, his instincts tend to kick in and he goes full-on savage. The back story is not established in the slightest, but I feel the character has some potential.
I have little faith that the Miqo'te character creator will allow me to make him look as feral as I'm hoping, since SE decided all of the notorious feline hunters would be fourteen year old boys. Assuming I one day manage to defy reality and get him to look the way I want and I get over the fact that everyone and their mom is playing a Miqo'te, it should be a fun RP experience. We'll see, though. As of right now it's only a pipe dream, unfortunately.
EDIT
I'll throw in some sweet pics, since everyone else did.
Tarzan, from Tarzan of the Apes: Primary Influence
Queequeg, from Moby-Dick: Secondary Influence
Beast, from X-Men: Tertiary Influence
SECOND EDIT
Since I'm a musical person, I also get inspiration from songs a lot. Here's a score that's helping me as I'm coming up with this character.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsmUd10jp7A
