I've been reading over the RP handbook and rethinking my chara cter background and I have come to a point I worry about either my character background breaking Lore (retconning got me worried, LOL) or not fitting in with Lore.
Where as I read and understand that there is an acceptable amount of Lore than can be manipulated, I guess I'm worried about "how much is too much". Someone once offered me a soundboard to bounce ideas off. I guess I'm asking for that now.
When I first created my character, Seto, I made a story line that didn't really fit into Lore in some areas, I was so excited about roleplaying I just wanted to make a character. But as I read more and more, I see what I have broken some rules so I have started to rewrite his history and character details. My boyfriend was going to roleplay as his brother but he has thrown a spanner into the works after I showed him an "attractive" Highlander Hyur model.
Seto's story ties in with his brother's storyline. And his brother's storyline is where I feel Lore is fuzzy (unless it's something I haven't found yet). The story was that his brother Hikaru (not his birthname) and mother were banished from one tribe (either Hipparion or Gigantoad, to be decided) after he brought shame to them. He had began to challenge the teachings of his tribe/race but made no mention to what he was told or what he based his challenges on. Due to the upraor he caused and his challenges of imperfection in the religious beliefs, him and his mother were banished from the tribe. They are later picked
Even though word had got around of Hikaru's lack of faith, the nunh of a small newly-formed branch of the Vulture tribe took pity on them and allowed him and his mother to become part of their tribe on the promise that Hikaru would work hard and earn his position. During the first few years, Hikaru kept quiet about his past rantings in not to shame is mother. Many members of the tribe didn't trust him so he spent a lot of time on his own away from them.
I am unsure if such a thing would happen. I hoped Callipygian amazingly detailed look into the mating strategies may have answered the questions but again unless I have missed it scouring through the posts I am unaware if this topic has been discussed.
I guess, this is really my first major roleplay game. I did it on FFXI but it was very small and nowhere on the grand scale to being on an RP-set server. I want to make the character interesting and exciting without being wildly out of sync with the lore and story.
EDIT: I should also add that Seto has seperated from his tribe, most likely due to personal choice or could be an important event, hence his last name not being Tia any more. Again, would this be possible or would it seem out of context?
Any advice, discussion, helpful suggestion, anything is appeciated. :3
(Sorry for any mis-spelling. The heat here in the UK tonight is unbarable. ;_
Where as I read and understand that there is an acceptable amount of Lore than can be manipulated, I guess I'm worried about "how much is too much". Someone once offered me a soundboard to bounce ideas off. I guess I'm asking for that now.
When I first created my character, Seto, I made a story line that didn't really fit into Lore in some areas, I was so excited about roleplaying I just wanted to make a character. But as I read more and more, I see what I have broken some rules so I have started to rewrite his history and character details. My boyfriend was going to roleplay as his brother but he has thrown a spanner into the works after I showed him an "attractive" Highlander Hyur model.
Seto's story ties in with his brother's storyline. And his brother's storyline is where I feel Lore is fuzzy (unless it's something I haven't found yet). The story was that his brother Hikaru (not his birthname) and mother were banished from one tribe (either Hipparion or Gigantoad, to be decided) after he brought shame to them. He had began to challenge the teachings of his tribe/race but made no mention to what he was told or what he based his challenges on. Due to the upraor he caused and his challenges of imperfection in the religious beliefs, him and his mother were banished from the tribe. They are later picked
Even though word had got around of Hikaru's lack of faith, the nunh of a small newly-formed branch of the Vulture tribe took pity on them and allowed him and his mother to become part of their tribe on the promise that Hikaru would work hard and earn his position. During the first few years, Hikaru kept quiet about his past rantings in not to shame is mother. Many members of the tribe didn't trust him so he spent a lot of time on his own away from them.
I am unsure if such a thing would happen. I hoped Callipygian amazingly detailed look into the mating strategies may have answered the questions but again unless I have missed it scouring through the posts I am unaware if this topic has been discussed.
I guess, this is really my first major roleplay game. I did it on FFXI but it was very small and nowhere on the grand scale to being on an RP-set server. I want to make the character interesting and exciting without being wildly out of sync with the lore and story.
EDIT: I should also add that Seto has seperated from his tribe, most likely due to personal choice or could be an important event, hence his last name not being Tia any more. Again, would this be possible or would it seem out of context?
Any advice, discussion, helpful suggestion, anything is appeciated. :3
(Sorry for any mis-spelling. The heat here in the UK tonight is unbarable. ;_
