In-game religion has always interested me. My primary FFXI char grew up as an acolyte within the San d'Orian Temple since his mother was very firmly religious and was, for most of his career, quite religious himself, albeit a bit forward-thinking about it. Seeing his views subtly change as his character progressed, especially in the light of the Chains of Promathia plotline, was one of the more fun aspects about him.
I wouldn't mind brewing up some extra lore for the world religion, but that's stuff that has to be done a bit carefully. I didn't really approach that full-blown until post-CoP when I could be confident I really knew what was going on with things. A friend and I managed a sort of latent plot arc that ran in the background of other happenings for a while with the rediscovery of an old denomination of the Church of San d'Oria whose teachings had been largely lost when La Vaule fell to the Orcs. A bit of theological debate sprang up between the Church of Tavnazia and the two denominations of the Church of San d'Oria, which we labeled the Order of Dawn and the Children of Blessed Light. Some of our more philosophical chars indulged in it briefly and it added a fun extra depth to our in-house setting.
All this ramble to say that I'm ready and willing provided we don't go ripping off sheafs of 'sacred text' that we might have to retcon later. Religion and philosophy of altverses are always fun to ponder.
I wouldn't mind brewing up some extra lore for the world religion, but that's stuff that has to be done a bit carefully. I didn't really approach that full-blown until post-CoP when I could be confident I really knew what was going on with things. A friend and I managed a sort of latent plot arc that ran in the background of other happenings for a while with the rediscovery of an old denomination of the Church of San d'Oria whose teachings had been largely lost when La Vaule fell to the Orcs. A bit of theological debate sprang up between the Church of Tavnazia and the two denominations of the Church of San d'Oria, which we labeled the Order of Dawn and the Children of Blessed Light. Some of our more philosophical chars indulged in it briefly and it added a fun extra depth to our in-house setting.
All this ramble to say that I'm ready and willing provided we don't go ripping off sheafs of 'sacred text' that we might have to retcon later. Religion and philosophy of altverses are always fun to ponder.
