(01-21-2014, 12:48 PM)Brynn Wrote: I have an alt who is also an Ishgardian Hyur! Â She definitely harbors bitterness towards the elezen noble houses and the religiously fanatical views of the Ishgardian society in general. Â Going through some of the quests in Coerthas, many of them have that religious persecution undertones, reminding me a little of the Spanish Inquisition. Â So I integrated that into my character's history, she was persecuted for her non-religious beliefs which is why she ran and joined the Garleans. Â They have *no* religious undertones! Â
I think everyone else's advice is good, use what is in lore (or what little there is) and forge something out of it that you feel is what you want to play.
Maybe my character will recognize yours though, if he was a prominent member of the Ishgard society.
Heh oddly enough my character Artorias is the opposite of yours in some ways. Â He was a Garlean soldier, but after witnessing the Calamity he lost faith in the Empire because instead of destroying the primals and saving the world(which he truly believed the Empire was doing) they did the opposite. Â He deserted and took it upon himself to find and destroy Bahamut, even if it costs him his own life. Â It is his twisted way of atoning for the atrocities he committed when he was with the Legions.
His decision to become a Dragoon came from hearing stories that these knights specialized in fighting and destroying dragons so the believes those skills will aid him greatly in his quest. Â As for becoming a dragoon he ended up being trained by an old Hyur who was the last remaining member of House Rivendare(a minor house of Ishgard, or if there are no minor houses they'd be a vassal house of one of the four major ones.) Â The old man taught him everything he could about being a dragoon before passing away form a wasting disease caused by his dragon soul. Â He was also made Lord of the said house with the promise to keep the Rivendare legacy alive as his mentor had no children left alive who shared his bloodline.
The thing is Artorias has no real interest in being an Ishgardian, to him gaining the power of a dragoon and title of Lord of House Rivendare is a means to an end, which is to find and destroy Bahamut. Â If anything he uses his Ishgardian title to hide his Garlean origins.
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