Since I am currently in a creative writing class this thread caught my attention instantly - especially since I LOVE LOVE LOVE creating characters (have roughly 100+ in my head over multiple IPs and some of my own).
Before the game launched I created probably 20 characters, major, secondary, tertiary, playable toons and characters simply to buff the playable's backstories.
This is the first character I came up with, sadly he did not make it into the game as I was not impressed with THM in beta:
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/wiki/index....zzo_Trange
In creating Lizzo I had a generalization of the character in my head for a few years (he's based roughly on a 'faceless' character from FFTA who was a BLM). His actual characterization has changed multiple times to fit whatever I wanted to try to fit him in and thankfully with 14's great lore (and also being a FF game with the option of being a BLM again) I was able to create a backstory that wove several aspects of his multiple versions from my head into one person. It allowed me to make him a minor noble, bring in the death of his father, go further with his family (sister, mother, brother, brother-in-law and nephew were given names and backstories of their own), friends were created based on shadowy figures I had in my head (specifically Crowe - another character who always with him in my head, and again sadly did not make it into the game) who was replaced with his daughter Sigyn, and a magic-based girl friend (Zali'ah).
I thoroughly enjoyed fleshing out this character, I loved watching his backstory spill out of my head and onto the screen over a few hours. Being able to make a visualization of him through the character creator also helped (though he didn't come out exactly how I wanted, even with the great amount of options in the CC).
Here's to you new character, and the hope that their creation is a fun and exciting time for you!
(Sigyn and Zali'ah did in fact make it into the game and have been 50 for a few months.)
Before the game launched I created probably 20 characters, major, secondary, tertiary, playable toons and characters simply to buff the playable's backstories.
This is the first character I came up with, sadly he did not make it into the game as I was not impressed with THM in beta:
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/wiki/index....zzo_Trange
In creating Lizzo I had a generalization of the character in my head for a few years (he's based roughly on a 'faceless' character from FFTA who was a BLM). His actual characterization has changed multiple times to fit whatever I wanted to try to fit him in and thankfully with 14's great lore (and also being a FF game with the option of being a BLM again) I was able to create a backstory that wove several aspects of his multiple versions from my head into one person. It allowed me to make him a minor noble, bring in the death of his father, go further with his family (sister, mother, brother, brother-in-law and nephew were given names and backstories of their own), friends were created based on shadowy figures I had in my head (specifically Crowe - another character who always with him in my head, and again sadly did not make it into the game) who was replaced with his daughter Sigyn, and a magic-based girl friend (Zali'ah).
I thoroughly enjoyed fleshing out this character, I loved watching his backstory spill out of my head and onto the screen over a few hours. Being able to make a visualization of him through the character creator also helped (though he didn't come out exactly how I wanted, even with the great amount of options in the CC).
Here's to you new character, and the hope that their creation is a fun and exciting time for you!
(Sigyn and Zali'ah did in fact make it into the game and have been 50 for a few months.)
