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TheLastCandle · **02-25-2014, 01:11 PM**

I'm a bit late on this, but what I generally do is come up with the general concept of the character I want to play first. For Yvelont, I decided that I wanted to play a knightly, martial type of character with little grasp of magick. From there, I decided a suitable place for him to have lived, in this case Ishgard. Then I chose his race and named him based on Elezen naming conventions. With that done, I began to think about what might cause him to leave Ishgard to begin adventuring out in the world, and the rest of his story's details were filled in as they came to me.

Fun fact: the character's personality takes a tiny bit of inspiration from the character Etienne Navarre from the movie Ladyhawke, which is why I chose it as his surname.

Edit: Another thing I feel that's important to keep in mind is that your character's history, while still important, doesn't necessarily have to dictate the present. I find that it's far more fun to allow RP with others to shape and mold your character, rather than keeping a narrative that boils down to, "Well, his backstory is -this- and so he pretty much has to end up like -this." Goals are good to have, but I've seen a lot of players end up abandoning characters because they feel they've written themselves into a corner. I've certainly done it myself, so I tend to go with the flow these days, viewing RP as a collaborative exercise in writing. But your mileage may very, and so on. Smile

How did you come up with your character?

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