I had never RPed before playing FFXIV, so Natalie was something of a spur of the moment creation. As you can tell from the name, I didn't intend to RP when I made her, and have had to jump through some hoops to justify it.
I started off by just talking to RPers around Ul'dah, and as they asked me things I would just make up the answers on the spot. After a while, and enough questions, a character started to develop. Fortunately I managed to start off in a transitive period for my character, (she was finally back in Ul'dah after years of war) so she's been able to grow and change quite a bit since I made her. She started off a bit puritanical and rulebound, but as she kept interacting with people the moral greyness of Ul'dah started to rub off on her.
For the moment her character has kind of crystalized for me, and I really enjoy playing her, but I doubt I ever could have come up with it on purpose. I view her as a roll of the improvisation dice that turned out particularly well.
I started off by just talking to RPers around Ul'dah, and as they asked me things I would just make up the answers on the spot. After a while, and enough questions, a character started to develop. Fortunately I managed to start off in a transitive period for my character, (she was finally back in Ul'dah after years of war) so she's been able to grow and change quite a bit since I made her. She started off a bit puritanical and rulebound, but as she kept interacting with people the moral greyness of Ul'dah started to rub off on her.
For the moment her character has kind of crystalized for me, and I really enjoy playing her, but I doubt I ever could have come up with it on purpose. I view her as a roll of the improvisation dice that turned out particularly well.