Ussually, most of my characters are born from the "I want an X class Y race character". This is true for ARR, but I also recycled a lot of characters from my TERA roster. Ildur is the most straightforward port, followed by Thiereia and then K'airos. My other characters, Aiswys and Qion, are mash ups of older characters.
On the other hand, Ulanan was born in the beta because I wanted to try roleplaying an alliterating lalafell (and it kind of won me over). Amaury exists because a friend wanted her character's brother to be around for roleplay rather than be a nebolous entity only reserved for backstories.
On the other hand, Ulanan was born in the beta because I wanted to try roleplaying an alliterating lalafell (and it kind of won me over). Amaury exists because a friend wanted her character's brother to be around for roleplay rather than be a nebolous entity only reserved for backstories.