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RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - Naunet - 07-21-2013
(07-20-2013, 01:15 PM)Clover Wrote: As for the Tribe, it seems K is winning so far. It's a nice letter, I need to check the Japanese name creator to see how to pronounce it. (Edit: And done. Her name would sound very similar to her previous one, which makes me glad).
If you ultimately choose K, I would be happy to work with you to help merge the "lore" of the tribe with those characters myself and several others have established for a K' group of our own. They could be the same group; or they could be two halves of a greater K' whole!
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - Clover - 07-21-2013
(07-21-2013, 12:43 AM)Naunet Wrote:If my character was accepted in your tribe, I'd do my best to adapt to anything you've planned. I'm just so happy if I can be a part of a true Miqo'te tribe (>A<)(07-20-2013, 01:15 PM)Clover Wrote: As for the Tribe, it seems K is winning so far. It's a nice letter, I need to check the Japanese name creator to see how to pronounce it. (Edit: And done. Her name would sound very similar to her previous one, which makes me glad).
If you ultimately choose K, I would be happy to work with you to help merge the "lore" of the tribe with those characters myself and several others have established for a K' group of our own. They could be the same group; or they could be two halves of a greater K' whole!
Could you tell us a bit about how your tribe works?
Also, to L Tribe players: L is the second most voted letter. Are you playing together too? Could you tell us a bit about what you've planned for your tribe?
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - Naunet - 07-21-2013
(07-21-2013, 03:45 AM)Clover Wrote: If my character was accepted in your tribe, I'd do my best to adapt to anything you've planned. I'm just so happy if I can be a part of a true Miqo'te tribe (>A<
Could you tell us a bit about how your tribe works?
Sure! It's a fairly traditional Seeker tribe. They're nomads of the Sagolii desert, so they're on the move across the dunes a lot. During the brief rainy seasons, there's a danger of flash floods, so they sometimes take shelter in the cliffs along the edge of the desert, though that becomes an act of balancing the risks of flood with the risks of landslide.
There's probably 20-30ish miqo'te in the tribe, with a couple Nunhs that tend to change for each generation of members and half a dozen or so Tias. Hunting is largely the duty of the females of the tribe, with some exceptions, while the Tias typically stay with the too old or too young and deal with handling the meat and other supplies the hunters bring back. It's a very communal situation, both in terms of raising children and just in day-to-day survival.
Right before the Calamity, a lot of the tribe left to attend the battle at Carteneau, feeling an obligation to defend Eorzea. This included a number of the males as well (including the Nunh who was my character's mate).
My own character, Antimony (formerly K'piru), has no current contact with the tribe, though it's possible that could change in the future via RP. The situation with her three daughters (K'airi, K'airos, and K'aijeen - all played by other people) is complex. All of them were around the tribe long enough that, if you wanted, your own character could have known any of them fairly well. If you want, you can read my character's bio, which could give you insight into the interactions within the tribe.
Anyway, there's a lot of room for you to make your own mark on the tribe, if you so want. ^^
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - Clover - 07-22-2013
Naunet> Thank you very much for the information! That sounds awesome. A traditional Seeker tribe was exactly what I was looking for, as it's so different from the human society and I'm already going to RP that one as my hyur. I also love how unique your character is, for I never thought I'd ever see a Miqo'te in her 50s!
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However, please let me know if I understood this correctly. Your character has detached herself from the tribe, and her three daughters are currently missing. If that's the case and I joined the tribe, would I be alone? ;w;
On a side note, I've always liked the idea of my character going on a journey to find missing members from the tribe / family members / anyone who detached themselves from the tribe and who is considered important, hoping to convince them to come back. Not sure if such a thing could be applied here.
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - synaesthetic - 07-22-2013
As the person behind one of K'piru/Antimony's children (K'airi) I'm sure there could be a considerable amount of good RP if the tribe itself assigned you (or anyone else interested) to try and track down the wayward daughters and the missing mother.
It could be a really good way to help Airi find her mom, since she knows there's a possibility her family is still alive--after all, she never saw them die directly since she was called to fight alongside the Immortal Flames against the Empire.
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - Naunet - 07-22-2013
(07-22-2013, 01:20 PM)synaesthetic Wrote: As the person behind one of K'piru/Antimony's children (K'airi) I'm sure there could be a considerable amount of good RP if the tribe itself assigned you (or anyone else interested) to try and track down the wayward daughters and the missing mother.
Definitely! If the idea of tracking down missing people appeals to you, we could work with that for some fun times.
I think there are lots of ways to finagle the roleplay in a way that won't make you feel alone - especially if I can recruit more folk into the K' tribe fold. >:3 That, indeed, would be awesome - so if there's anyone else out there who wants to make a character involved in this tribe, please feel free to speak up and do so! I'd love for it to become an organic thing all on its own.
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - Khaze'to Zhwan - 07-23-2013
looks like K is becoming quite popular, I'd be interested in forming a link with your tribe, Khaze'to's grandfather is a seeker and I was playing around with him being a displaced Nuhn, I hadn't worked out what tribe to place him in. Â Would that would with your tribe? it would have been from a while ago so could maybe work. Â Obviously if you already have all that sorted its not a problem but it could be interesting to meet some long lost cousins.
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - Naunet - 07-23-2013
That would be fine! Excellent, even! By displaced, do you mean simply ursurped by a new, younger and more virile Nunh, or do you mean he was exiled for doing something bad? Either one could be possible considering the image I have in my head is a tribe that's fairly traditionally structured.
I'm going to try to construct a "family tree" of sorts for the K' tribe over the next week or so to tie in my characters and other people's characters in a more visual map.
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - Khaze'to Zhwan - 07-23-2013
I was thinking probably usurped by the young and hearty Nunh, after going wondering he met a Keeper woman and things sort of progressed from there, Â this would lead to them being banished by the keeper tribe as well.
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - Naunet - 07-23-2013
Cool, I can totally work that into things. If he's your character's grandfather... how old is your character? I'm thinking he would have then been the other nunh alongside my own character's father (as the tribe has 1-2 nunhs per generation gap), but this is assuming your character is significantly older than my own (who is in her mid 50s xD).
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - Rinh Hallani - 07-23-2013
(07-20-2013, 11:18 PM)Aysun Wrote: A note on using K', too: There are some characters already playing with the K' prefix, one from a traditional tribe. You might want to discuss amongst yourselves the potential issues with that! Not that I expect you to choose some random letter that no one else is using, but do keep it in the back of your mind that it could cause some confusion!
I have a K miqo'te. Does this mean that any other Seeker on the server with a K name will be related to me whether I like it or not? Not to say I'd have a problem with it in theory but it would imply that I'd know, at least on some level, every other K Seeker. I have a feeling RPing this could be difficult.
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - Naunet - 07-23-2013
(07-23-2013, 02:43 PM)katattax Wrote: I have a K miqo'te. Does this mean that any other Seeker on the server with a K name will be related to me whether I like it or not? Not to say I'd have a problem with it in theory but it would imply that I'd know, at least on some level, every other K Seeker. I have a feeling RPing this could be difficult.
Seeker tribes are capable of branching off one another. For example if a tia from some K' tribe decided to take over new territory to become a nunh, he'd probably bring along several females and they would start their own K' tribe. They would technically all be distantly related, but it's entirely possible that children born into one branch would never have met those of another branch in the K' tribe.
Is this something you'd be interested in including into your RP? Either as part of this tribe, or as a member of a branch - or, if you wanted, my character's tribe could be the branch and your character could belong to the "source" tribe so to speak (the one that the tia came from when setting out to start a new tribe in new territory).
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - FreelanceWizard - 07-23-2013
(07-23-2013, 02:43 PM)katattax Wrote: I have a K miqo'te. Does this mean that any other Seeker on the server with a K name will be related to me whether I like it or not? Not to say I'd have a problem with it in theory but it would imply that I'd know, at least on some level, every other K Seeker. I have a feeling RPing this could be difficult.
It does not. The Seeker tribes have branched off substantially into "subtribes" as their tia expanded the tribes' territories and became nunhs over them; at this point, you can quite reasonably be from a different territory and tribal branch with nothing but the most ancestral relationship to other miqo'te of the same tribe.
This is handy because it gives you two options for RP: you can work with other players (like those on this thread!) to have your character be related to them in some way, or you can have your branch be completely separate. The choice is yours.
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - Khaze'to Zhwan - 07-23-2013
(07-23-2013, 02:42 PM)Naunet Wrote: Cool, I can totally work that into things. If he's your character's grandfather... how old is your character? I'm thinking he would have then been the other nunh alongside my own character's father (as the tribe has 1-2 nunhs per generation gap), but this is assuming your character is significantly older than my own (who is in her mid 50s xD).Ok so Khaze'to is 34, is that old enough for it to work for you?
RE: Choosing a Seeker Tribe. - Rinh Hallani - 07-23-2013
(07-23-2013, 02:47 PM)Naunet Wrote: Is this something you'd be interested in including into your RP? Either as part of this tribe, or as a member of a branch - or, if you wanted, my character's tribe could be the branch and your character could belong to the "source" tribe so to speak (the one that the tia came from when setting out to start a new tribe in new territory).
Aha, thanks to you and FreelanceWizard both for clearing that up. I was getting worried about having to know all the K Seekers!
I would be interested in including it in my RP though, yes. I'm not particularly bothered about whether she's part of the branch or the original tribe but I think it would be a nice addition.