Onion Helm Wrote:Traditionally presented by families to their children before sending them on their life's journey, the blue, onion-shaped helm fell out of favor when adventuring lost its popularity, as more and more young men and women chose to live out their days within the protective walls of the city-states. However, thanks to the recent influx of fledgling adventurers, for the first time in eleven generations, the quaint headgear has begun to make a comeback.

Exhibit II: Technology in War Wrote:See the myriad marvels of Allagan military technology that have replaced flesh-and-blood soldiers, ensuring that no Allagan citizen need ever again lay down their life in battle.

Wind-up Onion Knight Wrote:An accurate representation of the soldiers who once made up the greater portion of the Allagan Imperial Army.

Wind-up Onion Knight Wrote:If Sons of Saint Coinach anthropogeographer Rammbroes is to be believed, towards the end of their civilization, the Allagans began using automatons such as this to fight their wars (which had been deemed inhumane, yet ultimately necessary to spread imperial peace).

(01-12-2017, 09:42 PM)Amnesic Wrote: Hey, finally someone who likes Crystal Chronicles as well! I wasn't sure if anyone else ever liked the game as much as I did!

Good ol' Horned Helm Lilities- second most fashionable next to Steel Visor.

I think this is all really a matter of seeing how many holes you can find to fit the Crystal Chronicles world into your character; basically nothing has been retained from that awesome side-series of games aside from having a short and somewhat rotund character race. In terms of recreation, Lilities and Clavat are the only two easy ones; Selkie and Yuke would be too hard to get to work easily. Shallot sounds somewhat Lilitian to me, but considering that he is a mix of Lalafell and Lility in an entirely different culture far away from the original, it should not matter all too much either way.

But, er, back to the original point. I know a good chunk of CC lore, the matter is figuring out where this is going. I love the idea, (I've considered a Clavat referencing character before), but I'm going to be looking at specific ways you can get this in the game and not go as far as to begin creating canon ideas. Some people won't have an issue crossing lore, but a lot of people tend to follow lore quite heavily and it would be a good idea to find a way to explain your past within lore.

Assuming that you're going with merging the CC world into Eorzea, one issue is to consider the nature of the crystals. In CC, the crystals are either made by or maintained by Myrrh, which is essentially liquefied memories. I'm not exactly sure what Aether is or how it works, but Aetheryte seems to make a similar ghostly voice/sound sometimes, (either that, or I'm imagining it). Being as it is and assuming perhaps Myrrh and Aether are interchangeable, the chalice shouldn't serve as much more than a weak beacon. Aether-poisoning can happen as well- an event that shows up in CC:EoT (Not to mention that Sherlotte could easily be mistaken for a Miqo'te). For this manner, I would not think the chalice would be terribly alarming to anyone, especially seeing as you would likely seem to have archaeological intentions in uncovering the truth of Onion Knights.

I wouldn't know much on how to explain the change of the Carbuncles between the games, but I don't think it would be unfeasible to believe a Carbuncle may have followed your grandfather after the cleansing of Miasma- defeating something as strong as the Royal Spirits (at least, I guess that's what you could call them) is no small feat.

People could easily assume you're a simply crazed or obsessive Lalafell who has gotten too deep into speculation in the midst of researching or performing archaeology, or perhaps you appear to be just lost in your own world. I don't think your physical aspects would be anything to cause alarm for anyone (I always figured that the growth on the head was just odd hair growth patterns and not actually plantlike). I don't think the green eyes will be a terribly odd offset either; I've not been perceptive enough to find a green-eyed Lalafell NPC in game, but even if it's not naturally possible for them, you can always explain it as a glamour enchantment.  Sadly, you can't get the nice sideburns or the full beard, but large facial hair doesn't seem to be prevalent in Lalafellin.

On the terms of profession, Blacksmithing, Armorsmithing, and Lancing all exist in-game, so none of that should be a problem. Being that you are the third generation of your family in Eorzea, your accent will likely have adjusted to be quite similar to everyone else's. I'd assume you would know the natural Eorzean language at this point- the old one, assuming it's any different, might even have been forgotten among your family now.

Whew...that was much more long-winded than I had intended. Keep these things in mind as you think out your character, I just think it would be beneficial if you maintained a way to keep the character within FFXIV's lore- a lot of people tend to be quick on judging about it. Regardless, I like the idea and I'm happy to find another person who seems to like the Crystal Chronicles sub-series. I hope this was helpful for your idea in some sort of way!

(At least it was easier than trying to think of a way to explain why the king of Rebena Te Ra was a Selkie, and why Alfitaria's princess is half-Clavat and half-Lilty.)