Vryn

I'm just about to update the original post with this info now we've got it - but with Omega transfers now open, we've made the RP Community Linkshell (Entitled: "RP Network"). Come find us!

You are not alone, either in suffering clock-related inconvenience nor wishing for EU RP! Look forward to meeting you!

If you have any reluctance to transfer your main and leave friends or accomplishments behind, don't do it. I'd wholeheartedly endorse making an alt, exploring the RP scene on Omega, get your level 30 alt-bonus incentive while you're milling around. Then if it's not for you, you haven't lost anything. But if you enjoy it and want to bring your main afterwards, then you've at least done it with an educated decision.

Ace! See you there.

Sounds great! If you're not against making some new ones too, I'll see you there!

I suuuuuck. Sorry! https://discord.gg/EB4F9x Glad to hear it! Look forward to seeing you there.

There isn't (I think?) - BUT! There is an FFXIV EU Roleplayers Discord with a *ton* of people declaring their intent for Omega. EDIT: FFXIV EU Roleplayer Discord - https://discordapp.com/channels/315085611503583233/315085611503583233

Perfectly understandable. With a new server/new community, it's all speculation until go-time. But it's great to hear you'll be keeping an eye on it all the same!

It's not about how much you can RP - more that you do when you want to and let Omega host you! Give in to the temptation, come join us on Omega, and net yourself some of that sweet level 30 bonus money!

I've had similar conversations on here regarding Balmung, as I'm an EU player - so I completely understand. Thanks for your well-wishes! o/

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Thanks for the welcome! After meeting such helpful and lovely folks and hammering out a concept, I've decided to get stuck in. See you guys in Eorzea!

Alrighty! Reading people's responses and deriving what recurring themes I can get from them, it'd seem as though there were a decent number of people at Cartenau flung forward by Uncle Lou. Allowing for a measure of speculation, it's fair to say that not all of these people needed to have necessarily been particularly special - after all, while many were cast forward, only a few (or one, if the ARR plot is to go by) ever aspired to a reputation worthy of a 'Warrior of Light'. Similarly, if it's not unreasonable for unexpected circumstances to throw the spell off and for someone to go a little off course, it stands to reason that it wouldn't be unfair to have a character from back then appear now rather than with the bulk that came five years after zee calamitee. Chuck in a hefty dose of irreversible memory loss, and you've got a suitably ignorant nobody who remembers nothing and is remembered by no-one, to whom the significance of his neck-paint is lost - a perfect blank slate with which to begin re-learning Eorzean culture and history through IC interactions. And a fantastic cover for an OOC scrub who wants an excuse to learn stuff while roleplaying. Unless anybody has any flaws I've missed (or possibly mistakenly overlooked in this thread) with the concept, I think I might go with this! My sincerest thanks again to Warren Castille, Sounsyy, L'ohba Tia and Virella for contributing to the discussion and helping make an ignorant lore-newb construct a concept with the tools he's got. You guys are ace.

Ahh, well - that seems like a simple enough detail to mistake. Thanks for the clarification. First - Hi! Thanks for replying. Second - I'd heard you were the local lore guru, and you didn't disappoint! Thank you very much for these in-depth explanations and cited resources. This helps a ton and clarifies a whole bunch of stuff I didn't quite comprehend fully. I also saw your Lore Compendium, which, uh - I haven't read through entirely yet. But thank you for putting it together all the same, its ace. Yo again! Yeah, the importance associated with the event is likely to carry connotations - ones I hope to distance myself from. Honestly, part of my 'clean slate' concept was to essentially obliterate the expectations, developing more of a 'how can some nobody with amnesia be anything other than what he is now?' philosophy. I don't want to use the symbol to infer any superiority - good grief, with as little knowledge of the setting I know I doubt I'd know how to conduct myself as being any better than anyone else if I tried. Though frankly, the notion of being 'relevant' on the global stage because of some stupid neck tattoo is troubling - I just want to use it as an excuse to know nothing! Were there really so few transported? The impression I got was that there was loads of folk at that battle shot forward. Perhaps that was my OOC side creating a false perception, though - I concede to rationalising it a little bit as 'but all those characters people have from 1.0 have it, so surely there couldn't have only been a handful teleported, right?'

Hey! Thanks for the reply. Forgotten by everyone in your old life? That's rad! Also sad. Rad-Sad? Either way, it's a pretty cool trait for something that depressing. Your reward for being at the Battle of Carteneau is being thrust forward in time and erased from the memory of everyone who ever knew you. I imagine there's more than a few people who hate Lou for that - especially since Bahamut was dealt with and it all seemed a little redundant (from a perspective, anyway). Also, thanks for clarifying the circumstances and origins - the wiki doesn't distinguish a whole lot on the nitty-gritty. Welp, this seems straight up confusing. So, Squeenix have stated on a couple of instances that it wasn't a group, but a person? But then other instances (like the cinematic) that it was many? Somebody over at FF HQ needs to get definitive. Especially a shame is for that fellow you just mentioned with the criminally tragic family situation, that sounded ace. I'd read that book. While I appreciate the complexities of the FFXIV lore and the reasons you mentioned for not wanting to get overly convoluted, part of the reason I was considering this option was ironically for it's simplicity. I mentioned in the OP that I was curious if there were any instances of Lou not 'quite' nailing the spell, or it having unintended results due to unanticipated circumstances - I'd hoped to be able to spin that while the character was teleported, he was flung a little too far, and with no real recollection of what exactly had transpired. A 'clean slate', as it were. No past, no present, only a blank canvas with which to absorb information and lore from others and forge onward from there. And since I had the legacy mark, I figured that could be suitable cause. I completely agree that you can have plenty fun with characters of humble origin, and that it's not necessary to be a part of the core lore in order to be interesting or provide validity to your character. And I promise, I wasn't planning on using it to lecture people about the Sixth Astral Era or present myself as a time-travelling demigod! Ultimately though, as you say - I am pretty new. If this idea sounds unfeasible, then I'd like to know. I wouldn't want to be that guy who rides the clearly flawed concept because it's super cool or some nonsense.