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One other thing. I see a lot of keepers who have non traditional names. What are some of the reasons a Keeper might do this? I really do love the fact this game has naming conventions, and as a RPer I like to try and stick to them because it helps identify me as an RPer. That being said some of them are very restrictive and hard to work with in my opinion and Keeper males is one of the harder ones. So what are some reasons to don a non tribal name and if you choose a non tribal name is it pretty much sky is the limit or do they tend to choose names from X sources?

Thanks again everyone. I dont consider the history of Ala Mhigo a spoiler, just the MSQ, and since PCs can go there and I know that now I know it must have to some extent been liberated. My friend said "There are miqote in Ala Mhigo" and when I asked how he said "I went there and saw them." Ok so it would be possible to be a keeper of the moon male who when pushed out of the nest wandered towards Gyr Abania, and for some reason (trade, hunting, guarding caravans) you went back and forth between the two. Having friends in both places. You were lucky and not actually there when the city fell and lost track of your friend(s) and had trouble reuniting with them. And having familiarity with both regions is it possible to say for a time you helped smuggle people out of Gyr Abania into Gridania to safety/away from the Garleans? You might have been the person who helped get them into Girdania once they hit the border of both nations. And maybe you did this in hopes that on one of these trips you would find your friend.

In what order did the elemental black list Ala Mhigans and the Garlean occupation of Ala Mhigo happen? Would it be possible to be a Keeper of the Moon who resided in Ala Mhigo find out about that elemental ban and then leave right before Garleans take over? Or does that not line up? A cool story might be (and this works for anyone from or who relates to Gridania not just KoM) you live or are residing in Ala Mhigo and find out that the elementals pretty much put the word out no Ala Mhigans are to be assisted ever you get out of there only for the wall to go up and you get completely separated from the people you knew forever. So could this or something like this be possible? Keeper of the moon who either grows up in Ala Mhigo or moves there because Males eventually get the boot. Since there isn't a lot of resources in that area you use your familiarity with the Gridania area to make trips back and forth gathering lumber or flora of any kind (could be whatever for sake of the story). On one of your trips the occupation happens and you cannot get back in or link up with the people you know. You spend a lot of time wandering around trying to link up with your old best friend and maybe some family members. You can either RP out this reunion in the live game or say it happened right before ARR. People more familiar with lore and the timeline please feel free to pick that apart or help me make it lore tight.

"Simpsons time bubble" I laughed at that one. Thanks again for your help, and I didn't specify but what I meant was pre SB Ala Mhigo is what I was asking about to help develop my backstory.

If I cannot avoid spoilers while actually RPing that is fine. I had a newer player say something to me that got outdated in the ARR before HW content and I just let it slide because I didn't want to ruin such a big story line for them even though technically they were RPing with outdated info. I can always RP I've been on the road or out to sea or something and had no idea of any of the events. Right now I level more than I RP because I do enjoy the MSQ so this is more preparing for when I do RP a lot more than I am currently so I probably won't hit any major spoilers along the way.

Note- I have not even got to HW yet let alone SB, so please no major spoilers even if it means not answers my question fully. Ok I play the game with one RL friend and agreed our stories would intertwine. Our original story was that we were both from Ala Mhigo (before we even knew about stormblood). So how does being a Sun Seeker work in Ala Mhigo? Did they have tribes there or were all the Ala Mhigan SoS ones who traveled out from their tribes? If you were displaced because of the Ala Mhigo fall/take over and started wandering because of that would that make sense? I've been told there were native SoS in Ala Mhigo, just not sure exactly what their situation was. Or if any of the existing SoS NPCs in the game are people who once resided there. Also just to verify, it was 20 years before ARR correct? How long before SB did Ala Mhigo fall? Im thinking I could maybe just stick with my original story (didn't realize SoS were in Ala Mhigo was well) which was native Ala Mhigan displaced waiting to take back Ala Mhigo. That being said, with the advent of stormblood is that story currently being over used? Will that story no longer be fun once I play through SB? or will it get better? If I have 20+ years to work with I can explain a whole series of things my character did including stopping in Gridania to lean Conjurey if I decided to RP that as my main class. And if I decide I want to go with the tribal stuff I can RP that out as a live story, maybe with some other SoS PCs.

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Thank you. Those case studies are amazing. With the seeker tribes are they also settled in one geographical place as a whole? or could there be a group of Bear tribe in one place with a Nunh (lets say in the Uldah region) and then you could find a tribe of them somewhere else, maybe in the Gridanian region. I know there are wanderers, adventurers, traders etc... but one thing I was not sure about is whether or not the same tribe can be represented by two separate populations with two separate Nunhs in two separate places. Versus there is one central location for each tribe with a single Nunh and anyone else of that tribe located somewhere else is a wanderer/outlier from the tribe to some extent. I wonder what that bit about Male Keepers being "at their best in small doses" means lol. Also as far as the two central gods go, is there any more info on the deities other than the bits in character creation? I would probably go with Oschon anyway but I was just curious.

Thank you very much for your extremely objective opinion =) I think I am wrestling with the fact that I would rather go seeker, but I like the Keeper story better. The character was also originally mage in gridania as CNJ so I have the ring and the history there. It's weird. Normally in games I HATE the desert and I love the forest. In this game it is the opposite. I love the Uldah area, I am a fan of the Limsa areas but I don't like Limsa (mostly due to navigating the city is annoying). I guess if I could flesh out the "Left home to become adventurer cause Tia" beyond became a privateer it could contend with the Keeper idea I have. --- I've read all the lore in those lore posts but I was still a bit hazy on what Keeper males do. I know they often leave but nothing seemed hard and fast. Or when they do stroll into town to breed how long do they stay? Would it be possible for one to stay for the pregnancy? If a Keeper Male was an architect or something might he do some repairs while in town? Do men hunt and come to town and sell or do they just donate it to the community? When males become adults do they get booted from the community? Do the fathers roll back in and get them? I was thinking that if I went Keeper male maybe he didn't necessarily agree with all that and traveled around assisting Keeper tribes. Staying as long as they would let him before moving on to the next one.

Hi everyone. Been playing on mateus(and the game at all) for about a month or two. I've been RPing as a Lalafell for a bit and I am not liking my experience which seems to be very based upon my race. The constant petting, mocking, or flat out ignoring is getting old to me. I messed around in the generator a lot. Most of the races I just can't quite get to something I like, as a male character. I have settled on Miquote and I like the way SoS and KoM look. Pure looks wise I like Sun Seeker's skin tones and hair colors, but I like the Keeper's fangs. Area wise I tend to like Uldah and Limsa so Seeker becomes an obvious option. But if you are a wanderer/adventurer it doesn't really matter which you are. I am having trouble choosing between the two for RP reasons. I like both their lore. I wanted to throw some ideas and questions out and see if the community could help. First question is, what exactly is the role of males in the Keeper tribes once they hit adulthood? Do they stick around at all? Do they hunt or resource gather? I know they don't have any role in child rearing/family but do they still live within the tribe and contribute otherwise? Second, for Seekers what exactly do Tia do? If you stay within the tribe but are not vying for nunh what other roles can you fill? I know you can leave, start your own tribe or push the hunting grounds of your Nunh. But what if you don't want to do any of that? Are the men assigned other roles? Farmers? Guards? etc... Third. The whole day vs night thing. How extreme is it? Are Keepers day blind like drow? Do Seekers have any night vision at all or are they like humans in that regard? Unless I decide to just go with a plain regular character the ideas I have are: 1) Seeker of the Sun Privateer. There is that line about them often being drawn to pirate life so I changed it up a bit and went with privateer. 2) Seeker who helps push out his Nunhs territory. If I did this I might try to find a PC Nunh, if not I would go with an existing NPC nunh or just write one up in my back story. 3)Keeper botanist/lumber worker/tradesman character. He gravitated towards this to stay away from the poaching stereotype. I would go with one of two ideas. The first being a group of males actually were poachers and he ended up breaking away from them somehow and decided to just completely stay away from that life. Or the group of men he traveled with was accused heavily of poaching by wood wailers and so they disbanded and went their separate ways and he decided he wouldn't ever risk that again and stayed as far away from hunting as possible. Currently my guild is sort of research expedition themed. With that in mind 1 and 3 could work well as those two lend towards taking jobs. Number 2 might be trickier to pull off in that scenario unless my Nunh is trying to go global or needs information for something or just requires a presence out in the world for trade and what not and I was chosen. Maybe I was a really good candidate to take him down and replace him so he sent me far away. Just looking for general feed back, ideas or people asking me the right questions to help me flesh out the idea and make a choice. Thanks for your time, sorry for the long post!

Takashi Katsumoto, Au Ra Conjurer. I figure if I am not a fan of the name or race I can change it at a later time, I just wanted to get into the game. Loving it so far.

Your review is pretty much why I chose Matteus, thanks for replying. I cant send tells or do any of that stuff with a free account, but I am sure I will go pay to play soon if I enjoy the game. Got a couple friends playing too. Decided on conjurer, going to go White mage or scholar. Friends wanted to start as lancers so I did Conjurer to start in Grid. Played with character creation for hours. Technically didn't accomplish anything but it was a blast. Sadly I liked everything too much so I couldnt land on a race. Maybe tomorrow.

Generally my first night for a game is spent in character creation. I really like what I see which is making the decision hard. Probably wont actually play until tomorrow sometime. Right now running on the free trial so communication is hard but bumping into people is always great, its why I play MMOs over anything else.

Hi all! Been out of the MMO game for a bit, been bouncing around here and there to games for a few months and shifting. Play some Overwatch, HoTs, but not sticking with anything. I ruled out every other game but happened to run into someone in Neverwinter who praised the crap out of this game and it sounded right up my alley. Im looking to settle with an MMO and no longer wish to bounce around. Seems I came literally on the day of this server lock drama, so based off what I have read I will be starting on Mateus. Been MMOing since EQ was released, my only FF experience is with tactics and some of 7 (Quit when Aer died). Will edit/reply when I've made a character, just wanted to get the ball rolling with hellos. If anyone has any tips at all, whether it is RP or not feel free. Total noob when it comes to this game and I am very excited about that.