Weiss

For me it started around the same reason.. well, more or less the same. I started on forum based RolePlay which Theme I can't remember. It was all in English which made me struggle very much (I'm native Portuguese and my English skills back then were worse than now) and since my English would look "funny", I got bullied there and moved to one where I could write in Portuguese. That forum For me, it started around the same reason.. well, more or less the same. I started on forum based RolePlay which Theme I can't remember. It was all in English which made me struggle very much (I'm native Portuguese and my English skills back then were worse than now) and since my English would look "funny", I got bullied there and moved to one where I could write in Portuguese. That forum was a Naruto RP forum hosted on forumeiros, and it started really bad as my writing skills weren't good. I would write without descriptions and if I did they used to be short and didn't cover anything like surroundings nor the other player character. I would also add emotes to my character dialogues instead of describing them, sounding something like [Weiss: "This is a good coffee :3"]. Little by little my writing skills started to improve and before I was able to notice it, around 3 or 4 years had passed since I joined in. It has been a while since the forum closed and one day, after beating heavenward, I got curious about trying RP on FFXIV and despite being quite different than a forum based RP It's something I don't regret at all doing. I like to check Lore, both for my character concept as well as for the lore as a whole.

Sorry for the double post (I dunno how bump/post update is seen since I didn't saw it in the rules x,x) but I finally came up with everything for my character. As I far as I know I didn't do anything against the lore, didn't mention anything that wasn't already confirmed neither did lore assumption, and I think it came out a balanced character. I've added everything to the wiki. If there is anything that isn't on the lore, I'll change it right away. Thank you to all of the people who posted in here and for all the advice that was given as well as lore info provided :3

Hello and welcome! Mateus, for what I've seen lately, has been an option since Balmung became congested. I didn't know Gilgamesh was congested too, but beside this three servers Omega is emerging as a RP server and recently I've found out two RP FC on Cerberus, as long as some people willingly to do it.

I've been rethinking a lot of the background for my character and I've decided to leave behind a lot of the stuff I wrote at first. I was thinking at first about adding a low power of the Echo to easily understand other languages but decided to not go through with it since I think it can give me more space for some fun RP (the character coming from other country and all (and my own english skills aren't good)). I also quit the Alphinaud idea; maybe in the future they can ''meet'' (not directly, but weiss seeing him but nothing more then that) but I won't let it be something that was pre-established by past events that are only written. But every single of the info is always good to know and I thank you for all the information provided, it will be of great help in the future! I decided to make the starting point in Othard/Hingashi but I avoided to mention anything that wasn't already revealed in 4.0 (or at least I really tried >_<"). That said, I made a new summary list about the background. I think that there is still some clichés on it but not as much as before, and things are more balanced then before (or not.. i can be mistaken.. u,u) I was planing in making him learn an Eorzean art of war, namely the art of being a Paladin. But I don't know if I can jump straight to it without going through Gladiator or if that was even plausible in terms of RP. If I remember it correctly, the lvl30 Job Quest for Paladin stated that they were willing to share their arts to anyone interested and with a bit of commitment to it, without the need to quit adventuring, becoming a free Paladin instead. He wouldn't become an adept user from the start and would need to spend a lot of time practicing it. His age in there might not be final and I might change it, so pay no mind to it >_< (edit2.0: it now is) edit1: i read some threads and some lore tumblrs linked in those threads, and fro what I could understand jobs and classes aren't connected, meaning if there is a plausible reason for my character to learn paladin without going through gladiator, it's not only normal but also possible and coherent : D And I think this is it. edit2.1: I posted everything about his story in spoiler.

Hello and welcome to the forums I had a similar problem coming from Shiva, then to Excalibur and now in Cerberus. I hope you have fun!

I didn't know about the Malaguld tribe, thank you! (there were so many Xaela tribes back then when i checked them some time ago that I might have missed or even forgotten some of them x.x). I know it's weird but I can better picture my character if I develop his background first; when i made quick campaigns in both D&D and WoD I was always presented in the character sheet with the background of the character I would be playing with (alongside other info), and even on RP forums (the ones I played at) one of the things that would need to be created before my character could be accepted was the background, so that kinda stuck on me and it's one of the things I always try to do first n.n" This in turn also gives me a better grasp about the personality, traits, reasons for him to do what he does and the way he does, etc u.u

To tell the truth, I never thought about the possibility of coming from Hingashi, settle in Eorzea and choose a name that would fit Eorzean culture. Most of the backstory just happened because I panicked with his non-convencional name and decided to fill every single gap to justify it... Thank you for showing me the other solution that is far more simple then what I have come with. The reason I mention learning Paladin, Warrior, etc, etc, was also me rushing thing to feel the gaps and to try to make the adoption thing less forced, now I can tone down everything about it and make it having just 2 jobs (one hingashi and one eorzean) or simply just one. I feel a lot free to dwell in his background now and think of something unique, thanks to you two! About the twins thing, Schwarz would never been a character that someone would be able to normally interact with, he's more of a background character (although I did create it in-game some months ago to see how much I could mimic my character but in Xaela (mostly because the skin color pallet is different between both clans)), but I see what you mean. I'll have to spend sometime around that to make it less cliché as possible (although i did fancy the eye and horn things x) ). I would also need to research about how a mixed Au Ra race would be seen by both sides (I'm seeing Raens accepting it more easily then Xaela, the only exception being if both twins could prove that they are capable fighters). I can simply do it on the side and think about it as the RP goes, like both of you advised (not with this in specific but about doing something simple to start with and develop it as the story goes) About the WoL, that's what I had thought, I was just curious about how was it looked at since if everyone went with it, it would end up being a re-tell of a story but with different characters. The same goes for the event of MSQ, since I wasn't sure if they are usually treated as cannon (what I mean with this is if they are normally mentioned, if people usually say they took part of it in any way, etc). The only thing I had in mind is some kind of connection with Alphinaud, but now that I found another way to make the background for Weiss, he might not even be mentioned (which makes me more relieved in some way since it feels to me a great responsibility using a key NPC). Thanks for all the advises and sorry if I seem to over complicate things... I tend to do it a lot, more then what I would like to do, since I usually overthink everything when it comes to character building and end up with... well, the mess it was the first post.

Hello! Although I already have a general idea of what I want to do with my character, I’m still facing some problems. There are just tiny details that I’m not able to grasp or to conclude in my own mind. I’m new to RPing into a MMORPG and even knowing a lot (or at least much) of FFXIV lore, there are yet things that I’m not yet familiar with. That said, my question is not lore related but can be indirectly connected to it. Before I jump into it I have to say sorry in advance, both for my poor English skills and for a general lack of knowing how to put my thoughts into words without sounding confusing (I tend to over explain and complicate things up). This is just some “background” events and you don’t need to read it if you don’t want to, I’m just putting this here to help me follow a line of thinking... My character is an Au Ra but that wasn’t always the case. When I started 2.0 I started as an Elezen character and even though I wanted to make my name lore friendly, I wasn’t too much familiar with the lore itself. Sure I played 1.0, but thanks to my pc being a potato back then I couldn’t play much of it, let alone enjoy the lore and the world for what it was. I spent literally an hour trying to find a name that would fit my own character but I committed an error: I used German for one of the names, hence ended up with “Weiss Loire”, Weiss because I wanted to be an Arcanist back then and they use Grimoires and I was into NieR RepliCant back then and there is a character named Grimoire Weiss, and Loire because of Laguna Loire from Final Fantasy VIII is one if my favorite characters in the series and video games in general and just keeping his Surname didn’t seem to me, and still doesn’t, something wrong. I ended up going with that name, even if it wasn’t 100% right. Then 3.0 arrived and with it came the new race, the Au Ra, and I immediately fell in love with it and used my 1st-month Fantasy to change into it. I read the lore we got at the start for it, spent a ton of time reading name conventions both for Raen and Xaela, decided to go as a Raen and after deciding a name I wanted to have, I couldn’t do it; I was too attached to Weiss Loire, and still am, even though it’s not conventional both because of the race and the continent where it came from. With that explanation out of the way, I’m going to leave some key points about what I already though doing with my character. I’m also putting a very quick resume of his background till now, leaving out some details, people etc. - He´s adopted by two Elezen (in order to explain why he doesn’t have an Auri kind of name). - He haves a twin brother who happens to be a Xaela (while Weiss is a Raen) - Twin brother name is Schwarz Weiss (I know, until know it’s just clichés) - The names are obviously linked to the color of the horns, and for Weiss hair being white and Schwarz being black, but I also thought that the “warz” part in Schwarz sounds like “war” which is a trait in the Xaelas who are “always” fighting. - Both twins have odd eyes of the same color but on opposite sides: while Weiss’s right eye is Yellow and his left eye is Blue, Schwarz is the complete opposite having yellow in his left eye and blue on his right eye. - The colors of the eyes are a representation of Azim and Nhaama. It’s merely symbolic. - Both know they are adopted and, as expected, have opposite personalities (I didn’t think much more of Schwarz background so I’m going to leave him on the side for now). - Weiss lived in Limsa Lominsa and started as an Arcanist because of his parent’s influences, but what he always wanted was to be someone capable of defending others. He ran from home, after facing the opposition of his father, and headed to Ul’dah with all his savings ending up joining the gladiator guild, learning the ways of the sword and eventually becoming paladin later on, a job he still loves to this day. When he wasn’t able to learn anything more of it, and filling there was much more he could learn, he moved back to Limsa (without telling to his parents) in order to learn the way of the marauders. Not only did he do it but he also enlisted in The Maelstrom, something that his parents eventually found out. After a long conversation they eventually made up and they confessed a secret they have been keeping away from both twins, the secret of their adoptions, something that was well known by the brothers since the Au Ras and Elezen aren’t slightly similar. His marauder career made him follow the path of the warrior, where Weiss learned to control his Inner Beast. - He will travel later to Hingashi after learning of the samurai and their way of the sword and their discipline, hoping to learn about it. Now for the questions about his creation x.x - My character learned how to draw since he was very little and I was hoping to somehow mention Alphinaud in it, if possible. I would need to examine all the possibilities before reaching a conclusion and Alphi might not even end up being mentioned at all, but in terms of RP how plausible would be to mention him. - For that matter how much of a stretch would it be to mention any of the Scions? Was it even something normally done in an RP? I’m confused with this since in the game the main story makes us the MC of it, being the warrior of light and someone everyone starts to look up for guidance, but I imagine RP making us someone who look at the Warrior of Light, right? Or is it normal for people to RP as ONE of the Warrior of Light? Sorry about this question, but I’m a bit confused with it and the place my character should have in the story; it doesn’t make sense to me self-proclaiming me the Warrior of Light if there is only one. Or maybe I’m just overthinking it... - How is the MSQ usually seen at the RP community? How do people react to those events, how do they place themselves, etc? - How normal is for people having the Echo in RP? Is it always the same type of Echo manifestation? (I know krile’s is different from ours in the main game, but I don’t know all the manifestations of the echo, for instance x.x) - The reason for my character to travel to Hingashi would be something like: “After his training in art of the warrior, he traveled the land to help adventurers and people in need, and to also broaden his horizons, eventually arriving in Ishgard. He spent some time there and one day he found a strange soul stone in his bag. Although he doesn’t know it, it’s a DRK soul stone.” I don’t know how farfetched is it for one to pop up in the middle of his bags, and I don’t know how normally that soul stone is given. And even if it was plausible for one to appear just in his bag, I wouldn’t know how to explain how he would know that soul stone belong to the Dark Knights (I know soul stones have the memories of past users in them, but I don’t know how much is given to the new ones). I wanted his moving to Hingashi be because he felt part of himself starting to be lost to the soul stone. This trip to his homeland would be as a reconnect to his past since both Xaela and Raen clan are from Hingashi originally. Sorry for a long post and if something seemed confused...

Hello Whimsy and welcome! I for one don't know much where Lore can be seen, aside from the wikia, the official Lore Book (Encyclopedia Eorzea) and the ingame quest messages, but i think you can check some of it in here.

Thank you Maril! :3

I would be interested in joining in! If you don't mind a newbie RP'er, that is.. My IGN is Weiss Loire

Hello! My name is Weiss and although I’ve been playing since 1.0 it was not before 2.0 that I official got really into it. Not because of the issues it had before ARR but because my pc couldn’t handle the game to begin with |: I Got into MMORPG thanks to Ragnarok Online and that eventually expanded to Guild Wars (both 1 and 2), Final Fantasy XI, Aion, etc until I reached FFXIV, which is my favorite by far. As far as RPG’s are concerned my first one was Final Fantasy (I) and then, some years later, Final Fantasy IX, then VI, VII, and VIII (I ended up playing all the others some years later. Another reference RPG I have is Shadow Madness (a guilty pleasure to this very day), Front Mission 3, Persona and Shin Megami Tensei series, .hack// series, as wells as Drakengard and Nier series. I have others, but I think those are enough for now... Currently, I’m hooked on Granblue Fantasy. I’m not very experienced in Role Playing, even though I played some DnD and WoD quick campaigns in a RolePlay/Boardgame event that’s annually held in my country. I did make some RP’s in an old forum but I only used European Portuguese since it was a general Portuguese (both Brazilian and European) centered around a specific theme with original characters. I ended up learning some RP terminology in there, like IC, OOC, Auto-Hit, God-mode, etc. I got curious about RP in FFXIV when I saw a user player in Cerberus using the RP icon and decided to try it by myself. I did know about RP communities since Aion, but it wasn’t until recently that it picked my interest. Nice to meet you all! The introduction post came out longer than expected. I’m sorry if something seemed confusing, my English isn’t that good... I think. Oh! I get easily distracted, even by simplest things, so if I take time to answer to anything, I’m sorry in advance! :moogle: