SkyShard

Oooh, how interesting! What days are you planning on doing this? I'd love to get one for Shino and her wife.

I'll sign on A Refugee Slaughter as Shino Senkatsu

Shino Senkatsu: Woman ditches family and friends to go be a traveling hobo in another country. She punches people along the way.

Unfortunately highly unlikely. During the time period when Eorzea still actively traded with Garlemald the Holy See of Ishgard did not export their chocobos, even to their allies. Chocobos were so rare outside the Holy See that it was predicted to be 1:1000 chocobos to people ratio. Even after the reformation of the Grand Companies following Eorzea's official declaration of war against the Empire, Ishgard only exported male chocobos to the Grand Companies so that there wasn't the possibility of breeding outside the See. This has obviously changed since the Calamity, as some Ishgardian breeders have started Gridanian and Ul'dahn breeding programs, but now Garlemald lacks Eorzean trade partners and would have to claim chocobos by force through incursions deep into Alliance territory. That assumes that the peoples outside of Eorzea even want to use chocobos when they have horses already and most Far Easterners claim the chocobo's smell is unbearable. More lore on chocobos can be found here! ___________________________ We do have lore that says when Garlemald takes over a territory, they only replace the governing head with a "chancellor" of their own, but that the day to day for that nation remains the same. Only nations who resist the Empire receive harsh treatments, like the Ala Mhigans. Though, according to Yugiri the Garleans treated the Domans harshly, which suggests that the city-state may have put up sufficient resistance to Garlemald during the initial invasion 25-30 years ago. More lore on Garlemald and the practices of the Garlean Empire can be found here! ___________________________ Jana already answered this, but Doma's rebellion was specifically timed following the death of the First Emperor of Garlemald, Solus zos Galvus. They hoped that in the ensuing chaos of the war of succession, Garlemald's forces would be distracted. They were not, as evidenced in Yugiri's quote above. More lore on Doma can be found here! Hope this helps! ^^ Lore-senpai noticed me. Thank you for the information! Definitely changing that Chocobo aspect now.

Yeah - for Doma, and Othard in general I assume, you're looking at horses. All the Domans in MSQ call chocobos "horsebirds" and complain about how bad they smell. Alrighty, I'll consider removing that little portion. The only reason I included that little snippet with the chocobo was because I RP'd Shino having a fear of Chocobos beforehand, to the point where she vehemently refuses to go near any of them. (Another point where RPing before having a background figured out biting me yet again). I'll probably figure something else out relating to that (Either dropping that trait or just make her dislike them by their smell) I didn't realize that The previous Emperor's death was what triggered the rebellion, so I'll adjust that too in the final draft I see, chances are I'll keep stuff like that vauge (How Domans were treated/specifics on their way of life under Garlean rule) down the line just in case Square elaborates more on the on-goings of Empire controlled nations (Hopefully in 4.0). Thank you guys for the input!

Hello everyone! Recently, I've gotten around to RPing more with an alt of mine, a Au Ra Raen named Shino Senkatsu. I've generally enjoyed RPing as her more than my Lalafell Thaumaturge as of late, however, I've never had much of a concrete background for her well after I've started RPing as her. I've had some loose concepts in mind but I've never RP'd her as much until very recently. The lack of a backstory for her would end up biting my butt and making things up as I go would end up very unpolished and confusing (A mistake that I've made early as I started RPing here, and to a lesser extent, Kukuna). I've taken the time to write up a backstory for her, but I want to make sure that things check out lore-wise or is plausible. Things to note: I realize that Chocobos are not native to Doma. However, with Doma being under the control of the Garlean Empire at the time, along with their contact/conflict with Eorzea, it's sounds plausible that the Empire would have obtained Chocobos either from Eorzean merchants that care more about profit, or those who were taken away by the Empire themselves for commercial/personal use. Or is it not plausible? Now then, this Garlean merchant. While Doma is indeed under the control of the Empire, we have no idea what it's like to be a country under their control (yet). I know that The Empire would conscript some from territories that they've taken into military service, however I would think that the common everyday people can still go on with their day to day lives. Possibly even trade within the Empire. Of course, maybe that's too optimistic of an outlook. Another point of contention would probably be the Doman conflict itself. All I (really) know of the conflict is that people rose up and rebelled after being empowered by the fact that Eorzea was able to resist the Empire for so long. They ended up losing because some Shinobi double crossed their own people in order to spare their villages. Doma burned for it and thus, Eorzea saw a massive flock of Domans and Au Ra taking refuge within. Is this more or less right or am I forgetting something? I'm sure there are more inconsistencies within her backstory that I've glossed over or not explained enough but I just want to make sure everything checks out and have those inconsistencies addressed. (Ooof...this ended up bigger than I thought)

I'll be signing on the event as Shino Senkatsu if there's any room or someone drops

I'll sign up for Papers, Trees!

*Slithers from the deep, dark, recesses of lurker status* *Slowly slithers back into the shadows.*

I'm interested in RPing with you as well! Kukuna is a traveling Thaumaturge that recently left the Thaumaturge's Guild in Ul'dah and became an adventurer in order to further her Thaumgatury arts. Having more mage connections won't hurt!

Damn, I missed it. I had something that I had to take care of irl today so I wasn't able to attend. Baaaah.

I'm definitely joining this!

I'm also stuck on T9 and have been searching for a group for a couple of weeks now. Starting to think I won't be able to make it to T13 before HW much less gain the i130 gear from it. I'm up for any groups that is willing to attempt it, though I am still relatively inexperienced in the fight.

I'm definitely interested in joining!

My character is always interested in researching magic with a fellow mage! I just jumped on the RP train so please feel free to send me a tell!

Skye Norvil is my Skype name. Feel free to add me!

Hello there! Long time FFXIV player here (Stretching way back to 1.0 Beta) but I'm considering transferring, or at the very least, creating a character over at Balmung in order to participate in the Roleplaying community and make new friends along with meeting some old/current ones who convinced me to jump over! I have some background experience in Roleplaying though I'm far from being excellent, I could always use more practice and advice on how I could better my characters and how I can Roleplay. This'll be my first time being part of such a large community! I hope to see you guys soon in game and RP with you all. Can't wait for the adventures, stories, and memories to come!