FallenVanguard

Altan Dotharl, my main. He's a Dragoon with dreams of fame to last the ages. Sadly I don't know how to take the same nice screenshots without any of the UI stuff up (noob alert).

Hi there! I've madea couple of connections here so far, but I'm still fairly new! I only have one account on Balmung, so I'm mostly going to advertise him here, but I have 3 other accounts I might transfer to Balmung in a couple weeks if nothing turns up for them before then, but I'll list them here too! Well, here we go. Iwant you all to try and forgive this post's length in advance You can contact me on any of these characters in game or you can message me on here. Other contact points, such as AIM or Skype, are available upon request. Altan Dotharl Sex: Male Race & Clan: Au Ra, Xaela Server: Balmung Personality: Altan is a confident but serious fellow. He has a solid head on his shoulders and can read situations quite well. He's sociable and usually a pretty up beat fellow, though he can get a bit moody and withdrawn when he's deep in thought. Altan's confidence can get the better of him on ocassion and he can be a bit of a show off, but all in all he's a “good guy”. Altan has taken to the life of an Eorzean adventurer quite well, and enjoys adventuring and exploring new areas. Altan actively looks for challenges, particularly challenges to his combat prowess. However he's not a daredevil and actually dislikes recklessness, preferring to have a battle plan beforehand. Getting into a rushed, chaotic situation will tick him off at first, but once the going gets tough Altan's Dotharl heritage starts to show itself, and he begins to thrive in the chaos. When put into a bad mood Altan doesn't hesitate to voice his irritance and even has a sarcastic streak. Altan has a tactical mind but struggles a bit to see the bigger picture, which means he stresses when he feels he has to be a leader because he's aware of this flaw. He actively yearns to fix this flaw. Altan wants to leave his mark somewhere, somehow, in history. His ideal method of accomplishing this would be to take over the Dotharl tribe and lead them to even further greatness. However Altan realized that he needed experience and greater combat prowess if he wanted to accomplish this, and left to go hone himelf on his own in Eorzea. Though he says this it is still his goal to return to his homeland and take over the tribe, Altan's fondness for Eorzea grows everyday. Altan wants to do something extraordinary and doesn't see the value in doing ordinary things for ordinary people, as he doesn't see how that would make him famous throughout history. However, to Altan's chagrin, he does have a kind heart and struggles with ignoring the plights of others. He'll cuss them out and complain for a bit, but he'll never back down from protecting the innocent or the weak, even if he'd gain nothing from it. He's a mercenary, hiring himself out to fight strong opponents or face great challenges for those that have some method of payment (or free, if he thinks the challenge is worthy of him) but doesn't really enjoy working in groups because HE wants to get reknown on his own first. Trivia: -Altan is very attracted to female Roegadyn. Their natural physical prowess and sturdy bodies are appealing to him, as he would prefer his women to be near his level in fighting ability and strength, and on average female Roes meet that criteria more than any other race -Altan is proficient in sword and shield, greatsword, and axe fighting but specializes in lances. All other forms of combat are unknown to him. -Altan suffers from thalassophobia, fear of the ocean/open water, and despite his attempts to conquer this fear it hasn't seemed to fade yet -Out of admiration and growing love for his home away from home, Gridania, Altan lends his strength to the Twin Adders Main RP areas: Altan calls Gridania his home in Eorzea, though he often travels to Coerthas to further hone his skills as a dragoon. However his still an adventurer and has been seen across all of Eorzea Evelynn Bradford Sex: Female Race & Clan:Hyur, Midlander Server: Sargatanas Personality: Evelyn Bradford, formerly known as Evelyn Aschdenne, is a former noble lady of Ishgard. As long as things are going according to plan, Evelyn's attitude is always graceful, never blaspheming and displaying a beauty similar to that of a swan. She can weave her way through conversations with practiced elegance and displays a higher level of education when she speaks. Evelyn prefers that most people see this side of her, as she was raised to behave as such in nearly any situation. Of course, when with someone she's close with, alone, or if she's angered, this side of her personality cracks. Beneath that facade Evelyn's voice raises to loud volumes, her graceful expressions turn to less-than graceful frowns, and her shrewd, arrogant, bossy, perfectionistic tendencies can come to light. Even then both of these sides of her personality make up the entirety of the young noble, along with many other traits, but this particular rift in her personality was caused by the stress of her balancing her personal pleasures, her emotions, and her duties as a noble for the majority of her life. Evelyn is cunning and clever, shown in how she was able to survive and thrive in the political intrigue that surrounded Ishgard. She will say that she follows the religion of her country, but only knows enough to pass off as a worshipper of Halone. While she truly does consider Halone her patron diety Evelyn prefers facts, science, and logic over faith anyday of the week. She can come off as haughty and cold, when she's not incensed, but despite it all she does mean well for anyone she cares about. It should be noted that Evelyn enjoys teasing others, playing with their emotions in a harmless manner, but she tends to take opponents more seriously. She especially enjoys teasing serious people and men that she's come to crush on, as a distant method of flirting. Because she desires to return to wealth and potentially nobility itself once again, Evelyn does not tolerate excessive spending. However, she knows that such spending of money in meaningful ways is hugely beneficial. One subject Evelyn avoids discussing is the high possibility of a political marriage to raise her family's status. She has a high elitism attitude as a former noble and has always seen others from above, but does try not to look down too hard on commoners. After all, she's a noble no longer. Evelyn is bitter about the fate of her family and noble house, harboring a grudge towards the Holy See and thoughts of vengeance as well. Trivia: -Evelyn hates all alcohol but loves the taste of fine wine, and is very bad at handling her wine at that -Evelyn is highly talented mage in every area but a failure at other forms of combat, resulting in her figure being rather soft despite how slim she is -Evelyn will not accept any suitors that lack the intelligence to match her own wit, and tends to prefer other Hyur or Elezen over any other race Main RP areas: Evelyn is studying arcanima in Limsa Lominsa at the moment, but as she doesn't have a set home in Eorzea she tends to travel between the three city states a fair bit. Brave Shine Sex: Female Race & Clan:Roegadyn, Hellsguard Server: Jenova Personality: Brave Shine is loud and not afraid to get in someone's face. She's crude with how she speaks and how she acts, the type of girl to snort in derision and roll her eyes when she sees something she doens't like. Brave has no problem saying what she feels or thinks, for better or for worse, but she does have a habit of teasing and insulting others including those she may consider to be friends. When she can't solve an issue with her harsh words or dismissive insults, she's more than willing to get her fists or her sword involved. Brave likes to keep a tough front, which includes not getting too close to others. She's vocal and social enough but she doesn't really open up to anybody unless she's gotten very close to them. A funny quirk of hers is that she doesn't like bullying or bullies, and she's more likely to turn her aggression on them than anything else. As for others she tends not to be TOO aggressive or mean to them, at least not intentionally, though sometimes if she's in a mood she will lash out on them. If you do managed to become friends with Brave, you'll find that you have a friend who will fearlessly stand up for you no matter what. All of your enemies become her enemies, unless she thinks you've made an enemy over stupid reasons. She's also very competitive and has a deep passion for winning/succeeding at whatever she sets out to do. Brave has a love for gold, having spent quite some time impoverished, and works hard to earn what she has. However she drinks away quite a bit of what she earns. Behind her tough exterior, Brave is still a bullied little girl. She has trouble's showing her empathy towards others and is pretty useless at helping someone through a difficult time or event in their life, making her awkward to open up to or cry around. This is because she feels that, if she empathizes with someone, she'll wind up looking weak. Brave is too proud and too afraid to show any weakness to anyone and will lock away her insecurities as best as she can. Trivia: -Brave believes she can only like men that are as strong as she is, and as such prefers larger males such as other Roes, Highlanders, and Au Ra. -Brave is a combat goddess with a sword, shield, and heavy armor, but she's taken up the axe as well. Brave is also looking to learn some basic white magic to keep herself going in a fight. Main RP areas: Brave Shine spends the vast majority of her time in and around Ul'dah, but will travel under the right circumstances. She does have a bit of fondness for Limsa Lominsa, as well Saran Borlaaq Sex: Female Race & Clan: Au Ra, Xaela Server: Jenova Personality: Saran is, above all else, quite self-confident. It borders on arrogance, but she makes a point not to be mean about it. Rather than put others down and make them feel beneath her she shines on her own, and would honestly prefer raise people to her level. This confidence and security in her own skin is such that she has very little shame and modesty, and is quite hard to embarass. The faults that she is aware of she owns and admits to, and constantly strives to further improve herself. While not the type to talk down to others directly, unless they are rude to her or her friends, Lux does have a bit of a haughty attitude. Saran's got quite the sharp tongue and is great at insulting those that offend her. Her emotions are quick to rise, as well. However she has the best interest of her loved ones at heart and can keep herself calm and composed through the most trying of circumstances if it is for their sake. Unlike others whose ambitions are for fame and glory, Saran's ambitions are simply to be the best she can be. She isn't as adverse to helping ordinary people with ordinary problems as she thinks it's the approval of the masses that really counts. Saran is, in reality, a very kind person. She trains hard simply because, to her, battle is a form of “art” and a skill that she has learned, so it would be a waste to not push herself to the absolute limit. Saran is not too flirty but acknowledges that she's considered quite the beauty. She is very quick to decide on whether or not she likes a suitor, and if she does then she will flirt back. However it is hard to recover from a bad first impression if you aim to be a suitor of any kind, but she might forgive you to become a friend. Trivia: -Saran has high standards in only a few areas for her suitors, but so long as they meet the criteria with one of them she'll happily indulge them. They must either be very attractive, very skilled, very intelligent, or of high status where they are from. She had absolutely no preference for any race over the next -Saran trains in hand-to-hand combat and archery but little else. Her archery is mostly used for hunting but she has practiced it enough for combat as well -Saran may view battle as an art but she is a bit of a sadist, and revels in the pain of her enemies Main RP areas: Saran travels Eorzea but prefers Ul'dah and Gridania over anywhere else Well, there you have it. Sorry for the 2000+ words . I hope to be rping with you guys soon

Hi there! Welcome to the forums!

Hey there! I'll look you upon my Balmung character, Altan Dotharl. You seem like you'd be fun to rp with and I'm also new to FF XIV rping I don't have any character pages up (I'm going to work on that soon) but I can tell you about Altan when we make contact

Server: Sargatanas (Potentially Balmung) Noble House Name: Aschdenne Pledging/Related/Serving to High House: Durendaire Description: A minor house formed when a Hyur thaumaturge by the name of Adalwulf Aschdenne proved a valuable ally during a small crisis involved a member of House Durendaire. As a reward Adalwulf was granted minor nobility, and the house continued to produce a lineage talented in magic. Destroyed about a decade ago on accusations of heresy. Included Races: Hyur Midlander Existing Members: Evelyn Bradford (has abandoned the Aschdenne name as a safety pre-caution) Footnotes: If one wishes you can send me a PM if you want to rp as another exiled/surviving Aschdenne. Evelyn's brother, mother, and father were all executed on account of their heresy and she just managed to escape. What the house lacked in skilled warriors they made up for in prodigious mages.

Altan suffers from thalassophobia (fear of the ocean/deep, open water) and as such can be anxious if he's on a boat. He hates that he has this fear and, try as he might, it never seems to go away. Evelynn detests all forms of alcohol except for wine, and the only wines she likes are the oldest, most expensive kinds. If the price is high enough the flavour doesn't matter, because fine wines remind her of home.

Altan doesn't care, because the glass is weaker than he is regardless of how full or empty it is. Evelynn needs to know the value of the glass. If it's some shoddy, cheap thing then she wants nothing to do with it. If it's expensive, then it doesn't matter what's inside of it. Bonus points if it's good wine that resides in it. In that case the glass better be damn full

Altan: Altan values strong women. They don't necessarily have to be as buff as he is, but he's not overly fond of the dainty look. He also likes women that are near his own impressive height, so he doesn't have to break his neck just to look at them. Because of this he finds himself rather...intrigued by female Roegadyns. The height of the Elezen but less dainty on average. He does find other races aside from Roes attractive, though. He likes bright coloured eyes over dark colours, and prefers medium hair over long or short. Either way Altan isn't very shallow. So long as they are physically appealing enough, they need only have a personality he resonates strongly with, most likely a female that is competitive and can push him further and harder. Evelynn: Evelynn, unlike Altan, is rather shamelessly shallow. She views herself as a very attractive young woman and, as such, won't take an interest in someone she doesn't view as "near her level". She likes men taller than she is and muscled in some way. If not buff they must be very toned and fit, and she actually prefers it that way. If a relationship is to come of this they must also be intelligent enough to keep up with her. Evelynn won't tolerate a long-term relationship with a simpleton, even if he's as hunky as they come. Evelynn SAYS that she prefers Hyur males, and she does like them, but Evelynn is open to just about every race that isn't Lalafell (too short) or Roegadyn (far too big). Elezen are a particular love/hate for her, a temptation she hates that she has. Mi'qote and Au Ra are lower on her list of races she does like, with Hyur and Elezen topping it.

I. Basic Info Characters: 1. Altan Dotharl (Balmung) 2. Evelynn Bradford (Sargatanas) 3.Brave Shine (Jenova) 4. Saran Borlaaq (Jenova) Primary character: Altan Dotharl (Currently) Linkshells: None Primary RP linkshell: None [*] II. RP Style [*] Amount of RP (light, medium, heavy): [*] Medium-heavy. I'm a fairly deep rper and prefer things to be story driven. I like there to be good reasons for why my characters are where they are, and as such their travel habits and homelands will dictate how available they are for rps, for example. [*] Views on RP combat and injuries: [*] It depends on the situation and the scenario. Talk to me about it first, otherwise I'm cool with anything that isn't death or dismemberment. [*] Views on IC romance: [*] If it happens it happens. Both Altan and Evelynn are single but both are very different characters too. If one finds love or romance of any kind, great, and if the other doesn't, still great. So long as the attraction and romance makes sense for their character then I'm all for it. [*] Views on non-romantic RP: [*] Immediate Family: Possibly for Altan, No for Evelynn Extended Family: Possibly for Altan, No for Evelynn Friends/travel companions: Definite yes for both Even if I say "No" on some of these conditions, do keep in mind that it's not a complete guarantee. If you're honestly THAT interested and have a really good idea, then I might make it work. I only say "No" because I don't see how it could be possible. If you show me how and I agree with it then we could make it work. [*] Views on lore: [*] Though I still have much to learn about the lore I prefer to stick to it. Just seems safer and smarter. [*] Views on chat functions (/say, /linkshell, etc.) [*] Say: IC Shout: IC Tell: OOC Whisper: OOC?(Depends?) Linkshell: Depends on the linkshell. Party: If it's established that it's an rp party then yes. If it's just Fate grinding or so on then no III. Other Info [*] Country: Canada [*] Timezone: EST [*] Contact Info: [*] Balmung: Altan Dotharl Sargatanas: Evelynn Bradford [*]Jenova: Brave Shine OR Saran Borlaaq, whichever is online [*]My AIM and Skype are available upon request, and of course you could send me a message on here

If it stops being fun and starts becoming actual "work". Like, if you feel obligated to continue an rp but you aren't enjoying it, that's when you should consider if you're involved in too many. If it becomes overwhelming then try to cut back

Awesome! Thank you very much for the confirmation

Welcome aboard friend! The people here are quite nice, so feel free to ask any questions

My main character is a bit of a weapons expert, forgoing many classes and only using ones that use melee weapons (Dragoon, Marauder, Gladiator, and eventually Dark Knight). So I wanted to make an alt that uses magic and I have a pretty solid idea on her character, so I just wanted to do a quick check. Would it be possible to have a character from a noble house of Ishgard that was destroyed on accusations of heresy?

With me it depends on a few things. I often enjoy characters developing differently than intended, in fact I rarely have too much of their development set in stone save some key changes in their beliefs, ideals, work ethics, etc. Aside from that I let their rps develop them and wind up pleasantly surprised nearly always. This sort of "unexpected development" is something I actually enjoy and thus not an issue. Now, if a character is just straight up de-railed, I need to find out why they are the way they are and how they came to be that way. Am I just screwing up when I play them? Have I disconnected from their personality? Or has their personality slowly shifted not because of development but for other reasons? If that's the case I would typically just sort of rework and tweak the character a bit...typically. In an rp like this, where I literally PLAY this character both as roleplay and as a video game avatar of sorts, well, it would feel odd for me to just go and rework them out of the blue. I'd probably do my best to find a way to make their derailment make sense in their story, like...well, I actually can't think of an example. They got possessed? If I can't then...huh, I don't know. I'd probably just go with the rework and act like nothing had happened.

Altan prefers simple garb, such as his old Au Ri outfit. Anything loose and light works for him. Those are only for rest days, or days he spends alone. Otherwise he likes the look of his Dragoon armour. It's also light compared to some of his other gear, though a bit tight as well.

Altan could use a bit of work on his axe skills, if you'd have him

I just transferred over as well

I'd also be interested in rping . Still gotta work on the wiki page for my character later tonight, at least start it

You can add Altan Dotharl

I'll keep you in mind when I finish making my character, as she looks really fun, if you don't mind that he'll be a noob

When I first started playing FF XIV none of the races appealed to me THAT much. It wasn't that I disliked any of them, just that none of them really grabbed my attention. Since I'm quite often a human in nearly every other video game I play (not MMOs, just video games in general) I tend to avoid them, so Hyur was off the list right off the bat (or so I thought) In retrospect I probably would have gone with a Duskwight Elezen had I looked a bit closer at them, but I think I saw the Wildwoods and was sort of unimpressed. I can't remember why, because I'm actually rather fond of Duskwights now, but Elezen as a whole didn't strike my fancy. Lalafell...I enjoy seeing them, and seeing others play them, but unless I got a character idea that specifically required a character to BE a Lalafell I'd have no real desire to play as one. They're the race I'm least likely to make a character for. The Mi'qote seemed fun back then and they seem fun now. I thought of being a badass cat dude, and I won't lie and say I don't like Mi'qote women but I dunno, it wasn't enough of a grab. As for Roe, well, they are badass, but I never liked making characters THAT buff. And I knew for certain I wanted my first character to be male because I was a male. That's usually how I roll, make on main male character and then a couple females later on, maybe one more male. So I cycled back up to Hyur and discovered Highlanders, and picked one. Highlanders reminded me of Scottish Highlands, which is quite literally what helped me make that decision. Of course, this was before the introduction of the Au Ra. A reptillian/draconic race that still looks somewhat human and has scales, tails, and horns? Yeah, sign me up for that. Au Ra are easily my favourite race now, and my first RP focused character will indeed be an Au Ra male.

Honestly I just went and applied for a server transfer now lol . Figured I'd transfer my one character over and make my new characters once the transfer is complete.

Hey everyone! So, when I check out world selection on my copy of ARR, neither Balmung nor Gilgamesh appear at all. I'm assuming this means that they're full, and since I've never seen them on the list, they're full very often. In that case does anyone know of, is part of, or runs a good community on another NA server? I'd love to make a fresh character and jump into rping with some people, I'd just like to make sure I'm going where the people are. You know, like Ariel .

Ahh okay, so if Balmung and Gilgamesh are full I can just use another one then. Thank you

Thank you very much for the welcome! However I did just realize that, sadly, the two servers here are European and I'm from NA