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Here's Rocky looking uncharacteristically super serious. Also! Here's a WIP of Rocky and Aysun dancing together. :3

I love cultures with unique takes on gender roles and such, so I was immediately attracted to the miqo'te, especially the Seekers of the Sun. I developed some head-canon about it the more I thought about how it would apply to my character, R'aqsha Nunh. I'll try to explain how it works in his "pride"... I use the word pride because "clan" is already taken by the Seeker / Keeper thing and "tribe" is used to separate the groups by their totem, but I like to subdivide it further for a few reasons: I don't want to step on anybody's toes if they happen to play an "R'name" miqo'te as well and their ideas for their family and mates are different. Miqo'te are still pretty antisocial so it makes sense if they'd keep to smaller groups. So it seems unrealistic to me that Miqo'te would stick together in big tribes based on their totem. I see tribes as a somewhat loose network of bloodlines and their offshoots as well as their following of their particular totem - in their case, Raptor. They know each other, and maybe they have a yearly get-together "family reunion" type event, but otherwise keep to themselves. Females are somewhat dominant over males in his pride. To be a nunh is an honor, and he must impress each and every woman - namely, by besting any other man who wants to also be a nunh. I also think personality and physical attractiveness factor into it - in my mind, the girls are making all the decisions and they aren't going to want to mate with a guy that has a terrible personality or something, even if he can physically overpower another man. It includes social graces, physical attractiveness and physical strength. I feel like the Keepers are probably decidedly MORE matriarchal, but to say Seekers aren't at all would be odd. There is such an imbalance of males being born that it probably naturally occurs. At present, R'aqsha's tribe consists of about 25 miqo'te, with him and 5 other guys, 2 of which are nunh (him and one other). They each have 10 designated females each who have chosen which of the boys they favor. Many of the girls are sisters, descended from a recently deceased matriarch of their pride. There is currently quite a bit of tension / hullabaloo about deciding which of the women is going to assume the role as "leader". That said, I consider my character and his pride more "tribal" than what most other miqo'te RPers seem to be doing, just 'cause I actually really like that RP. Doesn't really imply savagery / dirtiness to me - I just like exploring different cultures and lifestyles. They hang out in cities but they keep to themselves and their traditions - their only real interaction with other races and such is their performances (they are basically a travelling dance / entertainment troupe), because that is how they earn their gil. Hopefully this makes sense. I really need to commit it to paper (well, the wiki or something) in his profile, but those are my thoughts right now.

I think the Roegadyn (I keep wanting to type Rogue-adin u_U as in rogue-paladin) females are absolutely stunning! But I am a sucker for a physically imposing woman... and I think it's pretty crap they aren't closer to the top of "most popular to play." But I can understand why, I guess. Still, I love my alt. She's tall, strong, and generally all around badass. Meet Kirzwyda Fedargeimwin:

Why not just K'err Tia / Nunh? Or, K'ehr / K'erh.

GOOD. There should always be naked men. We will get along famously.

Thanks everybody, for the nice comments! :love: And, yes, aha, naked manly men for the win, Gerik! Your art gave me courage to post my weird promiscuous drawing, actually.

He's a Sun Seeker actually. Thank you! Haha, there is very little that R'aqsha is self-concious about. Also, I cleaned up some doodles I did at work today!

Thanks so much! Yeah at first I didn't realize Miqo'te dudes could even have facial hair, but when I found it I was very excited. If only the models had body hair options like in GW2. Alas, I can pretend, and make my own art. I love a good 'rugged' man, as you put it, hahah.

Ahhh, my favorite part of joining a new forum - making an art thread! I love looking at people's stuff and joining in the fun. --- R'aqsha Nunh, male Miqo'te Seeker of the Sun, lancer. Slightly NSFW - implied nudity.

Ohhh, it seems she does. I may have to modify her name to include something about birds or feathers. Thanks!

Thank you!

Hello! I got my beta invite Friday, and so I've been putzing around in the game the past few days. Decided to see if there was some kind of RP community going on, and look! There is! Hooray. I'm not the fastest of levelers so I've only got two level 1s right now, spent most of my time in character creation. These are my two babbus so far: R'aqsha Nunh / Male Miqo'te / Seeker of the Sun / Lancer Kirzwyda Faezgeimwyn / Female Roegadyn / Sea Wolf / Pugilist I'm sure more will follow! About me... well, I've been RPing a long time! I like art, history, mythology, music. Besides that, I am currently working on a degree in Illustration and interning as a Textile / Home Artist for a department store chain. Pretty sweet. I think that's it... again, excited to be here! Feel free to pope me in game, I am in Gilgamesh, at least for now.