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Someone posted on reddit that their usps delivery of the lorebook went from Tennessee to Florida to Kentucky to Canada back to Kentucky. Several stops in Florida including Miami. Mine hasn't entered Canada yet. Still in Miami. Yup. Mine went through customs, then went back to the USA, then came back to Canada. Got to Toronto (where I live) and then promptly went back to the USA. It's in Toronto again, so maybe this time it'll stay.

We have so little lore regarding other regions that I really don't see why it would be an issue. Supposedly all the various races can be found just about everywhere (they're called the Wandering Tribes for a reason if I recall, right)? I imagine Thavnair is just as diverse as anywhere else, albeit on a smaller scale. It is an island nation after all.

Yeah, it was brutal seeing the shipping cost up here. =<

You bought next day delivery for when it actually ships. In December. No, that was a typo confirmed by SE. Considering it said december of NEXT YEAR, after all. And they won't actually take your money until preparing your product to directly ship, and while I don't know about Seriphyn, my money has been successfully transferred to SE. It originally said that the release date of the book was December of this year. The typo was that it wouldn't ship until December of next year. I know they confirmed the latter, but I wasn't aware that the had changed the former release date as well.

You bought next day delivery for when it actually ships. In December.

I'm under the assumption this is still a predominately Eorzean creation myth, correct? Has their been anything revealed in the lorebook regarding religions of other regions?

I hope that's a typo and they mean December 2016.

I'm really surprised the Goblet is the last to fill up.

Well that's the thing. I don't necessarily go against the idea of Keeper females entertaining several relationships at the same time, but I don't see how they would somehow do it more than other races. Because of Seekers and their harems maybe? Yeah, they are of the same race for sure. But that seems to me more about societal traditions rather than genetical ones no? So yeah, it's possible. Is it more frequent or a defining trait of the Keeper clans? I don't think so, or at least nothing to my eyes seems to hint in that direction... Ah well, perhaps the fact that they generally don't have lasting relationships (cf Masha's quote above), so since they don't envision relationships the same way, and see them as flirtatious and momentous relationships without commitment and years ahead in the future, then... maybe several at a time, as I said above, is a possibility, but considering how rare males showing up at the same time are... The thing is, you seem to think that lasting relationships are part of Keeper clans as well, and yet, everything I read in the lore seems to say otherwise, aka, brief relationships before the male leaves. As I said above I see nothing that prevents an odd, peculiar male to appear and who will pair with an equally odd, peculiar female... Especially in Keeper societies living in cities, where they probably see a lot more (sometimes recurring) males around...? But yeah, lore seems to go in the other direction. So are you suggesting Keepers don't have lasting relationships at all between men and women, then? (With the exception of familial ones: Mothers and sons, etc). I'd honestly accept everyone as queer. That's a good outcome, too. We also don't really know what constitutes brief. Is it a day? A week? A month? Anything not permanent? I guess the catch is that how we define monogamy, polyamory, and relationships is not necessarily the same as how Keepers would define them as such. From an outside perspective (that is, as a human player looking at the structure) it looks like a type of polyamory to me, but not to you! And that's okay! We just interrupted the same scrapes of lore slightly differently.

I guess that depends on how you view both the dynamics of Keeper families and polyamory both? There's a lot of scenarios: A Keeper woman with a primary partner that remains with the family and who has multiple other traveling partners who she has had children with; A Keeper woman with a primary partner who travels as well as multiple other traveling partners she has had children with; A Keeper woman without a primary partner at all, yet various traveling partners she has had children with. Any scenario where multiple, consenting partners are involved and who all know there are multiple partners involved would be polyamory, no? Of course, I'm working under the assumption said couplings with a goal of children are actual relationships and not one-offs (which would indeed happen as well). Polyamory isn't necessarily physically at the same time. Keeper Woman has children with Keeper Man 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6. Three and five were one-night stands and accidental children. One, two, four, and six she is in relationships with and cares deeply for. That'd be a type of polyamory. And that's only considering heterosexuality! The nice thing though is that since we have so little lore, and Keeper families aren't really establishes like Seeker tribes are, players can use their own interpretations of what they're given for their own Keeper families. Since I'm sure each family does things just a little differently.

We can make some assumptions based around the evidence we currently have regarding Keeper family structure. Keeper families which live together and share space are much smaller than Seeker tribes, and the birthrate of men is low. The families themselves are matriarchal and the men, while performing various trades, tend to be represented as travelers. This itself would make sense if their birthrate is as low as suggested; men traveling between families and potentially laying with the women would certainly keep the bloodlines moving. Miqo'te as a whole seem to consider polyamory the norm compared to traditional monogamy. This would certainly lead to many, many half-siblings all from the same mother, but various fathers. That said, it's not that farfetched that some men would choose to remain and live with their mother's family and aid in child rearing or other various activities. As an aside, I want to point out that a matriarchal society doesn't necessarily mean the men are treated poorly or lesser than the women. It just means the women are in charge and/or family lines follow the mothers; children are part of the mother's family, not the fathers. Considering Keeper family units are meant to be smaller than Seeker tribes, as mentioned, we can probably assume leadership isn't really as much as a necessity as it is in Seeker dynamics. There would be a family matriarch, potentially the oldest woman bearing the family name. She might lead the family, or the family may be more egalitarian. We just don't really know. Roles of children would probably follow the same pattern as other families: learning the trade of the parent(s) or other family members depending on the needs of the family. We're shown that women tend to be close in their relationships: mothers and their daughters, sisters, cousins. Once again, we lack a lot of information here. Personally I'd find it hard to believe that sons aren't close to their mothers. They bear their mother's name quite literally and are raised in an environment where mothers supposedly plays an important role. As far as I'm concerned, most Keeper men are probably momma's boys. Hopefully the lore booking coming out soon will give us more information on various race dynamics.

But -- Aren't Garleans mustache twirling evil? That's certainly been my impression of them through the story line!

I worked around this in the past by having my primary account as a general RP hub for my stuff, and then linking off to any character specific blogs I have there. But, that solution isn't for everyone!

It's an IC indicator for me. That's how I use it, that's how I view it.

A character needs to be over three days old before they can be transferred.

You're recent batch look excellent! Keep up the great work!

Since we're now talking about the roles of tanks in warfare: z5ccQeumcKQ Hawkeye Pierce clearly agrees that the healer doesn't need to DPS.

This is an interesting thread for me, as this is apparently the first game I've come across where the healer is expected to DPS. I play healers because I specifically don't want to DPS. So I guess I'm screwed then.

If you still want some more, my character is older which might be of interest for wrinkles and things. He has a lot more crow's feet than the game will let me allow as well as some laugh lines. The character is about 52 and rather avuncular.

*Squints* I am about 90% certain I accidentally eavesdropped on some of these shenanigans the other night. What a weird coincidence.

I play a vagrant who frequents Pearl Lane, there's a good chance we may run into each other. All the hobos.

Well I mean, I'm new to the server as of two weeks ago now and I've found plenty of RP. I tend to loiter around the Quicksand and that's found me interacting with people fairly often. I suppose it's really a matter of what you're looking for? The Quicksand seems a pretty good spot for casual, short and sweet encounters with a potential to make long term connections. If you're into grand adventures and what not, that'd be a lot more difficult to find out in the wild so to speak. That's how it is in every game, though.

A lot of OOC communication, honestly.

Is this uh, linkshell still active? The few times I've searched the leader names no one has been online. Maybe I just play at terrible times. =

Neat, thank you! And oh, I know. I'm more than a bit of a hoarder myself in games. It's terrible.