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Ah dang, thanks for the really good thoughts! I dunno nearly as much of the Lore stuff as y'all do (last time I played I kinda was focused on playing catch-up with friends so I'm positive I blew past some good lore tidbits) so its much appreciated to even just get a grasp of things. I'm aware that stuff regarding Miqo'te tribes and groups isn't exactly all or none concrete, but it at least gives me more to build from regarding the family and community Tali'ra came from. Having step siblings I figured wouldn't be too far fetched either and especially with bigger age gaps. Though now its gotten my brain sizzling on an idea that I could apply to my character more... I suppose given the dynamics, it wouldn't be too far fetched to have children (male or female) to reunite with their kin? Possibly to trade stories or offerings with parent(s) and sibling(s).

M'kay so this one I've been scratching my head trying to find some details on but I dunno if its every been brought up to this kind of level, but its something I'm trying to figure out for my Keeper Miqo'te. Like... how does a lot of family stuff play out? I'm aware that Keepers are more matriarchal, but a couple things I'm unsure to think about are Are families the typical two parents with each child being from the same parents? What are the expectations and responsibilities of children? Do things like age or birth order play part? How close are parents with their children? Both mother or father? Do those relationships differ strongly based on gender? Is sibling tensions and rivalry common? Competition for parental or community attention? I mean... I know that's some pretty nitty gritty stuff, but at least for myself in writing characters, its something I tend to find rather valuable in gauging how they deal with relating to strangers and building relationships. For a bit of context, my Keeper is named Tali'ra which would make him the fifth born son in his family (which yes I know, quite rare, but its one of those things where you picked the name first before realizing the context) and in that sense I figure he'd be something of a total Momma's boy? But I'm also not sure if having so many male children would seem like... obscene in some way so I'm just here kinda like how do I write out this boy's past.

Hello folks! So... technically not new to FFXIV, but having a go at it again after being told about the RP community on Balmung. I'm actually quite fond of this game, but I found on my first go around it just didn't feel like it had much for me to grasp at. Or at least, it didn't give me anything I couldn't get from other games. Or maybe its just because I found Archer/Bard to be disappointing since it wasn't in line with the kind of Bard I play in D&D :V Either way, I'm back in the game playing an Arcanist this time and finding it feeling a lot more to my sort of play style. Anyway, this time around me and my boyfriend are gonna give the RP scene a shot. T'was something I spent A LOT of my youth doing (I'm sure you could collect a novel's worth of RP logs from my old AIM and Gaia Online account alone), but am quite fascinated with the idea of being able to merge that experience with an MMORPG, as I've never done it before. Plus I hadn't been able to do RP stuff in ages so I figured this would be a perfect excuse to get back into it. With that said though, I've found myself coming here reading through a lot of posts regarding lore and such while trying to parse it with my boyfriend who's far more a veteran than a lot of my other friends who play it (Like I think he said he started playing back when 1.0 launched). Still, I found y'all seem pretty polite and knowledgeable about such things, so I hope it isn't too much trouble to go around here trying to figure out how to fit in with y'all. ?