(09-11-2014, 12:35 PM)OttoVann Wrote: So its not much of a secret that I'm still relatively new to Balmung, and have only been here since June, and didn't start roleplaying until Late June / early July. Â I don't know a lot about lore at all admittedly and Im still quite poor at RP (another thread for another day).I don't think anything is really wrong with making up an obscure, far away place from where your character hails -- but there's always the risk of new lore/map reveals derailing it all. Nevertheless, that's always a risk when playing within someone else's ever-evolving universe.Â
BUT, I do have a question in regards to a bit of my backstory since it comes up enough now where I want to make sure I'm 'doing it right'. Â I've always said at least until this point, that I am not from Eorzea, and am from a different land far out West, in a tiny shit-hole of an existence called Malboro (My old west-coast server, which was a miserable existence). Â I always personally thought it was neat involving my server x-fer in that bit of origin story for me, but I am wondering if I am just going about it totally wrong, or if there is a better way to go about it.
Like are there delicious highlanders like myself not from...wherever Highlanders normally come from? Â I wouldn't know. Â
Thanks for any help rendered.
v/r
-Otto
If you're looking for alternative means or a place within Eorzea itself, you can claim your Highlander is from anywhere, really! The Shroud and Coerthas are a bit iffy, but there are things that can be done to fix that.Â
Highlanders are normally said to have hailed from the mountainous region of Gyr Abania, where the city-state of Ala Mhigo is located. Many of them sought refuge westward when the Garlean Empire took over ~20ish years ago.Â
Buuut, do whatever feels fun to you! If Otto came from a little island in the Rhotano that only produced excellently bred Highlander goodness, that's fine! If he's from a shithole village named Marlboro  in some obscure westerly direction, that's also fine! If you want to make him someone from Gyr Abania, that's great as well. The world is your oyster! Pick a place, then build something feasible around it.