I work on two principles when it come to going outside the door, or bending the lore.
1. It has not been expressly forbidden by the lore.
2. The bending, usually into the area of guessing future, is done with an educated guess.
Example: Since beta I have laid it out that Erik is rlated to and therefor on the path to become a DRK. I did this by keeping the back story as general as possible. His father was a DRK, but I never gave specifics as to how he became one. The only skill I claimed was the "Dark Blade Technique" again never once claiming anything specific. So by that I bent the lore of the time as there was no DRK. Also logic dictated that with the popularity as well as how common it is in most FF games, I made an educated guess that sooner or later, DRK would be added.
It is a delicate thing bending the lore, but it can be done.
1. It has not been expressly forbidden by the lore.
2. The bending, usually into the area of guessing future, is done with an educated guess.
Example: Since beta I have laid it out that Erik is rlated to and therefor on the path to become a DRK. I did this by keeping the back story as general as possible. His father was a DRK, but I never gave specifics as to how he became one. The only skill I claimed was the "Dark Blade Technique" again never once claiming anything specific. So by that I bent the lore of the time as there was no DRK. Also logic dictated that with the popularity as well as how common it is in most FF games, I made an educated guess that sooner or later, DRK would be added.
It is a delicate thing bending the lore, but it can be done.
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