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RE: My Wiki Page Project |
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03-04-2013, 09:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-04-2013, 10:19 PM by Gospel Gestalt.)
Alright, finally took some time to look this over and I'll try to be as clean and kind about this as possible. This history is sloppy and I don't think this will work for your character because it pushes and even breaks the lore in some regards.

However, I will break down and provide why they bend or break the lore and hopefully try and guide you to a more balanced and socially acceptable character.

:::Remember that this is only constructive criticism!:::

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The bad:

First: The character's lineage. You state your family has Allagan blood. Even if it's a rumor, it's a poor one, even to jokingly hint at. The Allagan Empire existed long before any of the races even were known or discovered. We also do not know if the Allagans are even related to any of the current races. The only revealed Allagans to have existed in our time (The 16/17th century) has been Nael van Darnus and Allagan emperor, King Xandes. (Which was revealed as an ARR spoiler in a past dev letter by Yoshi P.)

I honestly feel trying to claim having a lineage to a race, that for the most part long died out, even before any of the other races even reached Eorzea is a weak link.

Second: The Second is ties to the Syndacite. The Syndacite is comprised of "six" and only six members.

The current living members of the Syndicate are as follows.

Chairman, Lord Lolorito of the East Aldenard Trading Company.
Prince, Teledji Adeledji of the Mirage Trust.
Director, Eolande of Frondale's Phrontistery.
Prior, Dewlala of Milvaneth Sacrarium.
Chief foreman, Fyrgeiss of Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern.
Flame General, Raubahn Aldynn, ex-champion of the Coliseum.

Flame General Raubahn Aldynn being the newest member of these, it's completely unknown when and how the other members got their seats. General Raubahn also has close ties to the current Sultana Nanamo Ul Namo, but the relations among the rest of the Syndicate is quite poor.

Third: Another thing you should probably understand is that Ul'dah and Limsa's relationship is actually quite poor. Having a family that has ties to both is bad because the Barricudas and The Syndacite are the most powerful sects within their respective nations. If you insisted on having one though it would either be one or the other and as I stated above. Having any ties with The Syndacite just really wouldn't work.

However, you could possibly get away with saying you had a member with The Barricudas at one time, but seeing as how your character has more ties with Ul'dah than Limsa. I think it would be safer to focus on Ul'dah.

Fourth: Next we have that your family is listed as "A Merchant Empire" and you list all these businesses and what not that technically do not exist in the game. How do you explain this and how do you possibly expect other characters to know or even safely acknowledge that your characters family owns and operates something like that? I feel something like this would conflict especially with the most seasoned of RPers who are crafters or just adventurers who know their way around the towns.

I mostly bring this up because for the most part, the market is pretty much in lock down by The Syndacite and is only becoming stronger. An example would be The Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern. This guild on its own pretty much owns the entire mining industry in Eorzea. The father has 2 sons and a daughter, with the family business being passed down to the sons and the daughter marrying a rich noble from Gridania to expand their reach in other places. The daughter specifically stating that she was going to build a museum in honor of the lost city: Sil'dih.


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Now with that venting out of the way, let's see about the good and salvageable things with your characters history.

The Good:

First: Most of this stems only from your characters "Lineage" and not the actual character itself. So the good is that you can still adjust your background without it effecting your main character.

Second: It's still perfectly okay to have a "rich" and successful family in Ul'dah without having crazy ties to all the key figures in the game. There are still aristocratic families within Ul'dah and you can probably get away with still being a wealthy little group. You mentioned the whole tupperware business in your wiki. You could probably slip by if you focus purely on that being the key reason for your families success. It would just be a matter of finding a way to properly and safely explaining it to other people in an actual IC scenario.

More people would be willing to accept your character as not being insane and will take him more seriously if you stick to just one strong source of income as opposed to having ten dozen.

Seeing how your wiki is mostly just lineage stuff. This is about as much advice as I can offer. I'd really recommend revamping it to give a more focused history to help explain and solidify why your family gained success in the tupperware business. Also in terms of Lineage length, I would say that you don't need to go back so far. Just focus on the parents and grandparents and leave it at that. Sometimes less is more. If you wanted to, you could try explaining that your grandfather or great grandfather was a miner or goldsmith and eventually got the idea (Maybe from his wife?) to start designing or fashioning silverware with the wealth and yields he accumulated through mining? That way you could explain how the business was founded and could go up the family tree explaining how the recent family has served to improve and maintain the tupperware thing.

And that's all I got.
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My Wiki Page Project - by Ryanti - 02-27-2013, 06:19 AM
RE: My Wiki Page Project - by Gospel Gestalt - 03-04-2013, 09:57 PM
RE: My Wiki Page Project - by Ellie - 03-05-2013, 12:06 AM
RE: My Wiki Page Project - by Mtoto Wamoto - 03-05-2013, 12:14 AM
RE: My Wiki Page Project - by Rhio - 03-05-2013, 12:26 AM
RE: My Wiki Page Project - by Aysun - 03-05-2013, 01:19 AM
RE: My Wiki Page Project - by Ryanti - 03-05-2013, 01:24 AM
RE: My Wiki Page Project - by Aysun - 03-05-2013, 01:27 AM
RE: My Wiki Page Project - by Folken - 03-05-2013, 01:36 AM
RE: My Wiki Page Project - by Merri - 03-05-2013, 01:57 AM
RE: My Wiki Page Project - by Kylin - 03-05-2013, 11:32 AM
RE: My Wiki Page Project - by Momo - 03-07-2013, 12:05 AM
RE: My Wiki Page Project - by Ryanti - 06-03-2013, 01:31 AM

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