We've been waiting a long time for answers to these questions and more, Eva being a character that was born in Ishgard and the daughter of a former dragoon knight. She only spent the first couple years of her life there and has no real accurate memory of the place, so it's easy enough to deflect questions about what it was like.
Eva's father, on the other hand, has a longstanding history within and despite being chronicled in his journals, and Eva having access to those texts, there is very little I can actually relate if she was ever asked about it. Based loosely on RP events from FFXI (where I RPed a Dragoon), we have established a very definite timeline for events throughout the course of his life, but we've been careful not to adhere too closely to anything in case S-E opts to throw a curve ball. We also have a few 'contingency plans' set up, just in case. Fortunately, not many people speak to any great degree about her father in any great detail, and it's been an easy enough thing to dodge thus far.
Most of what we know from 1.0 has already been outlined in this thread. As the nation has been somewhat closed-off from the rest of Eorzea, I have often wondered if there might have been some sort of shady dealings between Ishgard and Garlemald. This is entirely idle speculation, but with such precious little information to go by I don't think we can entirely rule out the possibility of some sort of tepid arrangement or even alliance between the two. I realize I may be way off here. But I suppose that's just one of those things to consider if creating a character from a nation S-E may flip-flop on.
In any case, we really are looking forward to much more Ishgard lore in the future and hoping to tie Eva's story back to some of those events from her father's story. We certainly hope (perhaps as much as the character herself does) that she may one day set foot in the place where her parents lived and where she was born.
Eva's father, on the other hand, has a longstanding history within and despite being chronicled in his journals, and Eva having access to those texts, there is very little I can actually relate if she was ever asked about it. Based loosely on RP events from FFXI (where I RPed a Dragoon), we have established a very definite timeline for events throughout the course of his life, but we've been careful not to adhere too closely to anything in case S-E opts to throw a curve ball. We also have a few 'contingency plans' set up, just in case. Fortunately, not many people speak to any great degree about her father in any great detail, and it's been an easy enough thing to dodge thus far.
Most of what we know from 1.0 has already been outlined in this thread. As the nation has been somewhat closed-off from the rest of Eorzea, I have often wondered if there might have been some sort of shady dealings between Ishgard and Garlemald. This is entirely idle speculation, but with such precious little information to go by I don't think we can entirely rule out the possibility of some sort of tepid arrangement or even alliance between the two. I realize I may be way off here. But I suppose that's just one of those things to consider if creating a character from a nation S-E may flip-flop on.
In any case, we really are looking forward to much more Ishgard lore in the future and hoping to tie Eva's story back to some of those events from her father's story. We certainly hope (perhaps as much as the character herself does) that she may one day set foot in the place where her parents lived and where she was born.
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Eva's Journals  |  Eva's Wiki Page (coming soon)  |  RP Handbook
Eva's Journals  |  Eva's Wiki Page (coming soon)  |  RP Handbook
