(06-01-2016, 06:57 PM)Virella Wrote: She did say she didn't want to go for the cookie cutter backstory >_>? Or am I confused now?
Besides, I think we can safely say Sidurgu was the exception, not the standard for DRKs.
Sidurgu is obviously an exception, being one of two known Xaela to come to Eorzea in the last 100 years and survive for more than a year. But the issue was saying the race/job combination was impossible, which, obviously, it is not.
My understanding of the OP's backstory is that,
1- A former Ishgardian Dark Knight does something that gets him banished from Ishgard.
I think specifically she said he killed a high ranking knight or noble. This works in lore, as the first Dark Knight killed a member of the clergy. And that's seen to be the role model for the rest to follow apparently according to Fray and Sidurgu, and by extension their unnamed master. Let's assume this dark knight mentor of hers is Hyur or Elezen.
2- Said Dark Knight leaves Ishgard and goes... somewhere.
Again, something that is feasible. Where does the Dark Knight go, I don't think it was clarified? I'm assuming the Dark Knight left Eorzea all together and went to Othard, where he encountered the Tumet tribe and for whatever reason took a disliking to their ritual of leaving kids behind, I guess? To an Ishgardian who value their progeny, I guess I could see this as a cultural misunderstanding. Anyways, if said Dark Knight is in the Azim Steppes, kinda limits racial interactions to Xaela mostly. (Though there are hyur, lalafell, etc in the othardian city-states...)
3- Tumet child fails all or part of her trial, has some resentment towards her tribe, which goes into feeding the Abyss. Said Dark Knight mentor trains her to become a dark knight.
Because reasons, why not, stories have begun on much less.
And then she eventually comes to Eorzea for whatever reason. I'm not entirely sure if that's actually how the story goes, but that's what I understood from reading over everything. None of those points really stands out to me as impossible? Granted, its all more or less how she wants to play it, if she actually plays it, or whatever. On the other hand, she could just go the route of being a Xaela with a big sword like so many others. Which seems more "cookie cutter" to me?
