Couldn't get past the hyur/elezen thing for Maddie, which completely killed any interest I had in playing as her. I've always had an interest in the different beast tribes of Eorzea, as well as their treatment by the "civilized" groups. Ended up lore-binging the other day and had a weird dream about an Au Ra of the Ejinn tribe (though in my dream, she didn't know the name of it because I guess I couldn't remember it) that was raised by Sahagin after a botched migration. Completely forgot about it until Miiyn unlocked her Sahagin beast tribe quests, and I found the idea interesting. Like Maddie, this is more or less just character building right now to see if it even works, but finding lore on the Sahagin has proved pretty difficult. Any input would be awesome, but some specific questions are:
1) Are beast tribes even found in Othard?
2) Names seem to follow a pretty consistent pattern of four-letter words with the last two characters being the same (Denn, Novv, Pyuu, Pahh, Houu, Fyuu, Seww, Zugg). Anything else of note?
3) All named Sahagin thus far that I can find, remember or otherwise look up online have been male. Are there any females; and if so, are their naming conventions different?
4) Since the Miqo'te sometimes have a slight hiss, would a Miqo'te speaking with some Sahagin inflection be easier to disguise than an Au Ra?
5) Aaaand an odd one: personal grooming standards? I'm guessing it probably didn't become an issue until being around non-Sahagin, so maybe picking out her own style of clothing which could be a bit...eccentric?
If nothing else, I'm guessing she would pick things that would be pretty simple and stream-lined for easier mobility in the water.
6) Starting class: I know this should technically probably be lancer, but I'd rather her start in Limsa for obvious reasons. Judging by how suspicious everyone is, I doubt she'd fit in with the marauders because of the Yellow Jackets until after she has started building a reputation (companion of Baderon's grandma's niece's sister or whateveritwashesaid notwithstanding), which would have made the second-most sense after lancer. I feel like the rogues would be more than happy to take her on, but obviously she can't start there; and she can't start as a gathering class like 1.0 characters could, so fisher is out. Which leaves arcanist...but I'm at a lost as to how on earth THAT could be spun (SCH, on the other hand, is easy if I go with Au Ra; scholar stone found while swimming/diving anywhere between Othard and Eorzea). I mean, she wouldn't be able to read AND she wouldn't have had ready access to books to learn.
7) Family name: Other than "finless one" and "shorewalker," were there any other nicknames given to us landlubbers by our fishie friends? I'm leaning towards Shorewalker as a surname, though that might cause some confusion as it could be construed as a Raen name if I go Au Ra. Does this seem like a possible issue? Theoretically I guess she could go as Ejinn if Auri, mayhaps, but not sure how she would know that surname (unless it was etched on said sch stone and was some sort of family heirloom/necklace/whatever...but even then, not knowing how to read? I guess that could be some sort of plotline for her at least). :/ Should I name-name her as Shorewalker, but have her ICly introduce herself as Ejinn to strangers?
So yes, leaning towards either a Miqo'te taken in by Sahagin in Lower La Noscea after a raid by other Sahagin/pirates/Drowned or dream-head-canon of an Au Ra from Othard from the Ejinn tribe that just ended up misplaced during a routine migration or raid by some other tribe due to her (then) young age that came to Eorzea with her clutchmates.
Danke in advance!
1) Are beast tribes even found in Othard?
2) Names seem to follow a pretty consistent pattern of four-letter words with the last two characters being the same (Denn, Novv, Pyuu, Pahh, Houu, Fyuu, Seww, Zugg). Anything else of note?
3) All named Sahagin thus far that I can find, remember or otherwise look up online have been male. Are there any females; and if so, are their naming conventions different?
4) Since the Miqo'te sometimes have a slight hiss, would a Miqo'te speaking with some Sahagin inflection be easier to disguise than an Au Ra?
5) Aaaand an odd one: personal grooming standards? I'm guessing it probably didn't become an issue until being around non-Sahagin, so maybe picking out her own style of clothing which could be a bit...eccentric?
If nothing else, I'm guessing she would pick things that would be pretty simple and stream-lined for easier mobility in the water.6) Starting class: I know this should technically probably be lancer, but I'd rather her start in Limsa for obvious reasons. Judging by how suspicious everyone is, I doubt she'd fit in with the marauders because of the Yellow Jackets until after she has started building a reputation (companion of Baderon's grandma's niece's sister or whateveritwashesaid notwithstanding), which would have made the second-most sense after lancer. I feel like the rogues would be more than happy to take her on, but obviously she can't start there; and she can't start as a gathering class like 1.0 characters could, so fisher is out. Which leaves arcanist...but I'm at a lost as to how on earth THAT could be spun (SCH, on the other hand, is easy if I go with Au Ra; scholar stone found while swimming/diving anywhere between Othard and Eorzea). I mean, she wouldn't be able to read AND she wouldn't have had ready access to books to learn.
7) Family name: Other than "finless one" and "shorewalker," were there any other nicknames given to us landlubbers by our fishie friends? I'm leaning towards Shorewalker as a surname, though that might cause some confusion as it could be construed as a Raen name if I go Au Ra. Does this seem like a possible issue? Theoretically I guess she could go as Ejinn if Auri, mayhaps, but not sure how she would know that surname (unless it was etched on said sch stone and was some sort of family heirloom/necklace/whatever...but even then, not knowing how to read? I guess that could be some sort of plotline for her at least). :/ Should I name-name her as Shorewalker, but have her ICly introduce herself as Ejinn to strangers?
So yes, leaning towards either a Miqo'te taken in by Sahagin in Lower La Noscea after a raid by other Sahagin/pirates/Drowned or dream-head-canon of an Au Ra from Othard from the Ejinn tribe that just ended up misplaced during a routine migration or raid by some other tribe due to her (then) young age that came to Eorzea with her clutchmates.
Danke in advance!
~ Miynmekh Qestir ~
