(11-18-2016, 05:06 PM)Caelinmarie Wrote: But, for the Miqo'te I made.... I don't even know if it'd fit the lore, I wouldn't dare RP it until I knew more but I envisioned her as some high-energy tribal woman from the north. (Again, I don't even know if this is a thing or some snowy mountainy land that I can substiute for it) who can be very dangerous (Queue Barbarian Rage from DnD) , but most of the time is gentle and oblivious. (In artist terms, this is my "rough sketch" of the character I'd like to play) So playing her as a healer would almost break that immersion for me.
Welcome to Eorzea and the RPC Caelinmarie! I might be able to help out on the lore front a bit. To start, I think you might find these general links helpful:
Eorzean Lore Starter Kit
-Racial Lore Compilation
-Class/Job Lore Compilation
-Hydaelyn Geography Lore
-Settlements in Eorzea Pre-Calamity
-Eorzean City-states' Political Structures Lore
-Eorzean Units of Time and Measurement Lore
As for a Miqo'te tribal barbarian from the north, I think we can cover you on that! You might actually find this other thread on possible Miqo'te character origins helpful, while I'm thinking about it. But there are Miqo'te who inhabit the northlands, from Ilsabard to Gyr Abania and Abalathia's Spine. Miqo'te have moved to and adapted to just about every region in Hydaelyn. And the northern reaches of Abalathia's mountains is place called the Farreach, home of the Hellsguard Roegadyn and birthplace of the Warrior art- something in the FFXIV universe that would probably fall most in line with Barbarians.
Encyclopedia Eorzea Wrote:It is believed that for the years that encompassed the Fifth Umbral Era - or as it is also known, the Age of Eternal Frost - much of the Bloodbrine Sea was frozen solid, on one hand preventing fishing and decimating the populations of sea life, but on the other, allowing for the migration of Miqo’te tribes from the southern Ilsabard into northern Eorzea - tribes made up of descendants of the very same Miqo’te who were persecuted against and driven from Eorzea by the Allagan Empire almost two millennia earlier. The newly hardened seas of this frigid era provided the tribes with a means around the massive peaks of Gyr Abania that prevented their return in the Fourth Astral Era, and while there was little awaiting them in the rime-encrusted realm when they arrived, their uncanny ability in the hunt granted them a means of survival until the frost had melted.
Encyclopedia Eorzea Wrote:On the northernmost edge of Abalathia's Spine exists a mountain tribe renowned for producing fearsome mercenaries. Known as warriors, these greataxe-wielding men and women learn to harness their inner beasts and translate that power into unbridled savagery on the battlefield.
History
The only text known to have recorded the history and techniques of the warrior is thought to have been penned more than five centuries ago. No knowledge of warriors previous to this time has ever been unearthed - the true origin of the clan's fighting style obscured beneath the dust of ages past.
No matter their beginnings, however, in the era when the city-states traded in naught but discord and strife, the mountain tribespeople who fought with the unbridled ferocity of wild beasts were highly valued ass mercenary conscripts. But despite the many victories warriors earned upon the battlefield, their esteem was tarnished by accounts of frothing berserkers lost to the red haze of carnage - tales of those who had slaughtered friend just as readily as foe. As hostilities between the nations gradually shifted towards peace, the fearsome presence of a warrior, once so welcome in times of war, became a thing to shun. And though it is said that some vestige lives on through a remote clan in Abalathia's Spine, the art of the warrior has now all but faded from the world.
Hope that helps! ^^
