One cunning way you could work this in for your character is to start in Gridania as a woodsman, since that's where the botany guild is. Keep your starting combat class OOC until level 10 when you can pick up a botanist axe, then when you unlock the ability to go to Limsa around level 15, make it a big character decision for him to go from using the axe primarily as a tool to wielding it with proficiency as a weapon, requiring a trip to the Marauders guild.
Also, as stated before by another post, when you start the new character intro, the NPC on the wagon asks if this is your first time in <Starting City>. You could just make your character a Marauder, say this is your first time to Limsa, and write your prologue backstory in Gridania. Thus you can be a Gridanian marauder from level 1, you just happen to be visiting Limsa to learn from the best.
Also, as stated before by another post, when you start the new character intro, the NPC on the wagon asks if this is your first time in <Starting City>. You could just make your character a Marauder, say this is your first time to Limsa, and write your prologue backstory in Gridania. Thus you can be a Gridanian marauder from level 1, you just happen to be visiting Limsa to learn from the best.
I'm a tinker! Tinkerer? Hrm.... I'm an artificer! - Myxie Tryxle | Impressions and Memories
