(07-22-2013, 12:17 PM)Teardrop Wrote: There's a couple parts in the lore where it basically says the Duskwight retreated from the surface in order to live a peaceful life away from conflict and among themselves. Â Why would they retreat from surface wars only to create eternal clan conflicts and inner warfare within their own kind? Â Maybe a family or two with disagreements between themselves, but honestly, it sure looks like everything points to the opposite. Â In fact, I'd say the the only real thing Duskwights have going for them is internal bonds and loyalty. Â If everyone else thinks you're scum and wretched, who else are you going to turn to except your own kind?
On earlier points pertaining to Oskar's duskwight backstory and warlike clan, I should perhaps be clearer. Â I don't want to speak to what exactly he was doing since he could probably better explain it. Â I also don't know if his particular ancestors turned against each other. Â It's possible that their lands were shallower caves closer to the surface and those that they fought with were of the other races. Â I honestly don't know. Â I just know they were described as much more Spartan in nature and couldn't see well enough to read and write so passed their history down by way of hymns and such. Â Oskar used to regard other duskwights as 'Brother' and 'Sister' even when they belonged to different clans, so this leads me to believe his particular group wasn't so isolated that they held so little regard for duskwights who were outsiders to that group. Â I recently spoke with him and made him aware of the existence of this discussion so perhaps he may post in reply for himself to elaborate further for us, however I'm not sure he has any plans of playing FFXIV any longer so I won't make that assumption and hope that what I have said about it so far is accurate.
For myself I agree with what you've said and felt it made a lot more sense to have Eva's ancestors segment themselves but remain peaceful towards each other. Â Eva only went back to visit her ancestral homeland on three separate occasions (all within the last six months or so of 1.0), and on the second occasion she brought with her another duskwight who was welcomed into their lands as one of their own.
I think it makes a lot of sense that they sort of cling to one another when they happen to find each other. Â This has actually happened in RP that I have been involved with. Â To Eva it might be some comfort to find those who are familiar with rituals and traditions with which she was brought up, but which seem odd or foreign to most of the non-duskwights with whom she associates. Â To someone less-integrated or not as assimilated into surface culture (i.e. the melting pot), it would certainly make sense to seek out another of their kind. Â While it may go against more modern OOC mainstream beliefs that people should be diverse and all-encompassing, in-game adherence to the lore suggests that it would make a lot of sense for there to be this almost sort of magnetism between duskwights when surrounded by outsiders.
Have I mentioned enough yet that I'm really looking forward to this Duskwight LS that Kari's working on?? Â ^_^
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