Interesting! Very interesting. The beauty of FFXIV is that there isn't a lot of lore yet, as it is all still being written.
This is fantastic and exciting from a creative point of view, but at the same time frustrating due to having so little to go on... Regardless, I think I have a rough idea of where I am going with my character's story.
Name: Â Clan Viedeces
Location: A deep hidden cavern located near a Wildwood settlement in the Black Shroud.
Status: Wiped out. (Supposed)
Theme: Primarily assassins for pay.
Member(s): Selsix Viedeces, Lekaine Viedeces (status unknown), remainder of clan's status unknown.
Selsix is a young Elezen, born into a clan of thieves and assassins that viewed their Wildwood brethren as to being the inferior ones. This is atypical compared to the standard Duskwight attitude for the most part, but along the lines of the clan coming together, they settled in a place that caused them to deal with Wildwoods quite often. The resulting attitude from most of the Wildwoods looking down on them, caused them to reflect the behavior, sort of a lashing out when facing prejudice ordeal.
Selsix's father was a Duskwight Assassin by the name of Lekaine Viedeces. He was a silent man, merely carrying out his duties to his clan without ever speaking up much at all. Little is known about his mother, in fact? The only one who seemed to even know her was his father. Him claiming that the woman had died in labor and was from a neighboring clan that he met while on a job. This led to suspicions from the rest of the clan to believe that his father had committed an atrocity and bedded a female Wildwood, as Selsix did not display particularly advanced hearing ability as the rest of the clan had, nor was his skin dark like his father's.
However, Selsix also did not display particularly well-advanced sight as well. His father simply implied that he was not a gifted child, and as an upper-clansman? The rest of the clan chose to simply accept him, though wary.
Selsix grew into young adulthood from then on facing light prejudice from his clansmen, often met with awkward gazes. As though they expected him to one day stab them in the back whilst they slept.
As the Garlean Empire invaded into the Black Shroud, Selsix's clan was put at odds with both the empire, as well as the neighboring Sylphs as they were pushed from their homes. This coupled with already strained tensions with the nearby Wildwoods and the idea that they could have a young traitor in their midsts only furthered friction between Selsix and his people.
One day, Selsix's father departed on a mission, one from which he did not return. It was a mission to assassinate what appeared to be a figurehead of a Garlean force that had come too close to discovering the caverns in which the clan dwelled.
Days passed, becoming weeks. And still no sight of Lekaine. The majority of the clan already saw him as dead. Selsix remained indifferent. His early life of seclusion distancing him from matters of clan politics, as well as his father due to his quiet and secretive demeanor.
One day, the clan fell under attack, a raid upon the caverns by the Garlean force that Lekaine had been sent to dismantle. Due to the surprise nature of the attack, as well as the bottle-neck hold the forces had on the clan, almost all of them were wiped out. Save for a small handful that had escaped, including Selsix.
The remainder of Selsix's clan in their grief, chose to blame him for this incident. Claiming that his father had sold out their location, instead of completing his mission. They elected to punish Selsix for this, and make him pay with his life as tribute for those lost.
Narrowly escaping, fate smiled upon Selsix as the agitated Sylphs from the intrusion by his clan into their territory distracted his battered clan.
He ventured forth into the Black Shroud, leaving his clan and the memory of his father behind him. He knows not if either of the two survived to this day. He now seeks to find a place for himself, and to find the truth of his mother's identity, as well as his father's whereabouts.
So what do you guys think? Obviously it's a work in-progress... I'm open to all forms of critique and criticism. I'm still wet behind the ears when it comes to Eorzean lore.
This is fantastic and exciting from a creative point of view, but at the same time frustrating due to having so little to go on... Regardless, I think I have a rough idea of where I am going with my character's story.
Name: Â Clan Viedeces
Location: A deep hidden cavern located near a Wildwood settlement in the Black Shroud.
Status: Wiped out. (Supposed)
Theme: Primarily assassins for pay.
Member(s): Selsix Viedeces, Lekaine Viedeces (status unknown), remainder of clan's status unknown.
Selsix is a young Elezen, born into a clan of thieves and assassins that viewed their Wildwood brethren as to being the inferior ones. This is atypical compared to the standard Duskwight attitude for the most part, but along the lines of the clan coming together, they settled in a place that caused them to deal with Wildwoods quite often. The resulting attitude from most of the Wildwoods looking down on them, caused them to reflect the behavior, sort of a lashing out when facing prejudice ordeal.
Selsix's father was a Duskwight Assassin by the name of Lekaine Viedeces. He was a silent man, merely carrying out his duties to his clan without ever speaking up much at all. Little is known about his mother, in fact? The only one who seemed to even know her was his father. Him claiming that the woman had died in labor and was from a neighboring clan that he met while on a job. This led to suspicions from the rest of the clan to believe that his father had committed an atrocity and bedded a female Wildwood, as Selsix did not display particularly advanced hearing ability as the rest of the clan had, nor was his skin dark like his father's.
However, Selsix also did not display particularly well-advanced sight as well. His father simply implied that he was not a gifted child, and as an upper-clansman? The rest of the clan chose to simply accept him, though wary.
Selsix grew into young adulthood from then on facing light prejudice from his clansmen, often met with awkward gazes. As though they expected him to one day stab them in the back whilst they slept.
As the Garlean Empire invaded into the Black Shroud, Selsix's clan was put at odds with both the empire, as well as the neighboring Sylphs as they were pushed from their homes. This coupled with already strained tensions with the nearby Wildwoods and the idea that they could have a young traitor in their midsts only furthered friction between Selsix and his people.
One day, Selsix's father departed on a mission, one from which he did not return. It was a mission to assassinate what appeared to be a figurehead of a Garlean force that had come too close to discovering the caverns in which the clan dwelled.
Days passed, becoming weeks. And still no sight of Lekaine. The majority of the clan already saw him as dead. Selsix remained indifferent. His early life of seclusion distancing him from matters of clan politics, as well as his father due to his quiet and secretive demeanor.
One day, the clan fell under attack, a raid upon the caverns by the Garlean force that Lekaine had been sent to dismantle. Due to the surprise nature of the attack, as well as the bottle-neck hold the forces had on the clan, almost all of them were wiped out. Save for a small handful that had escaped, including Selsix.
The remainder of Selsix's clan in their grief, chose to blame him for this incident. Claiming that his father had sold out their location, instead of completing his mission. They elected to punish Selsix for this, and make him pay with his life as tribute for those lost.
Narrowly escaping, fate smiled upon Selsix as the agitated Sylphs from the intrusion by his clan into their territory distracted his battered clan.
He ventured forth into the Black Shroud, leaving his clan and the memory of his father behind him. He knows not if either of the two survived to this day. He now seeks to find a place for himself, and to find the truth of his mother's identity, as well as his father's whereabouts.
So what do you guys think? Obviously it's a work in-progress... I'm open to all forms of critique and criticism. I'm still wet behind the ears when it comes to Eorzean lore.
