Good links Ashren! Â Beat me to it! Â 
You don't really need to know every little tidbit of lore before you can start hashing out a character concept, as well. Â Having some understanding of what the races are like and the names of some of the places and what they're like is probably a good start. Â But I've found you don't really need all that much lore to make a compelling and interesting character. Â There are a lot of parallels that can be drawn between Eorzea and other worlds and you can figure out most things like personality, family, and backstory without having to know too much about the lore itself. Â And if there's something you're not sure about or there's no lore for, you can often find creative ways to explain away this sort of gap in information.
And then as you familiarize yourself more closely with Eorzea and its inner workings you might find other things to integrate into your character's already-existing story and kind of build outwards from there.
For my own part, Eva has been fashioned much more by her interactions with other people than she has from any specific lore-related stuff. Â Once the game comes up and RP starts happening again, I think you'll find it will all progress very naturally and fluidly. Â
You don't really need to know every little tidbit of lore before you can start hashing out a character concept, as well. Â Having some understanding of what the races are like and the names of some of the places and what they're like is probably a good start. Â But I've found you don't really need all that much lore to make a compelling and interesting character. Â There are a lot of parallels that can be drawn between Eorzea and other worlds and you can figure out most things like personality, family, and backstory without having to know too much about the lore itself. Â And if there's something you're not sure about or there's no lore for, you can often find creative ways to explain away this sort of gap in information.
And then as you familiarize yourself more closely with Eorzea and its inner workings you might find other things to integrate into your character's already-existing story and kind of build outwards from there.
For my own part, Eva has been fashioned much more by her interactions with other people than she has from any specific lore-related stuff. Â Once the game comes up and RP starts happening again, I think you'll find it will all progress very naturally and fluidly. Â
"One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others." Â ~ Lewis Carol
Eva's Journals  |  Eva's Wiki Page (coming soon)  |  RP Handbook
Eva's Journals  |  Eva's Wiki Page (coming soon)  |  RP Handbook
