(08-02-2017, 06:45 PM)Kieron Lohengrin Wrote: Jobs are just a skillset. Unless you're playing WHM or BLM, in which case they can also potentially add an on-the-run illegal/verboten aspect to your toon.
I don't at all agree with this statement. If you can't ignore the background of BLM or WHM, why can you ignore the backgrounds of the other jobs, or classes for that matter? Each job and class-guild has its own history, cultural importance, and often-times (in the case of the guilds) are integral to the day-to-day life of the respective city-state. They're far from just a skillset. Though they can also just be RP'd that way, as just a skillset, if - like many people - you're not interested in associating with the cultural importance some of these jobs represent.
But given how Kiyokage seems to be going for the Soul Crystal and Darkness part of DRK and not the swordsmanship part...?
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(08-02-2017, 05:23 PM)FloppyDingo Wrote: I'd like to run this by you guys since I'm still pretty new to the lore to see if this all works out and makes sense to you. This is basically my final rough draft of my character's background. I'm not amazing with dates and times and whatnot of what's happened, so if I missed anything important that would've happened or my character might've witnessed, feel free to inform me.
I've got a few lore links that might help you out with getting a better idea of timeline and Kiyokage's time in Ishgard might've gone.
-Timeline of the Garlean Invasion and Its Effects
-Dark Knight Lore
The main thing I see in the story is that Kiyokage seems to live all his life on Othard, then comes to Ishgard specifically just to pick up a dark knight soul crystal, and then goes to Kugane soon after?
I'm not sure how old you're wanting your character to be but Doma has been conquered by the Empire for the last 25 years, so in all likelihood when he came to Doma as a young teen it would've already been under imperial control. Doma hasn't yet been razed, so many of the day-to-day functions would've been ongoing. He could've continued swordsmanship, though he would've most likely been drafted by the Empire to work as a soldier or doing slave labor at one of their concentration camps. A lot of Doma and the Yanxian region is agricultural - so farming, fishing, harvesting, repairing homes and tools. His age determines how long he likely would've done this, unless he ended up leaving Othard altogether to head to Hingashi?
You mentioned going to Kugane was returning "home," though it was my understanding he'd never been there before in your draft? While somewhat culturally similar in many respects, Hingashi isn't a part of the Othard continent or Doma, similar to how Vylbrand isn't technically part of Aldenard.
In any case, a year ago the people of Doma rebel against the Empire, which leads to the mass exodus of displaced Domans to Eorzea. Around this time Yotsuyu takes over as Viceroy of Doma while the previous viceroy, Zenos, is reassigned to Ala Mhigo, to replace the recently deceased Gaius van Baelsar. Yotsuyu despises Domans and begins pressuring other Far Easterners to ignore and report any fleeing Domans. This is why Hingashi turns away Yugiri's refugees initially and still a year later have imperial spies ready to collect a bounty to the Empire on any Domans who show up in Kugane.
While in Ishgard, most everything seems fairly plausible. Initially, Kiyokage would've only been able to reach Coerthas and not Ishgard proper until the start of the events of Heavensward where Nidhogg's Horde breaking through the formerly-sealed gates of Ishgard allows outsiders into the city-state for the first time in nearly 15 years. By the current time period, Au Ra aren't normally slaughtered on sight by the Temple Knights, but there's likely still discrimination and xenophobia at play to some capacity, so staying outside the city in Coerthas might have been preferable. A Dark Knight or his soul could be found just as easily outside the city as in.
Some things to think on maybe- What is his reasoning for coming to Ishgard? Why does he leave right after? Is he a DRK or a SAM? Both? Why does want to go to Kugane to learn the art of Samurai when he just found a Dark Knight sword where he's at in Ishgard?
Hope this helps! ^^