(Apologies for the long post. I should learn to be concise. >_>')
While preparing for my move to a RP server, I have been levelling my probable main, Cain Locke, and trying to figure out what he is like. I have quite a clear idea of his personality, but his background is giving me problems. I've spent several hours searching the forums and reading up on the lore, but I still find myself at a loss.
As the topic title suggests, Cain is a Midlander Thaumaturge. He is ambitious and (supposedly) observant, but while he enjoys watching people and getting to know those who he finds interesting, he struggles with forming deep relationships or friendship. If he had to choose, he would rather be needed than loved, and this probably shows in his behaviour. He tends to be a bit snarky and is more likely to point out the flaws in something than remain quiet for the sake of politeness.
Cain is relatively young, but his parents are gone – whether that means being dead or having abandoned him for reason or another. This is both to explain their absence (if it was ever brought up in RP) and parts of his personality. I imagine that he might not have had a lovely childhood.
So, to the actual backstory/origin part. From what I've understood, Midlanders live pretty much everywhere, which... isn't very helpful if you are indecisive like me. I originally planned to make Cain an adventurer who recently arrived to Uldah (as the opening scene suggests) as a way to explain why he/his player might not know much about the history of the area or the local events. However, from what I've understood, his name doesn't fit Othard/Doma naming scheme, Sharlayan wasn't too keen on combat magic and an Ishgardian Hyur wouldn't probably have much reason to venture outside his kingdom.
The quests show that Ul'dah has both quite a few refugees and poor folk, which naturally gave me the idea of making Cain either. If he was a refugee, though, I'm not sure where he could be from: Ala Mhigo was mainly a Highlander kingdom, if I've understood correctly, and the other options are mainly the same as with him being a foreign adventurer.
That leaves the idea of making him a native citizen of Ul'dah. If, however, I couple that with his lack of parents, how likely he would have managed to become a Thaumaturge? Literacy isn't apparently too widespread in Eorzea, so a child of poor family / orphan isn't probably the most likely candidate for wielding powerful magicks, unless he was very dedicated and stubborn – and willing to somehow teach himself how to read.
I'm starting to get a bit worried whether I picked a bad race/class combination: Cain is a Thaumaturge because he sees it as a way to gain power and prove his worth, but I've also OOC taking a liking to the class and can't really see him as anything else (save for Rogue or something similar, perhaps; I haven't yet even tried the class). Any pointers or advice would be much appreciated.
While preparing for my move to a RP server, I have been levelling my probable main, Cain Locke, and trying to figure out what he is like. I have quite a clear idea of his personality, but his background is giving me problems. I've spent several hours searching the forums and reading up on the lore, but I still find myself at a loss.
As the topic title suggests, Cain is a Midlander Thaumaturge. He is ambitious and (supposedly) observant, but while he enjoys watching people and getting to know those who he finds interesting, he struggles with forming deep relationships or friendship. If he had to choose, he would rather be needed than loved, and this probably shows in his behaviour. He tends to be a bit snarky and is more likely to point out the flaws in something than remain quiet for the sake of politeness.
Cain is relatively young, but his parents are gone – whether that means being dead or having abandoned him for reason or another. This is both to explain their absence (if it was ever brought up in RP) and parts of his personality. I imagine that he might not have had a lovely childhood.
So, to the actual backstory/origin part. From what I've understood, Midlanders live pretty much everywhere, which... isn't very helpful if you are indecisive like me. I originally planned to make Cain an adventurer who recently arrived to Uldah (as the opening scene suggests) as a way to explain why he/his player might not know much about the history of the area or the local events. However, from what I've understood, his name doesn't fit Othard/Doma naming scheme, Sharlayan wasn't too keen on combat magic and an Ishgardian Hyur wouldn't probably have much reason to venture outside his kingdom.
The quests show that Ul'dah has both quite a few refugees and poor folk, which naturally gave me the idea of making Cain either. If he was a refugee, though, I'm not sure where he could be from: Ala Mhigo was mainly a Highlander kingdom, if I've understood correctly, and the other options are mainly the same as with him being a foreign adventurer.
That leaves the idea of making him a native citizen of Ul'dah. If, however, I couple that with his lack of parents, how likely he would have managed to become a Thaumaturge? Literacy isn't apparently too widespread in Eorzea, so a child of poor family / orphan isn't probably the most likely candidate for wielding powerful magicks, unless he was very dedicated and stubborn – and willing to somehow teach himself how to read.
I'm starting to get a bit worried whether I picked a bad race/class combination: Cain is a Thaumaturge because he sees it as a way to gain power and prove his worth, but I've also OOC taking a liking to the class and can't really see him as anything else (save for Rogue or something similar, perhaps; I haven't yet even tried the class). Any pointers or advice would be much appreciated.
