In-game name is Lyrisse -- posted it on page 1.
Anyone want to post a little about their character? In FFXIV I played a female Hellsguard, reddish galka from remote mountains, who was angry at broader society for not being like hers. FFXI doesn't have female galka, so I made a different character, and since our numbers are few, I'll make this one easier to get along with
FFXIV's RP community was huge, which was really cool, but I just couldn't stay interested in the game.
Background: Lyrisse's parents met as soldiers near the beginning of the Crystal War, her mother a San d'Orian knight and her father Tavnazian. Her mother was sent home pregnant, left the baby with her own parents, and returned to fight in the final engagements, both determined to serve her country and driven to see her lover again. As far as Lyrisse knows, they were both killed in action. She was raised by her grandparents, whom she liked well enough, but she always idolized her war hero parents. As she got older, she realized that, although they rarely said so now out of respect, her traditional grandparents had disapproved of her mother's recklessness and out-of-wedlock baby... but the love with which they said Lyrisse was just like her mother showed that they must have loved her too.
She was still young when her grandfather died and her grandmother, worried about her own health, took the two of them to live with her older son, their only remaining relative. An alchemist living in Bastok, he was unmarried, eccentric, and liked his space, but didn't feel right turning them away. Lyrisse's grandmother died several years later. She spent a few years with her uncle, who was fascinating but distant; it was clear that he preferred not to share his home, and so, as a young adult, Lyrisse left to seek fortune and new horizons. An adventurer by temperament, she does odd jobs and dangerous work, and occasionally leans on her inheritance to make ends meet -- though not rich, there is some money in the family.
Her most treasured possession is a book that was once her father's and brought to San d'Oria by her mother, an unorthodox and unusual religious treatise, which her grandparents didn't like. It references a broader tradition, but whether that's the church of Tavnazia, a fringe sect, or something else entirely, she can't tell.
Personality: Brave, spirited, and stubborn, she lives for travel, discovery, and big ideas, and believes strongly in giving new and different points of view a chance. She considers herself well-read and cultured, sometimes forgets that not everyone had the same opportunities, and privately looks down on those who simply aren't interested in learning anything new, although someone who's more of a doer than a thinker could still impress her. She admires bravery, originality, good taste, and both book and street smarts. The poise and composure her grandparents taught her have mostly stayed with her, but sometimes her emotions get the better of them. Fairly tolerant but quick to anger if pushed, she's had more than one religious discussion turn into a shouting match. She can be driven in the short term but has trouble sustaining it. Those who come to know her well might be surprised at her private moodiness and at times even depression. She has high, almost magical expectations, of which reality usually falls short. Though a risky life suits her, rough living does not, and she can seem angry at the world itself at times for containing bugs and mud. She does believe the San d'Orian church's doctrine that Paradise can only be found in the heart, but as far as she's concerned, it's going to take some searching.
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/t Lyrisse for CoP help, upcoming groups, or names of people on same mission. PLD, DRG, RDM, WHM available for 40/50, Sacrarium KI.
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