#rogue's ffxiv companion ocs

[the-rogue-mockingjay]

Marielle de Dzemael

"Blood must only be shed for a worthy purpose. Killing just for the sake of killing, causing needless suffering, wanton destruction—such things cannot be borne. That is why I do this. I put men and beasts like that down to keep them from preying on those who don't stand a chance at defending themselves."

The trueborn daughter of a “trueborn" (actually a bastard) son of House Dzemael, trained as a Reaper by Drusilla. She left Ishgard when she was 19, angry at the pointlessness of the war and frustrated with the strict rules and petty politicking of the High Houses. She wandered Eorzea aimlessly, ultimately falling in with Drusilla and the Lemures in Ul'dah, and the life of crime and voidsent hunting suited her. In time, she also became a spy, selling useful information to the highest bidder (and passing anything important on to the Scions free of charge).

She returned to Ishgard when Nidhogg resumed his crusade, acting alone against the Horde and joining the freelancers on the Steps of Faith. Her voidsent pact would almost certainly get her executed for heresy, but she deems it worth the risk—she still has people she loves in the Holy See. She fought alongside the Warriors of Light at Azys Lla and helped them put an end to Thordan's ambitions.

When Aymeric comes into power, she decides to remain in Ishgard and aid the rebuilding effort how she can, safe in the knowledge that she’s not likely to be executed now. Though she holds no official authority or position even in House Dzemael, she's respected (if also somewhat feared by the average person) and has proven herself a stalwart ally to not just Aymeric, Lucia, and Hilda, but the people of Ishgard as a whole. Whatever you need, whether it be information or protection from the wild beasts of Coerthas or simply someone who can clear out those damn ogres, Marielle is at your service—for a modest fee, of course.

[emahriel]

Hi! First of all I just want to say that I adore your blog and Fjorn! One of my favorite tumblrs 100% (:

I have a question about oc’s and development and backstory. I have a Female high elf (rogue) and i’m trying to write a backstory for her, like where she comes from, her family, past lovers etc what happened before she met the companions basically. But its SO hard and usually i have no problem with this but with bg3 i feel like i’m more limited with the ideas, because i want it to make sense with the bg3/dnd universe. Like the place she grow up in etc, i feel like that has to be a place related to high elfs in the bg3/dnd universe if that makes sense? Anyway do you have any tips when writing backstorys for your oc? Thanks a lot!

Hello there! Thank you so much for the love, I appreciate it! I’m gonna be honest, I don’t have very good tips when it comes to writing backstories and I feel like I’m still in the process of figuring that out myself – but I’ll share tidbits from my process if it can help!

Generally speaking, I take specific concepts or ideas from other medias/characters I like to start with (for instance, the idea of a tragic past and trying to escape from someone for years until a nautiloid snatches my Tav away – a miracle in disguise, aka the beginning of bg3). I also knew I wanted my character to somewhat go through the following states: good – evil – neutral.

Thus began the process of reading! So the first thing I did was figure out if there was a good race that would work with that. I was thinking of a Drow or maybe a Tiefling, but I eventually settled for Aasimar despite them not being in the game. Then I stumbled upon Fallen Aasimar and was like damn… this is perfect for the concept of a ‘‘damned’’ character. After figuring that out, I thought about the class and what would fit the best. Tbh I had just watched The Witcher: Blood Origin (wasn’t great) so a big inspiration for Fjorn was Merwyn and Fjall (with Fjall being assigned as her protector, and Merwyn – an Empress- being evil), so I settled for Paladin since they swear Oaths and it worked with that concept. It wasn’t until Larian announced Paladins and showcased Oathbreakers during the Panel from Hell for Patch 9 that I decided that’s what I would choose for him. Dark Knight is one of the most interesting classes for me in FFXIV, and I really wanted to have something similar for Fjorn; I thought it fitted the idea of ‘‘sometimes you have to do bad in order to do good’’.

So yeah, I take characteristics from other characters that I really love and just combine all of my favorite things together! It’s not really a tip, but something worth mentioning is that the different Wikis out there are extremely useful: Forgotten Realms Wiki, DnD 5th Edition Wikidot, Baldur’s Gate Wiki, DnD Beyond, (wouldn’t recommend Fextralife), etc. I also spent quite some time on reddit just looking up other people’s DnD OC concepts, which did spark some ideas! I wouldn’t worry tooooo much about things not making sense though, the one thing I love about DnD is that you can go absolutely wild and get away with almost anything.

In your case, would probs start reading up about high elves, although I feel like they could come from nearly anywhere. According to different wikis, there are different kinds of high elves in the Forgotten Realms: moon elf, sun elf, star elf, dark elf and llewyrr. There’s most likely way more info about them out there, possibly also more kinds, but this could serve as a base. Click on one and then read about them until one catches your eyes and just go from there since they may have different cultures, different upbringing, different characteristics, etc.

Sorry this is kinda all over the place, but I hope this helps you a bit more!

[autumnslance]

Character meme: Thancred

Give me a character and I’ll break them down:

This got long cuz I tend to ramble about this dude.

How I feel about this character:

This utter absolute godsdamned bastard of a man. How dare he.

When I really got into FFXIV finally (after only dabbling for a bit), the age gap of his listed 32 and my RL age at the time put the same distance as me and my own younger brother, and that is where Thancred fits. I was FINE with him as a total bro, as the local disaster, similar to a younger sibling I am both fond of and exasperated by. He has a lot of backstory, character development, and changes, even before Shadowbringers really brings his various issues and working through them to the foreground. I love snarky, sarcastic characters, using that to cover their pain and issues. Highly competent but still so full of doubts. Acting out middle child of the core Scions family (now the elder brother figure with Papalymo gone and his own sense of responsibility kicking in in healthier ways).

There's a lot there, and he hits a lot of character tropes I like as a writer and reader both. So for 2 full playthroughs, he was a colleague, a companion, a pal, a bro.

Now. Now when I make a fic writing WoL based off the lady midlander CGI model, now when I decide to make an ace WoL who won't get shipped with anyone cuz we so rarely see that, now when I decide to roll Aeryn through the MSQ and got to meeting the Scions and Ifrit's quest...

Sigh. Here we are, 3+ years and counting, and "Shippy Nonsense" has completely taken over my FFXIV posting and it's all that Damn Rogue's fault. I blame his bonus to sneak attack vs a WoL's smallclothes. I know he took that feat.

He’s still my bro that I am going to tease affectionately while my character swoons, but I am going to be amusedly grumbly about it forever.

(Also I still think his ARR model is Generic Anime Protag #3547 and isn’t all that visually interesting. I like bits and pieces of the HW mountain hobo look. I think his ShB model is better at showing his experience and personality, but still wish there were some adjustments.)

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Fellow Wolcred ships. I love you all. Also it just makes “sense” to me to ship WoL with a Scion over most other NPCs, and Thancred is definitely the default nice handsome male romance option like what one gets at the beginning of a Bioware game (looking at you, Carth, Kaiden, Alistair...). I just. y’know. Thought OC/NPC shipping was for other people, not me.

I have a soft spot for occasional Y'shtola/Thancred and Urianger/Thancred. I feel like he’s a person who’d only open to true romantic relationships with people he’s known and trusted for awhile, because of his own doubts and issues.

He’s totally a Bi disaster though; a lean toward women, perhaps, but certain dudes’ll turn his head.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Thancred & Minfilia for the found family brother-sister trope.

Thancred & Ryne for the same, with father-daughter flavor instead.

Thancred & Urianger for the best bros back and forth.

Thancred & Y'shtola for the best bros in a different way. I also include here occasional side-along headcanons for a FWB situation for them, safe comfort and release--especially after the Lifestream--but without romance; their love is platonic.

(I can’t quite see Urianger doing a casual FWB in the same way tho, he doesn’t strike me as the type; it’s all or nothing there.)

My unpopular opinion about this character

How I see the "temporary eye injury." How he likely wasn't as much of a slut as assumed--while he got plenty, he also used the flirting as a cover a lot (esp given how he drops the flirty demeanor entirely post-Antitower). How he likely wasn't as much of a drunkard in ARR patches as assumed, either; getting blackout drunk makes little sense when the issue was loss of control thanks to possession.

I also think many of the people who think it would have been “fitting” (or just wished for) him to die at the Trolley RP Duty in ShB missed some of the point of Shadowbringers’ overarching themes. ShB could certainly be dark at times, but overall was a story of hope and the differences between remembering the past versus being held captive by it, and the bonds between people. If it were a more tragic story with more pessimistic themes, then yes; Thancred dying then to protect Ryne with their issues unresolved would have been (heartbreaking but) fitting. However, that’s not the story being told; it’s him using that battle as catharsis to beat at his own issues and realize he really had repeated his original mistakes. To make his peace with Minfilia’s loss and then, in the end, work things through with Ryne and be the man he should have been for her.

Ryne gets the fairy tale ending of having her parental figure that she feared resented her tell her he was sorry and fix himself for her.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

We should have seen more of his and Minfilia’s found family relationship in game. There wasn’t a lot of room for it in 2.0, it could have been in the 2.x patches a bit more, but a lot about their relationship is described after she’s already gone.

Ran’jit was Thancred’s kill. There is no way that was originally written with the General porting out last second just for the WoL to suddenly be able to defeat his plot armor. The Trolley RP Duty has the foil character set up, the “last special bullet,” and the player is controlling Thancred at the time. It makes no narrative sense and stinks of executive meddling out of some fear the players would feel cheated by not having it be WoL who defeats Ran’jit, but it’s a serious misstep in the story. We could have, should have, fought suped-up Jongleurs as the speed bump boss to Vauthry, as those characters also were woefully underused.

I’m also hoping for more personal Scion history as we get to Old Sharlayan; while most of the older Scions are from or were educated in the Dravanian Colony, being around the culture and people again shall surely give us more information as to their academic backgrounds.

And we all always need more nutkin interactions and shenanigans.

[mistresstrevelyan]

Filling the video game asks

Borrowed this from @simone-boccanegra

VIDEOGAMES

First videogame ever played - Probably Tetris on the original GameBoy?

Two favorite videogames genres - Point & Click Adventure and RPG

Three favorite videogames’ soundtracks - Mass Effect 3, Dragon Age: Inquisition (Esp. Trespasser) and Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within

Four favorite fantasy rpgs classes - Mage (DPS/Healer), Dual Wielding Rogue and Monk/Cleric Healer types

Five favorite gaming companies: BioWare, Ubisoft, Square Enix, Game of Choice, Ascaron. Bonus: Sunflowers

Six (or less) videogames played in 2019: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Seven (or less) videogames DA4, the next Mass Effect, Vampire: The Masquerade 2, Pathfinder: Kingmaker,  Red Embrace: Hollywood, Vampire the Masquerade: Coteries of New York, Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey

Eight favorite videogames’ locations: Skyhold (DAI), The Normandy (ME1-3), The Tempest (MEA), Toussaint (The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine), Lokken (White Wolf of Lokken Mountain Mod for TES: Morrowind), Ul’Dah (FFXIV), The farm in Stardew Valley and my main Stronghold in SWTOR

Nine underrated/unknown videogames: Arthur’s Knights I&II, Gloriana (The English translation of Ascaron’s “Elisabeth I.”), Gabriel Knight I-III, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Versailles 1685 and Versailles II, Egypt I-III, Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood, Cinders, Petz Horsez 2 (Only great horse game ever tbh)

Ten videogame/videogames series: Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Gabriel Knight, TES, Fallout, Assassin’s Creed, KOTOR, The Witcher, Baldur’s Gate, Final Fantasy

CHARACTERS (any game)

One character creation screen you love: I really love ESO’s character creation screen. Gorgeous, easy to navigate, very immersive.

Two of your player characters (share your protagonists!): Rhiannon Cousland and Katja Shepard, the two OCs I’m most proud of.

Three characters you wished you could romance: Loghain Mac Tir, Vivienne de Fer, Admiral Steven Hackett

Four family members (characters who are your protagonist’s family): Bryce and Eleanor Cousland, Calliope and Aurelia Trevelyan (Drusilla’s older sisters)

Five best outfits (for any character): Oh gosh, most of my faves are from mods. The Underworld Armour mod for Rhia, Dreams of Antiva for Desideria, the black/red dress for Katja, The embroidered jammies mod for Drusilla (I never hated the vanilla beige, it was just...bland?) and the Witcher school armor sets in TW3 (They’re gooooooooorgeous and almost make up for the hideous vanilla gear)

Six pre-made protagonists you love: Gabriel Knight, Geralt of Rivia, Kassandra, Bayek, Guybrush Threepwood, Cinders

Seven villains/antagonists: Loghain Mac Tir, Solas, Baron Friedrich von Glower, Letho of Gulet, Malia Gedde, Alexios (MY EMOTIONS!!!), Saren Arterius

Eight secondary characters (non companions): Regis, Anora Mac Tir, Ciri, Captain Anderson, Myrrine, Wolfgang Ritter, Anna Henrietta, Grace Nakimura

Nine favorite companions: Thane Krios, Loghain Mac Tir, Solas, Morrigan, Viconia, Garrus Vakarian, Nakmor Drack, Vivienne de Fer, The Iron Bull

Ten favorite characters: Loghain Mac Tir, Anora Mac Tir, Yennefer of Vengerberg, Thane Krios, Baron Friedrich von Glower, Cinders, Anna Henrietta, Ciri, Solas, Mordin Solus

EXTRA/RANDOM

One frustrating plot hole: Let’s NOT

Two moments that made you cry: Mordin and Thane dying in Mass Effect 3. Bonus: Romanced Solas encounter in Trespasser

Three games where you would like to play/played as evil: Fable 3, SWTOR (My Sith Inquisitor OH MY), KOTOR (Yeeeeeeeah)

Four plot twists: The villain reveal in Jade Empire, The big reveal in KOTOR, Malia Gedde’s fate, the ending of Might & Magic VI (I still don’t get it tbh)

Five rpg choices you could never make: Give Fenris to Danarius, kill Loghain, not broker peace between Geth and Quarians, not positively reunite Syanna and Anna Henrietta, betray Wrex in Mass Effect 3

Six pets/animals: Gorion the mabari, Ser Pounce A Lot, Urz the varren, Roach (The Witcher 3), the dogs in Fable 2&3, Shadowmere

Seven spells: Storm of the Century, ALL THE SPELLS IN DAI, the signs in The Witcher 1-3, the biotic skills in Mass Effect 1-3 (Esp. Vanguard with FLARE).....sorry I’m not much of a mage lore expert.....

Eight (your choice)

Nine (your choice)

Ten (your choice)

[kasumi-ffxiv]

1. What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)? / 3. How did you choose their name?

1. What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)?

For Kasumi.

I guess the first element I came up with Kasumi was a character concept. I hadn’t played a super feminine character up until that point and all my characters had been action based characters like rogues/mages so I wanted to play a character who, for the most part, didn’t go on great adventures. I originally wanted to play a geisha, then an oiran. After a while I changed her concept back to a geisha and then settled for an “entertainer”, inspired by historical east asian entertainers like geisha, Korean kisaeng and Chinese Yiji. At the time I was also inspired by companions and Firefly. Of course, her concept evolved over time to a performer and now a merchant, but her original concept was that of a geisha who entertained people and was highly feminine and sweet. 

3. How did you choose their name?

Answering this for @kira-ffxiv since I’ve already answered this for Kasumi a few times now. 

I’m gonna sound like a lame weeb, but I got the name from an anime, Death Note. Kira is actually a transliteration of “Killer” in Japanese, since L’s are pronounced with an R sound in Japanese. I’ve also always like the Celtic name Kira. 

It’s also a common surname in Japan apparently and the kanji spelling of the name “Kira” can mean multiple things like 輝月, which means “bright moon” or   星 “star”. It’s also the nickname version of names like Akira. Truthfully though, I’m going to call it right now and say her name means 星 “star” because her parents naming her “killer” seems messed up, even for the daughter of a crime boss and a ninja clan princess. >.>

Questions about your creating your OC

[lucienfairfucked]

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THEDOSIANS [DRAGON AGE]

Anansi Surana | Elven Chasind/Rivaini | Hero of Ferelden, First Enchanter of the Fereldan Circle, “Herald of Andraste” (1/2)

Annis ar Kattrin o Frosthold | Avvar | Retainer of the Inquisition

Ashala-aqun | Qunari (Elven Fereldan/Seheron) | Lady Inquisitor

Briar Heart | Vashoth | Grey Warden(?), Protector of the Amaranthine Enclave

Candide Caron | Orlesian | Grey Warden

Cassius | Tevinter Altus | Magister

Ciarán O’Shaughnessy | Fereldan | Templar, military advisor to the Inquisition

Daniel | Dalish Elf | scion of Shartan, retainer of the Hawk Estate, martyr

Dion Mahariel | Dalish Elf | viddathari

Elijah Hawk-child | Chasind/Marcher | Champion of Kirkwall, Lord Protector of Kirkwall

Hiberna Skaara | Frostback Elf | retainer of the Inquisition

Jethro | Elven Ander | former slave, Liberator of Tevinter

Kasaanda | Vashoth | “Herald of Andraste” (2/2)

Mahnon Lavellan | Elven Antivan | Lord Inquisitor

Sula Tabris | Elven Fereldan | wild woman of the forest

Talan | Vashoth | oracle; Arital of the Vashoth

Yngvar Cadash | Surface Dwarf | Merchants Guild member, Carta member

Zaarilek | Dragon? | ...Razikale

Zhané | Rivaini | mage lookin to raise hell

Zimir Trevelyan | Marcher | hot aristocrat that’s gonna cause the Inquisition some hassles. I’m workin on it

SHEPARDS / RYDERS [MASS EFFECT]

Adrian Shepard | Earthborn | Renegade Vanguard

Ana-Dimitri Shepard | Spacer | Spectre, Reaper Heir-Apparent

Jericho Ryder | Pathfinder

London Shepard | Colonist | Paragon Adept

TAMRIANS [ELDER SCROLLS]

Azha Sendu | Redguard | Second Era rogue who becomes something more

Celebor | Snow Elf | necromancer, lich lord

Draumir | Bosmer | stoned elf

Idrissa | Redguard | spy, Stormcloak, eventual High King of Skyrim

Llovyn Arendur | Dunmer | Archmage, Listener

Nadali Arendur | Dunmer | disgraced Telvanni, Nerevarine

Nadir | Redguard | Champion of Cyrodiil, Speaker of the DB, eventual Prince of Madness

Naianil | Maormer | sea boi

Red Drustan | Redguard | thief, assassin, Llovyn’s bestie

Thorin Bloodraven | Nord | hunter, widower, Daedric pawn, really unlucky bloke

Thrandir | Altmer | loremaster, Devoted Cleric of Hermaeus Mora

Valkyr Blood-Skald | Skaal | Shouter, barbarian, proud father of 7 werewolf pups

Verys Arendur | Dunmer | Azha’s companion, father of the Nerevarine and the Last Dragonborn, real strange dude

EORZEANS [FFXIV]

Dayir | Au Ra | mysterious companion to the WoL

Ishan | Elezen | a most un-heroic and hedonistic Warrior of Light

ERDANS [FABLE]

Adam Byrne | Alban | Hero of Bowerstone, first King of Albion

Alia | Samarkin | first Queen of Albion

Dusk | Alban | Hero of Oakvale

Ethan Byrne | Alban | Hero of Southcliff

Nuala Byrne | Alban/Samarkin | Hero of Brightwall

Severine Stark | Alban | self-made aristocrat, Patron to the Arts & Sciences in Albion, CFO of Stark & Faraday Industries

Shaun | Alban/Auroran | machinist, caretaker, inventor, eventual Lord Protector of New Albion 

Shuvan | Auroran | spirit warrior (and unwitting kingmaker)

Tristan Arrow-Singer | Alban...? | Gunslinger, lorekeeper, mysterious wanderer

EORANS [PILLARS OF ETERNITY]

Gandr | ??? | Invoker of Rymrgand, Watcher (not THE Watcher), Hound of Keahi

Keahi | Island Aumaua | THE Watcher, Hound of Eothas, Heir of Eothas

SAINTS [SAINTS ROW]

Alexander Mann | Saintsguard | bodyguard, brewmaster, don’t call him “Thor” (or, do)

Claudio V Invictus | Boss | Saint of Saints, head of Saintscorp, leader of the Sinners Cabal

Shango Snake-Eye | Saintsguard | Saint of Samedi, druglord, silent killer

WASTELANDERS [FALLOUT]

Gabriel | Lone Wanderer

Gideon | Courier Six, Wild Card

Noah Kingfisher | Sole Survivor, General of the Minutemen, Gunslinger

Zora Kingfisher | war veteran, Noah’s wife

AZEROTHANS [WORLD OF WARCRAFT]

Ananduil | Blood Elf | demon hunter, soul-twin of Venanduil

Venanduil | Night Elf | druid, favoured of Cenarius, soul-twin of Ananduil

OTHER

Ayin | Hunter (Bloodborne) | Great One in training

[the-rogue-mockingjay]

Lady Merethe of House Sofinoy

"Now, why would I get close enough to a dragon for it to rip me apart when I could simply bombard it with spells from a distance? I've never understood that."

The children of House Sofinoy are known for their somewhat unorthodox ways of thinking, and Merethe is no exception. The youngest of the viscountess's daughters, she has no wish to follow the path laid out for her by tradition. Along with her younger brother, Aurélien, she chose a different way to fight for her people- though her weapon of choice (thaumaturgy) is much more acceptable in the eyes of their peers than Aurélien's (machinistry).

Since the end of the Dragonsong War, she's spent much of her time journeying across Coerthas, working as a mercenary and adventurer of sorts, occasionally joined by Aurélien. The two have also been known to aid the Scions and the Warrior of Light when the situation calls for it, most notably during the war for Ala Mhigo and at the Ghimlyt Dark.

Bonus, the burden of being an older sibling:

Why is it that every time someone wishes to speak with Aurélien, Merethe is the one they send to track him down and pry him away from his work for five minutes? Fury help her, if she has to interrupt her research to find him one more godsdamned time-

Stephanivien can only offer his sympathy. Wasn't his turn to babysit ¯\_(ツ)_/¯