(08-14-2015, 09:19 AM)Alania Kord Wrote: Age/Date of Birth: Alania was born On the 20th Sun of the 6th Umbral Moon in the year 1565 of the Sixth Astral Era. Though technically 33, Alania did not age while in Louisoix's rift from the Battle of Certeneau and does not count her time from the 5 year rift.
Date check! 1565 6AE was only 12 years ago. If you're wanting your character to be 33 years old at the Battle of Carteneau, her birthday would be 20th Sun of the 6th Umbral Moon in the Year 1539.
(08-14-2015, 09:19 AM)Alania Kord Wrote: Upon returning to Gridania after the Calamity she met Sergei Harlenk who chose to follow Theovon and herself, as he lost his family to the cataclysm. During their time together the group grew very close and Alania now considers Sergei a brother to her.
Did have a question about this though, for clarification. Is the "returning to Gridania" part her exiting the time rift 5 years later? And then the "time together" with Sergei was during the year-ish after exiting the rift?
I bring this up simply because being caught in Louisoix's time rift is not a requirement for surviving the Battle of Carteneau. You most certainly can say you were one of the Twelvesblades who fought to protect Louisoix in the last moments, but I did want to say that this was not the majority of people, and only those Twelvesblades who were under contract to defend Louisoix got teleported (per lore) which brings some suspicion as to why a "Garlean" (Theovon) was teleported. Again, not saying it can't happen if that's the way you and your group have decided that's how you want your collective backstory to work out, but the alternative is also just as likely:
Alania and Theovan flee Carteneau when the Eorzean Alliance orders a full retreat and escape the blast range of Bahamut's wroth and subsequent death. Then they return to Gridania. Theovan could've been wounded in the escape and Alania uses that as an excuse to have a Garlean soldier in her care. (We have lore that the Gridanians spared some of the Garleans they found who had survived the battle.) In Gridania they meet Sergei and their relationship grows over the next 5 years?
(08-14-2015, 09:19 AM)Alania Kord Wrote: Alania has studied at the Astrologicum in Ishgard.
...Ishgard is still foreign to her, she has spent time there with the astrologians studying astromancy but still feels like an outsider as she is not a citizen of Ishgard.
Only other timeline suggestion I can point out is that Ishgard closed its gates to all outsiders 20 years ago after Nidhogg's last full scale assault against Ishgard, resulting in the razing of the Ishgardian village of Ferndale. Alania would've been 12 or 13 at the time and still living in Ala Mhigo. Ishgard only recently (Heavensward) opened its gates to Adventurers who pledged their aid to the Holy See. Perhaps you can have it so Alania, who is already adept at Conjury and Arcanum, wishes to go to Ishgard so that she can begin learning the Sharlayan healing art and make that a part of your current RP?
(08-14-2015, 09:23 AM)Alania Kord Wrote: just occurred to me, it the White Mage Job would raise and issue, lore wise, would the same go for Bard, or am I safe to keep that in there?
Bard is totally fine, lore wise. Bards were common until roughly 100 years ago after the Autumn War. There became little use for the art and the magic of the bard songs began to weaken. Only a few true Bards carried on the legacy, but Gridania's Gods Quiver is now teaching the art to their archers, so easy to swing into your story!
Hope this helps! ^^ Always good to welcome a fellow Ala Mhigan!