Hey Sounsyy! Thanks for the feedback, I'm honestly sort of clueless when it comes to FFXIV lore. I understand general concepts, but it's the minor details (like timelines) that get me. As it were, I think the guild I was running with had a lax policy about lore stuff so I really do appreciate it.
You're correct in assuming my character is supposed to be older, and depending on lifespans and such (I think I read somewhere that all races have similar lifespans? Correct me if I'm wrong) I might have to alter his heritage anyway. I know Elezen are primarily from the Twelveswood, but are they all from that region? If so, perhaps his family would have moved of their own accord for some reason, and he was just raised the way he was from the beginning. I have no experience with FFXIV lore pre-Calamity, though, so I wouldn't be able to say.
As far as the railways go, if they were built after the Calamity then he'd already be well past middle-age when he was hired on as extra security. I'd want most of his experience to be as a machinist/gunner/what have you, so unless magitek existed for us some 15-20 years before the Calamity I may have to rethink my character.
Sorry, that was a little stream-of-consciousness, but I have this habit of deleting an entire post and coming to a conclusion without explaining my thought process, which leaves people a little confused when I up and go "nvm just gonna do this instead". Which, depending on timeline fuggery, I might have to do.
You're correct in assuming my character is supposed to be older, and depending on lifespans and such (I think I read somewhere that all races have similar lifespans? Correct me if I'm wrong) I might have to alter his heritage anyway. I know Elezen are primarily from the Twelveswood, but are they all from that region? If so, perhaps his family would have moved of their own accord for some reason, and he was just raised the way he was from the beginning. I have no experience with FFXIV lore pre-Calamity, though, so I wouldn't be able to say.
As far as the railways go, if they were built after the Calamity then he'd already be well past middle-age when he was hired on as extra security. I'd want most of his experience to be as a machinist/gunner/what have you, so unless magitek existed for us some 15-20 years before the Calamity I may have to rethink my character.
Sorry, that was a little stream-of-consciousness, but I have this habit of deleting an entire post and coming to a conclusion without explaining my thought process, which leaves people a little confused when I up and go "nvm just gonna do this instead". Which, depending on timeline fuggery, I might have to do.