Decided I may as well start up the QA thread for this game now that I have 3 mostly complete character sheets in my inbox and a fourth one possibly in the works. As I mentioned before, this game will not be set in one of the established Final Fantasy settings, but rather a setting of my own, at this point only one continent, Lysoria, is mapped, and the map only shows settlements that could be classified as cities. The smaller villages, towns, hamlets, etc are not marked on the map and will instead be added as needed.

The map, which I made myself so it isn't the best, can be located at this page and unfortunately I did not realize just how small the details were until after I uploaded it, so I apologize.

This post will eventually be filled with the information pertaining to each region, be it the nation, cities, or adventure locales visited. You will notice on the map there are 4 cities that are marked by a crest, these are the capitals of the nations of Lysoria, each nation marked by the white outline around it. Two areas on the map remain neutral, not under the influence of any one nation, the mining city of Stone Bridge and the associated lands around it, and the Island of Ereshoden, commonly referred to as the Island of Outcasts. Your adventures will begin within the city of Stone Bridge, and may very well someday take you beyond the sea and into continents beyond Lysoria.

Stone Bridge: The city has managed to maintained neutrality mostly on the merit of its lucrative mining companies. Stone Bridge controls the flow of most of the stone, ore, and even precious stones traded across the continent of Lysoria. It is both this neutrality, and the potential for profit that draws many to this city, including Echario le'Rouge, founder of the Crimson Falcons, which we will discuss in detail in another post.

This space will be filled with the information learned about various NPCs and organizations within the world. I'll start with defining a couple terms before moving into specific people or groups.

Grand Companies: Each Nation maintains a Grand Company, in essence, their military which is tasked with protecting the lands, peoples, and interests of their Nation. Under the banner of each Grand Company there are smaller bands of mostly independent Free Companies that the Grand Company will occasionally call on when the needs of the nation are greater than the Grand Company can handle.

Free Companies: Free Companies are, as mentioned earlier, mostly independent though most owe loyalty to one of the 4 major Grand Companies and will answer a call for aid when one is put out by their respective Nation. In essence a Free Company is a band of like-minded sell swords and mercenaries that gain benefits from being loyal to a particular Nation. There are of course exceptions to every rule.

Echario le'Rouge: The great adventurer, Echario le'Rouge, is a famous Jack-of-all-Trades whose fame is only matched by his ego. This ego is what lead le'Rouge to found a Company not bound to any one Nation, but instead bound to his will and the benefit of its members over any one Nation. This company is known as the Crimson Falcons as it is le'Rouge's hope the company will soar to heights far greater than any other company ever could without the shackles of loyalty to a Nation.

Nam: A Varg of few words, preferring to let actions speak for him. He appears to carry no weapon, and wears no armor.

The Crimson Falcons: The only (as of now) 100% independent Free Company in existence on the continent of Lysoria. The company is based out of the independent city of Stone Bridge and will take on work from any Grand Company, as well from the private sector as long as their is potential for glory or riches. Your characters are the newest members of the Company, each joining for your own reasons which I will leave up to you.

I'll not be posting everything about characters, just basics, and tidbits of information learned during the course of your adventures. As I pointed out in the recruitment thread, the party is not meant to readily know everything about each other, and each character is (and likely will) free to have their own secrets.

>> Chessicfayth: Simon, a Hume who seems to know more than he chooses to reveal.

>> Vesper: Tuman Ledjier, a Hume accompanied by a sprite.

>> Nomad D2: Gelion Gavroche Greyflood, a Hume adventurer and woodsman.

>> Ayrn: Yohn, an Al Bhed mechanic and tinkerer.

>> Feypyro: Silvira Rundir, a graceful Ronso who seems at home in the shadows.

Treasures gained by the party as the game goes on will be noted here, unless a player manages to get their hands on something without the rest of the group noticing, at which point the nature of that loot will be between that player and I, until revealed within game.

Brief recaps of the adventures and story will be added here as we move forward, summarizing events so if this does last and more people end up coming along they can read the cliff notes version to get a grasp of what to expect instead of reading an entire thread.


First Steps: While it may not seem the most glamorous of assignments, every story must start somewhere, and it seems your story with the Falcons is to begin with some pest control. A careless logger has disturbed a hive of Giant Bees and now work has practically come to a stop and it is up to the newest members of the Falcons to get things moving again.

-just in case-

-may need this space-

I should have enough space now, if not then we'll figure it out as we go!

Aryn confirmed for Crimson Falcons?

Curiousity surviving minds want to know.

*evaporates*

He said he was gonna be without internet a couple days, but he has been consistently communicating with me about his character when on, so I assume he's in.

I'm in... still gone for the next 40 hours or so, but I should come back with a more complete character concept by then.

Making my presence known. I will be sitting in some corner peering over ancient tomes until we are ready to begin.

Seeing what's up. Still hanging out.

Just waiting on an updated sheet from Nomad, then I'll work out the intro and get this rolling. I appreciate everyone's patience and hopefully we can get something going this weekend.

Also, I just want to be sure everyone accounted for their favored class bonus during character creation. The standard 1 hp or 1 skill point, or the racial bonus (if any).