GMNPC and NPC Development

[Diethe]

Valmafra Lenande the Witch/Warlock I was talking about, some guy from HoI v1 perhaps. I was also going to add a father]for Agrias Oaks.

Also one of your priests in the Nanten is Pharist when you said Pharism/Faranism shouldn't exist, heh.

[Diethe]

Extra characters and NPCs not necessarily needing to be GMNPCs:


Priority List of GMNPCs, NPCs and Background NPCs

Valmafra Lenande (Warlock/Witch of the Coven)
Witch (Warlock is the male equivalent) hiding in the swamps of western Lionel. Eventually apprehended by the church after years and was given the choice of death or working for them. We can link her to the big cast of characters in Lionel.

Beouwulf Cadmus (Shrine Knight)
Leader of the Lionel Gryphon Knights, the military arm of Lionel.

Bremondt Freitberg (Priest)
Lionel's vice governor.

Reis Duelar
Beowulf's chick secretly hounded by Bremondt.

Aliste Rosenheim
Beowulf's companion. Eventually succumbs to his lust for power instead of his friendship.

Admiral Canisius Godfroy
Protector of the Bunahan Crown Colony (Like an Ivalician Hong Kong) and admiral of the Royal Fleet. Also the place Queen Louveria got exiled in lore.

Madame Lucretia Darlavon (Sage)
Head of the Gariland Magick Akademy (For RP purposes. We don't like having GMNPCs mentoring or favoring players)

Ladd (Squire)
Gaffgarion's squire and protege. Still has that soft moral spot Goffard is trying to remove from the 'lad'.

Armand Oaks (Holy Knight)
Agrias' Father also in the Lionsguard. Had a falling out with Gaffgarion, his old friend for his sinister ways of doing things. Near the end of the war he did the right thing by reporting Gaffgarion's roguish ways and it got him out of the Touten Knighthood. By the events of FFT, his daughter Agrias still remembers Gaffgarion and hires him along with Ladd and Ramza to escort the princess.

Daros
The Goblin King who becomes a problem after a few propositions. Has his own small kingdom that, if left unchecked, might spread to being a real threat. (Wanted to add a sort of racial-conflict with non-humans so here's the idea. Also why do goblins have greek/roman names?)

Baron Grimms
Blackram Knights leader. (Zeltennia sure has a lot of gothic/Holy Roman Empire theme)

Warlord Zhan (Mystic)
Warlord of one of the kingdoms in the Orient.

Tsurugi (Samurai)
Commonly known as the Ronin, he defied his heritage and introduced the art of the samurai to the west. His first student was a young Messam Elmdore.

Tamara the Slaver
One of the most successful slavers in Ordallia. Probably gonna add her as Maven's slaver when Maven was still an Ordallian slave.

Hazim (Monk)
Tamara's big bodyguard

Vaghan (Berserker)
Leader of the Bloody Axe Tribe (Bad name?). Services can be brought for a herd of livestock.

The Necromancer (Necromancer)
We definitely need a necromancer. How about a twist with not being not evil.

The Lost Guy
Wont be complete without an extradimensional hero from another Final Fantasy appearing from that chain of islands up north where the cataclysm started




Trash Bin:

Bahamut
-Some dragon up north.

The Revolutionary
-Hangs out with the Corpse Brigade but prefers a more intellectual and diplomatic approach. Wants to start a revolution and make a republic with silly notions such as voting for leaders.

Worker 6
-Robot

Jarl Leoric
-Son of one of the jarls killed by Johann. So he's bristly, bearded and mad.

Leah Galthena
-Eastern Ordallia. Leader of a hidden village of seers. Mother of Malak and Rafa until the Khamja pointed him out to take his power at the same time raise his children as one of the Khamja.

Doran Mercetto
-Leader of a group of pirates plaguing the East Bugross Sea. Like that Red Corsair Girl from Hoi v1. 3 way clash on the sea between the pirates, Bunahan and Ordallia's admiral.

Azure Goltanna
-Young heir of House Goltanna. (HOI v1. Though Azure sounds eh if you think of it now)

Lucretia Malfoy
-Head of the Gariland Magick Akademy (For RP purposes. We don't like having GMNPCs mentoring or favoring players)

[Schwerpunkt]

Ehh. Bahamut is an actual summon, Doran Mercetto is redundant because we already have a pirate, Lucretia Malfoy is a no-go because this isn't a Harry Potter sim, Arya is an extremely problematic name (because, like Malfoy, it's ripped directly from a major series), we already have the Revolutionary in the Corpse Brigade (hint: he blows up Zeakden). Adding an heir to Goltana/Larg is possible, but not really urgently needed. And Worker # probably isn't going to be a useful addition to the game (primarily because the class is so broken it's stupid). I don't feel like Leah Galthena really adds anything to the plot beyond "oh, hey, fanservice for those five people who really liked Rafa and/or Malak!"

I guess we can work with most of the rest.

And no, I'm not done with Romanda. Not by a long shot, judging by the look of it. I've just been pushing mechanics lately because that's far and away the lion's share of the work. I'll be dealing with the other jarls and their descendants.

[Diethe]

Also, yeah we're about done with GMNPCs but since the topic also includes NPCs, I was thinking of adding a bit more, especially more variety apart from knights and priests. Probably need to come up with other NPCs like wandering monks (Or maybe that lore-friendly monk holy place on Dugeura Pass' Mount Landria), archer commoner heroes, thieves' guildsmen in cities, guard captains, ordallian nomads/slavers, romandan pirates/tribesmen/hunters, etc.

They'll all be coming with short summarized personalities so they're easy to pick up and let go by roleplay masters when the need arises for a point person at certain places to roleplay. Apart from that, yeah they'll stay around as background characters.

For now, I'll focus 90% on the world building.

[Ilium]

Since cris has sort of AWOL'd, just make me aware of any revisions or additions needed to this initial post.

[Diethe]

I'll inform you aye. But so far I want to complete my sprite roster of the officers first.

[chrisnorcras]

Sorry about the AWOL... Real life is being a pain in the rear! Updating all further information now.

[Diethe]

Right now I'm posting sprites that aren't on the list as well so it would be nice to be coordinated. Like, characters that aren't there on your list could be in the sprites or vice versa, but I'm not done yet anyway, heh.

[kablizzy]

GMNPC note: Vattke Sunyarike. Calculator / Scholar.

[Ilium]

I will be working here in the coming days developing story lines for the beta and for characters. I will also be working on descriptions for the land and for cities. This project will begin in earnest so that we can develop an Alpha-Version RP environment for people who are not as interested in development can participate in. This IC scenario will be a direct prelude to the events leading into turn one of the beta, and will serve as an introduction of the game and its setting for players. It will also be an environment completely detached from the mechanics side of the game, while that portion is still in development. This will be a pure role playing event open to everyone in anticipation for the release of the Beta-Version.

[Diethe]

I've taken the liberty of adding tweaks and additions of NPCs in the Sprites Thread. Really a minor inconvenience that these topics aren't together, heh.

[Ilium]

Diethe if you want to go ahead and start your own thread, I will merge the topics into your new one so you can edit everything at once in the first post.