I'm currently writing/planning a Cid centric fic that spans from his childhood on the Southern Continents all the way to Nysa Defile when he rescues Jill and Clive. I have no idea how long it's gonna be yet, probably in the 20k area?
I plan to start it when he's 12, then skip through the next few years until he's 15-16, when he leaves for Valisthea.
I've done a shit ton of research in Minoan and Greek history because that's the area I imagine he's from. At least the FF16 equivalent. I have him growing up on the fringes of a port city near the border.
I have also scavenged the internet for all the information I can get on the Southern Continent. It wasn't much.😔
And the reason I choose to use Minoan/Greek society as my base was actually because of his name. Telamon was a character in the Iliad. He was the child of a king and a mountain nymph and was one of the Argonauts, a group of hero's in Greek mythology. And Cidolfus sounds Greek as hell, even if it is a made up name.
I plan to spend most of my time around the times he's 18 and later as Waloeds Lord Commander. I wish we found out anything about that time in his life. So since the writing team didn't fill it in for us, in my eyes it's free real estate!
I imagine his mother was the ff16 Greek equivalent, while his dad was Slavic. I asked two of my friends who are minorly aware of the plot of ff16 what flavour of white person they thought he was. They both agreed he could be either or.
I also gave him 3 siblings. From what I've seen from other writers it seems like a common theme. For me it's because he gives me the impression that he's always been the one to take care of others. And having 3 younger siblings would explain that easily. He just can't stand the idea of being taken care of by another person. He'll indulge in his vices for all the live long days, but ask him to relax while someone else takes over his job? Oh hell no. I don't think he'd consciously realize this. And even though he planned for Clive to take over the Hideaway, I imagine it's because he knew he was dying and wanted the Hideaway taken care of after his death. And of course, he can't see anyone better taking over his mantel than Clive.
Anyway, I've started writing out what Barnabas and Cid's relationship was like. Just notes of how it developed and eventually evolved into what we are hinted at in the game. How Barnabas saved Cid when he was 18, then appointed him his Lord Commander at 21. That's a very fast promotion from essentially a contract mercenary to the head of the Waloedi military. I imagine the power went to Cid's head, especially after what Barnabas saved him from. Am I making parallels between Benedikta's experience and Cid's, maaayybe👀. But that's for later😈
(And yes it's DarkStorm flavoured😉)
