User blog comment:Alchimous/Icyene Character/@comment-4536066-20121115141338

In general, I would agree with Sander that if you can't think of a good explanation for your character not being extinct, that's usually a glaring "special snowflake" sign that you should pick a different kind of character.

But this blog isn't here to help you decide if you want to play one, so...


 * I'd say it's probably best to avoid the "imprisoned for 3000 years in an obscure location" shindig. While valid and pretty bullet-proof, it's way overused.


 * "In hiding for 3000 years in an obscure location" could be better, but if you're goint that way I would suggest taking it a step further. Like, say... If you've been isolated with (maybe 1 or 3 friends) on a tropical island far south of Gielenor for three millenia, it's bound to affect your behavior and world view. You'll probably develop some weird social skills tailored to living peacefully with the only other two living beings in your vicinity and adapt your clothing and lifestyle to the environment of that island.


 * "Frozen in the ice of Trollweiss" is also pretty cliche, but possible. He could have been heading up to meet the Saradominist force at the God Wars battlefield and gotten knocked out over the peaks of Trollweiss, only to freeze over and be, for whatever reason, thawed/restored in the last few years.


 * I would suggest avoiding anything that involves an icyene being held captive in Morytania. While technically viable, we have no reason to believe that vampyres would actually keep an icyene alive instead of just murdering it.


 * Mad scientist? Maybe a crazy medieval-type biologist happened upon some well-preserved remains of a winged human who apparently died shortly after one of her eggs was fertilized, so he pulls out the egg and hydrates/restores it and plants it in one of his human slaves (or a volunteer, depending on your preferences). Thus is born a baby icyene of his experiment, only, perhaps the scientist doesn't know what an icyene is and raises the child (in his freaky, mad scientist way) without being able to explain why he done got wings stickin' out his back.

That's all I got right now.