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Hello...

I myself hail from the land of Vana'diel, but I am starting to stride over to this strange world to take a peek at what lies across the sea, so to speak.

Tell me something...

Is role playing, back story telling, like this common in the land of Norrath?

Or is it as rare as it is on Vana'diel...where a person who utters the words of the Goddess of the Dawn is met with many strange looks and disdain?

Then tell me...

What about this "Role Playing" worlds that I hear about?

Are the citizens of Norrath there true to the intentions of that world, or is it just a farce, a false front, a title given the bare lip service by the people within it?