Character creation inNightingaleis a treasure trove of options providing a little familial context. One intriguing choice you’ll face while creating your personal protagonist is their Ancestry, which encompasses Story, Lineage, and Inheritance choices. But how do they affect your character in the long run?
Well, at least for now,your gameplay won’t be particularly affectedregardless of which story you choose. There may, at some point, be unique NPC dialogue options that arise as your story progresses, but I’ve not found any major differences thus far.
That said,there’s nothing official from Inflexion to say that this feature won’t be implemented at some point during early access, so it’s worth paying attention and picking the best option for you. Your choice will also affect your starting outfit, so if you’re at a loss as to which story suits you best, you could always just go with the best drip.
All 7 Nightingale character Story options
There are, in total, seven different backstories that can be applied to your character. They’re all, of course, very Victorian-inspired and to suit all walks of life from that time with a fantastical spin. At first glance, some of these seem better suited to life in the Fae Realms than others.
Here’s all the options you’ll have to choose from:
How Lineage and Inheritance affect Nightingale characters
In short,neither of these settings are necessary for creating your characteror furthering their story, but they are a nice touch and fun to mess around with in order to personalise your character.
The Lineage option allows you to choose two parents, four grandparents and eight great grandparentswho all pass down their appearance traits to your character. It’s an interesting method and one that results in endless possibilities.
Inheritance is where you can fine tune your inherited physical attributesalmost infinitely, based on those that your ancestors had, before moving on to fine tune each element of your character’s face in the subsequent stages of character creation.
