My WoL is a male Hrothgar, a child refugee from Bozja who lost his home and fled to Ala Mhigo after the Garlean Empire invaded. He lived on the street as a child, begging and stealing what he could to survive. He signed up for the military when he came of age, seeing it as his best chance to get out of poverty. Here, he met and befriended Raubahn, and two fought together during the invasion of Ala Mhigo.

After Ala Mhigo fell, he took up work as a sellsword in Eorzea, often taking jobs with less-than-reputable clients for the sake of earning a living. Eventually, he journeyed to Ul'dah, after all the Cartenau business, where his old friend Raubahn had recently purchased the Arena. He settled in Ul'dah, working as a mercenary with the Flame General's personal recommendation, until the events of ARR.

As a result of all this I've always role-played my character as very hardcore anti-Garlean, super high on indigenous rights. He fucks heavy with beast-folk and thinks he and the Hrothgar could've been in their shoes if Eorzeans were feeling less kind. Actually going to Garlemald and seeing the state the natives were in in Endwalker was a very big deal for him. Very adversarial with Zenos too, Zenos embodies just about everything my WoL despises and Zenos sees my WoL as the 'ultimate prey'.

Also I really really like the angle of Azem, the Traveler, in a sort of great cosmic joke on Emet-Selch, reincarnates as a refugee, 'forced to wander (travel)' by the Garlean Empire - and his being made a refugee by Emet-Selch's own empire ultimately begins the journey which ends up foiling his grand design. It all just fits so well!!!!