D'ana Sitka

D’ana is a character I made in Fall of 2014.

I had a character before I fantasia’d and name changed to D’ana, and some not-very-good people made fun of her name and looks a lot and made me feel insecure and invalid both in my own skin, and in ffxiv in general. 

I bought a name change, acquired a fantasia potion, and went into character creation. When I picked all the options that filled me with the most joy, D’ana Sitka was the result. 

I named this new Seeker of the Sun Miqo’te “D’ana Sitka”:

D - Denahi (Character from Disney’s “Brother Bear”)

Ana - (From Disney’s “Frozen”)

Sitka - (Another character from Disney’s Brother Bear)

Those characters and movies (both now and at the time) gave me such joy and happiness, I fell naturally into step when looking up the Mi’qote naming system on a ffxiv website, and putting this name of hers together. 

I had her look, I had her name.

I created her simple backstory, she didn’t need to be born from chaos, confusion, and blackness, like my other character. She came from a loving family that grew bigger when she was born.

When I see her, I see strength, beauty, confidence. She is the best character I have ever made, from either ffxiv, or my short stories and book attempts I have written on my own. She has helped me become a better, stronger, confident player. When I am online as her, I feel like I can accomplish anything. 

I don’t particularly know why I wanted to share this story. I felt like writing something about her, and I didn’t want to let myself think about it first, overthink, and end up not posting anything after all. 

I send this post into the void, all to say:

Thank you, D’ana.

Signed,

The palace smelled of stone and paint, of people and food and beeswax floor polish.