Hello and welcome!
I do love me some novelists. They have the most intriguing stories to post on forums like this. Actually, once you're acquainted with the lore, if you're feeling like writing a sort of short story or novella about your character or really anything lore-wise as far as ArcheAge is concerned, you should check out the
Stories (IC) subforum. I hope that place will be jumping as soon as we all kinda wrap our heads around the story of ArcheAge.
Roleplaying isn't much different than writing a novel. The difference is, the unpredictable element of other writers. That always tends to make for a good time. Personally, I enjoy having my expectations for a certain scenario totally blown away by someone else shifting the focus.