Solars design is heavily influenced by characters like Vincent Valentine from FF7, Dante from DMC, Haseo from .Hack, Luke Fon Fabre from Tales of Abyss and a secret 3rd thing. Red themed characters with wild personalities, tempered by their time and purpose. Minus Vincent he just inherits the badass

My journey is a little less dramatic, it is simply my time in final fantasy that gave them their designs. Aether being the oldest and a lalafell is my free trial character. When i initially tried the game when ShB was fresh and shiney. Umbra was my original WoL before EW dropped.