Have you considered melodiesoflife? It's a Final Fantasy-based game, so everything is still swords and sorcery pretty much (now with airships!) and I think any of your characters could work there (although I'm biased towards Cynthia and Morgan.). The overarching plot is original, so being canon-blind would be a-okay.

The pace is slow to medium depending on the event, and backtag friendly. AC is pretty chill at seven log comments a month, and reserves aren't competitive in the least. There's even a test drive up right now, if you'd be interested in trying it out!