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F i r e & I c e

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@serenblackbourne

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I adore this! Great work. 

Aetherial

Commissioned for @serenblackbourne & @noname-xaela

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We’re just a couple weirdos seeking other weirdos.

Feel free to hit either of us up here on Tumblr or in game!

♥

Balmung RP Partners Seeking Friends

My partner, @noname-xaela and I returned to FFXIV with a group of friends intending to RP our adventures, but as life has it, not everyone has been able to stick around due to life or their muses carried them elsewhere. Which is completely fine and we still love them, but we’re a tad lonely now!  We have a friend or two who are more dedicated to the mechanic side of the game which there is nothing wrong with, but we’d really enjoy meeting more folks in the RP community who enjoy the Roleplay aspect just as much as the game. Obviously, we enjoy RPing with one another, but characters need a plethora of other people outside significant others to have rich and interesting stories.

We’re both more than a little on the shy side of things. We’re happy to be a small guild right now that we’re pretty much two of five active members of, but it’s mainly for housing purposes as hopes of future RP with it there. So we’re trying to find linkshells or discords to join up, meet people through, and eventually share stories with. We’ve been playing along our own little storyline but we’d love to see other people’s stories and get others involved in ours.

A little information about our muses & us below.

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repeat after me...

roleplaying is a hobby. roleplaying is a hobby. roleplaying is a HOBBY.

it’s OKAY if you take awhile to reply.

it’s OKAY if you can’t find the muse for a thread or ask right now.

it’s OKAY if you can’t find the muse for a thread or ask ever.

it’s OKAY to drop threads.

it’s OKAY to be selective when roleplaying.

it’s OKAY to ship, or to not ship, something.

it’s OKAY to miss a reply.

it’s OKAY to take a break when life outside of tumblr calls.

use the bathroom!! take a shower!! take a nap!! go eat something!! get a drink!! take a break!! do things you probably need to do but haven’t done because of roleplaying!!

DO NOT STRESS ABOUT ROLEPLAYING!! IT IS A HOBBY. FOR FUN. I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH.

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TVTropes

Just a few of tropes from tvtropes. They are (hopefully) linked correctly if you want to read up on them. Feel free to add more! BOLD what applies.

Asskicking Equals Authority / Mama Bear / Respected by the Respected / Cut a Slice, Take the Rest / Half-Human Hybrid / Achilles’ Heel / Nigh-Invulnerability / Soul Jar / Kryptonite Factor / Involuntary Shapeshifter / Voluntary Shapeshifting / Kaleidoscope Eyes / Asshole Victim /  Anti-Hero / Ideal Hero / Kill All Humans / Organic Technology / Ridiculously Human Robots / Become a Real Boy / Ambiguous Robots / Magical Eye(s) / Magic Music / Lady of War / Expressive Hair / Spoiled Sweet / Battle Ballgown / Cute Bruiser / Cheerful Child / Rapunzel Hair/ Dark Action Girl / Mind Virus / Theme Music Power-Up / Epiphany Therapy / Rich Bitch / Aloof Big Brother / Stalker with a Crush / Driven by Envy / Always Second Best / I Lied / Big Brother Instinct / Fake Memories / Shell-Shocked Veteren /  Jerk with a Heart of Gold / Noble Demon / The Power of Love / The Love Slap of Epiphany / The Power of Friendship / Good Thing You Can Heal / THE POWER OF HATE / Remember That You Trust Me / Dark Is Not Evil /Lovable Alpha Bitch / Split Personality Takeover / Dying Alone / HEROIC SACRIFICE / LONERS ARE FREAKS / GO MAD FROM THE ISOLATION / NEET / Do Not Taunt Cthulhu / CURB-STOMP BATTLE / CRY FOR THE DEVIL / CRADLE OF LONELINESS / Desperately Craves Affection / Hates Being Touched / BECAUSE YOU WERE NICE TO ME / No Sense of Personal Space / Et Tu, Brute?/ Go Out with a Smile/ Artificial Limbs / Apocalypse Maiden / ENEMY WITHIN / BADASS / Freakiness Shame / ABUSIVE PARENTS / Defied Trope / Fluffy Tamer / Nightmare Fetishist / BAD DREAMS / Talking in Your Sleep / DEATH SEEKER / THE DREADED / All of the Other Reindeer / Heroes Prefer Swords / ONE-MAN ARMY / Lightning Bruiser / SANITY SLIPPAGE / ROARING RAMPAGE OF REVENGE / White Hair, Black Heart / Light Is Not Good / UNSTOPPABLE RAGE/ TOO CLEVER BY HALF / Younger Than They Look / Older Than They Look / WELL-INTENTIONED EXTREMIST / SMUG SUPER /  When She Smiles / Bad Powers, Good People / Big Brother (Sister) Worship /  Emotionless Girl / 100% Adoration Rating / 0% Approval Rating / Magical Girl / LAUGHING MAD / MY GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE? / Sickeningly Sweethearts / Ill Girl/ Bandage Babe / Too Good for This Sinful Earth / Brilliant, but Lazy / Motor Mouth / Beauty Mark /PSYCHOPATHIC MANCHILD / Voice of the Legion / Mad Scientist / Our Zombies Are Different / A-Cup Angst / The Hedonist / Big Breast Pride / Absolute Cleavage / Blue Blood / COLD-BLOODED TORTURE / The Reliable One

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Tagging: @serenblackbourne @synapsis7 and anyone who wants to do this!

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Character Battle Meme

Battle Theme: Bad Motherfucker - Biting Elbows Battle Intro: “You don’t know what you’re in for!” Victory: “You messed with th’ wrong guy.” Defeat: “Nngh... Well... Fuck.” Taunt: “I’m not even tryin’!” Reacting to Taunt: “Shut up an’ fight!” Tie: “... Drinks?“ Perfect Victory: "Shouldn’t have pissed me off.”  Assist: “Need a hand?”  Your muse down during Assist: “Don’t... Stop fighting!”  Using item: “-- Hang on a sec.” Healing/Buffing: “Get back in there!” Tag Team Special: “Two fists are better than one.”

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Tagging: Anyone and everyone! (AKA: I’m lazy.)

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Run for the heavens Sing to the stars Love like a lover Shine in the dark

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I’ve been having too much fun with these mood board things. GUESS WHO THIS IS FOR? @serenblackbourne

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If this is to end in fire Then we should all burn together

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“Give me something to return to in your heart." 

Fate by Bleak ft. Ana Johnsson

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FFXIV Lore: Xaela Naadam vs. Mongolian Naadam

Bless the internet– if I hadn’t been idly researching I’d have never known that the Naadam is a real event! And it’s next week, July 11th-15th, taking place in the Mongolian capital city of Ulaabaatar.

Quite unlike the FFXIV iteration of the Naadam, wherein powerful Xaela tribes literally fight each other to the death for the right to rule the Azim Steppe until the next Tsagaan Sar (Lunar New Year), the Mongolian Naadam Festival was once a mass training exercise where Mongolian soldiers would show off their very best men in a series of quintessentially Mongolian contests. Since the event of Mongolia’s independence, however, it’s more like Mongolian Olympics where people from around the nation come to join in the revelry in the most favorable month of the year during the nicest week–the second week of July, which should be noted is NOT the actual Tsagaan Sar (literally, “White Moon”) which is in winter.

Given that there’s no snow on the Azim Steppe map, the “fraction” of the Steppe that we see in-game is either too far south for snow (I mean, we DO see a sliver of the Nhaama Desert that the Dorthal camped out in), or we can safely say the Xaela begin their new calendar years in summer.

Instead of beating the crap out of your brethren like the Xaela do, the Mongolian Naadam features three main games: wrestling (okay, that’s admittedly close to beating the crap out of your brethren), which we commonly see NPCs engaged in on the FFXIV Azim Steppe, archery, and horse racing. There’s also side attractions; opening and closing ceremonies, music and dance shows, food, and people turn up in colorful traditional silk and cotton “del” costumes to celebrate the occasion. I’ve also read it’s a great place to meet potential spouses.

2006 Naadam ceremony in Ulaanbaatar.

In FFXIV, the ovoo is the objective of the Xaela Naadam–an aetherial symbol over which the Xaela tribes all fight to attune themselves to, thereby earning the title of “khagan” as well as their rule over the Azim Steppe. According to Cirina, during the Tsagaan Sar, “all bonds of hierarchy are broken”, and any one Xaela can become the next khagan at the Naadam, even if they aren’t their tribe’s current khan/khatun.

With the exception of Malqir tribe, the Mol, and a few possible others, it seems most tribes base said khan/khatun off of contests of strength that are regularly held, though not always to decide leadership. Sometimes, it seems those contests determine who will be their best warriors participating in the Naadam.  (See: the Oronir side quest “The Tournament” which comes from a chain of quests offered by the Oroniri cook, Esugen)

Apparently, you don’t even have to be a Xaela to participate! However, those non-Xaela who would participate are put to trial in the footsteps of a great Xaela hero of eld called Bardam, whose gauntlet is a series of tests of strength and agility called “Bardam’s Mettle”. Only those who survive it are fit to be considered Warriors of the Steppe, and may fight for the Xaela tribe of their choosing. Should one such newly-appointed Warrior survive it, they can be certain the khans and khatuns of stronger tribes will try to convince them to fight for their tribe (but in the most aloof manner possible, lest they seem–Nhaama forfend–desperate)!

The Xaela Naadam, and the ovoo in the center of the fray.

While there’s no equivalent for Bardam’s Mettle in the Mongolian version of the Naadam, the ovoo does have a basis in Mongolian religious practice!

The Xaela ovoo is a symbol laid into the ground by the Gharl tribe, whom, according to the FFXIV Encyclopaedia Eorzea, carry soil in a sacred urn from each camp (or, “iloh”) to dump at the next, and this tradition has carried for so long that it’s believed the Azim Steppe is now of one soil.

The Gharl tribe invokes the ovoo for the Naadam.

The Mongolian ovoo is a similarly round, cairn-like stone heap that functions much like an altar. It’s customary to go around the ovoo three times in a clockwise direction while travelling and add a rock to the pile or leave an offering, but apparently if you’re in a hurry, just honking your car horn as you pass will suffice. They’re also used in more ritualistic ceremonies in which a blue scarf (representative of the sky) is tied to a stick placed in the ovoo, and a ceremonial meal is enjoyed with the leftovers from an offering meal. I’ve been seeing a lot of horse, ram, and sheep skulls left at these ovoos was well.

A Mongolian ovoo, with herd animal skulls in the foreground.

That’s all I’ve got for you in the way of the Xaela Naadam and its basis in real Mongolian culture, but I’m sure I’ll have more Xaela lore analysis in the near future, because this was enlightening. You know how the phrase goes. “Please look forward to it!”

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We walk through fire

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FFXIV Muse IC Class Knowledge

D I S C I P L E S  O F  W A R

Gladiator || Paladin: | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Marauder || Warrior: | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Dark Knight: | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Pugilist || Monk: | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Lancer || Dragoon: | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Rogue || Ninja: | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Samurai: | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Archer || Bard: | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Machinist: | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

D I S C I P L E S  O F  M A G I C

Conjurer || White Mage:  | Unskilled |  Novice| Adept | Expert | Master |

Arcanist || Summoner || Scholar: | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Astrologian:  | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Thaumaturge || Black Mage:  | Unskilled |  Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Red Mage:  | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

D I S C I P L E S  O F  T H E  H A N D

Carpenter:  | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Blacksmith:  | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Armorer:  | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Goldsmith:  | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Leatherworker:  | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Weaver:  | Unskilled |  Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Alchemist:  | Unskilled |  Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Culinarian:  | Unskilled |  Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

D I S C I P L E S  O F  T H E  L A N D

Miner:  | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Botanist:  | Unskilled |  Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

Fisher:  | Unskilled | Novice | Adept | Expert | Master |

O O C

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(334): She frightens me and turns me on at the same time. She’s a keeper

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Perfection. >D

When you find a pair in a series you’re watching that act almost exactly like your OCs pairing. Sypha and Trevor share a disturbing amount of similarities to Seren and Arik. I am disturbed. @noname-xaela

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Seeing all the RP prompts...

Getting the courage to respond, then….