#Bozjan Southern Front

[autumnslance]

FFXIV Write 2023 Day 11: Once Bitten, Twice Shy

“We’re almost to the test site Mikoto’s marked,” Dark Autumn said, checking the map.

Iyna peeked around the corner of the ruins, scanning for hostiles. “Good. It’s too damn quiet out here, it’s making my ears twitch.”

“They do that anyway,” C’oretta pointed out.

“You know what I mean.”

“Quiet,” Dark admonished, taking point, bow in hand. The trio crept across the wartorn fields of the Bozjan southern front. Dark wondered once again what it might have looked like before the disaster and more recent rebellions, her forestborn sensibilities mourning for the land and its creatures as much as for the people. This was one of those times she was glad to not be able to hear the elements of the world and how they must feel in places like this.

They reached the location the archon had indicated, C’oretta deploying the device and checking back with Lilja and Mikoto via linkpearl, the trio’s excited scientific babble far too much for Dark to follow. That was an unexpected trio of overly intelligent energy that left her and Iyna, not to mention the Bozjan leadership, utterly exhausted, but they certainly got their results.

It could be worse, she supposed. They could add Aeryn to the mix. But the Warrior of Light was off trying to rescue the Scions from whatever was happening, and Twelve only knew when she’d return.

“OK we’re good to go,” C’oretta said. “They’re getting the readings now and should have some data for us when we get back.”

“If you say so,” Dark said. “Let’s…where’s Iyna?”

C’oretta’s ears went flat and her tail stiffened as she looked around. The viera was nowhere in sight. “She can’t have gone far but I don’t know why she would have wandered off that isn’t like her.”

They exchanged a look, the betrayal still fresh in their minds. It was hard to believe that of Iyna, given her time in Lente’s Tears, but they honestly knew so little of her—and like Misija she had been raised by Garleans.

Dark caught Iyna’s track and they crept along, though they didn’t have to go far. Around another ruined building corner only a few yalms away, Iyna stood very still, staring at something they couldn’t see.

“Iyna?” Dark kept her voice very quiet.

“Go back,” Iyna replied in a nearly voiceless whisper. “I saw movement coming our way, went to check, realized too late what it was, and now I am just waiting for it to get bored. Or at least realize I’m not a threat as I think this ruin might unfortunately be its nest.”

C’oretta frowned, took out a mirror, and held it out to where she could see around the corner and past Iyna. The little miqo’te paled. “Oh we should do what she says very carefully quietly and quickly let’s go Dark,” she whispered.

Dark began backing up, keeping an eye out in case whatever it was came around the building the other way, or had friends. Or for anything else that was out there.

C’oretta’s mirror must have caught the light when she pulled it away, as there came from around the wall a too familiar slow, throaty warning wark.

“Fuck,” Iyna said. “Run!”

C’oretta used her Scholarly skills to speed them along to outrun the red chocobo’s meteor strikes.

Dark would take this mad dash from an angry avian over going through that particular heartbreak again.

[skostoflight]

Under the guise of an injured soul, a trap is set and sprung for the hero of the Resistance.

[roegadynroost]

OH! Update on the Sart duel! He finally dropped his notes from the Skirmish... So I don't have to do the duel, but after I get Lyon's notes from CLL, I'm going to go back and kick Sartauvoir's ass for putting me through that.

But yeah, I'm really happy. Only Lyon's notes left.

[photosfromeorzea]

Southern Entrenchment

[diadoescomics]

Saturday Night Dalriada It's always fun receiving buffs from where you least expect it.

Do you guys have any similar moments that stick out to you? lmk! Ft. @concaviddavid

As always my comics are made with the support of my paytrons and kofi supporters, if you'd like to join them please check the official link tab inside this blog!

[diadoesart]

I've seen a few people make this meme with their WOL so I wanted to make a version too hehe Feel free to use this when trying to kidnap your friends to Bozja

[withheartsaligned]

"ah, the newfound hero of the bozjan resistance... you really think you can take on the reaper of the IVth imperial legion?"

[ostentenacity]

Chapters: 1/3 Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Warrior of Light & Thancred Waters, Ryne & Thancred Waters, Bajsaljen Ulgasch & Thancred Waters Characters: Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV), Thancred Waters, Bajsaljen Ulgasch, Mikoto Jinba Additional Tags: Patch 5.4: Futures Rewritten Spoilers (Final Fantasy XIV), Bozjan Southern Front (Final Fantasy XIV), Save the Queen spoilers (Final Fantasy XIV), au where thancred goes to bozja, Thancred's Very Dangerous Disappearing Act, Sickfic, Hurt/Comfort, Relationship Study, Character Study, many bozja in-jokes, very lightly implied thancred/urianger, Named Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV), Female Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV) Summary:

“But if I had died, it would have fixed itself?” Thancred breathes a sigh of relief. For a moment, he’d been worried.

“Why,” says the Warrior of Light, very slowly and deliberately, “are you saying that like it’s a good thing?”

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Thancred's gotten too used to risking his own life, and it's finally caught up with him in the worst possible place: behind enemy lines in Zadnor. There's a reckoning coming, and he has only himself to blame.

[zahnffxiv]

you can hug the korrigans in bozja

[yuri-cocaine]

diversity win! the bozjan southern front is gay! all of it!

[ffxivxd]

The ashkin Spartoi was first witnessed on the Bozjan southern front, and some suggested that this creature manifests when a vast number of lives are lost in a short period of time (such as during war or a calamity).Pieces of souls merge together, rising to its deadly form.

[scionshtola]

17. Taking a step away from “canon”, do you have any wholly unique side quests and adventures your Warrior of Light has gotten caught up in? Did they chase down ghosts of their own past, get married, open a bakery, or fix an ancient blood curse on their family line? Have they reunited with loved ones or buried old hatchets? If there’s some unique story behind your character, how does it show up and how did it play out? (x)

After returning to the Source from the First, Corisande journeyed to the Bozjan Southern Front to aid the resistance in their effort at reclaiming their home. They had no idea they would find their mother there, already aiding the resistance as a scout. When Corisande left her village nearly 6 years ago, it was with the understanding she and Annika would likely not see each other again. But word of Corisande's feats as the Warrior of Light had made their way to their former village deep in the Golmore Jungle, and Annika, hearing of what her only child was doing, was not content to stay hidden in the forest when she could help (wonder where Corisande gets that from!). Neither of them could believe their eyes when they first saw each other, and are still overjoyed to be reunited.

[roegadynroost]

I got the Sartauvoir duel to 33% this time! Prog!!!! I'd kept dying to the damned backdraft. I think if I go get some more DPS honors and take Aetherweaver instead of Templar I might be able to kill it before the second Phenex.

[khajiitclaws]

Glamtober Day 8 — Ilsabard

Few places are more sobering the Southern Front of Bozja, but amidst the chaos of battle shines a beacon of hope—Gunnhildr’s Blades.

Oops I just used the Bozjan Fending set for this. But in my defense it’s a good set. Weapon is Law’s Order Gunblade

[diadoescomics]

Anyone else got Dalriada trauma from the new treasure maps?

[sailor-artemis]

Artemis' XIV Write Master Post!

We did it! This was such a fun challenge to take on this past month, and while I'm glad to have a break, it really was a blast.

For anyone just tuning in, or for people who might've missed some of the posts since they were a bit scattered, I figured I'd collect 'em all in one place for easy reference!

Ratings are based on Ao3's system - General, Teen, Mature, Explicit.

The patch or quest listed is the furthest content you'll need to have completed to not be spoiled.

Steer | Aelita & her Parents | G | No CWs | Minor Bozja lore | 1798 words

Horizon | Aelita/Yugiri | G | No CWs | Patch 2.2 | 1017 words

Tempest | Lehon'a/G'raha | G | No CWs | Patch 5.0 | 667 words

Reticent | Aelita & Rielle | G | No CWs | DRK Lv 56 | 673 words

Stamp | Lehon'a & Tataru | G | Pre-transition pronouns | Patch 3.0 | 892 words

Halcyon | Aelita & Lunya (her mom) | G | No CWs | None | 900 words

Morsel | G'raha/Lehon'a/Y'shtola | G | No CWs | Patch 7.0 | 617 words

Staggering [Free day] | G'raha Tia | T | Injury depicted | Patch 5.0 | 418 words (this is a part of a longer fic I'm working on, will post soon)

Lend an Ear | Lehon'a & Lehon (her mom) | G | No CWs | Patch 5.0 | 1266 words

Stable | Lehon'a & her chocobo | G | Pre-transition pronouns | Patch 2.0 | 837 words

Surrogate | Aelita/Yugiri | G | No CWs | Patch 5.0 | 515 words

Quarry | Aelita & Chrysocolla | G | No CWs | None | 870 words

Butte | Aelita & Chrysocolla | G | No CWs | None | 732 words

Telling | Lehon'a & Ar'beunti | G | No CWs | Patch 6.55 | 671 words

What Goes Unsaid [Free Day] | Aelita/Yugiri | T | Implied violence | Patch 4.0 | 967 words

Third-Rate | Lunya & Brithael | G | No CWs | None | 1143 words

Sally | Lehon'a & Lehon | G | Pre-transition pronouns | None | 1202 words

Hackneyed | Aelita/Yugiri | G | No CWs | Patch 4.0 | 1460 words

Taken | Lehon'a | T | Character deaths mentioned | Patch 3.0 | 956 words

Duel | Lehon'a | T | Fighting for sport | Patch 7.0 + Normal raids | 617 words

Shade | Aelita & Esteem | T | Depicition of injury to a main character, background deaths mentioned | Patch 4.0 + DRK lore | 574 words

First Day of Class [Free Day] | Lehon'a & G'raha (Studium AU) | G | No CWs | None | 1168 words

On Cloud Nine | Aelita & Rielle & Sid | G | No CWs | DRK Quests thru Lv 60 | 1118 words

Bar | Aelita/Yugiri | G | No CWs | Patch 6.0 + Phys Ranged Role Quests | 1185 words

Perpetuity | Lehon'a/G'raha/Y'shtola | G | Depiction of a Panic Attack | Patch 7.0 | 982 words

Zip | Lehon'a & Y'shtola | G | No CWs | Patch 5.0 | 1554 words

Memory | Aelita | M | Depiction of Blood, Gore, Torture and Death | Patch 5.0 + Bozjan Southern Front quests | 1810 words

Deleterious | Lehon'a & G'raha | G | No CWs | Patch 5.0 | 981 words

"The Gang Invents Kayfabe" [Free Day] | Stolar, Azem & Felix (friends' WoLs) | G | Patch 7.0 + normal raids | 1287 words

Two Heads are Better than One | Lehon'a & Koana | G | Patch 7.0 | 1078 words

And if you prefer to read on Ao3, you can find the series here!