#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

[plounce]

new mogtomes event rewards!

dropping next wednesday, 2/26: easier ways to get cool stuff! (link to the official site)

i've compiled the in-game sources for all the rewards under the cut (or in this bsky thread)!

PAISSA EARRING - this is new! never-before-seen paissa earring! here's the paissa brat minion, and here's a full-grown paissa

INFERNO JACKET - previously a reward for the mogtomes event leading up to 5.5.

SHADOW GWIBER - lv 80 trial hades extreme

FALCON IGNITION KEY - this was a was a reward for being subscribed during a specific 90 day time period iin 2017 (ty to a bsky commenter for this correction)! it has land, air, and underwater forms!!

MAGICKED BED - shb treasure map dungeons provide enchanted elm lumber, 3 of which can be used to craft this (your eyes are actually open when you use it. which bugs me, so i had tomte close her eyes for this pic)

QUEEN'S GUARD BARDING - a possible drop from delubrum reginae, the bozja duty between the two exploration areas! (bozja is unlocked post-5.0; you have to have also completed the stb alliance raids)

ANCIENT ONE - a minion from the optional/bonus shb dungeon anamnesis anyder

PRIMAL ANGEL ORCH ROLL - from the eden's verse: furor, aka e6, aka the garuda/ifrit fight.

MODERN AESTHETICS: FORM & FUNCTION - silver/gold bunny treasure chests in eureka pyros.

PLEASANT DOT PARASOL - lockboxes from the bozjan southern front, or purchase with 25 clusters there.

BALLROOM ETIQUETTE: THE WINSOME WALLFLOWER - /lean emote. 1800 skybuilder's scrips (firmament/diadem, so crafting/gathering)

ELBST HORN & BOMB PALANQUIN HORN - ARR allied society quests, sahagin and kobolds respectively

LEGENDARY KAMUY & HALLOWED KAMUY - stormblood extremes, shinryu ex and seiryu ex respectively

woodland chair, apothecary's workbench, candlelit sundries, fat cat rug, and fluffy pancakes are all easily craftable furniture. you can buy them on the market board OR i will make these for you (i ♥ crafting). don't waste your mogtomes.

WIND-UP SYLPH - minion from the ARR allied society quests for the sylphs.

the skallic clothes are all drops from the post-stormblood msq dungeon "the drowned city of skalla", which can be run with duty support. it has the essential BLU spell "hydro push" as well. (the striking/aiming/healing pants are a cute glam option for fem characters! these are dyed soot black)

SPECIAL TIMEWORN MAPS: lv 70, 80, 90 guaranteed portal treasure maps. POTENTIALY special are lv 90 khumbhiraskin maps (maze); CONCEIVABLY special are lv 90 ophiotauroskin maps (roulette). lv 70s can help you get the 'luckiest of lord/ladies' title. all good choices if you have spare mogtomes.

not covering riding maps because they are not useful and are a waste of currency (imo). riding maps do NOT affect your FLYING speed! only your ground speed!

TRIPLE TRIAD CARDS:

POROGGO: npc, seika, idyllshire

HONOROIT: npc, house fortemps manservant, ishgard

SEEKER OF SOLITUDE: lv 80 msq dungeon, grand cosmos

SHB WOL: lv 80 msq trial, seat of sacrifice (normal & ex)

EDEN'S PROMISE: lv 80 eden raid, eden's promise: eternity (e12n + savage)

BITTY DUCKBILL - minion, shb+ hunt currency (800 nuts), crystarium hunt desk.

BACON BITS - minion, lv 80 botanist retainer venture.

THE GARDEN'S GATES ORCH ROLL - shb allied society quests for pixies (which are shb's combat society quests).

CURIEL ROOT - can be used to feed your chocobo to increase exp gains for it. you can only use this if you have a stable available, either through your apartment, house, or FC house. can just be bought through the marketboard.

MAGICKED PRISMS (JOB MASTERY) - fun stars effects for a few seconds. a mogtome staple. if you truly want some sparkles for a few seconds, holidays usually have some and there are doubtless people selling their variant dungeon prisms on the market board for pocket change.

MGP PLATINUM CARD - 50k mgp, which is a nice chunk of change. if you have spare mogtomes after getting everything else you want, my recommendation is spending them either on these or special timeworn maps (which can be stacked, keeping your inventory tidy!)

to get every registrable item (as in items that you pop and then can use in perpetuity in some fashion) (and again excluding riding maps) would take 767 mogtomes.

that's everything! happy mogtomes! i'm very excited to see what the ultimog challenge will be...

[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.

[fatewalker-phoenix]

Febhyurary Day 22: Ship

Featuring the airship most frequented to return to the Bozjan Southern Front, aka the home away from home

[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.

[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.

[diadoescomics]

Anyone else got Dalriada trauma from the new treasure maps?