#Crystal Exarch

[nights-at-crystarium]

knowledge never sleeps

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[purple-cat-demon]

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Crystal Exarch

Final Fantasy XIV

Ph: STEIN

[goburinboo]

Can't get enough of the crystal catboi!! <3

[crystallinekitties]

hello graha artists and scholars: graha's hair discussion! (partial hc in here)

i simply noticed his braid was thicker and longer in enw than the character creator hair he had in arr so i needed to discuss why.

the arr hair and the exarch hair are the same hair, but for whatever reason the exarch was given a different highlighting pattern than the CC hair, which would make you think the hair model itself would be different but it is not!

arr graha:

a note i didn't make on the image was the fact that because the arr braid is more one whole polygon, i'd say it is more akin to a fishtail braid. how he did a tight fishtail himself, good question, man's dedicated to making his hair much more complicated than it needs to be if his oh-so-cool warrior of light will see it. he makes it tight for bow/arrow retrieving practicality.

(and a personal hc is that he also goes for a braid instead of a ponytail because a braid can be a lot less tension on the scalp/ more evenly distributed tension, being a reliever for his chronic migraines) -- ((im sure i will eventually make a text post just going in depth about all three grahas' disabilities because i feel people see it obviously in the exarch but forget the invisible disabilities enw and arr graha have as well)

moving onto his bangs though, why keep them long if he's a bowman? he says he was bullied for his odd colored eyes, hence he covers the more jarring color with his bangs.

enw graha:

looking at the way his enw braid is sectioned off more and looser makes me think it's a standard three strand braid. it makes sense he's being a bit more practical, he doesn't have time to do a fancy braid but still wants to look nice. he doesn't need to worry about a bow and arrow anymore so he grows his hair out a bit more, likely puts it in a ponytail on lazier days.

he puts his hair into fancy little pins and pushes it from his eyes: this is more a character design choice to show he's opened up more since being a cloistered scholar. he looks wide awake! in universe though (hc) it was absolutely a tataru fashion choice that he adopted.

exarch graha:

now do i think the exarch is doing a fishtail braid in the morning? no not really. i don't think he honestly has the finger dexterity for it in his crystal hand. it's visually the same as the arr braid though, so what? fishtail on days lyna helps him cause he needs to look cute for his warrior -- twist or ponytail any other day. he doesn't need to worry about it being tight or short, i think he just leaves it short because it's easier to manage and stay under a hood.

why keep the bangs long if he's trying to keep his hair from coming out under the hood? that's a good ass hood tbh he's good at keeping it from peeking. but beyond that, i believe it's still his attempt to hide. he covers his eyes so if anyone peeks under the hood they see white hair first, not the blaring red eyes. he's supposed to be a warm and inviting (if not mysterious) figure to his people and to the scions. looking back at arr graha, he covers his red eye because it's jarring, so he continues to cover his eye even after losing the hood to maintain some of that warmness.

ok thanks that's all - add your own HCs i would love to hear them <33333

[ectojyunk]

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[kingcael]

‘Tis good to see you awake, G’raha Tia.

[lunarea0]

𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘦𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵... ffxiv · g'raha tia グ・ラハ・ティア

[worldformula]

if only for one more day. one more day…a joyous one, if i could choose.

[shinyflareon]

None of the Scions were around for the Crystal Tower story.

After the "call him by his name" cutscene at least one of the Scions had to come up to the WoL asking "Hey I know there's a lot of shit going down right now but who the FUCK is G'raha Tia?"

[silketara]

Just Titania bonking the Exarch [lightly].

He probably didn't do anything wrong. It's the WoL-

[ikeimen]

custody battle (shadowbringers in a nutshell)

[thorn-walker]

Reason n°38476008177 to headcanon that Haurchefant is not dead: THIS

I've been pleasantly surprised to get a request for their ship, happy to oblige 🫡 A necessary disclaimer: these are my hcs, and just that.

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[ciphox]

requests on twitter <3

[absolem0]

gave that characters quote generator a few tries

[crystallinekitties]

why won’t you answer his skype call

[crimson-sun]

The first finished cards of the FFXIV playing card deck!

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