#Gomen! 🙏🏼

[vahalia-cress]

4. What made you choose this muse?

It was a character I created back in 2011/2012 with an old friend at the time. Vahalia went by another name in various games and MMOs as Hale Cress. From GW2 to WoW, TESO, she's had several different renders of her, and coming to the FFXIV universe in 2019 I decided to keep true to what was a part of her character and stories and mold it to better fit the lore of FF.

I've done a lot of world-building for her over there years as a solo venture and she's always been one of my favorite characters. I chose her solely because she's challenging to write at times, 3 dimensional, dark, and twisty and there is a lot of room to indulge in the darker aspects of writing and roleplay.

People seem to enjoy her as much as I do (even though she can be a straight-up c*nt at times) and it really brings me a lot of joy when I can sit with friends and build on things with them or support their own stories and creations through Vahalia.

Her looks from other MMOs haven't changed much. In other renditions of her, she had green eyes and was a little more gentle and in touch with her emotions. With Vahalia in FF, she now has golden-colored eyes (a product of collaboration with my husband and his character) and she's a little more emotionally stunted. Who she is today is also something that has been built upon over time such as her experiences with other characters, goals, and how she's matured and grown even more since when I made the character in 2019.

I love her so much! ;3;

Thank you @zhauric ! 💚