#Half Garlean
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Chance encounters in Costa del Sol.
#ffxiv#sketch#zenos yae galvus#meteor survivor#titus yae galvus#arrecina wir galvus#oc#tsukiko date#camilla lunae#imagine trying to get drinks at the bar only to look over and see your presumed dead great uncle/great nephew standing right next to you#meteor- five seconds away from a heart attack looking over at titus#that moment when youre the spitting image of your father and the warrior of light was *not* aware of that fact#the galvus' are not allowed to have normal vacations#or... well retirement in Titus' case#I am simply here to draw the unaccounted for garlean royals lmao#eventually i'll draw zenos' half sibling(s?) and varis' retainers annia and julia out of their armor#but for now you guys just get to see my silly bullshit of sixty something y/o titus deciding that with nerva gone he's just gonna retire#mans is done with it#im probably gonna end up writing him as the legatus of the 8th- and probably a machinist that eventually becomes a gunbreaker#after lucius passes this man is over all of it#no nonsense machine commanding leader ect ect.#probably dual wielding the gunblade with an actual gun tbh lol#old man doesnt look like wrinkly solus because he spent his life taking care of himself to deal with just... the galvus family in general#dont let the strands deceive you all his grey hair is hidden under the rest of it all lmao#the galvus family brain rot continues and its not going to let me go v-v#(also dont mind meteor teasing tsu for hiding in his shade she does this a lot)
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Light Party 🔥Four characters in my FFXIV FC adventuring together! After all that healing, Mylon definitely appreciates the marshmallows!
#ffxiv#art#final fantasy 14#anthro#ffxiv oc#hrothgar#elezen#garlean#hyur#half-garlean#campfire#mashmallow#artists on tumblr#illustration#digital art#digital illustration#digital drawing#this one was a ton of fun because i experimented a lot with the style!!
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Came across this mod months ago that turns the MCH "bow gun" into a magitek bit and why, oh why, did I not download it then?!
Nevertheless...problem solved! Hyperia has more shiny toys to play with!
#ffxiv oc#ffxiv screenies#ffxiv screenshots#ffxiv highlander#ffxiv machinist#gposers#ffxiv gpose#my half-garlean babe needs all the toys#reshade#leoslights
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Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Timeline: 4.5-5.0-ish, no major spoilers Pairing: Maxima/Riol Content warnings: Internalized homophobia, references to patriarchal culture
Riol trips over a secret he didn't expect to be a secret; Maxima has the emotional breakdown he's been repressing for several months; there is, finally, a kiss.
“Have you got anyone back home?”
The question was startling, and Maxima looked down at Riol uncertainly, for a moment envisioning any possible ulterior motives. But what did he have to lose? This wasn’t the Empire, the people here would be friendly to the Populares if they could find any. Or at least less openly hostile than the Empire was. “I gave you all the contacts I had when I first arrived,” he hedged.
That earned him a light smack on the upper arm; he’d been getting more accustomed lately to Riol’s style of physical affection, and just raised a bemused eyebrow in response. “Not what I meant. Like, a partner, a lover. Someone you miss.”
He shook his head. “There was someone…once. After my parents died, I broke things off. I planned to take a more active role in the movement in their place, and I didn’t want hi- them to be in danger.” Very few relationships between men in the Empire managed to last long-term, anyway; although it had hurt, they’d both seen it coming, and agreed it was for the best. There were just too many obstacles to such couples remaining together.
“Sorry to bring up bad memories,” Riol murmured. And then, in a very deliberate and careful tone, “…What was his name?”
Maxima stared at Riol again, wondering how much of the fear speeding his pulse was making it into his expression. He’d slipped up just there, and of course Riol was too quick not to catch it. It was one of the things he liked about the Hyur, one of several things that had him enjoying the company more than he should, entertaining daydreams of continued closeness. He’d already indulged too much, and now his most damning secret was exposed and he would lose this lifeline-
“Maxima!” Riol was shaking his arm, his grip warm and firm and more real than the panic he’d begun to spin into. “Gods, what’s got into you? It was just a question.” He swallowed visibly, and to Maxima’s astonishment, flushed a little. “…Well…” He cleared his throat. “…In the name of tryin’ to be more honest with each other, maybe not just a question. I’ve been really enjoyin’ your company these past months.”
The spiral of increasing panic had slowed, but Maxima was already too much in fight-or-flight mode to interpret what Riol was saying. “I’m sorry,” he managed, his voice wavering. “I-I’ll keep my distance, just…please don’t tell anyone else.”
“What in the Navigator’s name are you talkin’ about?” Riol was only getting more agitated, which was exactly the opposite of what he’d intended, but of course was the expected result even so. At least he had enough leverage not to feel physically threatened, but how was he to endure this social landscape without the one person who actively welcomed his company? But he would live, he would manage, if only he could persuade Riol to keep quiet in the name of the friendship they’d had. “I thought we might have somethin’ goin’ here. If you’re interested.”
“I…what?” Maxima blinked, reassessing the interaction, blushing suddenly as he realized what Riol had meant. Naturally, he realized, if Riol had been signaling that he was scaenicum as well, Maxima wouldn’t have caught whatever codes or gestures were specific to Eorzean culture. He glanced down at the camp; though the outburst hadn’t drawn any attention yet, they weren’t even entirely out of view. “If that was your intent, we’ve already been…incautious.” He lowered his voice, shifting back from the cliffside. “That is… yes, certainly I am, but we’ll need to think carefully about how to keep from seeming suspicious.”
“Suspicious how?” At least Riol seemed to have calmed as well, but he still seemed deeply confused. “It’s not a crime to…” Even as he spoke the words, understanding seemed to dawn, and he scowled deeply. “Ohh, I’d heard Garleans were backwards about- roles and relationships, but I never knew it was this bad… Llymlaen’s barnacled bosom, no wonder you’re so good at hidin’ everything.” He took a deep breath, visibly settling himself down, and got up on one knee so he could look Maxima in the eye more easily. “Listen, Maxima… it’s not like that here. Whatever you like in a lover, it’s not gonna change anyone’s opinion of you. And if anyone gets on my case for who you are, it’ll be because you’re a Garlean, not because you’re a man.”
It was a persistent rumor, of course, that such things were managed differently in foreign lands. That the roles of men and women within the family were less strict and relationships more varied. Maxima had had some hope that perhaps one day it would be possible to find a partner and live discreetly, in a way that his homeland had gone out of its way to deny him; he’d never dared to imagine that such discretion would simply be unnecessary.
This, finally, was simply too much. He was so far from home, and every familiar mountain and valley of his emotional landscape, everything he’d worked through and around all his life, was just insignificant to the outside world, meaningless upon a grander scale. His eyes began to sting, and no amount of reaching could find the calm center he relied upon to maintain his equilibrium; he realized he was holding his breath as if that could still the pain, and when he finally let it go, the exhale shook and the inhale stuttered. He reached for Riol blindly, instinctively, like an anchor in a storm, and without needing to give any further sign he found himself embraced, pulled into the warmth of Riol’s chest as his composure finally crumbled.
“It’s all right, let it out,” Riol said soothingly, stroking his back as he shook with emotion. “That’s been a long time comin’. Yer plenty tough for holdin’ out as long as you have.”
He wasn’t sure how long they stayed like that, though it probably wasn’t as long as it felt like: they’d come up here to watch the sunset as had become a habit, and when Maxima was finally able to raise his head again and breathe clearly, the first stars were only just emerging. Still, it was long enough that Riol groaned with relief when he was able to ascertain that his companion was steadying out, and he sat down on the earth again heavily. “Sorry,” he explained, “Much as I care for you, I ain’t twenty anymore, and that’s not doin’ my knees any favors.”
Maxima couldn’t help but laugh, a little brokenly, as he wiped his face and tried his best to regain his dignity. “Thank you,” he answered quietly. “I…being here… So much has happened.”
“You’ve been through a lot,” Riol agreed, leaning into his side and wrapping an arm around his waist supportively. “…Gods, I wish Thancred hadn’t got dragged off who knows where. Him and his fancy Sharlayan education…he would’ve known what kinds of things I should have told you from the start, where the differences are so I could help you adjust better. I’m good at sneakin’ around and payin’ attention, but when it comes to this diplomacy stuff I’m sailin’ in the fog here and just hopin’ I don’t end up on the rocks.” He grinned slyly and squeezed Maxima’s waist a little harder for a moment. “Good thing you’re tall as a lighthouse, isn’t it?”
He made it seem so easy. Sitting like this, Maxima didn’t feel any less lost, but at least the feeling was less dangerous and more adventuresome. Cautiously, he settled his own arm around Riol’s shoulders in return, accepting the smaller man’s presence more completely. “As for what you said earlier…”
“I’m not askin’ for anythin’ except your company. However much of it you’re comfortable givin’.” He looked up at Maxima seriously. “I’ve never been the type for commitment. We’ve both got too much goin’ to make any offers past here and now, right? But I like you, Max, I really do. At least what you’ve let me see so far. We can start there, and see where things take us.”
“I’ve grown very fond of you, as well,” Maxima admitted. “…The reason I was so alarmed earlier was in part because I had already been indulging in that affection more than I would have dared at home. I was afraid my carelessness had lost me your company.”
“Nah. If I wasn’t interested, you wouldn’t be the first one I’d let down gently. Maybe I’d give you a bit of a break to keep from makin’ things awkward, but we’d still be friends. And we’ll still be friends if you decide you’re not interested, too, all right? Gods strike me down if I ever try to use my position to keep someone hangin’ on when they’d rather go.”
“I know. I’ve seen plenty of abuse of power in my time. It’s not as if the thought didn’t cross my mind, but…you aren’t the type.” Maxima smoothed his thumb over Riol’s bicep, looking down at him speculatively. He’d never dared to be caught staring at the other man’s features before; now, he found he was getting lost in the green of Riol’s remaining eye.
“I’m not gettin’ back up on my knees for a bit,” Riol said with a grin that lit his gaze appealingly. “So if you want a kiss, you’ve got to come down here and get it.”
That was in fact exactly what Maxima wanted, the thought he’d still been hesitating to complete even in the safety of his own mind; so with permission given, he leaned down to press his lips to Riol’s, gently at first. Riol’s arms came up to wrap around the back of his neck, and he wasn’t sure whose lips parted first, but he tasted good, so good that Maxima could have lingered in that moment for an eternity, shutting out all the world in favor of this simple intimacy.
When they did finally part, to his surprise, Riol leaned their foreheads together, the warmth of his skin close to but not quite touching Maxima’s third eye. The further intimacy made Maxima shiver just a little, not having expected a foreigner to be familiar with the gesture, and Riol seemed to realize and pulled back just a little. “Oh hells,” he muttered. “I keep forgetting. You all right?”
“It’s fine,” Maxima told him quickly, blushing. “That is…it’s intimate, but not unpleasantly so. …It’s been a long time since I let anyone this close.”
“Figuring each other out is gonna take some work,” Riol nodded, but he was still smiling. “I’m up for it if you are.”
#ffxiv#ffxivwrite2023#maxima quo priscus#riol forrest#maxima x riol#cw homophobia#this got too long to edit for pacing#guess what Garlean culture is fucked up#I spent half an hour looking up Latin words to decide what term I wanted for the queer community in Garlemald#in case you're wondering it means 'theatrical'
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drawing Astarion as an elezen like "put that elf into a taffy puller"
#baldur's gate#I did in a sketchbook but I fucked up his eyes and cant' change that in a hotel room#astarion#the starter gea sort of works on him#as does the clark gable mustache#just think about him being stuck tiny size til he shot up to 6'7" at 20#or any elezen really#ALSO#he was definitely an inquisitor in life and definitely got beat half to death by folks in the brume whose family he charged with heresy#and that's how he ended up a vamprie#yes I know vampires aren't really a thing in ffxiv but lets go with it for aus#its either that or he's a cyborg after making a deal to be saved by the garleans#which is also possible#ffxiv x bg3#astarion elezen#will show that when I can scan and fix it#_._
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hate him.
#tossup between that and 'if u don't say something i will' which is frankly a threat#wretch.#xiv blogging#do unfortunately think i'm gonna have to stick with ilya and hien just like. not connecting on a fundamental level lmao#for a lot of reasons but also like. he is absolutely just a weird ghost in doma he makes small connections#but nothing on the scale of ishgard or even ala mhigo just. on a random tuesday.#he knows why he's there and he knows it's important but he is just Not Very Present#which makes the like. desperate animosity of the garleans kind of hilarious because he is really just. autopilot almost the whole time.#HOWEVER#very important to him that he's able to tell gosetsu thank you#like.#how many folk you've cared about have you watched die for you in the last year and a half? too many and they're just gone and you just have#to carry them with you.#gosetsu's sacrifice feels quite different because it isn't about the wol specifically but boy howdy does he recognize in yugiri and hien th#desperation for a few more minutes just one more fucking second for a different outcome#but you never get that.#ch: ilya
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“You picked the wrong person to mess with!”
Have an Atticus and his friendly voidsent for your Wednesday afternoon c:
#ffxiv#Atticus Wolfram#ffxiv reaper#half Elezen/half Garlean#endwalker#endwalker spoilers#for the location#ffxiv gpose#ffxiv glamour#new alt alert!#final fantasy xiv
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Raubahn starts the first patch of stb guilt tripping a group of Ala Mhigans clamoring for Fordola's death by telling them executions are for savages then much later comes back complaining that yet again the Ala Mhigans tried to get him and Lyse to execute Fordola.
Then this happens.
Anyway it's so ironic when a game that's all about killing hordes and armies of villains and just plainly antagonistic characters they chose this as a moment to be chastising about murder.
Like the real reason why Fordola is alive shouldn't be because we decided murder is evil over a mountain of dead garleans and tempered, it's because she has an artificial Echo and by then we know fuck all about her powers and if Zenos took it far enough to give it to more people. And then she starts to be useful against primals. The Ala Mhigans should understand that nobody wants a full legion of echo users we don't know how to fight against.
#and then i jumped the first half of patches. oh well at least I got to spend time with a/renvald#when i want to do murder its 'you deserve it for all you went through'#but when brown characters want to do it bc their family members got executed they shouldn't get it#bc they would prove the totally real garlean panopticon they're right about us#anyway i think i want to register any instance where this happens
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literally nothing but pure and unresolved hatred rested in althaea's heart to the very end. and she really did mean it because tock has a deep and empty void of apathy towards emet even when he waxes about having a heart that can break too. the gap between those two simply never closed and tock never once felt bad for emet because deep down althaea was still in there screaming and fighting against him and his sadness. if she had her way she would grab emet by rhe head and throw him against a rock until nothing was left besides the hair held in her hands
#ruyans half of this as she is also azems shard is another layer. which is understanding that althaea never wants to forgive him#and that he has no right to use althaea for his sorrows. keep her name out of his sympathy romp#if he truly cared for her he would respect that she wants him to forget about her and never speak of her as a friend ever again#so every step forward between these two is ruyan (holder of contempt for someone he works with) at odds with this#freak bastard. who ruyan feels deep down has only grown more pathetic since and that althaea feels even less for now#for making such despicable creations like the allagan and garlean empires. for being such a piece of shit#she wants her name to never leave his mouth ever again and every time it does it makes smthn in ruyans stomach sick
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I really need to develop my other WoL’s blogs cause he has so much story potential with all garleans
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Tsukiko is so cool 🥺 I love seeing her in your comics. I did notice that sometimes she has horns, and sometimes she doesn't. Are they hiding in her hair? Or is there a backstory/lore moment where they get damaged/she loses them?
First of all, thank you! I always love hearing people enjoy my silly little lizard woman <3
Secondly, I'm actually in the process of redrawing (and... actually continuing the story -v-') of some of those older comics, especially now that I've fleshed out her backstory more than I had back when I made them.
But yes, she lost her horns- to her own mother, actually. They were basically snapped/burned off in a confrontation between them when Tsu was a lot younger, and it's why she covers it with her hair (and, ironically, her mother does the same with the eye Tsu took in retaliation).
Her adoptive father (Rusticus Lunae/Regent/Atticus' weirdo wolf voidsent) had tried to heal most of the damage she had sustained, but Tsu herself reacts pretty negatively to getting healed, and its resulted in her horns never being able to grow back and the segmented scale pattern she has on her back.
#ffxiv#sketch#ask#anon#oc#tsukiko date#camilla lunae#thank you so much for the ask and for the opportune reason to just talk about my bbgirl#a rare occasion of getting the garlean squad to relinquish my brain long enough to form coherent sentences about this woman beyond 'pretty'#was half tempted to draw her yelling at me for putting her hair up lmao#she will in fact bite anyone who puts there hand too close to her 'horns'#it is a reflex she has to try very hard to fight and she has done it to both her adoptive dads#the only two who dont get bit are her twin sister and zenos --if-- she is asleep#ill probably get more into the circumstances of what happened at another point#because it is a --very long-- sequence of events
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right... take two then
#don't mind me just posting pics for the website. been meaning to do this for a while#tried to show more action and movement compared to the first set#half of the gang got updated outfits/lore. the others just got portrait retakes#only ones missing are paris evander and patroclus because theirs don't need to be changed#i like how everyone has dark color palettes. and then there's kirke#q.#mygposes.#ffxivsnaps#gposers#ffxiv gpose#ffxiv oc#hyur#au ra#garlean
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TraumaticFlashbacks.jpg
#darcy#screencaps#highlander hyur#reminder that they're half-garlean and an imperial runaway#so this is very 'this is fine this is fine this is fine this is-'#(i don't think yugiri knows. pretty sure only the scions know about darcy's origin.)
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I don't break, I bend Til one day I'll snap back again whip - crack - how do ya like that
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if my weirdo dad went fuckng crazy and tried to destroy the world because he wanted to get my mom’s (gender neutral) attention i’d bake myself ngl || link
#zenoswol hypothetical fankid LOL#idk his name but pls look at him#i know half- garleans don't have the 3rd eye but irdgaf
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Me: My first character is at dawntrail, I should really be doing dawntrail so I'm not spoiled and caught up with everybody.
My first Character: You only leveled tank classes with me.
Me: Hmmm, dododo playing my second character like there isn't currently a brand new expansion that I bought the pre-order for out.
#I feel guilty a bit#but like also I just want to play my bun boy#eryn is half garlean it feels like he's retired and reconnecting with his mom and dad#while they try to rebuild their country on grounds of peace#than meanwhile my most developed character rp wise is still in post ARR
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