#Lalafell and Roegadyn CAN breed

[that1nkyone]

Slow on drawing, so did myself some baby birds as a treat.

Belah'dian Jennets: For the Lalafells! I imagine they're very small. Proportionally they end up no different from most adult chocos. But when they start out, I like to think that much like their designated riders they are about 40 Percent Head. They tend to be very docile so I imagine you can just Hold one in one hand.

Rouncey/Palfrey: The most common breed in Eorzea is Rouncey, and Palfrey's usually the kind that's pulling carriages. I imagine they're the ones typically ridden by Hyur, Au Ra and Miqo'te. Classic Chocobo Chick minion running around! Very energetic! good luck picking one up.

Destrier: the Big Friends. Typically would be the ones ridden by Viera, Elezen, Au Ra, Roegadyn and Hrothgar (though maybe Larger folks rather than just Tall). I imagine they grow pretty quickly and are actually quite clumsy as a result until they stop growing. feet too big for him gottam he.

[pepeangogoan]

Alright, I’ll cool it with the *ahem* intimate stuff after this. The LAST thing I want is to become one of THOSE blogs. But I thought I’d do some expansion on the Terry/Pepeze image from before because I feel like I don’t do enough with Terry. Heck, I haven’t even properly explained that “Terry” is just his nickname! His real name is Wistsunn Loetrilhtsyn!

So yeah, just expanding on the last pic and furthering their reactions to this shocking turn of events. I’m not sure I’ll pull the trigger on making these two a couple or not. On the one hand they’re both characters I regularly play with and am VERY unlikely to delete. Plus, I did say I’d like to experiment with the idea of Pepeze dating a male, and somebody of the larger races for comedic effect. On the other hand I don’t really know how I’d handle this relationship, or how I’d handle Pepean’s reaction to one of his closest allies being involved with his sister. I also previously DID make a potential love interest for Terry, but she’s another one of those characters I rarely use now.

The idea of a Lalafell/Roegadyn relationship, particularly one where the Lala is female and the Roe is male, is one that amuses me because it brings up SO many questions, but again I’m not sure if THIS is the one I want to have as THAT relationship in my character lore. So I may keep it as just one awkward event that the two would never like to speak of again. We’ll see though.

Anyway, last images like this for a while. Promise.

[illegiblewords]

Notes under the cut!

Having made a lady WoL collection, I decided to do a dude one too. As before I have more, but not all are leveled and I have some I’m more attached to than others.

I do want to push for more range honestly--I’m not sure how I wound up with three midlander dudes and a highlander lol. I should really follow through with a male au ra, hrothgar, and lalafell. I did an odd green/brown hair hybrid that I suppose could qualify for brunette, but otherwise my tendencies toward black and blonde hair came through real strong. Mysteriously absent are redheads. I may also want to experiment more with color palettes and cultural influences a bit.

For the guys, there are spots where I played into job expectations and spots where I defied them. I wanted to try designing some characters in ways I hadn’t seen so much in-game, as well as designing characters who would immediately evoke a specific tone! There are also definitely jobs where I deliberately tried to show some traditional masculinity where it’s less expected, which was fun.

Cenric/Black Mage Midlander: People have criticized hyurs before by calling them “too vanilla”, since they’re the human stand-ins. I figure though, they’re hyurs. Hyurs are imaginary and don’t need to follow real world biology. Play with color palettes and features so you get a more definite fantasy look if you want to. With Cenric, I specifically tried to go super dark and de-saturated to evoke a walking silhouette (sort of like drow) and gave him the palest eyes possible with strategic face paint so they’d look like they glow. This was all in the name of making a character who evoked Final Fantasy’s classic black mage, just going in a more adult and extra spooky-goth direction.

Maerec/Dark Knight Midlander: Maerec, I designed specifically to both be a step off of the default midlander from commercials and to embody the Dark Knight questline as best I could. Giving him some edge visually while still feeling reasonably natural was fun to balance! To this end, I knew dark eyes would be important to helping the black hair fit in. Going with a very dark red I figure it almost seems like he could have brown eyes until you look closely. Making him feel very Ishgardian was also fun, with the horned helmet and Fray-esque glamour. I also designed him to both parallel and contrast with Lahabrea given their stories are intertwined. If there’s scattered angel/demon imagery between them that works even more.

Sublime Tiger/Samurai Hellsguard: I know that my natural inclinations go toward bishonens lmao, so figuring out the angle I wanted to work with the SUPER BEEFY male roegadyns was wild! One thing that gave me inspiration at the time was realizing that, with their black noses, Hellsguard roegadyns can 100% evoke big cats--among other animals. I usually prefer designing Sea Wolves for lacking the black noses because my impulse is for it either to be visually unified with the rest of the face/body or go without--so I often feel a bit more limited with what kind of designs I’ll do for Hellsguard. With Sublime Tiger, originally he had both orange and black striped hair (one of the styles available works it) as well as the black face paint evoking tiger stripes. I found the hair more limiting with helms though so made it pure black instead. Deciding what glamour would look good and play well with proportions was also a process--wanted him to feel like he’s from Othard since there is a big Hellsguard population there, so samurai made some sense to me in building that. After experimenting though, I wound up going with a look that took a bit of inspiration from One Thousand And One Nights. I have additional ideas for what I might try going forward though.

J’mor/Red Mage Miqo’te: This was a combination of a lot of ideas! One was wanting to embrace the physicality of red mage as a job, and explore it as a worldly kind of caster who works well with ease of movement and does a lot of darting around the battlefield. Mages in-general are often seen as kind of ivory tower sorts, and by shedding the usual frills I wanted to show that it’s possible to have a caster’s knowledge while being very connected to the world at large. Also give a strong sense of SWASHBUCKLER where the magic kind of slaps you in the face with additional power. I also noticed I hadn’t seen as many black male miqo’te in-general, along with fandom stereotypes about catboys as soft. So I decided to design J’mor with that in mind--playing him as a very shonen kind of hero while the beard brings an extra bit of hardness to his features.

Asah’zi/White Mage Miqo’te: Asah’zi is another case where I wanted to challenge the idea of male miqo’te as soft, and I added to that challenge by making him a white mage when that is often filled by lady characters. I was also interested, lore-wise, in the tension between Keeper of the Moon tribes and Gridania (where white magic has very strong ties). That Keepers of the Moon are also very matriarchal gave added interest for me making a more rough and traditionally masculine-feeling white mage sort, especially since Keepers often build a lot of their lives around hunting through the Twelveswood. I also wanted to bring some sense of druid into white mage as a job, given the nature ties. With Asah’zi, using skydruid skins, claws, a wooden cane, and on all contributed toward the vibe I wanted to build for him. Using emotes that show off his fangs helps bring a bit of cockiness to him too, which is fun. And stealing Thancred’s hair lets him have a bit of a roguish vibe lol.

Amir/Dancer Highlander: Like I said, I tend to go for bishonen-sorts in designs a lot. HOWEVER! I do love this highlander face type specifically a ton, and think guy highlander proportions are well-balanced overall while being beefy. I knew for a while that I had a specific design I liked a lot for male highlander with Amir, and I definitely wanted to do something with him. The choice to make him a dancer specifically came from a conversation I saw just after the job’s release. An IRL male hip hop dancer mentioned feeling a bit bummed out because a lot of the animations felt like they played more to softness/grace and traditional femininity, and he’d been hoping for the option of a little edge with battle dancing because that’s what he does. Some players said he should just play monk, others were kind of mean to him and acted like what he wanted was somehow shitty. I felt for the dude to be honest since he was coming from a place of feeling frustrated by stereotyping, so I decided to look at the animations and see how much they could be integrated into a design that felt more traditionally masculine. I saw a lot of bright greens (especially with the peacock feathers) so I tried to unify that with a green glamour. The mask reminds me of rave aesthetics a bit, and I’ve seen dudes wear shorts similar to the Nezha ones before. I’m a big fan of the idea that fashion can be a way to create what you want tonally, and I tried to explore that in this design.

Navarre/Paladin Midlander: At some point it hit me that I have been avoiding traditional knight-in-shining-armor looks like the plagues in my tanks lol. This made me think a fair bit. What struck me was that if the only thing a glamour has to say for itself is “this is a knight”, that doesn’t feel so interesting to me. If it’s supposed to be a knight in shining armor specifically though, bringing an almost angelic, elemental feeling to the look is something I’m 500% there for. And weirdly, people don’t seem to do this as much. I’m less used to paladins compared to dark knights, warriors, or even gunbreakers--and since paladins are so associated with that holy knight-vibe I figured it made sense to go that direction. While I was looking into glamours, one thing I found was that a lot of them dyed with unchanging patches of black, had edgy red woven in, or otherwise came across as having been designed with dark knight or warrior in-mind. I decided part of what I’d do in this instance was really make a Warrior of Light who immediately screamed “yes I am the Warrior of Light” when you looked at him, and took inspiration from Cecil Harvey from Final Fantasy IV toward that end too. Every piece in this glamour was carefully picked not just for whether it worked as a silhouette, but also how it would dye.

Cesaire/Dragoon Elezen: Cesaire has gone through a lot of design phases. Initially he was a red elezen, because it’s a direction I don’t see used a lot but has a very doable fantasy feel I think is fun. Then he was a champagne/cream color all over as inspired by a particular breed of horses. Now, having put a lot of thought in, he is deep gold with blue eyes. The underlying concept for him was that I wanted to make a golden dragoon who looks like he should be terribly heroic, but then in practice he’s a kind of blood knight WoL who is about as close to Zenos as a Warrior can get without going outright evil. I played into gold and more general adventuring gear for the reason that I think Cesaire has absolutely left Ishgard behind him, and strongly prefers to be someone defined by what they do rather than where they’re from. Given elezens’ wide shoulders I also had to think about what combinations would work for balancing proportions, and I wanted Cesaire to visually hold his own visual niche within my overall Famfrit lineup so a lot was chosen with that in mind.

[of-the-silver-lining]

Prompt #3: Muster

Iris stared in surprise before the assembly of adventurers who stood in two rows by the scholars’ tents at Saint Coinach’s Find. They stood at attention, like soldiers reporting for muster, ranging from the largest stony-faced Roegadyn to the smallest doe-eyed Lalafell. But unlike soldiers, their garb originated from all over Eorzea, and all walks of life. She saw gleaming platemail, rusty chainmail, a colorful archer’s tunic from Gridania, a weathered and modified Yellowjacket’s shirt reinforced with leather, thaumaturge robes and conjurer robes and hats and helms of all sorts. There must have been nearly two dozen of them, and she thought she saw some familiar faces among the group, perhaps adventurers she had seen in passing in Revenant’s Toll.

“Well, what say you of our fine expedition?” said Cid.

She turned to the three of them, Cid, Rammbroes, and G’raha Tia. “We’re to bring all of them?”

“Aye,” said Rammbroes. “We know nothing of what awaits us inside the labyrinth, so it is necessary to be prepared.”

Investigating a several thousand years abandoned and thoroughly sealed off ancient structure was hardly the mission Iris would have felt required a veritable army of adventurers. In truth, she had expected to be the only muscle of the operation, and only for, perhaps, lifting heavy things or carrying ropes over steep precipices. Surely no Allagans were still living inside, were they?

“The technology of the Allagan empire was very advanced,” Cid said, likely noticing her bemused look. “So advanced that some elaborate machines have been found still working today. The tower’s defenses likely consisted of much more than the eight sentinels, and some of its more dangerous guardians may still be operational.”

“And that’s to say nothing of the Allagans’ penchant for cloning and creating genetically-modified creatures for war, some of which were able to breed and others of which could live for centuries,” Rammbroes added. He sighed. “And so we have drained a regrettably large portion of our research budget, but it cannot be helped.”

“Not as much as we would have, if we had tried several moons ago,” G’raha Tia pointed out. “I tell you, it was surprisingly easy to recruit in Mor Dhona these days, and I believe we have you to thank for that. It seems many dream to fight alongside the woman who defeated the Ultima Weapon.”

Iris looked back at the gathering of adventurers. Some were now looking around or looking at each other, but others were looking at her eagerly, or with eyes filled with conviction.

“They’ve all seen their share of combat and made a name for themselves,” Rammbroes said. “What say you? Can you lead them?”

Iris pursed her lips. She’d never led so many people before; in fact, led was the wrong word for any mission she had done with other adventurers or the Scions. She had no idea how a group of this size would function in a fight, much less how to lead them.

“Well...” she mumbled. If she didn’t know how to lead such a large group of people, she would just have to do what she knew. “How many of you are healers?” she asked the group, and a number of conjurers raised their staves.

She thought to assign each healer to a team of three or four, but then, she thought it would be confusing to determine who would come to help if one team’s healer was injured or occupied. Also with so many groups, she would have trouble keeping track. 

In the end, she decided to divide them into three groups, each with two healers and at least one member in heavy armor who could focus on protecting the casters and archers. To avoid confusion and overlap of tasks, they would largely focus on their own groups, aiding others as necessary. Some of the adventurers were already acquainted with each other, with helped make group assignments go smoothly.

“Well done,” said Cid. “I think this will work out nicely.”

When Iris finished her rounds around the groups, listening to everyone’s plans for what they would do, she stood before all of them and asked one final time, “Are there any questions?”

The adventurers looked satisfied. A tall Roegadyn woman with an enormous axe spoke up. “Do you have any words of advice for us?”

“Yes, or words of inspiration?” piped the high voice of a young, brown-haired Miqo’te woman. 

She stood quietly for a moment, wondering what to say. She had no advice for an excursion with such unforeseeable challenges, and rousing speech seemed beyond her capabilities. But then, inspiration was the role of the battle bard, was it not? She pulled out her harp.

She plucked a repeating tune, the notes dancing up and down the scale, and she began to sing. She sang them a song of dark caverns and ancient ruins, deep places in the earth and under the sea where no human had set foot in centuries, the unexplored wilds, and adventurers who braved them, defending the realm from monsters and magicks unknown, and unearthing history to be remembered.

When she finished her song, the adventurers stood looking at her in surprise. They must have not been expecting a song. “Excellent!” cried someone, and a few people clapped, but mostly they began talking among themselves, looking bright-eyed and eager. Pleased that her work seemed to pay off, she turned back to Cid and the others.

“I knew you were the right woman for the job.” Cid had his arms crossed, a smile on his white-bearded face. G’raha Tia was smiling at her too, his eyes bright as any of the adventurers, as they all started off toward the glimmering spire of the Crystal Tower.

[koko-works]

Physical Attraction Levels

💔 Non-existent 💛💛 No Preference 💝💝💝 Date-worthy 💘💘💘💘 Fancied 💗💗💗💗💗 Preferred

Roegadyn

♂ Sea Wolf Men : 💛💛 ♀ Sea Wolf Women :   💛💛 ♂ Hellsguard Men :   💛💛 ♀ Hellsguard Women :   💛💛

"There have been a few of their men I have found to my liking, but generally I do not prefer them. As for their women, They are admirable and beautiful, but I do not find myself wishing one in my bed.”

Hyur

♂ Highlander Men :   💝💝💝 ♀ Highlander Women : 💝💝💝 ♂ Midlander Men :   💗💗💗💗💗 ♀ Midlander Women :   💘💘💘💘

"Highlander men and women are staunch warriors, and both their pride and physique should be admired by any who count themselves a warrior. As a midlander myself, I am sure it comes as no surprised I find others of my race attractive.

Elezen

♂ Wildwood Men :   💘💘💘💘 ♀ Wildwood Women :   💛💛 ♂ Duskwight Men :     💘💘💘💘 ♀ Duskwight Women : 💛💛

"I have not been to the snowy north of Ishgard, but have heard its men and women are refined creatures of nobility and status. I have met many of their race in Gridania though, and do particularly enjoy their interesting height and long ears. Beautiful indeed.”

Miqo'te

♂ Seeker Men :   💘💘💘💘 ♀ Seeker Women :   💝💝💝 ♂ Keeper Men :   💗💗💗💗💗 ♀ Keeper Women :   💝💝💝

"While some in my land may find the Miqo’te to be a bothersome and...’invasive’ race, I find them quite interesting. And some downright enchanting. The seeker tribes I find to be less desirable, their focus on breeding and entitlement to such things is...distasteful, but the keeper tribes, I enjoy their emphasis on family and reverence for their heritage.”

Lalafell

♂ Plainsfolk Men :     💛💛 ♀ Plainsfolk Women :   💛💛 ♂ Dunesfolk Men :   💛💛 ♀ Dunesfolk Women :   💛💛

"Ah yes, I have had some dealings with them in my visit to Ul’dah. An interesting race, and more deadly with tongue and pen than most with sword, but I do not find myself eager or interested in bedding one. Their forms are too small for me to find myself desiring them.

Au Ra

♂ Xaela Men : 💘💘💘💘 ♀ Xaela Women :   💝💝💝 ♂ Raen Men :   💗💗💗💗💗 ♀ Raen Women :   💝💝💝

"The Xaela, some would call them savage, but while their practices, from tribe to tribe, can seem foreign and cruel, they are ultimately a race of warriors, and that strength and pride, can be incredibly attractive. On the other half, Raen are elegant, beautiful creatures that are quite well received in my homeland, and I find myself fortunate to have known those that have given me their time.”

I was tagged by @allagandodo and took a little time responding, but promised I would ♥

Tagging: @khonabetwanhe @vitalanikha @lonekakapo @opo-opos (For any of your 90 characters)

[rprofiles]

♪ Name: Qiqisu Sumeragi ♪ Nickname(s): Qissy, Qiqi, Qisu, Qi ♪ Nameday: 11th moon of the 2nd Umbral Moon || Age: 18 Springs (?) ♪ Astological Watcher: Llymlaen, the Navigator ♪ Race: Lalafell (Dunesfolk/Plainsfolk); Roegadyn (Sea Wolf) ♪ Sex: Female; Gender Identy: Female ♪ Orientation: Bisexual ♪ Server: Balmung ♪ Eyes: Iridescent Wisteria; Wears Glasses ♪ Hair: Seafoam Green with Icy Blue Streaks; Braided  ♪ Build: Stout; H:2′11″ W: 50 lbs ♪ Distinctive Features: Slight green tint to skin, visible mainly on lips and scars; Scars on face; Downward floppy ears ♪ Equipment:   Glasses ♦ Profession:    ♦Elementalist: Has been able to hear the elements for as long as she can remember. When she was finally able to speak she was able to invoke their power. Closest with Water.    ♦Dancer: After viewing a troupe performing in Kugane with her grandparents, Qissy fell in love with the art. Combining weapons with her dances made for better control of her Aether Sickness as well as convincing her Grandparents she was ready to be out on her own, like her siblings! Can also incorporate manipulating the elements into her dances for entertainment purposes.  ♣ Hobbies:    ♣Alchemist/Brewer; Has an affinity for making some interesting and benificial drinks. Be careful, when she tries a new recipe she tends to ask for guinea pigs taste testers.   ♣Pet/Chocobo Raising/Breeding; Has always had a knack of attracting new animals/yokai to her side. When two of her pets had a fling and produced a litter, she found the adorable slightly different coats were very popular with others.    ♣Languages; She enjoys conversing with all beings, so has taken it upon herself to learn each language she encounters.   ♥ Sickness Aether Excretion/Pooling: The process of the body expelling/holding aether A rare combination of two conditions that are, for the most part, separate ailments. If Qissy does not use magic often enough, or for an extended period of time, it will build in her body causing aether poisoning. On the opposite side, any time she uses magic, she expels too much aether and is left depleted. Both are very dangerous and can lead to serious health problems and even death if left untreated.  ~ Treatment for Aether Excretion: Most of the time, the inflicted avoids spending any aether at all. In Qissy’s case, and others who enjoy spell casting to sword weilding, while difficult, she can learn to control how much aether is used when casting a spell. It makes magic much more difficult for the inflicted, but it can be done.    ~ Treatment for Aether Pooling: Plain and simple, cast magic. Cast magic from the time you wake til the time you sleep. The regeneration rate varies from person to person, but so long as you keep it within the safe limits of natural aether that is within all life, this is the best course of action. Aether Allergy: An allergy to aether. Not as rare as one may think, but definitely not something one hears about every day. Qissy’s allergy is more akin to mild skin irritation, occasional sneezing/nausea and vomiting when there is too much in one place. Often paired with Aether Pooling diagnosis as the excess aether begins to fight with our physiology.  ~ Treatment for Aether Allergy: Sadly, because aether can be found in almost every living thing, not much more than ointments and allergy potions can help with this diagnosis.

Relations [ ♪ = Known; ♠ = Accepted; ★ = Friends; ♣ = Like; ♥ = Love; ♦ = Disliked; × = Enemy; * = Family ]

*★♥ Rei Sumeragi || Brother; Hyur *★♥ Rin Sumeragi || Sister; Hyur *★♥ Ren Sumeragi || Brother; Hyur         -Found by the biological siblings while floating, almost dead, in the Ruby Sea     -Grandparents and siblings nursed her back to health. After realizing they’d have a lot of trouble finding her family they took her in and raised her.

Pets/Mounts ♥ Bisqotti; Red Panda; Nickname: Bisqit   -Has a talent for knowing when her Aether is too high or too low.   -Is rather protective of Qissy.   -Has a habit of becoming protective of others if Qissy seems protective of them at the time.    -Gift from Sister Rin ♥ Zelthromanus; Chocobo [Red]; Nickname: Zelthro

[pepeangogoan]

Now, I know what you’re thinking: Why am I posting images from Little Witch Academia on a Final Fantasy XIV blog? Well hear me out. For those of you who haven’t seen this series, first of all START watching it, it’s one of the most hilarious and clever anime I’ve seen in a long time, second, this is an episode wherein one of the supporting characters, Lotte, brings her friends to visit her parents. The large fellow is obviously her dad and the dark haired lady is her mother.

Now, notice the height and weight difference between the two. He’s at least three times her size. Yet somehow they managed to successfully conceive a child. Why is this relevant to Final Fantasy XIV? Because it FINALLY answers my question that Yoshida’s been avoiding! It proves once and for all: Lalafell and Roegadyn CAN breed together! I mean come on! If THESE two can produce offspring then Lalafell and Roegadyn can too! SIZE MATTERS NOT!

... Yes... the obvious counter-argument is that these two are both human but... MY POINT STILL STANDS DAMMIT! LOTTE IS A ROEGAFELL AND I WON’T BE TOLD OTHERWISE!

[pepeangogoan]

So I started the Ananta Beast Tribe Quests finally. So... these two are a lesbian Miqo’te/Ananta relationship right? Well it’s far from being the strangest thing I’ve seen in this game. Hey, it’s 2018, I’m all for a cat-person/sea-snake-mermaid relationship. It may not be “conventional” but dammit I support it!

Hey I’m the guy who’s curious whether Lalafell and Roegadyn can breed, I ain’t judgin’ anybody!

[pepeangogoan]

Final Fantasy XIV Europe Fan Fest Sunday Photos - Part 1 / 4

Time to kick off the Sunday photos with the stage stuff. The Q&A and Letter from the Producer Live were incredible and fun, though I am still miffed that they didn’t answer my question as to whether Lalafell and Roegadyn can breed together.

But what was the biggest honour for me was that I was there in the audience when Final Fantasy XIV got awarded not one, but THREE Guinness World Records! I was there for this part of history! I am SO honoured I can’t even tell you!

The final image is just a better look at the stage itself, as they were setting up for the Primals concert that happened at the end of the night.