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[violet-stormbringer]

The Road to Dawntrail.

It was time. Violet’s friends gathered on the docks in Old Sharlayan, where the ship headed towards Tural was awaiting to pick them up.

Violet had long changed out of her signature uniform, instead opting for a blue tunic with a dark brown cape that wrapped around her shoulders. Black trousers, though she still wore her usual gold colored babouches. She was ready for a proper adventure this time, it seemed.

Krile, Alphinaud, Alisaie, and Wuk Lamat were just as prepared as she was, with Alisaie greeting Violet with a grin on her face. “I was wondering if you’d join us!” She exclaimed. “Aurin never told us who our mystery guest was to be, but full glad am I that it’s you.”

Violet chuckled. “To be completely honest with you, I wasn’t expecting an invite! I figured Aurin would’ve forgotten all about me.”

“As if!” A voice spoke from behind, and Violet whipped around to see Aurin standing there.

Aurin was not wearing his usual gear, instead wearing a green colored tunic tucked into white trousers. His dark purple hair was tied into a ponytail which fell over his right shoulder. His grey eyes gleamed in the sunlight.

“Well, don’t you look ready for travel.” Violet mused, looking him over. “One would think you’re not coming with us to Tural.”

“I’m not!” Aurin replied cheerfully. “I’m here to see you lot off, then I’m going back home to Ivalice.”

“Wait, you’re what?” Alisaie frowned. “You were just as excited as any of us to visit Tural!”

Aurin shrugged. “I did some thinking, and I realized I missed home more.”

Alphinaud stepped forward. “Well, it’s a shame you won’t be joining us. But thank you for coming to see us off, at least.”

Aurin nodded. “That said, can I borrow Violet here a bit?”

Violet looked to the others, eyebrows raised in surprise. After a moment, Alisaie nodded to her and Violet was soon walking off with Aurin, a ways away from the group.

When they were roughly out of earshot, Aurin spoke.

“There’s more to this than just visiting home.”

“I figured.”

Aurin sighed, looking over to Violet. “I’m not cut out for adventuring anymore. Nor am I even that good of a Warrior of Light. So I thought I’d ask, and you’re more than welcome to say no, but…” A pause.

“Violet, will you consider taking up the mantle in my place? You fight harder than anybody I know, and this star isn’t even yours.”

“Aurin I can’t—”

“You don’t have to answer right away. I highly doubt anything in Tural is going to require a Warrior of Light, so, go. Relax. Enjoy a break, even if this is…an unorthodox one.”

Violet sighed. “...I’m not even blessed with the Echo. I’m definitely not one of Hydaelyn’s chosen.”

Aurin shrugged. “So? You’ve made it this far. You helped save The First. You helped take down Shinryu. You’re the one who went back to Elpis, and you were there with Zenos in his final moments. You were with me during the nonsense with Zero. You’re just as capable, as I. Even moreso, in fact.”

She took a moment to process this, turning so that she was staring at the horizon. “...I’ll think about it. If…if something does happen in Tural then—”

“Then I know you’ll make the right choice.” Aurin pat Violet’s arm. “I can only hope that you’ll forgive me all the same.”

There was no more discussion after that, for when Violet gave no response, Aurin took that as a sign to leave. Waving goodbye to his friends, he quickly made his exit from the docks.

Violet watched the horizon as this happened, and after a moment, she took a deep breath and turned to face her friends. They were calling to her. It was time to board the ship, and make for Tural.

“Violet Silverlake, Bringer of Storms and Warrior of Light…” She muttered to herself. “...There’s no way I’m gonna be able to fit all of that into two names, is there?”

A chuckle, as she made her way to her friends. Regardless, her heart was already set. 

Look out, Tural, for a storm was on it’s way. And at the center, there was a woman with a ridiculous grin and an emerald colored gunblade.

[emmybrown]

mary would never in a million years make a tumblr account. edith has been a tumblrina for many years, makes web weaving posts and always reblogs any post about the pains of being the middle daughter. neil gaiman interacted with her once. sybil started as a young teen because she wanted to join fandom. she changes fandoms every few years, has many moots, one day she dies and nobody knows about her fandom life so her ongoing 87k destiel heist au is left incomplete in the middle of a cliffhanger. rose runs a successful gif/edit source blog

[mistbow]

They definitely didn't handle this entire issue well, but Okumura himself admitted he was in charge of designing characters who wouldn't be permanent party members in Zestiria. So it was planned that Alisha and Dezel would leave the party in some way.

In terms of conception of the characters themselves, Sorey and Mikleo came first, then characters who mostly agree with Sorey's views (Lailah, Alisha, Edna in some ways), and finally characters who have different approaches to him (Edna, again, in some ways, Rose, Dezel, Zaveid), because he can't grow with people who just keep agreeing with him and the game is about expanding your horizons anyway; the world is full of people who are different from Sorey. If anything, people out there who think similarly to him might even be fewer. This was at the beginning of the pre-production.

(In terms of character designs, Lailah was designed first to have a feel of the world in general, then Sorey, then Mikleo and Rose. These four, two humans and two seraphim, would then be the focus of Zestiria. So Rose wasn't tacked on. Both Fujishima and Inomata are the veterans of the series in terms of main character designs, so it would only be appropriate for Fujishima, whose designs are grounded, to design the main humans and Inomata, whose designs seem otherworldly, to design the main seraphim. This was corrobated by the character designers themselves.)

You can think whatever about the quality of the execution itself, but the fact of the matter is that it can be seen that this has been planned. Each character has their own passion, things they'll follow through (Alisha with her own duty, Dezel with his revenge), and it would be betraying their character if they didn't go through with it. Sorey wants to see the world, he meets and parts with people in the world, this gets emphasized several times in the game and even in the more gameplay parts like his titles. The novels more clearly illustrate that he's meant to learn from all these meetings and partings, and they are repeating. It's there all along.

[crxwnedbarbie]

𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐄𝐍𝐉𝐎𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 her free time to pretend to walk around the palace, but in reality, she was playing Pokémon Go. She knows this game is not so trendy but still she keeps playing it when she can. She hatched some eggs she needed for the game to get new Pokémons and was getting irritated because… ❛ I want to know who is the stupid that keeps trying to steal the gym from me! I won the battle what the heck! On the bright, I did get a rare one. ❜ She mused out loud, fighting the gym to conquer all over again to put her Pokémon inside. @bloodycrxwn

[mooodyblue]

yaaaaaas

[nooooough]

I was scrolling through youtube and this video title made me do a double take

What?

[percentstardust]

if you see dbd!sam trip and fall while chasing a survivor, NO YOU DIDN’T

[kaereth]

Dragon harpy chimera birdy FALIN!! I love her

[bixels]

me too, luna.

[emeritusterzo]

Awesome! Women rule! #blocked

[minas27]

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[lauraneedstochill]

[every action has consequences]

🔪 inspired by this tweet:

[chloesimaginationthings]

New FNAF clown Jackie from secret of the Mimic!!

[stil-lindigo]

bite of winter.

a comic about a princess who died in the snow.

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[floweroflaurelin]

Opal, Twice-Crowned Champion of Lolth 🕷️🕸️🕷️

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(Billie Eilish’s “you should see me in a crown” playing in the distance)

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