#Rael Hyskaris

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Vierapril 2025

Day 06 - Dream

Rael's dreams rarely are just dreams. More often they are messages or omens. Visions that are sometimes clear as day and sometimes hidden behind metaphors.

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Vierapril 2025

Day 03 - Work

If left alone Rael sometimes loses track of time when they are working on commissions or researching something interesting.

Occasionally Rael will vanish into their small study / library and work until late into the night or until A’viloh goes to fetch them.

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Vierapril 2025

Day 02 - Tree

The best place for a break?

Of course at the foot of a tree, listening to the rustling of the leaves and whispers of the wind.

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Vierapril 2025

Day 01 - Hello

People may say Rael is grumpy but they certainly can be nice if they want to.

Such a smile is probably only reserved to A’vi and a few other friends though 🤭

(Might also fit the “soft” prompt because look at these fluffy ears)

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MiqoMarch just done and it’s already Vierapril time! ✨

Third monthly challenge in row, I’ll try my best so Rael (as my second WoL / main) gets some more attention too 😅

I will mix these 3 prompt lists originally posted on bluesky here, here and here!

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Vierapril 2025

Day 09 - Wanderlust

At the beginning of their journey Rael was eager to travel the places that lay beyond the borders of the Golmore Jungle. To see and learn what the world had to offer, instead of being trapped in the daily life in their village.

While part of that never changed, years after Rael has last seen their home there now is also often a feeling of homesickness that threatens to outweigh the wanderlust.

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Random Rael picture because I don’t remember when I last posted one of them…

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Vierapril 2025

Day 07 - Echo

Rael’s echo works differently than A’viloh’s.

Magically powered up by Golmore itself the echo still allows Rael to share the visions of the past which A’vi sees but Rael’s own visions are mostly visions of the future. Though as far from home as they currently are this “gift” keeps on failing them when it truly matters.

One of the most terrifying visions Rael had so far was the one that started their journey. A vision of a dark future with a world on fire.

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Vierapril 2025

Day 11 - Spring

It’s a wonderful time when after a cold winter nature awakes again. Rael loves how suddenly everything turns green once more and beautiful blossoms start blooming everywhere 🌸

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A‘vi: (This snowman looks somehow familiar…) 🤔

Rael: Are you sure this is a snake, A’vi?

A‘vi: 😯‼️

Rael: Why are you looking at me like that??

A‘vi: Nothing! 🤭

[Someone should put a tangerine on Rael’s head. There would be no difference! 😂]

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The Price of Failure

“Seven hells, A‘viloh! Open the damn door right now! I am worried about you, you idiot!”

After Haurchefant’s death the Miqo’te had locked himself up in a room at the Forgotten Knight and had barely spoken to anyone at all these last few days.

Go away - This is all my fault - They must hate me so - Stay away from me - I don’t want you to get hurt too.

With this and similar sentences, which Rael had day by day only heard muffled through the closed door, A’viloh had tried to get rid of them. Rael had expected the Miqo’te to blame himself for what had happened, they had even understood that A’viloh in his bizarre sense of self-loathing had decided to leave Fortemp Manor to not cause anyone any more pain. Anyone except himself of course.

Once again Rael felt so powerless seeing how A’viloh apparently saw all his fears confirmed, that as soon as he was involved in something, everything would eventually go horribly wrong and people would get hurt. Of course that was nonsense. But with the “evidence” at hand - and the poor Miqo’te really was a pretty unlucky fellow in this regard - it was also quite difficult to argue against it.

Seemingly he had also stopped letting Rael convince him of the opposite as they usually had so far. At least he had still talked to them. Through closed doors, but at least he had not ignored Rael entirely in another attempt to drive them away.

Well, not until today…

Another time Rael’s fist loudly drummed against the door.

“I swear, if you don’t open this damn door right now, I will break it down!”

Maybe getting angry at him was not going to encourage him any more than politely asking had but by now Rael’s patience reached its end.

“You are looking for the young Miqo’te, who’s living here since a few days, don’t you?”, a voice asked and Rael turned around to find the owner of the inn standing at the end of the corridor. “I saw you two together with mistress Tataru before.”

“I am.”, Rael confirmed and tried to look a little less like some hooligan about to trash the inn and attack its guests. “I am just worried about him…”

“Mhhh…”, the Elezen made a contemplating sound. “Well, all I can tell you is that your friend left a few hours ago and hasn’t returned since.”

“Left?!”, Rael blurted out, while their mind began to race. “To where?”

“That I don’t know, I am sorry…”, the man apologised.

It may have looked impolite but Rael left in a hurry without another word. Barely back outside they paused and realised that Ishgard was too big to just aimlessly run around and look for him. But where could he have gone?

At First Rael hurried to the chocobo stables. Somehow they had hoped to find him here cuddled to the bird Haurchefant had gifted him. It had been a naive hope, that of course proved wrong.

Then they ran to the city gates asking the guards if they had seen a person fitting A’viloh’s description leave the city and after that they did the same at the airship landing. Both times unsuccessful.

By now the sun, that had spent most of the day hidden by thick grey clouds, was slowly surrendering her last weak rays of light to the darkness of night. The lack of light would make searching even more difficult and Rael was out of ideas. Where else would A’viloh go?, they wondered when one last horrible idea crossed their mind.

As fast as Rael could they hurried back to the upper parts of the city, where at its highest point stood one of the most important places in town: The Vault.

The place where Haurchefant had been killed while trying to protect A‘viloh.

In a way it would be just like A’viloh to return here, if only to inflict more pain on himself and punish himself in the process. However as Rael walked towards the tall building they noticed the entrance had been sealed with a barrier and additionally a guard was stationed in front, informing Rael that the building remained closed for now due to ongoing investigations of the happenings around Thordan and his knights.

The guard hadn’t seen any Miqo’te around either and so Rael began to wonder what to do now. They could return to Fortemps Manor and ask Alphinaud and Tataru for help. Maybe even Artoirel and Emmanellain. Or go to the headquarters of the Temple Knights and speak to Ser Aymeric. Although every soldier in the city searching for A‘viloh possibly was a little exaggerated, this idea began to look more and more tempting to Rael with every passing minute. There was a nervousness inside their heart, a bad feeling, that was getting worse and worse with every passing second.

Rael had just walked down the first set of stairs when suddenly something in the cold night air changed. A strong breeze picked up, wind howling through the streets like a ghost. Feeling the strangeness of this sudden change Rael looked up to the night sky, where for a second they thought they saw the form of a bird circling in front of the glimmer of stars.

Then they blinked and it was gone. A shiver ran down Rael‘s spine. The feeling familiar but nonetheless in this case strangely unsettling, they gasped and almost stumbled. Their vision blurred for a moment and their eyes turned milky white, as Rael‘s mind was forcefully pulled away by a sudden vision.

Rael found themself standing on a square somewhere in Ishgard. It seemed familiar and Rael thought they recognised it from somewhere near Fortemps Manor. The air felt unreasonably chilling even through their warm clothes and Rael only slowly adjusted to the feeling of having a vision after none of them had shown up for so long.

Then Rael saw A’viloh.

There he stood, only a few steps away, at the edge of the square, where the higher parts of the city bordered onto the vast, foggy nothingness of the Holy Sea. But the Miqo’te’s tear-stained gaze was not focused on the bottomless depth below, but on the moon and the stars above.

This world… wouldn’t it be better off without me in it? No one would miss me at all…

A‘viloh did not say this aloud but Rael heard his voice just as clearly as if he had spoken instead of just thought it. It made Rael’s blood freeze in their veins.

Like petrified they watched A’viloh slowly raising his arms as if they were wings, like a bird that wanted to take flight.

Just that he wasn’t flying.

He was falling.

In an unnaturally slow motion he tilted forward, falling into the abyss and while Rael began to scream he was already gone.

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Happy Halloween!

Best All Saints‘ Wake wishes from the Little Red Riding Hood and the grumpy Devil he encountered on his way through the enchanted forest 🤭

(The apple thing is totally another fairytale though, A’vi…)

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Vierapril 2025

Day 12 - Summer

Rael loves gardening. Besides lots of flower there is also a big vegetable patch in the garden of the house they share with A’viloh.

On this patch all kinds of fruits and vegetables grow over the different seasons and Rael takes good care of the plants 🌱

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A’vi (and I) would like to wish you all happy holidays! 🎄🎁✨

Regardless of if you celebrate with family/loved ones or if you spent the days alone or at work, I hope you have a wonderful/relaxing/calm time and that all your wishes may come true! 🫶

Meanwhile Rael, watching A’viloh having fun and wishing you all happy holidays too of course! 🎄✨

(I really wish there was a fitting emote to the kinderpunsch item 🤭)

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🍊

Oh my… what a funny surprise!

The tangerine!! The expression!!

This is perfect, I love it! 🍊

Thank you so much! ❤️

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Vierapril 2025

Day 10 - Fight

While Rael was primarily trained in healing magic, they soon used their talent to also learn more aggressive forms of magic suited for fighting.

A combination of both, like sage, seems quite fitting for them. Healing friends while shooting the bad guys with lasers 🤭