#Sohr Khai

[starrysnowdrop]

FFXIV Vanilla Gpose Challenge

Day 4: Battle ⚔️ Sohr Khai with Duty Support

Featuring Hali Aloke, Aymeric de Borel, Alphinaud Leveilleur, and Temple Banneret

[trustinsighters]

In the farthest reaches of the Churning Mists rests a beautiful palace, once Ratatoskr’s abode. Following her passing, dragons renamed it Sohr Khai, meaning "grieving apology," now a remnant of a forgotten era of peace, adorned with human-crafted carvings of the wyrm.

Dragons are believed to preserve history through their songs. Ratatoskr was known for creating beautiful songs until mortals' betrayal silenced her forever.

[aethernoise]

@eva-cybele asked for 🛡️ defending someone / ⚜️ being chivalrous / 👑 showing off

Manaward has room enough for three (or four, if one's a carbuncle)

[asleepinawell]

Sohr Khai

[avirael]

Ratatoskr

[roegadynroost]

Really liked how the foggy area at the start of Sohr Khai looked for Ephe.

[myreia]

Heavensward: Sohr Khai The sky is the domain of dragons How wilt thou contend with such mastery?

[melissa-robin-ultros]

Today is the 2 year anniversary of me starting Final Fantasy XIV!

If you told me before this that my favourite game would be an MMO, I would not have believed you.

This game means so much to me, and I'm so glad I'm finally at a point where I'm caught up with the story and can look forward to the future game alongside all the friends I've made along the way 💖

[mxmearcstapa]

I would like to add that even if the damage isn't there as tank, he's still feral in spirit

He's having a good time.

oh, I am going to have to tank this

I think he deserves to lose some of the responsibilities and just go a bit feral and hit things with his sword for fun.

(I was trying to type a whole coherent sentence while staring directly at how the picture rendered his lips and I think I am very brave for even attempting language)

[neriyon]

Vanilla Gpose Challage - 1: Job

White mage to the rescue~

Bonus shot!

I was originally gonna post only this one, but then played around a little more with the light colors and screen tilt and ended up liking the other pic more.

[starrysnowdrop]

Ser Aymeric de Borel and Hali Aloke in Sohr Khai

AKA: Sexy Blue Elf Man and His Tiny Girlfriend go fight some Dragons

[trustinsighters]

Dungeon Dialogue: Sohr Khai

An Answer of Sorrow (X: 10.6, Y: 13.6) - Hraesvelgr’s Trial Begins

Aymeric: Let us prove our worth, my friends! 　↳ Alphinaud: Aye, beyond a shadow of doubt!

First Boss, Before engaging (X: 10.6, Y: 8.4) - Chieftain Moglin

Alphinaud: By the Twelve, it's Chieftain Moglin! 　↳ Aymeric: That he should be part of the trial...

First Boss, During the fight (X: 10.6, Y: 8.4) - Chieftain Moglin

Chieftain Moglin: This is as far as you go, Forename! You and your ridiculous name won't make it past me, kupo! Chieftain Moglin: This is no time for naps, kupo! Everyone fights! No one quits! Chieftain Moglin: I'm not chieftain because I'm the biggest... I'm chieftain because I'm the baddest, kupo!

First Boss, After defeating (X: 10.6, Y: 8.4) - Chieftain Moglin

Chieftain Moglin: Kupopo... That's enough... You've made your point. This isn't a fight to the death, kupo... Alphinaud: I didn't expect to face the moogles... 　↳ Aymeric: I pray they aren't too badly hurt.

An Answer of Silence #1 (X: 11.8, Y: 16.0) - Reaching “An Answer of Silence”

Aymeric: <pant> The air is rather thin this high up... 　↳ Alphinaud: It isn't a race, so let us pace ourselves.

An Answer of Silence #2 (X: 11.8, Y: 11.6) - Ratatoskr’s Crest

Alphinaud: The wyrm depicted on yonder crest... 　↳ Aymeric: Neither Hraesvelgr nor Nidhogg. It could only be Ratatoskr.

Second Boss, Before engaging (X: 11.8, Y: 9.6) - Poqhiraj

Alphinaud: A winged horse...and an enormous one at that!

　↳ Aymeric: There isn't much room to maneuver. Have care!

Second Boss, After defeating (X: 11.8, Y: 9.6) - Poqhiraj

Alphinaud: That creature was truly fearsome in motion... 　↳ Aymeric: Thankfully we managed to rein it in.

An Answer of Shame #1 (X: 11.8, Y: 15.3) - Ratatoskr’s Sanctuary

Alphinaud: Good heavens, what a majestic place... 　↳ Aymeric: I daresay we are come to Ratatoskr's sanctuary.

An Answer of Shame #2 (X: 12.1, Y: 13.0) - Ice Path

Hraesvelgr: Thou hast weathered my trial thus far...but I am not convinced. I will try thy limits. Aymeric: We will win you over, Hraesvelgr. Mark my words. 　↳ Alphinaud: What awaits, I wonder...

Third Boss, Before engaging (X: 11.8, Y: 9.5) - Hraesvelgr

Hraesvelgr: Nidhogg will spare thee no clemency. And thus neither must I. Alphinaud: Pray watch over us, Ysayle! 　↳ Aymeric: All that I have, I shall bring to bear!

Third Boss, During the fight (X: 11.8, Y: 9.5) - Hraesvelgr

Hraesvelgr: Come, warrior. Show me what strength doth remain in thy frail mortal shell! Hraesvelgr: The sky is the domain of dragons. How wilt thou contend with such mastery? Hraesvelgr: Thou art formidable... But canst thou endure until the bitter end? Hraesvelgr: Fight on, warrior! Press thy attack! Hraesvelgr: ...Thy resolve hath withstood my scrutiny. Mayhap there is hope to be had in one such as thee...

Third Boss, After defeating (X: 11.8, Y: 9.5) - Hraesvelgr

Aymeric: I shan't soon forget this trial. Alphinaud: I gave my all. I pray it was enough...

Sohr Khai Dungeon Dialogue Infographic

[mimble-sparklepudding]

Normally the creatures in FFXIV dungeons don’t seem to like me very much. So it makes a nice change to meet one that’s such a big fan…

The Enchanted Fan is a soulkin that, according to evidence, was created long before the Fifth Astral Era. Its a prime example of a civilization that attempted to breathe life into inanimate objects.

[aethernoise]

@nuclearanomaly asked👻 to see them looking or acting in a scary or intimidating manner.

Boo!!!

[nabaath-areng]

The weirdest part about FFXIV for me now is that for years I considered myself a newbie. I was always around people who had played longer than me, both legacy and not, and with it also being my first ever MMO they all seemed so experienced to me.

... And here I am now, forgetting that I am in a sense closer to all those players I looked up to back then. Year after year I've seen fewer and fewer legacy mounts and titles, and as time goes by I am more and more shocked by how many I interact with who describe Shadowbringers as "the old days". And not only that, I realize then that 5 years IS a long time, and that all the things I keep thinking of as new and flashy (Gpose, job gauges etc) have been in the game longer than they have not.

Mind you, I became psychotic less than a year into my FFXIV career, and then I spent nearly a decade after that trying to heal from both that as well as the paranoia it left me with, so in a sense the years 2015-2022 might as well not have happened in terms of me remembering them in a way that matters. My vague measure of time between 2014 to 2019 in particular is only possible because I memorized FFXIV patches, since the game was practically the only thing keeping me both sane and alive. I cannot tell you what I did IRL in November 2015, but I can tell you what I did during patch 3.1.

And I guess that's why it all feels so mindfucky to me? It's not like I can look back at my years in FFXIV like normal memories, so realizing that 10 years have passed in what to me felt like the blink of an eye, and then having to reconcile with my self perception and reality not quite adding up... it just makes it feel so weird? It kinda feels like waking up from a time bubble, where everyone else has lived normally and you have to adapt super fast to keep up with the changes you barely have time to process.

In a strange sense, many of the people I knew and loved at the time feel like fuzzy figures to me. Some of them I cannot even recall the names of, and some I remember nothing except for their names. I know they were real, because I have screenshots of us playing the game together... but it still feels very little like they're my own memories. It's not like amnesia, but I don't know how to describe it.

They're kind of like the Warrior's of Light who vanished during the Calamity as described in ARR. I know these people were there, and I know that they saved me when everything seemed hopeless... and yet when I try to recall their faces, all I see is light behind silouettes. When I try to say their names, they disappear on my tongue.

And it feels so shitty, because why wouldn't I remember people who were super close to me? But that was the nasty thing with being psychotic, I was so caught up with being constantly in terror, and being unable to determine what was real or not, that even the good things aren't more than vague flickers of light amidst the hopeless darkness I was in. I can barely claim to be the same person, because those years stole "me" for lack of a better way of putting it.

I feel like I came out of that situation a completely different person, someone who is ultimately more "real"... but that makes me question whether the people I held dear actually knew me. They knew a broken down person bearing my name, but I don't recognize that person at all. It was practically a stranger behind the wheel veering off the road over and over again and causing more damage to the vehicle itself.

And it sounds so stupid, I know, but FFXIV sincerely was my sole lifeline. It was the only normal thing... and yet it didn't shield me from the repercussions of losing my sense of self, as is evident in hindsight now that I'm out of the abyss that was my abode for years. It's like I fell asleep at 19 and woke up at 24, and suddenly I had to recalibrate the way I viewed myself and the way I no longer felt like I belonged with other people my age. And then another couple years were spent catching up and trying to "age" myself accordingly. All while fighting to rid myself of the paranoia and delusions that still had me in a chokehold.

And here I am now, running around in FFXIV, free from my delusions and my paranoia once and for all... all while still looking for the people that were around me when I had just started playing, and trying to process that the one safe place I had was just as fleeting as everything else in my life after all.

I should have known that, it's an obvious thing when spelling it out like such. But it shows me that despite having come this far, there's still a lot of work for me to do, and a lot of grief to come to terms with about everything I lost. Things that one may take for granted, that can never be reclaimed once it's gone.

[avirael]

Another picture from one of my new favourite dungeons 🥰