#but in here my idea is that after ew and the fight with Zenos he basically gets a new outlook on life and cuts it himself

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two pictures i took of my WoL when i was in hw vs two i took yesterday (post endwalker)

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#5

Questions of the Day

...for a bit of worldbuilding!

Do you use a custom version of a FFXIV job with your OC/WoL? And if yes, why and where did you get inspiration for it?

59 notes - Posted November 20, 2022

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Is your WoL sometimes afraid that people will summon a primal version of them after their death?

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Question of the Day [WoLs]

Since it seemed to have meet some success, I add another to the list. This time about a subject I don’t often see talked about when it comes to WoLs specifically:

What are their relationship with their parents? Are they still alive? How do their parents live with the risk their child has taken to help people/save the world?

75 notes - Posted November 24, 2022

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Lore from the Live Letter [EW spoilers]

When Hydaelyn sundered the world, her attack was deliberately imperfect (albeit too powerful for her to fine-tune it). Basically, since she knew Emet-Selch, Lahabrea and Elidibus still had a role to play, she gambled on Emet’s ability to perceive the flaw in time to escape the Sundering. Lahabrea and Elidibus were physically with Emet when the Sundering happened, so they were able to team up with him and escaped too.

The aether she kept in reserve to test us was literally Venat’s soul. She consumed it entirely during the trial and won’t reincarnate (which was hinted in her speech at the end of the fight).

Zodiark’s core was entirely destroyed by Fandaniel. He’s dead for good too.

The moons in the reflections still hold some significance though, but Yoshi-P didn’t want to say more about that.

Once reborn, Hythlodaeus and Emet-Selch will most likely be like other people, just “cooler” (Yoshi-P’s words). Since they’ve done everything they wanted to do though, there’s also a strong possibility that they’ll just chose to remain in the aetherial sea instead of reincarnating.

The Spoken races started as only one race: the Ancients. The Sundering made them imperfect and over time, different groups evolved into different races as their weaknesses and strengths were exacerbated.

Zenos is most likely dead for good, as Yoshi-P insisted that we’ve seen him breathe his last in a dimensional pocket where the laws that usually apply on Eitherys don’t. Yoshi-P also joked about how now they could make a Zenos minion since he had played his role in the story. Since Yoshi-P refused to tell us how or why Zenos became a reaper though, I wouldn’t be surprised—just my opinion here—if his avatar came back to say “hello” at some point in the future.

It looks like they don’t know either what Azem was doing after Venat told them about the Final Days, though they seemed to have a few ideas they hoped to explore later on. Basically, Yoshi-P said that whatever you think Azem might have been doing back then is probably what happened.

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[misedejem]

It always kinda annoys me how adamant some people are that there are ‘correct’ dialogue options in FFXIV because like… you don’t know my character? The WoL is a blank slate, you can write them however you want and if the writers wanted them to react in a certain way, you wouldn’t get a choice.

Though the… many, many arguments I’ve seen about a certain dialogue choice (one in Endwalker) gave me headcanon ideas so I guess I can’t complain?

EW spoilers and very headcanon-heavy below but

The options you get right before fighting Zenos are very good food, even though I disagree with the first option - ‘that, I can’t deny’ - being the ‘best one’. It’s cool and satisfying, but it’s not what my character would say. Not really accurate for myself either because I am Afraid of hard content, haha

For my WoL, Misede, I had to go with the third option (‘I’ve had enough of you. This ends here’) because after an entire journey of having to play the nice and noble hero around her enemies so often, she should be allowed to absolutely lose her shit with somebody who has hurt her and her loved ones again and again, and kill him for no other reason than for the satisfaction of removing him from her life. I generally play her as a polite, patient, reserved person, so in climactic moments where emotions are running wild, it’s a big deal that she can lose her composure and get quite mean.

In her story, it was never her that Zenos felt a kinship with, even though he’d never know it. Because the first option, word for word, is the answer her Azem would have given. Kassandra would spend all her time designing concepts with no other purpose than to pose her some kind of challenge in a fight (Proto-Carby may have been her doing, for example.) She was the physically strongest of the Ancients, an unparalleled master of combat, and she would have revelled at the thought of somebody like Zenos existing to face her, because only her Master and Venat) could have ever hoped to hold their own against her, (and Hades, but he never would), and she had surpassed them centuries ago. But she could never have taken a person’s life. Why would she? Who would deny somebody the right to return to the Star of their own volition, after all? Right up until the final few years of her long life, she had no reason to believe that anybody would be capable of deserving it.

Misede, bereft of the Ancients’ Paradise, never had the opportunity to see combat in that way. She grew up on the road, and spent most of her youth risking life and limb in Dravania, so it had always been something she did because she *had* to, not because it was what she wanted. It was part of Azem that never really manifested in her for this reason, even though she is an adventurer at heart in all other ways. Always a part of that Soul, but not always apparently so.

Zenos never truly knew the Warrior of Light in the way he thought he did. Maybe in a different life, that would not have been the case, she wouldn’t have denied him. But she is not Azem. And that is not the life she is leading.

[astroellipse]

Finally continuing with the msq, need to note some things

ended up putting many screenshots in here by the end

I... have not been quite so sure on what the Final Days actually were for a while now. It all seemed vague, but apparently it was explained in some detail and I just forgot.

“Though yet confined to the lands across the sea, a terrible phenomenon afflicts our star. They are calling it the “Final Days.”

"Once that happens, all is lost. Fear, pain, despair...every dread impulse is siphoned from our minds and given substance: an eternal fall of fiery rain; an incessant spawning of nightmarish beasts...”

“ ...Yet oh how the star had suffered. So many species lost. The land was blighted, the waters poisoned, and even the wind had ceased to blow.“

Alright I got completely sidetracked 1. because good story 2. I was sorta racing this other guy bc I’m like that but also helped him at one part so it’s all good. I’m now sitting waiting in queue for the final boss. I hope he manages to catch up with that last dungeon and queues for this in time to be in my party that would be fun.

This whole sequence still gets me so giddy, man. That last cutscene was funny because I was in my dancer outfit which. This doesn’t show much but look at his cute lil flowers.

oh damn that’s what the actual screenshots are like, the one saved by the game. slaps the title right on it huh. Anyways this was such a serious scene, the WoL challenging Emet-Selch for the fate of the world, and for hurting their friends. And Doran’s making his stand in a loose top and short shorts. I’m doing the final boss as DRG cause cannon class and I prefer it in solo fights over DNC... it at least looks a bit cooler. The light here isn’t exactly flattering but impromptu picture:

I think I’ve mentioned before how goofy his face looks at times. This is one. Catch him in the wrong lighting and he looks so so so weird. Actually this image is still bad cause it doesn’t show his claws, or his pants very well but whatever. Oh, and you can’t see his horns very well at all... I’ll have to take better pictures later.

Huh, the weather here is called “Termination”. That’s a fun detail. I’ve been sitting in this queue for 20 minutes. Just me and this other DPS so far it’s sad. I don’t wanna leave cause THE song is playing. And I wanna see if the catboy I was racing with before shows up... assuming they can. I know you can see other players in the-

oh here we go!

oh my god. we skipped an entire mechanic that was fun. and i got 2 comms :) i uhhhh didn’t actually play well like, at all? probably should have done something else to try and remember how to play DRG lol. forgot to use my dragon eye for so long. and after the phase change i didn’t use blood of the dragon in time to get off my full combo the first time. butttttt it’s fine there were plenty of others with probably capped gear to carry me.

OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD I LOVE THIS GAAAAMEEFMEKMkfb just. god. this is so good. here are some screenshots from the last cutscene.

Anyways it’s official I’d die for Doran. Love this dude who is debatably also me but not really. There’s a positive message about self love there I think. Something freeing about taking a character you project onto and making them cute as shit and putting them in stupid also debatably sexy outfits. I have not taken a picture of my taking outfit yet. I’ll have to do that soon I am quite proud of it it’s funny.

oh fuck it brought me straight to the ocular hell yeah. picture time.

he is also wearing claws in this outfit, this time in red to go with the horns. also realized you can see his DRG outfit pretty much in full in the previous screenshots so no need for that. oh my god. I swung my camera around and all the scions are just standing there... but Urianger is the nearest and his head is snapped to Doran lmao.. just.

Very cute. Very unfitting for that one cutscene. Nice to have him mistaken for a girl. I’m glad that my level 80 relic weapon goes well with my outfit. The same cannot be said for some others. Why are SMN and DRG’s weapons so ugly? It’s unfair. AST’s is really pretty and I’m using it now.

Oh and here’s another one to show ANOTHER effect of funny lighting.

Look at his eyes. They look ghastly it’s so funny. This happens in the Adder’s Nest whenever I stand at the desk to do stuff. anyways more msq

I’m glad this is the last time I have to hear Varis speak. Oh my god I love Zenos he makes no goddamn sense. His dedication to the WoL is adorable.

I’m glad I managed to get all the role quests done before I finished the ShB msq but. Jesus fucking christ is this the same paladin lady from all those flashbacks??? The one that did that devious smirk in the healer role quest???? Has she been here this ENTIRE TIME?????????????? Hm. she wants. To speak in private. uhhhhh...... UH. THE TRUE VILLAIN OF THEIR STORY??? MEET HER ALONE ON THE ROOF??????? REPAY ME?????????????? Wait is she... confessing? To something? And wants me to kill her? She orchestrated this. From the very beginning before the WoL was really known? Huh? Oh and now we’re putting the timeline together. I played them super out of order I think but I have a rough idea. Alright I know that Cyella here is Cylva. But. She sounded repentant in the beginning, and... is smirking every time she talks about how everything went according to plan. What, is she just explaining all this before she kills me or finishes whatever she started or... I don’t even know. The... transformation... was intentional... what the fuck is the timeline here I’m lost. Like,t he world was meant to end with the flood why and how was she planning shit for after that.

Hydaelyn... made each party member a Warrior of Light in turn, only after they had made a suitably heroic sacrifice. What of our WoL, then? They received their first crystal after- actually no this line of thinking is stupid. The WoL was obviously chosen for a very specific reason. That’s why they were able to collect more than one crystal of light. Probably them being Azem, and... whatever they did during the time of the Final Days.

Oh is she *the* Shadowkeeper? Huh. She’s kinda cute tho? Why do I like elezen so much I’m fucking cursed. uh. sword? flashback? HUH? Alright she is it. But she really did like them?

OH. And Ardbert didn’t sacrifice anything either. But he’s also Azem!

From a world shrouded in dark... she’s from the VOID?????????????? WHAT.

Oh she was just inducing a flashback okay.

Oh she’s a WoL from the Thirteenth. A friend of Unukalhai?? Oh she was tricked too. Ardbert spared her, thus averting Calamity at that moment. Then he went after the Ascians and caused it anyways. Oh okay the transformation to sin eaters was not the goal, I think her words were purposefully meant to lead you astray. Oh. Ew. Vauthry did that to them. Fuck that guy.

Okay. She does want me to kill her. Honestly I think the WoL should kill her, not really as retribution but just to grant her rest. Atonement, instead. “You would have been good friends, you and Ardbert” fuck you game he sacrificed himself for me just a couple of hours ago.

Aw sick I got the cool title. “Living Memory”. And now I have to get to Reflections in Crystal to do the next one.

hghhggh. FUCK. HE BLINKED. I tried taking a screenshot of Urianger and Doran in the buggy ont he way to the empty but in the first one he’s stillt alking and the second blinking. goddammit. Anyways I will not lie to you I don’t care for the Eden raid questline. Lets me see Urianger more but that’s it. I don’t care about Gaia. Like Ryne and Gaia are cute but the WoL is at any given point a 3rd wheel to either Urianger/Thancred of Ryne/Gaia and it’s annoying. Time to skip some cutscenes babeyyyyyyy. also. there’s something wrong with me look at them.

he’s so goddamn tall... why is he nearly my platonic ideal of a character this is ridiculous.

it’s been hours since I last typed anything here it’s time to sleeeep

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Lore from the Live Letter [EW spoilers]

When Hydaelyn sundered the world, her attack was deliberately imperfect (albeit too powerful for her to fine-tune it). Basically, since she knew Emet-Selch, Lahabrea and Elidibus still had a role to play, she gambled on Emet’s ability to perceive the flaw in time to escape the Sundering. Lahabrea and Elidibus were physically with Emet when the Sundering happened, so they were able to team up with him and escaped too.

The aether she kept in reserve to test us was literally Venat’s soul. She consumed it entirely during the trial and won’t reincarnate (which was hinted in her speech at the end of the fight).

Zodiark’s core was entirely destroyed by Fandaniel. He’s dead for good too.

The moons in the reflections still hold some significance though, but Yoshi-P didn’t want to say more about that.

Once reborn, Hythlodaeus and Emet-Selch will most likely be like other people, just “cooler” (Yoshi-P’s words). Since they’ve done everything they wanted to do though, there’s also a strong possibility that they’ll just chose to remain in the aetherial sea instead of reincarnating.

The Spoken races started as only one race: the Ancients. The Sundering made them imperfect and over time, different groups evolved into different races as their weaknesses and strengths were exacerbated.

Zenos is most likely dead for good, as Yoshi-P insisted that we’ve seen him breathe his last in a dimensional pocket where the laws that usually apply on Eitherys don’t. Yoshi-P also joked about how now they could make a Zenos minion since he had played his role in the story. Since Yoshi-P refused to tell us how or why Zenos became a reaper though, I wouldn’t be surprised—just my opinion here—if his avatar came back to say “hello” at some point in the future.

It looks like they don’t know either what Azem was doing after Venat told them about the Final Days, though they seemed to have a few ideas they hoped to explore later on. Basically, Yoshi-P said that whatever you think Azem might have been doing back then is probably what happened.