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@draconian-empress asked: Send 🔮 to see them doing or wearing something associated with magic.
"Do not whine. When my mentor taught me the arts, he took my sword from me, and he said, 'I am going to hit you with this until you conjure a shield to stop me.'"
"...what did you do?"
"Bled until I learned."
#final fantasy xiv#oc: hanami hagane#ask meme#ask#screenshots - mine#ty for the ask!#fray myste#kinda#drk things
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every time i see do not seek forgiveness as though it’s the moral of that story im just. sigh. you missed the point
the point of 70 isn’t do not seek to ease the burden. it’s not you should carry your pain with you, that it is somehow right and just and noble. it’s that it’s okay to hurt, yes, and to admit that you hurt
but, by that same measure, the only way to move forward is to forgive yourself. forgive yourself for hurting. forgive yourself for the things you have done. forgive yourself for the things you could not do. forgive yourself for surviving.
and remember, always remember, that you are still a good person.
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The succession of seats. Of shards. Of ideals... Of love. The Warrior of Light's soul could be considered heavy and clamorous if it did not give them a measure of peace as it has.
auraugust 2024 - succession
#ffxiv#final fantasy xiv#ff14#final fantasy 14#au ra#wol#ardbert#ardbert hylfyst#fray myste#myste#azem#wol goes by they/them#auraugust2024#auraugust#⭐ mine#a tough one this one!#but i thought huh... azem... wol... wol drk knight things... ardbert is somewhere in there...#what a fucked up family portrait huh?#and here we are that was the idea#a succession of souls family portrait#good stuff
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Danganronpa is such a series bc why the hell does Kyoko have a seven volume mystery story detailing a whole plot about some underground murder game and intricacies of the detective system in graphic detail while I know all of five facts about Makoto's childhood. Like damn what was his favorite toy or something
#ig udg gives us more facts than some other students get#but hes the main boy. togami also gets a three novel series#they even planned dr yamada and dr hagakure#but not a damn thing for the ultimate hope. its so funny#i just feel like the dr writers be writing whatever they want#dr1#kyoko kirigiri#makoto naegi#danganronpa#drk
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↳ ꜰꜰxɪᴠ — ʀᴏᴜᴠᴀꜱᴛʀᴇ ᴅᴇ ʟᴇᴜᴠᴇᴄʜɪᴇʀ ⇄ ᴇꜱᴛᴇᴇᴍ
Today, tomorrow — forever on, from one war to the next. Have you ever wondered when our war ends? Does it even matter? Were we not meant to be nothing but weapons from the day we were born, our edges kept sharp and bloody when needed and hung up and set aside like good, obedient little soldiers when not?
(Steel Temper! Heavensbreaker! The Warrior of Light! Our Weapon of Light!)
Look in the mirror. Do you still feel him crawling up your spine, setting within your bone? Do you feel it gnawing at the edge of your soul? Feel the blood in your fingers again. Remember your purpose. Remember the grind of the bone beneath your fist. Remember. Remember. Remember. Stare into my eyes and REMEMBER.
(Even now, you continue to deny it. Well. Deny me all you want. You cannot deny what we have done.)
You feel it, don’t you? There’s no point to hiding it. I know you. Feel the furious pulse of hot blood in your head. Feel it in your teeth. Feel it in your throat. Feel it in your heart. Feel my hand on yours, cloak it in scale, and grind it deep into where it needs to be. Again, and then again. One broken shield exchanged for another. It’s never enough. It will never be enough.
(Or you could beat every single one of them to death with your bare hands. You would like that, wouldn’t you?)
But you know as well as we — that it was never the Eye.
(I knew you would.)
It was always just you.
#//flashing lights#ask to tag#FFXIV#FF14#Final Fantasy XIV#Final Fantasy 14#long post#spoilers#major spoilers#ffxivedit#Warrior of Light#WoL#oc: rouvastre#FFXIV Esteem#feels weird tagging them as Esteem when it's not the canon version but that's what they are so.#another loreset sorry but rouvy's weird fucked up Nid.hogg-adjacent DRG fray!!#the actual lore: rouvy's DRK questline takes place between SHB -> EW and thus it unfort. doesn't involve Sid.durgu#nor does their Esteem take Fray's form bc they never met!!!#Rouvy's Fray is based off the Azys Lla section in HW where Rouvy nearly fell to Nid.hogg and similar to Alb.eric saw directly into#Nid.hogg's soul and saw a mirror there. the incident really shook them and he's been denying that capacity for rage and violence exists#ever since. ShB forces Fray to the surface via a mixture of extreme loneliness (she doesn't have either of their emotional support dragons#in his head anymore) and slowly festering annoyance and frustration w/ being the WoL and how he's treated as such that was#building in the BG during StB + all her unexamined HW trauma. among other things.#as a result their Esteem takes the form of a weird fucked up DRG since they're based off the Nid.hogg incident he's been denying.#+ is also her emotional support imaginary friend to fill the spot in his braincase where there would normally be an emotional support drago#and spends most of their time trying to convince Rouvy to fuck this shit I'm out before the lightwarden thing kills them#the equivalent of Whitebrim is Fray controlling the meat suit to yell at the Scions. Mys.te's stuff happens during EW#and significantly affects his version of Ultima Thule#Esteem actually manifested on Azys Lla first but Rouvy's been Ignoring That:tm: for years until everything happens all at once#but Rouvy doesn't officially switch his tank spec to DRK until just after Dohn Mheg for reasons
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collapses.
#hi today has been so draining.#my cat straight up ate a piece of plastic so i am stressed about that for the foreseeable future until he either passes it#or gets checked out at the vet.#and also i just had So Much to do i am so exhausted and hungry rn#truly the thing keeping me going is i will get to hang out and play final fantasy this weekend.#i am excited to hit lv 50 drk my friend is telling me it will be Some Shit :3
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Forgive me, forgive me. I ask, I beg, I pray, but it never comes.
You know I find it incredibly bewildering to see just how much kalki reflects myself in him like YEAH Duh of course he does, he’s my little guy it’s like his full time job. But at the same time he is a fully functional facet of my being and he is at the mercy of my whimsies, and whatever he discovers in his arduous journey of self realisation is ultimately a reflection of what I discover in the real world. It’s also incredibly funny because ffxiv lore for dark knights is really baked into the idea of (re)discovering yourself amongst the bloodshed and continuing to live and love and thrive despite the world working against us. who would have thought such a raw message could come from an mmorpg side quest about edgy emo boys of all places
also adamantite armour of fending i would lay down my LIFE for u
variant + phone bg version + ID below the cut
tch as if you guys are actually going to use artwork of my little guy as your phone background. i know. how dumb. let a girl dream. i should make an alternate version but it's of Fray and Myste
[START ID: A picture with a red background focusing on the character's bust that is placed to the left of the image's centre. He is coloured with a dark blue overlay, contrasting with the red background. He has brown skin, long black hair that falls over his shoulders, and is wearing blue and gold armour and earrings. He is looking at the viewer, right eye dark brown and the left an glowing unnatural red, with an expression that looks determined and angry and yet bitter and forlorn. In the foreground and on the right side of the piece, a miniature version of the character stands coloured in a light blue overlay and wearing the same blue and gold armour, looking as if he is glowing. He is facing towards the left of the piece, or perhaps at the character bust, his expression unreadable. Above the miniature character's head is the symbol representing the FFXIV dark knight, coloured in gold. END ID.]
#the burst of creativity that shot through me is indescribable. i can only hope this is a sign that i am FINALLY out of art block#but OF COURSE my creativity comes back right when gamsat is around the corner. it's always a fucking exam. i fucking hate myself#maybe this piece is supposed to be vent art at how I CANNOT MANAGE MY SHIT AND I AM JUST. NOT DOING THINGS RIGHT. NOT DOING THINGS RIGHT !!#and i tell myself it's fine but maybe it's NOT fine? i told myself i'd work on it but nothing is getting worked on#nothing productive at all. not even for uni nor for myself. nothing is happening at all. it's just going through the days#waking up. wishing i'd slept more. stare at my laptop for hours. youtube. watch 10mins of lectures. then a nap. then the laptop. then sleep#but i dont and it pisses me off because nothing is working. i'm like if linguini lost his rat and i'm staring at the kitchen catching fire#maybe go to class if it's on for that day. scrambling notes together. pretending i DO have my shit together#i COULD put out the fire. but i'm not. i could and i can but im not. the extinguisher is in my hand. fire's not going out. i'm still here.#maybe. maybe that's why drk resonates with me so much. at the end of the day. maybe i am just a stupid bastard#-who can't get their act together. who actively shoots themselves in the foot and bleeds all over the place trying to make something happen#only this time- this time the perpetrator isn't someone i can point at and demand answers from. it's me hi i'm the problem it's me#and i can- i SHOULD find a way to make this all work. to make this whole Living My Life business work. but the extinguisher's in my hand#wow okay that was really heavy anyway uhhhhh TAGS TAGS TAGS TAGSSSSS#ffxiv#ff14#ffxivwol#ffxiv wol kalki#ffxiv dark knight#artoftheagni#and the fire keeps going#tw eyestrain#cw bright colors#idk the red is really bright and it;s nice for my eyes but idk for anyone else
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it’s a massive potential curveball to d’alia’s canon (again)
but I’ve been thinking of changing her aiming job to mch instead of dnc 🫣
#and NOT for the reason ik everyone is going to eye me about this!! shdghs#but i think smn + drk go hand in hand for her with how she summons simulacra and uses magicks as supplemental combat#and i’ve mentioned before how she’d want to pick stephanivien’s brain#especially on the job crystals he’s figured out how to make for machinists#given her own drk crystal going wacky and all#plus i saw the darbar fending top has 2 pistols holstered on it and it got me like. hm.#maybe d’alia carries a greatsword and a holstered pistol and her grimoire is in her bag. instead of chakrams too.#also changes some things with jiyu but the backstory of meeting in the shisui dungeon still Works??#but jiyu can be in troupe falsiam and meet ranaa in kugane. while d’alia doesn’t. if i go this route#idk!! woke up thinking about this again shdghs we shall see!! after more sleep#dani plays ffxiv
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Glamtober But It's November - #5 - Tank
Ishgard is where Aelita found what it truly means to be a tank; to protect those who cannot protect themselves.
Glam Details:
Main Hand - Crier’s Claymore
Head - Prestige Crown of Light - Turquoise Green
Body - Orthodox Coat of Fending
Hands - Mythril Gauntlets - Metallic Silver
Legs - Abyss Flanchard - Undyed/Turquoise Green
Feet - Orthodox Greaves of Fending
Wearable By: Dark Knight (or any tank with their respective weapon)
Prompt List
#ffxiv#aelita tirasch#my wol#warrior of light#gpose#gposers#drk aelita is one of my favorite things#that questline in ishgard is so central to her#and if it were not obvious#the person she learns to protect is Rielle#(fwiw I do absolutely think Rielle is capable but she's also a child)#(and ending your mom's insane mission to kill you by yourself is kind of above a kid's pay grade)#glamtober 2024#ffxivglamtober2024
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one wonders how any other protagonist manages to get by without the help of a shadow brain ghost who loves them
#crossover#ff14#fgo#fray myste#edmond dantes (fate)#doodle#digital#why did it take me this long to realize that Dantes has DRK Themes going on#especially the whole “the flame in the abyss is actually love” sort of thing
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@mimble-sparklepudding asked: Send ⚫️ to see them doing or wearing something associated with the concept of “darkness”.
“Close your eyes and hold out your hand towards me. Breathe deep through your nose─let the air fill your lungs, then let it pass from your lips. Slower, slower... Listen to my voice. Listen to your heartbeat. Listen...”
#ask#ask meme#final fantasy xiv#gaia#oc: hanami hagane#screenshots - mine#drk things#alas for gaia has a funky model and she's not poseable#but it's fine#hanami looked at this tiny emo child filled with darkness#and said 'is anyone gonna teach this brat how to tank?'#and did NOT wait for an answer
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27. Favourite relic? (from @sundered-souls)
Get to Know Me: FFXIV Edition
There is only one answer to this question and it's Nirvana Zeta. It's the only WHM weapon glam I've used since I got it and I've twisted my own timeline like a pretzel to make the Zodiac Braves quests part of Alannah's canon.
Bonus runner ups include Lilith Zeta and Longinus Zeta, and I have to make special mention of Bravura Atma because it's Ardbert's axe.
Thank you for the ask!!
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the astro whispering in my ear to pull wall to wall on mt.gulg (i already pull wall to wall on mt.gulg but this was so funny to me)
#he's a drk main apparently so things are clicking#ffxiv.txt#oc: khed'a#the way this feeds into my khed'a is a self-destructive paladin characterization
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Okay okay but I had a dream that was essentially letting Esteem out to kill or at least severely frighten some guy who was a major asshole
And what I remember most clearly was him and his lackey (comrade? Hired muscle? Idk) loosing arrows, which I mostly deflected with Deathbringer - but the fist one definitely hit me in the stomach and I was aware of being in regular fabric clothes yet at the same fully armored so the arrow fell away harmlessly
Like I could see my dress/shirt whatever and a phantom of the chaos armor over it, but he just saw an armored knight wreathed in an aura of menace and fully ready to spill blood :)
#just DRK things#he has been abusive to someone for a long time and I followed him outside after a banquet#dreams#the mermaiden speaks
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ok i think the best part of the drk quests overall though is the point whenever you open up your journal midway through and abruptly realize that your wol has started taking notes in a completely different voice
#the nemesis speaks#swift plays ff14#tone shift jumpscare!!#uh. drk questline spoilers in the tags#but like for the uninitiated: GENERALLY the quest log entries are fairly dry ''went here did this. current task: do this too''#the assumption being these are notes being kept either physically or just in the wol's head abt stuff they're doing#BUT THE DRK QUESTS are written down in an ENTIRELY different tone. one that gets more and more distinct as they progress#overwhelmingly fixated on your emotional responses to and opinions of the goings-on#(''where are those godsdamned peistes...?'' is NOT a line you would get in ANY other context)#and frequently the summary of a battle is ''you blacked out and then came to exhausted and covered in blood. good job.''#until the final quests where the journal has suddenly switched to using first person plural and addresses You Personally in second person#(''fray knows what is best for us. we will do as she asks.'' / ''you killed them. well done. can we go now?'')#the best one tho is when your nominal objective is ''go to whitebrim to talk about how fucking weird you've been acting lately''#but if you open the quest log what's actually been written down as your task is ''go to whitebrim and kill them all.''#it's really good is the thing
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lightwarden thoughts are back on the menu so like. here's mothwarden - aletheia. it's playing so hard into the narrative of the warrior of darkness spun by two rival wizards that that's all that's left in the end. just a cracking shell of mythologized heroism holding back something cruel and resentful.
there's a playlist!
#there's a third much more monstrous form but like. you know. game limitations lmao#it's also VERY VERY VERY wound up in yloise's drk arc which is a soap opera thing#wherein she regularly just. gave up and let esteem possess her (especially during stb) instead#which is inherently wrapped up in her failures as a healer and intention to heal vs. the necessity of harm#also yloise deserves these wings so much more than athena-#soap opera notes#lightwarden au#playlist tag#MOTHWARDEN BELOVED#yloise coneillants#shadowbringers tag#and uh#endwalker spoilers#i guess
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