#ffxiv ericthonios

[risualto]

@hermeswol Made an Ancients friendship/relationship template, but I didn't want to derail the post I saw, so I made a new post. Blank template at the bottom, and anyone who sees this and plays FF14 (or daydreams about it enough to have a WoL/Azem) should add to this post or make their own and tag me :D

Anyway, this is how I see Inky's relationships with these characters post-6.55, post-Panda. Explanations under the cut ^_^ [Edited in Apr. 2025 to reflect some rewrites]

So, the easy ones:

Inky and Meteion mutually like each other very much and wish they could have been closer before Meteion became the Endsinger. If they'd had more time together, that might have developed into a sisterly relationship, but as it stands, they're just close friends who wish they had more time.

Inky and Hyth get on like a house on fire. Inky's resemblance to her version of Azem is tremendous, which obviously Hades also picked up on at various points, but where it infuriated and confused Hades, Hythlodaeus was willing to accept it. The feeling is very mutual. The two of them definitely wish they could have spent more time together, but the caveat here is that Hyth is very tired and very ready to return to the star post-EW, so it's a nostalgic, passive desire on both ends.

All incarnations of Azem don't get along with Lahabrea. Full stop. Even despite Panda, Inky is unwilling to forgive Lahabrea for what he put Thancred through, and Lahabrea is unwilling to accept Inky's philosophies. [EDIT: Inky canonically never completed Pandaemonium, so she has absolutely no sympathy for him.] There's a begrudging respect there, but no love lost whatsoever.

Now slightly more complex:

Inky and Venat are interesting in that they both see their relationship as familial, but not the same kind of familial. Inky sees them as sisters, but Venat sort of sees Inky as a daughter in a very matronly way, given what she ultimately learned about who Inky is and where she comes from. Still, there's no tension as a result of the difference. They both think of each other fondly.

Inky and Eric are definitely close friends and allies, from the moment they met to the moment Inky finished Panda. If they'd had a little more time together, this relationship could have gotten complicated, though, since I think Ericthonios may have been developing some feelings for Inky...which is a real issue because they never properly got into the specifics of what Inky is and what that means relative to the "personhood" as defined by an Ancient's worldview. It's possible they would have balanced out into the familial zone, but I think it's more likely they would have fractured apart a little under the stress. So it's probably a good thing Inky isn't going back to the World Unsundered any time soon. [EDIT: Inky never met Ericthonios because she never did Pandaemonium.]

Inky and Hermes were definitely friends for the brief time they knew each other in the World Unsundered, and I think Inky felt more pity than dislike for him by the end of Endwalker. Inky wishes she could have been closer to Hermes, especially because she recognizes how lonely he was and doesn't think anyone deserves that. In turn, Inky's kindness and empathy was so similar to Hermes's original way of thinking that it was comforting to him, but also a bit frightening given that Inky was "just" a familiar. Also, particularly as Fandaniel, he was definitely unnerved by her in the way that many people are unnerved by clowns.

Inky and Hades are definitely a relationship that's extremely shadowed by Azem, and they're both painfully aware of it. Inky thinks of herself and Hades as having been fairly close, but Hades is more hesitant because of Azem's lingering presence. There's no way in which he will ever be able to see her as just Inky rather than "a shard of his soulmate." Because of that, Hades was always a little more reticent with Inky, even if he would begrudgingly acknowledge her as at least a friend by the end of things. Inky thinks of Hades with more clarity, having come to accept him as someone very platonically important to her. She may only be part of Azem, but the core of what made Azem and Hades soulmates is still very present in Inky, and she's able to enjoy that bond with a much less angsty clouded mind. Probably because she doesn't have millennia of trauma about it or something...

And finally, Inky and Themis. Inky thinks of Themis as a close friend after the events of Panda and what she learned about him in the World Unsundered. She and Themis and Eric are like The Bros, in her mind. She wishes they could have been closer because she genuinely enjoys Themis's personality and drive and subtle wit. He's still young enough when they met in Panda that Inky's lightheartedness wasn't totally lost on him, and she really enjoyed cultivating that friendship. [EDIT: Inky did not complete Panda, so she and Themis only have the relationship as revealed by ShB and the events leading up to it.] That said, I think Themis is also a much more reserved person who probably really struggled with accepting unconditional friendship from someone older than him (and, at first, someone who wasn't entirely a person in his eyes). Gifted kid syndrome and all that--the advanced young protege with too much on his shoulders wasn't quite ready for the concept of someone wanting to be around him even if she didn't need him. And, I think in the end, Themis was a little resentful of the life Inky got to have. Some of that resentment stayed with him, all the way up to their final confrontation in Shadowbringers when he realized--despite her not knowing him at that point and therefore having no reason to care, again--Inky was just Like That.

[pyururen]

I really love this part in pandaemonium

[tinderet]

⛓️PANDAEMONIUM⛓️

SHINE BRILLIANT FOR ME!

Longsleeve FFXIV Raid tee preorders now live! Limited numbers of each size available so get em while you can!

[bloochouli]

a littol study, i want to study noses + cheeks next time maybe bc i think theyre my biggest weakness in terms of shading esp

[remma-demma]

some ancients :)

[rabid-catboy]

D::

[dragons-bones]

FFXIV Write Entry #26: The Heron Hike and Hustle

Prompt: zip || Master Post || On AO3 (coming in October)

A/N: Spoilers for the first wing of Pandaemonium.

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The holding cells of Pandæmonium were damp, scorched, and covered in plant and other organic detritus. Erichthonios cringed at the sight and sighed heavily, shaking his head.

“Bad enough all the concepts are loose, but if they’re fighting one another, that’s going to make recapturing them even more difficult,” he said.

“How so?” Dancing Heron said.

“Each of these creatures are very powerful and when they go feral, their magicks can spike significantly,” Erichthonios said. “The interment spells are designed to cage one creature at a time; more than one, particularly if they’re in states of aggression, and the spell is likely to fail just from being overwhelmed.”

Themis frowned thoughtfully. “That seems an oversight for an emergency situation,” he said.

Erichthonios sighed once more and nodded. “Aye, but in a normal emergency, there are multiple keywards able to contain multiple creatures. Only one person available in all of Pandæmonium to cast the interment magicks? That’s never happened, and before today, if you’d told any of us about something like this, even the Chief Keyward would have told you that was impossible.”

“Well, bad news,” Rereha said, coming around the corner with Alakhai from scouting ahead, “there’s a nicely sized group of big nasties up ahead snacking on something even bigger.”

Heron swore quietly as Erichthonios darted forward to see what creatures were there. “Is there another route down to the waterways?”

“No,” Erichthonios said, still peering around the corner. “The only alternate route from here is a hallway just up ahead; it’s before the intersection where these concepts are. Looks like they found that ophiotaurus someone decided to give a skorpios tail and the ability to generate earthquakes…”

Heron came up just behind him, looking over his head. About a hundred yalms down the hallway, at a large intersection, a group of…somethings with too many tails and wings and horns apiece were gorging themselves on an enormous carcass. What disturbed her most was how quiet they were at their feasting; she would expect snarls and growls to be echoing towards them, but these creatures were eerily quiet. Even the sound of tearing flesh was oddly subdued.

“Where’s the hallway?” she said, dropping her voice so it would only carry to the rest of the group.

Erichthonious pointed to what had looked like a shadowed alcove, fifty yalms ahead. Heron grimaced; far too close for comfort, but needs must.

“I’ll take point,” she said. “Rere next, Ericthonios and Themis in the middle, Synnove and Alakhai on rearguard. Hug the wall, keep to the shadows best you can; Themis, if you’ve got a trick to disguise those white robes of yours, use it.”

The young man nodded and made a gesture; immediately, the brilliant white of his robes dimmed to a shadowy grey. Heron gave a thumbs up of approval, then carefully eased around the corner.

This hallway was wide, likely meant to facilitate the transfer of larger creatures like that ophiotaurus. But it made Heron uneasy: too open, the feeling worsened by the empty cells and containment chambers all around them. She tapped the top of her armored thigh boots along the leather edge, one-two-three, and a muffling spell slid down her legs to pool at her feet, quieting the gentle clink of armor as she walked. That taken care of, she slid carefully across the stone floor to the opposite side of the hallway, then hugged the wall as she crept forward.

The rest of their group followed after her in single file. Heron kept her eyes on the monsters ahead, trusting her sisters implicitly as she always did and knowing they would both watch her back and watch over Erichthonios and Themis. The faint whisper of uneven, sliding footsteps was just behind her; their two new companions, apparently, either knew how to move quietly already or were following Heron and Rere’s examples.

Heron reached the intersecting hallway without incident and took a few steps forward, giving the others room to each duck into the hallway as she kept watch.

That, of course, was when their luck ran out, as one of the monsters ahead raised up its long, serpentine neck to swallow a hunk of meat, and spotted them. It froze and even at this distance, Heron could see its pupils dilating. It made a strange hissing-like churr that set Heron’s teeth on edge, its neck swaying side to side, and all the others like it looked up, too.

“Run,” Heron said.

Behind her, the others gave up stealth and bolted. The monsters lunged down the hall.

Heron turned and hauled after the group. Roars and shrieks and that awful, ear-ringing hiss-churr followed them, as did the sound of claws and huge paws thudding onto stone. In a few strides, Heron caught up to her sisters and their companions, and she immediately snatched Erichtonious—throwing him over her shoulder and ignoring his startled yelp—and Themis—tucked under the opposite shoulder with her arm banded tightly around his stomach—and surged to take the lead. Synnove had already snagged Rere, and Alakhai was slowing so she could wheel around and throw flashbangs, the pins already clenched in her teeth.

“Which way?” Heron shouted over the sound of screeching monsters and exploding grenades.

She felt Erichthonios push up against her shoulder to crane his head around to see. “Third left then second right!”

Heron obeyed, lengthening her stride with Synnove-clutching-Rere beside her and Alakhai catching up, and sprinted deeper into the depths of Pandæmonium.

[arcann]

It's wild to be a gaius and athena stan and see how wildly different the opinion on their parenting is (not helped by how ffxiv portrays them).

No, gaius was never a great parent, not even a decent one and all odds seem to point that now he's an absent one. To the girl that lost all her siblings.

No, athena is not the only one responsible of ericthonios pain. If she had not been there at all lahabrea would have still been a crap father and he still gives ericthonios trouble after athena is dealt with. Athena was the 80% of ericthonios trauma but that other 20% is lahabrea lol.

[house-fortemptations]

Random assortment of FFXIV characters reacting to:

Being confronted with kids waving from the back of a school bus as they drive past.

Thinking they should be waving, unnecessarily overthinking it, forgets (how) to wave:

Alphinaud, Bakool Ja Ja, Ericthonios, Estinien, G’raha, Gaia, Fordola, Sadu, Gaius, Jullus, Kai-Shir, Koana, Lucia, Artoirel, Fourchenault, Erenville, Yugiri, Urianger, Wedge, Zero

Goes to wave but stops midway due to intrusive thought that the children are not waving at them but actually at the car behind them and getting embarrassed at their own imagined faux pas:

Alisaie, Ardbert, Arenvald, Aymeric, Cirina, Hermes, Lue-Req, Ryne, Wuk Lamat, Francel, Ysayle, Emmanellain, Hien, Chai-Nuzz, Lyse, Thancred, Krile, Biggs

[wysteribun]

elpis gang + pandaemonium gang + g'raha portraits for wooden charms i'm making!

here's what they look like:

(interest check here)

[itsmeishmi]

Happy Wonderful Year of Endwalker

[clytie-yuri]

[yuckieducky]

my hot topic eric and themis !!

[elenimut]

Looking forward to meeting up with the boys for more pandaemonium in the new year!

[haphwei]

Dear friends 

[bigeyedweirdo0]

Pandaemonium x Stray Kids anyone? Just an idea I had since we joke that Elidibus/Themis is Felix(cute face, deep AF voice), and now we have Erichthonios as Hyunjin. Though... I don’t think y’all are ready for old man Lahabrea or Elidibus for the next few drawings.