#the great gubal library

[trustinsighters]

Dawntrail hints in the Great Gubal Library

[paintedscales]

Prompt: Covering someone's mouth to muffle any cries/screams they make because they're trying to hide from something/someone.

For the FFXIV Swap Discord. I wasn't initially going to do this prompt, but this scenario wouldn't leave my head.

"Fascinating... Fascinating!" Alphinaud muttered to himself, reading the print of the books that had long since been abandoned and left to their fate in the Great Gubal Library. Though they had their mission before them, what other opportunity would have the young prodigy had after this to find some of these tomes in the future?

"We haven't all day..." Nomin sighed, a frown upon her lips.

"Indeed," Y'shtola chimed in. Her ears were pert as she forced herself not to show her own disappointment. Her thirst for knowledge was just as unable to have been slaked, if not more so, than Alphinaud's.

Alphinaud, however, was lost in his own world for the time being. There was a particular tome that caught his interest, The Bitter Movement of Garlemald. Nomin was not quite interested herself. Being surrounded by so many books was fascinating, but not enough to stop herself from thinking of why they were even allowed within in the first place.

Danger.

The feeling of being alert flit through Nomin, making the scales and hairs at the back of her neck flare slightly before settling back. She pulled out her bow, her other hand bringing an arrow so that it was nocked. She maneuvered so that her back was against the pillar nearby.

This was not missed by Y'shtola, whose clouded eyes flicked in Nomin's direction. Her brow furrowed, and her lips were set into a hardened purse. Like Nomin, Y'shtola armed herself with her staff, staying close should they be ambushed or be the ones who did the ambushing.

Pero Roggo hopped up, his feet finding purchase upon the muttering Alphinaud's shoulders. The sudden shift in weight and arrival of the poroggo nearly made Alphinaud yelp with surprise, though Pero Roggo had been quick about touching his staff to the young elezen's lips. Where a yelp would have sounded, nothing came about.

Thankfully Pero Roggo acted when he did. As silence settled around the party, they heard it.

Shhclack. Shhclack. Shhclack.

Talons scraped across the floors in a rhythm. Something was on its way. Judging by all that they had encountered thus far, it was not like to be anything friendly.

[sirensongsea]

Dominant of Phoenix - Heritor of Rebirth

[candytuft-cardinal]

The Great Gubal Library (Hard) [3/3]

[yzeltia]

Au Ra August A. 23 Treasue

"Gubal is every scholar's greatest treasure. The history in its' depths nearly rivals that of Sharlayan. Its' contents should not be kept from the people of the world."

[emetsbrows]

Ye lads, we're off to find El Dorado.

[roegadynroost]

Hellie and Mellie seem to have taken a wrong turn in the Great Gubal Library...

[theshotsheardacrossworlds]

LMAO

[chiclet-go-boom]

the Great Gubal Library is one of my favorites, mostly because of the badass Gigantic Book Boss.

the first time I encountered it, i was all .. what the fucking hell is this bullshit, nani? but I hit it because everybody else was hitting it and all went well for a hot second. THEN THE FLOOR WAS ICE. and the book went for a spin. and I died. and then i died again. and then i flailed really hard and managed to not die and then i died again.

so fantastic, would recommend, 11/10 skating pranks.

@momomog requested — [ the great gubal library (hard) ]

[thearchsorceress]

Shrouded in night, guided by light

[trustinsighters]

Poroggo, toads made sentient by magic, serve as familiars whose cognitive level depends on the mage's spell-crafting abilities. Master Matoya's powerful magic grants her familiar Pero Roggo enough cognitive capabilities to fight alongside you in the Great Gubal Library.

[fey-t-ff]

[thefreelanceangel]

Magnificent.

did... did everyone but me know that the duty support tank for great gubal library is a fucking FROG?

[candycryptids]

Searching through old tomes, the smell of dust and lingering magic heavy in the air. The book it's seeking must be deeper in the library, past more abandoned guardians. Nothing its Carbuncle, Louis, can't handle though.

[Maltagliatti uses It/They pronouns]

[candytuft-cardinal]

The Great Gubal Library (Hard) [2/3]

[pumpkinmagekupo]

Being alone in a tower of seemingly endless books, allows for a great many naps.

Don't let anyone else know she's slacking.

Not that anyone visits her in this tower. Save for the prince but he barely makes it through the front door before his advisors whisk him away.

the extras. I like the colourful one too.