#cyella

[alackofghosts]

from a settlement by mary oliver

#Cylva #Cyella #fanart #speedpaint #i draw sometimes #Final Fantasy XIV

[snippity]

bite the hand that feeds you

#ffxiv #ffxiv art #cyella #cylva #shadowkeeper #digital art #artists on tumblr #my new years resolution is to work on my original setting more #but i had the urge to draw medieval heraldry looking animals #that turned into more cyella fanart #id in alt text

[hoppips]

even the wolf weeps for the lamb

#cyella #cylva #ardbert hylfyst #ffxiv #ff14 #grey's art #(chewing on a fiber optic cable) #hi . in case you forgot i do art that doesnt involve strange little midlanders. #NO. JESUS CHRIST THE TYPO THE FIRST TIME. #GSDFHDFGHJ

[casseabun]

My full art piece for @drkzine! I was so happy to do a page for both the lovely Shadowkeeper and one of my favorite lines in the game.

#ffxiv #ffxiv art #ffxivart #ardbert #dark knight #ffxiv dark knight #shadowkeeper #cylva #cyella #the first

[magellanica]

The Shadowkeeper

#art #digital art #digital #illustration #painting #anime #digital painting #fanart #ffxiv #final fantasy #cyella #cyella valthane #shadowbringers #shadowbringers spoilers #the shadowkeeper #white haired elezen save me #save me elezen #elezen #elf #fantasy #sword #dark knight #i am soooo proud of myself

[vogelspinne]

My contribution for the @flowxivzine !

#ffxiv fanart #ffxiv shadowbringers #shadowbringers #granson #giott #cylva #shadowbringers role quest #lue-reeq #cerigg #cyella #taynor #ffxiv #ffxiv shb

[aetherotransformer]

unfinished cyella piece

#cyella #cylva #ffxiv #my art #drawn mostly to destress until i ran out of steam tbh #might redo it later on but probably not

[mimusbirds]

Day 3 - Taste 1: Cylva bias real, 2: do not try to outdrink the Roe, 3: Yes

#mimus art #ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy 14 #Ardbert #Branden #Cylva #Cyella #Ardbert Week

[starstrider]

Shadowkeeper

vgen | patreon | kofi

#som.jpg #ffxiv art #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #cylva #shadowbringers #cyella #shadowkeeper #ffxiv elezen #elezen #werewolf

[yildraws]

morningtide cover closeup + some old headshots

#yil art #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #ff14 #fray myste #cylva #cyella #cyella i miss u... #i need more practice drawing her

[weatheredfailnot]

Please take these sections from EE3 on the Shadowkeeper (Cylva) because I love her so dearly

Transcript below:

A NAME SPOKEN IN WHISPERS

Around the time Ardbert and his comrades left Tomra, they stumbled upon evidence of the larger design. Threads linking together the disparate troubles of the realm. A name spoken only in whispers— the Shadowkeeper.

A singular force sowing chaos and discord throughout Norvrandt to an unknown end.

During Nyelbert's search for an energy source to replace the crystal he shattered, he began to suspect that the now-lost stone was not, in fact, a naturally occurring mineral, but rather had been deliberately placed under the mountain. Pursuing the truth of that theory led them to discover a connection to Lamunth, the gem counterfeiter whom Ardbert and Lamitt apprehended so long ago in Nabaath Areng. When they visited Lamunth's gaol cell to interrogate him, however, they found the man convulsing on the floor and frothing at the mouth. Ere the poison took his life, he managed to sputter the name of the Shadowkeeper. Further investigation revealed that this sinister figure had ordered Lamunth to secret the crystal in the mine shafts, and in return rewarded him with the illusory magicks he would employ in his forgeries.

They also came to learn that Tadric, the mastermind behind Voeburt's monstrous plague, had not worked alone. Research documents recovered from the court mage's laboratory mentioned the Shadowkeeper by name, the meticulous entries describing how the arcane lore shared by his co-conspirator had contributed to the completion of his transformation magicks.

The mining industry of Nabaath Areng threatened with demolition.

A scheme culminating in the death of Voeburt's royal heirs. The Shadowkeeper had plotted the downfall of two mighty nations, and Ardbert's band feared that Lakeland, the third of Norvrandt's major powers, would be next.

Lo and behold, a rebellion erupted in the home of the elves. The reigning king was deposed, and the Shadowkeeper, their heretofore faceless nemesis, took the throne.

The elven king, Lelfrey, was a passionate proponent of the arts- music and dance in particular- with his focus on such refined pursuits earning him equal praise and scorn. His was a peaceful rule, free of war and strife, but this passivity cost his kingdom dearly in matters of foreign diplomacy. A poor negotiator, he ceded border territories to Voeburt to avoid conflict, and signed an economic agreement with Nabaath Areng that put Lakeland at a clear disadvantage.

As these political blunders chipped away at the nation's authority, a sentiment of discontent among Lakeland's high-ranking nobility began to fester and grow. Traditionalists dreamed of a return to the golden age when all of Norvrandt lay under their control, and it was the Shadowkeeper who granted them the power to act. Rumors that this new player was the king's bastard child ran wild, and, true or not, served to unify the disgruntled nobles under a single banner. They indulged in treachery to undermine rival nations, while at home, their assassins targeted influential royalists. The scene was set for revolution.

The Shadowkeeper was attended by two dark-robed mages, by whose malevolent arts the traditionalists were empowered. One of their gifts was lupine transformation, a change which granted the recipient preternatural strength and agility. Thus bolstered by a company of these wolfman soldiers, the Shadowkeeper's faction stormed Laxan Loft and captured the royal seat for their leader. No sooner had the winning side declared a new age of glory for the elves than did they muster their forces and launch an invasion into Voeburtite lands.

Caption reads: The Shadowkeeper emerged amid blood and chaos, a formidable and enigmatic figure perpetually encased in stygian plate armor. Similarly clad in midnight raiment, the Shadowkeeper's forces inspired terror in all who witnessed their advance.

THE BATTLE OF LAXAN LOFT

The heroes were poised to continue their search for Nyelbert's replacement stone in Nabaath Areng when the silver-haired Cylva abruptly left the party. The swordswoman excused herself on the premise that she wished to reconnoiter the troubling situation in Lakeland, but in truth, she was hurrying back to don her black armor, unsheathe her blade, and lead the elven traditionalists in their rebellion. Cylva, the great deceiver, had been the Shadowkeeper all along.

She was, in truth, no bastard child of King Lelfrey-that was merely a fiction concocted by Mitron and Loghrif, her Ascian accomplices. Her true origin lay in the Thirteenth, where she had died young and powerless, an unrealized champion of the reflection-turned-void. The Ascians had found her in the moment of her demise, and it was they who brought her soul to the First to serve as a pawn in dark machinations.

Cylva was to insinuate herself into Ardbert's band, and guide them along the path to becoming Warriors of Light. That which they cast aside in their journey towards heroism, she would take into herself, growing ever stronger as a disciple of Darkness. And when all was in readiness, she would reveal herself as the villainous Shadowkeeper. By her hand would the Warriors of Light be slain, and despair sown in the hearts of the populace.

What the Ascians did not plan for was the Shadowkeeper's defeat at the hands of Ardbert's party. Cylva had steadily amassed her power, feeding on her erstwhile comrades' respective sacrifices of personal ambition, innocence, independence, and tradition. Yet despite her best efforts, Ardbert would not forsake what she sought to purloin- his caring heart.

Even in the midst of their deadly confrontation, he regarded her as a comrade in need of saving.

Thus denied her full ascension, the Shadowkeeper wavered and fell.

Swallowing their grief at the loss of a friend, the heroes turned their wrath towards the villains who had orchestrated this tragedy. The Warriors of Light now shone so brightly that even high-ranking Ascians could not stand against their incandescent fury. Even as Ardbert struck his final blow, fulgent power swelled in a cataclysmic wave, and the Flood of Light was unleashed upon the lands of the First.

Caption reads: In her bid to slay the Warriors of Light, Cylva turned her transformation magicks upon herself. Though Ardbert and his comrades did indeed struggle against this formidable lupine abomination, it was the necessity of striking down their former friend that presented the greatest challenge.

#FFXIV #Cyella #Cylva #My posts

[alackofghosts]

no greater villain

#kissies for wifey! kissies for wifey! #Cylva #Cyella #fanart #speedpaint #i draw sometimes #Final Fantasy XIV

[snippity]

five of cups: regret, sadness, loss, loneliness

#ffxiv #cyella #cylva #shadowbringers spoilers #tarot #five of cups #art #digital #finally made a sketch i did ages ago into a full artwork.... #i think a lot about her #id in alt text

[pyuffxiv]

This is the end of our adventure.

You meant the world to me...

#SAD CYLVA HOURS #my art #ffxiv #ff14 #shadowkeeper #cylva #cyella #by her sacrifice a warrior born

[hoppips]

however much you feed the wolf— the wolf always hungers.

#cyella #cylva #zero #ffxiv #ff14 #grey's art #[making sounds like a pikmin]mmmrghayayyyayayayaaaaaaaaa void quests! #anyway. im normal. #ff

[yloiseconeillants]

ye olde Esuna-Cures-Drunkeness magic trick DOES NOT impress cyella who has had to put up with yloise's bullshit for years now (and bringing the dark back does not seem to have helped)

BANNED. BANNED-

(hand tattoos made by @abyssalmermaiden - the idea being that she's using them as a shortcut to cast Specifically Esuna and Bio II without a codex)

#shadowbringers tag #blorboverse shenanigans #well. shadowbringers patches anyway #cyella #yloise coneillants #sad ant with bindle clown antics