#hrae

[universalmemoir]

when midnight approaches, the stories behind my eyelids tell me of hope and memories, love and anticipation, and, both best and worst of all, you. | h.rae

#universalmemoir #hrae #poetry #writers on tumblr #poets on tumblr #prose #quote #lovely #unrequited affection #lost love #dreams

[ofdarklands]

so in hw there's nidhogg's mate (lets not ask where she came from) and their brood, multitude and spiky etc

ratatoskr doesn't seem to have had a brood herself, because they're never mentioned, unless you go the technically correct way of ishgardians being the closest thing to her brood

meanwhile hraesvelgr has a brood that seems to have existed since before shiva, since they remember his 'beloved'. did he sneeze them out by himself? is there a dragon exwife out there? since gender and genetics are irrelevant for dragons did he make them with nidhogg? ratatoskr?? both???

#just thinking out loud basically #like they went all the way to give nidhogg a mate #what's hraes deal then #ff14

[asleepinawell]

*tosses down my essay about hraesvelgr and nidhogg being the two halves of emet selch's dragonsona due to the white/gold color scheme (hraes), brooding over their dead partner and people for generations (both), and killing people over and over but always leaving enough alive so they could do it again (nidhogg)* this is good stuff but we have overlooked the far more important fact that azdaja is hyth's dragonsona *slaps down second essay detailing self sacrifice and being stuck in zodiark jail/crater so hard the table breaks in half*

#ffxiv #LISTEN #hraes 🤝 emet being a scrunkly moody hoebag sulking in a ruined city from the past #6.4 spoilers #ffxiv spoilers #hythlodaeus #ffxivmp #mp #if you find any flaws in this argument don't tell me I simply do not care #I'll admit only that nidhogg isn't a perfect fit as emet wasn't really driven by revenge #but whatever!!!!! #my conclusion is that emet needed someone like midgard to slap him upside the head and tell him to stop being a hoe #which....yeah....everyone who might have done that was dead..... #F #ffxiv 6.4 spoilers #patch 6.4 #6.4 #sntoot just pointed out that themis gets bahamut because of the coming back as a primal thing #galaxy brain dragonsona assignment

[quietingblade]

[ 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 ] : sender has gotten injured protecting the receiver.

Clinically, Poe slides a finger along a gash that runs the length of her forearm, testing the severity of the wound. Livable, she concludes. Unfortunate, but livable.

Still, not a lick of regret in her mind.

"How reprehensible that they would endanger an innocent," she comments, and to her, as far as she knows this is true. She has only seen the woman around the academy a scant few times, assisting with dire medical needs. "I suppose people of all kinds make their way around these parts."

Hraesvelgr pulls her small bag of medical supplies closer to her side, holding out hands to take her arm.

"I thank you," she says, in that soft, low voice. "Though, I can defend myself next time someone decides to attack." She gently begins to wrap gauze loosely around the wound, delicate fingers stretching the fabric to catch the bleeding. "I don't imagine this will take too long to heal. You are lucky." Her eyes flick up towards the other. "My name is Hraesvelgr," she says, finally. "Are you one of the knights here?"

#SHOUTOUT POE THE ONLY GIRL IN HRAES'S INBOX #ily poe #this should be sufficient. (ask) #this has to be done. (ic) #for you meme

[iscarium]

studies and practices

#my art #artists on tumblr #original character #illustration #odinn aben #hraes aben

[lesenbyan]

ah yes, he HW dragons, Middy, Niddy, Viddy, and Hraes

#personal; #jay plays ffxiv; #quest just set me to talk to Vidofnir and in my head just 'gotta talk to momma Viddy' and then chuckled about Hraes being the odd one out #but only with the like Main dragons here; there's still Tiomat and Tioman and Ratatoskr ho are story important but not as narrative #and importantly. they don't have ds in their names so I can't make them match

[ascalonsmercy]

euphie: hal, may i borrow your pillow?

hal: ? yes but. why

euphie: to take with me to dravania

hal: (i'm never seeing this pillow again)

#two spears against the wall. #the moment hraes catches a whiff of it it's going up in flames #'you ought to thank me kinslayer' #'i've kept her WARM FOR YOU'

[miyanagateru]

now is the part where we start hoarding for either new seasonal water girls or water exalto weapon

#machine dreams #i DONT think taisai spirit bow is worth sparking while exalto looms on the horizon #same with second gospel since ive got hraes #3rd wambrella definitely IS but i want to wait on that.

[tiredspirals]

Struggling with my two desires of keeping the adventuring group just 6 characters versus the desire to throw in like 13 dragons I think look cool

#chronic too many OCs syndrome #i think it's about time I trimmed a few except the ones I really like or bought stuff for #so far yhe group is Rataskorn Hraes Unre and Thalictri so I justt need to decide on two more little guys #sprite speak

[kyuureimu]

// were it not for the laws of this land i would play hraesvelgr on the side. or red xiii. either or.

#tho tbh Kyu = Hraes anyway. so im already accomplishing that. #i do not have enough braincells or spoons to handle another lore heavy muse atm dhjfbhd #[ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ʙᴏᴜɴᴅꜱ ] :: ooc.

[universalmemoir]

i’ve always interpreted your love as pure nostalgia. a beckoning from a past presence that wrapped around my heart and never released me from its grasp. but the more i think of you, the more that memory weakens its grip, and maybe one day love will float to the surface of my scars, a beating heart with new life, ready to write your name in the dust where you once ruled.

i never thought i’d say this but i miss you | h.rae

#hrae #universalmemoir #writerscreed #spilled ink #inkstay #poeticstories

[estinininininen]

Varshahn:

Estinien:

Varshahn:

Estinien: . . . So, those are dragon scales.

Varshahn: yeah what about it HUH

Estinien: Did y'all . . . ?

Varshahn: . . . imprison or kill a dragon to get them like SOME countries would? No.

Estinien:

Estinien: ok cool

Varshahn: cool

Estinien: Good.

Varshahn: Good.

Estinien is then kidnapped by the Thavnair alchemists, complaining loudly the whole way, and no one knows if he's putting up with it cause Scion duties and this is just how he plays nice - he bitched all the way to Hraesvelgr, after all - or if he genuinely just forgot he could jump

Meanwhile, in the meghaduta

Vrtra: hey Ahewann cancel DEFCON 1, this guy is cool. Total softy. Also kind of a dumbass. Of course I'll be glad to help clean up, I'm not going to make the maids clean up dragon piss. Ahem. Did I ever tell you about my brother Nidhogg? Yeah, the one I've avoided answering for a thousand years. Uh, well, yeah the dramatic asshole who went off the deep end, yes. Him. Too be fair it was about our sister, Ratatoskr - yeah, oh I'm actually really glad you remember what I said about her! She was a lot like . . . No, it's fine to interrupt, I got lost in memories for a second there. Ummmm, yes, I suppose it has influenced why I . . . hestitate telling everyone I'm the satrap. But Nidhogg took it way too far, yeah. He used to be a cool big brother, I swear. Knew how to get under everyone's skin, didn't put up with bullshit, but let kids climb all over him if it made them happy. Whenever I visited he was always swarmed by his own kids and all his niblings, and teaching them how to hunt and defend themselves against morta - Oh, but that was a couple Astral eras ago, sorry. Turns out Tiamat and Hraesvelgr weren't joking - yeah my other sister, Tiamat, the one who went into battle recently with this guy against, uh, yeah, the corrupted image of another brother of ours. Bahamut, yeah - yeah. The one who almost destroyed a continent, yes. Hraesvelgr? Hraesvelgr's our other brother who lived with Nidhogg for a long time - yyyyeah yeah you heard right, last time they met Nidhogg did call his dead mortal wife a whore and tore Hrae's wing off. Anyway! Anyway they were right, this guy really is like if you sucked all the filling out of a Nidhogg donut and tried to squish it into an Elezen. Yeah, sorry, that is the closest I can get to describing dragon aether stuff. Is he . . . yeah he's the guy who technically killed Nidhogg and spent his whole life training to kill dragons but like I just said, Nidhogg smooshed the two of them together. He's all but a dragon walking around in a mortal meat suit and seems mostly just embarassed by it. Kiiiinda looking forward to messing with his head more, honestly. Let's get the curtain ready. Ahewann, why do you look so scared?

#estinien varlineau #estinien #ffxiv nidhogg #ffxiv endwalker #vrtra #varshahn #hraesvelgr #tiamat ffxiv #estinien wyrmblood #bahamut ffxiv #ahewann #ahewann: i have seen some family blindspots before but woof #Ahewann: we should have fireproofed the meghaduta #vrtra: i am going to study this elezen like a bug #like a bug that walked in and started doing a pitch perfect imitation of my brother #hraesvelgr x shiva #azdaja reference #ffxiv ratatoskr #the first brood #vrtra: ahewann prepare an elezen-sized terrarium! #ahewann: if i had not sworn my loyalty i would be worrying radz-at-han was a Mistake

[mrlarkstin]

I have been INCONSOABLE about Dragons and Dragon family today. All day I've been thinking about Vrtra with Altan, teaching her how to care for her feathers, how to fly, snuggling her and doting over her. He LOVES his daughter so much.

Taking her to see Middy, Hraes, Tiamat and Azdaja. Altan just, slowly restoring faith in Hraes that man and dragon can in fact live together again, just like Shiva wished. Tiamat seeing her own children in Altan and being a wonderful aunt and guide for the little dragon.

I have been LITERALLY DYING OVER THIS ALL DAY. I HAVE SO MUCH. I WANT TO CRY. I LOVE THEM.

#Help #eras lore #eras thoughts

[cringepunk77]

Well I was part of a group chat involving hers and ellie, hrae and a few others we had banded together to bring a case to the amm against skelly and chaotic - few mods were in that chat including jame and he definitely listened to us that time. Chaotic may or may not the owner of the bad blog then but the case was about her problem on mental health and it was wrong of her to say things she said and they take action that day we were wrong about skelly and they fixed that but we came together and it helped a lot, I know they want to listen

You must be really fucking stupid to actually believe Skelly and Chaotic were behind this at that time. xD Have you ever talked to them once in your life? You don't even need to answer that because we already know the answer. Let me see if I understand what you are saying anon: You're saying Chaotic has some type of mental health debility? And it was wrong that a victim of an attempt of doxxing and who was banned unfairly from a server to talk about it in public and it was wrong that she felt hurt and damaged by you and your stupid friends so she couldn’t extravasate about it? I see. xD About Skelly, I know you guys were wrong and everyone who knows her knows that too. I was glad that she had a chance at least. She is a nice person. Both of them are. Do they want to listen? Give me a fucking break. Those two came to our dms desperate to ask for help to prove it wasn’t them because you and your shitty group created this pathetic rumor for fun and we provided those proof by sharing our loco so the "kind soul" Jamie could see with his own eyes that they weren’t. Did it fix something? Because I still don’t see any apologies to both of them from AMM, or you or your pathetic group. 

[elfyourmother]

Do you consider yourself a lore breaking, lore bending or lore adhering roleplayer? Does this adherence to lore depend on the kind of lore you're exploring with your characters; i.e. you play fast and loose with ideas xiv has yet to develop, but you tend to pay close attention to the fleshed out ideals? Is there lore you have modified that you're proud of and would share here?

I view lore as a starting point for me to jump off from and make my own. Always have.

I find strict adherence to game canon for its own sake creatively suffocating and always have, in every setting I've ever written in. It’s pretty much entirely because I grew up on DMing and writing in Forgotten Realms, which took a very DIY approach back in the day that was heavily encouraged by its creator. Everyone's Realms were equally valid, according to Word of God, and there were often intentional "blanks" left in sourcebooks for the DM to fill. These books emphasized over and over again that the DM was the ultimate authority on canon, not TPTB or the novels or anything else. That philosophy has informed my approach to worldbuilding in the transformative fandom sense for the last 30 years. That and being a queer Black femme of color who is very rarely satisfied by canon narratives rife w racially problematic tropes. I change things to make a space for myself and my characters and the stories I want to tell, by necessity. FFXIV is no different in that respect.

That said, I don't smash SE canon just to smash it either. Despite how bonkershits a lot of Gisèle's canon appears on the surface (eg. post-war Ishgard's constitutional monarchy with King Aymeric), everything I change has been carefully considered and engineered for as much internal consistency as possible. As much as I operate on Rule of Cool, I need things to make sense for me to have fun.

But I am distinctly not a roleplayer, for this and many other reasons. I'm strictly a fic writer, and I don't ever collab with people. The world Gisèle operates in is constructed entirely for her, and my own enjoyment, by design. So no one is forced to deal with my stuff if they don't like it.

That said, King Aymeric is probably the lore I’m most proud of. I wrote a ficlet for ffxivwrite last year on it here, but the cliffs notes: Aymeric invoked the ancient covenant between man and dragon when begging Hraesvelgr’s aid against Nidhogg and vowed he would restore it, but Hraes said that because that covenant was broken by an Elezen king, only an Elezen king could restore it. Hraes was wily though, it wasn’t just upholding weird draconic custom in saying that. His ulterior motive was to make Aymeric guarantee his people would be united enough not to turn on the Dravanians once Nid was handled. the end result is that Aymeric restored the Ishgardian throne (“The Azure Throne”, as a nod to Haldrath), but as a largely unifying figurehead/ceremonial position with Parliament strictly defining the role of the king. Artoirel is Lord Speaker of the House of Lords. Aymeric’s still LC of the temple knights in addition to his royal duties. He wasn’t giving that up lol.

making a constitutional monarchy plausible in the context of the story was challenging and I think I’ve done a solid job of it tbh. I wanted to lean into the Arthurian romance vibes of HW but also solve the fundamental problem I had w how it ended, which is that I don’t think it’s a terribly realistic scenario for ppl who were under a theocracy for 1000 years. Aymeric essentially having his hand forced by Hraesvelgr solves the issue of why he would restore the throne and tbh I don’t flinch from the complications of squaring that with the revelations about Ishgard’s founding, I think it only plays more into Aymeric’s ambivalence about the role he’s been thrust into.

#gatheredfates #ask bisho

[7marichan714]

🐉Estinien + dragons shaker charm🐉 Estinien is part of the frame, shakable parts would be Hraes, Niddy, Vrtra and Orn Khai Just a concept for now, if I see enough interest and a good reception, I'll add it for Pre0rder 👀 Lmk what you think!

#my artwork #ff14 #final fantasy xiv #ffxiv #final fantasy #estinien varlineau #estinien #vrtra #nidhogg #hraesvelgr #orn khai #estinien wyrmblood