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[blastingzones]

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"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."

feat. @blastingzones, my own sweetheart 🥰

#i love my gf #i love my gf!! #<333

[blastingzones]

"Captain Stark's crew is one hell of a group of misfits..."

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[blastingzones]

DecembHyur 2023 Day XIII: Trust

FT. @allyennah | @icehearts | @ahollowgrave | @sealrock | @escherstrange-ffxiv | @soulroot | @primamchorus

I typically like to include other people's characters in these annual hyur prompts for an entry or two. It's become a tradition after doing it for three years so thank you for lending me your beautiful blorbos!

#this is the content i crave #xiv gif makers are next level #i WILL learn how to do this.

[blastingzones]

I am Very Excited™ to main Viper.

I know my voice is ringing out amongst the millions of other players excited to wield dual blades, but for me, it means so much more.

Ashen is the culmination of over 20 years of one singular character, that I first scribbled out when I was hardly a toddler, citing inspiration from Thundercats, Power Rangers, and other things; only in my case my little baby brain thought "one sword = cool, therefore two sword = double cool." So a random character with two swords, a big coat, and a tail was born, and I became obsessed with him.

Fast forward 20+ years and after iteration after iteration after iteration of this character in tons of different forms of media, from various drawings to always picking the dual blade class in just about any rpg/mmo I played, I saw the job announcement for Viper and my inner child couldn't be happier. Ashen is the full culmination of that doodle, and with Viper he'll finally be complete.

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[blastingzones]

"Don't look down~!!"

~ @wind-up-nhaama

Ashen has a fear of extreme heights, trying his best to avoid travel via airship or flying creature, though much to his dismay, he's had to take many a flight to get from one location to another.

Doesn't mean he enjoys it, though.

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[blastingzones]

nine people I'd like to know better

i do not know any of you. hello. tagged by my darling @wind-up-nhaama

Last Song I Listened to: Head Down - Leaving Time Currently Watching: rewatching Kamen Rider Ex-Aid with a friend, watching Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger weekly with same friend, and I'm gonna start watching/rewatching ATLA OG with @wind-up-nhaama (as well as planning when to drag her kicking and screaming into Kamen Rider) Sweet/Savory/Spicy?: spicy all the mother fucking way Relationship Status: i belong to @wind-up-nhaama and she belongs to me ♥ Current Obsession: Mariokart 8 (please help me i hear the race start jingle every time i wake up in the morning), Fortnite (hits the griddy on u), making OCs (i literally thought of a whole nother group of OCs while i was in the shower i need therapy), Kamen Rider (this has been a problem for years i have spent way too much money on toys i really need therapy), god idk i have problems

Tagging: idc go bananas

#weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee #ty for the tag wifey ily

[blastingzones]

Just say "I know"

w/ @wind-up-nhaama

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[blastingzones]

5 Character Associations - Ashen Stark

Tagged by: @wind-up-nhaama because she knows I'm awful at remembering to do these things.

EMOTIONS/FEELINGS

Vengeful, always hunting

Wrathful, a fiery rage

Honest, to a fault

Impatient, the pirate does not wait

Loyal, bleeding for others

COLORS

Deep Red / blood and the Brand

Parchment Tan / maps and exploration

Sea Blue / the endless ocean

Shining Gold / the allure of riches

Fiery Orange / flames within his soul

SCENTS

Ocean air / an ever-shifting home

Mineral oils / only he sharpens his blades

Sandalwood soap / uncharacteristically obsessed with hygiene

Moonrise ale / poison of choice

Coffee / memories of childhood

OBJECTS

Gold earrings / a memento of his late mother

Gryphonskin eyepatch / to adapt to the dark

A necklace charm of crystalized water aether / a gift from a deity

A worn compass / a guiding hand of his late father

Spiced beef jerky / a favorite snack

BODY LANGUAGE

Tail fur sticks up when angry or excited

Ears flick and flatten when in similar states, like most miqo'te

Always tense and poised to strike, but never obvious about it

Incredibly aware of his surroundings, eyes always darting around

Not huggy, not touchy, not cuddly

AESTHETICS

The rugged wood of a ship deck

The clanging of blades and booms of gunfire

A dimly lit office, a bottle of ale, and maps upon maps everywhere

The open fields of La Noscea, endless ocean on the horizons

Bloodstains splattered over a field of wildflowers

SONGS:

An Unquenchable Thirst for Adventure

Dances of Ale and Knives

Til' Sea Swallows All

Resentful Avarice

Dead Men Tell No Tales

Just about everything here has lore implications that will be posted about...eventually eheh

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[blastingzones]

Brothers of Garlemald, at odds with their fate.

Hunters, commanders, killers-in-arms. Viator, Tribunus, blades crossed, singing steel thirsting for the blood of the Demon of Vylbrand. He would be a thorn in their side no longer.

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[blastingzones]

"Ashen Stark"

Age 30, Seeker of the Sun. Black hair with grey streaks.

Pirate and pirate hunter, bounty hunter, Maelstrom renegade.

Skilled in various combat disciplines; recent information tells that his weapon-of-choice lately has been the gunblade.

Known to be violent and ruthless.

Bounty rating: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS

Reward: 500,000,000 gil

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"Five hundred million...am I truly that cheap to them?"

The dark-haired miqo'te chuckled to himself, pulling his cloak hood up further, shadows of the fabric obscuring his scarred face. He turned from the bounty board towards the tavern door, stalking through the dense crowds to return to his sloop.

The weather was rainy, but not unmanageable to one well-versed in the shipman's arts. A grizzled roegadyn stood at a booth guarding the docks, eyeing up each sailor as they returned to their vessels.

The cloaked miqo'te took his turn, standing at attention before the booth, tail flicking anxiously. This was a doomed quest from the start; stepping foot into a den of bounty hunters with a sizeable bounty on one's head was not his smartest idea.

"Oi catboy, remove th' hood, lemme see yer face," the roegadyn demanded, squinting through the curtain of rain at the miqo'te's hooded visage.

The miqo'te's eyelid twitched the slightest bit in irritation, and he put on his most placating voice, clasping his hands together and nodding for emphasis; "I've not the time for that, mate, you can see me just fine. Now just let me out to my ship so I can return to the route, I'm going to be late for the shipment-"

With a loud bang the roegadyn slammed his fist on the desk, leaning far forward out of the booth to glare directly into the miqo'te's golden pools with his own beady orbs. "I'on like ya all that much, lad. An' ye know what we do 'round this port to folks the dockmanager don't like?" he growled, loud enough to catch the attention of nearby sailors and bounty hunters, who all began to watch over their mugs of ale. The roegadyn reached forward, snatching at the miqo'te's hood and yanking it back, revealing his telltale scarred face.

"It's Stark! Off yer arses, boys! We have a cat to string up!" Recognizing his face almost immediately from the bounty posting, the dockmaster let out a shout, loud enough to be heard across the docks even over the rainfall. With battle shouts to match, nearly every other sailor and bounty hunter sprang from their seats, spilling ale in their haste to draw their weapons and make to the docks.

Ashen let out a grunt of annoyance, expertly chopping at a nerve on the dockmanager's wrist, before sprinting down the docks to his sloop. The cracks of gunfire joined the cacophony of shouting and clatter of boots on wood, bullets whizzing past the miqo'te; a few pierce through the fabric of his cloak, nearly grazing his arm.

"Bloody fucking- oh Lizbeth is going to kill me for getting holes in this cloak..." he groaned between breaths, drawing his gunblade, slashing the rope securing his sloop to the dock, and kicking off the moment he lands from leaping into the vessel.

A few sea dogs manage to reach him, but deft slashes from Ashen's gunblade dispatch them with terrifying efficiency. One overconfident bounty hunter leaps from the dock to the retreating sloop, but Ashen launches a swift roundhouse kick to his torso, launching the poor soul into the water. Ashen takes quick notice of some of the crowd trying to board their own ships in pursiot, and with a laugh he pulls a grenade from his coat, lighting it with a small flick of fire aether, and pitching it onto the dock where it explodes in a magnificent firework; the sparks catch onto the sails of the docked ships even through the rain, and after mere moments the docks became much, much brighter.

Sailing off into the dark, uneasy waters, Ashen breathes a sigh of relief. This escape was far too narrow for it's own good. "Not a single damned parchment...he must have the entire hunter's underbelly in his hand." he sighs, punching into his fist. Glaring out into the moonlit waters, he raises sail, taking up the oar handles and beginning to row. Golden eyes glinting in the dark, only one singular thought resonates within the back of his mind;

"I will find you, Dread Captain of the Flame, and I will have your head."

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[blastingzones]

Welcome aboard.

Call me "El Capitán".

I am a semi-figuratively manic OC creator and gposer, lazy writer, FFXIV nerd, and all-around salty bastard.

My content will be wholly FFXIV related, be it original character work and their associated lore, story and music musings, or inspiration for my characters and things that remind me of them.

I will post screenshots (all taken and edited by me unless otherwise noted), biographies, and story content for each one over time, as well as how they're all related within their interconnected stories. My characters all exist around and within the MSQ sphere, during the same timeline but rarely directly involved with it, if ever. For example; my WoL and main character, Captain Ashen Stark, exists and has his own story and life alongside the same timeline as Meteor, the Scions, and the happenings of MSQ.

Some additional things to take note of:

There will be adult/NSFW content, but the sort consisting of violence, intense story-related themes, and the occasional very light spice; there will be no hardcore sexual content or nudity posted or reblogged ever.

That said, if we are friends but you post/reblog explicitly sexual nsfw content, I might follow you back but I'll definitely mute your blog, sorry!

The exclusive tag I'll be using for all of my work is #Ashenverse. (Yes I know it's lame but I've been using it for years and I'm too used to it at this point.)

I do not roleplay.

I do not do collabs, and any collab screenshots I may post will be with close friends only, no exceptions.

I'm sure it goes without saying, but please do not repost any of my work without my express consent. Reblogging is absolutely fine.

Minors/under-21 DNI.

I hope you all enjoy my ever-growing cast of characters and their stories, and welcome to the Ashenverse!

~ El Capitán

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