#& hes a shard of azem

[wind-up-thancred]

"A bit thin in the aether, but there's no mistaking it—the color of its soul is almost identical to Azem's." "The two of us can discern the color of souls, you see, and yours happens to resemble that of a friend."

#this is my wol's azem hyakinthos! he is beautiful and cute #the color of his soul is blue to me. they are all lovely blue boys #i hope we get info about other shards someday so i can make more blue characters. i fucking love blue!!!!! #also you WILL ignore the repost teehee #ffxiv azem #ffxiv wol #ffxiv oc #ffxiv gpose #gpose #ffxiv screenshots #ffxiv au ra #au ra #funnylizardman #ffxiv #ffxiv shadowbringers #shadowbringers spoilers

[adahlenan]

        “ what you are, I was; what I am, you will be ”

#FFXIV #Gposes #my characters #OC: Lev Dagnyr #OC: Leucothea #endwalker spoilers #shadowbringers spoilers #Azem #listen you do not know what a grip this memento mori has on me ok. i have it tattooed on my body #i love it so much through a lens of reincarnation and the cycle of the burden of hero being passed on by you and the yous yet to come #you WILL be a hero. and you will suffer for it greatly and only then will you understand what a heavy weight those before you have borne. #and one day you will be free. either through retirement or peace. and those heroes who come after you will learn it just as you have #a warning. a curse. a solemn reminder. #and i love it with the idea of seeing yourself in azem. a hero. someone burdened with responsibility as the world ends. just like you. #Lev not feeling worthy of being even a SHARD of Azem and struggling with living up to that expectation after scrutiny by Emet-Selch #and it affecting his ENTIRE mental wellbeing from then on. Azem could do this. right? why can't he? why is he so weak? but... #dw he gets over it but it takes him like all of endwalker to do so. #hence the locations of Amaurot (dungeon) and the final stop of Endwalker #anyways!!!!!!!! #i love simplicity i love one panel gposes im going back to what i know best LMFAO

[warlordfelwinter]

"This world is not yours to end. This is our future. Our story."

#i'm just always a little bit thinking about how emet sees azem for a moment here #i like to think that although we look indistinct bc its the game and they can't decide what azem looks like #in reality emet very distinctly saw nysos here and he looked Fucking Pissed #maybe he still had his mask on but his posture and expression were 100% mirroring fiver's #bc as much as nysos loved emet #he would absolutely destroy him to protect the people on the shards. without hesitation. #if my azem had any conscious part in anything that's going on he would be a firm believer that his time had gone #he's a million percent on board for his fragments to do whatever the fuck they want and live their lives to the fullest #fel's ffxiv #shadowbringers lb #oc: fiver #there will be More Gifs #but i may take a break for a dog walk before making more

[abimee]

i dont think ive actually had a croissant

#althaea #my azem and shb emet have a very specific relatiomship. and its that althaea wants that bitch dead #like IN THE GROUND. GONE! VAMANOS #if althaea could instill one thing into her shards its the immense amount of anger and hatred she has for him #every moment he uses her for his own emotion she wants to put her hands on his neck and make her fingers touch her palm #blood

[rynpost]

Hivertain d'Artoix

Titles:  The Warrior of Light, Crown Prince of the East Nameday: 17th sun of the First Astral Moon Age: 42 Birthplace: Esterine, the glittering city Residences: Castle Estresse Affiliations: Royal family Artoix of Esterine Job/Class: Dragoon Weapon of choice: Spear

Crown Prince, though most would prefer his younger brother Etienne take the throne including Hivertain himself. Ice aspected. Died when his world was Rejoined, though as the Warrior of Light he had been in the early stages of finding out about the Ascian plot when it reached its conclusion.

#ffxiv #wol #warrior of light #the shards of Azem #hivertain d'artoix #he very un-fleshed out but he so HANDSOME #elezen #gposers #ffxiv wol #ffxiv oc #ffxiv blorbos #my oc

[erroticmania]

eridora silies

#luv.⛓️ #chara.🏺 #op #pandora does not look like how he’s supposed 2. dont even worry about it. #the emo bangs-ification of azem & his shards #yes pandora is raidens azem yes im using him as an s/i cuz hes cute #WE EXIST............ #eridora #artwork

[bnuuywol]

i need to hear your own drk lore bc i need to slam my custom drk lore in return. i want to hear your bnuuy’s lore. sorry for the aggression xiv brainrot is string

Lmao no need to apologize! I get it, I'm much the same xD

If tis lore you desire, then tis lore you shall get:

SO. Walk with me to the Thirteenth for a moment, during the era of the Contramemoria before the Flood of Darkness. There's a bun there whose name is Einarr Odysseus. He's a memoriate, and he's the shard of Azem who resides in the 13th. Viera (or whatever Viera may have been called in the 13th) having the long lifespans they do, Einarr was alive and fighting from as early as when the first eidolons began appearing all the way until the Flood of Darkness consumes the world. He's not saved from the Flood, his body is warped by Darkness and he turns into a voidsent.

Flash forward to the Fifth Astral Era of the Source when the War of the Magi is raging. Black mages summon voidsent to the Source in order to do their bidding and fighting in the war. The voidsent that was once Einarr is summoned during this time. Bound by the magicks of the mage who summoned him, he answers the call, he fights, he falls. Being in the Source, his soul is drawn into the Lifestream. Within the madness of the Sixth Umbral Calamity, as the shard from whichever world was rejoined merges with the soul of Azem in the Source, Einarr's soul, the shard from the 13th, is drawn in and merges with it as well.

Having been completely corrupted by Darkness, however, leaves a permanent change upon that shard that seeps into the rest of Azem's soul in the Source. When Phoenyx is born, his aetheric balance is naturally tipped towards Darkness. In fact, trying to tip it away from its Dark-aspected nature leaves him unbalanced and unstable.

Now flash forward with me once again to Heavensward. When Phoenyx finds Fray's body and soul crystal and Fray tells him there's a darkness growing in him, he's unknowingly speaking of this very thing. Sure, this is already a part of dark knights, using their own internal "darkness," meaning their negative emotions (or strong positive ones when you get around to post-level 50 and its a strong sense of love and protectiveness that fuels it) to create dark energy woven of their own aether. But for Phoenyx it's rather more literal. His aether is Dark-aspected. So rather than creating this energy, it's closer to the kind of aethetic manipulation that black mages use with elemental forces (which, in part too is why he could harness dark knight so easily, because he already has a background in "dark magic"). He uses his emotions to fuel his ability to manipulate primordial Darkness. The kind of Darkness controlled by the Ascians, the kind of Darkness that Zodiark himself is woven of.

So while Phoenyx is the Warrior of Light, Hydaelyn's chosen, protected by Light, as a dark knight, he actively uses Darkness in weaving the spells associated with the art. He doesn't even realize he's doing this. By the time he understands his Echo ability to sense his own aetheric balance, he assumes its tip towards Darkness is because he's a dark knight, a conclusion Y'shtola comes to as well. But he doesn't realize that its actually the selfsame force that the enemy uses against them. That in being Hydaelyn's "Bringer of Light" while having a soul seeped in Darkness, he is a living manifestation of the balance of the star.

This is also why he's so strong against sin eaters and Lightwardens in the First, why he's able to stay somewhat stable with all that Light inside him until the fourth Warden. But it's also the reason he's so fucking terrified of turning into a Lightwarden. Because even if you put aside the implications of what that dooms the world and his loved ones to, there's just this deep seated memory of Einarr's that's etched into his soul. The memory of being corrupted by Darkness and turning into a voidsent. The powerlessness and agony that came with it. He's scared because he remembers what it feels like and never wants to go through that again. But Phoenyx doesn't consciously realize this, it's a trauma burned into his soul.

This,,,,,,,,,,,,, ended up being way longer than I intended but please share yours also!!!! I wanna hear your lore!

#ffxiv #phoenyx eldritch #*matpat voice* the LOOOOORRREEE #this actually originally started with an AU i write with fatewalker-phoenix #in which that shard is actually just reincarnated as its own person #and so her wol is the other 8/14ths of azem while he's 1/14th of azem #but i like it so much and my gf prompted as to why its not just canon also #so i made it canon lmao #endwalker spoilers #endwalker patch spoilers #shadowbringers spoilers

[humblemooncat]

So your into post lists Orias as a Co-Warrior of Light and so I'm curious, what is Ki'to and Orias's dynamic as co-WoLs? I love to see how people separate who goes through which events or how they go through them together.

Technically speaking, I wrote "Co-" there since she's the alt I'm replaying the story with, but now you got the brain cogs working and I need to expound upon this because they'd absolutely be able to work in tandem.

I can only really speak for Ori up until mid-SB, but even then it'd be an interesting team.

A Sharlayan Cultural Historian and a Fresh-faced Moon Keeper walk into a bar- A joke, but not entirely untrue.

It's likely they came to the Carline Canopy around the same time. Orias would have been the one on the carriage, as Ki'to entered from the North Shroud. They would have paid the other no real mind other than pleasantries, but since they both started as archers, they would have had something to bond over. Like as not, they probably worked through most of those quests together, only really diverging once Ki'to picked up Pugilist in Ul'dah while they traveled as envoys.

After that fork in their paths, they'd likely have stayed as a group, helping with the problems that cropped up, taking on dungeons together, etc. Then when it came to primal slaying they'd do that together as well. By the end of ARR, they were probably the best of friends, honestly.

Ori likely comforted Ki'to when Raha was left in the Crystal Tower, and likewise, he'd likely comfort her when Thancred passes tf out later on.

I could go on, but these two would absolutely mirror each other by EW. So in-tune with each other that they probably wouldn't even have to look at each other and still be in sync.

(Hell even the color palettes I use for them are opposing. Bright whites, yellows, & golds for Ori, and Dark blacks, purples, & golds for Ki'to. The gold is the only tie-together.)

Also, the sass levels if these two were in the same room? Palpable. Absolute gremlins, the both of them.

I might just weave their canons together now. Thank you for the brainworms.

#Ki'to #Orias #Answerin' asks #Character asks #Bless you for this ask honestly #I hadn't even considered this but it works so well #The only thing I would have to split them up for EW-wise would be Ultima Thule #Ki'to's the only one to make it through that #and is the canon Azem shard in that case #So Ori's ancient would be a close friend of Azem #Maybe she's even a shard of Hyth? #He IS a bard #And she's a bard AND dancer because she loves music #Aaaaaaaa #I have so many thoughts now

[akirakirxaa]

“Do you regret it?” (Solus/Valeria)

[Ask prompts here! I'm so excited, this is my first ask for Valeria, I hope you like it!]

Valeria lay curled up on their plush chair before the fireplace, book in hand but not reading it as she stared pensively into the flames, lost in thought. She had long since gotten used to her husband returning late from his many meetings and duties, but rather than going to bed without him as he always insisted, she waited. Going to sleep without him always felt like she would wake the next day to it all having been a dream, and now she was back in her wretched family's attic with her stepmother screaming up that breakfast should have been ready by now. No, she didn't need those nightmares. So she waited.

She had just started to doze, curled up on the chair with her head on the arm, when she heard familiar, unhurried footsteps outside. A moment later the door to their sitting room creaked open slowly, as if he was trying not to wake her. Foolish, she always woke when he finally came to join her, if she had slept at all. At this point it felt more like a dance, just their way of greeting each other after a long day apart.

"Still awake, I see," Solus said, as if it were a surprise, as he removed his coat, leaving him in just his shirtsleeves and trousers. "How was your day, dearest?" Valeria stretched, sitting back up properly in her chair.

"Hmmm, better now that you're here," she gave a smile, gathering her dressing gown around her. He crossed their sitting room, taking one hand and planting a kiss on the back. Valeria couldn't help the heat in her face; the woman could be taken from the common citizenry but the mindset could never quite be gotten rid of. At least she wasn't quite as flustered as when they first met, the emperor of the entire country treating her like the height of royalty when she wasn't even meant to be there.

"Glad to be of service," he gave her a little crooked smile before settling on the couch, and for a while they sat in comfortable silence.

Well, almost comfortable.

Valeria dropped her book, and as she bent to get it she let her golden hair fall in her face, hiding her but not completely blocking her vision. She glanced up at her husband, and there it was. The reason she felt so pensive tonight.

For quite some time now, she noticed that any time he thought he wasn't being watched, he looked at her with a horribly sorrowful expression. It was hard to catch, and disappeared as fast as she noticed it, but she knew for sure he was hiding something from her. She settled back in her chair and thought for a long moment.

"Do you regret it?" she broached the silence, swallowing her nerves. She felt him staring at her.

"I'm sorry?"

"Do you regret it?" she repeated, meeting his bright yellow gaze. "Marrying me? A... commoner? Someone of no importance?" He frowned at her.

"Where is this coming from?"

"I see how you look at me when you think I'm not looking. You appear so sad, so I couldn't help but wonder..." she trailed off, glancing away and fidgeting with her hands. Another few moments of silence.

"Come here, my dear," he held one arm out to her, and she crossed over to him, sliding onto the sofa and into his side. He wrapped his arm around her comfortingly.

"I don't regret us, not for a moment," he tilted her face toward him gently as he spoke. "There's no one I'd rather have as my empress." She searched his face for a lie that wasn't there.

"Then why...?"

"Because I want more for you." She couldn't help the small giggle at his words.

"More? We're already royalty, in a powerful country. I have an entire palace, the best food money can buy, all the assistance I could ask for, for anything I might need, what else could I ever ask for?"

"A better world," he clarified, resting his cheek on her head. "One where there are no wars, where all nations are one, working together. One of peace." Valeria sighed, leaning more fully on his shoulder.

"Sounds like a dream," she mumbled.

"I don't think it has to be," he countered, and she felt like he was still holding something back. But before she could press more, he stood, crossed to their imported orchestrion, and put on a quiet piano piece. He turned back to her with a soft smile.

"Dance with me?" She snorted, but stood anyways, taking his hand.

"You," she accused as they swayed in a slow circle, no thought put into the steps, "are trying to distract me." He kissed her forehead, just above her third eye, and she could feel his amused grin.

"Is it working?"

"A little."

With one finger under her chin, he tilted her head back to capture her lips in a kiss, and Valeria melted into it, her hands clenching in his shirt. He nipped at her lower lip, and she let out a quiet whimper. He took her by one hand and broke away, leading her back towards their bedchambers.

"I think," his voice had dropped lower, holding her gaze as he walked backwards. "It's time for us to retire for the eve." Valeria couldn't help the girlish giggle or the blush on her cheeks as she stumbled eagerly after him.

"I was just thinking the same thing."

#final fantasy xiv #solus x empress #solus zos galvus #oc: valeria yae galvus #solus x valeria #ask response #thank you so much for the prompt! #i was really excited to write them #I hope I got him right #canonically obviously the song they danced to is neath dark waters #but i also like once upon a dream for them outside of canon so you can picture a piano version of that too if you want #shadowbringers spoilers #uh a little anyways #in the subtext #because we know why he gets sad around her #shard of azem #my fanfiction #I have a longfic planned for them at some point #ship: once upon a dream

[lesbiankoby]

alternate timeline "spriggan stuck around in corvos long enough that the garlean invasion happened while she was there" and everything went approximately to shit

#emet-selch did in fact. recognize azem. and impulsively made the decision to plant the shard near himself so he'd know what it was up too #at any given point in time #....instead of killing her #anyway there are a lot of unsavory rumors about solus' 'pet' #spriggan is gonna kill that fucking guy one of these days but rather voraciously devours knowledge in her somewhat cushy position as #the tutor of his kids #ffxiv tag #no he never touched her indecently though that is certainly the rumor #despite everything she did get attached to his terrible kids but needless to say nothing good ever came from that #shitheads one and all #zenos (zenos) #anyway she bailed and became One More Immegrant in eorzea pre ARR and nobody had even the FAINTEST #idea what her goddamned damage was #for a while #shadowbringers was a time.

[clariongradiation]

What if u + ur worstie died at the edge of the universe and you both came back and were Super Normal about it

#what if kai picked up zenos scythe at the end and used magic to make him her voidsent pact what then #send that man to eeby deeby so you can be best buds forever <3 #remember when there was speculation that zenos was azems shard from the thirteenth #only thing is itd make meeting zero a LITTLE AWKWARD but oh well maybe she wouldnt be able to sense it since he isnt technically a voidsent #my blorbos #anyway i want them to be fucked up together uwu #made this cuz i was working on something for a friend but realized i had the image reversed and theres no horizontal flip irl #so i got kaizenos feels instead awawaawawaw

[tallbluelady]

mega punch — has your muse ever punched something/someone? did they break anything (ie a wall, a nose) or just hurt their hand?

Minthe would say that she's too elegant to punch things. Her preferred method of violence is with magic :3.

#ask meme #azem minthe #other than the scripted punch i don't think any of minthe's shards end up punching stuff? #she just doesn't have a monk shard #i would say that moth orchid would be the closest but he definitely prefers weapons to overcome any shortcomings

[hikinghydaelyn]

Last little lore nugget before I get on for the day.

I accidentally made Nanari Azem-coded through liberal use of orange vfx (a color I heavily associate with Azem for obvious reasons), so after I decided to give him the soulstone necklace (which he just kinda... found in his pocket one morning before setting out for the day), I ended up spreading that to his carbuncles as well.

Originally he had Opal and Obsidion, but I've changed Obsidion to Amethyst. So his summoned traveling companions when he's a SMN, through the unintentional use of the soulstone, are white and purple carbies. :3c

Why give him the soulstone now, you might ask? You really gonna tell me Hades didn't take one look at this traveling man, especially being so good at seeing souls, and go "Yeah, no, that's Azem..."

Tbh, I just really liked how it tied together his outfit so I'm bullshitting an excuse. xD

#Hiking Hydaelyn #Nanari's Scrapbook #I just really like the idea of Emet-Selch looking at this VERY small shard of his friend #and wondering why tf he chose to be a fraction of his former height #then flashing back to a very tall Azem running into the top of every doorway ever #And understanding #Hyperion was very tall even for an Ancient #So one of his shards being so short was not something Hades thought would happen

[trans-estinien]

when you are an immortal being who can morph your body to look like whatever you want you have to take full advantage of that

#eleutherios (azem) #yes he has autism why do you ask #funny how his wol shard ended up being veira and not miqote lmao

[abimee]

literally nothing but pure and unresolved hatred rested in althaea's heart to the very end. and she really did mean it because tock has a deep and empty void of apathy towards emet even when he waxes about having a heart that can break too. the gap between those two simply never closed and tock never once felt bad for emet because deep down althaea was still in there screaming and fighting against him and his sadness. if she had her way she would grab emet by rhe head and throw him against a rock until nothing was left besides the hair held in her hands

#ruyans half of this as she is also azems shard is another layer. which is understanding that althaea never wants to forgive him #and that he has no right to use althaea for his sorrows. keep her name out of his sympathy romp #if he truly cared for her he would respect that she wants him to forget about her and never speak of her as a friend ever again #so every step forward between these two is ruyan (holder of contempt for someone he works with) at odds with this #freak bastard. who ruyan feels deep down has only grown more pathetic since and that althaea feels even less for now #for making such despicable creations like the allagan and garlean empires. for being such a piece of shit #she wants her name to never leave his mouth ever again and every time it does it makes smthn in ruyans stomach sick

[echthr0s]

completely apropos of nothing (I was literally just idly watching tiktoks idk where this came from) my brain downloaded the concept that Ishan is a heartbreakingly good singer and he most often gets hired for funerals because he's just got that kind of voice

and, like, of course he does. he'd been in the lifestream mourning a lost world so loudly and passionately that it kept his soul intact for [duration/sensation of time that cannot be measured] before he magically crash-landed on the Source

of course he's a dirgesinger

#(it was that and the fact that he's an azem shard that kept him intact to be clear) #oc: ishan #ffxiv #general oc tag #i think this combined with his martial nature is an interesting contrast. he is the one who kills you and he is the one who mourns you