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calling4glaives · 5 months

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Kingsglaive Legends 2023 Master List

Thank you to everyone who participated in KGLegends23! Thanks to you, we now have 15 new images and over 25k more words featuring the Kingsglaive characters. If you have any works you’d like to add, please do! We’ll update this as we become aware of them.

Thank you also to all those who liked, reblogged, and commented on these works – your support is always appreciated! Please continue to support the fabulous writers and artists in this community.

Participants

Writers

Awlwren (Tumblr, Ao3)

Blossom Adventures (Tumblr)

Dablotte (Twitter)

Firechocobros (Tumblr, Ao3)

Loki_chan / Garbria (Tumblr, Ao3)

StarJunco (Tumblr, Ao3)

The master list itself will be below the cut, along with the badge for using all the canon glaives across the week's fills!

Not an icon this year, but instead a "signed" poster of the glaives by the lovely @starjunco. If you wondered what they glaives were up to in their various poses this week, now you know. Of course they couldn't even behave long enough for a good picture. On the other hand, who put Tredd next to Libertus? Drautos doesn't get to look exasperated by the shenanigans when he indirectly caused them.

Day 1

Art

Title: Sacrifice Artist: dablotte Link: Twitter Glaives: Nyx Ulric, Crowe Altius Relationship: Crowe Altius & Nyx Ulric

Title: Day 1 Artist: StarJunco Link: Tumblr Glaives: Luche Lazarus Relationship: N/A

Fics

Title: Exhaustion (ft. Drautos) Author: Blossom Adventures Link: Tumblr Glaives: Titus Drautos Relationships: Titus / Cor Summary/Excerpt:

Cor woke up to an empty bed, he’s probably already up, he thought as he realised what had actually woke him, his phone was ringing, it was Clarus, he looked at the time in his phone screen, 5:15am. The Marshal let out a groan and answered the call.

Title: Call and Response - Chapter 2 Author: Awlwren Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Axis Arra, Tredd Furia Relationships: N/A Summary/Excerpt:

Axis has seen how useful Oracle Sign is. Now to get everyone else to.

Ugh. This means actually socializing with people.

Title: Holding Out for a Hero Author: Garbria aka Loki_chan Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Pelna Khara Relationships: N/A Summary/Excerpt:

Pelna knows he’s not the Hero of the Kingsglaive but when he runs into trouble on his own, he rises to the occasion.

Title: Love, War, and Sacrifice Author: Firechocobros Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Titus Drautos, Nyx Ulric, Sonitus Bellum, Luche Lazarus, Axis Arra, Crowe Altius, Pelna Khara, Tredd Furia, Relationships: Polyglaive, DrauCor Summary/Excerpt:

“If it will end this fucking meeting,” Titus started with a heavy sigh. “I will sacrifice the stupid fucking closet to the Guard.”

There were head nods, and they all moved on to the next thing on the agenda. Little did they know that Titus was not giving his closet up without a fight.

Featuring Titus being a petty king and using his Glaive to the best of his abilities.

Day 2

Art

Title: Day 2 Artist: StarJunco Link: Tumblr Glaives: Crowe Altius Relationship: N/A

Title: Sleeping in the Clouds Artist: dablotte Link: Twitter Glaives: Libertus Ostium, Nyx Ulric, Crowe Altius Relationship: N/A

Fics

Title: AU & Life After (ft. Luche) Author: Blossom Adventures Link: Tumblr Glaives: Luche Lazarus, Nyx Ulric Relationships: Nyx / OC Summary/Excerpt:

at the start of The Long Night, Cor and Titus buy a penthouse apartment in Lestallum and they get bunk beds to accommodate their close friends and “family” so that they all have a safe place to live and don’t have to worry about accommodation themselves… also there’s a little teaser to Violet and Nyx’s relationship ☺️🥰

Title: Lichtenberg Figures Author: Firechocobros Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Nyx Ulric, Sonitus Bellum, Luche Lazarus, Axis Arra, Crowe Altius, Pelna Khara, Tredd Furia, Relationships: Polyglaive Summary/Excerpt:

It had been storming all week, and Nyx’s parents had warned him to stay inside, but he was getting restless. Something kept telling him to go outside; the voice was getting stronger, and Nyx was about to listen to it out of pure boredom.

How the Glaives found out who their Clustermates were and what their Asteral Event was.

Title: Delta Blues - Chapter 2 Author: Awlwren Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Libertus Ostium, Nyx Ulric Relationships: Cor / Nyx Summary/Excerpt:

He whirled, sole remaining kukri at the ready as the Princess spread her feet and crouched slightly, ready to run or attack. A car pulled up behind them and jerked to a stop. Libertus rolled down the window and beckoned them over.

“C’mon, get in! They set up a trap in the square, I heard it on the radio,” Libertus yelled in that tone that he was convinced was quiet.

Continuing my Nyx Lives AU where Libertus finds Nyx before he gets shot, and so he never puts on the ring. And things go from there.

Libertus PoV this chapter!

Title: Not All Who Wander Are Lost Author: Garbria aka Loki_chan Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Luche Lazarus, Nyx Ulric, Libertus Ostium Relationships: Luche & Nyx, Libertus & Nyx Summary/Excerpt:

The Lazarus clan has been responsible for protecting the royal family of Galahd for centuries, and Luche takes his duty seriously. It's a shame the only surviving member hates him.

Day 3

Art

Title: Day 3 Artist: StarJunco Link: Tumblr Glaives: Pelna Khara Relationship: N/A

Title: Pelna!!! On a fishing (?) adventure Artist: dablotte Link: Twitter Glaives: Pelna Khara, Titus Drautos, Nyx Ulric, Luche Lazarus, Libertus Ostium, Tredd Furia Relationship: N/A

Fics

Title: Tredditions Author: Awlwren Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Tredd Furia, Nyx Ulric, Pelna Khara, Libertus Ostium, Luche Lazarus Relationships: N/A Summary/Excerpt:

Tredd hazes the rookies educates the new class of Glaives on Important Glaive Traditions. And then celebrates some more somber ones with the rest of his own recruiting class. Fill for Kingsglaive Legends 2023: Day 3 - Tradition

Title: Training (ft. Nyx & Drautos) Author: Blossom Adventures Link: Tumblr Glaives: Nyx Ulric, Titus Drautos Relationships: Nyx / OC Summary/Excerpt:

It was the hottest day of the year, the height of summer, the training grounds in the Citadel were exposed to the full sun at this time of day. Captain Drautos had called off training when he saw how the Glaive were struggling, he let them go home, and they did just that, all but one.

Title: All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter Author: Garbria aka Loki_chan Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Libertus Ostium, Nyx Ulric, Luche Lazarus, Crowe Altius Relationships: Libertus & Nyx Summary/Excerpt:

On their way to Insomnia after the attack on Galahd, Libertus decides Nyx needs some time away and invites him on a hunt. Unfortunately, he should have realized that nothing is simple when traveling with an Ulric.

Day 4

Art

Title: Day 4 Artist: StarJunco Link: Tumblr Glaives: Sonitus Bellum Relationship: N/A

Title: Family Fix-it Home Artist: dablotte Link: Twitter Glaives: Nyx Ulric, Libertus Ostium, Luche Lazarus, Pelna Khara, Crowe Altius Relationship: N/A

Fics

Title: Shifting Sand - Chapter 2 Author: Awlwren Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Crowe Altius Relationships: N/A Summary/Excerpt:

Crowe’s not quite sure what’s going on, or who this lady is, or why people are trying to kill her, but she’s determined she’s not going to die first. Crowe’s POV of the last section of Solid Ground.

Day 5

Art

Title: Day 5 Artist: StarJunco Link: TumblrGlaives: Tredd Furia Relationship: N/A

Title: Slice of Life/Love(?) Artist: dablotte Link: Twitter Glaives: Nyx Ulric Relationship: Nyx / Noct (possible)

Fics

Title: All Through the Night Author: Awlwren Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Luche Lazarus, Sonitus Bellum Relationships: Luche & Sonitus Summary/Excerpt:

Luche is working late on the Night Shift, and struggling with the weight of responsibilities.

Day 6

Art

Title: Day 6 Artist: StarJunco Link: Tumblr Glaives: Axis Arra Relationship: N/A

Title: Titus...more like TiSUS Artist: dablotte Link: Twitter Glaives: Titus Drautos Relationship: N/A

Fics

Title: Hide and Sneak - Chapter 2 Author: Awlwren Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Pelna Khara, Nyx Ulric Relationships: N/A Summary/Excerpt:

Pelna loved figuring out secrets. It was one of the best things about being a scout – putting together puzzles and learning the crucial pieces of information that could save his fellow glaives, or the Crownsguard holding the lines, or the people just trying to live their lives as the tides of war swept over them. He might not be able to liberate whole towns himself, or smash through the enemy lines to allow advances and retreats, but he could find things no one else could, and that saved lives, too.

Pelna is clever, and sneaky, and learns a lot, maybe even more than he wanted to.

Chapter 2/2! Pelna heads home.

Title: Today's Gonna Be My Day Author: Garbria aka Loki_chan Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Titus Drautos Relationships: Titus Drautos & Cor Leonis Summary/Excerpt:

Crownsguard Titus Drautos is determined to make a place for himself in the Crownsguard, despite the hostility of his fellow recruits. If only he could stop running into the same smug bastard every time he tried to train.

Day 7

Art

Title: Day 7 Artist: StarJunco Link: Tumblr Glaives: Libertus Ostium Relationship: N/A

Title: Day 7 Artist: StarJunco Link: TumblrGlaives: Nyx Ulric Relationship: N/A

Title: Live Libertus Reaction Artist: dablotte Link: Twitter Glaives: Nyx Ulric, Crowe Altius, Libertus Ostium Relationship: N/A

Fics

Title: Where Angels Fear to Tread Author: Awlwren Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Nyx Ulric, Titus Drautos Relationships: pre- Cor / Nyx Summary/Excerpt:

When he’d turned back enough to have a clearer shot of where Drautos had been standing guard over the glaive wounded, Cor had a moment of confusion when he didn’t see the man. A quick survey of the field showed the lone glaive who’d reinforced the western flank holding back a wall of gunfire with an impressively sturdy shield, one that surely couldn’t last, but no sign of their Captain.

As he got close enough, Cor finally realized that the hunched figure in the middle of the courtyard he’d previously missed was not wearing the red of blood but the darker shade of Drautos’s uniform.

Somehow, while he’d been being cautious, Titus Drautos had fallen.

Cor goes to meet the Kingsglaive returning from their latest raid and helps them out of an ambush, and meets someone who might be worth keeping an eye on.

Title: Fools Rush In Author: Garbria aka Loki_chan Link: Tumblr, Ao3 Glaives: Nyx Ulric, Titus Drautos Relationships: pre - Cor / Nyx Summary/Excerpt:

Things go badly when Nyx’s unit gets ambushed on the way back from a mission. Then Cor shows up.

#kglegends23 #ffxv #kingsglaive #nyx ulric #libertus ostium #pelna khara #Crowe Altius #Titus Drautos #Sonitus Bellum #Axis Arra #Luche Lazarus #Tredd Furia #masterpost #Thanks so much to everyone who participated!#updated 2023.12.21

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garbria · 8 months

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Nyx pulled his phone out and frowned at it. Why was Luche texting him? Pelna had agreed to cover his afternoon shift for him. He texted back the answer to Luche’s question and turned his phone to silent. They could wait a few hours until he got back.

Someone coughed behind him, and Nyx shuffled forward as the line. There were more people than he’d expected here, and he was glad he cut out early to get a good place in line, even if it did cost him a couple weekends babysitting duty.

He would have to stop teasing Cor about his obscure interests. There were a good couple dozen people at least who had taken the time in the middle of a weekday to attend a lecture and book signing from an Insominan University historian.

Cor had a few of the man’s books already, and had mentioned looking forward to his new treatise on the history of the Rogue. When Nyx had overheard one of the archivists talking about this event, he’d known he had to get Cor a signed copy. Cor didn’t have time to stand in line, so it was up to Nyx to provide.

The line moved again, and Nyx put on his most charming smile, flourishing a copy of the newly purchased book.

“And who should I make it out to?” The author didn’t look up.

“Cor. He’s a great fan of your work.” Nyx kept smiling as the man looked up. He stared at Nyx, before scribbling something and handing it back.

“It’s good to know someone appreciates the importance of history.”

Nyx smiled and nodded, ducking out of the line. Cor was going to be thrilled.

Nyx jogged back to the Citadel, shrugging his jacket back on. Cor had meetings all afternoon, Nyx knew, so maybe he could sneak the book into Cor’s office for him to find later.

Unfortunately, as soon as he entered the Citadel, Luche ambushed him. Some paperwork snafu was tangling things up, and the clerks in the quartermaster’s office were being obstinate. Apparently, Tredd had pissed someone off, and Luche wanted Nyx to smooth things over. It took Nyx the rest of the afternoon to soothe tempers and get things going again. The only positive being the favor both Luche and Tredd now owed him.

By the time he was free again, Cor was sitting at his desk, flipping through paperwork.

“Hey, soldier.” Nyx grinned as he rapped his knuckles on the doorframe.

Cor looked up with a smile. “I heard you spent the afternoon putting out fires.”

“Only metaphorically, thank the Six.” Nyx slipped in and half-sat on Cor’s desk, smirking down at him. “And that’s not the only thing I did with my afternoon.”

With a shower of crystal, Nyx pulled out the book and handed it to Cor.

Cor took it carefully, eyes widening as he read the inscription inside. “I thought this didn’t come out until next week!”

“He had a lecture and book signing at the university this afternoon.”

Cor looked up at Nyx. “And you went?”

Nyx’s smirk softened. “Anything for my favorite nerd.”

Cor snorted and pushed himself up for a kiss. “Thank you.”

#nyx ulric #cor leonis #kingsglaive #ffxv #my fic #cornyx #fluff #cor is a history nerd #nyx loves him

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blossom-adventures · 6 months

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Kingsglaive Legends 2023! Organised by @calling4glaives

Day 2: AU & Life After (Feat. Luche & Nyx, Pelna, Crowe, Libertus and Drautos)

I’m classing this as an AU even though it will appear in my fic, because I am intending most of the Glaive to survive… so it’s kind of AU but most of the main plot of the game and film still happens

Little context: at the start of The Long Night, Cor and Titus buy a penthouse apartment in Lestallum and they get bunk beds to accommodate their close friends and “family” so that they all have a safe place to live and don’t have to worry about accommodation themselves… also there’s a little teaser to Violet and Nyx’s relationship ☺️🥰

A year into The Long Night

Luche climbed the stairs to the apartment he shared with the rest of the Glaive, he’d just got back to Lestallum after a supply run.

He unlocked the door and pushed it open, being hit by the strong smells of curry being prepared in the kitchen, Libertus was working with Crowe to prepare the evening meal for everyone, there were a lot of people living in this apartment, so Libertus was hard at work, throwing various spices into the large 2 handled pan, while Crowe was carving up the Dualhorn steaks into bite sized cubes.

“Hey, Luche!” Nyx stepped out the bathroom, he had clearly just had a shower, “how’d your supply run go?”

“Ok, not great, we didn’t get much, but I did manage to bring back some more resources for the Power Station, so it wasn’t a complete loss” Nyx clapped him on the shoulder while Luche looked around, it seemed to him that they were the only ones in the large apartment at the moment. “Where is everyone?”

“Pelna was called to help Monica with some communication problems, Drautos and Cor had a meeting with Holly, Violet was helping Iris at her shop and the Kings friends are still out on a mission, most of them will be back soon” Nyx pointed over his shoulder to the bathroom, “we’ve still got some hot water and you’ve got time for a shower if you want, dinner is probably going to be another hour or so”

By the time Luche had showered and changed most of the others who lived in the apartment had arrived; Titus was now helping Libertus and Crowe prepare dinner, Cor was discussing something with Pelna and Iris was bouncing her nephew on her knee while Nyx and Violet sat together on the opposite sofa, Violet saw Luche leave the bathroom and gave him a smile.

Luche had been so unsure about the apartment at first, the idea of so many people sharing a space was bound to cause issues, but he’d been wrong, so far there had been no problems, the people who could cook took it in turns to cook the evening meals, and if they needed help, others would step up, but there was never any arguments or shouting. Everyone offered to help Violet and Nyx with their son if he was crying, or they offered to babysit him, like Iris was doing now, just to give them an hour or 2 to themselves. The house work was everyone’s responsibility, you cleaned up after yourself, it was only fair, and everyone was responsible for their own belongings.

Luche sat down next to Iris and reached over to her nephew, who was laughing and clapping every time she bounced her knee, Luche tickled him under his chin and he squealed happily before he took hold of Luche’s finger and looked at him, he had the same rich amber eyes as his mother and aunt but he had his fathers hair colour; an unkempt tuft of slate grey hair covered the top of his head.

“You always grab my finger when I do that” Luche spoke to the baby boy, who cooed in response

“He likes you Luche” Iris said “isn’t that right!” She said and she gave her nephew a tickle, now that his attention was back on her she began pulling faces, making him laugh even more than before.

Luche leant back on the sofa and looked at the group, Titus, Lib and Crowe were working together in the kitchen and Cor and Pelna were joining them on the sofas now that their discussion was done, they had become a family over the year they’d been living together and although times were much harder now, Luche wouldn’t change it for anything

#blossom rambles #kingsglaive legends 2023 #day 2: AU #day 2: life after #ffxv #ffxv kingsglaive #luche lazarus #nyx ulric #libertus ostium #crowe altius #pelna khara #titus drautos #cor leonis #iris amicitia #oc x nyx ulric

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nyanykamito · 1 year

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I wanna blame @nemo-of-house-hamartia for this because cozy nyx is life

Nyx living his best life, he lives in a shared apartment with his roomies pelna, libertus, luche, and another guy. They have planned movie nights, video game nights and other events.

In their living room nyx has claimed a certain cozy chair and he always has a blanket folded in there incase he falls asleep there. His chair is his throne and castle and he’s had to kick a few people out of it. But he can’t dethrone Crowe and Selena because they have little sister rights.

On quite nights you can find Nyx curled up in his chair watching netflix and cuddled under his blankets. And on early mornings you ca find him there except he’s eating a bowl of cereal and watching cartoons.

early mornings he goes jogging with Cor and Gladio and in the afternoons he goes shopping I mean carrying bags with Crowe, selena, Iris, pelna, gladio and Libertus

in the evening he either goes to the bars or eats dinner with the fam, and he actually helps cook. Some nights in the outback they’ll have a few drinks, reminisce on the past and sit by the fire.

Just a normal happy day for the crew, nobody died everybody lived and Nyx still the hero of the glaives.

A very smexy hero of the glaives

Now if Nyx had a s/o 👀

Nyx would allow her to stay in his chair, but they’d have to share it. Nyx is totally the needy one in the relationship, and clingy in his own way.

Soft touches and kisses on her hands, forehead. Whenever their standing together somewhere he pulls her close and has his arm wrapped around her.

some part of him has to be touching he’s touch starved, the boys make jokes about him being twitter patted and he denies it to them. But when its just him and his s/o he can be vulnerable he can be soft, he can be weak for them.

He can admit that he wants and longs for her, she makes him feel superhuman when he’s able to come to her aid. He uses his warping abilities to show up at her apartment, he brings her lunch while she’s at work.

If s/o has a kid, Nyx has unofficially adopted them. He’ll pick them up from school, get them McDonalds. They go the arcade alot and the kid destroys Nyx, Noctis, prompto, Ignis and Gladio. Kid is god tier

Nyx takes the kid on warping trips and they travel around Insomia, but s/o doesn’t know about it.....yet.

When the kid calls Nyx dad for first time unprompted or tells Nyx they love him, Nyx almost cries. He didn’t think the kid saw him like that. Nyx is such a softy

Nyx pulled a few strings and go a tiny uniform for the kid too and fake blades, so for their next warp trip they’ll be ready for action.

If the kids a girl, nyx will do the whole dad thing. Painting nails he’s good at it, hair doing he’s good at it and dress up. He even does princess play, must be all those years of playing with his sister has paid off.

Nyx is also the one to get said kid out of trouble when they mess up...than nyx is in trouble. And only a romantic date can save him

#nyx ulric #ffxv au #nyx deserves to be happy and cozy #with his friends and family #square enix was reading the wrong story #that smile sends me to 0 everytime #i miss writing reader insert so much #i miss drawing cute ship art #uuggg time time time #ffxv

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amethysttail · 2 years

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Kingsglaive Legends Day 3: It’s a Secret

Entry 3 here!

Prompt: Security

Warning: Noncon drugging

Summary: Luche refuses to rest, stating that he must continue to work to ensure the safethy of the glaive. Pelna disagrees, and sees what he can do. A Khara never enters battle without a few tricks up their sleeve.

Pelna strode forward, eager for the weekend. True, it was only thursday, but it was almost here! His last duty of the day was to go through the latest mission report with Luche and then he could go home for the day. It was late enough already- the sun setting behind the castle walls. It was the perfect time for a walk. Or food. Or both!

Pelna knocked on the vice captain’s door, letting himself in when he heard the resulting call to come in. Luche propped his head up on his fist, looking at the young glaive expectantly over the mounds of paperwork already on the small desk. Pelna gave a low whistle at the sight. Luche huffed, rubbing his temples.

“That's a lot, Lazarus. Need some help?”

“Thank you, but no. I need to get this done before the next deployment or we will never get ahead.”

Pelna cocked his head, noting the absolute ghostly pallor of the vice captain and the dark circles hanging under his eyes.

“Are you sleeping ok?”

“None of your concern.” Luche snapped.

Pelna’s eyes widened and he wordlessly handed over the paperwork when Luche made grabby hands for it. Luche was never this twitchy. Something might be actually wrong, but Pelna was never going to get it out like this. Next plan.

“Hey. Is there anything I can help with? You know I’m here for you. We all are.”

Luche sighed, and only pointed at the door.

“Please? I'm a little worried.”

“...I appreciate your concern, but I am fine. Go home, Khara.”

“But the workload-”

“That is an ORDER, Khara.”

“But-!”

The smell of ozone and iron filled the air, static crackling at Luche’s fingertips.. Pelna was scared to see just how worked up the second had gotten himself. This must be far worse than it looked. Pelna hustled out, closing the door. There was only one thing to do in these circumstances. He pushed past Nyx, Crowe and Libertus as the last glaives left for the night. Pelna had a Furia to find.

Pelna knew where to look. Tredd lurked in his normal haunts- the guts of the Gahladian District and the edge of the abandoned part of the Industrial District. Pelna kept his wits about him- shady things happened here. Less in with the Galah, and more with the large, sturdy, concrete buildings that went largely unmonitored. Tredd stated that the best parties happened here. And yes, they did, Pelna had attended some. Other things happened here too. Scents of copper and sickly sweet things came up in odd places. It was not hard to imagine why. Pelna was about to turn back to the night market when something shifted slightly above him. The maze of pipes and supports for the city above hid many things. Pelna didn’t look, but let fire lick up his palms.

“Good instincts. Can’t believe you were raised by fisherman.” Tredd grinned in the dark, his red hair catching the light as he leaned forward.

“We still lived in the jungle like the rest of you. I didn’t just spend all day paddling along.” Pelna stated dryly.

“What brings you this way? Not like you to stray over here on a weeknight.”

“I need a favor. It's important.”

“Oh?”

Tredd landed in a crouch beside the young glaive. The Furia listened to what Pelna had to say.

“Will you help?”

“I will. Follow me.”

Tredd led the way through twisted and broken concrete, punctuated by rebar. Pelna doubted where they were going, and if it would actually help, but did not doubt his guide. The Furia stopped and pointed up- two quick warps across a shabby balcony and a steel strut would have them alongside one of the Galah District alleys. Pelna grinned, and two flashes later they were up.

“Go home. Get some rest. I have hunting to do.” Tredd smirked, mussing up Pelna’s hair. The glaive batted his hands away, laughing. Tredd winked, and disappeared into the crowd of people still working and living within the night market.

Pelna turned on heel as he entered the night market himself. Tredd was a good plan. However, a Khara never entered battle without some tricks up his sleeve. He had some shopping to do.

The next day Pelna entered the glaive quarters expecting Tredd to have at least convinced Luche to take the day off. But no. Pelna entered to absolute bedlam. Tredd and Luche were going at it rather viciously.

"Your health is more important!"

"The fuck it is! My work keeps you idiots alive!"

Pelna hurried over into the kitchenette and got hot water going in the coffee maker. The next plan had to work, lest these two actually tried to tear eachother apart. The young glaive frantically made tea, hoping a distraction would calm them down.

The herbs steeped enough just as the snarls from the next room were getting bloodthirsty.

"ENOUGH!"

Luche and Tredd startled at the roar long enough for the younger glaive to charge in, set teacups down and get up in their faces.

"Sit down and drink this six-dammed tea before I fry every circuit in this room and blame you two for the damages!"

Scoffs turned to wide eyes as Pelna snarled and let lightning lick dangerously down his palms. A full blast would indeed fry every inch of wiring in the common room, as well as the ventilation and plumbing in the walls as well.

Tredd threw his hands up and nabbed a cup, slamming the tea back like a shot. The readhead sneered as he took a seat on one of the battered sofas.

Luche took his cup gingerly, sipping lightly. Watching Pelna and Tredd with hard eyes.

"Luche. You are pushing yourself past healthy limits." Pelna growled lowly.

"None of your fucking concern-" the blonde tried to retort, but was cut off by Tredd slouching into Luche's side.

"Get off me you insubordinate-

"No..gotta take care of you..cuz you take care of us.." Tredd murmured, resting more weight into the vice captain.

"More than that! You deserve care too. Not just because you care for the rest of us. You need it too."

Luche stopped to process the words. Tredd laid his head on Luche's shoulder, heave and warm.

"Maybe I could take a break..for you two."

"Good. You are about to." Pelna smirked.

Luche raised an eyebrow, but stopped when a ginormous yawn forced his eyes shut.

"What was in that tea..?" Luche stretched, noticing that Tredd had gone slack against him.

"It's a secret."

Luche struggled to keep his eyes open, and failed. Pelna's smirk grew as he watched the vice captain go limp and sagged back into the sofa.

Axis and Sonitus walked in to see Pelna carefully throwing a blanket over Tredd and Luche, dead asleep on a Friday morning.

"What happened?"

"It's a secret."

Axis raised an eyebrow. Sonitus picked up a cup and sniffed it. Sonitus's eyes widened.

"Is the secret sleeping herbs?"

"Yes. The secret is sleeping herbs."

#kglegends22 #KINGSGLAIVE #ffxv #pelna khara #luche lazarus #tredd furia #sonitus bellum #axis arra #nyx ulric #libertus ostium #crowe altius #Khara clan mischief

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grumpyarcherkitten · 23 days

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Writing Meme: First Line Patterns

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (or however many you have) posted fics and see if there's a pattern! I am only doing two chapters of Built to Fall Apart because otherwise, this will be half that fic lol.

Thanks to @awlwren-writes for tagging me!

Zack still remembered how he laughed, how his pout looked when he was confused, and how he liked his hotdogs. (Built to Fall Apart ch 1.)

When Cloud agreed to let Zack spend the day unsupervised with Logan he gave him three rules. (Built to Fall Apart ch4)

“Bro, I am sick and fucking tired of always having to clean up after this sick fuck,” Reno muttered into his comm as he rode the elevator to Hojo’s private Labs. (Cracks of Light)

Regis wasn’t focused on the meeting around him. (Long Story Short, I survived ch 1)

Titus knew it was his own fault. (How to Parent a Glaive)

‘ Too fucking cold,’ Nyx thought as he shoved his hands deeper into his hoodie pockets and hustled down the street. (Diamonds in the Sky)

Titus looked over at the sleeping body next to him and sighed heavily. (Swaying as the Room Burned Down)

Nyx Axis Tredd Pelna Libertus Luche Crowe Sonitus remembers the day it happened. (Lichtenberg Figures)

“Hey, Dad,” Noctis sounded anxious about something even through the phone Regis could tell. (It's a scene and we're out here in plain sight ch 3)

When Titus defected, he never thought this would be an issue he would have to deal with. (Love, War, and Sacrifice)

I don't really see any patterns apart form I seem to like starting fics with character names upfront and center lmao.

Tagging: whoever wants to do this!

#my writing

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blackkatmagic · 2 years

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I??? am ready to cri?? real tears, I just watched kingsglaive and? nyx sitting down calmly and turning his face up to the sun???? I have so many feelings but for now I'm just gonna go re read hearth and home. BUT before I go. lunafreya? precious badass baby girl? no training, no fear, no hesitation. deadass lured a man into burning alive and she felt bad but didn't let even her own compassion keep her from acting for the future. crowe, who deserved so much better than she got? libertus? pelna?

The clone squads don’t come back.

Nyx lies awake in the dark room, arms folded behind his head, and listens to the thunder of the rain on the roof, the intermittent, barely-audible hum of bombers and other ships passing overhead. It’s getting light, closing in on morning, and nights here feel longer than he’s used to, but there's still no sign of Ahsoka or her squad. No sign of Skywalker, either, and he’d mentioned something about the storm knocking out communication, which just makes Nyx feel even more restless.

Rolling over, Nyx checks that Lunafreya's still sleeping peacefully on the other bedroll, then checks for any noise upstairs, but Syllif and Lux are still asleep. The cantina only officially closed a few hours ago, not that any patrons even tried to stick their noses across the threshold, and the whole town is eerily quiet beneath the barrier.

Lunafreya’s breathing is the only sound in the room, and Nyx lies still for a long moment, listening. She seems younger when she’s asleep, with her hair loose and the blankets sliding down off her shoulders. A mismatched pair of boots that Syllif had apologized for but Lunafreya had been delighted by sit near her head, and she has one hand resting on her trident, the other tucked beneath her cheek. Sweet, Nyx would think, except she survived a full year trekking across Lucis on her own, with Niflheim and even her own brother hunting her. Except that she tricked Luche into putting on the ring, knowing full well that it would kill him, and then pulled the ring off his corpse’s hand and ran.

She’ll survive, Nyx thinks. She’ll survive, and he’ll make sure of it. This universe is huge, and has its own future, and this time, they can see it. Lunafreya doesn’t have a destiny, and Nyx doesn’t have a duty, and neither of them had fought against the weight on them on Eos, but being without it…it’s not a bad thing.

Nyx still wants to help, though.

With a muffled groan at himself, Nyx pulls his pillow down over his head, breathes into the press of it for a minute, and then pushes it away, sitting up. His boots are next to his bed, and he grabs them, pulls them on and reaches for his coat, dragging it on and doing up the buckles before he can second-guess himself. This part, at least, doesn’t take much thought, and he gets gloves, belts, and holsters on, then pauses.

Lunafreya's still asleep, unmoving, and Nyx takes a breath, reaches down, and tugs her blankets up over her shoulders. Thinks, again, of trying to leave some sort of barrier of his own up, but—Lunafreya can defend herself. She’s the furthest thing from helpless, and she doesn’t need him right now.

If the clones are out there hunting down assassin droids, they probably do.

#hearth and home #kat answers

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noirbriar · 2 years

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FFXV AU: The Little Things

In which the young glaives all share 1 braincell with an overactive imagination during down time and ends up with a beautiful misunderstanding. Please note that they are also, unreliable narrators.

Borderline OOC crack because this group is wild like that and I needed something stupid, hence this ficlet.I’m going to go back into my hiding hole now.

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“I’ve figured it out.”

“What?”

“You are dating a criminal.”

Nyx spits out his beer, and glares at Libertus,“ What- Libs?!”

“Its either that or you became a sugar baby.” Libertus declares darkly.These are the things you never wish to tear out of your childhood friend. However, considering all the meagre bits that Libertus can squeeze out of Nyx, it was the only logical conclusion he could get.

Nyx Ulric stares at his old friend and comrade dumbly like he’s stupid.

Here in their quiet corner at Yamachang’s, the crew of four are decompressing after yet another deployment. The Galahdian owner himself too busy yelling at his neighbouring vendor for tripping his power cable, again.

“Huh.That sounds retarded but kinda makes sense. ” Crowe wonders aloud blinks with a brow raised at Nyx, who is blinking at Libertus’ outrageous declaration stupidly. Her interest peaked, before taking out her cell and typing in something. Pelna though, has blanked out completely.

“What are you doing?” Libertus turns to her and peers over her shoulder. “The hell!? Crowe!”

“Moogling how to get him a fake passport and ID out. Lestallum sounds safe. Or maybe we should get plastic sur-“

“No! We’re not doing that! We’re Glaives and thats illegal!” Libertus snaps and slaps down the young mage’s phone on the table,“I just want to tell you, I’ve connected the dots anyway-” The bigger Galahdian replies blandly.

“You’ve connected shit. What are you idiots up to?” Luche calls out as he joins the crew along with a couple of other Glaives in tow.

“We’re talking about our Hero’s mysterious lover.” Pelna starts. A few whistles and laughter rose at that.

“And we also think that he’s dating a criminal.”

Silence drops before chaos breaks out amongst the platoon.

“Just-hold on! How did we even get to this conclusion?!” Nyx yells at the group who starts up a heated debate.

“Okay, hear me out. So-“ Libertus pauses for a swig, “You only told us that he’s a dude, earns enough, their job makes them travel, a rather good fighter and quite a looker and YES. I . Know. Your standards. AND! We know he might have killed a man or two. So, you put A and B, you get a damn criminal-”

“You get shit! When did you see him kill someone huh!?” Nyx jabs a pointy skewer violently over, which Libertus simply shoves away.

“He’s not denying he CAN kill!” Someone shouts from the back, earning them a finger from Nyx.

“You got us all drinks when we went to the new club! The hostess came to you and went all ‘Hey handsome! Courtesy of your sweetheart’! And you took it with thanks! Like, you knew all along we had free drinks coming!”

“Weren’t you drunk on the floor by then? Also, I’m not going to be turning down free shots even if they are from someone else!”

“Didn’t the same hostess tell us not to take both trays, said the other one was for the VIP table next door and its spiked, and we all laughed?” Minos, one of Nyx’s fellow kinsmen, mutters wryly and receives sudden attention from the Glaives who fall silent once more.

“Oh so Nyx’s sugar daddy was the one who bought us drinks?” A new glaive, pipes up while munching on a cracker.

“Thats it?! Thats your takeaway from all this? Not the fact that Nyx’s sugar daddy bought us Glaives shots and poisoned the civvies next door?” Kaia, one of the Galahdian ladies, barks grimly.

“What?!” Now even Luche looks constipated, and Luche doesn’t give a shit about anything outside of work.

“Will you please stop calling him that?! We both share the expenses!” Nyx groans, mentally exhausted with this lot who are all ignoring him in favour of something juicier.

“I’m was going to take a piss and saw some of the VIPs next table. Then I saw some were on News at 9 the next day, said that their death is still pending investigation. I checked. Its some rich bloke and a private banker involved in some money laundering thing and stuff awhile ago. ” Minos finally lays out his findings to his audience.

“C-Could it be just a coincidence?” Pelna, ever the optimist.

“See! Criminal! You can’t tell me all this secrecy is normal!” Libertus exclaims helplessly.“Then that one place you went for a date-“

“I knew it! So you lot really were the ones that stalked me then?! Ifrit’s bloody dick, what the fuck is friendship even at this point?!” Nyx throws his hand up in frustration and glares at his platoon.

“We were worried, dumbass.” Crowe rolls her eyes and sips her soda. “Though I have to admit, you managed to shake us off every time. Can’t even even track your partner either, like he’s never there whenever we tried to stake him out. Impressive.”

“That’s not the point! The point is that we found out that area you went for your date down by South Gate is run by Lucian gang members. Legit, proper, fucking, gangsters who doesn’t give a shit about the law! You had told us that your boyfriend said it was a place run by a ‘family friend’!” Libertus yells, earning them another round of roars from their comrades.

“It was! And the food is actually good!” Nyx tries retort but the Glaives are not having it.

“You don’t just simply vanish from a Kingsglaive! Or get connections like that! Libs is right! I bet he is a gang leader!” one of the glaives yells.

“Am I the only one paying attention to the fact its a restaurant run by a gangster?” Pelna mutters dryly to Crowe beside him.

“The people there have mad tats tho. Gotta say I like the fancy design they got going-”

“Crowe. Please.”

“ALRIGHT! That’s it. Either I’m leaving or I get wasted, I should not be sober for this shit.” Luche grumbles like the wet blanket he is and turns to help himself to a crate of beer from the back of the stall along with a couple of fellow Galahdians.”I don’t care who you’re fucking, Ulric! As long as it doesn’t become a problem for us or affects you out there on the field!”

The rest of the group turns to Nyx.

“What can I say? I like to live dangerously on the edge.”Nyx deadpans back as a retort, knowing he cannot argue back at these group of morons anymore at this point.

“I don’t think I want to know more really. In case I do get arrested, so I can legitimately tell them I know nothing.” Pelna finally gathers what sanity he has left hanging at long last and shakes his head. A few Glaives grunt in agreement, considering their status as refugees working in a less than welcoming city, before heading up to get their order from Yamachang.

“Let’s be real, even if he is a criminal, Nyx is a big boy, he probably can stab him first before anything happens.” Crowe tries to convince them as they began to settle down and dig into their supper instead. “Also, I’m gonna have to see how we can get you a fake ID, lover boy. You caught yourself in a mess, so just be careful, yeah? Even if we can’t kill him, I can help you have a Plan B.”

“Wow. Comforting.” Nyx replies dryly.

“You make your own choices but do look after yourself, my brother, please. Though I will admit, you look happier since you started dating. Don’t get hurt, if not, we really are going to go rogue and find a place to bury the guy.” Libertus sighs heavily, swinging an arm around his old friend.

“Thanks. Love you assholes.” Nyx huffs while the gang starts becoming rowdy once more.

“Love you too, Hero.”

——

Nyx finally arrives home at ass o clock, but not really all that wasted. Not after lugging Libertus’ whole ass back to his own apartment, which was enough to sober him up throughly. The young soldier heads up the stairs, careful not to make a noise. He stops by Prompto’s room and checks on the little one, tucking in carefully his chocobo duvet before heading back to the bedroom. He takes a shower and notices the fresh pair of his sleeping pants left by the side of the bath. Nyx smiles and puts it on, before tossing the towel over into the laundry basket. He would get to it tomorrow on his rest day.

Nyx switches off the audio system playing softly and wriggles in under the covers, squirming into his sleeping boyfriend’s hold. Cor gives an annoyed grunt and holds down the restless Galahdian trying to burrow a hole into his shoulder. Nyx finally stops once he is comfortable.

“Cor?”

“Mmngn.”

“Love you. Even if you are a criminal.”

“…I- What?”

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Extra:

A quiet Crowe, a dissociating Pelna and a nervous Libertus dressed in plains clothes sits on the cushions in a fancy restaurant, feeling exceptionally out of place. The private room decorated in fine pinewood and foreign paintings on its doors. The bamboo in the garden fills the place with a peaceful sound. Yet neither of the Glaives are feeling the zen. Each staring at their hands silently until a stoic lady hands a menu to their host while a waitress serves up some refreshments. The intricate and colourful tattoos visible from the collar and sleeves of the lady’s elegant garbs when she leaves the room. The trio tries their best to refrain from staring at the supposedly high ranking member of the Lucian underground society.

“You may find grilled eel decent, Nyx seems to enjoy it. I personally would recommend bluefin tuna.” The Marshal remarks, glancing at the paper with the seasonal menu of the day quietly. Before he takes the bottle and pours out some for his fellow guests, but pauses to give the underage mage a sparkling juice instead.

“Y-yes sir. Um,” Libertus starts uncomfortably. Out of all the people, of course Nyx just had to go big and date the Immortal, their superior officer and the Lion of Lucis. He’s a Ulric, and they do nothing in halves. “May I ask why…?”

“We did skip a lot of the usual traditions in a marriage, in both Lucian and Galahdian. It matters little to me, but Nyx takes family very seriously, and you three are the closest to that for him. It won’t do for him to miss out on a proper family dinner in your customs. Especially now that you know about our relationship and Prompto.” Cor explains, his arms crossed over his chest once he hands them a delicate cup each.

“I-I see.” Libertus mummers softly, as he remembers that the chocobo chick they have adopted into their community is actually a Leonis. Though he is also somewhat surprised and glad to see a Lucian taking care to note of their Galahdian traditions. They pick up the offered refreshment with a bit more ease now.

“This way at least his own kinsmen will not think he has gone on to elope with a criminal either.”

The Glaives chokes on their sake just as Nyx arrives in casually with young bubbly Prompto bouncing by his side, oblivious to the prior tension in the room.

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A/N: Cor is just being a lil shit here, messing with his ‘in-laws’. While trying to observe both Lucian and Galahdian customs that he vaguely, somewhat, remembers. Does Cor really know the yakuza? Can the glaives outwit the Marshal? I leave what exactly happened in this fic up to your interpretation.

#ffxv #ffxv au #kingsglaive #final fantasy xv #nyx ulric #crowe altius #libertus ostium #pelna khara #luche lazarus #the galahdian glaives are back!#they are in their early twenties or younger here #unrealiable narrators #cor and prompto towards the end #cornyx #the lion the coeurl and the cub

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nothing-but-dreamy · 3 years

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Pairing: FFXV! NYX ULRIC x GENDER NEUTRAL!READER

Words: 2.593

Warnings: none;

Summary: Every day, you bring something to eat and drink to work with a small name tag around your bottle. And some day, the first, mysterious note appears on the backside of your tag.

You loved coffee. Like, you needed the black, caffeine liquid as your lungs needed oxygen to work properly. And because summer started in Insomnia with warm temperatures, you prepared a nice, delicious ice cold coffee for a fresh kick during your shift as a member of the Kingsglaive.

It was a favored tradition that you and your friends spent the meal time together. Four days in a week, everyone brought something as their lunch and the fifth day was reserved for Yamachang's traditional Ghaladian food.

So, one random day, Nyx, Crowe, Libertus, Pelna and Luche already sat at the typical table while you were on your way over to them, a sandwich in one hand, the coffee with your name tag in the other.

"What's that?", Libertus asked amusedly, pointing at the glass bottle with the tag dangling around the opener.

"It's coffee. Iced coffee. I made it at home.", you answered.

Libertus frowned, "But you just could buy one from the vendor."

You nodded, biting into your sandwich, "I could. But I hate to produce unnecessary trash. And these coffees also contain a bunch of sugar. This here doesn't. It's just coffee and milk.", you explained while munching, looking proudly at your little bottle.

"And a name tag.", Crowe said amused, pointing at the small piece of paper, fixed with a ribbon on the bottle-neck.

"Yeah, to make sure that none of you take away my little bit of extra energy I need to have to keep up with all your bullshit.", you said with a smirk, looking closely at Libertus, Nyx and Pelna who all three looked innocently before all of them grinned knowingly.

One week later, your self-made ice coffee was routine. Even like a tradition. A daily sight on the table you shared with your friends for break. You drank the coffee, playing with the tag you could use the next day again while talking with Pelna as Crowe nudged you, "Hey, the backside is already scribbled with something."

"What? What are you talking about? No, it's n-", but as you looked at the paper's backside, there was indeed something written on it. Now, you even noticed that the ribbon's knot was different from yours.

Keep smiling - it's sweet

You had no idea whose handwriting it was - Glaives didn't have to write down many things during the day, "Very funny, guys! So, who did that?", you asked with a smirk.

"Why do you think one of us had done it?", Pelna asked as you looked at him, Libertus and Nyx but not at Crowe.

"Who else shall have done this then?", you asked challengingly, leaning back in your chair with crossed arms.

Pelna was about to answer but Libertus was much quicker, "A worshiper!", he called out and snapped his fingers about his smart idea.

You looked sceptical, "A worshiper? Here? One of our colleagues?", you said, looking helpfully at Nyx who just shrugged his shoulders.

Crowe chuckled, "Why not? You're sweet. I'm sure there are a few who would like to have a date with you.", she said teasingly.

You scoffed and rolled with your eyes but for a split second your eyes met Nyx' again and you weren't so sure what you had seen in his blue orbs. But before you could dwell on it, the impression was already gone again and Crowe nudged your shoulder, "Don't you dare to downplay yourself. But if you want, I can ask around who wrote this-"

"No! I mean… I'm sure it was just a one time thing. A joke. So, no need to alarm anyone.", you said with a smile. Once again, you looked at the neat handwriting and the sweet words. There was no denial that you felt a bit flattered about these few words.

Like a running gag, the notes appeared on an almost daily basis. Every other day, something got written on the backside of your name tag and all your friends were eager to know what it was. The second note said:

Your hair looks nice today

"Therefore, it has to be someone who has seen you today.", Libertus pointed out.

You chuckled while Crowe rolled with her eyes, "Yes, genius. But I was with YN the whole day. We met a lot of people. It could have been everyone."

"Not quite.", Pelna said, "This person also has to know that YN puts their coffee into the fridge."

Crowe sighed, "Yes, right. But they bring the coffee every day. And the notes started only after what? Two weeks after their first coffee? Therefore, it could be anyone who knows about their habit. It’s not really a secret that they do it."

"So, we're at square one again in this investigation?", Libertus asked, disappointed.

You laughed, "Investigation? These notes aren't part of any investigation. They're just cute.", you said softly, looking down at the newest note.

On the one hand, you wanted to know who this hidden admirer was but on the other hand, you liked these small compliments. They were innocent and attentive. Whoever wrote these seemed to be interested enough in you to try to make an effort to impress you.

Once again, the others were guessing who was behind the notes. Everyone except Nyx. As you looked up, your eyes met his glance and once again, you thought you would see something in his eyes. It was the same thing you had seen after the first note. And one more time, you had no idea what it was.

Was Nyx trying to tell you something? And even if...what would it be?

"Isn't that an idea? YN, hey! Are you listening?", Libertus said and drew your attention away from Nyx.

"Wh-what? Sorry, what have you said?", you asked, looking at Nyx one more time but he just stood up and left the round.

"You could stay guard next time you put the coffee into the fridge.", Libertus explained.

"Standing guard? And then what? I'm sure, the day I wait somewhere no one will come to write anything on it.", you explained.

"So, what? You just wanna do nothing?", Crowe asked, leaning back in her chair.

"Well, for now, I'll just enjoy these small appreciations."

I like it when you laugh

Your eyes are the brightest

Never stop being caring

When I see you, I'm happy

When you smile, the world smiles

Three weeks had passed since the first note and you still had no idea who wrote them. You kept all of them because every little one was cute and charming and by now, you really wanted to know who this hidden admirer was.

The others already became a bit bored because no matter what idea they suggested to find the person, you denied everything. You wanted to keep the harmless thrill. You wanted to keep the anticipation of what message would come next.

And then, one afternoon, as you took your iced coffee with the tag, you turned it around to find a new note. But the words on it let you freeze. Your blood ran hot and cold in your veins and that you stayed motionless caught the attention of Crowe and Pelna.

"A new note?", Pelna asked as he saw you staring at the little piece of paper between your fingers.

"What does it say this time?", Crowe asked overexcited as she leant over your shoulder to read it.

"It's the name of a bar and a time. For...tonight.", you answered with a low voice.

"It's a date! Crazy.", Libertus called out while munching his sandwich.

"You wanna go?", Crowe asked, half concerned and half already pushing you to pick out some outfit.

You looked at her, shrugging your shoulders, "Sure... I mean, why not? It's someone from here. A colleague. So what should happen?"

Later that day, you went to the bar of the little note with nervousness shaking your body. You expected everything and nothing. What if it is Furia who waited there?, you asked yourself with mixed feelings.

What if it is Drautos?, you asked yourself shocked in fear it really could be your Captain. Recently, he had started to be more friendly to you than ever before. So, either it was a sign for you to die soon or he was liking you-

You stopped surprised as you saw Nyx leaning against the handrail from the bar's balcony where the meeting point was, "Nyx? What...what are you doing here?", you asked, confused why your friend had come as well.

By the sound of your voice, Nyx got startled but turned around. He saw your expression and felt a thick lump building in his throat, "Hey... uhm... Actually-"

You stepped forward, stopping him mid-sentence, "Nevermind! You have to leave! Quick!"

"What? Why?", Nyx asked, not getting the point.

"Because of this admirer? The notes? Come on, Nyx! You were there all the time. You knew that I would come here tonight. So, please, go before whoever it is sees you.", you demanded. How was it possible that Nyx, who was always the smart one of the group, was now this slow-witted?

"But... But it was me. I wrote these notes.", Nyx admitted finally and swallowed as he saw your blank expression.

You blinked several times before you started to laugh out loud that even tears were running down your cheeks. As you needed fresh air, you turned away to catch a breath, stemming the fists into your sides, "Funny joke, Ulric. Really."

"I'm not joking, YN. It was me all the time.", Nyx tried it again and felt fear creeping up his neck. The whole situation wasn't as he had imagined. Nothing of that was what he had expected and in fact, it was even worse than his darkest fears.

You froze in your moves. As you turned slowly around, you saw Nyx' insecure expression and how he had buried his hands deep into the pockets of his pants. A sight you never had seen before. Nyx Ulric never had been insecure or intimidated before. Slowly and with shaking knees, you closed up on him, "Y-you're not joking?"

Nyx just shook his head. He wasn't even able to bring out one single word.

"Are you kidding me...", you breathed in shock as everything sank into your mind finally. All the glances, all the things you had seen in his eyes made sense now.

Nyx stayed silent. Even if he could, he had no idea what he should say. His throat was tied up, his mouth felt dry and all in all, he feared what would happen if he would start to speak at all.

As you saw the tough soldier and your best friend like this, the truth dawned on you, "Y-you really wrote the notes...", you stated, knowing the answer already.

"Yes.", Nyx admitted with a soft nod. He even showed you an insecure, soft smile. Driven by the urge to be closer, he stepped forward but you stepped back and he stopped once again giving you all the room you might need.

"You made fun of me...", you whispered as you stared at Nyx. Humiliation took control over you as the last three weeks got recalled in your mind.

"No! I-", Nyx hurried to say in fear as he saw your glance but you stopped him once again.

"Just you or also the others? Did they knew it all the time?", you asked. Alone the thought that everyone around you knew what was going on except you gave you the wish to die on the spot.

"No. Of course, not.", Nyx tried it again and stepped forward.

"So what? You wanted to have a bit of fun? I- I can't believe that.", you hissed angrily. The only thing you wanted was to leave right away. Maybe you even would leave Insomnia. You had heard Lestallum would be nice at such a time.

In shock, Nyx watched you retreating and followed you quickly, stopping you before you could disappear in the bar. You freed yourself from his grip and stared at him with anger in your eyes. Nyx sighed because this was all a mess and it was his own fault, "Please, let me explain.", he asked, in hope you would hear him out.

"I'm listening but I would hurry if I were you.", you said with a sullen expression while crossing your arms over your chest.

"Alright, alright. Yeah, at first it was a joke. I mean, the note was harmless. It should make you smile. A-and I really thought you would recognize my handwriting. Then, the second and third note? I tried to test if you already knew it was me and that you just played along. But quickly, I realized that you really had no clue. I wanted to stop but...", Nyx paused to find the right words while he raked his fingers through his hair.

"But what, Nyx? Was it fun to see me clueless all the time?", you asked to help him being honest with you.

"Not funny. Rather...cute.", Nyx whispered and showed you a shy smile. Carefully, he looked at you and waited for your reaction. But you just looked dumbfounded at him, which caused Nyx to relax as he saw that you calmed down and stayed, "Listen, YN... I'm sorry. Really. But as I said, I thought you would know that it was me. As I noticed that you didn't, it was already too late for me to stop because it was so wonderful to watch you getting all excited. You were smiling, you were happy and you had so much fun. I... I didn't mean to destroy that but it was clear that the notes had to stop one day. So, I came up with the date idea. Please, don't be too mad. I didn't mean to hurt you."

"So, you continued this because...", you asked, trying to figure out Nyx' motives behind all this. In the end, he should just have stopped with it.

"Because I like you. I... Well... of course, I already liked you before. We're friends. But then, I- I was falling for you and the way how happy my notes made you. I just ... I couldn't find the courage to speak up. I wanted to ask you out but each time I… well...", Nyx admitted shyly.

You blinked several times by this revelation and how insecure Nyx seemed to be because of your reaction, "You... Nyx...", you sighed softly, all the anger already gone. Slowly, you closed the distance, searching his eyes, "I... I had no idea. But you know what? I would love to go out with you."

Nyx' head shot up and as he looked at you, he got greeted by your sparkling eyes and a lovely, warm smile, "Really? Y-you really wanna go out with me? Even after all these ... Even after this trickery?"

"Mostly because of that. No one had ever made such an effort to gain my attention. And I really started to like the unknown writer. And you... from all the possibilities who could be behind these notes? I'm very happy that it's you, Nyx. So, where we are here right now... What do you think? Shall we date?"

"Now?", Nyx asked, surprised. It was the last thing he had expected to happen after this horrible situation.

"Sure. Why not? I came here for a date, so let's date.", you said joyfully.

Nyx grinned from ear to ear, holding out his arm so you could link your own with him, "Then, let us date."

#final fantasy nyx ulric #kingsglaive nyx #nyx ulric #nyx ulric x male reader #nyx ulric x reader #nyx ulric x female reader #kingsglaive #final fantasy kingsglaive #ffxv #ffxv kingsglaive

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whumpwriterforlife · 2 years

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Febuwhump 2022, Blood Loss - Summary:

Pelna thrust his elbow back, and as the man loosened his grip with a pained groan, he tightened his grip on the arm and leaned down, throwing the man over his hip on top of the second guy. A shuffling sound had him pivoting on his feet to come face to face with the man that had attacked Nyx. Behind him, Nyx was slowly sliding down the wall, dark liquid coating his hands. Ice cold dread filled Pelna’s veins. “Nyx!”

Read on ao3 or below the cut

“Ready for the night?” Nyx asked with a wide grin as he jumped down the last couple of steps onto the pavement. He was bouncing on the balls of his feet in excitement.

Pelna shook his head with an amused huff as he gave his friend a gentle shove to get him to move. “What’s got you so excited?”

“The time off,” Nyx told him with a wink.

“I thought you were suspended.” Pelna gave him an incredulous look but was unable to keep the smile off his face at Nyx’s overly excited antics. “I don’t think you’re supposed to be happy about it.”

Nyx shrugged as he shoved his hands into his pockets. “We all know I did the right thing out there — well everyone except Drautos that is. Without me both Tredd and Axis would be dead.”

“Yeah.” Pelna grimaced. He would rather not think about that disaster of a deployment. So many glaives had been injured, and it was a miracle no one had died. A Nyx-shaped miracle. They all knew the suspension was nothing but a way for Drautos to get back at Nyx for going against his orders. Yeah, Nyx could most definitely use some more self-preservation, but he had saved lives that day. There was little reason to suspend him like that. At least Nyx himself didn’t seem to be too bothered by it.

Nyx clapped him on the shoulder and skipped a few steps ahead. “Come on, this is supposed to be a night for celebration! Wipe that look off your face!”

“I still don’t know what you guys have planned.”

“It’s a secret.” Nyx winked at him. “There’s a good chance karaoke will be involved.”

Pelna groaned. “Didn’t you learn anything from the last time? Is Tredd going to be there?”

“Of course he is, everyone is! Crowe is going to force Luche to come there as well.”

“There won’t be a mechanic garula in there, will there?” Pelna asked, eyes narrowed. Nyx grinned and that told Pelna all he needed to know. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. “That is not going to end well.”

“Why so pessimistic?” Nyx demanded with an easy smile.

Pelna gave him a suspicious look. “Last time you guys obliterated the place and we had to pay damages for months.”

“Hey, I was not involved in that!”

“You were there cheering everyone else on.”

Nyx whirled around to face him and pointed a finger at him. “That doesn’t count.”

Pelna snorted a laugh. “Sure, Hero, if you say so.”

“I do say so,” Nyx said.

Pelna was about to tell him to turn back around and look where he was going, but just then a group of three men emerged from the alley next to them. Nyx collided with one of them and had to grab him by the arm to keep himself upright. “Shit! I’m sorry, I wasn’t—”

“You should look where you’re going!” the man growled and grabbed Nyx by the lapels to slam him against the wall.

“Hey!” Pelna exclaimed, alarmed as he stepped forward. “It was an accident, let’s just take all take a deep breath and—”

Another man threw a punch at him. Pelna sidestepped and caught the hand before twisting it behind the man’s back by using his momentum to his advantage. He shoved him back to his friends. “Take it easy, alright? We’re not here to cause any trouble. Let my friend go and we’ll be out of your hair.”

Nyx, for his part, was trying to de-escalate the situation as well and had his hands up at his sides in a placating gesture even as the first man had him pinned to the brick wall. “He’s right, it was just an accident.”

The man moved faster than Pelna could react. There was a glint of metal and then Nyx jerked and let out a strangled groan.

“Nyx!” Pelna’s eyes widened with alarm and he surged forward, only for the two other men to come at him. The first of them threw a punch at him, but Pelna grabbed him by the wrist and threw him against the wall. The second tackled him to the ground with arms around his midsection. Pelna grunted as he hit the ground, his head bouncing off the unforgiving pavement, but he didn’t stay down. He thrust his hips up and twisted, reversing their positions and following it with a punch to the face. The man howled in pain as blood spurted from his nose.

Suddenly there was an arm around Pelna’s neck and he was dragged up. He swore and instinctively squashed down the magic response. These guys were idiots but they didn’t deserve to be fried with magic over this — or, if Pelna was being honest, he didn’t deserve the paperwork that came with it.

He thrust his elbow back, and as the man loosened his grip with a pained groan, Pelna tightened his grip on the arm and leaned down, throwing the man over his hip on top of the second guy. A shuffling sound had him pivoting on his feet to come face to face with the man that had attacked Nyx. Behind him, Nyx was slowly sliding down the wall, dark liquid coating his hands. Ice cold dread filled Pelna’s veins.

“Nyx!”

Pelna pushed past the man and dropped down on his knees next to Nyx. There was a growing dark patch on his abdomen, and Pelna swore as he clamped his hands down over the wound. Nyx cried out, his back arching. The men seemed to wisen up at this point and ran off without a word. Pelna couldn’t care less about them, not when Nyx was gasping and writhing under his hands.

“Stay with me, Nyx,” Pelna told him breathlessly and pressed down harder. “Someone call an ambulance!”

“Pel—” Nyx gasped, eyes screwed tightly shut as his voice broke and spiraled into pained whimpers and groans. Pelna didn’t let up the pressure, arms straight and strained as he tried to stop the bleeding. “Hur’s.”

“I know, Hero, I know,” Pelna hushed him. “Open your eyes, okay? Help is on the way, you just need to stay awake now.”

Nyx whined, head tossing from side to side. Pelna bit his lip and shifted in place to cup Nyx’s face with one hand. His skin was cold and clammy which Pelna knew wasn’t a good sign. His thumb left a smear of blood behind as he brushed it over his cheekbone and he grimaced. “Hey, stop that. Let me see those blue eyes of yours. Open them.”

There was the sound of sirens in the distance and Pelna breathed a sigh of relief. Someone must have called the emergency number earlier when the fight had still been going.

“Hear that, Nyx? Help is almost here.”

Nyx’s eyes blinked open, bleary and unfocused as he sought out Pelna. The amount of pain those eyes held broke Pelna’s heart. “‘m s’ry. D’in mean—”

Pelna shook his head sharply. “Unless you orchestrated for yourself to get stabbed tonight, you’ve got no reason to be sorry.”

Nyx made a small, pained gasp and closed his eyes again, feet scraping the ground restlessly, looking for purchase. Pelna willed for the ambulance to get there faster. Nyx had lost so much blood already and his skin was starting to turn ashen. They were running out of time. If only Crowe was here instead of him, she at least knew a tiny bit about healing magic.

“Hang on, Nyx, just a little while longer.”

Nyx did, barely. The ambulance — accompanied by a police car — arrived a minute later. Pelna was reluctant to let go of Nyx as the paramedics took over, even when he knew they were much better equipped to help him than he was. The cops pulled him aside to question him, but from there on everything became a blur as he tried to answer the questions while the paramedics prepared Nyx and loaded him into the ambulance. He wasn’t allowed to ride with them because of Nyx’s serious condition but, for the first and probably last time, the cops seemed to take pity on him and drove him to the hospital right behind them.

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Nyx breathed out long and steady. His eyes were screwed tightly shut, a faint grimace on his face as he tried to shift into a better position.

“You know, the bed is electric and comes with a remote control,” a dry, faintly disappointed voice to his left said.

Nyx stopped and opened his eyes to slits. “Crowe?”

“Yup,” Crowe said, popping the ‘p’. Nyx tilted his head towards her and saw her curled in a blanket in the armchair next to his bed. “You also didn’t have to get yourself stabbed to get out of the bonding night.”

“I’ll keep that in mind for the next time,” Nyx told her with a huff. It hadn’t exactly been his plan to get stabbed. He had a curious dislike for having foreign sharp objects inside his body. He dropped his head back into the pillow. “Is Pelna okay?”

“Look to your other side.”

Nyx really didn’t have the energy to, but he slowly turned his head to the right. On the other armchair was Pelna, fast asleep with at least two blankets on him. With a frown he looked down at his lap. One blanket. He turned back towards Crowe. “Why did he get two blankets and I only got one?”

Crowe shrugged. “Maybe because he saved your stupid ass.”

Nyx didn’t pout. “What if I’m cold?”

“Good try but you’re not. You’d be way whinier if you were,” Crowe said as she sat up straighter. “You’re going to be stuck here for at least a few days. Somehow the dumbass who stabbed you managed to miss the most vital parts, but you still lost a lot of blood. I’m sorry to tell you that now you’ve got a lot of Insomnian blood in you.”

“Well I guess that’s one way to spend my suspension vacay.” Nyx rolled his eyes.

“I don’t think suspension is supposed to be a vacation.”

“That’s exactly what Pelna said,” Nyx exclaimed. “But I’m not going to be all down and whiny over it, I’m gonna use the time for good and relax — or at least I was going to. Please tell me they caught the dumbass?”

“They did.” Crowe nodded. “They’ve all been arrested and will be charged. Unfortunately CCPD got to them before us, we wanted to continue bonding in the form of target practice.”

Nyx let out a laugh, only to wince when it pulled at his abdomen. “Ow.”

“Yeah, that’s going to hurt for a while. We tried to sneak in a potion for you but Drautos got all bitchy about it so you’re gonna have to do without. But hey, at least you don’t have to look at his grumpy face as you recuperate. Silver linings and all that.”

Nyx smiled. “Thanks.”

“You’re welcome,” Crowe stood up and took over the foot of his bed. “Now, since you had your own private blood transfusion party, you missed everything that happened last night. And let me tell you, a lot of shit went down.”

Nyx squinted. “I don’t think I like the sound of that. Don’t tell me you trashed the whole place again.”

Crowe grinned. “It all started when Tredd wanted to test out the mechanical garula…”

#febuwhump2022 #febuwhumpday3 #nyx ulric #pelna khara #crowe altius #ffxv #kingsglaive #blood loss #bamf pelna khara #my writing #whump #whump writing #whump drabble

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Touch starved glaives with S/O HC part 2

Ohoho! Hold tight, needy boy is here! First of all he's not shy to communicate with you that he needs your touch ( Thank a god, seriously). If you thought Nyx was touchy, Pelna is literally another level. Man will find you whenewer you are and embrace you in hug. Obviously you will have to stop whatever you do, be it training, cooking, shopping, etc. Has his hands on you all the time. (It can be little bit annoying, yet he's so sweet about it you wouldn't mind )Pouts and whines for your attention! (Squisch his face and kiss that lovable dork) if you neglect him, prepare for his secret weapon: PUPPY EYES! No one is immune! (I mean IT! NO ONE)

Tangle your hands in his pretty hair, massage his scalp. Eskimo kisses, nose kisses in general are his favourite. (DO IT! for his pretty smile and laugh) Nuzzle into his stumble, your personal scratcher. Whisper sweet things to his ear (what good job he does, what a strong handsome Galadhian man he is) *happy content Pelna noises* (loves being for once appreciated!) Nibble on his earlobe, those breathy sighs wont dissapoint you. 😉 Pelna cracks joke or two to make you laugh. (with him you will laugh all the time) If you lie in bed, you would end up tangled like a pretzel of bodies. Rub your feet together. (His feet gets cold easily) Usually lies his head on your chest, listens to your heartbeat and breathing (it calms him down, you're after all his HEART And HOME)

*crack knuckles* Our witty vice captain with killing checkbones is here. Luche knows he's touch starved, is very well aware that you can help. Will literally do the fucking opposite. (For such inteligent man, he can be dummy *affectionate*) Luche did his research on what can help him. (Reason is simple- he didnt want to bother you. It's not your job to take care of him, you had other much important things than him to worry about. LAZARUS RELATIONSHIP DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT!) Hot shower is his go to, spends awful lot of time under it.

You need a rock solid plan to get his ass under your care. (Add another plan and plan on top the plan) Rope everyone into it, call all hands on deck! (Because Luche's evasive clever bastard) If the plan doesn't work, just kidnap him Please, tell him how you feel in private. Ask him If he detest your touch that much. OH THE FUCKING CHANGE! (Luche´s collected demeanor cracks instantly, you got him!) Put your foreheads together and hold his gaze. Caress firmly that sharp jawline. Assure him you´re there for him, that he does ENOUGH for Kingsglaive, for his home and friends.( His gaze will soften, you can see tears in the sky blue eyes) Embrace him, let his head drop on your shoulder. Run your hands through that neatly kept hair ( SO FUCKING SOFT) let him be vulnerable in your presence. Wraps his strong arms around you, holds you so close to inhale your scent. (gave those arms some attention Luche´s proud of them, will flex them under your fingers) On that note massage his back with shoulders (man has whole Kingsglaive on them) Wanna see Luche lose his tight up appearance? Bite delicately his lower lip and suck hickeys on his neck.

#ffxv #ffxv kingsglaive #pelna khara #luche lazarus #Have some sweet needy Pelna #Luche Is piece of work #He Is Worth the trouble #No beta readers we die like Regis #I had thirst for some Pelna content #Also Luche is my guilty pleasure #Next Is Crowe and Libertus #Also big THANK YOU! To you friends #I am glad you enjoyed the first part so much :)#And apologies Luche got out of hand #y/n #gender neutral s/o #s/o headcanons #headcanon

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calling4glaives · 2 years

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Personnel File 5: Libertus Ostium

Next in line is Libertus Ostium, one of the glaives we know the most about. We'll mainly focus on Kingsglaive here, and only brush lightly on his appearance in Comrades. As always, thanks @capsource for the caps, unless otherwise cited.

From the facebook blurb:

Name: Libertus - Latin - freeman/freedman (as opposed to someone who is enslaved, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberto for more elaboration), or with a little bit of creativity could possibly be Libertas, which means freedom or liberty.

Ostium - Latin - doorway or opening, as in the pores of a sponge or openings in or between organs, or as the mouth of a river. Also seen in the Ostium Gorge just outside Insomnia.

Equipment:

[[from the wiki]]

- Weapon - Libertus’s weapon is a very unique axe-like blade with cutouts to presumably lighten it and a handle rather like Nyx’s kukris with a similar ornamentation, secured to his person by an interesting combination of straps in his field uniform. It was possibly lost when his leg was broken, as he uses Nyx’s kukri to warp (which makes sense, as that axe doesn’t look very aerodynamic) and it is not seen again after that.

- Field Uniform - Libertus wears a variation of the third common uniform type (as does Pelna): a thick, ornately shaped breastplate attached with studded leather straps on top (not unlike Nyx’s shoulder pieces) and plain leather straps (in his case, brown leather) under the arm; thigh and elbow pads (that look rather like cut-off sleeves and shorts) attached with matching leather straps; pauldrons on both shoulders that consist of three overlapping plates; the Kingsglaive badge on both arms; a padded cushion around the neck and a lack of an exterior belt around the waist. Libertus further augments this with three beaded looped strips tipped with claws or teeth that hang down from the back of each pauldron and look rather like the ones on Nyx’s Galahdan Kukri. His gloves, as with most of the named characters, are also unique, with metal diamond-shaped pads on the knuckles and reinforcement on the fingers.

-Standard Uniform- Libertus wears the standard undershirt with the reinforced shoulders and sword and crest down the front. He also wears a watch on his left wrist. His standard uniform is fairly standard, except for the silver stripes between the buttons, a feature shared only by Nyx and Luche, perhaps denoting rank. When he rips off his badge off his standard jacket, it’s on the left shoulder as it is for all the (non-mage) standard uniforms. [[It’s odd that he doesn’t wear his jacket in the briefing scene and when Crowe departs on her mission, but rather just throws it on over his shoulders. If the glaives can do battle in them, surely he has enough range of motion to use crutches in them, unless he has some other injury as well. He wears his jacket properly several days later when Crowe’s body is found.]]

- Casual - Libertus wears a gray sleeveless undershirt and gray hoodie under a black and red matching leather jacket with three-quarter sleeves and knee-length shorts. He wears black sneakers (one larger than the other to accommodate his cast) without socks. His very ornate tiered necklace made of knotted leather strips is strung with squat, faceted diamond-shaped and thin vertical beads in the center hung from metal rings, and huge round ones on the edges. [[The leather, hood, and pattern of the necklace (almost like the lapels of the glaive uniform) almost seem to suggest the glaive outfit - perhaps purchased as a point of pride before he left.]] He still wears his uniform gloves as well.

[[Perhaps as a sign of his improving health, while Libertus in uniform uses two crutches, in his casual clothes he only uses one]]

- Tattoos and Braids - [[See this video for a great look]] Libertus again has similarities to Nyx - the poofy swept-back hair up front, longer hair, braids, and tattoos, but is mostly his own in the details. His french braids are only on one side, and are connected at the ends by a cylindrical bead, while his regular plait on the other side with its more standard beads is all but concealed in his ponytail, another unique feature. Most of his tattoos are shaped like stacked arrows ornamented by dots - on his forehead (2), left shoulder (2), right forearm (3), and right calf (2).

Background: Libertus is one of three glaives absolutely confirmed to be from Galahd (Nyx and Luche being the others). In addition to his word, we have pictures of him as a child with Nyx on his corkboard. It seems they grew up in a jungle area next to the river and knew each other well.

He has been in the glaive a long time, and seen many people die. He obviously loves his home and is a very good fighter - he is fighting fairly deep into the battlefield alone and uses nearly every form of magic (invisibility, shield, lightning, and warping, though he apparently only warps under duress), second only in number of magics to Nyx (who also plays with fire). In a deleted conversation from the Yamachang scene, he apparently revealed he takes the pills because it’s the only thing that stops him from seeing his dead friends.

And despite 12 years of horrifying front-line combat, after a short break of saying screw this when his sister-figure dies alone and uselessly and is told via heavy implication that Lucis doesn’t want to figure out why she died and nothing will be done about it because the peace talks will end any chance for settling scores (“I'll see the armistice does not interfere with a full investigation. She was a good soldier, her death will not go unanswered”) - he almost immediately takes up arms and leadership again in a hopeless fight. He does take a short trip home, apparently, but steps back up for running the Kingsglaive during the Long Night with little break, always with his home and friends in mind.

Personality: Libertus is a loyal friend under a lot of stress and very tired of fighting. Even probably knowing that he’s dead, he does trust and wait for Nyx. He is kind; despite his pain, he takes time to be friendly to Iris before he leaves the Kingsglaive, and obviously was a large figure in Crowe’s life after she was orphaned. He is a good leader, and earns the trust of Cor and Noctis’s companions in the World of Ruin.

He is outspoken in defense of his friends and homeland, as evidenced in his berating of Yamachang over his culinary departures and everything he does in Crowe's name. While his temper may get the better of him sometimes, he's strategic enough to quickly find a secretive resistance group shortly after quitting, and during the Fall of Insomnia figures out about the traitors, Drautos's identity and a way to fight him even without magic, and commits to it quickly.

He does have an arc of resentment or jealousy toward Nyx at the beginning, though that could be displaced anger at himself and the war, as Luna is able to use the word "hero" to deter him from following her at the end.

He was designed to be heroic from the beginning, with another deleted scene having originally had him break his leg while rescuing civilians, perhaps deleted so as to reduce the number of people on the battlefield, or perhaps to emphasize his role as a counterpart to Nyx, each rising as the other falls.

Behind the scenes - Liam Mulvey is the face, voice, and mocap actor for Libertus, as well as the mocap actor for Clarus and Regis’s death scene and at least 14 other characters in Kingsglaive. He’s also fantastic and very friendly to the fandom. His Twitter.

Anything else we're missing for the final commander of the Kingsglaive? Things we got wrong? Theories you have, or headcanons you enjoy? Please let us know.

And, as always, good luck with your content creation! We'll see you for Legends on August 7-14.

#kglegends22 #kingsglaive #Libertus Ostium #ffxv #ff15 #deep dive #edited #edited 2022.9.12 to add the silver (rank?) stripes on the standard uniform

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Hiya! Fluff loving lurker here! What tickles the funny bones of the glaives (the 7 cannon) and Cor? Love your work!

(Cat videos, pranking fellow glaives, security footage of good faceplants during training, being a serious glaive but actually being really ticklish, dance challenges, terrible puns, challenging ignorant lucians to eat spicy food, etc)

Nyx Ulric: Nyx likes to do impromptu parkour races. He's the undisputed companion of the Citadel because of his love of throwing himself off high places. He explores the rest of Insomnia that way, too, enjoying freaking out some of the passersby with his jumps. He keeps trying to get some of his friends to go with him, but they think he's insane. And if he also enjoys the days when Cor comes over to kick all their asses, that's nobody's business but his own. He may or may not have some videos saved on his phone of some of Cor's more impressive take downs of Drautos. (He totally does)

Libertus: He really enjoys cooking, and makes sure to make the extra spicy stuff whenever they're out in the field with the Crownsguard. Watching the assholes try not to choke when they eat really warms his heart. He'll warn you if you're not a jerk, but if you piss him off, you get the spiciest shit he can whip up.

Crowe: She loves really trashy reality television, the trashier the better. Like Real Housewives of Insomnia level trashy. She loves telling everyone the crazy shit they got up to the next day.

Pelna: Pelna is the meme king. He finds the best, most appopriate memes to send to everyone. He had a whole folder on his phone for cats that look like Drautos, and cats that look like Cor. He has an emergency meme folder full of cute animals memes to send out when people have particularly bad days. He's definitely circulating that color theory post.

Luche: Luche is all about the passive agressive burn, especially with the nobles. The kind where it takes them a while after they walk away to even realize they were insulted. Luche keeps a list of the best ones, and shares them when someone has to deal with particularly bad stupidity.

Tredd: Tredd loves pranks, because he's kind of an asshole. His favorite was when he replaced all the shampoo in the glaive showers and dyed everyone's, including the Captain's, hair bright pink.

Drautos: Drautos takes advantage of his stoic face to tell the most outrageous, ridiculous stories he can think of, knowing no one will be able to tell if he's fucking with them or not. He's totally fucking with them. The glaive have a record of his stories, and bets to which ones are true or not. Drautos will never tell.

Cor: Cor secretly loves terrible, terrible puns. Ignis had to get them from somewhere, and he got them from Cor. He also relishes the brief moment after he makes one, when the other person has to figure out if the Marshal intentionally used a pun there. Their face afterwards is one of his favorite things.

Thank you so much for this ask, wonderful anon! It was really fun!

#anon ask #asks #answerwed ask #ffxv #kingsglaive #nyx ulric #libertus ostium #crowe altius #pelna khara #luche lazarus #tredd furia #titus drautos #cor leonis

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Nyx Week 2023… Day 2: Storm!

I think these prompts for Nyx Week are just going to end up as little teasers for my new story I’m working on, it’s currently untitled and I’m still in the middle of writing the prologue but I have a lot of ideas for it ☺️

“Something’s happening” Nyx said as he watched the hive of activity coming to and from the Citadel. Their current vantage point was at the top of the Glaives training facility, he, Pelna, Crowe and Libertus were sitting on the roof that overlooked the Citadel’s courtyard.

“Look there’s the Captain” Crowe pointed to the familiar figure leaving the Citadel, “even from here you can tell he’s angry” the other 3 had to agree with her, Drautos stormed past a couple of Crownsguard who quickly moved out of the way or else the Captain would have probably knocked them over.

Nyx watched the Captain as he continued on his way back to the Kingsglaive HQ

“Something’s wrong,” Nyx muttered, “something’s happened in the Citadel, there has to be… he’s not usually that pissed after a standard meeting.” Just then their ear pieces crackled into life

“All Glaives” it was Luche “report to the briefing room in 30 minutes”

“What’s going on, Luche?” Nyx asked

“The Captain didn’t say, but he sounded angry, if I were you Nyx, I wouldn’t antagonise him further” after that their radios fell silent

“Well… you heard Luche” Nyx said as he stood up “besides it looks like the Captain isn’t the only one in a foul mood” he added as he nodded to the black storm clouds above the city.

Thunder rumbled loudly as the Glaive assembled in the briefing room waiting for their Captain, lightning flashed shortly after, causing long shadows to flicker on the floor. The Captain was due in, any minute now, so all of the Glaive were standing to attention; Nyx was standing next to Pelna, Luche was next to Tredd, Libertus was next to Crowe on the opposite side of Pelna.

“Luche, Nyx” the Captain’s voice came through their ear pieces “my office, now.” Nyx leant forward and made eye contact with Luche as another clap of thunder sounded above them, Luche nodded and broke formation, Nyx followed.

“I hope the Captain isn’t as angry as Ramuh is right now” Nyx whispered to Luche as they made their way to the Captain’s office

“This is the worst storm I’ve seen while I’ve been in Insomnia” Luche agreed “it seems like a bad omen”

#blossom rambles #nyxweek2023 #June5th-Storm #nyx ulric #ffxv #ffxv kingsglaive #luche lazarus

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starjunco · 3 years

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Kingsglaive Battle Uniform Reference and Customization/Enhancement

In-game origins of the uniforms, description with links of customizations for reference, discussion about why it’s bad/good to have your dress different in battle, and possible ability to use customizations as enhancements.

Pictures sourced from finalfantasy.fandom.com unless otherwise stated.

Some spoilers for the Episode Ardyn DLC after the cut.

Kingsglaive Origins

Established history first. Before the Kingsglaive, there was the Royal Guard. Take a look:

We don’t know what kind of numbers the Royal Guard had, but what we can say is they likely suffered losses in M.E. 734 thanks to events in Episode Ardyn and likely weren’t in the best shape. This is after a couple other missions went array in 721 and the Great War in 725. If this is a group that depends partly on genetics, even distant events might be a problem and given how long Lucis had been fighting Niflheim, seeking those genetics within Insomnia or known noble lines might have become a problem.

According to an entry from the FFXV Official Works (I think?) translated by @higharollakockamamie (link) Regis created the Kingsglaive to protect Noctis in 741. It’s probably safe to assume the remains of the Royal Guard were folded into the Kingsglaive with the Royal Guard training and advising the first classes of refugee Kingsglaive. Given that there is 16 years between the establishment of the Kingsglaive and the Great War when Drautos was orphaned and taken in by Regis, he was likely part of the Royal Guard before becoming one of the Kingsglaive. This would have set him up well to be the captain since it gave him field experience, clout with the established hierarchy, and commonality with the Kingsglaive as a fellow outsider.

I will probably get into the differences in the Royal Guard’s and the Kingsglaive’s magic at a different time. For now, there are two main points: the basic uniform was already established, and the Royal Guard used this same uniform for both genders.

Customization Shown

As to not inundate this post with pictures, I’ll just offer the best links I found in case you want to go look. The main glaives can be divided into four varieties within their customizations. I won’t cover weapons right now or scabbards.

First, we have Nyx who has his fur sleeve, scaled hide piece (I want to call it a capelet?), distinct gloves, horn on the mask, and purple scarf-like accessory. He also has some beaded and tasseled attachments on his belts (the best version of the concept art I could find is here which I got on Twitter via ShikiArif -- also check out the great looks at the designs on the uniforms) and a metal band on his leg that is unique to him (which I believe attaches to the scabbard on his leg).

Next up we have Libertus and Pelna. They both have an armored breastplate. Lib’s has brown straps and leather cords with beads that come down from under the back of his pauldrons (best concept art here; found at RedMakuzawa on Twitter). Pelna trades the brown straps for green ones and that’s it as far as I can see. Then we have Luche, Sonitus, Axis, and Tredd. They are distinguished by a single large pauldron on the left shoulder and elbow guards. Luche’s pauldron has what I’d guess would be a flame motif and he has the elbow guards on both sides. Sonitus also has this same pauldron and both elbow guards but it’s hard to tell from the official art; you can see it in these gifs here.

I’m not sure what to make design-wise of Axis’ and Tredd’s pauldrons. They seem very plastic looking to me. Besides the pauldron, Axis is the only one with full-fingered gloves, but no elbow guard as far as I can tell. Tredd has the elbow guard on the right arm and is the only one (of the men) with gloves that aren’t black -- they’re the standard leather with metal points in the knuckle, just red.

For the men, Nyx’s armor is the only one with many unique elements which is understandable for being the main character. The breastplate and both types of pauldrons can be spotted on nameless glaives.

And last of course we got our mages. We don’t see any ladies with the regular uniform, or any males in the mage line-up, so we don’t know if the different uniform is distinct to just women or just primary-magic users. It could be there is no reason to make the distinction. I’ll give Crowe’s art for completion. As far as I could tell there weren't any differences between her and the other mages.

Why Being Distinguishable is NOT Good (The Bad First)

One of the nice things about uniforms is they are, well...uniform. Obviously Kingsglaive uniforms are not meant for camouflage except perhaps at night (though arguable with all the shiny bits), but uniforms can still offer some benefit to a force as a whole because they can make things confusing for the enemy if everyone looks the same, and they can make it harder to pick out, prioritize, and communicate about targets. If you can say, ‘Everyone shoot at the guy with the purple cape, he’s the one doing the most damage’ and there’s only one guy with a purple cape, suddenly things just got a little easier for you!

The degree to which this matters likely depends on the world or the time period. How much MTs are able to analyze and communicate is hard to say, but until the battlefield is completely automated on that side, it’s a problem. Some daemons also might be quite intelligent.

The place this is most problematic is mages since they can dish out the most damage. If you make them dress different with bright orange cloaks, then even at a distance, you practically scream to snipers, ships, and anything with a missile, ‘hit here please.’ If Drautos did this on purpose to pare them down and that’s why there’s only a handful left, that would explain alot.

Now the Counter Arguments…

Of course, the other thing uniforms can do is intimidate -- “The big guns just showed up, you should run.” The Royal Guard was likely a symbol of Lucis and royal authority -- perhaps, by extension, even divine authority. How the people reacted to it being extended to the Kingsglaive is interesting to think about, but it’s unlikely their enemies would have cared about that detail when they were fighting them. All they knew was it was trouble when people clad in those uniforms showed up. (It may have been rarer before when numbers were fewer, but reputations can be powerful.)

The idea of ‘royal authority’ may also hold an explanation for the mask since they (at least the Royal Guard) may have been seen as stand-ins for the King, perhaps even only answerable to him. Masks are rather annoying though since it makes it harder for you to tell each other apart. Customization may allow distinctions between individuals, specializations, and/or squads. The middle might be the most likely explanation for what is seen in the movie, but I am unsure how exactly to classify them at this time.

As for mages as targets, I still can’t help but see this as a problem but there is one argument: if anyone was to be able to shield anything, it’d be a circle of mages. If you had someone devoted to keeping the group protected, it might actually benefit everyone else to have the enemy’s fire power focus on you since you are able to handle it better. This doesn’t offer much solace in ambushes though.

The Real Fun: Enhancements

One of the possible problems with a game-like setting is progression, and it is a problem solved by these little decorations. What if these items offered protection or help in some way? What if Nyx’s coeurl fur further enhanced his ability with lightning? Is the scaled leather from some magic rich animal (it shows up on both him and the mages) that offers more ‘mana’? Does the gem act as a focus for the mages? Are some items awards of prestige?

The vests worn by the Kingsglaive may be used as part of the explanation for why they can stand up to numerous soldiers with bullets even though they attack with daggers and short/medium range magic. While vests are nice on suits, they seem kind of odd for battle gear unless they offer some kind of protection. Considering how very shiny they are, this explanation could be anything from ‘mythril thread’ to ‘enchanted silk’ which could then be extended to some degree throughout the whole uniform to a lesser effect. Check out how much coverage these vests actually give on Nyx on the image below. They do look like they could be a bit thicker/stiffer than the other material.

(from novacrystallis.com)

Further enhancements might solve the mage problem if you consider the common fantasy game idea of ‘mage armor.’ This might be another explanation for the gem and may be a type of limited reactive armor only a mage has due to their high magic ability -- something along the lines of would void a hit with x amount of force within y of you that would normally kill you but shatters the gem so it must be replaced.

Limited factors can include supply, need to gather/make items, need to impress others (they are rewards by CO, by vote, etc.), time for attunement, a limit to number of items that can be bound (with items varying in power) which can reduce number of spells per day so a balance must be found, and the possible limited use of some items such as the example with the mage gem.

Enchantments may be made via the designs seen on objects already, runes/designs on the inside not seen so far, or materials that hold focused or ritualized spells.

Conclusion

I think the uniform customizations are a neat way to offer advancement whether for a story or in a more structured game setting where you need something as a reward that gives +2 Dex for going out of the way to do something selfless. If I missed something or got it wrong, let me know. I wasn’t sure if you needed a host to post images on Tumblr for screengrabs when I was originally writing this, but naturally I found out trying to place the silly pictures...Oh well, point was to learn anyway.

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