You might not need another au but do you want it?
Think of how much fun it would be, Sola and Ardyn snarking at each other in the middle of the throne room and before the entire court.
The resemblance is uncanny.
You can track which of the nobles noticed it by how much they pale, their polite masks turning a little bit tense.
You. Are an enabling gremlin.
Plopping this in the Combined Retinue Nox/Sola au, because this is what my brain finally decided to spit out at 2 in the morning.
@secret-engima have an early Christmas present, I guess?
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“If I have to dress up, Uncle,” his niece tells him fiercely, “then so do you.”
Ardyn raises a brow from the bench he’s languidly lounging on, watching his Tailor circle Sola with sharp eyes as she tugs on the black fabric of the dress she’s wrangled Sola into wearing for her upcoming Coming of Age, unfazed by the equally black scowl on the princess’ face.
Beside him, Nox is firmly pretending to nap on his Shield’s shoulder. Axis has his gaze glued to the book in his hand.
It seems he’ll have no allies from that quarter.
Admittedly, Ardyn had perhaps been enjoying Sola’s irritation too much, and hadn’t bothered to smother his growing amusement with every dark mutter Sola had made about protocol and where the court could shove said protocol.
He gives Sola an indulgent smirk. “I highly doubt I’m on the guest list, my dear. Given the current state of international politics.”
Not that he’d let the lack of an invitation stop him from attending his niece and nephew’s birthday party.
From the glare Sola levels at the mirror, and the minute stiffening of Nox’s spine, Ardyn has the feeling his niblings will ensure he is invited, regardless of anyone else’s feelings on the matter.
Nox’s eyes actually open a sliver when Sola’s magic abruptly curls, all mischievous glee with an edge of bared teeth. His nephew warily eyes his twin and the grin growing on her face.
Ardyn does not share Nox’s apprehension. He rather thinks his niece should smile like that more often.
“A suit for your Uncle, then?” Penelopeia asks archly.
“If you would be so kind.” Sola replies before Ardyn can protest. Sola’s blue eyes narrow on him through the mirror. “Black for the shirt, instead of the suit, I think. Gold as an accent color, but otherwise I have full faith in your judgment.”
To Penelopeia’s credit, his Tailor pauses for but a moment. “Of course, Your Highness.”
Ardyn gives Sola a long look. His niece knows very well protocol prohibits him from wearing black. He is neither a (known) member of the royal family nor in sworn service to them. Sola cares little for protocol and tradition, especially when it gets in her way, but even she can’t get away with flouting such an old and respected tradition. Not like this. “Niece.” He warns.
Sola raises her chin, defiant. “Do you trust me?”
Ardyn sighs. Smiles reassuringly at the fierce girl who’s been Nox and Ardyn’s staunchest supporter these past near three years. “Yes.”
Sola nods, and that is that.
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Copia Egestas adores her Queen.
Sola’s last minute changes to the twins’ Coming of Age gave her a solid week of extra work to do - with help from Ignis, who volunteered on account of her being nearly six months pregnant - hunting through the Archives and preparing her arguments before she and Sola sat down in front of the King and finally told him exactly who would be presenting his daughter at her Coming of Age. Presenting both his children, in fact.
Unsurprisingly, Regis was not pleased. But between Sola’s staunch refusal to change her mind and Copia’s presented precedents, he reluctantly conceded.
Now, eyeing everyone as they wait to enter the ballroom, Copia can only feel a vicious anticipation.
Nox and Sola make a striking pair in black and gold. Both of them have their hair carefully pulled back, decorated further with gold. Nox still wears his usual earrings, the only silver on him as he’d declined the offer for golden versions, and Sola has mirrored him with a set of earrings arranged in the opposite ears. Not the same earrings, but the studs and climber are similar enough in shape to achieve the desired effect.
Copia’s sleeveless black dress is cut to flatter her pregnant figure, a gold shawl for her shoulders because six months pregnant and she gets uncomfortably warm now that the summer months are upon them, which also why she’s elected for an updo instead of letting her thick curls tumble loose. Unlike Sola, Copia is in comfortable flats instead of heels, again on account of being pregnant.
Axis is in a black suit jacket with gold details, and his Clan’s purple and green tartan. His hair’s been styled back from his face, but otherwise remains free.
Axis isn’t the only one wearing purple and green. Nox has the shifting purple-green galahdite in his ears, hair, and decorating his cufflinks. Sola’s chosen a selection of amethysts and emeralds to decorate her gold jewelry, while Copia had been gifted a pair of ebony hair sticks topped with amethyst and emerald carved cabochons.
(Copia knows just enough about Galahdian culture to know to tell Penny the goal, and follow the woman’s instructions on how to support Axis without overstepping cultural boundaries. The result, she is told, is a careful blend of Lucian and Galahdian color codes, but Copia has never seen Axis struck speechless before so she makes a mental note to commend Penny and her recommended jewelers for their hard work.)
With Ardyn, however, Penny has evidently decided to take refuge in audacity.
The suit is a lovely shade of dark purple, decorated with an intricate pattern of - much to Copia’s amusement - peacock feathers. At a glance they could be mistaken for phoenix feathers, certainly, but Copia knows her birds, and those feathers belong to the phoenix’s non-magical dramatic cousins. Studded at the eye of each feather are small galahdite stones to match Nox and Axis.
Under the suit, Ardyn’s shirt is black, which will no doubt give the Court conniptions and the press a field day, despite them following protocol to a T. Instead of a traditional tie, Ardyn’s kept his usual scarf, but in a rich green. How it doesn’t clash with the purple, Copia doesn’t know, but she knows Ardyn’s vest is a matching shade of green. Ardyn has a gold and galahdite lapel pin, linked by a fine gold chain to a paired piece on the front of his breast pocket.
The master of ceremonies glances over at them, expression half-expectant, half-despairing.
It turns to resignation when Ardyn and Sola gift him identical smirks.
Nox sighs.
Copia hides a grin behind her hand. Oh yes, tonight is going to be so very entertaining, with uncle and niece actively working together.
She wonders how many people will notice the family resemblance before the end of the night?
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Random headcannons for FFXV in general, because I would love to know more about it, and there is not enough info for my gremlin brain.
Galadh:
- I kinda see clan Lazarus like those who deal with foreign policy. Also lot of Lazaruses married non-galadhian, they just loves other cultures. (They are still loyal to Galadh)
- Galadh is in my opinion similiar to the Greek islands. Mainly few big ones and then lot of small ones. There is a definitively volcano.
- Galadh is also known for its natural hot springs. Glaives definitively were chilling there.
- Galadh officially worships Astrals, Ramuh and Leviathan are the main protectors. There is also a very strong bond with the ancestors.
- Clans have totem animals. (Ulrics have coeurl, Arras have sabertusk, Ostiums have kujata, ...)
- A beautiful legend is attached to it´s origin. Once upon a time, during a great disaster, there were a few animals that went to help humans to survive it. But in the process they have died themselves. Their human friends wheeped to Astrals about this woe. They heard their plea and united the man with the animal.
Random:
- Regis remembers all names and faces of his employes
- Clarus hair fell out during stress from both of his idiots. The idiots in question are Regis and Cor
- Cor and Titus are actually good friends who are little shits together (Glaives and guards are dreading those days when two of them are together)
- There is annual boot camp where glaives and guards measure their forces
- Luche either doesn´t sleep at all or is having short power naps during day. He´s got nightmares about Galadh and his fallen comrades.
- Nyx hair and beard grows super fast, he needs to shave it at least every three days. He tries to shave it when deployed, but Nyx just gave up after that.
- Tredd´s got younger brother who is still in Galadh. Their relationship is sadly very complicated. But Tredd always sends him a birthday card nonethless.
- Axis is great at bargaining prices at the market, also always picks the juiciest vegetables/fruits. (I believe this is some kind of superpower)
- Sonitus has sharp teeth (they looks like shark ones), he can open cans with it or beers.
- Pelna plays exceptionaly guitar and ukulele. Sometimes brings it to Yamachang for a spin.
- Libertus is suprisingly good singer when he gets little bit of alcohol into his system. Everyone always shut up and listens when Lib starts to sing. (Usually galadh tunes)
- Crowe loves to go on night ride with her motorcycle. Has favourite spot where she can see whole Insomnia. Usually sends gang a random photos she took on the way.
- Titus favourite place to relax is at top of Citadel at night. The night sky is breathtaking. He usually brings some alcohol to drink his sorrows and regrets away.
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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.
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I imagined Regis or Cor or anyone from the Citadel asking Drautos if he knew about the Conqueror going to Galahd, and. Drautos would say no. Because he didn't know.
And for the Insomnians that's reasonable, this happened centuries ago, not everyone is interested in history, for all they know the fleet never made it to the islands.
Except Drautos is pretending to be one of Galahkari. One of the people who hold grudges like it's a national sport and discuss historical events like it's yesterday gossip. Whichever Glaive was nearby to hear this would realise that the Captain is being honest about not knowing - and that he's definitely lying about his past.
Axis did not want to be here. His youngest was sick again and had both him and Librita up for most of the night. Thank the spirits for his wife's ability to work from home. Otherwise one of them would have had to quit their job a long time ago.
He supressed a yawn and did his best to ignore Captain Drautos, who was doing some sword drills not too far away from him. Blearily blinking down at the clipboard in his hands, Axis distantly wondered which style of pildura the Captain would prefer. Gekkan maybe? Certainly not puhna. He shook his head. This was not the time to think about it. If he could get his work done in a timely manner, maybe he would be able to go home sooner and help his wife look after Isoro.
Crouching down to inspect the damage done to the stone wall of the training ground, Axis nearly missed the Lord fucking Marshal himself approaching. Suddenly he was wide awake, tracking the man's movements out od the corner of his eyes, while trying to look like he was still concentrating on his work.
"Titus, a word please," the Marshal said once the Captain had stopped his current moveset.
"Has there been an attack?" There was an undercurrent to that question Axis couldn't place.
"No," the Marshal said and something within Axis relaxed. "Regis, Clarus and I are just curious about something."
By the spirits, Axis had never heard the Marshal say so many words in a row.
Captain Drautos rolled his shoulders and sheathed his sword, stance relaxing. Axis couldn't see his expression, but for someone who often insinuated that the King and his men didn't really care for the Glaive beyond their capabilities to be a meat shield, his everything seemed awefully friendly.
"If this is about Shield Hearts again, the answer is still no."
Axis nearly did a double take. Like, what? What by Pitioss was Shield Hearts? The Marshal honest to the spirits snorted. Axis noted down the need for five new stones for this section of the wall and started to search for non-existant cracks in dirt floor.
"Clarus still hasn't given up on it, but no. Do you know about the diary they found not too long ago?"
"The one that mentions the Conqueror? Hard not to have heard about it."
"We were wondering if you know something about it. Do you Galahdians have any records about it? It would be interesting to know if the Conqueror really made it to Galahd or not."
Now Axis wasn't even pretending to work. What would the Captain say? Would he actually tell this outsider the story? Hopefully not. He chanced a look at the two men. Captain Drautos looked contemplative.
"I'm sorry," he said, and if not for his next words, Axis would have sighed in relief. "I don't know anything about that. This was also the first time I heard about it. And with Galahd's conquest I don't know if any records survived."
"I see. What a pity."
Fuck. The Captain was serious. He was actually serious about this. He did not know. How could he not know? Every Galahkar grew up hearing about the Black Ships, the attempted conquest and the murder of Perses Ulric.
What the fuck?
He scribbled something on his clipboard - he had no idea what - and marched out of the training ground as inconspicuously as possible. He needed to talk to Luche.
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Kingsglaive Monthly Events!
Glaives Assemble!
The moderators of the For Hearth and Home Discord server are happy to announce the Kingsglaive Monthly Events! The bulk of the information can be found in the document linked, but we will outline some key points below!
What is it?
The Kingsglaive Monthly Events are a 9 month long event beginning on January 9th, with each month focusing on a different named Glaive from the movie.
The monthly schedule is:
Axis Arra - January
Sonitus Bellum - February
Tredd Furia - March
Luche Lazarus - April
Pelna Khara - May
Crowe Altius - June
Libertus Ostium - July
Titus Drautos - August
Nyx Ulric - September
Breakdown for each month:
1st week - Posting canon information about the character w/related preliminary discussions. Prompts for fanart/fanfics will be posted and shared.
2nd week - Fandom headcanon discussions.
3rd & 4th weeks - Fanart & fanfic sharing from prompts.
Do we have to join the Discord server to participate?
No! We highly encourage it as there's a lot of wonderful people in there, but it's not a requirement to partake in discussions posted on here or Twitter or to create content.
There is a bit more information in the link provided. We highly encourage everyone to go read through it.
We hope you're as excited as we are to dive deep into each of the Glaives and give them more love. We'll see you on January 9th.
For Hearth and Home
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Call and Response: Chapter 2
Fandom: Final Fantasy XV
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationship: Axis Arra & Sonitus Bellum, Axis Arra & Tredd Furia
Characters: Axis Arra, Sonitus Bellum, Original child characters, Tredd Furia
Additional Tags: Exhaustion, Sign Language, The Start of the Traitor Squad
Summary: Axis has seen how useful Oracle Sign is. Now to get everyone else to.
Ugh. This means actually socializing with people.
Yeah, so this happened finally. Sorry to disappear on you; energy levels have been super low. But I finally finished this one! I still wanna do more with Axis's family and with Sonitus, but this was the story that came out and so here we are.
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Hiya! Random ask- what do you think knocks out the glaives(Nyx, Libs, Crowe, Pelna, Luche, Tredd, Axis, Sonitus) and Cor? How does one relax them to melt the stress away?
(Rain? A full belly? Soft music? Someone playing with their hair? Massages? Alcohol? Back/head scritches? Sex? A hot bath? Cuddles- Being pressed up against someone trusted?)
*looks at the suddenly hand full of in-canon glaives full of depression and anxiety*
*looks at you*
*looks at them*
Welp. This got long so sit tight?
The glaives thrive best in a group, even if it means ending up in a brawl on occasion. Social drinking, being with their fellow community in their corner of Insomnia. Group meals are a thing as well. Although on their personal time, they do have their own activities.
Nyx- Reading and singing. Ulric’s were considered high up in Galahd society and Nyx had always been bright and fascinated by the culture and history of his people. Although he was never an avid student younger, but now he hungers for whatever he can find and keep, even if the antiques cost a pretty hefty amount of crowns at the morning market. Every book, he cherishes. So every now and then if he feels homesick, he would sing the old songs he had sung with Selena, unwilling to let the memories fade. Re-read the old stories and even law just to hear in his mind of his mother’s and his tribe elders teachings once more.Just once more, to let him go back to that time and have that comfort, a time where he was safe amongst his kin with the warmth of a bright hearth.
Libs- Cooking. Food is so important to the Ostiums. Exceptionally so, and like the other Clans, its a social activity, regardless of gender. Libs prefers baking though, Galahdian sweets take more time. There is no recipe, always an estimate and by taste as they go through the process. The ingredients are rare and expensive but worth the splurge for proper good food.The smells makes Libs happy, and a good treat even more so. Seeing how his fellow glaives and galahdian kids in his building relish in the sweet treats makes the man pleased. He takes pride and joy in that, letting these simple feelings and tiredness of the arduous cooking and monotonous cleaning soothe the dull itch of helplessness and aching old wounds unseen.
Crowe- A long bath and keeping cacti. She remembers little of her childhood, except for the rubble and endless bombings, the dead villagers and hunger. Maybe its for the best. However, she always remembers bright blue skies, the desert heat and the cacti around her. So whenever she can, she picks little ones up into a satchel and brings them home to her tiny apartment… if they survive the deployment. The hardly lil things somehow always do. So she keeps them on her only window with the most light. After a long warm soak to unwind with whatever hot water she could have that day, she would always sit and stare at the little things, and let her mind wander in quiet.
Pelna- Warm coffee on a stormy night. His family had worshipped Ramuh and the quiet rhythmic sound of raindrops with the familiar smells reassures the quiet man. If he feels like it, a little crossword puzzle here and there as the ticking of the old clock on his kitchen wall grounds him. The repetitiveness is easy and routine enough for him to unwind without having to think.
Luche- Swimming. Now with Galahd lost, trapped in the concrete jungle of Insomnia, the closest thing other than the occasional dip out on the field, are the late night swims in the glaives training pool. Where the quiet and dark brings Luche solace from the chaos beyond the Wall.The haunting thoughts of his kin and clan dying at the back of his mind.But the water is familiar.The water brings comfort as the rushing sound of waves drowns those darker things whispering in his ears. Maybe its because he is born under the Tidemother’s star during the monsoon, who knows. He only knows that the water washes everything away. Even the unseen dirt and blood under his nails.
Tredd- Tredd grew up in a shitty part of the outlines.He sinks back to old habits simply because they are what he knows and its his way of coping anyway. Underground boxing on his off days that make him switch off mentally. The continuous pump of adrenaline always a rush and his abilities in combat makes him one of the best in the ring.The rush and satisfaction of a good brawl anchors him from the thoughts of death and loss and uncertainty.In the ring, he knows the outcome easy enough without another thought. Win or Lose. Nothing more, nothing less.
Axis- A quiet drink, a long drag of a box cigs. He has an on and off thing with an older woman, an open secret.Yet the comfort of another body next to him and the gentle touches brushing his unkept hair at least keeps him sane enough, feel enough, at least till the next call to another mission.The cycle repeats.
Sonitus- The 24 hour gym run by a guy that Tredd knows is his usual haunt if he has company.The man cannot be left alone. Or he would hang out somewhere with people or crowd. So he would always be at a bar or another, if only for the noise and sounds and less for the drinks. Only so he would not return to the shared loft with several other glaives.Where the silence is deafening enough, and he has more than enough of that in the van thats transports them to their next possible grave.
The glaives are all in damned and dark places towards the end. Those with families fare a lil better but most end up delving into certain vices anyway, just to be numb after another failed mission, down the bottle, illegal substances, probably casual sex as most of them do seem to mingle in the underbelly of Insomnia. Not by choice, but with no support system for them on top of various other problems over the years, they spiralled. But in earlier days where the demons have not gotten to them, they would indulge in little simple things if they could that have become a luxury, just to remind them of the happier times, unmarred and tainted by the War, grief and endless loss.
Cor- The Marshal is rather hypersensitive. Its also what keeps the man alive for so long out on the battlefield. Although once he is free from his responsibilities (or thrown out of the Citadel by Clarus eventually) he returns to the quiet abode in a rural neighbourhood with enough privacy, where the people all keep to themselves. Silence unnerves him, as its key out on missions, while noise irks him, and makes him unfocused, especially in a room full of unruly recruits or amongst old men squabbling over nothing. Cor has some good vintage record players and plays soft melodies before dropping onto the armchair, letting gentle melodies weave a safe space for him rest his eyes and unwind. His clenching jaw to ease while tense muscles slowly relax in the sparse, cold house that is hardly lived in.
In another life, probably, there would be sounds of a happy, babbling child keeping him company, the gentle soft touches and cuddle allowing him to feel without the need to fear he would lose anything more in this lonely life. But there is no possibilities of what ifs for the Marshal of Lucis.
*opens manhole*
*enters sewers*
*closes*
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Nerdcrafting! Monk's spade part 2: the crecent
This design was inspired by @ertrunkenerwassergeist 's stories. Go give them a read and some love!
This is the second half of the case. The crescent was used to dig out rocks from the hole one was digging. Also good for gouging out chunks of those who would dare stand in your way.
The Arra clan are featured in the above author's stories to be message runners and administration of interclan functions. They value truth and speed. This case features owls on a starry sky, interspaced with blue lace agate. (Also one of my rats.) The fusion of bellum and arra on one weapon is a union of their ideals: a safe trip in the pursuit of truth.
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Parings: Axis Arra/ Original Female Character(s) <- He canonically has a wife, don't @ me
Characters: Axis Arra, Tredd Furia
Axis knows he reaps what he sows. He's gotten really used to the concept, having sown more than a bit of trouble in his youth that has come back to bite him tenfold in what should still, technicality, be his youth. He's gone from a rowdy teenager tearing across Cavaugh to a lowly farm-hand on his father-in-law's land, two-and-a-half kids relying on him to keep his head down and his hands working. He knows, under all the resentment, that he's lucky to have what he's got.
He knows it could all go up in flames, if he's not careful.
Fill for Day 1: Recruitment for KGLegends22
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Extra number 3, Axis and Ruby getting some plants at a local greenhouse.
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My fic for Kingsglaive Legends day 2, training.
Tredd trains some recruits, and bonds with Crowe over a mutual love of explosions.
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Sola/Blood of My Blood - Coming of Age V
@secret-engima finally got this polished up. Half from Sola's POV and half from Bahamut's!
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Sola freezes.
The Storm Father is here. Why is the Storm Father here and how in Ifrit's Pyre has no one noticed the Astral just sitting there for who knows how many hours-
No one's looking at him. Black suit and golden yellow shirt, thunderstorms and coeurls masterfully embroidered in blue and purple and gold and copper, and no one is looking at him? Even though the eye-catching riot of colors against black should grab everyone's attention if not the blatant violation of protocol that is wearing black in the first place. But no. No one who glances in that direction seems to register the man, the man whose long white beard is braided with the elaborate braids Sola's only ever seen depicted in Galahdian art, braids that should have every Galahdian present staring.
The Astrals are supposed to be sleeping. Why is Ramuh here?
Magic curls around her, an echo of sun-fire-fury underneath the we've-got-you-you're-safe-our-cub-is-safe- "Treasure?" Libertus asks.
Sola blinks. She's sitting on one of the benches lining the walls, water glass in hand, well away from the rest of the crowd. Libertus is next to her, arm around her shoulders and tucking her into his side, wrapping magic around her in an effort to soothe the way her own is bristling under her skin, shocked and wary and hissing like a territorial coeurl.
Axis and Tredd are standing, blocking Sola from view of the rest of the hall from the angles Libertus' bulk doesn't cover. They're scanning the hallway, magic alert and wary of what might have set Sola off. Beyond them, Sola can see Nyx and Luche working the crowd closes to them to keep attention away from Sola.
ola focuses on sipping her way through hers and calm down. "The Elder with the children. See him?" Sola murmurs in Galahdian once she's half-way through the glass and has a grasp on her words once more.
Axis doesn't look away from the crowd, so it's only Libertus and Tredd that freeze, magic spiking in shock and recognition.
So she isn't hallucinating. Sola isn't sure she should be glad or not.
She stares at her empty glass and wishes she could get drunk right now. "Do we want to know why one of the Six is here?" It can't be for the Galahdians. Ramuh can't walk among them anymore, he's an Exile. Further proved by the fact Ramuh's in Lucian attire. Oh, the embroidery and the colors and the braids are as Galahdian as they come, but that's a Lucian-style suit. Unlike Sola and her Retinue, who are dressed in Galahdian formalwear but conforming to Lucian protocol.
(The dissonance is not helping Sola wrap her head around what she's seeing.)
"Two." Axis says abruptly. "The Tide-mother's dancing with His Highness." Sola's neck cracks as she whips her attention back to the ballroom floor, and to the woman dressed in water-silk dyed in the blues and greys of an ocean storm, pearls shining from her elaborately braided hair.
Humans don't move like that.
Dread prickles down her spine. The Storm Father, Sola can see gate-crashing her brother's party on a whim. Leviathan? The Tide-mother doesn't like humans.
Yet here she is, and no one's screaming.
A graceful spin, Noctis' wide-eyed expression visible for a brief second, and Sola follows his gaze towards one of the tables.
There's a man, dark skinned with golden tattoos curling over his bald head. Dark grey suit with summer green shirt and wheat-gold tie. Nearby, another man in a black suit, black hair cut at his chin and eyes visibly silver even at this distance and the unmistakable bearing of a soldier. No decorations on him, but in the moment before Sola blinks, she swears she can see silver armor and bladed wings.
Titan. Bahamut. That's four, so where are-
A flash of white-blue silk, and Sola finds her gaze back on the dance floor. To the woman in a dress that sparkls like sunlight on ice, and her partner in a suit that shifts like flickering flames, the dark-skinned man sporting hair as red as fire.
Ifrit and Shiva make six. A chill slips down her spine. The Astrals are awake, and all of them are here.
This is important.
Sola doesn't need her magic to know Noctis is probably six seconds from a panic attack. Pyre-curse it all, he was doing so well. Noctis does not need this on top of all the other shit he's dealing with.
She grits her teeth against her anger. "Axis, have Nyx get Prompto to Noctis. You and Luche help Gladio and Ignis enforce some space. Extract if necessary - it's late enough a strategic retreat won't raise eyebrows."
Axis disappears from her side, ghosting through the crowd to where Nyx and Luche are. Tredd grins at Sola, his magic sharp with anticipation. "What about us, Spitfire?"
Sola's smile is distinctly unfriendly. "We're getting some answers."
Libertus warily eyes Sola's target. "Sola, love, are you sure?"
"Yes." She can understand the hesitation. Ramuh, at least, is disinclined to smite one of his children. But she can't ask Ramuh -he's an Exile- Galahd's patron or not.
Bahamut is the Lucis Caelums' patron and the Astral supposedly in charge. Sola wants to know what the fuck is going on, and so help her she's getting her answers however she has to.
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He knows the humans' approach before they near him. They cannot sneak up on him - not that they try - not when he can feel the touch of his Blessing upon every soul in the city. Especially not the soul more akin to his own than her mortal kin.
"Ardent." He greets when she reaches him.
Blue eyes burn with the magic that cannot escape her skin. Just as they once burned in that other time, when she'd stepped between his judgement and the oathbreakers and regarded him not as patron but as threat.
"Bladekeeper." The old Galahdian title falls from lips curled to show a flash of fang. A warning. A challenge, as she demands, "What brings the Six to these halls, instead of the Oracle or your Messengers?"
Bahamut is proud of this fierce dragon-child of his, even as he regards her with a calm expression. He is proud of her mate, the pillar of support in this timeline and the last, and of her Sword, the ever dutiful son of Ramuh.
(He may not approve of her choice of Shield, Heart, and Hand, but Bahamut knows better than to pass judgement on those the Ardent has Claimed. Dragons do no tolerate threats to Them and Theirs, not even from other dragons. The Ardent would not hesitate to cross steel with him, to attempt to slay him should she deem him too great a threat to those she shelters under her wings.)
"We are here to witness the coming of age of the Chosen King." Bahamut tells her. The Ardent does not know the truth of the prophecy. The Father has kept it from her, fearing her reaction. Rightfully so - in his mind, Bahamut sees endless futures where the Ardent learns of the truth. Futures where she takes the Chosen's place, futures where she cannot and strives to shatter the duty the Chosen is bound to.
In all but a few, the Star is lost to Darkness as the Ardent succumbs to Fire and Fury.
But all fires need fuel to feed the flames. Without her King, the Ardent will burn out, a mere ember of herself.
At the mention of her King, the Ardent bristles. "And this couldn't be done with the courtesy of forewarning your presence?"
Bahamut snorts. As if the Ardent is truly concerned with propriety. No, she is displeased of the shock they have done to her King. "Your King is not so fragile. He has prevailed through greater trials than this." Trials greater than the Ardent will ever know.
The Ardent smiles, a full baring of fangs and the implicit threat of using them. "That does not mean my King needs to face another."
"There will always be another trial." He tells her gravely. Such is the nature of his Blessing. Such is the nature of his Blessed, they will always fight, for his Blessing is Light and War. "Not all Wars are fought on the battlefield with claw and fang. There is more to the Chosen King's Sword than your Glaive."
The Ardent hesitates, magic churning with uncertainty. She glances towards where her King is retreating with his bonded Retinue, and in the moment of her distraction, Bahamut and his kin vanish from the room.
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What flowers would glaives gift you+ meaning
(doesn´t matter what gender you are, everyone deserve a flowers!)
Gerbera
represents innocence, purity, cheerfulness and beauty
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Tulips
represents true, deep and undying love
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Dahlia
represents beauty, commitment, and kindness
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Amaryllis
represents pride, strength and determination
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Hyndrangea (I headcanon that their native to Galahd)
represents gratefulness, honest emotions and persevering love
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Marigold
represents passion, faith, fidelity
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- Eustoma
- represents happiness, love, gratitude
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- Hibiscus
- represents beauty, charm, youth or first love
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Red roses ( Titus is one for a tradition)
represents romantic love, passionate affection, and desire
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Bonus:
Nigella also called love in the mist
represents harmony and love
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Carnation
represents love, captivation and distinction
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Delphinium
represents lightness, fun, levity and joy
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Kingsglaive Uniforms
As we approach Lore (less than a month away!), we thought we’d do some deep dives into topics involved with the Kingsglaive as a whole: uniforms, the HQ, etc. Hopefully it will be helpful with your writing!
While most of this information can be found in our Personnel Files for the canon named glaives, we thought it might be helpful to gather it up into one location.
Apologies for the lack of pictures. There's a lot to cover here. If you ever want to fact check us, feel free to ask for the proof of any claims we have here!
Common Features:
[[edited screenshot from @capsource]]
All the Kingsglaive uniforms seem to retain their basic form from when they were Royal Guards, what we call the “standard uniform”. The glaives in the movie seem to wear it as their default uniform when not in battle - during the briefing scene with Drautos and around the base. When Gladio, Ignis, Prompto, and Cor appear in Insomnia, this is the version they wear as well.
The jacket is longsleeved, with false short sleeves trimmed with a silver braid-like cuff over them, attached via some sort of yoke that goes underneath the shoulder loops and has cutouts at the ball of the shoulder to reveal the small kingsglaive badges there.. The yoke and short sleeves appear to be made out of a different material - a rougher leather in the game, and some sort of sparkly unknown in the movie. The large cuffs of the longer leather sleeves are ornately decorated in silver, with the rounded portion on the upper side and the more squared off bottom portion are both ornately embroidered, while the sides (where the thumb is) has a simple pattern of three angled lines. The collar stands straight up, but somewhat limply, as it is rather thin, and there are three silver blade-like decorations on either side of the throat, echoing those on the sides of the wrist cuffs.
The jacket fastens invisibly up the front, probably via hooks or loops on the back side, and has false buttons decorated with skulls on false lapels, connected by braids in horizontal lines that “connect” the pairs of buttons on each side. The center edges of the jacket curve away slightly starting at the waist, and the lower corners are rounded as the skirt portion ends just above the knee.
There are two pocket flaps on the jacket, one on each hip, but from the line of the uniform they may be false pockets. The glaives in the movie appear to have a more breathable mesh rather than straight leather on the side panels from waist to armpit, but that detail seems to be lacking in the game’s uniforms.
The back of the uniform has a worked symmetrical pattern around a sword, with fourteen notches surrounding it. It leads down to the small of the back, where it is crossed by a t-shaped buttoned piece and transitions into material that better matches the jacket in a sort of tail.
[[Screenshot courtesy of @capsource]]
The glaives wear some combination of shirts underneath in various styles, though the uniforms in the game appear to all follow Nyx’s undershirt design of a silver vest that zips up the front over a black tee shirt with a sword-like design and a set of overlapping diagonal belts under the jacket as well.
The glaives wear black leather pants with decoration/reinforcement around the thighs and a decorative reinforced knee under their knee-high boots. The pants end just below the knee, at least on Nyx.
The boots have a reinforced tongue that serves as a kneepad (marked with an odd silver rectangle - a brand name?), and lace up the entire length of the shin. There does not appear to be a zipper on the standard boots (Nyx might have one on the inside) unless it is in the back where I haven’t been able to see, so these poor souls have to tighten these tall laces every time they get in or out. As if that weren’t enough, they have no less than four straps across the laces - two up top presumably to keep it tight to the calf, and two made out of metal at the ankle and toebox. Though the toes are not externally reinforced like the heels are, they are smooth enough they might be steel-toed. The soles are rubber with deep treads in a pattern of fifteen swords.
The glaives in the movie appear not to have their hoods or veils as part of their standard uniform, nor do the bros in the game, but they were part of the royal guard uniform. The hoods appear to have a snaking decorative seam that meanders down the center, perhaps to keep it in place, that splits at the back of the head, with branches that come down by their ears on either side. Sometimes they wear chinstraps, usually when using the veils, it seems. The veils themselves seem relatively unchanged from the Royal Guard days, and taper slightly toward the bottom rather than being strictly triangular or rectangular.
The distinctive silver masks of the glaive seem to have been worn by the captains of the Royal Guard, but not the rank and file.
The members of the glaive in the movie also wear a prominent badge featuring Bahamut and the Kingsglaive logo.
Next we will look at the battle uniforms, which fall into a few general types:
Uniform Type #1: Breastplate: ft. Libertus, Pelna
[[Screencap showing many glaives, including from the back, wearing the type #1 varient from @capsource; Pelna's promo image is from the wiki]]
This uniform is distinguished by the heavily sculpted breastplate worn on their front. It’s uncertain what the material is, but the straps holding it appear to be leather. The design of the breastplate itself seems to be abstracted but symmetrical, with a long blade down the center and wing-like designs along the top, so it could be a stylized Bahamut, surrounded by ribbons or flames. The leather straps pass under the arms and meet in a ring at the center back, which also connects to the quilted yoke-like piece across the shoulders. The shoulder straps for the breastplate attach to studded metallic strips that in turn attach directly to the yoke by the shoulderblades. While the main body of the yoke is quilted, it has harder leather around the edges, and segmented plates of the same material cover both shoulders symetrically.
The hoods attach under a ring of padding that encircles the neck with another leather strap at the front to let it open and close. This could function to keep the yoke from riding up or as further protection.
There are cuff-like pieces of stitched leather that reinforce each elbow and thigh/upper knee, each held up by yet another leather strap. The Kingsglaive badges are worn on each side on the upper arm, possibly connecting the shoulder guards to the elbow pads.
[[image from the wiki]]
Variations:
-Libertus wields a huge, axe-like blade that he wears on his back, so he has a modified harness to carry it
-he also has unique gloves with diamond-shaped plates, and claws or spikes on strips of leather hanging from the back of each shoulder piece
-Libertus’s uniform has brown leather straps
-Libertus also has the silver horizontal braids on the false lapels at the front of his uniform, as only Nyx and Luche also have
-Pelna, like a few other glaives we see, has green leather straps
-Pelna, like the other glaives in this uniform, also has a leather sword belt that attaches to the breastplate in front and the y-shaped leather straps in back
-Both seem to have the blade-like design down the front of their undershirts, but Libertus’s is short-sleeves with reinforced shoulders in greys and Pelna’s is a baseball cut with fancy cuffs in greens
Uniform Type #2: Square Spalders: ft. Axis, Tredd
[[Both images from the wiki]]
The distinguishing feature of this uniform type is the square, chained shoulder guard worn left shoulder. The badge seems to be worn on the same shoulder, and there is an almost archery-like padding underneath the shoulder guard, crossed by a ridged strap coming from his left shoulder which appears sewn into the padding. That could be how the shoulder guard itself attaches, but it’s clearly integral as it appears Axis’s hood attaches to the padded section and ridged strap directly.
They also wear the squared off double belt over the jacket, from which a scabbard can hang via chains.
Variations:
- Axis wears full gloves
- Tredd has a long oversleeve on the right with a small cutout at the shoulder and an odd leather version of the shoulder loops over it. He also has one of the segmented elbow braces on his right arm, and wears red gloves
- Both appear to wear the frog-closed black and silver shirts Luche does at Yamachang’s under their jackets
Uniform Type #3: Flame Spaulders: ft. Sonitus, Luche
[[Luche clone from @capsource, Sonitus's promo image is from the wiki]]
This uniform type is characterized by its own distinct spaulder: a curved piece with a flame-like pattern held in place by a wide, cross-body leather strap. Underneath it is a zippered dickie patterned with garlands, anchored by braided straps that go under each arm, and a very high folded-over collar to which the hoods are attached, possibly via the rivet-like silver pieces by the neck on either side. The Kingsglaive badge is worn on the right side. There is an articulated armor or brace worn on each elbow.
Underneath, both seem to wear the frog-closed two-tone shirt Luche wears at Yamachang’s.
Variations:
-Sonitus and a few soldiers like him wear the same square belts as in the previous type
-Luche and a few soldiers like him instead has a secondary strap that attaches to the wide one keeping the spaulders on
-Luche and those based on him also wear knives around their right thighs
-Luche and those based on him have a long tassel that hangs from their shoulders
-Luche also has the silver horizontal braids on the false lapels at the front of his uniform, as only Nyx and Libertus also have
Uniform Type #4: ft. Nyx.
[[image courtesy of the wiki]]
Nyx is the main character, and thus has a very unique uniform. There literally is no one else in his category. Aside from the obvious bits of fur, dangling claws, ribbons, oversleeve, leather capelet, and decorated silver mask, he appears to get a zipper down the inside of his boots so he can get into them easier, has a silver cuff around his right thigh that anchors his second kukri’s holster.
His uniform also seems to be a leather-embellished combination of the type 1 and 3 designs: a folded-collar dickie strapped under the arm but made of a crocodile-like leather rather than the garland-pattern fabric and with two straps under the arm on each side, a symmetrical yoke reinforcing his shoulders with silver spikes on top, but smaller and without the shoulder protection of the type one yoke, replacing it with a rough leather shoulder-length cape on the right side and a furred sleeve on the left that is tucked under the short-sleeve yoke of the standard jacket, slipping out once the short sleeve ends and transitioning into a wooly rectangle. Although the purple ribbons that stream from his right shoulder themselves are unique, he wears them in a similar place to where Luche wears his tassels.
In and out of uniform Nyx wears a double chain that arcs from his shoulder to one of the buttons on his front, another feature unique to Nyx and one of the few “customizations” allowed on the standard uniform. He also has the silver horizontal braids on the false lapels at the front of his uniform, as only Luche and Libertus also have
Uniform Type #5: Mages: ft Crowe
[[image courtesy of the wiki]]
Though this unit doesn’t have an official designation, it seems convenient to call them “mages”. Notably, every one of these figures seem to be female, so we don't know if male mages would also wear this. There do appear to be female members of the royal guard and of the Kingsglaive in Insomnia at the end of the game who wear the standard uniform, so it doesn't seem to be a requirement that women wear the uniform we see the mages in. Though Drautos could have done things differently.
This uniform is different from the skin up: rather than the standard uniform, it starts with a sleeveless skintight leather bodysuit that zips down the front, which with the jacket over the top probably makes restroom breaks rather difficult. The boots go up over the knee and have more straps to keep it on the thigh, and each mage has a pointed cuff around their left leg just above the top of the boot. The jacket is also different, made out of a shinier material, stopping around the ribs, and possibly unable to close. It also has a scalloped standing collar that fans around the back of the neck, netting on the left shoulder cutout, a gemstone and chain necklace/fastener, and a red cape, though it shares the modeling of the lapels, cuffs, silver accents, buttons, and hood as well as the cloth veils (though Crowe’s is never seen) with the standard uniforms.
They wear diagonally-fastened belts much like Nyx’s as well, that support daggers at the small of their back. There are two long petal-like oversleeves, rather similar but not an exact match to Tredd’s or Nyx’s, though they are stiff enough to move with the arms even when they are raised and aren’t blown back by the storm.
The capes are fastened asymmetrically and patterned with an eight-sided geometric tiling pattern, according to the models, and along with the red gloves represent the boldest and largest splash of color in any of the uniforms. The gloves appear to be elbow-length as well, implying a lot of padding on the arms.
Variation:
-Crowe’s gem may be unique, as it’s not visible on the other mages because of their veils or angle in the briefing room
-Crowe is never seen with a veil
Hope this helps your writing! And good luck!
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How does others ( Libertus, Crowe, Pelna, Luche, etc) take it that Nyx is brother of the King?
Crowe is a very dry "well fuck". She sist him down on her ratty couch with a whole pot of tea and then talks magic at him until his head is clear enough to listen to words again.
Libertus is loud. He cusses out the situation and then storms out to cool off. He's got a temper, but most of the time he recognises when he should leave before he says something turly hurtful that he doesn't mean. Half a day later he's back with enough food to feed a large family.
Pelna sits down and does research. About illegitimate children in the royal family. Their inheritence rights. Legal obligations. He compiles it all in case Nyx will need it. Which he probably will at some point, since it doesn't look like Regis and Noctis want to leave Nyx alone.
Luche gets really quiet. He doesn't really say anything at first. Instead he plans. He researches as well. But his goal is to make plans that can further Galahd within the current situation. If it'll mean helping Nyx, he'll help Nyx. If it'll mean pushing Nyx into something he doesn't want to do, Luche will do that.
Tredd will blow up and then make digs as Nyx until they fight. It's Tredd's way to make sure Nyx is still "Galahkar enough".
Sonitus simply watches. He always waits to form an opinion until a situation has settled and he can see how the pieces have fallen.
Axis talks with his Clan Head, and after getting the go-ahead, helps Nyx learn the minutiae of Galahkari law, as well as get a better understanding of Lucian law. Nyx will be going to need both to navigate this situation.
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We begin with Axis Arra...
Member of the Kingsglaive. A quiet & taciturn person. Father of 3 children who was once a farmer, but volunteered for the Kingsglaive to protect his family. He was taught how to fight by Tredd & respects him.
He was one of the Glaives that infiltrated the Niflheim airship to help rescue the kidnapped princess of Tenebrae, Lunafreya Nox Fleuret. Rather than follow orders, Axis betrayed his comrades.
During Insomnia's fall, he teamed up w/Sonitus & Tredd to attack Nyx & Lunafreya from aboard a Niflheim gunship. The traitorous trio capitalized on Nyx's inability to use magic, but they are unable to kill their target due to the intervention of Crownsguard member Petra Fortis.
A short time later, Libertus happens upon the burning remains of Petra's truck, as well as the corpses of Axis and his cohorts.
Credit for information above can be found here:
https://glaive-pelna.tumblr.com/post/188262452969/pelnakhaara-because-i-havent-seen-a https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Axis_Arra
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