#myths of the realm

[marieriina]

I was watching Jesse Cox's stream last night and someone said before the Oschon fight "All the monks use the opo-opo form to make him feel bad", and I've been thinking about that all day.

#ffxiv #6.5 spoilers #Oschon #ffxiv meteor #myths of the realm #ffxiv 6.5 spoilers #endwalker spoilers #ffxiv fanart #fanart

[finishing-touch]

Forsake godhood, and return to monke

Credit to @the-sycophant for playing the part of monke

#|| Screenshots #FFXIV #FF14 #Deryk #myths of the realm #6.5 spoilers #the ending to this raid got me feeling strangely sentimental which I have not felt in some while #Deryk felt like the main character the whole time

[zeroshadows]

Nymeia

#nymeia #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #ff14 #myths of the realm #endwalker

[ryuucae]

Wandering

#ff14 #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #myths of the realm #deryk ffxiv #oschon #art #drawing #digital art #artwork #illustration #once again 2 am post bcuz i cannot give a flip about algorithm alignment anymore #was overall a bit meh about 6.5 AR story but I like deryk's story #traveling across the land with his lil friend in tow #i thought it would be good to try and capture a sense of wanderlust but alas #backgrounds man... #i feel embarrassed as always but i will never get better at these if i don't start somewhere

[vogelspinne]

"Like the stormy seas, I'm a harsh mistress!"

#llymlaen #ffxiv fanart #ffxiv #the twelve #ffxiv 6.5 #myths of the realm #thaleia #llymlaen the navigator

[opteekaal]

"Oi! Cut it out, you!"

I love this little easter egg in the fight! She is so cool and her fight is my favorite in the latest 24 man.

#ff14 fanart #ffxiv fanart #ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy 14 #final fantasy xiv #llymlaen #thaleia #myths of the realm #the navigator #6.5 spoilers #opteekaalart

[hraeesvelgr]

myths of the realm quests

inspired by this tweet

#art #ff14 #ffxiv art #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #g'raha tia #deryk ffxiv #ffxiv wol #myths of the realm

[balladingbard]

How Deryk Solved the Problem of the Ancients

When we talk about the Myths of the Realm finale, I think many of us went in expecting how the story would end.

We knew the Twelve were former Ancients from Venat’s faction. We knew they were getting ready to pass the torch to mankind. Heck, we even knew Deryk was Oschon.

But despite the predictability of the story, I think Myths highlighted a nagging problem Ancient society was plagued with and never could get over: the inability to enjoy life simply for what it was.

When we think about it, the Ancients based their lives on their work and purpose. Once that purpose was done, death awaited. We saw it in Ancient society with the Elpis arc. We saw it with the Ascians, like Emet-Selch and Elidibus and their speeches on duty. We also saw it with the Twelve, who after all these millennia of guiding mankind to stand on their own feet again, decided to call it quits and return to the Star.

Work becomes life, according to the Ancients, and once that work is done, what life is there left to live?

But then Oschon came along.

Like the rest of the Twelve, Oschon (or Deryk, as he called himself) was like the other Ancients. His work was wrapping up, and after a final test for mankind, he was going to return to the Star with his friends like the other Ancients before him. But unlike the rest of the Twelve, rather than observing and keeping communication to a minimum with mankind, he reached out and became one of them - joining their travels, breaking bread at the table, listening to their hopes and dreams.

Though still at work, he got to do something the other Twelve had little chance to do - see the newly created world not from the eyes of a protective deity, but of a man. And when he allowed himself to glimpse a life outside of his work, it awakened a desire to remain. While the other Eleven returned to the Star, Oschon decided to stay, embracing Deryk’s identity and finally taking the time to simply enjoy the world and people he’d spent lifetimes protecting.

In short, Oschon learned a lesson the Ancients ignored - how to see the beauty of life outside of work.

Though the Ancients weren’t wrong in celebrating their purposes and finding joy in what they did, we saw in the Elpis arc and Hermes how damaging it was to make life solely about work. Would Hermes have been as distraught in taking Fandaniel’s seat knowing it didn’t mean the end of his mentor? Could the Eleven have gotten to know their people had they stayed, and thus find new purpose in the world they helped shape? Menphina says in her final battle, “Let’s delight in the simple things,” but does she really allow herself to?

No. Instead, it’s Oschon, the wanderer…the loner. The one who really wasn’t supposed to be around people much, but chose them over his purpose as an Ancient anyways. And despite still having love for the Eleven, he allowed himself to do something no other Ancient (except perhaps Elidibus) could do: remember the Ancient world, but still embrace the new.

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #endwalker spoilers #endwalker #ffxiv spoilers #6.5 spoilers #myths of the realm #myths of the realm spoilers #deryk ffxiv #oschon #Hermes #ffxiv ancients #FFXIV the twelve

[battleonthebigbridge]

Took these gposes on the 25th April 2022 just on the off chance that the theory was true and here we go.

#ffxiv #deryk #oschon #ff14 #6.5 spoilers #myths of the realm #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #endwalker #endwalker spoilers #ffxiv gpose #gposers

[ageha-sds]

i refuse to do eulogia

#ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #endwalker #myths of the realm #thaleia #thaliak #llymlaen #oschon #6.5 spoilers #ff14 spoilers #blender

[otherwindow]

Myths of the Realm gods edits are finally out and free to download here

#ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy #mods #6.5 #azeyma #rhalgr #nophica #nymeia #menphina #thaliak #llymlaen #kofi #my mods #myths of the realm

[krintou-squids]

Chibi goddesses :^D

designs for merch (coming soon)

#ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #ffxiv spoilers #the twelve #myths of the realm #azeyma #nymeia #halone #nophica #menphina #(( I put nophica and halone together bc of twitter 4 pic limit but also uhmm..... you can guess

[amememightywarrior]

i think i did pretty good on this color/light study of everyone's favorite old man cat who was extremely excited about the back support device he got from the gleaner supply depot

#ffxiv #g'raha tia #euphrosyne #6.3 spoilers #myths of the realm #he knows the value of good back support when you're still young #art #color/light study

[autumnslance]

Menphina, holding a large, squirming puppy: "Hydaelyn! Look what the mortals gave me!"

Hydaelyn: "Ohhhhh, how adorable! ...A problem in a few thousand years, but what a sweet divine conception of the new satellite. Speaking of concepts, this is a major change to yours, so be sure to check in."

Menphina: "I was going to have tea with the Watcher to center myself. But I was thinking, while I'm there, don't you have Argos helping him mind Zodiark?"

Hydaelyn: "Yes, why?"

Menphina: "I don't want Dalamud to be bored while I'm chatting with our friend, and I bet Argos could use a break..."

Hydaelyn: "...You want to arrange a puppy play date?"

Menphina: "Pleeeaaasse??"

Hydaelyn: "You know that I cannot say no to anything that cute. Or to that face you're making. Have fun, dear."

Menphina: "Thanks! C'mon, boy!"

Later...

The Watcher: "...Then they stole and buried a dozen recording crystals each, ate more wildlife, and then tore through the loporrit's newest excavation tunnels and dismantled several helper constructs, despite Livingway firmly reminding them that those are not chew toys."

Hydaelyn, sighing dreamily: "Such good hounds. And so cute while doing it!"

The Watcher: "It's going to take a couple hundred years to get all this fur out of my robes..."

#final fantasy xiv #lyn writing #silliness #myths of the realm #hydaelyn #menphina #dalamud #argos #the watcher #random shower thoughts #c'mon you know the divine helper pups playing is a cute idea

[wearebaldesion-ffxiv]

#33

Happy All Saints' Wake!

#ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy 14 #final fantasy xiv #ffxiv spoilers #ff14 spoilers #myths of the realm #graha tia #g'raha tia #krile baldesion #krile #wol #warrior of light #snoegeim #snoegeim museseeker #eker #comic #we are baldesion #deryk #the twelve

[hrms-t]

#ff14 #ff14 screenshot #id #thaleia #myths of the realm