#of encyclopaedia eorzea 2?

[sayonaramidnight]

What if she got a new weapon?...

#what does miya do right after getting her own copy #of encyclopaedia eorzea 2? #goes hunting for the most important lore #(but then I like the good old thunderstone what do) #FFXIV red mage #thanalan tinies

[dawntrailing]

6.5 New Minions/Mounts & Collectibles

Minions

Tourmaline Weapon - PVP Series (Level 15 Reward)

Kydonia Strolls Ⓣ - 400 Faux Leaves

Vicarious Vacationer - 4,000 Seafarer's Cowries

Wind-up Oschon - Alliance Raid (Thaleia)

Wind-up Golbez Ⓣ - Dungeon (The Lunar Subterrane)

Wind-up Forchenault - Merchandise (Eorzea Encyclopaedia Vol. 3)

Hydaelyn Idol - TBA

Zodiark Idol - TBA

Ryunosuke - Heavensturn (2024)

Mounts

Lynx of Abyssal Grief - Extreme Trial (The Abyssal Fracture)

Apocryphal Bahamut - Quest (7 Lynx Mounts)

Sabotender De La Luna Ⓣ - 600 Faux Leaves or 1 Gold Khloe Certificate

Garlond GL-IIT - 100,000 Seafarer's Cowries (Rank 20?)

Island Peerifool Ⓣ - TBA

Island Adenium Ⓣ - 200 Vegetal Vouchers

Peatie - Little Ladies' Day (2024)

Crescent Moon - Mogstation (TBA)

Barding

Abyssal Barding Ⓣ - Crafted

Orchestrion Roll

FINAL FANTASY IV: The Final Battle (Endwalker) Ⓣ - Crafted

The Red Wings (Endwalker) Ⓣ - Crafted

Kingdom of Baron (Endwalker) Ⓣ - Dungeon (The Lunar Subterrane)

One among Wonders Ⓣ - Alliance Raid (Thaleia)

Fair Winds to Guide Ⓣ - Alliance Raid (Thaleia)

Course Uncharted Ⓣ - Alliance Raid (Thaleia)

Myths of the Realm Ⓣ - Alliance Raid (Thaleia)

Pennons Aloft Ⓣ - Submarine

From Fear to Fortitude Ⓣ - Submarine

In The Balance (Amanda Achen Vocals) - Merchandise (FORGE AHEAD: FINAL FANTASY XIV Arrangement Album)

Dedicated To Moonlight (Forge Ahead) - Merchandise (FORGE AHEAD: FINAL FANTASY XIV Arrangement Album)

Dedicated To Moonlight (Amanda Achen Vocals) - Mogstation

The Labyrinth (Forge Ahead) - Mogstation

Carrots Of Happiness (Forge Ahead) - Mogstation

What Once Was (Forge Ahead) - Mogstation

Flow (Forge Ahead) - Mogstation

Athena, The Tireless One (Forge Ahead) - Mogstation

In The Balance (Forge Ahead) - Mogstation

Scream (Forge Ahead) - Mogstation

White Stone Black (Forge Ahead) - Mogstation

To The Edge (Forge Ahead) - Mogstation

Triad Cards

Halone - 24,800 MGP

Oschon - 24,800 MGP

Nymeia - Duel (Ylare - Old Gridania)

Althylk - Duel (Ylare - Old Gridania)

Nophica - Duel (Ylare - Old Gridania)

Thaliak - Duel (Malliart - Old Sharlayan)

Lymlaen - Duel (Malliart - Old Sharlayan)

Eulogia - Alliance Raid (Thaleia)

Durante - Dungeon (The Lunar Subterrane)

Zeromus - Trial (The Abyssal Fracture)

Fashion

Colorful Carrotsol - 6,000 Seafarer's Cowries

Emotes

Defeatist Attitude (/slump) - PVP Series (Level 5 Reward)

Greasy Delights (/eatchicken) - Promotional JP KFC collaboration

Apocalyptic Charades (/exodus, /sundering) - TBA

Love Heart (/loveheart, /heart) - Valentione's Day (2024)

Joyous Leaping 1-5 (/jumpforjoy) - Mogstation (China)

Framer's Kits

Palaistra - PVP Series (Level 10 Reward)

Cloud Nine- PVP Series (Level 20 Reward)

Twelvestold Blessings - Quest (Myths of the Realm)

Vanu Vanu - 6 Vanu Whitebone

Vath - 6 Black Copper Gil

Moogle - 6 Carved Kupo Nut

Wondrous Whimsy - 2 Silver Khloe Certificates

Fantastic Faux - 600 Faux Leaves

Season 8 PVP (Several) - PvP from ranking rewards

Notes & Sources

Ⓣ - Marketboard Available (Tradeable)

FFXIV Reddit

Garland Tools

FFXIV Collect

#final fantasy xiv #ffxiv #ff14 #patch 6.5 #final fantasy xiv: endwalker #resources

[wine-dark-soup]

it is 2 am and am lost in the encyclopaedia eorzea. Even the official texts say everyone has a crush on sadu... but they need to watch out

[barrelcat]

Holiday Pickups 2022

Happy New Year!

A little late, but thought I’d share some pickups from right before Christmas to now. 

I’m very lucky to be a mod of a great writing community on discord and this is the second year that we’ve engaged in Secret Santa across the server. @grimbims, who was my Secret Santa, sent me Hades on the Switch! I was also delighted to discover that the physical copy of the game comes with a code for the soundtrack, as well as a small artbook featuring all of the game’s characters. It’s also my first roguelike (again, recalling that whole “broadening your gaming horizon” thing), and while Hades is difficult for my novice skills, it’s a terrible amount of fun. I’m not too bad at it, either. I favor the spear coupled with blessings from Artemis and have made it just past Asterius on Elysium, but that battle of attrition always leaves me struggling to survive afterward. 

Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition is the other game I’m shuffling between right now. I had asked for XC3, but there was a mixup during my gifter’s order and I ended up with this one instead, which may secretly have been what I actually wanted. I know that XC3 is supposed to be amazing, but I like to get the whole story, even if the internet tells me that I don’t need to play 1 and 2 before diving in. I’m about twenty hours deep so far and can confidently say that I’m going to play it to the end. The world and premise are interesting, the characters and story are compelling, even if the dialogue is a bit painful at times (my writer's brain can be overly critical even at the best of times), and the gameplay loop is satisfying. It feels very MMO to me. As an avid FFXIV player, that’s only a good thing. 

I was excited for Harvestella the moment it debuted on the Nintendo Direct back in June of ‘22 (oh my gosh, is that really “back in” already???). Even though I’ve only dabbled in a handful of farming/life simulators, I’ve obsessed over the ones that I have played (minus Stardew Valley - I know, I’m awful, but it just never grabbed me like it did others. Conan Exiles, though? I lost days to that game.) The anime aesthetic coupled with farming and crafting in Harvestella spoke to me like a game hasn’t in a long, long time, and I knew I needed it as soon as it launched. This was later confirmed when I blasted through the Switch demo shortly after. As excited as I was, though, I’ve decided to set this one aside until I finish the first Xenoblade. Then I’ll discover what was really going on with those Seaslights. 

I played Fire Emblem: Three Houses for the first time just a couple months ago. The two weeks I poured into it were gone all too quickly, and while I told myself and friends that I wanted to do a replay for the other endings and storylines, I just couldn’t bring myself to betray Edelgard. After 70+ hours together, her character meant too much to me. Color me excited when I realized that Fire Emblem: Three Hopes was another story featuring those characters, but in the style of the Dynasty Warriors games. (Note: to be honest, I’m not sure what the deal is with the story, but I’m excited to find out!) So once I get to this one, I’m sure it’s going to be another non-stop ride. 

Not gifts per se, but I did pick up a Byleth amiibo with some Christmas Cash, as well as a copy of Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright for the 3DS from the local used game shop. I wanted to get a copy of an FE Fates game so I could download the third not-so-secret storyline to that series, Fire Emblem Fates: Revelations. If you didn’t know, the online shop for the 3DS (and the Wii U, I believe) are being shut down in March of 2023. Apart from purchases made before that date, nothing will be available on those marketplaces to buy or download. Part of a string of odd choices made by Nintendo, recently. 

I’ve been eyeing these books since the newest printing was announced sometime last year. Both volumes of the Encyclopaedia Eorzea are gazetteers of the world of FFXIV, and feature stunning art taken from the game. They’re filled to the brim with world lore, and remind me more of a D&D campaign guide than anything else. I have half a mind to use them to run a game set in Eorzea using these books as source material. Maybe then I can get my group to join me in the MMO. 

This mug is from Etsy and brings me immeasurable joy. It features a memed version of Gaius van Baelsar’s famous line from the end of FFXIV: A Realm Reborn and makes me cackle every time I read it. I actually received two of these in duplicate, a 16oz and a 12 oz. The larger has worked its way into my mug rotation (because we all have a thousand mugs at this point, right?), and the smaller has earned its place among my small-yet-growing FFXIV collection next to my handcrafted moogle (a birthday present from my sister). From his perch, Gaius will always be there to remind me to drink more coffee. 

Probably the coolest gift I received this year was an ocarina from the Nintendo 64 classic, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time. I’m not sure if the picture does it justice, but the craftsmanship is stunning. The blue gloss is deep and shines wonderfully under light. It fits perfectly on the shelf with my other Zelda mementos. The box came with sheet music for several melodies from the game, so I’m definitely going to try and learn a couple tunes. Physical items from games like this are the best. I’ll admit, I have a soft spot for action figures, but having something tangible from a game world you’ve invested hours into is so, so cool. 

The final, and arguably largest, pickup for this update is a Nintendo Wii that I was able to find locally on CraigsList for a fantastic price! I didn’t have a Wii when I was younger (well, I did briefly… but that story might be for another time) and I’ve had one on my list for a while. Everything works, minus some battery acid damage on one of the Wii remotes, but I’m going to invest some time into repairing that soon. 

The seller lived about an hour away, so we met halfway at another used game shop that I hadn’t been to before. After the transaction, I popped inside to grab a couple games as well, including Nights: Journey of Dreams and SSX Blur. I read the Nights comics when I was kid, which were Sega and Archie Comics attempting to see if the series could survive the market. They didn’t, unfortunately, but they were a major influencer in my perhaps misguided desire to become a writer, so I’ve always wanted to try the games. As for SSX, Blur is the only one I haven’t played in the series. SSX Tricky on the GameCube was a gaming staple when I was a kid, so I couldn’t pass this one up when I found it. 

All in all, exciting additions to the collection with a lot of games to enjoy. 

#barrel blog #video games #video game collecting #holiday pickups #wii #nintendo #nintendo switch #fire emblem #fire emblem 3 houses #fire emblem three hopes #fe3h #m!byleth #amiibo #ocarina of time #nights journey of dreams #ssx blur #ffxiv #hades game #harvestella #xenoblade chronicles #fire emblem fates

[asbibook]

Encyclopaedia Eorzea ~The World of Final Fantasy XIV~ Volume II (Final Fantasy XIV Lore Books, #2) - Square Enix

[nilboxes]

Daidukul Buduga/Magnai Oronir, Slow Burn, Deep Dive A hunt for a lone mammoth and two tribes vying for the kill. Such an event marked the beginning of what would be an epic alliance between two tribes the Steppe had not seen in recent memory, and the beginning of the story of the tribes' khans.

Currently 2/? Chapters

Extended notes and more ramblings regarding the fic—

Can't believe I'm writing fic again. Much more comfortable playing with this level of established characters NGL lol Magnai is actually tough to write because he's arrogant and his dumbness is like a whole ass level. I hope I can fully grasp it in the fic, but it gets so cringe I can't handle it and have to reign it in a little myself idk

Daidukul is actually more fun to write and think about. He's not voiced and there's barely any NPC lines to work with. Kinda annoyed that even in the Encyclopaedia Eorzea his entry is more about the Buduga and not him. Literally blank slate man walking.

Sooo I crack my fists and get to work.

Which is funny expression to use because I seriously despaired over what kind of fighter he is only to realize he's a BARE HANDED puglist, which I thought was tad impractical for the roles I wanted to give him, but okay we'll make it work, we'll roll with it. It's not like these characters can't multiclass.

Aside from fighting with mostly just his fist (I gib him some actual puglist weapons like claws pls man you can't take on a mammoth bare handed) I also imagine him a little adept at conjury, if only because he was basically forced to get better it due to circumstance and perhaps something he picked up from his childhood, which makes the fact that all the Buduga, all of them, are not born into that tribe, kinda moving how they would form bonds and choose to be there, even if they end up there willingly or not.

Anyway I'm mostly a bit ??? if I can drag this slow burn out hard, the problem with this is that sure the UST is nice but when is it enough? Gotta think about it lmao

#voidmancer writes #daidukul x magnai #daidukul buduga #magnai oronir #magnai the older #ffxiv fanfic #ffxiv fanfiction

[musesbyarya]

Ysayle Dangoulain [FFXIV]

“I am neither a saint nor a savior—just another sinner. Yet I will not forsake this cause. I cannot. I will see this cycle broken and peace restored.” ~Ysayle 

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Wikipedia

GENERAL INFORMATION

Full name: Ysayle Dangoulain

Nickname: Lady Iceaheart, Shiva

Age | D.O.B: 24

Nationality | Home: Ishgardian descent

Hair | Eyes: Grey | Ice blue

Affiliation: Leader of the heretics of Coerthas, Hydaelyn’s chosen

Orientation: Demiromantic | Demisexual

Voice claim: Laurence Crouzet (Ysayle’s French voice actress)

BIOGRAPHY

An Elezen of Ishgardian descent, Ysayle fled the bitter cold which had descended upon Coerthas following the Calamity, eventually arriving in the Dravanian forelands. There, she chanced upon Hraesvelgr, ancient warden of Anyx Trine. The power of the Echo stirred within her, and she was afforded a vision of the Dragonsong War’s inception — a vision later confirmed as truth during an encounter with Midgardsormr. Before, she had cared for little save the hunt and her birds of prey, but now, Ysayle was driven to forging a new peace twixt dragon and man while revealing the teachings of the Ishgardian Orthodox Church to be lies. It was thus she rose to a position of leadership amongst the heretics of Coerthas, taking the name Lady Iceheart. It was not long after this rise that Lady Iceheart was approached by a mysterious Elezen man — now believed to be an Ascian in disguise — who enlightened her of her own potential and showed her how to invoke the advent of a primal. Ysayle summoned Saint Shiva, using her own body as a vessel, and rent a hole in Ishgard’s magical wards. Guiding the Horde to the city gates, Ysayle’s assault on the Holy See was meant to herald an end the war by killing the man who led Ishgard’s false crusade: the archbishop. Though she well understood that the attack would claim innocent lives, she saw them as necessary sacrifices to end the cycle of hatred and war. Her wild laughter as she watched the Dravanians fly towards the city was doubtless meant to strike fear into the hearts of the guilty. When the dragons reached Ishgard, however, they were lost to their desire of revenge. As thoughtless beast, they fell upon the Brume. On the day, it was not the archbishop who felt their murderous wrath, but rather the oppressed masses. The Horde’s attack on the capital became but another manifestation of malice. The Lady Iceheart’s plan had failed. In the aftermath, Ysayle met again with the Warrior of Light, and begged that she allowed to accompany him, perhaps to atone for her own erstwhile sins. During the course of their adventures, she learned that the primal representation of Saint Shiva she had invoked was merely a shade conjured from her own imagination. Though she ended hey journeys in despair, she would eventually find resolve anew, giving her life at the age of twenty and four to see her companions, and her people, might endure. (Source: Encyclopaedia Eorzea) 

VERSES

Ysayle.// Verse | Before the Calamity Interactions:Open for any kind of interactions Takes place: Before the fall of Dalamud and the Seventh Umbral Calamity (1.X and before) Ship:Open 

Ysayle.// Verse : Dreams of Ice Interactions:Open for any kind of interactions Takes place: Between the 7th Umbral Calamity and the defeat of Shiva by the Warrior of Light. (2.X) Ship:Open 

Ysayle.// Verse : Heavensward Interactions: Open for any kind of interactions Takes place: During events that take place in Heavensward (3.X) Ship:Open

Ysayle.// Verse : After the Dragonsong Interactions:Open for any kind of interactions Takes place: After the final battle against Nidhogg (3.X and after) Special note:Alternative Universe where Ysayle survives Ship:Open  After choosing to sacrifice her life to allow the Warrior of Light and his friends to continue their journey to Azys Lla, Ysayle fell into the void receiving one last imperial cannon shot. But, seeing the woman who had tried everything to restore peace to fall in this way, Hraesvelgr could not resolve himself, flew to her and gently grabbed her in his claws before taking her with him to Zenith. Although she was at the point of death and her soul was ready to return to the Lifestream, the Dragons and Moggles succeeded in extremis in keeping her alive and healing.

It was only at the dawn of the final battle against Nidhogg that Ysayle resurfaced, still very weakened by what she had endured. With the Warrior of Light, Ser Aymeric, and Alphinaud, she returned to Ishgard and joined the others. At the end of this battle, she helped her friends to save Estinien, who was also ready to sacrifice his life to permanently kill this dragon with its ancestral hatred. But she collapsed next to him, completely exhausted, once the red eyes were extracted from his armor.

She was transported to the Holy See Hospital like the Azure Dragoon, where she received the best care possible. When she woke up, she noticed the latter’s presence in the bed next to her and smiled gently at him, happy to know he was safe and sound.

Once she was back on her feet, Ysayle asked Estinien if she could accompany him. She knew that Nidhogg’s eyes would probably come back sooner or later - it was not by throwing them into the sea of cloud that they would be destroyed - and that the hatred they contained would certainly affect someone else.

Ysayle.// Verse : Undefined Interactions:Open for any kind of interactions Takes place: Varied Ship:Open

SHIPPING

of steel and ice.// ysayle & estinien (fleetingwxrds) Ship: Ysayle Dangoulin & Estinien Varlineau Exclusive with: @fleetingwxrds Age Range: 24 yo Verse: After the Dragonsong

(Last update: 20/11/2022)

#Muses.// Character sheet

[dianewilkins]

(Download) Encyclopaedia Eorzea ~The World of Final Fantasy XIV~ Volume II (Final Fantasy XIV Lore Books, #2) - Square Enix

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 The second volume of the official Final Fantasy XIV lore books, written and compiled by the Final Fantasy XIV development team! Packed with art and information, this full-color, hardcover volume presents a panoramic overview of the world of Eorzea and its inhabitants.The world of Final Fantasy XIV has grown to encompass not only the untraversed corners of Eorzea, but the far-reaching lands of an entire new continent to the east. With new horizons come new discoveries, and so it is with great pleasure that we bring you the second volume of Square Enix?s best-selling Encyclopaedia Eorzea, containing hundreds of pages of newly compiled information on the realms we proudly call our second home. Dedicated to those for whom the pursuit of knowledge is a never-ending journey. Includes an exclusive bonus item code for an in-game item, Matoya?s Hat (head gear)!

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Get To Know Me!

Got tagged by @bg-sparrow (I can't believe I got noticed haha. Thought I'd do this 'cause why not. I need to be less dead on here)

Favourite colour: dark blue. Specifically... TARDIS blue (yes I'm that tragic lmao)

Currently reading:

Uhhh do comic books count? In which case I'm reading some Back to the Future ones (specifically volume 3 rn. I only have volumes 3 and 4 unfortunately.... they must've discontinued them in Australia. I cri because I can't find the other ones :') )

The encyclopaedia of Eorzea vol. 1-2 (Final Fantasy XIV)

None of these are normal books.. rip XD whatever.

Last song: Blank Space (specifically the live 1989 world tour version lol) by Taylor Swift

Last series: Friday Night Dinner (a comedy)

Last movie: ...The Sonic movie XD

Sweet, spicy or savoury?

Literally just not spicy. I'm an absolute wimp :)

What I'm working on:

Various bits of art and fan art. Whether or not I'll have the motivation to finish them is another thing XD

Getting my island sanctuary in Final Fantasy xiv past rank 5 (which it's been on for weeks)... lmao

I know it always says to tag someone but I'm too self conscious to do that soooo I'll just chuck that to anyone who feels like doing it ^^" sorry lol

#idk what to tag this as #get to know me game i guess

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would you be willing to make a masterpost of all your sharlayan research and headcanons? please please please and THANK YOU if you do

I can certainly try! A lot of my info is from what little we have so far, and my own fics are where a lot of my headcanons go to live, with little snippets about various characters here and there in my scattered lore posts, as well as stuff I’ve collected from other players.

Other Resources In Louisoix’s Wake - The twins’ official Calamity short story on the Lodestone. One Name, One Promise - Thancred’s backstory, from Limsa to Sharlayan training to his early assignment in Ul’dah and then early Shadowbringers. Mirke’s Menagerie - A compilation of lore info from in game, lorebooks, panels, interviews, short stories, etc. There are about 4 or 5 Sharlayan-specific posts @mirkemenagerie has made.

Encyclopaedia Eorzea - If you can get your hands on copies (physical officially; digitally is Unofficial so far as I know), I recommend it! They’re both good reads, though EE 1 is the one with a blurb on Sharlayan as a nation.

Posts by Other People - that I have collected Leveva Comment About Archon Loaf - Keeping in mind Sharlayan’s bad cuisine has been canonical for years per lorebook 1. They care more about ease of eating while studying, also seeing culinary arts as an academic field, not a practical daily exercise. Lorebook 1 Astrologian Lore - screencaps from the lorebook. Phaedra’s Teen Scion Sharlayan Antics fic - I am happy to take responsibility for inspiring @phaedra-mero to write this delightful scene.

My Own Posts Red Mage Research - Includes books from Gubal Library. Scion Ages - Pointing out the ages of the Scions, particularly the Archons.

My Fics - Sometimes there’s more HC musings in the Notes and Comments. I try to stay close to canon, at least as it is when the fic was written. Rogue’s Prelude - Multichapter, teen Thancred meets Louisoix, Yda, and Papalymo. Written a year prior to Thancred’s official ShB story above. Aetherology & Skulking Boots-Beginnings - Y’shtola agrees to tutor Thancred in how to speak properly as teenagers in the colony. Chin Up - Yda gives Thancred advice as youths in the colony. Dreams of Home-Lucubration - Yda, Lyse, and Thancred in the colony. Younger Sister - Thancred’s relationships with the Hext sisters over time. In Violet’s Wake-Louisoix’s Children - A Master Matoya PoV from StB patches. There’s a brief chapter with her and Y’mhitra in Dreams of Home, too. Excerpts from other posts - things that ended up as commentary on other threads, with some editing since.

From a thread that started off as about Thancred’s Gear from ARR to HW:

Sharlayan is a nation on an island NW of Eorzea proper; the Sharlayan everyone we know hails from was a colony that became a city-state a few hundred years back and part of the Eorzean Alliance, in the Dravanian Hinterlands, where Idyllshire is now. After the fall of Ala Mhigo and then the Battle of Silvertear Skies, the Forum (their ruling body) decided to abandon the city and return to the motherland, a process that took 5 years before they all just teleported out in a day. Except Matoya, and those archons that worked for Louisoix and that he asked to stay and go to the remaining 3 Alliance cities. This would have been 15 years before ARR/Heavensward.

The Students of Baldesion are also Sharlayan; the Isle of Val, their headquarters, being under that nation’s banner. Sons of St Coinach are another offshoot; Rammbroes (Crystal Tower raid story) was originally part of Louisoix’s Circle of Knowing (who eventually became the Scions), and Y’shtola’s sister Y’mhitra is one of the Sons and part of the Summoner storyline.

Thancred got involved as a youth–by trying to pick Louisoix’s pocket, and impressing the old man with his skills, and so Louisoix brought Thancred back with him to give the kid an opportunity for study. Yda and Lyse escaped Ala Mhigo, and with help from Papalymo, who was part of an effort to help refugees seeking shelter in Sharlayan, they ended up there, and Yda is the one who actually became an archon.

Most of the other senior Scions, so far as I know, are native to Sharlayan, either the motherland or the colony. The Leveilleur twins were born in the Hinterlands Sharlayan, but raised in the motherland, as they were less than a year old when the exodus happened. The university they and Krile attended is the Studium. Becoming an Archon seems to be a separate process not everyone goes through, and is a demonstration of mastery in chosen field(s) of study. That’s the significance of the tattoos some of the Scions have on their necks or faces.

Sharlayan is basically a nation particularly focused on academia; the trouble is, for the last couple decades, it’s been controlled by a faction of isolationists who would rather hoard knowledge and sit in the proverbial ivory tower looking down on non-Sharlayans, claiming others would abuse their knowledge, and that they should simply observe history and not try to affect it. Louisoix, Matoya, and the organizations they associate with (the Circle of Knowing/Scions; Sons of St Coinach, the Students of Baldesion, etc), think that viewpoint is stupid and go against it. A big part of the Astrologian storyline is dealing with Sharlayans who dislike Leveva’s family sharing Sharlayan astrology with outsiders, for example.

What sort of relationship Sharlayan and Ishgard had before the exodus isn’t really detailed much; both were pretty insular and focused on their own issues (like many of Eorzea’s city-states outside of crises), and the Dravanian threat at the time might have kept them pretty separated by land. Sharlayan was responsible for Eorzea’s aetherytes and keeping the aethernets working, though, and it’s suggested they still handle that post-Calamity to some degree. We pay fees for teleports because reconstruction and upkeep is pricey for all of the city-states.

Next post:

The Isle of Val was the headquarters of the Students of Baldesion, Krile’s family and order, and was a Sharlayan institution. It’s destruction/missing status happened during the ARR patches, and Krile was saved by Hydaelyn as she has the Echo (as an aside: you can hear Minfilia talking to Krile via linkpearl in the background on the Enterprise after rescuing the Scions from Castrum Centri before Ultima, and she constantly refers to and worries about Krile after the Isle of Val goes missing, but then plot happened to Minfilia so we never see them together as friends). The Ascians seemed to have a hand in the Isle’s disappearance…but there’s story about the fate of the Isle of Val and the Students of Baldesion in Stormblood’s Eureka plotline.

As for the Archon Marks, if they do confer social benefits, aside from being an easily seen status symbol for some highly skilled & educated folks, it hasn’t been mentioned yet in concrete terms, though we know the rank has benefits (like access to forbidden lore). Mostly they are a way to tell at a glance who has obtained the rank. It’s like if people with doctorates had a tattoo of their degree symbol on them so you knew just by looking.

As of Shadowbringers 5.4, we know that to become an Archon a thesis is required, and it’s a great deal more work than a Studium graduate’s final thesis. It strikes me that Studium (which some of the Scion Archons also attended) is like undergrad or Masters studies, while Archon is a Doctorate level.

I personally headcanon that the arcane marks confer some minor, slowed visible aging and other vague magical benefits befitting their rank in Sharlayan society. Really, that’s a way for the devs to avoid new models and add to the confusion in 1.0′s intros and the running joke about Y’shtola’s age, BUT let’s come up with an in-world thing, too. There has to be some explanation for Thancred’s perpetual baby face when he’s not RPing a Mountain Hobo ;) Also we really don’t know for sure how old Matoya is. Just old.

Lorebook 2 Notes:

Mikoto Jinba (Return to Ivalice, Save the Queen storylines) worked on aetheric siphon research with Moenbryda, and at 29 is the youngest Raen with the rank of Archon in recent history. It was Jessie’s connections that brought her to Cid’s attention and got her involved in the Return to Ivalice story.

Ejika Tsunjika (Eureka storyline) went to school at the same time as Krile and Leveilleur twins, endorsed by Galuf Baldesion, who Ejika later chose to work under. He’s resentful of Krile and the twins as Ejika himself is of humble origins and had to struggle to get to where he is, yet hides his Archon brands with high collars as he refuses to believe himself unique or exceptional.

#Final Fantasy XIV #Lore #Sharlayan #Archons #Scions of the Seventh Dawn #Anonymous

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Viera are from Othard

I don’t know why this didn’t occur to me before now, but Viera are a far eastern race.  Golmore Jungle, where the Rava clan is from, is in the province of Dalmasca, which is to the west of Nagxia and south of the Burn.  The Skatay Range, where the Veena are from, is the mountain range border separating Dalmasca and the Burn. 

I made this (shitty and possibly inaccurate because sometimes XIV lore is hard to put together y’all) region map for southern Othard from the one shown in the in-game cinematic for the 24-mans.  Please enjoy my MS Paint

As for Viera that might not be from the wood anymore, in its former kingdom status, Dalmasca is stated by Encyclopaedia Eorzea Vol 2 to have Viera as only 5% of its population.  A pretty small percentage - Viera seem to take their connection to the wood Very Seriously and don’t leave very often, which means most of us with Viera characters are going to be major outliers in terms of Viera cultural norms.  A bit frustrating as I’m sure not everyone wants to feel like their backstory is exactly the same as everyone else!  

I WANNA BE SPECIAL DANGIT

Then again, with all the war and upheaval in Othard, perhaps those norms will be less rigid?  I don’t know. 

Anyway, all I concluded with this random lore-searching mission was that I can dress my future bun in Doman, Hingan or Nagxian pretties and have it be not only not weird, but probably rather normalish given that they are all of the far east.

#lore ramblings #ffxiv #viera

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Text descriptions for the Ala Mhigan weapons found in Castrum Abania, pt 2: Disciples of Magic

(from Encyclopaedia Eorzea vol II)

#and the rest! #ffxiv lore #weapon lore #ala mhigo #castrum abania #encyclopaedia eorzea ii #i love all of the pairs!! #esp blm/whm :prayer emoji:

[musesbyarya-a]

FFXIV - Ysayle Dangoulain

“I am neither a saint nor a savior—just another sinner. Yet I will not forsake this cause. I cannot. I will see this cycle broken and peace restored.” ~Ysayle 

MUSE TAG | WIKIPEDIA

GENERAL INFORMATION

Full name: Ysayle Dangoulain

Nickname: Lady Iceaheart, Shiva

Age | D.O.B: 24

Nationality | Home: Ishgardian descent

Hair | Eyes: Grey | Ice blue

Affiliation: Leader of the heretics of Coerthas, Hydaelyn’s chosen

Orientation: Demiromantic | Demisexual

Voice claim: Laurence Crouzet (Ysayle’s French voice actor)

BIOGRAPHY

An Elezen of Ishgardian descent, Ysayle fled the bitter cold which had descended upon Coerthas following the Calamity, eventually arriving in the Dravanian forelands. There, she chanced upon Hraesvelgr, ancient warden of Anyx Trine. The power of the Echo stirred within her, and she was afforded a vision of the Dragonsong War’s inception — a vision later confirmed as truth during an encounter with Midgardsormr. Before, she had cared for little save the hunt and her birds of prey, but now, Ysayle was driven to forging a new peace twixt dragon and man while revealing the teachings of the Ishgardian Orthodox Church to be lies. It was thus she rose to a position of leadership amongst the heretics of Coerthas, taking the name Lady Iceheart. It was not long after this rise that Lady Iceheart was approached by a mysterious Elezen man — now believed to be an Ascian in disguise — who enlightened her of her own potential and showed her how to invoke the advent of a primal. Ysayle summoned Saint Shiva, using her own body as a vessel, and rent a hole in Ishgard’s magical wards. Guiding the Horde to the city gates, Ysayle’s assault on the Holy See was meant to herald an end the war by killing the man who led Ishgard’s false crusade: the archbishop. Though she well understood that the attack would claim innocent lives, she saw them as necessary sacrifices to end the cycle of hatred and war. Her wild laughter as she watched the Dravanians fly towards the city was doubtless meant to strike fear into the hearts of the guilty. When the dragons reached Ishgard, however, they were lost to their desire of revenge. As thoughtless beast, they fell upon the Brume. On the day, it was not the archbishop who felt their murderous wrath, but rather the oppressed masses. The Horde’s attack on the capital became but another manifestation of malice. The Lady Iceheart’s plan had failed. In the aftermath, Ysayle met again with the Warrior of Light, and begged that she allowed to accompany him, perhaps to atone for her own erstwhile sins. During the course of their adventures, she learned that the primal representation of Saint Shiva she had invoked was merely a shade conjured from her own imagination. Though she ended hey journeys in despair, she would eventually find resolve anew, giving her life at the age of twenty and four to see her companions, and her people, might endure. (Source: Encyclopaedia Eorzea) 

VERSES

Ysayle Dangoulain | Verse | Before the Calamity Interactions: Open for any kind of interactions Takes place: Before the fall of Dalamud and the Seventh Umbral Calamity (1.X and before) Ship: Open 

Ysayle Dangoulain | Verse | Dreams of Ice Interactions: Open for any kind of interactions Takes place: Between the 7th Umbral Calamity and the defeat of Shiva by the Warrior of Light. (2.X) Ship: Open 

Ysayle Dangoulain | Verse | Heavensward Interactions: Open for any kind of interactions Takes place: During events that take place in Heavensward (3.X) Ship: Open

Ysayle Dangoulain | Verse | After the Dragonsong Interactions: Open for any kind of interactions Takes place: After the final battle against Nidhogg (3.X and after) Special note: Alternative Universe where Ysayle survives Ship: Open  After choosing to sacrifice her life to allow the Warrior of Light and his friends to continue their journey to Azys Lla, Ysayle fell into the void receiving one last imperial cannon shot. But, seeing the woman who had tried everything to restore peace to fall in this way, Hraesvelgr could not resolve himself, flew to her and gently grabbed her in his claws before taking her with him to Zenith. Although she was at the point of death and her soul was ready to return to the Lifestream, the Dragons and Moggles succeeded in extremis in keeping her alive and healing.

It was only at the dawn of the final battle against Nidhogg that Ysayle resurfaced, still very weakened by what she had endured. With the Warrior of Light, Ser Aymeric, and Alphinaud, she returned to Ishgard and joined the others. At the end of this battle, she helped her friends to save Estinien, who was also ready to sacrifice his life to permanently kill this dragon with its ancestral hatred. But she collapsed next to him, completely exhausted, once the red eyes were extracted from his armor.

She was transported to the Holy See Hospital like the Azure Dragoon, where she received the best care possible. When she woke up, she noticed the latter's presence in the bed next to her and smiled gently at him, happy to know he was safe and sound.

Once she was back on her feet, Ysayle asked Estinien if she could accompany him. She knew that Nidhogg's eyes would probably come back sooner or later - it was not by throwing them into the sea of cloud that they would be destroyed - and that the hatred they contained would certainly affect someone else.

Ysayle Dangoulain | Verse | Undefined Interactions: Open for any kind of interactions Takes place: Varied Ship: Open

(Last update: 19/08/2019)

#Muses | Character sheet

[eorzean-tale]

Prompt #16 Bond

This is part 2 of my lore series, where I try and analyze some of the tidbits of info we got from Encyclopaedia Eorzea, volume II. This series only focuses on the Seeker of the Sun M-tribe lore, particularly four of its characters that were highlighted in the book and shared in the BRPN Discord. For this part, I’m going to look at the bond between a nunh and his tribe.There will be spoilers from the lorebook below the cut, so be warned.

Part 2 M’rahz Nunh

From Encyclopaedia Eorzea, volume II:

“There was a time when I was the weakest of the males in the M Tribe. It wasn’t easy, but through rigorous training, I eventually grew to become the man you see before you.” M’rahz was only three and twenty when he bested his predecessor in a duel and replaced him as nunh, a breeding male. While that was an impressive feat in its own right, the Seeker of the Sun would be the first to acknowledge that the harder part was still to come. In the early days, it seemed as though he could please none of the womenfolk, but pain proved an effective teacher and he quickly honed his sensitivity to the needs of others. Over the next twenty-seven years, he has protected his people as both a husband and a father. A challenging task at the best of times, it was only made more difficult when the Empire invaded two decades ago. With their hunting grounds shrinking and food growing scarcer by the season, many hard decisions had to be made. And the hardest one of all was that which saw his dear friend and fellow nunh, M’aht, leave the village behind. Owing to their history, he harbors a fondness for M’zhet, M’aht’s spirited son.

Let’s talk about his quote first. It seems that Rahz refers refers to his own people as ‘the M Tribe’ and not the Marmot Tribe. The use of the word ‘tribe’ also suggests that they are the only group of Marmots out there. In RP, we often speak of septs, sects, pacts, or whatever else, to indicate that there isn’t just one group of that tribe and everyone can play their Seeker Miqo’te as they like, even if they share the same tribal letter. As this is not done here, one might wonder if all M Tribe Miqo’te can only be from this particular group.

I personally do not think that is the case, and that they used these terms to not confuse people. Not everyone might know that the M stands for the Marmot totem, and not everyone will realize that tribes might have split off into different groups at some point in their history. I would like to see more acknowledgement of these different groups of the same tribe at some point, but I suppose we should be happy about getting any kind of lore about Seekers at this point :P

Note that he also uses the terms ‘males’ and ‘man’, indicating that, yes, some Seekers will refer to men as males. It’s an easy term to pick up if you want to give your character that extra bit of ‘tribal flavour’.

Next: becoming nunh

They then focus on him beating his predecessor in a duel at the tender age of 23 and that that was a pretty impressive feat. So the weakest male managed to climb to the top of the combat ranks at the tender age of 23… That training must have been really rigorous indeed.

It makes me wonder how the runt became the master in such a relatively short amount of time, and if the other tia didn’t train just as hard. It doesn’t seem to be normal to be able to defeat a nunh so early on, as they make a point out of calling it an impressive feat. I suppose they want to show how hard he had to work for it, but personally I wouldn’t have minded it if they had made him a little older. 

It’s followed up by this quote:

In the early days, it seemed as though he could please none of the womenfolk, but pain proved an effective teacher and he quickly honed his sensitivity to the needs of others.

Uh, pain? As in.. physical? Did they beat him up? Or did he hurt a lot of the women by just being an insensitive dick? Or did they hurt him? While I like that they emphasize the need for a nunh to be sensitive to the needs of others with this quote, it has some weird implications when you think about it more. Mostly, that apparently the tia of the Marmot tribe don’t receive any sort of training on what is expected of you once you do become nunh. They only focus on training to defeat the current nunh, and supposedly learn the duties that come with it after that. So what happens when a nunh doesn’t learn? It just seems odder and odder to me, the longer I think about it. Like having an archery competition to determine the best huntress of your tribe, and once someone wins, they’ll go on their first actual hunt. The M Tribe could have used a ‘Nunh for dummies’ book back in Rahz’s day.

Luckily for the M Tribe, Rahz learned well:

Over the next twenty-seven years, he has protected his people as both a husband and a father.

Personally, I hate the use of the word husband in this sentence. It’s very confusing as to what it means. I think they might mean in a general sense, as ‘husband to his people’ and not one woman like the term suggests to the average western reader, but that might just be wishful thinking on my part, as that is the better out of two unpleasant options for me. Let me explain.

Husband to one (or multiple) women

If he is literally married to one woman of his tribe, or even several, it would mean he values this person above the others. Even if the marriage is political or symbolic, it means this woman is favoured by this nunh for whatever reason. This level of favouritism might be very difficult in a culture where he literally has to father all the children of the tribe and raises a lot of questions:

Does he live with his wife, or wives? 

If not, what is the point of the bonding?

Does that mean he favours his children by this woman?

Do other huntresses or his other children never get jealous?

Of course they would, so how do they deal with that?

Why specifically the term husband, and not something a bit less city-folk-like such as mate for example?

Can tia get married as well? 

Can women to other women? 

You have to keep in mind that female Miqo’te vastly outnumber the males, so what then happens to the women who are, for lack of a better term, leftover and not inclined towards other women?

Who is his wife, or wives?

What is the ceremony like?

So many questions, and we probably won’t get any answers from SE, so we have to decide for our own tribes. I just hope people do ask themselves these questions, when they next write love-stories for their nunh characters.

What I truly despise about this option though, is that his wife, or wives, aren’t named. It reminds me of DBZ or old Disney, where the spouses were often so ‘background’ that they weren’t even given a name. The huntresses deserve their spotlight as well, dammit :P

Husband to the tribe

I like this option better, but once I started writing down why, I realized it has its fair share of flaws as well. If he is a husband to the tribe, how does that work when he’s defeated by a tia? Is defeating and becoming nunh quite literally tearing a family apart and inserting yourself into it? If that’s the case, then I understand why he had trouble pleasing the women of his tribe at first, as that sounds rather traumatic.

For me, personally, it’s still the better option though. I hope they meant he does husband-like duties, just like he does fatherly duties as mentioned in the same sentence, without him literally being someone's husband. It also makes me wonder what counts as husband-like in Japan, and I even tried to look up if ‘husband’ could mean different things in Japanese, depending on context. The only thing I could find, is that the most common character for husband in Japanese is the same as ‘owner’, or ‘master’. Yikes.

Anyway, enough about this one word, as this wall of text is getting quite long as it is. It’s just interesting to speculate about. The rest of the description talks about difficulties stemming from the invasion of the Empire 20 years ago, with hunting grounds shrinking because of it. I’ll talk about Aht and Zhet in their own posts, so that’s it for me, for now.

If you made it all the way down here, then thank you for reading! If you have your own ideas and speculations about this bit of lore, let me know in the comments below. I’m always eager to discuss people’s interpretations.

#FFxivWrite2018 #ffxiv balmung #final fantasy 14 #ffxiv #seeker of the sun #tribal seeker of the sun #seeker lore #ffxiv lore

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dark encyclopaedia eorzea 2 show me the forbidden monk lore you havent updated since 1.0

#i lie they gave us the shadow sect #but i have Words on that #after banri's bullshit in SB i Trust No One but im still gonna sit here and hope #jillian talks sometimes

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It Still Sucks

The second lorebook, Encyclopaedia Eorzea 2, is now available for pre-order!

... Unless you live in Australia. And maybe even New Zealand, though I'm not entirely certain. Either way! The AU Square Enix store is a barren wasteland, leaving us Aussies with very limited options if we want to get ourselves a copy of the this new lorebook. We're forced to rely on friends overseas, and pay extra to cover shipping and other expenses just to get our hands on all this new lore.

If any Aussies out there plan on getting the lorebook like myself, let me know how you're gonna go about it. And maybe one day, in the distant future, SE will actually make their lorebooks available on the AU version of their website. Until then, RIP your wallet, fellow Aussies.

Anyway. Rant over. Big thanks to all of you folks who are helping us in AU to get our lorebooks, though! ^^ We appreciate you! <3

#A rant #Feel free to ignore this #I just remember what I had to do #To get the first lorebook #And I know that I'll find some way to get it #It just still hurts my soul #Knowing that us Aussies need to put in extra time and effort #And bother our overseas friends #Just to get it