#so her taste is defined by these 2 places and her parents (coerthan adventurer -> soldier and an uldah merchants daughter)

[rsenak]

Does your character have a go-to 'comfort food'? Something they can pluck quickly out of their cupboard and make when they are tired, sad or just plain don't feel like they can commit to a meal? What is it and how is it made? Is it a comfort because it's associated with something or just because it takes no time at all and warms the belly?

hiii thankyou so much for the ask! i spent days trying to figure out how/when to answer but! going to try with my wol (bringing her out of her cage)

her favorite is bread or other pastries! preferably freshly baked, but she's not that picky about it. she probably had way worse at some point during her journey.

her go to for the road are some kind of bread (usually stale by then), dried fruits and dried meat but it's more for necessity than comfort.

as for making it, she's a decent baker but if given the option, she'd prefer to buy it her pastries from a vendor in a city state. from ul'dah or ishgard if she gets to choose as they're the closest to what she was used to growing up

during her worst she was often a patron of the forgotten knight, but she has little to no memory about what any of their meals taste like. regardless, they got her through a very rough patch.

(astrid is also fond of chocolate, but she considers it a luxury and doesn't get it too often)

+ 1; there's a bakery in ul'dah that she used to visit with a friend (until that friend disappeared..........) (she hasn't been there since as it would remind her of the memories too much) (the friend in question is minfilia)

+ 2; closest to really comfort food she'd get it sidurgu's cooking. which is the same 2 or 3 recipes of mostly stews that are too spicy for her (little to no spice tolerance)

#ffxiv #astrid witte #(she has. extensive lore that was never shared online) #thankyou so much for the question!!! its great! tried my best to answer it in full but it still feels incomplete to me ahahaha #related for a bit more context; #she grew up in coerthas before the calamity and after that her mom moved back to uldah with her #so her taste is defined by these 2 places and her parents (coerthan adventurer -> soldier and an uldah merchants daughter) #and the latter cant cook to save her life. so little astrid mostly ate whatever her dad made/brought home #(she didnt learn any cooking/baking until hw too!) #(yea theres probably a lot more to add but this is all that comes to mind rn so! leaving and posting it at this!) #again thank you for the ask!!! sending you something in response too soon!