The Sharlayans constructed the Antitower in the Dravanian Hinterlands to study the aetherial sea, eventually learning of the Final Days from Hydaelyn. After the exodus, the Antitower was entrusted to Matoya. They built the Aitiascope in Labyrinthos to continue their research.
Much more advanced than its predecessor, the Aitiascope allowed Sharlayans to peer even deeper into the aetherial sea in search for Hydaelyn's voice that grew fainter and fainter by the years.
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#VierApril 6 - Heavensward
As baffling as the Antitower felt to others, she felt perfectly at home with the convoluted architecture and magical environment.
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the way Thancred insists on tanking as a rogue when there's a guy in a tank class travelling with you...
I wonder why I was so unsurprised he was drawn to a tank job later...
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I humbly offer a couple of cheeky lil Ren outtakes from the Ship in a Bottle screen set. I still liked them even tho I couldn't use them in the end!
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Antitower and the hat
Y'shtola sighed deeply "Did you really have to wear that hat to see Master Matoya?"
Mizuki hummed "but I like this hat. I made it myself." she added proudly "mages need big hats! and none is more magnificent than Master Matoya's."
"you have plenty of other choices-"
Mizuki shrugged "I forgot- it's been rather hectic of late I'll have you know." Y'shtola kept up her angry face "Next I will most definitely change hat." Mizuki chuckled,
"Still though- seeing you get turned into a poroggo was quite funny- if Master Matoya had witnessed that-"
"Another word out of you and I shall turned you into a poroggo myself." Y'shtola warned.
Alphinaud looked to Thancred with concern "should we-" Thancred held up a hand to silence Alphinaud, "watch-"
The mages slowly started laughing "It is good to see you've kept well in our absence." Y'shtola said with a smile,
"And good to have you back," Mizuki grinned back "I missed you 'Shtola."
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Spinning off 2 from the WoL culture and geography questions - you've mentioned before that Beef is originally from Aerslaent, but can't return there. Where does she consider "home" these days and why? Does any part of her still long to return there after everything that happened?
this is actually a very interesting question for me to tackle, because i feel like beef struggles with the themes of finding a home quite a bit even now
i guess the short version is... probably limsa is the closest thing to home for her now. it was founded by sea wolves fleeing aerslaent, so there are some common cultural roots that she finds comforting. plus it's a piratical seafaring nation with a fishing guild, as well as the two combat guilds she feels most closely aligned with (marauders and thieves), and also the premiere dining establishment in all of eorzea, all of which are things she feels drawn to.
that being said, in a way she still feels rootless, like home is still somewhere out there just out of reach. maybe it's what comes of being the traveler--feeling like home is always elsewhere.
i'm not sure how she'd feel about the prospect of going back to aerslaent tbh. on the one hand she probably still doesn't really Remember much of anything about her homeland, for good or for bad, but on the other hand she probably at least has her suspicions about certain things. either way i think going there would be very... enlightening for her. (i want her to go there so bad it would be so bad for her please she needs to suffer some more)
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