#10.5k words of angst and breakups and arguments. good times

[azems-familiar]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Azem/Emet-Selch/Hythlodaeus/Original Character, Azem/Emet-Selch (Final Fantasy XIV) Characters: Azem (Final Fantasy XIV), Emet-Selch (Final Fantasy XIV), Hythlodaeus (Final Fantasy XIV), Original Final Fantasy XIV Characters Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, the oc is another ancient obviously, The Final Days (Final Fantasy XIV), Amaurot (Final Fantasy XIV), Break Up, Angst, Named Azem (Final Fantasy XIV), Male Azem (Final Fantasy XIV), Established Relationship, which is in the process of being unestablished, Tempering (Final Fantasy XIV), POV Emet-Selch (Final Fantasy XIV) Series: Part 1 of your boldness stands alone among the wreck Summary:

He has never been particularly aligned to the Light, nor has he made a habit of utilizing Light-aligned spells when he fights, but his aetheric balance is skewed and he can sense it, and it makes every spell he casts, no matter how minor, behave differently. Hythlodaeus had been horrified, when Emet-Selch had first come home in the wake of the summoning, though he hadn’t spoken of it; he’d merely pulled Emet-Selch into a tight, clinging hug and asked if it was over, then.

No, Emet-Selch had said, because even then they had already known that Etheirys was still dead. But we will end it soon, this I swear to you. - In the aftermath of Zodiark's summoning, the Convocation gathers to discuss the next sacrifice. Azem and his best friend leave Amaurot. Emet-Selch is left behind with the wreckage.