#dusk and farron

[sjofn-lofnsdottr]

Farron had his butt out ALL NIGHT during prog and then decided to afk in his house.

What else was I supposed to do?

[sjofn-lofnsdottr]

I happen to be ~both~. And I can talk at length about both ships, so. I will be kind and use a break! Because I assure you, this shit is going to be L O N G.

The tl,dr though: dusk/estinien and dusk/farron both make me very happy whee

First, Dusk's NPC ship:

These two fucking dorks. I started shipping them as a bit of a joke. Dusk is this big helpful golden retriever weirdo, and here this edgelord wannabe batman comes flying out of nowhere, insults him, and then leaps away like he thinks he's cool. Estinien's introduction for me was hilarious, and I decided I absolutely needed to mentally push these two barbies together and make them kiss.

Even Nidhogg shipped it.

What was delightful for me was that I felt like the game kept ... agreeing with me, in a way. Estinien being Way Too Intense About Everything while also trying to Keep His Distance made it feel like he was struggling with getting too invested in this big stupid blonde, that he can't help but blurt things that are meant to sound bad-ass and important but come across as the world's edgiest flirting. You don't tell a man it's destiny to defeat your biggest adversary together without it meaning something, not when you have literally spent your every waking moment since your family died thinking about how you're going to murder the shit out of that dragon. You don't add an extra person into that revenge fantasy unless there are feelings, I'm sure of it.

I had no idea how important he would be in the actual MSQ, so I was a little sad at the end of the level 50 dragoon quest (I hadn't even finished 2.0 yet when I finished DRG's quests), where he has his little meltdown and disappears. Imagine my delight when he strolled back onto screen, trying to be so cool and mysterious. Imagine how he was probably privately dying inside, thinking to himself, fuck, it's that guy, that guy who saw me have a little Nidhogg Episode, that guy that I definitely do not have a crush on. Imagine him realizing wait, THAT guy is the guy Aymeric's been talking my ear off about any time I visit his office? Fuck!

That's right, play it cool.

Anyway, I was definitely pleased to see him again, and pleased to see he was still this tremendous way-too-intense weirdo. Forget the other elezen boyfriends being tossed Dusk's way, I only had eyes for the murder hobo in the silly armor whose face I'd never seen. Because their early dynamic kept making me laugh, the way they had very different ways of interacting with the world, yet still had enough stuff in common to Get Each Other. Even their stupid armor reflected it, since I insisted on glamming the blue dragoon set onto Dusk for most of HW. Dusk is much more cheerful and optimistic than Estinien, but ultimately they're both Ishgardian Intense about protecting people, and that was good enough for me to be entertained, at first.

And then the asshole did this, after Alphie says Ravana isn't a problem, because Dusk will murder him:

This was one of the first times anyone had suggested that maybe deciding "it's fine, Dusk will fight it" without knowing much about the threat, or volunteering Dusk without even asking, isn't cool. It meant a lot to Dusk, way more than I think Estinien would ever realize.

And just like that, the ship turned into a serious one for me (although it still makes me laugh sometimes, of course). Because it drove something home for me that I'd already been thinking about. At this point in the story, Estinien is pretty much the only person Dusk knows who kind of understands what it's like to be the Warrior of Light, since he's the Azure Dragoon. They both get a lot of expectations piled onto them that they're expected to just accept without complaint, to be the best living weapon they can be. Neither one is technically fighting their fight alone, but they're each respectively The Guy. And it's just ... nice knowing there's someone else who understands what it's like being The Guy.

And I think that's why he's the one who gets Alphie to realize how he's been kind of a shitty friend to Dusk with this comment. I know Alphie talks about the firewood all the time, but I think this is the actual first Big Influence Estinien has on him, the firewood is just the stand in because he can tangibly show having learned that at the drop of a hat. It's a lot harder to show 'I realized I was treating this person I admire like a tool and taught myself to stop doing that.'

I could write a lot about Heavensward in general and why that made me go ride or die for this ship, but suffice to say, I really enjoyed Estinien's devotion to protecting Ishgard extending beyond 'murder dragons,' even if he wasn't very patient with 'hang out with a heretic and try her plan first.' He still did it. I enjoyed that he told everyone they weren't allowed to come on his dragon killing date with Dusk. I appreciated that he didn't fight accepting the truth of the war when it was revealed to him, trusting what Dusk told him he saw was true, even though it meant what he'd been honed into was based on a lie the entire time. A lot of people wouldn't have.

I spent most of Heavensward expecting him to turn somehow, especially since I knew he'd lost it once already in the DRG quests, and was ready for some Dusk Angst to come from it. But he never really did, he was fully committed the entire time, and you could tell he trusted Dusk completely (and Dusk trusted him). At the end of Heavensward, I let my guard down about two seconds before Estinien himself did, which made that hit harder. Got my angst after all. :D

I have already rambled at length, and I don't really need to go over Estinien's whole arc. I think he's had a lot of growth since we met him, while keeping stuff I have liked about him since the beginning. And the game gives me every reason to think Estinien and the Warrior of Light are close, if I want to, and I very much do want to. For me, even if I look at the relationship platonically, I think they helped each other grow. They'd both been seen as tools to solve problems with, and had both gotten more complacent with the idea than they should've been. It's easier to see how unfair that is when it's happening to someone you're friends with, rather than yourself, and I think seeing that reflection in each other was really important for both of them. And that's going to form a certain kind of bond they just do not have with anyone else.

But also you can't have these two keep looking at each other like this every time they see each other for the first time in a while and expect me not to ship them. You simply cannot.

I won't ramble quite as much (probably) about Dusk/Farron, because I am way more likely to talk about that ship in general.

So I've been close friends with @petitfarron for years now. We met each other not long after we started playing FFXIV in early 2019 (I started in February, he started in April). Sometimes you just meet someone you click with, and Petit turned out to be one of those someones.

About two years ago (god), he was starting to get back into RP, and wanted to 'practice,' for lack of a better word. I hadn't RPed in FFXIV at all, but I was happy to volunteer. I had been learning anamnesis making silly shippy pictures of Dusk and Farron already, and he's always liked Dusk as a character to start with (I didn't RP, but I sure did talk A LOT about Dusk as a character to anyone who would listen), so although I said it didn't have to go that route if he didn't think it would make sense, the ship between Dusk and Farron set sail pretty much immediately.

And I'm really glad it did! First, there's the shallow, obvious reason. They are simply adorable together:

But I also really enjoy their relationship, because I think they compliment each other really well. Since the RP is just the two of us, Petit encouraged me to RP Dusk as the Warrior of Light instead of Random Adventuring Elezen #9263586. Farron, on the other hand, is just a guy. A guy who met Dusk after 6.0 ended, and got to know him as Dusk, rather than The Warrior of Light, and that is incredibly important to Dusk.

He can pipe up with is opinion if he wants, but from my perspective, Farron helps remind Dusk that he's actually still a normal person, capable of just doing normal things, with normal person wants and needs. He's protective of Dusk, worries about people starting to treat him like the solution to their problems again, worries about Dusk feeling pressure to fling himself into danger. At the same time, he loves how easily Dusk gives his time and care and kindness and love to people, and he trusts that Dusk truly wants to help them.

Dusk loves that Farron is kind, in spite of all the shit Farron has been through in his life. He loves that he's so curious about the world around them, and the people they meet. Dusk is too, and he's excited to share those sorts of experiences with Farron. He even loves visiting places he's been that Farron hasn't, because he gets to learn what Farron thinks of those places, and it gives him a new perspective on them! He loves that Farron's a stubborn optimist too, and that while he worries about Dusk, he will never try to convince him to be someone he simply isn't. He'll never ask him not to help, not to adventure, not to fight. He'll only make sure it's something Dusk really wants to do, something Dusk wants people to consider.

I also just enjoy poor normal-ass Farron learning to deal with his partner's extremely not-normal life. He's doing his best!

For a while, these two ships existed in different spaces for me.

In MSQ-land, Dusk and Estinien are ... complicated, never saying outright how much they care about each other. There are times I was like 'oh they totally made out here,' mind you, but I also think that after it was out of their systems, they go right back to pretending they're just bros, and thinking they're definitely pulling it off. They are wrong, of course, but no one's had the heart to point it out yet.

In RP-land, Dusk and Farron are engaged and nigh-inseparable. They're rarely apart, and most challenges they face are external, rather than conflict between them or their relationship styles. They're very much on the same page, and so fuckin' happy and sappy with each other. They are free serotonin for me, always.

Keeping them separate makes sense, right?

Except Petit and I will definitely be writing a lot of RP stuff based on whatever happens in Dawntrail, so it'll be MSQ-tastic.

Except Petit has also really loved the Dusk/Estinien ship, ever since I'd started talking to him about it years ago.

Except I have always thought of Dusk as polyamorous, ever since I made him up for a completely different game.

Except Petit thinks of Farron as polyamorous, because of how viis and viera are.

Except Petit also really loves Estinien as a character.

So fine, the two concepts can collide a bit. As a treat.

Another random WoLQotD/OC question

I thought I'd ask this while I worked on my other questions. :)

If you're a WoL x NPC shipper, what drew you to that ship and why? What makes that ship the pinnacle for you and your oc? Is it that you love the canon character you write them with, you find their dynamic interesting or something in between?

If you're not a WoL x NPC shipper, but you have a ship with another person, how did that come about? What makes that ship fulfilling for you? Has the ship impacted your relationship with that other person? Feel free to gush, I wanna hear it!

Oh, and pictures are a must (if you have them).

[petitfarron]

SUSHI

I DEMAND SUSHI PICTURE

You're so needy about my dumbest gpose!

[oeidn]

" look up at the sky . "

         ✱˚｡⋆   ↪ 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 .    /    serah farron, @healfate.

         &.    as instructed, the warrior looks upward. Taking in such scenery of creamy-white    &.    a plane or two soaring across    ...    the warmth of a dusk falling sun nearly  sparkles  on pale skin, shining on silver metal armor. It's almost blinding, though feels  freeing.  To have the pleasure of being in a moment of calm before a storm soon approaches;  living in a moment to last forelong. Lips stretch into a smile - one so    GENUINE    her muscles ached, it's been  too long  since having such emotion overwhelm her chest. To be with her sister, peacefully like this, is all she'd ever wanted    &.    fought for.

         However, concepts like this  don't stay.  A sky once so full of hope    &.    rainbows, soon become  gloom,  become doom.  A mirage of the sister so loved    &.    desperate to reunite with fades - nothing short of an apparition formed from one's mind.

         Her smile fades.

         Rain pours, harshly connecting with the same armor that basked itself in sun;  now rusted    &.    so very worn.

         Odin made a noise, that of which horses do when checking on their rider    &.    clanking their hooves against rubble    &.    ash. God reincarnate looked to him, a silent reassurance that she'd be  fine.

          ❛ ❛  Too much time's been wasted already    ...    I know.  ❜ ❜         A response stern    &.    filled with frustration. The pair would take off, fighting yet another battle in hopes to become  one step closer  to being with her family once more. This time, swearing not to let Serah slip between her grasp again.

[lichtundschattens]

‘ zendaya coleman, cis woman, she/her, 28/280 , illyrian ’ ― cauldron save you. it seems VALORA VESPER has been teleported to the dusk court, the ACOLYTE from THE SUMMER COURT is said to be VALIANT and is said to describe themselves with BATTLE-SCARRED HANDS THAT WERE ONCE INSTRUMENTS OF DESTRUCTION NOW HOLD A SURPRISING GENTLENESS, SHADOWS OF A WAR-TORN CHILDHOOD, THE SCENT OF BLOOMING FLOWERS MINGLED WITH THE SMELL OF SALT AIR, FOREVER NAVIGATING THE WATERS OF YOUR OWN HEALING and with all of this in mind their VOLATILE nature always seems to get them into trouble. may the mother hold them as they navigate this unthinkable time.

full name: valora vesper

aliases: valor, val

age: 28/280

occupation: acolyte

alliances: summer court

species: illyrian

personality (+): valiant, resilient, confident, empathetic

personality (-): reserved, volatile, self-destructive, dissociative

inspirations: natasha romanoff / black widow (marvel), lightning farron (final fantasy), diana prince / wonder woman (dc), touka kirishima (tokyo ghoul)

THE STORY SO FAR;

In a world devoid of love, you emerge - a sapling in barren soil. Irontooth, your war camp, becomes your crucible, forging you into a weapon through selective breeding and relentless training. Violence is your lullaby, combat your nursery rhyme. By ten, you can take down foes twice your size.

Pain becomes your constant companion, etching its presence into your bones. Yet, beneath the bruises and scars, a flicker of humanity persists. It ignites when a little girl, sharing your surname, seeks solace in your presence during frigid nights. This unexpected kinship blooms in the harshest of environments, like a dandelion pushing through concrete.

At fifteen, fate rips you away from your newfound sister, but also from the iron grip of Irontooth. Freedom tastes foreign on your tongue as you find yourself under the guidance of a sea captain. Her wisdom unravels the tapestry of lies you've been wrapped in, revealing a world far more complex than you ever imagined.

The seas become your classroom, each port a new lesson. You sail through Prythian's courts, collecting fragments of identity like seashells on a shore. Yet, as you piece together a new self, the old one haunts your dreams, waking you with ghostly screams and cold sweat.

Peace remains elusive. In the Day Court, you grasp for a sense of normalcy, your warrior hands now cradling delicate flowers in a quaint shop. When contracted to train Ulka, a small fae with grand ambitions, you see a reflection of your past self in her determined eyes. You pridefully accept.

Your journey has been a tapestry of encounters, each thread a potential path. One such thread, offered by the High Priestess of the Summer Court, dangles before you - a chance at a different kind of serenity. After years of internal debate, you find yourself at the threshold of the Summer Court, poised to embrace a new chapter, hoping that this time, peace might finally be within reach.

TL;DR: born in an illyrian war camp that was known for selective breeding to create the perfect warriors. earns freedom at 15 through luck, then sails the seas and finds her identity. still plagued by trauma and recently turned to becoming an acolyte in an attempt to find peace.

TIMELINE! : (0 - 150 yrs) - Irontooth War Camp, escape at 150 (150 - 250 yrs) - Sailing the seas (250 - 270 yrs) - Day court (270 - now) - Summer court

[sjofn-lofnsdottr]

Cheesy but true:

His husbun makes him unbelievably happy.

He also honest-to-god loves helping people, and it makes him happy to do so. Doing carpentry also makes him happy. If he can help people with carpentry? Bliss.

Lots of things about Dusk make me happy! His ship with Farron makes me happy! Personality-wise his kindness makes me happy, along with his tendency to stream of consciousness ramble when he's relaxing. I like to think about how people who've only seen him in Warrior of Light mode would be startled by how much he talks otherwise. Looks-wise, his basic elezen-ness makes me happy. It's so goofy and handsome at the same time, it's pleasing. <3

So I have a WoL/FFXIV OC question for all of you:

Name one (or more if you’d like) things that make your WoL happy? And a bonus: What is it about your WoL that makes you happy?

Feel free to share your thoughts, any pictures, art, whatever you would like! Let’s get some positivity going! 🥰💖

[toggle1-mrfipp]

Opera Omnia Burst Themes 2/?

With Opera Omnia shutting down, I decided to make a few posts about one of my favorite parts of the game: The Burst Weapons. Not because they were a powerful, much sought after weapon tier that gave big numbers with massive benefits, but because I have a love for Final Fantasy music, and what BTs I wanted was strongly dependent on what song would play when used.

These posts are meant to be more for the sake of archiving what there had been more than anything else, but at the very least I am going to list a large number of great FF songs.

The first listings will be the songs that we had gotten during the game's lifetime.

Final Fantasy XI Shantotto: Iron Colossus Prishe: A Realm of Emptiness Arciela V Aloulin: Arciela's Theme Iroha: Dance of the Tengu Selh'teus: Dusk and Dawn Kam'lanaut: Tough Battle #2 Eald'narche: Belief

Final Fantasy XII Vaan: Flash of Steel Penelo: Penelo's Theme Balthier: Giving Chase Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca: Boss Battle Reks: Boss Battle (Zodiac Age) Vayne Curudas Solidor: The Battle for Freedom Gabranth: Life and Death

Final Fantasy XIII Lightning: Blinded by Light Hope Estheim: Hope's Theme Snow Villiers: Savior of Souls Cid Raines: Desperate Struggle Jihl Nabaat: Test of L'cie Serah Farron: Paradigm Shift Noel Kriess: The Last Hunter Caius Ballad: The Unseen Abyss

Final Fantasy XIV Y'shtola Rhul: Ominous Prognosticks Yda Hext: Defender of the Realm Papalymo Totolymo: Another Brick

Final Fantasy XV Noctis Lucis Caelum: APOCALYPSIS NOCTIS Ignis Scientia: Omnis Lacrima Gladiolus Amicitia: Clash on the Big Bridge (Episode Gladiolus) Lunafreya Nox Fleuret: Advent of the Apocalypse Cor Leonis: The Trials of the Shield Iris Amicitia: Up for the Challenge Ardyn Izunia: Magna Insomnia Aranea Highwind: Invidia

Tactics Ramza Beoulve: Antipyretic Agrias Oaks: Battle on the Bridge

Type-0 Ace: We Have Arrived Deuce: War: The Quiet Bloodbath Cater: War: Howl of the Dreadnaught Queen: The Heart Boils Rem Tokimiya: Rem Tokimiya Machina Kunagiri: Servant of the Crystal Kurasame Susaya: War: Breaking Through

Crystal Chronicles Ciaran: United, Heaven-sent Sherlotta: The Creation of the Origin Yuri: Final Decisive Battle Layle: This is The End For You! Keiss: Narrow Escape Jegran: This is The End For You!

World of Final Fantasy Lann & Reynn: World of Battle Enna Kros: Mega World of Battle

Stranger of Paradise Jack Garland: Jack's Theme Neon: Battle: The Fiend of Fire-Motif from Mt Gulg Astos: Battle: The Suffering of Fools

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[petitfarron]

Write about a member of your ship giving the other a special gift.

Thanks for the ask! I'm sorry it took me forever to get to it but I'm here now!

Farron's actually given Dusk a few special gifts already but I'm just going to choose one of my favorite moments and re-write it in a not-from-our-rp style instead! ♡

☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

It was well into the night, and the house was silent with all occupants fast asleep; a peaceful atmosphere.

Mostly.

The soft sounds of tinkering could be heard from the basement. There was still one who hadn't found sleep yet and couldn't until the task he set out to complete was done. It was important!

And so Farron sat at Dusk's workbench, trying his hand at a craft he wasn't all too familiar with yet so that he could surprise the love of his life with an old gift restored. He always meant to transform the tiny, dried gloxinia flower from their first date into something more.

Sure, he had already given Dusk a necklace previously, but he couldn't help but think another, more sentimental type that he could carry with him anywhere would be perfect. They were both horrifically sappy and sentimental, after all.

Applying the final touches to his craft, Farron wiped the back of his hand across his brow and sighed softly as he held the delicate chain up to the light to inspect his work. A glint reflected off the small, glass bottle he had attached and enchanted, revealing the dried flower within. Obviously, his hand would never be up to par with that of a master goldsmiths, but he felt a certain amount of pride nonetheless. It was important to him to make this gift himself rather than have it commissioned... and here it was! Finished and beautiful, to his eyes.

All that was left was to slip it around Dusk's neck without waking him...

Steeling himself, Farron drew in the deepest breath his lungs would allow. Exhaling shakily, his nerves getting the better of him, he pushed himself to his feet and started the daunting task of getting back up two flights of stairs without waking anyone. He thanked the gods that no one but him could hear the way his heart was pounding or how the blood rushed in his ears in such a defeaning way.

One step had betrayed him on the way up with a low groan, and he held his breath, ears swiveling forward on high alert. And there he stood for much longer than he needed before he found the courage to continue. All remained silent, and deep down, he knew he didn't need to worry as much as he had been.

The sight of Dusk fast asleep in bed surrounded by amaro, a rabbit and a duck warmed his heart, and Farron carefully climbed into the bed with them. Luckily, not a single one stirred, and he quietly let out the breath he hadn't realized he was holding.

It was now or never.

Slowly crawling up next to his partner's sleeping form, Farron held both ends of the necklace, and quick as he could, he slid one end under Dusk's neck, clasping both ends together with ease. A loving smile played onto his lips, and he leaned over to press a lingering, gentle kiss to Dusk's forehead. His heart was still pounding fiercely as he adjusted the chain so the clasp was out of sight.

Late night shenanigans completed, all that was left was to sleep until morning when Dusk would notice the new adornment hanging from his neck. Until then? Farron would attempt to sleep through his excitement and giddiness.

And sleep he did.

In mere moments of being cuddled up with his favorite person, he drifted off, dreaming of how lucky it was that they had ever met. He would forever be thankful to have had such a chance in his life, and he would treasure this man like the gift he was until the end of his days.

[sjofn-lofnsdottr]

I think my favorite random thing about Dusk is that he's very good at money, but his general doofy, oblivious aura means most people would assume the opposite.

His husband knows, though. And finds Capitalist Mode Dusk very funny.

having a bit of a dreary morning so I bring a wol question to you all

what's your favorite fact about your wol/oc?

do they have a hobby? is it one of the crafting jobs? are they on a personal journey to sample every type of cheese in the world? do they have any remarkably specific quirks or habits? what's something you've added to them that just really makes them... them.

(and as always, bonus points for including a screenshot of your lovelies <3)

[sjofn-lofnsdottr]

Sometimes Farron finds it embarrassing Dusk can carry him around so easily, but ultimately he thinks it's fun.

[tillman]

HMM today i think i will *runs around in the swamp like a lost child in a large super market and picks up many frogs as i go*

[denofwoe]

[petitfarron]

What does Farron make of the 'beast' tribes he's encountered? Does he have a favourite/least favourite to help out, and why?

Since Farron's only been on the Source for about 4 years he hasn't gotten the chance to travel as much as he'd like. There are a handful of beast tribes he has met, though!

So far he hasn't really helped them out much, per say but the ones he's very excited to get to know/help more would be the Qiqirn! They remind him of depictions of the Qitari from back home on the First. (Which he didn't actually get to meet since he left before they started coming around again.)

He just thinks they look adorable and that they seem sweet natured so of course he wants to help! But, really... it's Farron. He'd probably help any and all of them without a second thought.

[blood-darkened-moon]

Dark Souls

Dark Souls 1

Characters Chosen Undead | Anastacia of Astora | Knight Lautrec of Carim | Solaire of Astora | Blacksmith Andre | Oscar of Astora | Giant Blacksmith | Quelaan/Daughter of Chaos | Quelana of Izalith | Gwynevere Princess of Sunlight | Siegmeyer of Catarina | Sieglinde of Catarina | Kingseeker Frampt | Darkstalker Kaathe | Patches the Hyena | Lord's Blade Ciaran | Dusk of Oolacile | Darkmoon Knightess | Elizabeth | Furtive Pygmy | Witch of Izalith | Hawkeye Gough | Giant Crow | Shiva of the East | Black Iron Tarkus | Alvina of the Darkroot Wood | Big Hat Logan | Ingward the Guardian of the Seal | Female Undead Merchant | Everlasting Dragon | Goddess Fina

Bosses Asylum Demon | Taurus Demon | Capra Demon | Gaping Dragon | Bell Gargoyle | Chaos Witch Quelaag | Iron Golem | Moonlight Butterfly | Dragon Slayer Ornstein | Executioner Smough | Ceaseless Discharge | Centipede Demon | Bed of Chaos | Pinwheel | Gravelord Nito | Seath the Scaleless | Four Kings | Great Grey Wolf Sif | Dark Sun Gwyndolin | Crossbreed Priscilla | Sanctuary Guardian | Artorias the Abysswalker | Manus Father of the Abyss | Black Dragon Kalameet | Gwyn Lord of Cinder

Enemies Silver Knight | Mushroom People | Havel the Rock | Black Knight | Wheel Skeleton | The Channeler | Black Hydra | Stone Guardian | Sunlight Maggot | Batwing Demon | Crow Demon | Ghost | Undead Attack Dog | Maneater Mildred | Crystal Golem | Skeleton Beast | Kirk Knight of Thorns | Undead Dragon | Bounding Demon of Lost Izalith | Serpent Mage

Dark Souls 2

Characters Bearer of the Curse | Emerald Herald/Shanalotte | Lucatiel of Mirrah | Aslatiel of Mirrah | Lonesome Gavlan | Royal Sorcerer Navlaan | Vengarl of Forossa | Faraam, God of War | Alsanna the Silent Oracle | Nadalia Bride of Ash | Jester Thomas | Sweet Shalquoir | Benhart of Jugo | Weaponsmith Ornifex | Creighton the Wanderer

Bosses Old Dragonslayer | Ruin Sentinel | The Rotten | Executioner's Chariot | Covetous Demon | Mytha the Baneful Queen | Old Iron King | Throne Watcher | Throne Defender | Looking Glass Knight | Demon of Song | Velstadt the Royal Aegis | King Vendrick | Smelter Demon | Royal Rat Authority | Fume Knight | Sir Alonne | Elana the Squalid Queen | Sinh the Slumbering Dragon | Aava the King's Pet | Lud the King's Pet | Zallen the King's Pet | Burnt Ivory King | Darklurker | Nashandra

Enemies Aurous Knight | Heide Knight | Amana Priestess | Pursuer | Flame Salamander | Retainer Rogue

Dark Souls 3

Characters Ashen One | Fire Keeper | Anri of Astora | Horace the Hushed | Yuria of Londor | Eygon of Carim | Irina of Carim | Orbeck of Vinheim | Sirris of the Sunless Realms | Unbreakable Patches | Greirat of the Undead Settlement | Siegward of Catarina | Princess Filianore | Company Captain Yorshka | Sir Vilhelm | Baby Ocelotte | Queen of Lothric | Painting Woman | Liliane of the Sable Church | Lord of Hollows | Karla | Cornyx of the Great Swamp | Ringfinger Leonhard | Rosaria Mother of Rebirth | Pygmy Lords | Yellowfinger Heysel | Old Wolf of Farron | Archdeacon Klimt | Archdeacon Mcdonnell | Archdeacon Royce | Shira Knight of Filianore | Pilgrim from Londor | Ludleth of Courland | Giant Archer of the Undead Settlement

Bosses Iudex Gundyr | Vordt of the Boreal Valley | Curse Rotted Greatwood | Crystal Sage | Deacons of the Deep | High Lord Wolnir | Old Demon King | Champion Gundyr | Pontiff Sulyvahn | Abyss Watchers | Yhorm the Giant | Aldrich Devourer of Gods | Dancer of the Boreal Valley | Dragonslayer Armour | Lothric Younger Prince | Lorian Elder Prince | Ancient Wyvern | Nameless King | Storm Drake | Oceiros the Consumed King | Champion's Gravetender | Gravetender Greatwolf | Sister Friede | Father Ariandel | Demon Prince | Darkeater Midir | Halflight Spear of the Church | Slave Knight Gael | Soul of Cinder

Enemies Pontiff Knight | Fire Witch | Sulyvahn's Beast | Grand Archives Scholar | Lothric Knight | Darkwraith | Carthus Swordsman Skeleton | Tree Woman | Ravenous Crystal Lizard | Corvian Settler | Corvian Knight | Ringed Knight | Desert Pyromancer Zoey | Londor Pale Shade | Holy Knight Hodrick | Angel | Boreal Outrider Knight | Jailer | Grand Archives Scholar | Monstrosity of Sin | Wolf | Grave Warden | Deep Accursed | Cathedral Evangelist | Hollow Slave | Caged Hollow | Hollow Manservant | Fire Demon | Flesh of Aldrich | Gertrude’s Knight | Pus of Man | Evangelist

Groups/Ships/All Games Twin Princes | Nkstein | Ciartorias | Eygon x Irina | Four Knights of Gwyn | Crystal Lizard | Patches | Basilisk | Rat | Mimic | Skeleton | Velka Goddess of Sin

Others Dubious Grandma | Maiden of the Moon | Irithyll of the Boreal Valley

DS Trivia

[tortilla-of-wisdom]

Alright, here's what I named them and why!

Going in timeline order, Sun is, in her lifetime, just Zelda. She gets a full name later on in the timeline, around the same time they decided she was Queen. History just know her as Zelda Hylia Hyrule (amusingly, Sky also got this treatment too! He's Link Farrone Hyrule, named after the first place the hylians colonized upon arriving on the surface).

Dot I name Zelda Minirva Hyrule. Which, I named her Minerva, but spelled differently so that it could be shortened to Mini. Because Minish. And I thought it was clever.

Lullaby is Zelda Kattlel Hyrule. Kattlel is a sheikah name I got from a generator, because I like just messing with name generators sometimes, and I happened to really like it. I believe firmly that Lullaby's mother was fully sheikah, so it made sense to me that she'd have a sheikah middle name.

Fable is Zelda Arrania Hyrule, and I'll be real I spent the least amount of time on her name. It sounds Hylian and magical and that's good enough! (It's a placeholder that stuck.)

Both of Hyrule's Zeldas are Zelda Borea Hyrule, since Aurora's brother made it law that every woman be named after his sleeping sister and I imagine at some point someone took that way too literally. Aurora is Zelda Borea the First and Dawn is Zelda Borea the Twenty-Seventh. Borea is pulled from borealis, like aurora borealis (pretty sure I spelled that wrong, oh well), and then those are lights and Dawn is light and yeah I tried to make it work for both of them and this is what I came up with.

Tetra is either Tetra Zelda Hyrule, or Tetra Nohansen Hyrule, or Tetra Daphnes Hyrule. Basically I don't know if I want her to just stick 'Zelda' in as her middle name or if I want to name her after the king in her game.

Dusk is Zelda Sharalla Hyrule. Her name I really wanted to bring up like, shadows or twilight or mirrors to mind, but I couldn't figure it out how to make that work. So I spit out something that sounded like 'shadow' as a placeholder, and now it's stuck.

Artemis is Zelda Artemisia Hyrule, because while the nickname 'Artemis' makes sense to us in our world, it doesn't make as much sense in universe. So this is my explanation for that. Plus, it's pretty!

Flora is Zelda Silentia Hyrule. Silentia is, in my mind, half of the scientific name for the silent princess flowers, which I thought was awful sweet.

And on the note of ACIF in your tags, I just uploaded Revali's chapter last Saturday, which I think is somewhat fitting. Bird Link's game came out and then the Bird Man's chapter is posted. I hope you enjoy the story, and I'd love to know what you think of it! (I have spent so much time on ACIF and put so much effort into is, and I really hope people end up loving it as much as I do. There is so much fun stuff coming up that I'm so excited for people to see!)

-Attllhak

okay i am in LOVE with Sun and Sky getting middlenames later on, it's such a cute little idea!!!!

Minirva absolutely destroyed me oh my GOD. shortening it to Mini...... 🥺🥺

i love Lullaby's sheikah middle name!!!! her being half sheikah is something i hadn't considered

Arrania sounds nice!!! sometimes placeholders become placeowners and that's fine lol

honestly the Borea one is SO big brained. it fits them both really nicely i think!!!! (and no you spelled it correctly!)

i really like Tetra Nohansen Hyrule! but there are many nice options for her so i can see why you're having trouble, hope you can settle for something!

another placeholder placeowner... Shallara is a really pretty name tho! i like it

Artemisia IS really pretty, and having it be her last name does make her nickname make way more sense in universe, so a win-win! nice way to kill two birds with one stone

SILENTIA WAS A ONE HIT K.O. FOR ME. IDK WHY IT AFFECTED ME SO MUCH BUT IT DID. that might be my favorite out of them it's so... 🥺

i loved reading all that thank you so much for sharing!!!! i loved all of them i think they fit them all really really well! (and that IS fitting lol, when i finally sit down to read it i'll make sure to leave you a few comments!)

[sjofn-lofnsdottr]

Dusk is sentimental about a lot of things, but by and large physical items are low on the list of things he would actually consider 'precious.' There's things he has he'd rather not lose (his house keys), some things he knows he'd get in trouble for losing (his Azem stone), some things he doesn't know he already lost (again, his house keys).

However, there is a necklace he has, given to him by Farron, that goes in that 'precious' category. It has a pendant containing a dried gloxinia flower Farron gave him when he first admitted he had a crush on Dusk. How could that not be precious to him? Thus far he rarely takes it off, but I suspect he'll start putting it somewhere safe once every day seems like a fighting day again ... and switch to the other necklace Farron gave him, which he also loves but he thinks is sturdier for every day adventuring. I'm also sure once they get married in their RP timeline, his wedding band will get placed in that 'precious' category too.

What is your WoL's most precious item?