#ffxivwrites2024 - master list

[shadowed-vigil]

a directory of sorts - all 2024 entries

all entries have been posted to ao3 here. below the cut are descriptions and direct links to each individual chapter.

1. steer - tumblr / ao3 verb: to guide the movement or course of (someone or something) characters: warrior of light, emet-selch, azem word count: 582 notes: endwalker spoilers for post-level 87 dungeon.

after elpis, arcelia considers those who came before.

2. horizon - tumblr / ao3 noun: the limit of a person's mental perception, experience, or interest characters: warrior of light, word count: 514 notes: no spoilers, primarily pre-arr. 

a child of the twelveswood longs to see more.

3. tempest - tumblr / ao3 noun: a raging storm characters: warrior of light, carvallain de gorgagne word count: 562 notes: takes place at the start of stormblood. 

carvallain considers his new guests. 

4. reticent - tumblr / ao3 adjective: not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily. characters: warrior of light, carvallain de gorgagne word count: 911 notes: a direct continuation from horizon.

carvallain and the warrior of light have a conversation.

5. stamp - tumblr / ao3 noun: a distinctive character, indication, or mark characters: warrior of light word count: 571 notes: takes place post-heavensward.

arcelia considers what’s worth holding onto. 

6. halcyon - tumblr / ao3 adjective: denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful. characters: warrior of light, grinnaux de dzemael, paulecrain de fanouilley (i guess? barely to the guys) word count: 690 (nice) notes: spoilers through endwalker. 

arcelia contemplates her journey and what yet lies ahead.

7. morsel - tumblr / ao3 noun: a small piece or amount of food; a mouthful; a small piece or amount characters: warrior of light, vague mentions of grinnaux and paulecrain word count: 158 notes: heavensward era. 

they can be anything they want in the dark.

8. inquire - tumblr / ao3 verb: ask for information from someone. characters: warrior of light, paulecrain de fanouilley word count: 537 notes: heavensward era. 

arcelia and paulecrain and some (harmless) pillowtalk. 

9. lend an ear - tumblr / ao3 phrase of lend: to listen sympathetically or attentively. characters: warrior of light, thancred waters word count: 969 (nice) notes: post-level 87 dungeon. 

arcelia is reeling. thancred does what he can to help.

10. stable - tumblr / ao3

adjective: not likely to give way or overturn; firmly fixed; not deteriorating in health after an injury or operation. characters: warrior of light, word count: 702 notes: endwalker spoilers. 

the warrior of light does not wake up on the ragnarok. 

11. surrogate - tumblr / ao3 noun: a substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office. characters: warrior of light, carvallain de gorgagne word count: 1614 notes: takes place just before stormblood; a continuation of sorts from reticent. nsfw, explicit mentions of sex. (sorry, carv.) carvallain entertains an unexpected guest. 

12. quarry - tumblr / ao3 noun: an animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey; a thing or person that is chased or sought. characters: grinnaux de dzemael, paulecrain de fanouilley, warrior of light word count: 963 notes: takes place early heavensward, after the tribunal. an alternative pov of blasphemous. teehee.

grinnaux and paulecrain attend a ball. the warrior of light attends, too. 

13. butte - tumblr / ao3 noun: an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top characters: warrior of light word count: 332 notes: stormblood era.

arcelia takes a moment for herself.

14. telling - tumblr / ao3 adjective: having a striking or revealing effect; significant. characters: warrior of light, grinnaux de dzemael, paulecrain de fanouilley word count: 754 notes: takes place during endwalker, sometime after the level 83 quests.

arcelia wishes that things were different.

15. interlude - tumblr / ao3 noun: a pause between the acts of a play. characters: warrior of light, grinnaux de dzemael word count: 89 notes: heavensward era. pillowtalk fluff.

softness where it shouldn’t be. (so she thinks, anyway.)

16. third-rate - tumblr / ao3 adjective: of inferior or very poor quality. characters: warrior of light, paulecrain de fanouilley word count: 974 notes/warnings: heavensward era. explicit nsfw; she humps his leg :/

arcelia tries to be a little more honest with herself.

17. sally - tumblr / ao3 noun: a sudden charge out of a besieged place against the enemy; a brief journey or sudden start into activity. characters: warrior of light, grinnaux de dzemael word count: 1977 notes/warnings**: rape/noncon; consensual nonconsent if you squint. takes place during the vault. a bad end au/noncanonical for my wol.

against her better judgement, arcelia holds her shots.

18. hackneyed - tumblr / ao3 adjective: lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite. characters: warrior of light, grinnaux de dzemael, paulecrain de fanouilley word count: 473 notes: heavensward era; general fluff. arcelia wonders how long things will last.

19. taken - tumblr / ao3 verb: capture characters: warrior of light, paulecrain de fanouilley word count: 878 notes/warnings: a (sort of) continuation from sally. nothing explicit in this chapter, but as it does reference the previous entry, there are mentions of past noncon/implied noncon.

arcelia wakes up somewhere new. 

20. duel - tumblr / ao3 noun: a contest with deadly weapons arranged between two people in order to settle a point of honor; a contest between two parties. characters: warrior of light, grinnaux de dzemael, paulecrain de fanouilley word count: 659 notes: heavensward fluff. grinnaux considers the tribunal and what comes after.

21. shade - tumblr / ao3 noun: a ghost. characters: warrior of light word count: 123 notes: post-hw era. 

arcelia considers her shadow.

22. take - tumblr / ao3 verb: remove (someone or something) from a particular place. characters: warrior of light, mentions of grinnaux and paulecrain word count: 424 notes: post-heavensward era; an alternative idea for the "taken" prompt day.

arcelia loses more than she thinks. 

23. on cloud nine - tumblr / ao3 idiom: blissfully happy. characters: warrior of light, grinnaux de dzemael, paulecrain de fanouilley word count: 348 notes: post-endwalker.

arcelia experiences an emotion.

24. bar - tumblr / ao3 noun: a measure of music or the time of a piece of music. characters: warrior of light, her mother, grinnaux de dzemael word count: 1011 notes: pre-arr into early hw. arcelia’s mother teaches her how to sing. arcelia keeps the practice close to her heart.

25. perpetuity - tumblr / ao3 noun: the state or quality of lasting forever. characters: grinnaux de dzemael, paulecrain de fanouilley word count: 92 notes: post-endwalker.

grinnaux and paulecrain go shopping. 

26. zip - tumblr / ao3 verb: to fasten; to move at high speed.  or, the idiom, zip [your lip]: to say nothing or stop talking.  characters: warrior of light, her father word count: 448 notes: endwalker spoilers; takes place sometime post-85 dungeon.

arcelia says hi to her dad after all these years.

27. memory - tumblr / ao3 noun: something remembered from the past; a recollection. characters: grinnaux de dzemael, paulecrain de fanouilley, warrior of light word count: 569 notes: takes place sometime between hw and ew.

grinnaux thinks of what was. 

28. deleterious - tumblr / ao3 adjective: causing harm or damage. characters: warrior of light + another warrior of light :^) word count: 338 notes: an au of an au i’m cooking with a friend…hehe. references to being held hostage/implications/etc. cw stabbing. (yes, utena is on the moodboard.)

arcelia’s escape attempt doesn’t go as planned. 

29. lapse - tumblr / ao3 verb: come to an end. characters: paulecrain de fanouilley, warrior of light word count: 664 notes: endwalker spoilers.

one last night before the end of the world. 

30. two heads are better than one. - tumblr / ao3 idiom: used to say that it is easier for two people who help each other to solve a problem than it is for one person to solve a problem alone. characters: grinnaux de dzemael, paulecrain de fanouilley, warrior of light word count: 1007 notes: endwalker spoilers.

after so much survival, they’re finally afforded the chance to live.