#source: final fantasy IX

[incorrect-anything-quotes]

"You don't need a reason to help people."

- Wander

[sir-fratley-irontail]

Pixiv's artists are amazing, aren't they?

The artist's profile: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/2503911

[eriyu]

i was just reminded of this old graphic design project i did years and years ago for school. if i did it today i'd definitely make it easier to read, if nothing else, but... it's still kinda cool?

the final product was actually a physical accordion book, so that you could easily align the first "page" with any of the later pages to see which character it was referring to

[theskeletoninthegarden]

gets up from my doze in bed to research how ships in final fantasy xii fly, again

[oveliagirlhaditright]

Maybe the real Final Fantasy IX Remake (and Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster) was the friends we made along the way.

[brick3621]

we gotta get these kids off fortnite and get them to play something really meaningful that'll stick with em for the rest of their lives. like final fantasy 9. or twilight princess. or luigi's mansion perhaps

[finalfantasyix]

Final Fantasy IX 25th anniversary website launched

Square Enix has launched a special website in celebration of Final Fantasy IX‘s 25th anniversary, which it will celebrate on July 7.

The company is preparing various projects, including goods and collaborations, to commemorate the 25th anniversary, starting off with the following announcements:

Books:

Final Fantasy IX Picture Book: Vivi, Grandpa, and the Day of Departure - 44 pages, out July 2 for 1,320 yen

Goods:

Final Fantasy IX 25th Anniversary Lottery – details to be announced

Zoff x Final Fantasy IX Collaboration Glasses – due out in early July

Final Fantasy IX 25th Anniversary Official Goods – various products

Music:

Final Fantasy IX 25th Anniversary Vinyl – Timeless Tale – due out on July 9 for 4,950 yen

Final Fantasy IX first launched for PlayStation on July 25, 2000, and has sold over 8.9 million units worldwide.

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[minecraftbookshelf]

Marriage of State AU Character Designs: The Mad King of Mezalea

Joel actually has three major looks through the course of the AU; Prince of Mezalea, Trophy Husband, and King Joel, with the subcategories of "armor" for each.

They all have the same base design of "human", differing by (apparent) age and general sense of style.

Some Joel Skins to start us off and provide the base we're working off of, and also the Mezalean banner because color pallet

And also, because it is actually relevant, (bear with me here) some samples of Mezalean architecture.

The Matral Palace and the Villager area.

Based off of Joel's final skin, the vibe is kind of "Victorian military dress uniform" however there is something very, very important to take into consideration from a worldbuilding perspective.

The Mesa is a warm weather biome. Its a colorful desert. Which means high temperatures during the day and cold at night. So tight-fitting, thick fabrics in a Victorian style would be incredibly impractical.

So we turn to the second possible source for fashion inspiration: The architecture, which gives mostly Byzantine vibes.

So what would Byzantine clothing look like, especially for nobility?

First off, taking into account that the Byzantine Empire lasted for approximately a thousand years and, naturally, underwent some dramatic changes in clothing style during that time, we'll pick a specific vibe out of the options. I settled on a bit of a mix between Early Byzantine (think the Theodora Mosaic shown below) and Middle Byzantine (see the mosaic of Emperor Constantine IX below)

And here are just some screenshots from my pintrest board for Mezalea and Mezalean!Joel, because if I put all these on here separately I'll hit the image limit too soon.

(General disclaimer: yes, Pintrest has an art theft problem, yes Pintrest is much harder to effectively use now due to the pervasiveness of ads on everything, no I don't use it for like, formal things. It remains one of the best ways to collect visual references and figuring out The Vibes)

(Yes, we get to go full Material Gworl vibes for the Mezalean King, as is only right and proper.)

General characteristics I'm adopting here for Mezalean clothing:

Brocade (and bejeweled) kaftan/kaftan-esque outer layer. This is a formal wear thing, and is absolutely a "showing off the wealth" power move.

Lots of Big Chunky Colorful Jewelry

I don't know what it's actual name is, but that general style of having jeweled tassel-like things hanging from the front sides of the crown/headdress.

Light-weight and loose fitting under-layers.

And of course, bright colors.

Prince Joel: Before he became part of the main cast in an epic fantasy adventure spanning several hundreds of years and an entire continent (and the adjacent ocean) Joel was the youngest of three princes with two older brothers who were both married and had kids.

Which is to say, it did not look like he would ever be the king.

His role in the kingdom was very much that of an ambassador to and direct connection to their people. He spent a lot of time working on fishing boats and in the mines and quarries. While he did receive a standard royal education on things like diplomacy and combat, international interactions were not his focus at all, much more involved in the day to day operations of his own home. (And yes, that is a very vital aspect of the idea of "royalty" in general, supposedly, and that being a particular point of Joel's upbringing will make more sense when I get around to writing and posting the post about how royalty functions in the Empires. tldr; its related to the whole thing where Pixlriffs accidentally redefined "war")

Basically, Prince Joel = the first skin, the simple green one. He's wearing more lightweight, practical clothes that allow him to engage in physically demanding dirty work without costing a fortune every day. He still dresses up for formal events, but he doesn't even attend all of those and he is far from a daily sight in court.

Trophy Husband: For a couple hundred years, Joel didn't live in Mezalea. Instead, he was one half of the chronological first arranged marriage in the "au in which all the marriages are arranged" situation. And this one was the one that most resembles the set-up of a generic "period" bodice-ripper novel (though that is not how it played out ultimately, for the parties involved, despite the romance that does happen.)

Basically, this is his War Prize Era. In which Lizzie won a husband in combat and then didn't really know what to do with him.

During this time period, Joel mostly wore ocean styled clothing, though during formal occasions he would wear a notable amount of Mezalean accessories, that were part and parcel of the treaty with him. (I'm trying so hard not to derail this into just a breakdown of the events of the Joel & Lizzie arc of the au im trying so hard)

He did tend to mix Oceanic and Mezalean clothing, due in part to Oceanic clothing being primarily designed for underwater wear, while he lived above the surface, finding the balance of practicality and appearances demanded by the political nature of his existence at the time. (Also a personal comfort thing as Mezalean clothing tended to afford more skin coverage and also had shoes) Once he and Lizzie were more comfortable both in the world and with each other he had more opportunities for personalization and tended towards Mezalean styles in oceanic colors. He did develop a significant appreciation for the Oceanic idea of skin-tight under-layers for water travel.

King Joel: He did end up back in Mezalea as king, which is when we hit the style closest to the second skin, which mostly for this is really an indicator of color scheme. Formally, he is now wearing the full Kaftan and Jewelry look, day to day its more of "colorful, simple, and lightweight" because he still is very active in the day to day commerce of his empire. He does usually wear significantly more jewelry than he did as a prince, he grew a taste for it during his trophy husband era XD. The details of his day-to-day wear are also fancier. finer fabrics, more embroidery, brocade hems, etc.

Most of his earrings are gifts from Lizzie, some in Oceanic colors, some in Mezalean, but all with little chips of prismarine to remind him of her even when she can't be there.

Armor: Joel's armor preferences are simple netherite plate. He also does have a ceremonial trident, as a member of the Oceanic royal family. His is gold-plated.

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Lizzie || Jimmy ||

AU Masterpost

[jessjustplay]

Currently Playing Final Fantasy XVI - 57 hours update (Part 1)

June 28, 2025

I have like 300 screenshots to go through for this multiple-part update. My PS5 says I am 84% complete with the main story. So I guess I'm entering the endgame?

The woes of the world may be monstrous and many, but there's nothing like a few good friends to keep the misery at bay.

"A sight so common that man is oft blinded to its wonder!" I think this is how most humans are.

The story reminds me of the Calm Lands in Final Fantasy X.

The medicine girl again!

This part was SO cool walking around at night. Obviously anything on a rooftop reminds me of Alexandria from Final Fantasy IX.

THE MOON!!! It has been really cool to see the moon cycle in this game. Related post: The Moon in Video Games

Immediately reminded me of that one part at Lake Macalania in Final Fantasy X.

I don't care what it wants. - Jill

You tell 'em Jill!!! 🔥

OMG so emotional!! Clive seeing Joshua again for the first time. He also said something like, "I'm here brother!"

The Mothercrystals are CRAZY beautiful. Every single one of them has been incredible to see up close.

Jill said "Not around me, bitch." Okay, she did not say that!! but she was being a total bad-ass again standing up for Clive, protecting him, helping him. THEY ARE SO CUTE TOGETHER.

Dude, the mom is insane. I find her fascinating, but not in a good way. In a "what the F is wrong with you?" kind of way. Wonder how her childhood was like.

Actually, there was a part where she explains why she did what she did. It was to protect her family or rather her bloodline/lineage. She said Clive's dad just wanted to protect the people of Rosaria, but she wanted to protect her lineage and make sure it kept going.

Anabella: ...It is to protect the source of his sovereignty! The noble blood that runs in his family's veins. Unlike him, I did my duty! I preserved my line! I bore a son of the noblest blood, to whom the whole world might kneel! That is why I gave Rosaria to Sanbreque! That I might join my line with the Lesages, and birth a savior of this benighted land blessed by both Bahamut and the Phoenix!

Jill: You sold your country for a child?

Anabella: You (Clive) were always your father's son - so very strong, and bold, and daring. And yet you failed to awaken! How the nobles laughed - that Elwin's firstborn was surely the son of a concubine, and my own not long for this world! The shame of it! The shame of being slandered by one's inferiors! It should have bee you! Why didn't the Phoenix choose you!?

Clive: Joshua's every waking moment was spent trying to shoulder the burden that you, and the Phoenix, and the duchy foisted on him! That's why I became his Shield! To help bear the weight! You betrayed your own blood, and surrendered your son to his fate!

Anabella: Joshua... My darling boy... I never meant to hurt him. The soldiers' orders were clear. He was to be spared... Why did you survive, when the only one I truly cared for died?

(Seriously lady?)

Shiva holding Joshua while Clive... does his thing.

Leave my brother... alone! - Clive

AHHHHHHHHHHH ~~~

We can... and we will! Together!

The reunion. <3

And this creepy boy just disappears!

And I guess she just gives up.

Ultima again, still giving Kuja vibes telling us his masterplan.

This was weird. We see Benedikta but it was just Ultima taking on her image. He then turns into Kupka and then, most disturbingly, Barnabas' mother. They're all naked btw. That's why it's weird.

Ultima: Men. You are as meek as all the others. Gifted the power of Eikons, yet slaves to fickle emotions which usher you to your doom. And so you bind your fragile wills with strands of consciousness. (We later find out that what he means by strands of consciousness is just love, affection, and care for someone else.)

I got Bahamut's powers now! They're pretty cool.

The world, in short, is in chaos. - Vivian

Vivian: Crystals that filled wells and fueled furnaces now nothing but pretty shards of rock... While most of the world thirsts for aether, the remainder drowns in it, spawning Akashic in droves.

Vivian: Rosaria and the Iron Kingdom teeter on the brink of collapse, while the tragedy in Twinside has all paralyzed the Holy Empire.

If that is what it means to be human, Clive... I wonder if we are even worth saving at all... - Vivian

Vivian: They are living beings, just as we are. Alas, their instinct drives them to flee from that which cannot be escaped, ushering them only to madness and death... and yet fear and bewilderment drive us to make war on our fellow man. To turn our ire at our own suffering upon those who suffer just as keenly as we do. If that is what it means to be human, Clive… I wonder if we are even worth saving at all…

Read Part 2 here.

[styrmwb]

Semi bonus post connected to my last one: Here's my Miitopia roster by itself without a review; also wanted to share sources of characters!

First 5: Me and friends

Ganondorf - The Legend of Zelda; Hyrule Warriors specifically

Jack Garland - Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (is only smiling for the funny (look at my icon))

Winstant - World of Warcraft; my character

Styrmswys - Final Fantasy XIV; my character

Rihyeh - Final Fantasy XI; my character

Amogus - Among Us

Vinny - Vinesauce; Streamer

Jiub - The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Grandma - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Chopper - One Piece

Robin - One Piece

Zidane - Final Fantasy IX

Garnet - Final Fantasy IX

Starscream - Transformers; Generation 1 specifically

Villager - Minecraft

Prompto - Final Fantasy XV

Majima - Yakuza/Like a Dragon

Mog - Final Fantasy (pretty much all of them)

Quina - Final Fantasy IX

BUP - Internet image of Toad (Shoutouts to Simpleflips)

Frog - Chrono Trigger

Snorlax - Pokemon

Hitmontop - Pokemon

Exeggcutor - Pokemon

King of All Cosmos - Katamari Damacy

Corrin - Fire Emblem Fates

Yamcha - Dragon Ball

Strong Bad - Homestar Runner

Zane - Hypnospace Outlaw/Slayers X

ENA - ENA; Youtube

Skeleton - friend

Nami - One Piece

Morshu - Link: Faces of Evil

Gilgamesh - Final Fantasy V (but also pretty much all of them)

Red Gnome - WayneRadioTV Gnome is Self Aware/Half-Life

Blue Gnome - WayneRadioTV Gnome is Self Aware

Undertime - Undertime Slopper, Youtube

Walter White - Breaking Bad

Saul Goodman - Breaking Bad

Jesse Pinkman - Breaking Bad

Mandragora - Final Fantasy XI/XII/XIV

Otacon - Metal Gear Solid

Sanji - One Piece

Adoring Fan - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Bernadetta - Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Shantotto - Final Fantasy XI

Perrserker - Pokemon

Jimbo - Balatro

Franky - One Piece

Selphie - Final Fantasy VIII

Guest B - Nintendo Wii

The code is 1RCRW6R, if you want (my friends and OCs are private)

[vgbugs]

A lot of the bugs I'd normally ask for have already been covered, since Final Fantasy IX and GW2 are some of my favourite games, but I gotta ask for GW2's Roller Beetle (which is full of whimsy and joy💖)

That one was already in my queue, but I'll just post it now instead! I got more GW2 stuff queued, don't you worry! Although I may have trouble getting my own screenshots for the Chak and some of the newer stuff from expansions I don't own so there's probably gonna be some with only wiki-sourced images. But I guess I already do that a lot with other games anyway, so it probably doesn't matter as much...

[janetkwallace]

Every media has its ups and downs.

Every season has that episode with dubious quality, every movie has that one scene that makes you go "but that makes no sense", every comic book has that one confusing mess of a retcon... Nothing is perfect, that should be clear. A friend of mine once said that Final Fantasy IX, the game I'll be commenting on today, also one of my favorite games ever, is the "perfect imperfection", and that somehow sticks to me. I'll always think of that quote whenever I think about this game because... It fits so damn well with the way I feel about IX as a whole. 

I was 12, 13, I can't remember very well, but I was young and studying at middle school when I first got to play this game. IX had an impact on me, that I can't deny. I was hooked in by the first moment, from that ominous "dream" Princess Garnet has in the opening to being introduced to each characters (you even get to play as some of them, that's a novelty), the kidnap the princess plot that follows to exiting Alexandria, I wanted to see where Zidane and the party would go next.

Seeing more and more characters being introduced, the plot thickening, the story showing a darker side in contrast to the first hours of comfort that were given during the short stay at Alexandria, it was fascinating, like opening the pages of a book and, on each page, something happens and you wonder what will happen next, only to discover that things do happen, but not in the way you often expect them to. And boy, does this game have lots and lots of dark moments you were not expecting, they come all of sudden, like the scene where you witness Black Mages falling from a cargo ship like liveless dolls or the Burmecian genocide that occurs at the end of the first Disc or a woman who got blind during the battle of Lindblum.

See, this is why IX is a favorite of mine, it's not afraid of doing these things and more. It takes risks by going from a lighthearted mood to utterly soul-crushing moments. Sure, there's darkness, but not without hope, or a silly element in between. It's not a bad game by any means, it still holds up despite being made two decades ago, it's got a great cast of characters, an interesting world, a magical feel right at the start, yet there are things that can be said that are not done well or that are a source of complaint.

There's the battle system that some find to be slow, the lack of difficulty that makes the game a cakewalk for some, the age of the graphics, the unfinishedness felt during the last segments of the game... It's not a perfect game by any means, and to be honest, criticism can't be avoided, even for the things we appreciate and care about. Today, I'm here to comment on that one scene that stood out for me as an example of what makes Final Fantasy IX the "perfect imperfection", that one scene that is one of my least favorite moments in the game. Not a character, or a location, or a musical track, but an event in the main story that, in a way or the other, changed me forever.

Said event happens during the Alexandria Castle segment on Disc 2. For a bit of context: There's war going on Burmecia, and Alexandria is involved. Garnet goes to Alexandria to confront her mother head on about the massacre unfolding, Brahne replies something like "oh but the Burmecians were planning to attack us first and I had no choice but to attack them before they did", you're given a choice to believe or not believe her (which really doesn't do much of a difference), then Kuja comes in and casts a spell on Garnet to make her fall asleep. Soon after, Zorn and Thorn extract her eidolons, which Brahne uses to conquer the nations through Disc 2, a prime example being Odin's summoning that lead to Cleyra's destruction, but not before Beatrix manages to steal the desert star gem as part of a subplot about a super duper eidolon stronger than everything else that Brahne never got hold of because she died in a conflict at the end of Disc 2.

And that's the backstory, my folks. Anyway... The party arrives at Alexandria Castle through a teleportation device (which's oddly never brought up again, go figure), you're given a time limit to rescue Garnet before she dies and this is where it feels like all of the current characters and their plot lines converge at a single point. It's where the game says "we've got to give a conclusion to these character's current arcs as we move on to the next big thing", and it doesn't do that very well. To begin with, Steiner, Freya and Beatrix, as well as the Tantalus folks, are no longer seen until the beginning of Disc 3, so you think "well, they're side characters, and the game wants some room to breathe and it can't do that when there are so many plot lines going on at the same time, so the solution is to give a conclusion to them right here and then it'll focus on them later again".

But that doesn't happen.

As a matter of fact, it's an anticlimactic cliffhanger we got here, a sort of "To be continued" scenario that never gets to be continued the way it should've been. Think about it... Steiner, who once had a black and white view of the world at large, now questions whether Alexandria was always right. At first, he showed disapproval to Zidane's behavior and methods, but now he came to respect him, a thief who's far more honest than the Queen corrupted by greed. Freya saw Burmecia in ruins and thought she had a chance to save Cleyra, but she did not, she failed with both but is still fighting for what she believes in rather than give up so easily. Beatrix, who's been an unbeatable warrior fighting for Alexandria, now joins forces with the party and stands against Brahne, who she used to be loyal to. The Tantalus members are there to help the three knights out during Garnet's escape, and suddenly, you find yourself outside of Alexandria, and those who stood behind are not heard or seen until Disc 3.

During my first gameplay, I wondered if I’d see those characters again, be it in a cutscene or a side quest, but no, we don’t see them again. Zidane briefly mentions them and that��s it. Disc 3 is yet to happen while you move to another continent to find out about Kuja. The rest of the game, after this point, feels like it’s about searching for Kuja’s whereabouts, to the detriment of the subplots. Do we see more of Steiner’s new attitude? We do, but only a few times. Do we know how Freya feels after the tragedy of losing her people? Only in a few scenes, but with no further detail. Do we see Beatrix doing something to show her change of heart means something? Well… No. I mean, if you count her supporting the party on the Iifa Tree battle that occurs on Disc 4, then yes, but when it comes to apologizing to the people who were injured in the conflict, she never does that. She asks for the citizens of Burmecia to forgive her at one point, but not in the face of the survivors themselves.

I'll admit that, back then, I felt betrayed. It left me sour, with a bad aftertaste in the mouth. It felt wrong, retrograde, unnatural, all kinds of things. This is the moment where the game doesn't take risks, it takes the easy way out by sidelining those characters. It felt like reading a book and flipping the page only to realize they were torn off at the last minute or that they never came to be. Those characters, their personalities, their storylines, it felt like they were taken away. They’re still there, but it’s not like they’re that important, which feels wrong. The game outright says those characters do matter, that you should care for them, but then Freya doesn’t have anything else to comment on about Burmecia or Cleyra? How does that affect her or how she stands up despite having every reason to give up, a thing she never does? Or what about Beatrix being complacent of Alexandria’s atrocities, why is not that brought up again? Not even by Steiner, who has changed a lot since his first appearance. 

I'm older now, but to this day, I'm still figuring out why, of all Final Fantasy games, or any games in general, why IX had to be the one that made me join a fandom. Why I draw fanarts, why I write fanfiction, why I'm writing this right now about IX. I wonder who I would be if I never played this game, would I still be myself? After all of these years, I’m still disappointed by how things are, and although spite is a fuel for creativity, it can’t be the sole reason you do the things you do whenever something in canon doesn’t feel right for you. Like, I came to appreciate side characters and the potential they hold for storytelling after I played Final Fantasy IX, and I saw it happen in other media as well, characters whose stories are fascinating yet little is explored about them.

What do you do in this case? Do you wait for a possible person who happens to share the same thoughts as you do to write everything down about the characters you like? I certainly don’t, because if there’s only one person who can flesh out characters, as well as settings that are characters by themselves, the way you want... It can be only you and nobody else. 

[docpiplup]

Propaganda

1. La Orden de Toledo: Paseos imaginarios en tiempos de vanguardia (The Order of Toledo: Imaginary walks in avant-garde times)

Author: Pantoja Rivero, Juan Carlos

Editorial: Covarrubias Ediciones

Edition: 2019

Synopsis: The Order of Toledo was, above all, an avant-garde fantasy of the brilliant film director Luis Buñuel, who knew how to infect his friends from the Generation of '27 to the Spanish intellectuality of the first third of the 20th century. Together, they dedicated themselves to living Toledo as if it were the great stage of a surrealist montage, in an artistic (or anti-artistic and irational) contrast with the monumentality and historical past of the old dead city.

(Well, in my blog I have been making posts about The Order of Toledo and the book is a valuable source)

2. Toledo: La ciudad de los muertos (Toledo: The city of the dead)

Author: Leblic García, Ventura Editorial: Covarrubias Ediciones Edition: 2013

Synopsis: Toledo. A large historical necropolis where Carpetans, Romans, Visigoths, Muslims, Jews and Christians rest...their rites around death, beliefs, customs, evolution of the cemetery spaces...

(I have posted the scans of the first pages of this books and I'm planning to keep on posting them but I wanted to know if you want scans from another book)

3. De Mayrit a Madrid: Madrid y los árabes del siglo IX al siglo XXI (From Mayrit to Madrid: Madrid and the Arabs from the 9th century to the 21st century) Editors: Madrid. Casa Árabe e Instituto Internacional de Estudios Árabes y del Mundo Musulmán ; Barcelona ; Madrid: Lunwerg Edition: 2011

Synopsis: This work deals with the Arab-Islamic past (Andalusian, Mudejar and Moorish) of Madrid and its forgotten heritage since it is the only European capital whose origins and name are linked to Arabic.

Revisiting that past and making it known is the objective of this work, which wants to rescue knowledge of a relationship between Madrid and the Arabs that does not end in the Middle Ages, since the town and court maintained various links with what was over time. Arab through diplomatic delegations, Arab figures welcomed by the city, valuable collections of manuscripts and numismatics, a romantic architectural taste that seeded the city with unique neo-Islamic buildings or Hispano-Arab scientific and cultural institutions. And, finally, the cosmopolitan and intercultural reconversion of the city has made it the recipient of a new Arab and Muslim immigration that once again gives human visibility to this relationship between Madrid and the Arab.

4. La Judería de Toledo (The Jewish Quarter of Toledo)

Author: Passini, Jean

Editorial: Ediciones del Sofer

Edition: 2014

Synopsis: The work reveals the vestiges of the areas of medieval Toledo Jewry and its history. It collects a topographical reading of its evolution and offers the main elements through maps, plans and high-quality color photographs.

5. Casas y casas principales urbanas : el espacio doméstico de Toledo a fines de la Edad Media (Houses and main urban houses: the domestic space of Toledo at the end of the Middle Ages)

Author: Passini, Jean. Editor: Toledo. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Edition: 2004

Synopsis: This work is an extension of previous research on different districts, and seeks, for the city as a whole, to “understand the genesis of medieval urban space, to follow its transformations and successive reappropriations” , mainly with the aim of understanding, for one of the ancient provincial capitals of al-Andalus, the modalities of the transition from the Muslim city of the end of the eleventh century (time of its occupation by the Christians) to the Castilian city of the end of the Middle Ages. The main documentary basis of the work is a very important and very detailed inventory of the real estate of the Cathedral Chapter, an inventory carried out in 1491-1492, which covers a considerable heritage of 557 various buildings located in 64 sites or districts. The identification and location of houses, shops, mesones or fondouks and other urban buildings, often difficult on the current plot, has however resulted in the careful study of more than half of these old buildings. The systematic comparison of the text from the end of the Middle Ages with the remains still visible above ground or underground (and this very meticulous and patient work in the cellars of current Toledan houses is one of the great originalities of the research of Jean Passini) gave the results which are presented in this latest publication.

6. España medieval : el origen de las ciudades (Medieval Spain: the origin of the cities)

Authors: Novoa Portela, Feliciano; Villalba Ruiz de Toledo, F. Javier Editors: Barcelona ; Madrid : Lunwerg, D.L.

Edition: 2012

Synopsis: A fascinating essay that will teach us to look at and understand our cities better. In the pages of this essay we will analyze the Roman origins, the Islamic, Christian and European influences to discover the cultural melting pot that marks the Spanish urban legacy, without forgetting some disappeared cities that tell us their history through archaeological remains.

7. Valle-Inclán y el insólito caso del hombre con rayos x en los ojos (Valle-Inclán and the unusual case of the man with x-rays in his eyes)

Editors: Madrid. La Felguera

Edition: 2014 Synopsis: In 1923, a piece of news sparked great controversy among intellectuals, journalists and scientists. Joaquín Argamasilla, a young descendant of a family of aristocrats, claimed to have x-ray vision that allowed him to see through opaque bodies. The controversy, which divided half the country between defenders and detractors of the strange case, reached the highest circles. In April, at the initiative of Queen María Cristina, a commission was established to study the case, chaired by Ramón y Cajal. Valle-Inclán came to Argamasilla's defense and the great Harry Houdini challenged him to a public demonstration in New York.

(Joaquín Argamasilla, Harry Houdini, Valle-Inclán, Ramón y Cajal... yep, we're thinking the same, episode 2xO6, Tiempo de Magia, from El Ministerio del Tiempo, if anyone wants to learn more about this topic this book is good)

8. Guía mágica de Toledo y su provincia (Magical guide to Toledo and its province) Authors: Rodríguez Bausá, Luis; Álvarez de Toledo, Javier Mateo Editorial: Ediciones Covarrubias

Edition: 2010

Synopsis: Saramago wrote that traveling should be a matter of another matter, staying more and walking less; and a little later he added that it is not good to stay for only a quarter of an hour next to a construction that is seven hundred years old. The authors agree with such appropriate phrases, and that is why they have written this route, this uneven guide, this compilation of events, in short, so that the traveler stops in a multitude of towns that only sounded like transit and never like stop and inn. Because the truth is that the city of Toledo and its province discreetly hide a large number of enclaves that deserve to be savored by the five senses, and in which one must rest until the memory is macerated. This is what this work talks about: caves, sacred mountains, magical wells, rainy images, enchanted fountains or thunderous miracles... but, above all, towns, cities and regions; yes, with order and a taste of dissidence and heterodoxy.

Also included is what the authors have called "Beginner's Guide", a brief but rigorous approach to the magical phenomenon, something like an index so that whoever wants it, has the basic premises to get started in the world of research on these issues.

9. AL-ANDALUS. Ocho siglos de civilización musulmana que marcaron la historia y la cultura de España (AL ANDALUS. Eight centuries of Muslim civilization that marked the history and culture of Spain) Author: Masiá, Concha Editorial: ALBA Edition: 2006

Synopsis: "In the year 711, the Muslims arrived in the Iberian Peninsula. They called the vast territory where they settled for 800 years, from Tarifa to the Pyrenees, from the Levant to Portugal, al-Andalus. With their lights and shadows, these eight centuries of Muslim civilization, configuring many aspects of our personality as a people and as a culture, to which we Spaniards of the 21st century are still indebted"

This book and the following two books are like a triology about Al Andalus. This first one collects information about the different periods, states, events and some of its rulers throughout the history of Al Andalus.

10. AL-ANDALUS. Personajes históricos (AL ANDALUS. Historical figures) Author: Masiá, Concha Editorial: Albor Libros, Madrid Edition: 2011

Synopsis: "A general vision of al-Andalus, from the 8th century to the 17th century, through its most prominent characters and also through less known, although no less important, people. Both of them reveal the splendor and glory of the imperishable Andalusian legacy"

This book gathers information about divers people from different states and periods throughout the history of Al Andalus: emirs, caliphs, politicians, religious leaders, warriors, scholars, artists, philosophers, poets...

11. AL-ANDALUS. 800 años de lucha (AL ANDALUS. 800 years of struggle)

Author: Masiá, Concha Editorial: Albor Libros, Madrid Edition: 2011

Synopsis: "In the year 711, the Muslims arrived in the Iberian Peninsula. They called the vast territory where they settled for 800 years, from Tarifa to the Pyrenees, from the Levant to Portugal, al-Andalus. With their lights and shadows, these eight centuries of Muslim civilization, configuring many aspects of our personality as a people and as a culture, to which we Spaniards of the 21st century are still indebted"

This book offers a view on the warfare, battles and military campaigns from different periods and states throughout the history of Al Andalus.

12. 20 grandes obras de 20 autores andalusíes (20 great works by 20 Andalusian authors)

Author: Lirola Delgado, Jorge

Editorial: FUNDACIÓN IBN TUFAYL DE ESTUDIOS ARABES

Edition: 2014

Synopsis: Selection of 20 Andalusian authors and 20 works from the different periods of al-Andalus. The book offers a biography of each author and a detailed description of the work.

[tailoringtay]

"No puns."

Independent original character inspired by the world of Final Fantasy IX. Semi-selective

Crossover and AU friendly, canon characters and OCs from any series welcome! Written by silverfire113

Profile | Crew | Verses | Prompts

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Rules and Introduction

Hello, silverfire113 here! Just wanted to outline some rules, and give a short introduction 8)

This is a RP and ask blog. As such, feel free to ask anything or request a RP etc. etc. I’m always happy to meet new people huhuhu~ I go by Potato or Silver usually, and I’m primarily an artist who hopes to someday make comics. I enjoy a bit of roleplaying here and there as well B)

Please note: This blog will sometimes contain mature content, such as: violence, strong language, and sexual themes.

At the moment, I’m going to classify it as a single muse blog, but with very prominent side characters. You can’t really have Tay without his companions; they’re a package deal

The guidelines part!

tailoringtay is the go-to tag for my blog

Please don’t use my art for your own uses (example: commercial use or faceclaims) unless you have my permission. If I have drawn something specifically for you, however, feel free to use it for icon and blog purposes!

I will RP with characters from pretty much any fandom, both canon muses and OCs are welcome B)

I don’t follow everyone back, due to being easily overwhelmed. I am still happy to interact even if we’re not mutuals, however!

It can take me a really long time to get to replies - often a month or two, and sometimes up to well…years (I try to avoid the latter where possible but it’s happened XD). I don’t tend to lose interest in threads after long periods, but I know its not a time frame that works well for everyone so do keep it in mind if you’re considering interacting!

I don’t do reblog karma, in the sense that while I will reblog from the source etc with blogs that request it, I personally don’t mind at all if people reblog things from me, whether you’ve sent something in for it or not.

I get really nervous about approaching new people (sometimes even old ones XD), so it can take me a while before I feel comfortable starting up conversation or sending things in. Regardless, I do love discussing plots and characters~

There probably won’t be much be much sexual nsfw stuff here, but if there is it will be tagged as nsfw and put under a read more. I’m 25+, but smut’s not really my thing. That being said, it does not bother me to see it on the dash, or to receive questions related to it. Other types of mature content will probably be more common, such as violence and dark themes.

If you would like anything tagged just let me know! I have no triggers myself. I tag things (though not consistently unless asked) as subject cw , example: blood cw

Open to exploring all sorts of different ships, so long as there’s some chemistry! (I’m also much more open to ships with muses that I know the mun of at least a little bit)

On that same note, this is a multiship blog. Pairings will always be in an alternate verse from each other, unless otherwise stated.

Alternate Universes

I can do any alternate universe that I have been involved in, and I’m always happy to start up new ones. If there’s a verse you would prefer, let me know!

By default I will be working with a ff9 verse

Other Accounts

My main art accounts can be found here and here !

   Looking for a different flavor~? My other RP blogs can be found here:

@venomousovereignty - Two FFIX OCs of antagonistic seasoning

@danthekickingman - Dan from Paladin's Quest/Lennus. Kicking mercenary with flexible verses. Tastes like spring

@silverymusings - Fandomless OC multimuse. Got tastes from bitter to sweet and all in between here

[litrpgburrito]

**Aria's Prelude: The Ordinary World**

[A LitRPG based on Final Fantasy IX game mechanics]

Aria's life before the awakening was a tapestry of routine and small joys. She lived in a cozy apartment in Capitol Hill, surrounded by the hum of the city and the verdant calm of nearby parks. By day, she was a software engineer, her fingers dancing over the keyboard as she crafted lines of code that made the digital world a little more navigable for her clients.

Her evenings were spent in the company of books and video games, the latter being her true passion. She loved the worlds they conjured, the stories they told, and the characters that felt like old friends. Final Fantasy IX was among her favorites, with its blend of magic, adventure, and the thrill of leveling up.

Aria's social life was a quiet affair, often involving board game nights with her small circle of friends or visits to the local coffee shop where Eli worked. They would discuss the latest tech trends or debate the merits of various game strategies, their conversations always lively and filled with laughter.

Mia was a newer addition to her life, having met during a local art walk where Aria was captivated by the vividness of her murals. They bonded over their shared love for fantasy and the escapism it provided from the drudgery of the everyday.

Lucas, on the other hand, was an old college friend, a kindred spirit whose zest for life was infectious. They would often challenge each other to races across the city, though Aria could never match his acrobatic prowess.

Life was comfortable, if unremarkable, until the day everything changed. It was a morning like any other, with Aria sipping her coffee and scrolling through her phone when the first notification popped up on her new HUD:

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**System Alert**

- New Quest: Discover the Source of Your Power.

- Time Limit: Unknown.

- Reward: Unknown.

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Confusion gave way to curiosity as Aria tapped on the message, only to find her stats page. It was a surreal moment, one that defied logic and yet felt strangely right. As she explored the various menus and options, she realized that her life had become the game she so loved.

The world around her hadn't changed; people went about their business, oblivious to the game unfolding in Aria's vision. But she knew something extraordinary had begun, a journey that would take her beyond the screen and into the heart of a mystery that spanned both the digital and the physical realms.

As Aria stepped out into the rain-soaked streets, her HUD guiding her towards her first challenge, she felt a surge of excitement. This was her story now, and she was the protagonist, ready to level up and discover the true extent of her newfound powers.

[gcdwinged]

FINAL FANTASY VERSE DUMP

final fantasy ix verse: ordained thy crystal doomed

gaia seemed like the perfect planet to become the new terra. or at least, that is what garland thought. when he tried to fuse the crystal’s together, a dark force rejected the terran crystal and foiled garland’s plans. this dark force was none other than sephiroth who had already claimed gaia as his own. sephiroth and garland become locked in a cold war over gaia’s crystal for thousands of years. 

sephiroth, with his mastery over hallucinations steered kuja into discovering garland deemed him a failure. with the creation of zidane, sephiroth’s main goal is to foil his programming and make sure he doesn’t not bring about gaia’s end. to anyone outside of garland and kuja, sephiroth veils himself as a benevolent being whose only intention is to save gaia.

final fantasy x verse: come to me o’ boundless souls

this is going under the assumption that final fantasy x and vii take place in the same universe. this verse also takes place after the events of the remake from sephiroth’s perspective.

with the planet’s defenses finally destroyed, sephiroth holds free reign over time. as now a constant of the universe, sephiroth is able to send one self to the recent past to try and change his fate with cloud and company while he sends another self to the distance past. it is in this distance past that he discovers spira and the farplane. seeing a source of energy like the lifestream, sephiroth now plans to use the farplane as a fail safe should he fail again to absorb the power of the lifestream. he becomes interested in yuna as a summoner and seeks to understand more through following her as a shadow.

final fantasy xiii verse: when chaos comes knocking

when bhunivelze fell into a crystallized sleep, pulse created the first fal’cie without divine influence. this fal’cie was sephiroth. originally tasked with helping pulse find the unseen realm, he is the one who discovered the link between the chaos within human souls and the realm they seek to find. when humans began to populate pulse and cocoon, it was he who instigated the war of transgressions through his use of hallucinations and deceptions in order to kill enough humans to rip the gates open.

it was when etro intervened that sephiroth first discovered that she, created without power, found the ability to manipulate the world through the power of chaos. wanting this power for himself, he soon began to seek the unseen realm for the sole purpose of becoming the new god of death. to do so, he seeks to find and kill etro by changing the timeline. his meddling creating enough of an effect to kill many iterations of the seeress yeul and setting caius ballad off on his quest to destroy time.

by the time bhunivelze awakens and decides to create a new world without chaos, sephiroth attempts to guide the savior towards defying bhunivelze in the hopes of keeping a world where he can be the god of death.

final fantasy xiv: the shadow is mine and so is the valley.

on the thirteenth shard of the star, the nightmares of amaurot remained etched upon the earth. having discovered the fossilized remains of an ancient creation, humanity sought to achieve that power for themselves. thus, the jenova project was created and with it, the super soldier and hero sephiroth. originally bred to be a warrior of light, the ascian igeyorhm took it upon herself to use sephiroth as a pawn to bring about a rejoining.

after discovering the experiments that created him, sephiroth went mad. however, his delusions of grandeur became too much for the sundered ascian to take care of on her own and sephiroth’s overwhelming defeating of the true warrior of light brought about the flood of darkness that irrevocably changed the thirteenth shard forever. 

however, sephiroth did not perish in the flood. instead, becoming an incredibly powerful voidsent with his will still intact thanks to the ancient power within him. believing himself to be an ancient and the true denizen of the star, sephiroth now seeks to become a new god unburdened with the need for prayer like the primals.

final fantasy xv verse: heaven’s dark harbinger

when adagium was found imprisoned in angelgard, the niflheim empire was also able to covet some of the starscourge trapped within the destroyer’s body. before turning to a magitek army, verstael first tried to make an army of super soldiers using daemonic miasma. the result was sephiroth. though he was the perfect soldier verstael intended, creating an army like him was not time or cost effective and so he turned towards the idea of magitek. however, sephiroth remained in service and rose through the ranks of niflheim. though he is unaware of his creation, ardyn does.

final fantasy xiv: the shadow is mine and so is the valley.

on the thirteenth shard of the star, the nightmares of amaurot remained etched upon the earth. having discovered the fossilized remains of an ancient creation, humanity sought to achieve that power for themselves. thus, the jenova project was created and with it, the super soldier and hero sephiroth. originally bred to be a warrior of light, the ascian igeyorhm took it upon herself to use sephiroth as a pawn to bring about a rejoining.

after discovering the experiments that created him, sephiroth went mad. however, his delusions of grandeur became too much for the sundered ascian to take care of on her own and sephiroth’s overwhelming defeating of the true warrior of light brought about the flood of darkness that irrevocably changed the thirteenth shard forever. 

however, sephiroth did not perish in the flood. instead, becoming an incredibly powerful voidsent with his will still intact thanks to the ancient power within him. believing himself to be an ancient and the true denizen of the star, sephiroth now seeks to become a new god unburdened with the need for prayer like the primals.

final fantasy xiv: imposter in his image

when ultima forsook them, the circle of malius attempted to create a divine child to commune with their lost god. sephiroth was created by infusing aether directly from the dzemekys mothercrystal with a mother already with child. this was part of the sin that swept the mothercrystal from the world. while the fallen were punished for attempting to use the divine for their own personal gain, the mother still gave birth to a son drenched in aether.

sephiroth is not the perfect creation he was meant to be. though he has the same amount of aether within him as an eikon, he does not share in their powers. he is a bearer in the sense that he can cast magic without a crystal but on a scale far exceeding those of the common man. however, he did have a connection to ultima as the surviving remnant of the mothercrystal's aether which allowed ultima to twist sephiroth's mind.

after learning that he was created through sin, sephiroth grew made and seeks to destroy all humans to make the world ready for ultima's people. like barnabas, his link to ultima means he does not age and as continued to serve through the decades. he is now a general in waloed, though his true loyalties lie with ultima.