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I've seen very different approaches towards the MSQ from WoLs of all kinds out there, so I'm curious.

(As for all polls, reblog for bigger sample size please)

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I have three total characters, and they're ALL Roegadyn!

They are

Naia Lalita:

Guldstyr Thosinundwyn:

Blooming Rosebush:

My first, and my main, is Naia Lalita.

I named her before I knew any of the XIV lore, so the way her name kinda-sorta fits into lore naming conventions is a happy accident. My inspiration when making her in character creation was "colorful mermaid" - so she's a Sea Wolf with green skin, purple hair, and rich ocean blue eyes.

I wanted to pull from that same core inspiration ("colorful mermaid") for her name, so I looked through a lot of name meaning searches for similar and related terms. I chose Naia. In Greek, it can mean water nymph, waves, and seafoam. It means similar in Basque, and in Hawaiian it can also mean dolphin - which adds a note of playfulness to the name that I really enjoy. Her last name, Lalita, I chose for its Sakskrit and Hindu meaning of "playful, charming." In hindsight, had I given her a proper Sea Wolf name, it would have been Khannwyta, meaning "laughing water."

As I've played and built her backstory (for myself, since I do not RP), the reason for her name is this: Hers is a seafaring family, who operate a trading loop between Limsa Lominsa, Kugane, and Thavnair. It is their custom to name children based on the waters on which their boats currently sail—and Naia was born in Thavnairian waters.

My second is Guldstyr.

I originally made Guldy (that's what good friends can call her!) during a lapse in my subscription, just playing around in the benchmark character creator and pushing my own personal aesthetic boundaries. I generally prefer not to mix metals, so her entire visual concept was to combine silver and gold. I also don't typically like heterochromia in my characters, so I applied the silver-and-gold concept there, too. I also assigned her the "annoying" voice option, because it made me laugh. She sat as a saved preset for quite some time. Then there was a long enough content lull that I was bored finding things to do with Naia, and we didn't have Datacenter Travel yet—so I made Gulstyr for real and had to finalize a name.

Guldstyr is pretty straightforward. It means "Gold Star" and she is so named for her bright golden yellow eye, which she has had since birth. Her last name follows Sea Wolf traditions, and so she is Thosinundwyn—"daughter of Grey Wave." She is the youngest child, and only daughter, of a once-properous fishing family that was left impoverished after the last calamity. Her home is none other than Crescent Cove, in Western Thanalan, where the locals are not shy about their misfortunes. Her father is of course Thosinund, partnered for life with Wyznsynt ("White Sand"), and she has two older brothers I've yet to name. In addition to ruining the family's fortunes, the calamity also resulted in Wyznsynt falling severely ill, which pushed the family to the point of breaking. Guldstyr's father did all he could to keep the peace, even going so far as to abandon his career in fishing and taking up work as a mining retainer in Ul'dah to provide for his family and ensure his ailing wife had the medicines she needed. But Guldstyr's eldest brother had a short temper and a vice for cheap drink that led to one too many boisterous blame-fests at home, and so she left to prove herself worthy and capable. She actually hired her own father as a retainer once she had established herself with the Grand Companies. She was able to provide for her family enough that her mother recovered, too, and joined her husband in working as a retainer out of Ul'dah for her daughter.

And finally, Blooming.

Blooming is a Hellsguard from a gardening village in the mountains. Children are often named after noteworthy flowers, or prize crops, in the season they are born, and so she was named after a rare rosebush in full bloom. She possesses incredibly powerful empathy, so much so that some swear she has telepathic abilities. She does not, but she does not blame people for spreading the rumors. She left home peacefully, after an overwhelming sense of urgency washed over her one day, drawing her towards the Twelveswood. Her family and village gave her a hopeful send-off and await her return. But for now, she adventures as a traveling botanist, offering potables and provisions as she goes.

Roegadyn players, tell me about your character's name!

What was your thought process behind it? Does it mean something important? Does it follow Sea Wolf/Hellsguard conventions or does it draw on other cultures? Is it the same as their birth name or has it changed? Can other people pronounce it? Do they go by any nicknames or shorten it for convenience?

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I don’t use this much (and it’s a side blog 🤡 ) but if you are here because Elon Musk is an entire animated human carapace filled with nothing but ego and incompetence - you found me!

Welcome to the hellsite. If you send me a message, I probably won’t get a notification! But you can certainly try.

Also your dashboard (with some tweaks and new xkit customization) will show content exclusively from blogs you follow!

And in proper reverse chronological order (based on the blog’s interaction with said post).

There are time stamps! (sometimes. usually.)

idk man I’m so fucking tired.

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Rags 2 Riches: Werewolf Edition Episode 01

https://youtu.be/FDChWqHpbyg

I finally made my very first YouTube video! I know some of you all have suggested it and I have definitely procrastinated like crazy. My nerves and anxiety with making the first step. I know I have a lot to learn that’s for sure! 

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So, I know I basically abandoned this blog but uh.

Kinda got an Opportunity To Temporarily Survive Capitalism.

And it’s one that is hypersaturated online, so I know. I know. There are a billion other copies of this deal out there right now - a sea of codes with identical savings. I know it.

But if you’ve got the means, I cannot tell you how huge a difference it would make to me if I got some action on this opportunity.

If you’re not familiar with HelloFresh, it’s a recipe-based grocery delivery service based on recipes that you select. The plans themselves range from 1 2-person meal a week, all the way up to 6 4-person meals a week.

I’ve tried it myself before, and I was overall really pleased. The quality and diversity of the recipes are good. The actual ingredients I received were excellent. And, with this deal, it was a really good purchase - especially with grocery prices skyrocketing recently.

I’ll be transparent - this offer does have diminishing returns. The biggest savings are for your first box. And as the savings fall off, I do think the cost gets out of hand pretty quickly. BUT! If you can afford it, there are other benefits - FREE meals along the way, for example. 

I’ll be doing several sponsored streams over on my twitch channel in the coming days, and this link of mine will be live for the next 4 weeks. 

I really do appreciate any support, whether it be a simple reblog, or an order for a single week! If this wasn’t a good enough deal that even I was able to try it, I would not be participating in this sponsorship!

If you’re more of a manual code-entry type, you can apply POGSE9636 when placing your order to cash in on this discount and throw me some support! Otherwise, clicking the image above will set you up with it, too.

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I love that Twitch does the stream points thing and that so many streamers have like. Basic self care stuff as their lower tier point redemptions. Like fuck yes I will make my fave stressed artist streamer check their posture and stretch for a full minute. Yes I will make the anxious gamer drink water as many times as I can redeem my points during a stream.

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I can’t visit Eorzea right now, but some dear friends have guaranteed I will be able to keep adventuring in 2019! 

For now, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Cheers! To a Blessed New Year. 

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So there’s a fun little Uncyclopedia Eorzea template out there in the internet wilds, and I played with it because I finished my roevember posts on twitter and immediately needed some other way to do something ffxiv-related in lieu of having no subscription. 

Just wanted versions with different photos and quotes. The bio is the same in them all, and is just copy/pasted from Naia’s lodestone bio. 

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I don’t have an active subscription to participate in roevember properly, so I decided to go through my screenshot folder and do a sort of walk down memory lane instead. 

long twitter thread is long and full of screenshots. 

I’ll be doing the last 5 over the final 5 days of November. 

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I only have a few days left in Eorzea. 

I was hoping to get my tanks to level 70... and I did :) 

I needed an axe so I went to farm for it, but instead 

I got my first SB primal mount. 

Then I realized I didn’t have to hoard the primal tokens any more and went and spent some to get the axe, too. 

(I already had the sword/shield and great sword from previous farming)

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Don't wanna think about missing the Halloween event, so costume time is now. High-Society Vampirate glam. 

Weapon: Thunderstone Head: Anemos Duelist's Chapeau Body: Plague Bringer's Coat Hands: False Nails Legs: Anemos Duelist's Breeches Feet: Plague Bringer's Shoes Earring: (Dai-)Ryumyaku Earring of Casting All Else: Hidden or Emperor’s New

Emote was Victory (/vpose).

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Some fun NPC appearances with this year’s Make It Rain event. 

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I got to go to a themed wedding back in April and managed to snag a few decent screenshots of it! 

This was for Bahn Solaire and Ultear Dragneel [Zalera] :)

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I really adore the Astrologian Lv 60 ob gear. I am really peeved that there’s not more stuff with overt celestial visual themes! Gonna be using it to glamor my astro for a loooong time, it seems. Guest appearance by @manastreams in her new monk glamor~ 

Sometimes, you need to take a moment to appreciate the stars. Even when you’re about to take down a huge world boss with as many other hunters as could show up to benefit from the kill!

4.2 brought some great new stuff. I’m especially loving being scruffed by my own personal Death Claw and dragged around Eorzea by it - even to visit the new beast tribe. The Ananta just plastered up their own little counter. But hey, I got a cute plushy and a minion already, so that’s cool ;D 

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Hey folks. I’m gonna be streaming Final Fantasy II for a bit today. Dunno how much progress will actually be made but I wanted to return to the game (finally).

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Back to purple! (and red) Just a hero and her retainer... 

2018/Year of the Dog is not shaping up great IRL, so I made Naia angst it up in gpose, too.