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[kaidawrite-a]

Day 9 - Lend an Ear

FRIENDS, ROMANS, COUNTRYMEN...

Set post-SHB, spoilers but no warnings.

Struggling with ghosts is hard when they look so much like the living.

AKA can you be friends with the shard of your dead lover in another world? We're TRYING OUT HERE

[haurchefant-hotpot]

[graha-stan-account]

No new content here. Just watch Raha groom Y'shtola (she cuddled with him to start because he was scared of the thunderstorm)

[tovaicas]

the scions: wow you haven't heard from hydaelyn in years huh that's weird hydaelyn: sike

[starryelezen]

Gpose dump

[rainofaugustsith]

Who is a shard? - Updated

Just for fun I keep a mental list of who I think is a sundered in FFXIV. Short list here; explanations behind the cut. 1. Warrior of Light (S) - Ardbert (F) - Zero (13th) - Golbez 1.0 (13th)  2. Minfilia (S) - Ryne (F) - Golbez 2.0/Durante (13th) 3. Yotsuyu (S) - Barbariccia (13th) 4. Shatotto (S, black mage story) - Matoya (S) (same shard reincarnated; thank you for this suggestion @tishinada!) 5. Ququruka Tataruka (S, black mage story) - Nyelbert (F, Warrior of Darkness) - Unukalhai (13th/F) 6. Zenos (S) - Vauthry (F) - Cagnazzo (13th) 7. Hautdlong (S) - Traynor (F, Magic DPS role quest) - Rubicante (13th) 8. Solkzagyl (S, paladin story) - Branden (F, Warrior of Darkness) 9. Leih Aliapoh (S, archer story) - Renda-Rae (F, Warrior of Darkness) 10. Gerold (S) - Grenold (F) 11. Rowena (S) - Mowen (F) 12. Drusilla (S) - Lorathia (F) 13. Urianger (S) - Cyella (13th/F, Warrior of Darkness) 14. Haurchefant (S) - Ser Tolas (F) - Otis (9th) 15. Lalai (S, black mage story) - Lamitt (F, Warrior of Darkness)

If the Warrior of Light IS a Golbez, I believe it's the one who was in the memoria crystal and became Zeromus. 

- In the First, the Warrior of Light barely escapes succumbing to the Light and becoming a Lightwarden. - In the 13th Golbez 1.0 succumbs to the Darkness and does become a voidsent. We have a parallel there. 

Golbez is also recognised by passerby in much the same way as the Warrior of Light on the Source. In the Lunar Subterrane dungeon, passerby seem to recognize the Warrior of Light as Golbez. 

However: 

- The Warrior of Light's personal crystal from Hydaelyn resonates with Zero.  - Zero has an extraordinary trust of the Warrior of Light.  - Zero's dialogue in the last sequence is very Warrior of Light-esque.  - Zero as a reaper avatar did not voluntarily work with Zenos. If she shares a soul with the Warrior of Light, it would explain why Zenos wanted her. He's obsessed with the WoL, after all.  - Zero was thrown into the rift to avoid being killed, exactly like the Warrior of Light before ARR. 

During the final dialogue between Zero and Golbez 2.0, the Warrior of Light is not seen, and there seems to be an Echo flicker. Zero also finds the strength to regain her form as a paladin. It could possibly be because the Warrior of Light lent her strength to Zero and briefly merged with her. 

I feel like there's a possibility an Azem shard from another reflection somehow ended up being filtered to the 13th - perhaps as an attempt by Hydaelyn to give them help and avoid destruction. Hydaelyn would have been at her most powerful and we know that even after Shadowbringers she has enough power to bring Minfilia and Emet-Selch's souls back to the aetherial sea on the Source. So this would have been simple for her when the 13th was going downhill.  The names Zero and Zeromus are very similar and we know SQEnix doesn't choose names randomly, so maybe this is meant to pull the player toward realizing both are Azem shards.

Minfilia (S) - Ryne (F) - Golbez 2.0/Durante (13th)

Minfilia and Durante both have the same braids on the sides of their heads - just opposite- the same hair color and the same eyes. -

In Shadowbringers, Minfilia refers to the WoL as her "dearest friend" and is very affectionate toward her even after they've just met in ARR.

If your WoL has carried over from 1.0, Minfilia remembers the WoL clearly when nobody else, including those with the Echo like Papalymo, does not.

Minfilia, as Antecedent of the Scions, is also really successful at bringing together a lot of disparate recruits.

In addition, while Minfilia in the Source is not a fighter, she does stop the entire Flood of Light on the First with the Warriors of Darkness' help. Also, her numerous incarnations in the First all are documented to have fought very successfully against Sin Eaters. 

Minfilia in the First stops the Flood of Light. Her shard in the 13th causes the Flood of Darkness. It really makes sense and brings things full circle. 

Yotsuyu (S) - Barbariccia (13th) Both of these characters have an overwhelming desire for freedom and were wronged terribly by horrible families. There's a vibe about them that matches.

Zenos (S) - Vauthry (F) - Cagnazzo (13th)

Cagnazzo is depicted as being someone who gets off on fighting, believes in no one, and is searching for the perfect fight to fulfill him. That forms the core of his identity. I don't think they could make this any clearer. 

- Vauthry was turned into a monster by his parents and Emet-Selch; Zenos was turned into a monster by his father and Emet-Selch. 

- Vauthry controls those in and around Eulmore by feeding them meol, which when activated turns them into his unwilling servants. Zenos controls those in and around Garlemald with his towers, which when activated temper anyone who isn't protected and turn them into his unwilling servants.  - Both the towers and the meol are made with body parts of the dead.

Both think of absolutely nothing but their own gratification and see those around them as mere tools to be exploited. 

Hautdlong (S) - Traynor (F) - Rubicante (13th)

Rubicante is a noble mage who watches his friend die and mourns for him forever. That's the story of Traynor and Nyelbert exactly. Traynor and Unukalhai are obviously kindred spirits - when U. comes to the First, Traynor comments that he can work with U. like he's known him forever. As though he's Nyelbert's shard.

Urianger (S) - Cyella (13/F)

Both are Elezen with grey hair and questionable pasts. - Cyella betrays her friends to try to save her world, but make amends and saves them in the end by rescuing their bodies from possession as the Cardinal Virtues.   - Urianger betrays his friends to try to save his world, but makes amends and saves them from being defeated by the Warriors.  - In the scenes where the Warriors of Darkness fight the Scions, Urianger appears as the sixth "Warrior," in the spot Cylva occupies with the WoD on the First. 

Haurchefant (S) - Ser Tolas (F) Both are noble Elezen knights who are fast friends with the Warrior of Light/Darkness. Tolas is more contemplative, perhaps, but he also gets the Warrior of Darkness to go sit in the spa with him after just meeting them, as though they're really comfortable and get along well.

Lalai (S) - Lamitt (F)

The most obvious of the parallel souls they show with the Warriors of Darkness. - They look almost identical  ' - Both leave their homes in search of forbidden knowledge and have to more or less teach themselves - Both are seen as pariahs by their peers - Both are possessed - Lamitt's body by the Cardinal Virtue (evil); Lalai's body by Shatotto (good).  - Both have a very significant unmasking scene - Lamitt has an unrequited crush on someone.  - Someone has an unrequited crush on Lalai.  - Lalai: black mage - Lamitt: white mage - Lamitt: cast out and finds found family - Lalai: accepted and finds found family.

Solkzagyl (S) - Branden (F) Leih Aliapoh (S) - Renda-Rae (F)

Gerold (S) - Grenold (F) Rowena (S) - Mowen (F) Drusilla (S) - Lorathia (F)

Ququruka Tataruka (S, black mage story) - Nyelbert (F, Warrior of Darkness) - Unukalhai (13th/F)

Ququruka is a black mage who botches an incantation and sees his friends merged into a monster. He throws the monster into the void, throws himself in prison and waits for 100 years, sick with grief, for someone who can save them from their misery by reopening the voidgate and defeating them. Nyelbert is a black mage who watches his friend/training partner Traynor get sucked into a portal/void gate. He never gets over the trauma and grief. 100 years later, when his body is turned into a Cardinal Virtue, he spends his time opening voidgates, seemingly looking to save his friend even in death. His last thoughts are of Traynor. When Unukalhai comes from the Source to the First, he and Traynor immediately become close friends. They work together as though they've known each other forever. It would seem that the friends have found each other again.

[littlelordalphinaud]

I love writing characters that communicate differently, because my verbal ability varies wildly from day to day and I like giving my characters parts of me.

Adya mimics and mimes. They repeat back the last word or sound they heard and gesture with their hands to communicate.

Ihzi can speak in full sentences but that exhausts her and makes her feel uncomfortable and unsafe, so she uses her own dialect, and just uses the single words to get her point across.

Sai communicates with sign language, or by her Esteem, Sana, taking over their body and speaking verbally.

Raza has so many accents and languages and dialects crammed into them that they struggle to sound like they're from one place and people often struggle to understand them when they get excited and talk fast.

Tola understands Eorzean but only speaks Drivanian, relying on Ysayle to translate what's necessary to the people around them.

Nergui has a very intense stutter, so often tries to shorten her sentences so she can get them out quicker, avoiding words with W or S sounds as they make it worse.

All of these characters have varying education and intelligence levels. Nergui is an Archon, Ihzi stopped getting any education at age 5, but none of that is related to their methods of communication.

Sometimes I get self conscious, as when I've written characters with alternate communication in the past, people have accused me of ableism and mockery, when I'm only trying to give voice to my own experiences.

If you have characters that communicate in unique ways, please let me know! In replies or reblogs, I'd love to hear about them!

[radioinactivity]

really having a comeapart looking at this Haurchefant shard

[eightlittletalons]

Day 6: Free Day - Leisure

What's an adventurer by trade to do with a sudden abundance of free time? Learn new skills, hone old ones, catch up with friends, and introduce the beau to the family!

[batuofthegharltribe]

Tolas not realizing he's becoming my Haurchefaunt coping replacement

[frosleon]

*slams fists on table* WE NEED MORE TOLAS!

[baidar-oroq]

The never ending adventures of Darya Kisne

Took Darya through 5.4 this evening:

“We have...a pink airship...and why is there a snowman here?”

Darya, reconsidering being the one to go to Ishgard to pick up the ceruleum and likely wanting Baidar’s coat.

Whatever Y’shtola is saying, I don’t think Darya or Baidar heard a word of it.

“You did not hear a word I said, did you?” 

G’raha, my man, you need to learn to read the room.

Meanwhile...

“Tyche, I think Darya wants to use my coat!”

[meracydian]

sand dance

[tovaicas]

I love the implication we’re just flashbanging Y’shtola every single time we walk by like

and she’s just like. this is fine

[opheliona]

A commission for Tola!

[sunnythanalan]

Tahn can’t believe he traveled to a different world and still got stuck doing guard duty with a pretty elf knight. Some things never change.