#keeper of the moon

[wildstar25]

Cool rain on a hot day is always welcome <3

[soupercatte]

I like to imagine that Moon Keeper's eyes reflect light much like other nocturnal creatures, making them absolutely terrifying to walk in on during the night.

[embersign]

♥Commission for Tak of J'Takra, Corveau and Frey~!♥ ♥THANK YOU~!!!♥

[ahriana]

You know what? F*ck you. *un-Y's your Shtola* (Moonkeeper Y'shtola 🌙✨)

[lookbluesoup]

So while I get that Gridanians live under these.... essentially toddler-gods who can afflict the entire territory with horrible plague, who will severely punish well-intentioned children that were manipulated by adults instead of the adult, and can't communicate their desires clearly, which leads the community to adopt a lot of hostility to change, paranoia, hate and even violence toward outsiders, etc...

Unless there's more explanation for this I haven't found? I know I'm not 100% up to speed on everything Gridania, especially pre-ARR....

Keepers of the Moon were living in the Black Shroud outside of Gridanian authority, for generations, presumably not being laserbeamed out of existence. There would have been a lot going on outside of the Seedseer's effective reach, and there aren't Moonkeeper Padjal to make up the gap there, only Hyur get to be Padjal.

Miqo'te are described as traditionally being far more in tune with nature and eschewing things like major city developments and whatnot. They're predators, yes, but predators have a place and function in the natural balance of the world.

"Beast Tribes" are a made up word from Ul'dah to protect trade monopolies in Thanalan, and Miqo'te could easily have ended up on the wrong side of that label if the rich elites had wanted them barred from the city. Historically, they're a lot more "feral" than a lot of the other spoken races.

I mention all this because it's unlikely the Elementals divide people into Beast Tribes and Human Races. Sylph's aren't being deleted by the Elementals, either, despite certainly having no inclination to live like the Gridanians do and being fairly mischievous.

My point being... I wonder if maybe the Gridanians kind of brought the Greenwrath on themselves. A lot of the time. The same way that some IRL religious institutions preach hate in the name of a deity and stir paranoia and fear of eternal condemnation. They create sins where there didn't need to be... Justifying division and destruction and isolation out of fear (and thus a need for control), and actually creating their own problems.

Elementals might not care about a lot of the stuff Gridania does, its clear a few times when something bad happens to someone, even just getting sick, panic strikes that the Elementals are behind it and people act irrationally out of fear, like the IRL Salem Witch Trials.

If you look at places like Haukke Manor... a country living in balance with nature does not need massive monuments to vanity like that. And there's apparently a whole quarter devoted to mansions for nobility in Gridania (which the npc says we're not allowed to visit.) Why do you have that. Why do you think that promotes peace with the natural world.

There's Wood Wailers who talk about wanting to kill Moonkeepers on sight, just in case they're "poachers." That's sort of like killing wolves because they're predators. Outside of some genuine bad apples, though, a lot of what seems to drive actual Moonkeeper poachers AND Duskwight Elezen to banditry is a straight up need to survive. Gridania's essential demand that they have dictatorial rights over management of the forest leads them to disrupt these group's lives, sometimes with exceptional cruelty.

I know that "central authority" is kind of... not super really a thing for Gridania, power is pretty divided up and a lot of it seems to run on an honor system. But that seems to have led to a lot of Process Loss and enabled a lot of prejudice and abuse to run rampant. Especially now that the Elementals are weaker than pre-Calamity.

I guess basically I wonder if the reason Sylphs and traditional Moonkeeper clans managed to survive out there was because, unlike Gridania, they don't have social systems built from the ground up on fear and condemnation. They're not constantly LOOKING for reasons to think the Elementals hate them and someone to blame for it.

They just live "natural" lives, that aren't inherently dangerous to the overall balance of the forest ecosystem, and they don't have an entire religious/government body dedicated to trying to interpret vague impressions from the Elementals (this is a HORRIBLE system of government and EXTREMELY susceptible to personal prejudices/bias), so these non-Gridanians run into conflict with the Elementals far less often.

i.e. Moonkeeper kills a rabbit, uses the meat, skin, and bones, is behaving like a hunter, Elementals don't care. VERSUS Gridanian kills a rabbit, uses it the same way, but then a villager gets sick and their friends panic and they turn into a mob and punish the Gridanian, Elementals didn't care but now they're a little pissy bc you're disrupting the forest with your insanity.

Basically... Gridania is the real affront to the Elementals, their very infrastructure and their culture of micromanaging the forest and constantly looking for scapegoats, kind of flies in the face of actually living in balance with nature. The Elementals aren't omnipotent or a unified group, and seem to struggle to understand human minds anyway, so they're trying to work with this city-state and have established some kind of partnership, but Gridania is really its own worst enemy.

[dreadwyrmz]

MiqoMarch Day 5: Hobby

Botany is something that Nehra takes great pride in.

[umbralaether]

miqomarch day 1 — introduction

Eisha Pantera is known by many titles, but is most commonly referred to as Eorzea’s very own Warrior of Light. A Keeper of the Moon Miqo’te hailing from Limsa Lominsa, she is often found enjoying the sea air on her beachfront cottage in Limsa with her husband, G’raha Tia, and two peculiar-looking cactuar she claims to have found on the moon.

In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, reading, and seeing new sights. Rumor has it, she is planning a trip to somewhere far across the sea. Who knows what adventures await her?

[zoeyslayter]

Introducing my FFXIV Character

For more information on her backstory, refer to this post!

These pics are old but here you go! She's been through a lot.

Name: Xina Modazi Race: Miqo'te, Keeper of the Moon Class: Red Mage (Main) Likes: Cactaur, tea, Fenrir (ironic isn't it), pretty women, Nanamo Ul Namo Dislikes: Estinien, having to fight Fenrir :(, the fact that Thancred gets all the pretty women Additional Notes:

Is in a polyamorous relationship with Thancred and G'raha Tia. She's okay with Thancred having relations with other women but she does get jealous. Not of the women; of him getting the women.

Since the assassination of Nanamo she has taken up Archery/Barding, Conjuring, and Lancing as well as Astrology.

Absolutely traumatized by having to fight a guy possessing Thancred's body

Also traumatized by the death of Nanamo Ul Namo

Just traumatized tm

Freezing her tail of in Ishgard.

I am at the VERY BEGINNING of Heavensward! PLEASE NO SPOILERS!

[candle-willowmint]

Keeper of the Moon.

[snakemoltsiren]

Your rhythm's straight trash and you totally suck

Luza and O'rahan are business partners and also the two biggest idiots on the star. Please enjoy. (Audio from Kaguya-sama: Love Is War)

[luck-and-larceny]

Testing locks.

[gentleerzulie]

I want the new expansion MEOW!

Details here! ♥

[bunnalien]

dignified old man... veteran warrior of light... summoning instructor... dad of 3

[violetlypurple]

Miqo March or something ig?

[lookbluesoup]

Miqo'te Headcanons

i.e. all the ways my ocs regularly act like cats.

Climb things. Sit on top of bookshelves and dressers and pillars and tables.

Squeezing through tiny spaces it doesn't seem like they should be able to actually fit in.

Liquid bones. How are you even contorted like that??

Nap in a sunny spot. Nap a lot. Nap anywhere.

Cheek rubs, head bunts, touch noses, and tail-wraps to say hello to beloved friends.

Grooming. Straight up licking instead of just kissing (tho they can kiss too ofc)

Kneading with little biscuit hands.

Strong sense of smell and hearing - makes them good at recognizing people's moods & reading body language (heart rate changes, hormone levels, etc)

Walk ahead of friends and then just stop and turn around mid-stride, causing accidents.

Swat things off tables.

Scratching furniture when worked up... usually absentmindedly. (Miqo'te 'stress ball' is actually just something handheld they can drag their claws over without wrecking the furniture)

Extremely drawn to movement. High prey drive.

Play ambushing. Play fighting. Play chasing.

Investigate what friends are doing. They're in your space. They're helping. Pay attention to them.

Mirroring. They'll start imitating friends' body language so fast.

Silly eyes (even for Sun Seekers!)

Airplane ears and tail whips when grumpy.

Hair/fur fluffs up like Ghibli character when excited or scared.

Hissing, growling, purring, chirping.

Also kekekekeke'ing when there's something they want to hunt and can't reach.

Startling them might get a miqo'te stuck to your ceiling or backflipping into all your furniture.

Angry Miqo'te can intimidate and chase off much larger creatures just by fluffing up and yowling and being Big Mad.

Allowing tummy pets/rubs/touches is a BIG display of trust.

Bringing food to friends bc they looked hungry. Stealing food from friends bc it looked tasty.

[dreadwyrmz]

MiqoMarch Day 4: Sun

After a long day of showing Zero around Radz-at-Han, Nehra took a much needed rest at the beaches of Saltwind's Welcome.