#nidhopps

[desertleviathan]

So I've been working on my FFXIV housing, in my ongoing attempt to accumulate as many house spaces as possible on one server. My main character's private house, his apartment, and my FC's house are now complete. I still need to finish my main character's FC room, and I also have seven other alts on this server who have FC rooms and private apartments that I need to finish. But for now, here's the info about the parts I've finished!

These aren't super sophisticated builds, no glitching or floating or anything, but I like how they turned out and wouldn't mind seeing a few more guest book posts.

APARTMENT: Aether Data Center -> Sargatanas Server -> Mist (Limsa Lominsa) -> Ward 27 -> Topmast Wing 1 -> Room 1 THE CHOWDER SLUICE is... a place you can eat, if you're dead broke, lost a bet, or you're too drunk to recognize where you've wound up. "Until Sea Swallows All-You-Can-Eat!"

PRIVATE HOUSE: Aether Data Center -> Sargatanas Server -> Empyreum (Ishgard) -> Ward 26 -> Plot 30

NIDHOPPS is Ishgard's first Dragonsong War-themed Craft Brewery. And probably its last, since that's an idea with just about zero cultural sensitivity. It is also one of Siege's secret "calamity bunkers", places he's set up around the star as secure retreats with accommodations for refugees, where he could direct some non-combatants to duck down and hide until he and the Scions are able to figure out a solution the next time the sky is literally falling.

FREE COMPANY HOUSE: Aether Data Center -> Sargatanas Server -> Mist (Limsa Lominsa) -> Ward 6 -> Plot 60

Finally, the centerpiece of the big project, MOGARITAVILLE is a family-friendly restaurant (with the more relaxed Siren's Grotto bistro downstairs and the upscale Crow's Nest lounge upstairs) on the Limsa Lominsa seaside that is really just a front for the Amaranthine Maw pirate crew.

The plan is to use Siege and my other seven alts to fill in the pirate crew's base via their FC rooms, but I need to take a little time to let my ravaged gil total recover before undertaking that effort.

[desertleviathan]

All right FFXIV Tumblr, I need a little help.

Warning, Dragon-related spoilers spread across the MSQ for pretty much the entire game and all expansions!

My character's main job is Dragoon and I'm decorating my house with a theme surrounding that job, including a lot of Dragon-related stuff. In fact, the location is called "NIDHOPPS", Ishgard's first and only Craft Brewery/Dragonsong War Museum, with such memorabilia as I can find for all the First Brood.

I'm working on the Orchestrion choices. I have 8 slots, and here are my thoughts on how to use them.

1.) "Primogenitor" - The boss music for Midgardsrormr in Keeper of the Lake and in Alphascape 2.0. And now that I take the time to check, also apparently for the first time we fight Nidghogg in the Aery, and the fight with Hraesvelgr in Sohr Khai! Although the rest of these are chronological in terms of in-game appearance, I put this one before the next one to reflect Midgardsormr's place in the family.

2.) "Answers" - The music for the End of an Era cutscene where Bahamut was revealed. There are a few Bahamut-related choices, but this is the most dramatic.

3.) "Roar of the Wyrm" - The theme from the Aery, where we first face Nidhogg directly. This isn't actually what plays during the boss fight though, so its place on the list is most tentative.

4.) "Apologies" - The theme from Sohr Kai, where Hraesvelgr tests our mettle before we face Nidhogg again. Like Roar of the Wyrm, the actual boss fight music is actually Primogenitor though.

5.) "Revenge of the Horde" - From the Final Steps of Faith, Part 1, where we vanquish Nidhogg. This being an Ishgardian residence, I feel like the antagonist of the Dragonsong War deserves extra prominence.

6.) "Freefall" - From the Final Steps of Faith, Part 2.

7.) "Seven Flames" - From Paglth'an, where we fought along Tiamat's side to reach and slay Lunar Bahamut.

8.) "As The Sky Burns" - From Vanaspati. I'm hesitant because I'd rather enshrine Vrtra in glory than grief, but no moment in the game highlights his nature better than when he's begging you to show mercy to the Blasphemies because they're still Children of Thavnair.

Missing - Azdaja and Ratatoskr don't have tracks on this list. The former because all the music that plays around her is more about her circumstances and her captor than about her personally, and the latter because she's a conspicuous absence in the story, and Nidhogg's rage is the primary memento we have of her.

I also thought about putting Shinryu on this list, because I love "The Worm's Tail" and "The Worm's Head" from the Royal Menagerie trial. But I wouldn't have put one on the list unless I had room for both, and as a weird sort of footnote to the First Brood I didn't think Shinryu deserved multiple slots like Nidhogg does.

Anyway, does this sound about right, or does anyone have suggestions of tracks that would fit better, or would make sense for the two missing First Brood? As important as Nidhogg is, 8 tracks for 8 Dragons seems like it's meant to be, you know?