One Of My Favorite Bits Of Minor Coerthan Lore Is That There's An Abandoned Castrum (castrum Aquilonis)

one of my favorite bits of minor coerthan lore is that there's an abandoned castrum (castrum aquilonis) that they stopped construction on because of how tremendously shitty coerthan weather is now. the garleans -- from garlemald! notorious for its harsh conditions and shitty weather! -- took one look around coerthas and said, "actually, fuck this."

this is after they sent a spy to infiltrate ishgard & lost her. thing is, lucia received the ranking of "goe" before her defection: that places her at the same social rank as rulers of imperial territories and provinces, and among the frumentarii, it would indicate leadership. she was not just a normal field operative, she was a major resource for the empire. and she took one look at aymeric and said, "ummmm yeah i'm catholic now."

ishgard racking up Ws and clowning on the most powerful country in the known world at every turn just by existing in the mountains and having cold weather and hot elves. that is so funny to me

The night before a big battle, Kaida talks to Hien one on one.

Stormblood lvl73 spoilers!

A moment for words, right before the end.

AKA how often must you repeat yourself and why is it still endearing every time. The *music* with *that line*

Spoilers for 'Hello, World'! Lvl 89? 90? Ish? ??? Late Endwalker

Leofard wakes to darkness, to quiet.

Was he dreaming?

Sequel to Heart - read that first!

ICYMI, there was fear that companies were scraping public AO3 fics to train their AI without the consent of AO3 or its users. That fear has been confirmed.

AO3 has written about what they’re doing (and what they’re not able to do), and they recommend restricting your work to AO3 registered users only. [Instructions here]

This gross misuse of the archive by techbros is why I’ve locked down my fics for the foreseeable future. I recommend the rest of you do the same.

First things first - meet Kaida! She's my WoL and the subject of a good like. 84.5% of fics I write and I'm love her :)

Kaida

Kaida

Kaida Ku'mah