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i do enjoy "living weapon" characters but specifically living weapons who did in fact do absolutely horrific things which at least a part of them enjoyed and thought was good and right at the time, and that no amount of not knowing any better or guilt they feel in hindsight will ever make up for. i love living weapons who are "irredeemable", and no it's not their fault that they were made that way or pointed in the directions they were by the hand that wielded them, and yes they are victims, but so were their victims. living weapons who some people will never be able to forgive, but who still wake up every day and try to do better than what's expected of them. a sword that uses its blade to cut wheat to make bread for the people who once lived in fear of its arc falling on their heads.

anyway have a cassiel

Cassiel Helisande

Cassiel is my Warrior of Light that I write bad fanfic with. She's technically an alt character (that I still need to take through EdW!), but based off the fem highlander I started my main on (because I really loved her). I don't RP with her, just daydream about her and Estinien.

Cass is 27/28 at the start of ARR and my canon has a couple years passing before EdW is over. She's from a small mining village in Gyr Abania and she escaped to the Black Shroud before Garlemald restarted their Eorzean campaign (a couple years pre-calamity). While blessed (or possibly cursed?) with the Echo, she originally comes to Gridania to be a botanist and miner, only picking up the lance incidentally. She soon finds herself fighting primals and meeting Ishgard's Azure Dragoon. She's a DRG and DRK canonically.

I'm not sure if I'll ever publish stuff I've written. I have previously published a very early, now completely rewritten version on AO3, that has since been deleted (I do still have an ShB piece that's just a bit of creative writing that I'm still proud of! Read it here). However, I will probably ramble about her, at length, given the chance. Her tag is #the abyss (Estinien's is #the song, their combined tag is #the song and the abyss).

See under the cut for some more screenshots! I have yet to play/look at her much in DT, I wasn't very happy with the changes in the benchmark, so I'm not sure how I'll feel.

stabbing as a metaphor for penetration is great but when are we going to talk about pressing down on where someone is wounded to disarm them or just to be cruel while fighting. does nobody else care about the perverse intimacy of knowing exactly where to touch to overpower someone. the grotesque vulnerability of it. especially if you're the one who wounded them in the first place.

Cassiel Helisande

Cassiel is my Warrior of Light that I write bad fanfic with. She's technically an alt character (that I still need to take through EdW!), but based off the fem highlander I started my main on (because I really loved her). I don't RP with her, just daydream about her and Estinien.

Cass is 27/28 at the start of ARR and my canon has a couple years passing before EdW is over. She's from a small mining village in Gyr Abania and she escaped to the Black Shroud before Garlemald restarted their Eorzean campaign (a couple years pre-calamity). While blessed (or possibly cursed?) with the Echo, she originally comes to Gridania to be a botanist and miner, only picking up the lance incidentally. She soon finds herself fighting primals and meeting Ishgard's Azure Dragoon. She's a DRG and DRK canonically.

I'm not sure if I'll ever publish stuff I've written. I have previously published a very early, now completely rewritten version on AO3, that has since been deleted (I do still have an ShB piece that's just a bit of creative writing that I'm still proud of! Read it here). However, I will probably ramble about her, at length, given the chance. Her tag is #the abyss (Estinien's is #the song, their combined tag is #the song and the abyss).

See under the cut for some more screenshots! I have yet to play/look at her much in DT, I wasn't very happy with the changes in the benchmark, so I'm not sure how I'll feel.

It has come to my attention that Sidurgu from the DRK questline has the moniker of "Sidurgu of the Obsidian heart" which is funky because yeah it sounds edgy- obsidian is black and shiny so it's cool right?

W R O N G

Obsidian is GLASS. Sidurgu has a glass heart. Obsidian can also be extremely sharp- sharper than steel. But it is still so much more brittle and will break if it is not used correctly.

Dark Knight at the end of the day is a protector- they train like hell to be able to protect what is important to them. The path of the Dark Knight is not an easy one- a Dark Knight will inevitably have to kill for the greater good. So they need to be stronger than everyone else. Sharper, if you will.

All of this because the Dark Knight is born out of love. The first Dark Knight was seen as a monster by the Holy See because he protected a child. Their hearts are just as fragile as anyone else's but they have tempered their body and soul to be strong enough to stand tall and protect the innocent in this essay I will-

There’s A Good Reason There’s Blood On My Hands

dark knight quests, part i;

Here are translations from “Declaration of Blood,” the level 45 dark knight quest.

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dark knight quests, part ii;

Here are translations from “Our Answer,” the level 50 dark knight quest.

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obsessed with stories where you can never go home

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”

— Haruki Murakami

Favourite Designs: Chotronette ‘Black Armour’ Gown

9/28/24

What was your wol(oc) doing before ARR?

If your WoL could have handed off their role as Warrior of Light/Darkness to someone else would they have?

Say hello to our new best boy...Onyx!!! The companion to our great heros and our first look into the Abyss.

Welcome to the Abyss. Umbra is just one of the residents of this shadow realm. The first drawing of one of the more humanoid denizens of the Abyss. Hope you enjoy!!!

Say hello to the Irk, the more agressive side of the abyssals. The design might get changed at some point but, this is it for now

The all new Urk!!!!!

Here is the new and improved Urk! I took my initial sketches and some other references to create this new design. I love this new version of the Urk. I will probably make a whole character sheet with their abilities and what they are. If you have any notes on design changes you would recommend. I would love to hear it.

I have also finished a Necromancer design, but I'll post that later, or I might rework it first.

Have a fantastic day!

FLUID LIKE WATER, WET ASS POUSAY, MEN AND WOMEN KISSER

explain your gender in 10 words or less without using boring words like “male”, “female”, “nonbinary”, “masculine”, “feminine” or “androgynous”.

go!