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miqojak · 2 months

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Y'all ever think about just how much Garlean architecture looks like that of Amaurot's?

Y'all every just think about how much Emet Selch missed his home, and his friends? How his heart must have hurt so badly, even after all that time?

Y'all ever think about how many times he must have tried to re-capture the essence of it - just to feel something? Just to evoke their memory? Even if no one in the world knew but him?

Y'all ever think about the depths of loneliness and insanity that chasing this morbid dream must have led to over unknowable - unfathomable - lengths of time? And how, amidst this growing insanity and obsession, he still clung to hope - even in a twisted form? He still evoked their memory everywhere he went. He left monuments in his wake that none would ever recognize but himself; vestiges of a civilization long devoured by time, and a pair of warring gods.

Remember us, he said, because that's what he'd spent eons trying to do.

Anyways, the day I was looking for a spot to take screenshots in Garlemald, I was struck by the architecture of an empire that fell - not unlike how his own people eventually fell - and these thoughts, and thought I'd take some screenshots and be sad about them.

#emet selch #amaurot #garlemald #ffxiv #ffxiv screenshots #ffxiv ancients #hydael #zodiark #solus zos galvus

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asleepinawell · 1 year

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#final fantasy xiv #ffxiv #final fantasy 14 #ffxivedit #hythlodaeus #venat #emet-selch #emet selch #fandaniel #zodiark #meteion #elidibus #gamingedit #myedit #mp #sorry hyth

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itsmeishmi · 5 months

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Alternate reality AUs with Hythlo as an Ascian is such good angst huuuuuuu!

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #shmiart #final fantasy #endwalker #ff14 #shadowbringers #hythlodaeus #ascian #zodiark

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haunted-xander · 3 months

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Covet, caress, claim, carry

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castellankurze · 7 months

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ok but for real FF14 fans we gotta talk about the next 20 years in Eorzea cause it's gonna be wild

*There's gonna be some general Shadowbringers & Endwalker spoilers in this post.*

I'm making this now because something in 6.5 reminded me of this idea - no spoilers for 6.5 in particular though.

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So first, quick refresher: the FF14 setting has a pretty standard for the genre afterlife wherein souls of the dead merge with the planet's lifestream, they beat about for awhile, maybe ruminate on their past life, and then they can either merge with the greater whole or be reborn as new people. This got outlined all the way back in the 2.x patch series and became a major part of the plot for the Shadowbringers expansion, wherein the Warrior of Light is revealed to be a reincarnation of the ancient soul of Azem, or how the character Gaia is also a reincarnation of one of the Ascians.

Also a major part of the Shadowbringers plot are the revelations about the secret history of the world. How in forgotten ancient times, civilization threatened by a calamity called the Final Days offered up hundreds or possibly thousands of souls to create the god that would be known as Zodiark who would preserve the world, and how in time the goddess Hydaelyn would be created as an opposition to Zodiark's power. And that she ultimately sundered him into 14 pieces - and because Zodiark's nature was fundamentally tied into the essence of the world, when he was broken so too was the very planet and every living soul upon it, divided into the singular 'Source' and thirteen 'shards.' As part of Shadowbringers' plot, the character of Ardbert is revealed to be the First-shard part of the soul of the Warrior of Light, reuniting near the end of 5.0, and to villain Emet-Selch, these sundered souls are a pitiful shadow of the powerful, vibrant beings they once were in ancient times, unworthy of life.

Now here's where things get interesting.

During the course of our Endwalker adventures, we reach the lunar prison where the body of Zodiark is held captive. Due to some villainous machinations, the ancient god's bonds have been partially broken and his essence is leaking out, taking the form of ancient shades wandering about. One in particular we speak to is named Hythlodaeus. We had previously met this character - sort of, in the form of a memory conjured by Emet-Selch. This is the true Hythlodaeus, an ancient soul sacrificed to bring Zodiark into being. Despite joining the multitude of souls and the long slumber in imprisonment, he's coherent and holds a conversation.

Unsurprisingly, as the main character of a Final Fantasy title we go on to kill our setting's oldest god, and in so doing get a good look at the effect of the sundering on Zodiark: namely that in his case it was pretty literal, splitting off pieces of his body. However the interesting part of the Endwalker's implications is that while Zodiark was sundered, the individual souls that made up his being were not - after this confrontation we see and speak to our old new friend Hythlodaeus again, and again, both in a journey to the distant past and as we call up his soul for aid at the climax of the story...and he's the same person every time.

This...strongly hints that the myriad of ancient, unsundered souls which made up the bulk of Zodiark's essence have returned to the lifestream, and while major characters like Hythlodaeus, Emet-Selch and Venat seem content to leave the cycle of reincarnation for good and pass the world on to us modern folk...is that going to be true for everyone?

Are there, in fact, dozens - hundreds - thousands of Ancient, unsundered souls milling about in the aetherial sea, contemplating a return to the living world? Will the world of Etheirys over the next few years see a sudden wave of children with incredible power as these souls start to be reborn? Will the Warrior of Light, a soul merely eight times rejoined, be eclipsed in sheer strength by the might of a new generation?

The story will probably never go to such a place - after all it would essentially undo the themes of its two biggest expansions, and besides which, the story of FF14 as a whole will probably not venture so many years down the timeline to explore such a possibility.

But still. They say everything old is someday new again.

#FFXIV #Final Fantasy XIV #Shadowbringers #Endwalker #Zodiark #Emet-Selch #Hythlodaeus #lore speculation #long post

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tina2180 · 14 days

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Follow in the Light of the Crystal...

#art #artists on tumblr #digital art #ffxiv #ffxiv fanart #ffxiv wol #ffxiv art #ff14 #elidibus #ffxiv warrior of light #warrior of light #zodiark #ffxiv elidibus #sketch #honestly dont know how to tag this soooooo #fanart #shadowbringers #shadowbrings spoilers

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autumnslance · 17 days

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So the 14 Hour Broadcast has begun and Foxclon's Costume this year...

Zodiaelyn

#final fantasy xiv #FFXIV #14 Hour Broadcast #Foxclon #Toshio Murouchi #Zodiaelyn #cosplay #Zodiark #Hydaelyn

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oikvw · 9 months

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Whether I live or die makes no great difference. In truth, death may be the only absolute freedom there is.

#ffxiv #ff14 #endwalker #elidibus #themis #pandaemonium #zodiark #tragic white haired characters voiced by akira ishida :)#animation

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foxflightstudios · 2 months

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New foil charm versions of the WOL/WOD charms are in the shop which is open post my move 🫡

#ffxiv #charms #warrior of light #WOL #hydaelyn #zodiark #shadowbringers

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konaharts · 2 years

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[~2020] heart.

#elidibus #themis #zodiark #warrior of light #shadowbringers #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #nothing is queue everything is permitted

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starryscale-art · 9 months

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come and save us, catch us before we fall

(im having feelings about the wol saving jai from almost being zodiark 2;__;)

#ffxiv #ffxiv oc #miqo'te #xaela #au ra #seeker of the sun #warrior of light #meteor survivor #..meteor is the wol in my canon not jai #zodiark #oc #art #jai kagon #jhai kagon #artists of tumblr #endwalker #miqo'ra

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solar093-art · 1 year

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ElidibusWeek2022: Day 5

“From the fears of these naysayers would rise Hydaelyn - She who was to serve as His shackles. To bind Him and hold Him in check.”

#my art #elidibusweek2022 #ffxiv #elidibus #zodiark #final fantasy xiv #finally #this one was the first i actually started drawing for this week #idea that has been in my head for a long time #because honestly the sundering scene in ew was so damn disappointing to me -___-#wtf was that -____-#so here i am with my silly drawings and headcanons :D #pain pain everywhere #poor eli is still connected to zodiark so he probably felt that damn finishing blow T^T #purple eyes *_*#i love drawing him with purple eyes :D

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frostfiresoul · 4 months

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Happy Dragonyule from Jupiter and Co. - Keep Yourself Safe!

#dragalia lost #dragalia fanart #digital art #anime #illustration #dragalia #greatwyrms #jupiter #mercury #mym #zodiark #midgardsormr

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ritterdoodles · 1 year

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Compared drawing dragons to drawing cats or dogs a while ago, this was the result lol

#dragalia lost #zodiark #mini zodi #ritte draws stuff #my art #forgot to post this here last night oops

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pydiyudie · 6 months

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#zenos #Zodiark #hydaelyn #ffxiv #my art

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mysterious-percentage · 6 months

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"Listen, chat, I'm *laughing* I'm not gonna- hold on. I'm not gonna give half our number unto Zodiark, alright? If you think I'm doing that again, you're... You're insane! You got me the first time but... *laughing* Look, I'm not stupid, I know to cut my losses, alright? I mean- “do another”. okay, i - one more, but that’s IT. after that, i’m DONE... *laughing* that's IT."

#ffxiv #ff14 #shadowbringers #jerma985 #jermaposting #emet selch #zodiark

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