Ember's Hearth

A FFXIV Blog. Multiple WOLs. Omni, but DPS main. Here there be cat boys. Follows back from @astraembers, but please don't follow me there.

[embershearth]

🌻Meet Embershearth 🌻

For Prompto: @prompto-in-eorzea For Ao3: astraembers (Pseud: embershearth for ffxiv) Hello! I'm Ember: crocheter, catboy connoisseur, alt-aholic. Married, hetero/demi, old enough to remember VHS tapes. If found, please return to Thancred. FFXIV and FFXV. She/Her, and follows and likes will come from astraembers. But please don't follow me there, it will be a void space. If you've made it here, you are here for the Warrior(s) of Light. Meet my cats, none of them go by Tia. And, yes, the lack of miqo naming structure is intentional. Character count and progress: Current: 2 DT: 0 || EW: 1 || ShB: 0 || StB: 1 || HW: 5 || ARR: 5 (4 in base. 1 in post) Some FFXIV Notes before we jump in:

Time is a thing. I provide the age below as starting in ARR, and headcanon EW is +4 years.

Spoilers will be tagged for Dawntrail and recent

Casual play, no rp, but I love brainstorming character ideas. If we all are lucky, there might be a fic or two.

The Scions are family in every iteration of my WOLS.

All miqo have fangs. Come on, we are all cats here...

Mostly different WOL universes.

Okay, my Miqo Army: In depth details located on the characters page, or have fun scouring my tags. You will see these fellas the most - they are located across Dynamis

Canto Kiani/21/Seeker of the Sun/gay/wolgraha/Heavensward/Apr05 Killian Emberlark/25/Seeker of the Sun/bi/wolcred/Dawntrail/Jul31 Killick Selke/26/Keeper of the Moon/ace/Dawntrail/Oct11 Zhaka'li Tuvi*/30/Keeper of the Moon/demi-gay/Endwalker/Jan16 *you won't find Ka'li under this name, as he's a less social character for me, so I generally keep it private

Frequently used tags: Characters: #wol Canto | #wol Killian | #wol Killick | ffxiv oc | #wol Zhaka'li | the thancredible mr. waters | assorted character tags Ship: #wolcred | #wolgraha

Writing: #my ffxiv fic #Fic: Songs of Canto - Canto's Universe, wolgraha #Fic: Song of the Crimson Sea - Killian's Universe, wolcred Others: #ffxiv art rec | #ffxiv gpose | my ffxiv pics | others writing | #others wols

[embershearth]

Potential Evercold glam for Killick....?

[embershearth]

Dance with me, make me sway Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore Hold me close, sway me more

Moonfire 2026

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I'm about to post it, but I had a really rough go of some gposing today, and feeling rather stressed and incompetent about everything. This stuff is not great for someone who is a bit of a perfectionist, which is probably so why I've never been able to get into art. At least with crochet, its a pattern - I can follow instructions ya know.

And on top of struggling with actual posing - because arms are dumb and hands are stupid- my monitor died yesterday. And I am so grateful, I was able to get a new one so quickly and that it's a really, really nice monitor. But I definitely discovered after I closed out gpose that the coloring and quality between the monitor and the phone is astronomical. I'm adjusting for the nice monitor, but its all washed out and gross by the time it gets over to other apps. Which just sucks. So I had to do some photo editing and I'm not good at that either.

So yeah, there's going to be some learning curve i think, and I might be awful about everything I create for awhile until I can find a balance.

[embershearth]

I'm not going to be able to get to flashficfriday. I don't know why every week I tell myself I'm going to do it, knowing I'm inevitably going to get busy. And I liked this week's too.

[flashfictionfridayofficial]

✨ Here's to the Fridays!

It is Flash Fiction Friday, time to celebrate!

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Write between 100-1000 words. It can be any genre, in any text format and 18+ is fine by us — but tag your works with any appropriate content warnings and let the reader know what they’ll find before they get the chance to read your work!

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✨ And now, the new prompt!

[ID: #FFF 369 Raise A Glass]

This prompt has been brought to you by someone who wishes to remain anonymous; thank you very much! Raise a glass to the victory! To the ones we've lost! To the dreams we dream and the nightmares we live! Whether the mood is carefree or somber, be it a wedding or funeral, we want to know why your characters are raising a glass! What are they toasting? How do they feel? Tell us all about it and WRITE!

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The Collective <3

[eemamminy-art]

meow :3

[amalthea-felsblood]

Moonfire Faire

Marian ∘ "Let's enjoy ourselves tonight."

[dustedbooksandreadingnooks]

URITHANCRED. YOU AGREE

Uri design from @candycryptids

[embershearth]

🌃 If your oc were plucked from their world and dropped into our mundane present, how would they cope?

This! This is the question that post was about.

Oh Killick would be fine. Assuming it's a temporary fever dream and he doesn't also have to contend with missing his friends, he'd find himself a nice lighthouse to live in, collect a bunch of books and some yarn, and he'd welcome the opportunity for his mini-staycation. His biggest challenge would be that his travel is limited by the vehicles that can get him there (no aetherytes whaaaat). But he'll cozy on up. I'd give him about a month before he goes stir crazy though.

I think Killian would do a little more nicely in a city where there's a lot of activity to keep himself entertained. He'd love all of our surround sound music, and strong headphones. And he's probably concert hop. I'd give him a solid 6 months here before he starts to miss home, unless Thancred's not with him, then he'd last less than two weeks.

Canto would similarly miss his family and do everything he can to get back home. In the meantime, he'd love television.

Ka'li would hate it.

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Overnight musings to add to this!!

If the four of them were on a road trip in this modern AU. Killian would be the driver, Killick the navigator and would get radio privileges, Canto would be in the back humming along with his own headphones and playing a portable game, and Ka'li would have his seat reclined sleeping and occasionally be taking pictures. The B shift is the mooncats - Killick driving, Ka'li navigating.

[embershearth]

It's fine, friends! I made it better!!

[marjiandco]

Happy moonfire faire!

[thorinoakenbutt]

☀️🏖🌊

[embershearth]

It's fine, friends! I made it better!!

[embershearth]

🌃 If your oc were plucked from their world and dropped into our mundane present, how would they cope?

This! This is the question that post was about.

Oh Killick would be fine. Assuming it's a temporary fever dream and he doesn't also have to contend with missing his friends, he'd find himself a nice lighthouse to live in, collect a bunch of books and some yarn, and he'd welcome the opportunity for his mini-staycation. His biggest challenge would be that his travel is limited by the vehicles that can get him there (no aetherytes whaaaat). But he'll cozy on up. I'd give him about a month before he goes stir crazy though.

I think Killian would do a little more nicely in a city where there's a lot of activity to keep himself entertained. He'd love all of our surround sound music, and strong headphones. And he'd probably concert hop. I'd give him a solid 6 months here before he starts to miss home, unless Thancred's not with him, then he'd last less than two weeks.

Canto would similarly miss his family and do everything he can to get back home. In the meantime, he'd love television.

Ka'li would hate it.

[pointyhatspointyears]

Teary Eyes Posing Tutorial

So I've been desperate to replicate the teary eye effect we see in cutscenes (mostly Tataru unleashing her LB3 on WoLs) and all similar questions I've seen on the crime tool discords are met with the same "can't be done, photoshop it" line of answers if any. So if you have zero photoshopping skills like me and want a fix of that sweet angst, here's a quick way to fake it in-game directly while gposing:

(Requires very basic Anamnesis or Brio experience)

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(You might want this to be the last step after you're done posing your character, since you'll be dealing with a hand prop.)

Equip this prop to both your main and offhand, by typing in the numbers: 9072, 1, 1. and click below them to "show weapon."

2. Now since they're tiny little droplets, they'll be hard to see, so I suggest you click on the weapon bone in your preferred posing mode and scale them up to around 5. Raising the z value (3rd one) slightly higher makes the droplets rounder and easier to work with. And if the size doesn't change for some reason, try scaling the root or abdomen bone instead of the weapon bone.

3. Shove that thing up your eye (lovingly). It helps if you rotate each droplet sideways so that its shape matches that of your eye. (smaller tip toward your inner eye corner, large tip toward the outer corner)

4. Now the fun part! You can do this several ways: If you want the full-on LB3-level brimming-with-tears effect like Tataru's, just keep tweaking the scale of the droplet til it's about the size of your eye and position it just over the whole eye, tweaking and rotating until it fits perfectly inside your eyelids without clipping out, et voila.

The LB2 level: Another (more realistic?) way would be to lower the droplets to have them "well up" around your lower eyelids:

LB1 level: Or you can simply lay the droplets at their original size at the outer corners of your eyes for a "threatening to turn on the waterworks but can be assuaged with cake" effect

Bonus tips for extra realism:

- As with most other things, best to avoid symmetry

- Mix & match shapes & sizes

- The more dramatic your lighting the more dramatic they'll look

If you try this please show me. Angst gives me life thankyou.

[diggingforkuponuts]

OCs in modern present (AU) ask list :

An ask list with AU if fantasy/sci-fi/etc ocs in mind

🧋What kind of energy drink would your oc prefer? Would they go for a soda or perhaps an electrolyte water? (Redbull vs Propel)

⌚️ Do they have a job? Is it a 9-5 or freelance? How’d they get it?

🏠 Where would they live? If it’s an extravagant home, how do they pay for it? Do they have roommates?

🛋️ What kind of decor do they have? Is it minimalistic? Visually cluttered with collectibles? Bright colors?

🎮♟️What kind of games would they get into? If any?

🎸 What kind of music would they listen to? How would they discover this genre?

🥏🥊 Would they get into any kind of sport? Competitive or casual? How would they handle sport related injuries?

🐕 What pets would they have if any? If not, why? If it’s something exotic, how did they come by it and how do they provide for it?

📚 What genre of books would they read?

👚 Would they dress differently? How so?

🌃 If your oc were plucked from their world and dropped into our mundane present, how would they cope?