where everything begins

Astral/Void | 20+ | she/her(?) | sapphic ace FFXIV-focused secondary blog please read links before following (primary blog: astralplume)

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Hello! You can call me Astral, or Void if you'd prefer. Welcome to my Final Fantasy XIV blog!~ This is a secondary blog, so any of my likes/follows/etc. come from my primary blog, @astralplume. Feel free to check this out as well if you'd like!

The main accounts I play as are:

Clio Arvense, the Warrior of Light whose adventures have taken her on an incredibly worthwhile journey. She is mixed Highlander Hyur/Duskwight Elezen, and grew up near where the Black Shroud meets Gyr Abania.

Lorenza, a clever and quite enigmatic young lady. Appearing as a Miqo'te to most others, she is in truth a voidsent from the ruined world of the Thirteenth, known amongst her kind as Colombina.

L'nahrii Mona, a shy young adventurer who aspires to help those around her. She is a Seeker of the Sun Miqo'te, with her branch of the Viper tribe residing in the southern part of Coerthas.

For some more information, you can take a look at this page, and for information about the tags I use, please see this page. I would also like to ask that you please read through this page before following or interacting with me, just to make boundaries clear to you and whatnot.

Thank you kindly for reading this, and please know that you're always welcome to send in asks if you'd like to get in touch or have any questions! ^-^

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"My old friends? You mean.. as opposed to my "new old friend", yeah. They're.. they were.. interesting people.

..I guess it would be nice to see them again, one day. If only such a thing could ever happen.."

Happy anniversary, Kingdom Hearts ;w; I decided to commemorate the occasion by making something with the Missing Link gang, including my player character for the game, Techne. But I did it by recreating them all in Final Fantasy XIV, because that’s been how I’ve been keeping up with playing as Techne (by making them in other games I play).

I also have some other versions of the initial image (photo?), with different effects, because I couldn’t quite decide which one I favoured:

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Would you let her nap in your backyard?

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Some more kitties, from the friends this time

Lo Nbyold: @loandbihold

Sidera: @sidera-lla

Nimda: @soothingmind

Koh'a: @koha-tia

Nehzi: @umbraldraw

L'nahrii: @fell-court

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Even if she couldn't be there for the opening herself, I think Clio would really love the cute floral corner set up for the Nocturne Cove tonight!!

A massive shoutout to @koha-tia for decorating it so nicely, and to everyone who was there for the special Valentione's opening for making it so awesome ^-^

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I finally reached the last floor of Pilgrim's Traverse eight times, using the rewards from each clear to obtain all four accessories of the First Light. My main motivation for doing this was actually the title, of all things - but I get to use this fun chandelier mount now, too!

(thank you to Camellia @servantverse and Nimda @soothingmind for also helping me show it off! ^-^)

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I've got inspired this year by @psianabel 's Nimda !!

The pixel art has been done in Kingdom Heart : Chain Of Memories (GBA) style and the second is inspired by Kingdom Hearts Union X, I referenced multiple medals in a more traditional style for it and had great fun on both account (even if it was challenging-)

Here's to hoping I'll draw more and maybe a character's who's not Nimda in the future xD

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In yesterday’s episode of things that make me think of the “JOB KNOWLEDGE UNLOCKED” DSR meme:

I finally noticed (while 80-odd floors into Pilgrim’s Traverse) that Paradox grants Firestarter when used in Astral Fire! This also let me figure out why people talk about using Transpose for extra damage ‑ if you Transpose from Umbral Ice into Astral Fire, you can use the Fire III from having Firestarter to get all three Astral Fire stacks instantly while also having that Fire III deal more damage from you having already been in Astral Fire when casting it!!

(I’m aware that there are many more non-standard Transpose strategies, but.. I think these are going beyond my expertise as an aspiring black mage main. Still, I’m hoping I can be a bit stronger as one by practicing this new tactic going forwards!!)

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A lot of 0s

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to adventures neverending.

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Hanging out at Nocturne Cove this evening was a lot of fun! ^-^

(with Lo @loandbihold, Anar @anarlily, Menphina @snow-system-wol and Nimda @soothingmind!)

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for us lesbians......

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ruin slain, resolve conquered!

This is something I never thought I would find comfortable at all, but with some incredibly appreciated (and needed) assistance from friends, I can now officially say I've cleared not one but two Dawntrail extreme trials during Dawntrail itself! without crying or anything!! I'm really glad I was able to help out in this way, and I'm very grateful to everyone for their patience and guidance!!!

This was also a combined Dandelions and Household Items team-up which is always fun! Amazing work, fellow Flowerpots, and best of luck for the rest of the evening's endeavours!!!

(Camellia, Ryn, Clio, S'ria (Menphina), Weighted Blanket, Can Opener, Laundry Detergent, and Nimda!)

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Blue - Red

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Beq Lugg, a Nu Mou researcher, was very good friends with Pauldia, one of the previous princesses of Voeburt. When the court mage Tadric tricked Pauldia and tried to take over the kingdom, Beq Lugg worked with Cyella to lock Pauldia away before she transformed into a monster

(and yes I really just took a pic of the book because this was pretty crazy of an illustration lol)

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an eternal bond, renewed!

As part of celebrating our anniversary, Camellia and Lorenza were able to renew their vows by repeating their Ceremony of Eternal Bonding this evening! It was a really lovely ceremony, and I'm really glad we were able to go through it together once again this evening. I love her so, so much ^-^

Here are some screenshots I took, if anyone was curious!~

(Thank you very much to our friends who were able to attend as well! It really meant a lot to have you as part of this indulgence ^-^)