#etheirys

[dreamarkanum]

The prayers of his civilization echoed in his mind, enveloping his soul in hope and tears. Hythlodaeus felt his body stir, except it did not exist anymore, reduced to pure aether in order to fulfill its purpose in the summoning.

In the darkness, his thoughts were allowed to wander, and he slowly regained memories of what happened before. The planet in turmoil, the sky on fire. Meteor raining down with violence, while the worst nightmares took form before his eyes, devouring everything with abandon. After everything, a plan -- to save their planet and what remained of their people, they would have to sacrifice a percentage of survivors to summon a god. And so, Hythlodaeus found his final purpose. He would abandon his flesh to make it possible. His friends would survive, and that was all that mattered.

Fear was not absent in his heart during the proceedings. After all, no one ever did such a sizeable ritual before. They had no way to know what would happen to their souls, or if the plan would work at all. Still, they had to keep going, for it was their only hope. The lavender haired man looked into the eyes of their main sacrifice, Themis, and saw him steeling his will. The young man was shaking, however, somehow managed to make it unnoticeable for anyone who couldn't peer into his soul. Hythlodaeus gave him one of his reassuring smiles, hoping it would give the youth the courage he needed for his journey.

Time was not real after one's soul had been absorbed by a primal, and yet, the former Architect felt like it was dragging in the moments after the summoning, a paradox he perhaps will never be able to explain. When he finally opened his eyes for the first time, he found himself in the moon and knew not how or what happened to take him there. Still, the single purpose of his sacrifice had control over his soul, and he found himself staring at the image that mattered the most: Etheirys. What once was a planet on fire, now was a placid blue dot in the night sky, as beautiful and hopeful as it once was before the Final Days. Hythlodaeus knew his body was no more, and perhaps, his soul would be forever stranded on the moon now, yet his eyes glistened and hopeful tears glided on his cheeks, and he smiled one last time and thought to himself. "Worry not, my friends. All is well."

[mimble-sparklepudding]

Humble View.

Happy nameday to @humblemooncat. Does this count as scenery? It's definitely a scene I suppose and I like that Humble is musing over the beauty and fragility of Etheirys - and feeling very small compared to the enormity of his task.

[trollkarubyffxiv]

When the Loporrits asked him where do babies come from, he went with the storks explanation.

[fated-children]

"ꀸꂦꂦꂵꍟꀸ ꓄ꂦ ꍏ ꌗꃅꂦꋪ꓄ ꒒ꀤꎇꍟ, ꌩꂦꀎ ꃅꍏꃴꍟ ꌗꂦ ꒒ꀤ꓄꓄꒒ꍟ ꓄ꀤꂵꍟ. ꍏꈤꀸ ꈤꂦ꓄ ꂦꈤ꒒ꌩ ꌗꃅꂦꋪ꓄, ꈤꂦꅏ, ꌃꀎ꓄ ꎇꀤ꒒꒒ꍟꀸ ꅏꀤ꓄ꃅ ꃅꍟꍏꋪ꓄ꌃꋪꍟꍏꀘ ꓄ꂦꂦ, ꂵꂦꋪꍟ ꓄ꃅꍏꈤ ꍏ꒒꒒ ꂦ꓄ꃅꍟꋪ ꂵꍟꈤ ꍏ꒒ꀤꃴꍟ–ꀸꂦꂦꂵꍟꀸ ꓄ꅏꀤꉓꍟ ꂦꃴꍟꋪ."

[ffxiv-langs]

The Idea of Amaurotine

I've decided to characterize "Amaurotine" (as the ancestor of Allagan and the languages of the First) as having a regular root structure: C(V)C(V)C. Each root must contain at least one vowel. The names we see of Amaurotine characters are in fact the Allagan forms, for example athavaj -> lahabrea tɛwðlafon -> dewdalafon ðelxtivuθ -> elidibus xmfatðelx -> emetsélk In spoken Amaurotine, schwas are inserted to break up hard clusters, for example, ðelxtivuθ may have been pronounced ðelxətivuθ (and hence the -i- in Elidibus). Amaurotine roots are verbal; this is the form of Amaurotine spoken during Hermes' time as Fandaniel. Nouns and adjectives are usually derived from these verbal roots (with some exceptions such as kinship terms). For example, ðemh "to wander, roam, travel (for the sake of the journey)" becomes aðemh "wanderer, the Traveler, Azem" by the addition of the a- prefix, which functions like the English -er suffix. a- is the most advanced of a series of irregular weakenings of the original prefix, fat- (hence fa-d- in fandanjel), to hat-, at-, and finally a-. * Combinations of two base verb roots are often used as names or other nominals in their own right. For example, ðelxtivuθ = ðelx "to resolve an issue, to right things" (hence also xmfatðelx, where it expands to "to redeem (someone)") + tivuθ "to make a treaty, agreement, compromise" * The Amaurotine word for planet, atlhaθ-watðemh, is derived identically to the Greek idiom "wandering star", through influence of the general concept of "wandering" or "roaming" and the association between Azem and the sun. However, it is usually truncated to atlhaθ "star" rather than a form of ðemh, and atlhaθ is used to refer to Etheirys as well. Yes, this is all to explain the unusual use of "star" to refer to any planet in FFXIV's universe.

[estinininininen]

I am thinking about how Midgardsormr doesn't use his Dragonspeak name, can't find the source but I remember reading he keeps it a secret.

I think Hydaelyn gave him the name Midgardsormr.

And not just him. The Great Wyrms and early generations of dragons all have names different than typical Dragonspeak.

He gave his children names Hydaelyn suggested to him. Or the mortal peoples at the time.

He wanted to give them a clean start on the new star.

Even when Nidhogg's brood turned away from mortals, he kept the names, possibly out of respect for his father's sacrifice.

And maybe Hydaelyn was using the names of departed cultures from Etheirys.

There are real-world explanations for the name differences: Dragonspeak wasn't created until Heavensward, legacy Final Fantasy names for dragons like Bahamut and Midgardsormr popped up in-story before that. But the dragon storylines use linguistics for fun worldbuilding and characterization beats a lot anyways.

[tearlunars]

strained!

a scene from my muse's past in which they interact with someone they have a difficult relationship with

"Was your journey good? Was it worthwhile?"

The words resonate within her, hand pressed against her heart as Eva lost herself within Venat's ocean eyes, thinking of an answer that never came. When she first met the person that would later shape her entire life, the only thing the warrior was able to feel was pure rage. Yes, this woman was the reason why she was alive, why she met all the people in her life, the one person that connected them all. However, she was also the reason for her pain and sorrow, the reason why Eva had to give up on so many of her dreams to fight for the dreams of others. So was all that worthwhile or did she wish for Adam's survival so she could lead the life she wanted or to have never been born at all?

"I-I'm not sure I'm able to answer that question right now." She said within a whisper and Venat nodded. It wasn't an easy thing to weigh the story of your life in mere seconds, to compress everything she ever felt into a simple answer. They allowed silence to settle for a few seconds before Eva spoke again. "I think Adam, when he was alive, enjoyed it more than me..." And she could almost see the smile drawn onto his lips, his presence still a shadow of her existence. Venat tilted her head slightly but felt like she shouldn't press on the matter. Whoever that person was, she would meet them sooner or later.

glimpse of the past | @etheirys , @tsunael l thank you for the ask!!

[starrysnowdrop]

Alright, so are we ever going to find out just what the Source and the shards actually look like from space? We already know that Etheirys itself and the moon were sundered, but what does that look like in regards to the rest of its solar system? Do they all revolve around the same sun, or do they all have its own sun? What about any other planets? Look, I just need to know how it all works cosmologically speaking, because I’m a big ass nerd. Also its 8 am on a Monday morning and I need more sleep.