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RP Moments during Stormblood

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Fragment 2

“This isn’t Zaius.”

Tiergan’s head snapped up, wide eyes fixing upon his sister’s face as she crouched over the mutilated body in the center of the room.  “What?” “Well.” Lurial toned softly, rising to her feet as she put away a kit of small metal instruments and removed a pair of surgical gloves from her hands. “First, this is a highlander, they disfigured him and gave him a few ‘extras’ to pass as a miqo’te, but highlander all the same. The state of the body also makes it clear they roasted him before putting his body here - to make sure his skin was too thoroughly cooked to see the true color.  Secondly--” Her eyes narrowed upon the blackened figure, ears pinned back and frown deepening.  It was rare that Tiergan was able to fully read his elder sibling’s expression, but for once her feelings were crystal clear.  She was cross - very, very cross.  “There was no broken furniture in this room save for what you damaged after finding the body. Everything was destroyed in the fire, not beforehand.  Zaius wasn’t caught or killed here. There are too many signs that all of this was set up for someone else to see.  And the only intended audience I can possibly think of at this moment is you. Someone knew you would find all of this.  Someone knew that, eventually, you would figure out this isn’t Zaius’ body.  But by then, they would have bought themselves enough time to do what they planned.” Tiergan jumped up, his eyes lit like twin white flames. “WHO?”  His voice boomed, body quaking with both hope and fury in equal measure. “Who did this?! Who wants me to see this?  Who has Zaius?!”

Crossing her arms, Lurial gazed back at her brother calmly with a faint tilt of her head. “You know what Omen is capable of and what happened in those Pits. You also never did tell me everything.  So tell me, Tiergan… ... what would Omen do to Zaius if they had him back again?”

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Fragment 1

Standing before the charred remains of his lover’s home, Tiergan’s first thoughts were that he must have taken a wrong turn.  He must have been tired from his last job, must not have paid attention and turned right instead of left.  He must not have noticed all the signs that he was going in the wrong direction.

But then as he pushed the crumbling door open and saw rooms filled with the scorched remains of familiar belongings, the shattered remnants of furniture and training equipment, and the once lavish kitchen filled with now soot-coated pots and pans he’d seen Zaius use every day… it all began to sink in.  The initial flood of confusion morphed into shock and then dread. It built up, rising in his chest, filling his lungs and heart, choking and suffocating until Tiergan released all of the overwhelming pressure in a loud, panic-ridden shout. “ZAIUS!  ZAIUS!!!”

The world was a blur of shadow and ash as Tiergan tore through the rooms, flipping broken chairs and tables, hefting aside fallen beams.  He screamed, shouting his lover’s name again and again, searching through the shattered wreckage while his mind broke into a cacophony of frantic thoughts and desperate prayers.

No, No, NO, NO. NO.  Not here. Not here. Not here. Don’t let me find you. He pleaded to no one and everyone. Don’t let me find you here.

Moving with increased urgency and speed, faster and faster, one space to the next, Tiergan sprinted until a cold jolt of horror brought the half-blood to a screeching halt, every fiber of his being turning as still as ice.  

There was a body lying face down on the floor of his lover’s bedroom.  The skin was charred until it was black, lacerations tore deep all along the arms and torso.  The dead man was built tall and stocky, likely muscular before the flames had eaten away at his body. And beneath the thin layer of ash, Tiergan could make out hair as dark as night. He could see the familiar leathers Zaius wore before training, and what remained of a tail after the fires had scorched back much of the fur. With a trembling hand, Tiergan crept forward, dread building up in his chest once more, filling his lungs, torturing every breath until each one was choked and uneven.  He touched the solidness of one shoulder and pushed the body back in an attempt to see the figure’s face… only for flesh to peel away in a mess of blood, soot, and gore.  There was nothing recognizable left. In that moment, the full reality of it all came crashing down upon him. Tiergan scrambled back, crashing into splintering wood and broken chairs.  Hot tears marred his vision, streaming down his face until he could taste the salt of them on his lips as he screamed.  He was in the charred remains of his lover’s home. The broken wreckage was all around him. ...And he’d found his lover’s mutilated body, face down the soot of the bedroom they’d so often shared.   Zaius Rhal’seer was dead... and all Tiergan could do was howl in anguish.

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@barabait made this fantastic sketch commission of @zaiusrhalseer that I got for him as a surprise gift!

You can also find barabait's twitter at: https://twitter.com/cheripi_art

I got permission to paint it and am psyched to start when I get back from vacation.

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What does the word “Ah'ra“ which Zaius is adressing you with, actually mean? Sorryif that's a stupid question, but I don't know mzch about the FFXIV lore.

It’s not a stupid question at all.  It’s not part of the FFXIV lore, so there’s no way for you to have known.

Ah’ra is a slang term/title from the slave pens Tiergan and Zaius grew up in. It roughly translates to “one below” or “one beneath”. Guards originally used it to denote whether a slave was lower on the totem pole in terms of the hierarchy the slaves organized themselves in.

Long ramble related to character lore under the cut.

The slaves themselves eventually picked up on the word and morphed it into an sometimes derogatory catch-all name that could imply you were beneath someone in anything from physical/mental strength, social standing, slave ranking, or sexual dominance.  The opposite of ah’ra is ral’ha, which means ‘one above’. Any sign of ‘weakness’ was deeply stigmatized in the pens since they were full of gladiators all vying for physical dominance and attempting to outdo one another to hit the top rank of ‘Alpha’ - the strongest slave in a pen.  Becoming Alpha often meant keeping the other slaves in line by force and granted an insane amount of perks and boons.  It was a system put in place to turn the slaves against each other, so they would be too busy trying to tear each other down than build up enough camaraderie and togetherness to overcome their situation, team up against the guards, and break free.That said, an Alpha could freely share their perks and boons to others, which sometimes led to slaves agreeing to be the right or left hand of an Alpha in order to consistently keep and maintain the perks they wanted.  Some slaves would become an Alpha’s right hand, only to bide their time until they could betray the Alpha and claim the boons as their own.

Tiergan and Zaius originally started out as fierce, bitter rivals (at least on Tiergan’s end.)  Tiergan was Alpha for 3 years before Zaius arrived and claimed the rank from him in only a week.  They clashed many, many times, with Tiergan constantly attempting to take back the title, only to fail. Understandably, being called ah’ra made Tiergan absolutely furious for a very, very, very long time.Now that they’re lovers (and in a relationship that is not quite the picture of a sane or healthy bond :V) - Tiergan’s sort of accepted the title as an endearment/petname that means ‘submissive’ and ‘haha, u still haven’t beaten me in a duel yet, trolololol’.  He’ll refuse to actually explain to most people what the word means and at most he’ll say its embarrassing and that other people shouldn’t call their lovers that.  He also will very occasionally call Zaius ral’ha when he either is trying to sweettalk Zaius or simply because he knows Zaius likes it.

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Tiergan/Zaius Theme.

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Basically almost done. Just got to render out that last gold chain, do stuff to the background so it’s not quite as boring, and add the last few effects.  Thanks for watching again. o/   I finally got feedback from my boss, so I’ll have to actually do work tomorrow. :V EDIT: I forgot to add - thank you to the people who helped me figure out those damn chains. :V They were such a pain in the butt. I’m still not really happy with how some of those coins are sitting, but too lazy to fix now.