Minfauxlia, still reeling from the violence of the visions from beyond the veil of darkness, and confounded by the appearance of this masked knight, pleads again, "Who... are you?" The knight shrugs and dismisses the question. "Who I've been doesn't matter right now." With an encouraging pump of one fist, the knight counters, "But I intend to be your mentor!" Minfauxlia gasps, taking a half step away. "My what?"

The knight shrugs, hands held wide. "The way I hear it," the knight explains, "you've been having a rough time with the Scions. The rumors about two Minfilias put people on edge. The fear you. Distrust you." Minfauxlia recoils further as the knight leans in closely, confidentially, but raising a pointed finger of defiance at the sky. "The truth is, they're just scared of what they don't understand. And so are you. You don't understand it either. Why you're here. Why you're so much stronger. Why, sometimes, you feel, out at the corners of that shiny crystal light, there's also a shadow."

Minfauxlia's bewilderment is approaching a state of panic. "How do you—" she begins, but again, her confusion renders her unable to complete her question. Instead, she pleads again, "Who *are* you?" Before the knight can answer, an urgent cry rises from the alleyways of The Brume below, "Help, please! Someone! Anyone!" Minfauxlia turns reflexively to follow the sound, but the knight impedes her with a gesture. "Hold on, there, hero," the knight adminonishes her. "Who am I? I told you. I'm your mentor. I'm going to teach you what that shadow is. And how to use it."

From somewhere unseen, the knight somehow produces a steel claymore, and offers it to Minfauxlia. "And also, how to use this," the knight says expectantly. "Here, take it," the knight commands. "Head to the inn and suit up. I'll go find whatever little damsel has got her self in distress this time. You come follow me when you're ready." With that, the knight turns to descend into The Brume. "Don't keep me waiting longer, Minfauxlia," the knight commands, almost playfully. "Not after we've finally found each other."

Who is this confident knight, very much not dead, who seems to know more about #Minfauxlia than she knows about herself? Who is this desperate raven-haired soldier screaming into her mind from an infinite darkness? And why do they both feel so disturbingly familiar?
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Minfauxlia recoils as the glowing black stone rises, unbidden, off the stone pavement of The Brume, seething with an energy that she cannot identify. Despite her self, she reaches out a hand to cradle the stone, and it floats ever so slowly toward her palm...

Her mind is once again assaulted by a vision of her other self screaming out of an infinite darkness. "YES!" the other person shouts in apparent satisfaction. "YES! HEAR MY VOICE!" she pleads. Gripping her head in both hands, she screams, "FEEL ME IN YOUR F███ING HEAD!" She reaches a gauntleted hand toward Minfauxlia with a final demand. "SURRENDER YOUR THOUGHTS!"

As suddenly as it struck her, Minfauxlia's vision ends. As she rises, however, she is no longer kneeling next to the deceased knight. The figure is standing next to her, stretching, as if awaking from a long nap. "Ahhh," the knight sighs contentedly. "Feel that brisk, fresh Ishgardian air!" The knight regards Minfauxlia. "You alright there? I've been waiting for you to come to your senses." Minfauxlia gives the knight a look like she is an aldgoat confronted with a calculus problem. "Were you not..." she stammers, but cannot finish the question. "I saw you..."

The knight interjects. "You seem confused. Don't worry. It'll pass." The knight's tone turns thoughtful. "You touched that crystal. You felt... something. It was painful, wasn't it? It's always painful." The knight points at Minfauxlia as if recognizing an old friend in a crowd. "You're that Scion, right? The one they called Minfauxlia, because they couldn't cope with the reality of who you really are."

A knight's corpse tossed in the street like yesterday's garbage? A mysterious crystal glowing with darkness? A voice, hers but not hers, screaming at her from the void? What unfathomable mystery has #Minfauxlia uncovered in the underbelly of #Ishgard?
#FFXIV #WoLcomics #Heavensward

[ Ishgard — Foundation ] Minfauxlia Warde, outfitted as a dragoon in service of House Fortemps and defense of the Holy See, wanders the edge of the aetheryte plaza, toward the stairs leading down into The Brume.

As she descends, she contemplates the words of the trembling Ishgardian nobleman that she met cowering outside the Tribunal. "'Twould truly beggar belief," she muses, "for the Temple Knights to discard the body of a dead man on the streets of—" She stops, stunned by what she sees before her. The corpse of a knight, dressed in fine armor of black, blue, and gold, has been carelessly thrown into a corner of The Brume's outer wall, crumpled like a broken marionette. On the stone pavement, next to the dead man's limp right hand, is a strange flake of dark-colored rock, or crystal, emblazoned with a red symbol. It appears, against Minfauxlia's better judgment, to be glowing black.

Tentatively, she kneels, and reaches out with one hand toward the stone. Suddenly, a vision erupts in her mind's eye. It is her, but not her — a woman with her face, Minfilia's face, but long black hair highlighted in an unnatural magenta. She is wearing a black vest and wickedly-clawed metal gauntlets painted in some sort of shiny purple lacquer. She gazes into Minfauxlia's very soul, screaming, "HEAR ME, DAMN YOU!"

Minfauxlia stops, transfixed, horrified, utterly at a loss as to what to do next.

Having barely escaped the "Bloody Banquet" with her life, bereft of help or home, #Minfauxlia wanders the streets of Ishgard, where she hears an unbelievable rumor, which she is compelled to investigate...
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Melodies We Carry: From Ishgard
Everyone remembers their first steps into Ishgard. After the pain of ARR’s ending, this moment is heavy, significant.
Tell me your story — What did this moment mean to you?

#FFXIV #FFXIVsoundtrack #emotion #Heavensward

Minfauxlia Warde, Scion of the Seventh Dawn, shattered twin of the Antecedent, dressed in the garb of another world's soldiers, and wearing the Sable Death Mask signifying her as the champion of Eorzea's demihuman tribes. She stands in a dark cave lit only by glowing crystals and fire. The truth of her soul is finally emerging...

f u r i o u s
a s . a
b l a z e
#FFXIV #Minfauxlia #Heavensward

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An annotated excerpt of a screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV. Largo Canzondolore stands in The Brume, in Ishgard, looking at Hilda, Eudestand, and Symme. Hilda has a quest icon over her head because Largo is ready for the next quest in the Machinist job storyline. On the right is a command panel full of macros to equip different jobs. Circled is the macro to change to Machinist, but it is labelled as "Corsair", the pirate-themed, gun-toting, spell-gambling job from FFXI.

Let's pretend. #FFXIV #elezen #duskwight #Heavensward

Leofard needs to seriously lock the door next time Aki's over sigh.

I'm so happy Aki finally gets to have some fucking FUN after The Horrors.

⭐
[ #ffxiv #heavensward #leofard #canonxoc #wolship ]

screenshot from Final Fantasy 14, showing a purple-haired dragon-girl waving as she stands at the foot of a gigantic statue of a woman holding a spear and shield.

officially made it to Ishgard

these people already worship a lady who kicks ass, we just gotta make things more gay (and y'know deal with a war and a few other super minor issues) and it'll be great here

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Dreams of a Shell

#DanceWithDragons #Esteem #Fray #DRK #Heavensward

"Dreams"

It was not uncommon for Esteem to dream a twisted retelling of fate. Of winning where Fray had fallen, and killing the man a man who tormented him. They were already dead men in the waking world, but in a way so was Esteem.

#DanceWithDragons #Esteem #DRK #Heavensward

Tini remembers sitting on Haurchefant's desk, regaling him and his knights with stories of her adventures.

Tini stands in vigil in House Fortemps armour, with the unicorn shield.

#Lalapril Day 2: Keep

Keep the memories
to warm your heart
against the bitter cold
We will see
each other again
Until then,
my friend.

#FFXIV #lalafell #heavensward

#gpose #ffxiv #wolphinaud #heavensward
Taking Rest

My first "Gpose" with Haurchefant vs my most recent Gpose with Haurchefant

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Coerced into a dark job for loot

Alphinaud and Hildryn stand side by side in their trial by combat against two of the Heavens Ward.

This idle stance just goes unnecessarily hard.

#RubiconRoe #Heavensward

Laniaitte is an Elezen in the sea of clouds who you speak to for several story quests in Heavensward. She has short maroon colored hair and blue eyes.

Elezen appreciation: Laniaitte in the Sea of Clouds.

She's just...so damn pretty. ❤️

#Elezen #Heavensward

Idk … made me giggle #finalfantasyxiv #alexander #heavensward

【FF14】アバラシア：アジス・ラー「ポート・ヘリックス」
Abalathia's Spine: Azys Lla [Helix]
【蒼天のイシュガルド／Heavensward】
youtu.be/qZBhK7I2U7w
#FF14 #エーテライト #heavensward

【FF14】ドラヴァニア：イディルシャイア
Dravania: Idyllshire
【蒼天のイシュガルド／Heavensward】
youtu.be/R7Q8vF_CTwM
#FF14 #エーテライト #heavensward

【FF14】クルザス：イシュガルド「下層」
Coerthas: Ishgard [Foundation]
【蒼天のイシュガルド／Heavensward】
youtu.be/oS1RFtYVKNI
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"Vengeance" (1)

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"Grief" (1)

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Kas-andra, possessed by Esteem uncovers an unmarked grave in Western Coerthas with a shovel. "No one knew where they buried you... why would they? The Holy See would rather had you forgotten."

Esteem stands over the body of Fray. "But you were never one I would forget. How could I, when we once were one. But only now, staring at the man I was..."

Fray lays dead on the ground, his helmet resting beside his head. "They would call you a heretic, a monster. Few even knew your name. You were just a Dark Knight."

Esteem angerly looks away from the corpse. "But you were more than that. To Sidurgu, to Rielle, to 'chefant, to Kas-andra. To Me. There was only on word would have called you."

"Friend" (1)

#DanceWithDragons #Esteem #Heavensward #DRK #GPose

HI! Its me, and achievement hunters.
Well, Actually, I fell off, but Im hoping to get back into it. So I chose some easy ones to start. Let me know down in the comments whhat ones you're hunting for~ #ffxiv #finalfantasyxiv #dawntrail #endwalker #shadowbringers #heavensward #arr #arealmreborn

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A viera with a large sword on her back stands amidst a hedge maze of crimson flowers, bathed in an unnatural red glow.

I wait, wondering when you will come back, forgetting you will never again grace me with your gaze.....
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