I knew it had to be the shot I took before The Crown of the Immaculate. I didn't know what was about to happen.
"Our Martyr of Light" - inspired by Baroque angel paintings.
I finally sat down to give it the edit it deserves, and what I envisioned all along ;u;
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" And if she should wish me to be a part of it, *oh*... how happy it would make me."
Yeah - I'm not original. I watched this scene and promptly began thinking about what this was going to mean for how I was writing Soren XD
I'm v proud of this set ;u;
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#shadowbringers throwback, part of the outfit series I'm still working on ^^
The Warrior of Darkness #ffxiv #gposers #SorenPlaysSHB #SorenPlaysMSQ
Soren and Beeq Lugg stand side by side, looking up at the Crystal Tower where the Exarch now stands immobile. Alisaie ponders something beside them.
A different view, showing Soren's smile as they look on. The bright afternoon sun washes out everyone's features.
Soren once more, with her arms crossed, smiling at the tower.
As I organize some of my MSQ photos today, I'm looking back on the Final Tour of the First at the end of 5.3.
I haven't written anything, but I like to think these lil cinematics tell the story anyway <3
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1) The Crystarium
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Soren sitting at her desk in the pendants, the Everlasting Light shining painfully brightly through the window. She hunches over slightly, crying - tears an odd pearly white.
The Exarch looking at the WoL in the Mt Gulg cutscene right after his hood comes off, a pained but kind expression on his face.
Soren kneeling on the ground of the summit, a pained expression on her face as she shouts. She reaches forward towards the Exarch. Radiant blue light emanates from around her to mimic the cutscene where the light nearly overtakes the WoL.
#ExarchWeek2025 Day 6 - Sacrifice
Finally adapting an entry I wrote the day after I first finished Mt. Gulg and defeated Innocence.
(Story below 🧵)
#shadowbringers #RahaKahzu #MtGulg #wolexarch #SorenPlaysShB #ffxiv #gpose #SorenEdits
#ExarchWeek2025 Day 5 - Interrupted
Another scene I'd started, but needed a push to finish. Takes place a few days after the "Reunion" prompt events!
Part 1/3 🧵
Soren -- V'kahzu -- had laid awake late into the night...
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Alisaie and Soren sit at a brightly-lit table in Musica Universalis. Alisaie laughs, as she moves from one thought to another, "...and what of the Exarch? I was of the understanding he keeps mostly to himself, but YOU seem to have coaxed him out for regular walks around the garden!" Soren responds animatedly, "All I did was mention how much I enjoyed hearing Bragi's folk tales, and not a day passed before the Exarch was knocking LITERALLY at my door to see if I would be interested in hearing more tales of Norvrandt!"
The viewpoint changes to now focus on Soren, with Alisaie out of focus in the foreground, with the bar area in the background. Alisaie responds, "I would think he has more pressing matters to attend to, but I suppose she (lowers her voice) vaunted Warrior of Darkness is worth a bit of extra effort... even if it looks - and sounds - like a *date*." Soren grins and waves her hand back at Alisaie, "Hey, shush!.... she pauses, "Though now that you say it, I mean, he does have quite a nice voice, I can't help but wonder what his eyes look like under that hood - Alisaie don't look at me like that! You're thinking it too!" She devolves into soft, giggly laughter.
The scene changes to the Exarch, standing in the ocular. He is holding his face, a few tears dripping from behind his cloak. "Oh, Soren..." he groans.
The Exarch is looking at the Ocular portal mirror, which shows an image of Alisaie and Soren talking at the table as seen from above. He continues saying "I would give the world and more to simply lay this secret bare..."
Back on my "posting at insane hours" bullshit! >:D
#ExarchWeek2025 Day 4 - Secrets
This takes place sometime not long after returning night to Il Mheg.
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Soren looks into the distance from where she sits, surprised.
Soren, out of focus in the foreground, looks towards Lyna who is walking towards her from the center of the Crystarium plaza in front of the Ocular entrance.
Soren smiles wanly at Lyna, who has joined her in sitting on the stairs.
She kept her distance for a while, but knew far too well exactly what was going through Soren's mind. The Exarch was her family, after all, more than anyone else. That grief of loss, contradicted by the joy blooming in another world entirely, could not simply be erased. When Lyna finally decided to approach Soren one evening, she simply cleared her throat gently, and Soren's attention rapidly snapped away from the tower. Soren offered her but a wan smile and a pat on the stair beside her, and Lyna sighed in relief. Neither of them had the words - not yet.
A cinematic-cropped photo of Soren and Urianger looking out upon Lakeland from a harbor deck. The Neverending Light and purple trees blend together in the background.
"Tis time. Pray make ready."
#shadowbringers | #SorenPlaysMSQ | #SorenPlaysShB | #Gpose | #ffxiv
A portrait photo of Soren, a miqote girl, looking up at the castle in Il Mheg with her gunblade drawn. The photo is in muted pastel colors, and the sky is Neverending Light.
It's taking everything in my power not to preemptively post my barely-finished thoughts on Endwalker rn so
instead have this photo from #shadowbringers that I adore since I'm organizing my thousands of screenshots ^^;
#ffxiv | #gpose | #vanillagpose | #SorenPlaysMSQ | #SorenPlaysShB | #ilmheg
#shadowbringers spoilers!!
Soren only genuinely beefed *once* that I can think of immediately, and it was with Y'sholta's attitude and imo rudeness towards Ryne upon arriving in Rak'tika.
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