I'm forgoing FFXIVWrite this year to focus on an original project... but considering said project aligns very neatly with Lyhe Ghiah lore, you'll likely be seeing snippets here too!

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ONE WORD, THREE LINES OF PROSE. respond with one word & receive three lines of character-centric writing in turn.

I'll give this a shot, but I make no guarantees!

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A thing I wrote a while back on The Last Time That Happened: archiveofourown.org/works/31647110

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Post by @onwesterlywinds · 2 images 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 1 · It had been a good many years since Ashelia Riot had stumbled out of a bar including the one she owned, for any purpose, though her clumsiness had far less to do with the bottle of…

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PROMPT #8: [EXTRA CREDIT] When Rosenheim had promised his daughter he would go on a vacation - her precise command had been for him to "stop haunting the Sandsea for a single bell" - he had committed himself to finding the...

PROMPT #8: [EXTRA CREDIT]

Rosenheim attempts a vacation.

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PROMPT #7: Morsel Hrjt awoke in the darkness of Troia Castle to find that its ruler had left for her a veritable feast. Beatrice must have chosen this particular soul for the clarity of its aether: the more opaque a...

PROMPT #7: Morsel

Lesbian void cannibalism!

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PROMPT #6: Halcyon It was a year into her self-imposed captivity that she found what awaited her in the dungeons of Gruenes Licht. "Don't look away, -̴̠̘̎-̶̮̬̽̕-̴͙̀̕͜-̴̧̘͐͒-̶̘̰̒̈́-̴̩̏͛-̶̮̬̽̕-̴͙̀̕͜-̴̧̘͐͒-̶̘̰̒̈́-̴̩̏͛ͅ-,"...

PROMPT #6: Halcyon

Lyhe Il is made to look a former acquaintance in the eye.

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PROMPT #5: Stamp Stella had not even set foot in Sharlayan proper yet, and already her stomach had tied itself in knots. "Your name?" the Lalafellin clerk asked her. "Stella." The clerk did not move to record this...

PROMPT #5: Stamp

Stella encounters bureaucracy (and not the fun Ala Mhigan kind).

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PROMPT #4: Reticent Takes place roughly thirty-four years before Hydaelyn’s present day, during the events of Godhands. Torben had slept in a stranger's bed with the primary objective of having a shorter walk to the...

PROMPT #4: Reticent

Torben deals with a haunting.

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PROMPT #3: Tempest Some deep and instinctual part of her had expected a tempest, but at least this sight would be the last one to fill her eyes in this life. A follow-up to Prompt #3, Scale, from #FFXIVWrite 2021....

PROMPT #3: Tempest

A girl's body is discovered by her would-be liege.

A follow-up to Prompt #3 from 2021.

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PROMPT #2: Horizon When the Crystal Tower had first emerged along Mor Dhona's shattered skyline, Ashelia Riot's initial reaction had been one of dismay - as well as no small amount of indignation that the wreckage of...

PROMPT #2: Horizon

Ashelia Riot muses over the Allagan Empire's legacy.

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PROMPT #1: Steer Livvy Ahtynwyb had sometimes contemplated, long before learning how to sail, what she might name her boat if she were ever to have one of her own. The decision had seemed monumental, as pivotal to her...

PROMPT #1: Steer

Ahtynwyb skippers her first open-ocean voyage.

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An illegally zoomed-out screenshot of the docks at Tuliyollal, including the whirlpools to the north, the barrier reefs, and the lighthouse beacons.

I'm going to slowly repost my #FFXIVWrite2024 thread over here - not only because I'm especially proud of my work this time around, but because it's hands-down my favorite #FFXIV fan event every single year!

Stay tuned for commentary on select pieces!

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