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#Ystride (Elezen): demiwoman
#Zardaar (Draenei): trans woman
#Fubuki (Roegadyn): trans woman

#Mirita: red/black
#Khorijin: blue/white
#Rija: pink/black in either order, with a little brown sometimes
#Khoride: dark blue/white
#Ystride: sky blue/white
#Euphemia: black, red, blue
#Helena: green, orange, yellow/gold
#Zardaar: purple/sky blue
#LadiesOfLightLore (1/3)

Ah, yes, pronouns: I knew I forgot something.

#Ystride: she/they, and please make an effort to switch between them: it doesn't have to be a perfect 50/50 ratio, and changing mid-sentence is encouraged, but don't exclusively refer to them by only one set.

#Zardaar, #Fubuki: she/her.

In order:
#Ystride - demiwoman (nonbinary femme)
#Zardaar - trans woman
#Fubuki - trans woman.

Fubuki is technically shipped with her other fellow retainer #Touka mostly, but Ystride and Zardaar don't have NPC ships. (Ysty is shy, and Zarri has other concerns on her mind right now.)

#LadiesOfLightLore

I think this is better answered in two screenshots because there's nuance to it depending on who you're asking about.

#Mirita #Khorijin #Rija #Khoride #Ystride #Euphemia #Helena #Zardaar

#LadiesOfLightLore

#Mirita: Ala Mhigo
#Khorijin, #Khoride: The Azim Steppe
#Rija: The Golmore Jungle (the village of Muscadet)
#Ystride: It's Complicated (you could say Ishgard)
#Euphemia: She says "Ala Mhigo", but it's complicated
#Helena: Bozja
#Zardaar: Not Etheirys (1/2)

#LadiesOfLightLore
Spring - #Mirita, #Euphemia
Summer - #Khorijin, #Khoride
Autumn - #Rija, #Zardaar
Winter - #Ystride

#Mirita #Khorijin #Rija #Khoride #Ystride #Euphemia #Helena #Zardaar #Fubuki #Touka are all Black.

Some of their families, all just as Black, are also included in this post: blacksky.community/profile/did:...

Happy Black History Month.

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#Ystride, simply being themselves in all her demiwomanly glory.
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In-universe:
- #Mirita: Ul'dahn, with a little "Xak Turali" even before DT
- #Khorijin & #Khoride: distinctly Xaelic
- #Rija: Golmorri with a bit of Dalmasci
- #Ystride: Gridanian & a bit of Ishgardian
- #Euphemia: Mostly Ala Mhigan (?)
- #Helena: Strong Bozjan

#LadiesOfLightLore (2/2)

#Ystride -- nonbinary femme (she/they), in all their minty ice fresh glory.

#LadiesOfLightPhotos

This is #Ystride (she/they).
Youngest of several Auri siblings from the Steppe (long story), and one of the Ladies of Light.

They enjoy research and the occasional quiet night out, but is also a skilled Machinist, Gunbreaker, and Red Mage, as well as a developing Sage.

#LadiesOfLightPhotos

A group of Au Ra and one Elezen all standing together on the Azim Steppe. The mother of the family, Gorbeljin, stands at the center. Her second oldest daughters Orgelen and Orbei flank her on the viewer's left and right respectively, her second youngest daughters Khorijin and Khoride are out to her further right and further left, and her oldest daughter Berude stands in the back next to her youngest adopted child, Ystride.

Helena, a brown leopard-patterned Hrothgar woman, looking at another Hrothgar woman--her mother, Vesna. Her father, Sambor, grins proudly at her while Helena and Vesna stand face-to-face.

Mirita, a Black Seeker Miqo'te woman, speaks excitedly to a Miqo'te woman of similar complexion with glasses and graying hair.

Mirita, a Black Seeker Miqo'te, looking up and smiling, while ghostly images of her mother and father rest their hands on her shoulder and look on in approval.

For non-WoLs, we have Khorijin, Khoride, and Ystride's family, Helena's mother Vesna and father Sambor, Mirita's aunt M'aka, and her birth parents M'toko Ranh and M'jalla Nunh, deceased. They are also all Black. (2/3)

#Khorijin | #Khoride | #Ystride | #Helena | #Mirita | #LadiesOfLightPhotos

Here's the main cast, essentially a team of WoLs: #Mirita, #Khorijin, #Rija, #Khoride, #Ystride, #Euphemia, and #Helena. They're all Black.

(The actual lore is too complex for what I've got time to post, but you can learn bits of things by checking #LadiesOfLightLore.) (1/3)

#LadiesOfLightPhotos

Ystride, a Black Elezen, posing daintily for the camera with a smile. Her hair is arranged in a single-puff afro ponytail, and they are wearing a form fitting blue dress.

Ystride, a Black Elezen, posing daintily for the camera with a smile. Her hair is arranged in a single-puff afro ponytail, and they are wearing a form fitting blue dress with a hand on their heart.

Ystride, a Black Elezen, posing at ease for the camera in a futuristic blue-and-white outfit and blue boots. They are smiling confidently.

Ystride, a Black Elezen, posing at ease for the camera in a futuristic blue-and-white outfit and blue boots with a salute. They are smiling confidently.

Her nameday was two days ago (October 14), but she is nevertheless happy to celebrate it.
Happy 32nd nameday, #Ystride.

#LadiesOfLightPhotos | #KeyMods (for the dress)

#LadiesOfLightLore
#Khoride: "Woman I name myself, and in turn am I Mother Nhaama's gift to women and femmes."
#Ystride: "Atimes I feel as if I'm a woman, and atimes as if I'm not. But if it is a question of whose company...women, or those who feel as I do." (2/4)

#LadiesOfLightLore
#Ystride: A name evocative of "Ysayle", though it unintentionally references someone else equally fitting to their tale, in a manner of speaking.

#Euphemia: Chosen for how well it fits her personality (well-spoken).

#Helena: It felt fitting. (2/2)

#LadiesOfLightLore
#Mirita: "Let's get goin', m'nya!"
#Khorijin: "Come."
#Rija: "I hope you can dance well~"
#Khoride: "Brave, to face a Devil Goddess."
#Ystride: "...If we must."
#Euphemia: "...Well, now."
#Helen: "Hmph. Let's see."

#LadiesOfLightLore
#Ystride will have a reaction very similar to Mirita's, but tends to withdraw a bit if you're not someone they've gotten to know well, or if you haven't been working on a rapport with her beforehand. Not for any trauma-related reason--they just get flustered easily. (4/5)

Ystride, a Black Elezen, fluffing their hair a bit for the camera and smiling a little.

#LadiesOfLightLore | #LadiesOfLightPhotos
#Ystride:
- she/they (demiwoman/nbi femme)
- "IST-rid". "Ysty" (ISTY) is for close friends or family only. (5/7)

Elezen woman looking to the side with a soft smile and then her looking forward with a frown.

Ystride, Astrelle's sister! Decided to do a proper drawing of her, just to understand her a bit better. She hates Astrelle but is nice to everyone else. 😌 slowly putting my WoL's lore into art

#ffxiv #ffxivart #elezen #ystride