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Chapter 8 of "She isn't *Her*" is posted! Maral's got some serious problems. Why doesn't she go to #Emet-Selch for help?
Well he's the source of a few of those problems.
#FFXIV #EmetWoL #Maral #Writing
I'm very happy with how this came out! :] Enjoy~
Active Cultures + Triple Canopy: The Holes Marathon @ 2220Arts + Archives - 28 Mar feat. Maral
#SESH #Maral
A screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV (14). Emet-Selch (in his Emperor Solus vessel) and Maral Borlaaq (OP's Warrior of Light) are standing in front of the open window in the player's room in the Pendants. Emet-Selch is in a front facing 3/4 view from the hips up, while Maral is in a back facing 3/4 view from the shoulders up. The lighting is warm, and lit in such a way to suggest the very early stages of the sun set outside. Emet-Selch is looking down at the much shorter Maral with a soft, warm expression and a little smile on his face. He is tilting her head up towards him with his finger under her chin. It is hard to see at the angle she is at, but Maral is looking up with a surprised expression.
A screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV (14). Emet-Selch (in his Emperor Solus vessel) and Maral Borlaaq (OP's Warrior of Light). They are standing in her room in the Pendants, and the lighting on the floor suggests they are in front of the open window, The camera is positioned over Emet-Selch's shoulder. His back is to the camera, and we cannot see his face. He is tilting Maral's head up towards him with a finger under her chin. Maral's body is facing the camera while she looks up at him with a surprised, blushing face. This surprise is also evident in the position of her arm, hand, and tail.
These are gunna be references for art (I hope) but Gods damn they came out so cute on their own >W<
Based on a scene in my fic, "She isn't *Her*".
Also gave Maral a little blushy in CSP.
#Emet-Selch #EmetWoL #Maral #Gpose #FFXIV
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CHAPTER 6 OF "She isn't *Her*" IS FINALLY HERE! Not much #Emet-Selch in this one, but Maral's friends in the Scions, plus a few extra, have *opinions* on her talking to him. This one is a long one, so enjoy!
#FFXIV #Maral #Writing
A pencil sketch. On the left is a Maral Borlaaq, the artist's Final Fantasy XIV (14) character. She has fan-like horns in place of ears, medium length wavy hair, and a tail. She is sitting on a surface of some kind. Emet-Selch, in his Emperor Solus vessle, is standing near her. He is holding one hand to his mouth as he kisses it, and is holding her other hand in her lap. He is looking at her intently with a little smirk, while Maral looks a little nervous with a blush.
I cleaned it up.
We love handsize differences in this house!!
#EmetWoL #Emet-Selch #WoL #Maral #Art #FFXIV
A pencil sketch. On the left is a Maral Borlaaq, the artist's Final Fantasy XIV (14) character. She has fan-like horns in place of ears, medium length wavy hair, and a tail. She is sitting on a surface of some kind. Emet-Selch, in his Emperor Solus vessle, is standing near her. He is holding one hand to his mouth as he kisses it, and is holding her other hand in her lap. He is looking at her intently with a little smirk, while Maral looks a little nervous with a blush.
Sketch complete
Maral is still trying to process how she wants to respond when Emet-Selch kisses her hand.
#Emet-Selch #WoLEmet #Maral #Art #FFXIV
A screenshot taken in Final Fantasy XIV (14). On the right head of a chocobo leaning into frame. Until traditional chocobos, her feathers are a light lilac purple. She has a large brown eye, and is wearing a bridle and reins for riding. On the left is Maral Borlaaq, OP's player character. She has slate-blue skin, magenta hair that is in a half up half down style with bangs, one purple eye and one white eye, and freckles, She also has some obsidian-blue scales covering her cheeks, the bridge of her nose, and down the sides of her neck before vanishing under her clothing. She also has obsidian-blue fan-shaped horns in the place of ears. Maral is wearing a red ribbon in her hair. The background is out of focus, and is someplace green with large grey rocks. Maral is leaning into Gertrude, her head resting on her beak, hand on Gertrude's cheek below her eye. She is smiling warmly at Gertrude, and clearly loves her companion.
Maral loves her chocobo, Gertrude, very much.
There were some adjustments made to align these two correctly.
#gpose #WoL #Chocobo #FFXIV #gposers #Maral
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Chapter 5 of my #EmetWoL fic!
Emet-Selch thinks it's adorable Maral Borlaaq is attempting to learn a new skill.
Maral Borlaaq thinks it's annoying that he thinks it's not something she's mastered already.
#Emet-Selch #FFXIV #Writing #Maral
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Chapter 4 of my #EmetWoL fic! Maral's PoV. She has some more questions for Emet-Selch after the defeat of the third Lightwarden... assuming she can forgive him for grabbing her tail that morning.
#FFXIV #Emet-Selch #Maral #Writing
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Chapter 3 of my fic "*She* isn't *Her*" is up! Emet-Selch's PoV again, this time of him learning that he doesn't like seeing Maral Borlaaq sad in the apparent loss of her friend, Y'shtola.
#Emet-Selch #FFXIV #EmetWol #Writing #Maral
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Chapter 2 is up!! Maral attempts to get to know a little more about Emet-Selch... Surely this won't backfire in anyway.
#Emet-Selch #WoL #FFXIV #EmetWol
#Maral #Writing
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I continue to be very normal about my WoL and Emet-Selch.
Spoilers for Shadowbringers, possibly all the way up to 5.3 in the end, as well as some vague spoilers from Endwalker.
This is gunna be a multi-chapter fic!
#Emet-Selch #EmetWol #FFXIV #Maral #Writing
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My obsession with my own character in #FFXIV continues! Enjoy this little drabble of Maral Borlaaq being sad after the final confrontation with Elidibus at the end of 5.3.
#Writing #Drabble #Maral
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Was struck with the need to play with canon in respect to when my Warrior, Maral Borlaaq, first heard Hydaelyn's voice. Please enjoy! :D
#FFXIV #WoL #Maral #Writing
And we have colour!!! I'm really happy with this and, as you can see, I continue to be perfectly normal about #Emet-Selch and the #WoL. Can't wait to see how much more they can hurt me in Endwalker!
#Maral #FFXIV #Art #FFXIVart
A drawing of Emet-Selch, a character from Final Fantasy XIV (14) and Maral Borlaaq, the artist's player character from the same game. On the left side of the page, Emet-Selch looms over Maral as he pins her to the wall with one of his arms above her head, and his other hand caressing her cheek. He is looking down on her with a soft amused expression. Maral, meanwhile, is craning her neck to look up at Emet-Selch with wide eyes, her mouth slightly open in surprise, face flushed. On the right side of the page is a close up of their noses, lips, and chins. Emet-Selch has leaned closer, his lips ever so slightly parted. Maral's lips are further parted as she waits for Emet-Selch to close the distance. Above this are the words "we had family, friends, loves". The word "loves" is written with the letters spaces out to slow down the reader.
I still wanna clean this up and colour it, but I just had to share the drawing I've been working on over today. I continue to be perfectly normal about Emet-Selch and Maral.
This is based on a scene in my drabble!
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#FFXIV #Art #Emet-Selch #WoLship #Maral
A pen drawing of Maral from the shoulders up. She has turned her body to face the camera more head on, but her eyes are looking away to the right. She looks concerned and confused with her brows knitted and her lips pushed togethwe. She is blushing. Beside her is a textbox that reads, "Then why..."
A pen drawing of Maral from the neck up. She is once again facing the left side of the page, this time in profile, but she is looking towards the off-page Emet-Selch out of the corner of her eye. She looks concerned. From off page to the left, someone is asking, "Maral? Everything alright?" and Maral is answering, "Uh, yeah, be right there." Beside Maral is a textbox that reads, "Why..."
A pen drawing of Emet-Selch from the neck up. He is looking down and to the left with a pensive, thoughtful look on his face. He has brought his closed hand up to his face, with the first two knucles sticking up and near his chin. Beside him is a textbox that reads, "Why do I..."
6/6
The answer, of course, is that Emet-Selch is a depressed old man and Maral is scincere and kind.
And also cute.
#Emet-Selch #Maral #FFXIV #WoL
#FFXIV #WarriorOfLight #Maral
Maral is from the Azim Steppe, and I imagine her clan would not care too much about nudity, and would be comfortable with the local customs...
But also she's a Borlaaq aka the all lady tribe, so I think she'd be a little -stare- without meaning at the men xD
Qipao
Lolitober day 24: Cheongsam/Qipao
Maral was on a trip to China. She bought a Qipao (a Chinese dress) there. When she wanted to show me her Qipao, she showed me another thing too! 😝
#lolitober #maral #Cheongsam #loli #Qipao #مارال #لولیتوبر2025 #چونگسام #چیپائو
Warnemünde Alter Strom mit sich im Wasser spiegelnden Gebäuden und Volt Plakat im Vordergrund
Schade, die Plakate müssen wieder ab.
Warnemünde am Abend 🤩
#Volt
#Maral
#Warnemünde
#Abendstimmung
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Wir brauchen Migration - und eine Struktur in unserer Verwaltung, die sie gut managet!
Volt für Deutschlang und Europa!
#VOLT #BTW25 #MARAL
