Tsubaki very much enjoys the thrill of combat. For her, it's a complex game played at lightning speed; each blow has a purpose, each injury inflicted in service to her endgame strategy; a strategy that is constantly shifting and changing with each foe she faces.
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Katja Nelveska is roughly 120 years old! She was once called Warrior of Light, many decades ago; though she is retired from the title, she ISN'T retired from adventuring. She now travels the world in search of students and arcane mysteries to solve. #qotdreply
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Oh, Sierra looooves praise; she will take as much of it as she can get, and then some. Genuine praise is basically one of the three ways to her heart (the other two are gifts and [censored]).
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Sierra: "That's an interesting question! Hey, I know a few people who might have an idea, wanna go find them? We can pick up some tea on the way, make it a date!"
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Sierra's pretty adventurous, she'll give anything a shot if it seems fun; so she won't take convincing.
Tsubaki would probably need to be worked on a bit; she prefers blades, things with feedback when you cut.
Oyuun would get annoyed, and set his hair on fire when he persisted.
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Emet-selch, hands-down. Playing through Shadowbringers with Tsubaki really drove home how much of a clever bastard he is.
As far as shipping... I actually think Oyuun would have an amazingly entertaining adversarial romance with him, but alas. No longer a WoL, so she'd never meet him!
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I mean, I just made a post the other day about Sierra being my muse, so she's def my main girlie. That said, Oyuun and Tsubaki are both also dear to me; Oyuun in particular is probably the closest thing I have to a self-insert (trans, special power is learning, hates family, etc. etc.)
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I took this for Oyuun, and yeeeah this tracks lmao
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I've answered before for Sie, but Katja also changed quite a bit! You see, before Katja Nelveska was a sorceress claiming lineage from a place that scholars swear doesn't exist, she was Xande Rhew-Setlas, a Sage obsessed with the ancient Allagan empire.
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Sie's eyes and cheeks! Her eyes are so big and expressive, and Miqo cheeks are just too cute 😭 (I actually used c+ to emphasize the cheeks *very* slightly and it was so so worth)
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Sierra has "of Countless Treasures" as hers, and it's got a double-meaning — it of course refers to her love of treasure hunting and adventuring, but she also considers her friends to be treasures, so it fits that way too =3
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Oyuun is roughly 4'10"/147 cm, which is notable because she's AMAB and Au Ra men tend to be much, much taller. Her lack of height is something she embraced early on; she believes she was blessed by Nhaama with the soul of a woman, and that her height is part of Nhaama's boon.
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🦚 Sierra:
➕ caring, empathetic, daring
➖ short-sighted, greedy, flaky
🔮 Oyuun:
➕ knowledgeable, inquisitive, loyal
➖ bitter, vengeful, reckless
🍊 Tsubaki:
➕ brave, calming, protective
➖ boisterous, hesitant, closed-off
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This one! She had the default expression before I started, and I was able to get this sneer out of her myself. Considering I used to be atrocious at expression manipulation, this is pretty big for me ☺️
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Yes! My main trio represent the classic three —
- Tsubaki is the sun (Seeker, follows Azeyma, WoL)
- Oyuun is the moon (Xaela, very secretive, considers herself blessed by Nhaama)
- Sierra is the stars (inspires hope in friends, guides the way, stars are akin to the jewels she wears)
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Sierra in Lulu's outfit is a guaranteed critical direct hit, she just wears it SO well. I need to redo this shot post-DT, I think the lighting changes would really make this pop!
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Sierra would have a cute Paper Mario-esque RPG about her young self learning magic and finding out that healing folks is really neat, actually!
Tsubaki would have an open-world exploration game where you have to roam Eorzea with Musosai and find evil to excise =3
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When I first started, I didn’t know races had naming conventions; so my main was “Sierra Delacroix”, the surname being a Tactics ref! Eventually the story got me, I paid more attention, and Sie eventually took the Keeper surname “Gamduhla.”
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You see, when I first made her, Sierra was actually blue. When I got the fantasia at the end of ARR, I decided to change Sierra to a human-esque skintone instead; but other than that, some minor customize+, and her tail, she's pretty much the same!
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uuuuuh something like this
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I've yapped already about Oyuuni, but Tsubaki is agender! To her, gender is this thing that other people worry about. From her perspective, she's got more important things on her plate.
She still uses "she/they" pronouns. Other pronouns surprise her, but she's fine with them.
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Tsubaki's entire carrd is written as if it were a historical account, so... hmm! If she read her own records, I think she'd be flattered but think it's a bit much. She may be the Warrior of Light, but she doesn't need all of the pomp and circumstance.
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I love this!!
Sierra’s like me, can tolerate extremes but vastly prefers moderate temps. Will whine.
Oyuun lived in the Steppe most her life so is used to dealing with harsh conditions. Prefers cold. LOVES the rain.
Tsubaki likes it toasty, but also enjoys a crisp autumn wind too.
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I am exceedingly vain, so most of my OCs are decently attractive in canon. Sierra and Katja both embrace it and wear accentuating clothing. Oyuun is shy and keeps herself in robes but still gets compliments on her face and eyes often. Tsubaki just has no idea she’s attractive lmao
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A job stone item description, titled "Samurai Job Stone." It reads, "Given to her by Musosai, Tsubaki kept this stone on her person at all times. She often spoke fondly of her old master, and companions say she'd hold the stone close when deep in thought."
For Tsubaki, definitely — from her carrd:
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Thanks to the lovely @evacybele.bsky.social, I have a visual aide — Oyuun would be the Magician. Her ability to mimic spells plays into a more literal interpretation of the card, but Oyuun's presence also tends to drastically alter the world or events around her.
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me and my wife literally bonded over "THE EMPAYAH IS A CANCAH... and I am the bahbah's blade."
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Oyuun is terrible at it. Will nod, understands it all, then just does what she wants. gremlin child.
Tsubaki was rather terrible at it when younger, but as she grew under Musosai's tutelage she shaped up.
Sierra is a good gi— aaah, wrong account, heh.
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@cassandra-allegra.bsky.social keep me honest, I think Sie would probably be the furnace and Yrja would cuddle up to her for warmth 🥺
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