lady protector

Champion of Eorzea, blessed by the Mothercrystal. You've bested tyrannical warlords, fearsome dragons, and god-like beings. You've liberated nations, aided in their restorations. You rub shoulders with their leaders and the common folk alike. With every victory, every adventure, every grand feat, your legend grows. Everyone knows your name. Everyone knows what you've done. Everyone knows what you're capable of doing.

'It's the blessing of Hydaelyn,' they say; 'the power of the Echo,' 'the unwavering soul of Azem'. Only the Warrior of Light could do what you do, only someone destined to usher change and defend the very star from destruction. Allies and enemies alike agree; there is nobody like the Warrior of Light.

But that's where they're wrong. You may be special, or chosen, or destined... but you don't feel that at all. All you feel is the pedestal you never asked to be put on. The perceived gap between you and them is staggering. They think you untouchable; so far removed from human you must be a god, or something greater. You aren't a person to them any more. You're a symbol. An idea. A concept. Intangible.

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Uaruru Uaru

Race (Clan): Lalafell (Plainsfolk) Gender: Female Age: 43 Epithets: Professor | Onion Knight | Warrior of Light

A survivor of Carteneau, Uaruru had already cemented her place in history before becoming the Warrior of Light. Initially she saw being a storied hero as what she deserved, and basked in the fame. Before long, however, she found all the glory she yearned for brought her naught but sorrow, and a frayed sense of self. The loss of one she loved dear only cemented her anguish.

In her grief she took up thaumaturgy at her lover’s posthumous request. Her grief turned to determination and before long she would rekindle the nearly lost art of black magic. In the process she ultimately healed by learning the lives of her companions are not solely her responsibility.

Immediately to follow was the strange and sudden death of her companions and a call to journey to the First. There she alone would be forced to save their lives. The events that transpired would leave her with an incurable condition. While poison was removed from her soul, cracks still remain. She suffers ceaseless waves of nausea, chronic pain, and her eyes were left with an sickly eerie golden glow.

Following the events of the Final Days, Uaruru would study thaumaturgy at Sharlayan and eventually settle down in Eorzea. She found new love in the botanist guildmaster Fufucha, and a peaceful career as a professor of forgotten arts at Ul’dah’s Thaumaturgist’s Guild.

But it was not to last. Adventure and dreadful glory would come knocking again as an old companion would call upon the Warrior of Light to venture with the Scions to Yok Tural.

His distaste for social gatherings leads Cocobuki to ask his closest colleague to attend banquets and stuffy meetings in his stead. Uaruru usually agrees, if anything to say hello to Nanamo again. The slimy elite of Ul'dahn society rarely pay the spooky wizard any mind when discussing schemes.

Last updated 26-05-04. Please check the original post for new updates. Contact me via askbox if you want your guide removed, edited, or added.

CLOTHING

7.0 Mashup Walkthrough by Khloris A Blender Weight Transfer Technique by Felis How to split legs for weighting by key How to combine meshes seamlessly by bluberry

UPSCALING

M Middie Refit Walkthrough by Khloris Yet Another Vanilla Upscaling Guide by Lighty Upscaling Guide (Masc Bodies) by key Upscaling Guide (Fem Bodies) by key How to Upscale Vanilla Outfits by key FTM Porting Guide by key How to make a bulge by key How to fix UVs/warped textures after upscaling by key Upscale to Lux+ Redux by oneiroy Upscale Guide by Quoth

HAIR

hair weights aren't scary and you are brave: an ffxiv modding guide to manually painting weights by lyss Textured Hair Guide by belovedcrypt Hairstyle mashup walkthrough by rasp How to add hat compatibility by rasp Custom Highlights by Felis How To: Midlander to Highlander Hair "Ports" by Ellie Hair Skeleton Porting Guide (+M!AuRa 1 to Fem 6) by khanter How to use multiple hair skeletons for one mashup by sleepybnuuy Hair porting guide (incl. to miqo'te) by vievinvalor How to make hair holographic by Fii

FACE

Double chin sculpting tutorial by workingelezen Adding catchlights by priestess Porting sculpts from pre-DT to 7.0 by Eme How to add extra toggles by Maja How to make piercings for beginners by Yuna AsymFaces - 3d Creator & DIY Guide by Spiswel

VFXEDITOR

vfx editing notes by taco VFX Texture File Paths by (unknown) Adding vfx to an item without one by ocealot VFX, Texture, Model, Animation, and UI Guides on the vfxedit wiki

TEXTURES

How to make tattoos appear on all skin tones by TheTiredPopoto 7.0 face texturing guide by DVNO Texture path generator by Yuria Loose files guide by Yuria How to make a tattoo glow by Alexstrasza Deleting Baked Shadows in Vanilla Gear by Kirke

MISC

testing out the speech bubbles @bluberryffxiv (who I just realized I wasn't following yet? what the heck) ripped from the game and kindly posted for everyone's use by trying to recreate a scene from Moments Before, one of my fics. specifically, this segment:

(some of the sentences are changed to make them flow better or fit in speech bubbles.)

I was going to try and recreate the rest of the scene, and I still might later on, but I forgot there was maintenance tonight and got kicked in the middle of gposing. Sigh.

i also edited the speech bubbles a bit to remove the indicators on top of them (though in this comic i only used the first and third kinds). here's my edited versions, plus one other thing:

That tiny square in the middle is my attempt at making that sort of "bridge" between speech bubbles you sometimes see in comics (which I couldn't find a proper name for, but I'm sure there is one). I tried to use it, but didn't end up liking how it looked, even with a bunch of erasing to make it look smoother. But that's a matter of personal taste.

but more important than that is i want to bring up that i have the foundation for an asymm body resource and i kind of want to gauge how much interest there is in me sharing it publicly (bc its been hard finding the motivation to work on it if i dont know people will use it). i know theres already a couple other asymm mods out there, but ill be honest they dont seem like theyre given much care, and in some cases straight up made incorrectly. i want this to be something given a lot of thought for lala players that want to use tattoos or scarring on their characters