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i do have to say pragmatic arrangement turning into real romance is a truly excellent trope. what outdoes it? pragmatic arrangement turning into genuine friendship! this is why I love el's relationships with Liu and aadhya and even chloe. they wouldn't have been friends outside the scholomance necessarily, or if not for the string of events that led to them forming their alliance, but they will be friends forever because they started out needing each other for survival and ended up wanting each other.
Anybody who’s read my fics or even had a 2 minute conversation with me about writing knows that I’m incredibly crossover-brained. There’s just something so fun about taking two or more things I love and mashing them together. I greatly prefer the fandom fusion style of crossover to the isekai style; a good deal of the fun for me is integrating one fandom’s characters into another fandom’s setting as if they’d always been there, figuring out the little ways that influences their history and outlooks.
With that in mind, I’ve just finished reading the Scholomance trilogy, and have also been on a pretty aggressive Final Fantasy XIV kick. So come with me as I brainstorm an AU where our favorite band of traumatized wizard teens are the Warriors of Light in the not-as-terrible-as-the-Scholomance-but-still-pretty-bad land of Eorzea.
Galadriel Higgins - Black Mage
What if the leader of the Warriors of Light was Hydaelyn's angriest soldier? What if she had an affinity for dark magic so strong that she could single-handedly cause a Calamity given enough aether? What if the survivors of Carteneau looked at her and felt like they were seeing Bahamut again?
Very early in El's life, one of her great grandmothers, a world-renowned Astrologian farseer, prophesied that El would one day "uproot nations, bring shadow to snuff out the light, and bear the world unto the Final Days." (If you've read the books and have played FFXIV, you probably see where I'm going with that phrasing.) As in Scholomance canon, growing up under the weight of this prophecy influenced El greatly, and she still lives in fear of it even as she strives (bitterly and resentfully) to do what good she can.
It goes without saying that the usual quest givers aren't going to be too keen to interact with El much on account of both her offputting presence and generally mean attitude. Everyone from city state leaders to common peasants are undoubtedly going to prefer talking to Liu or Liesel or even Orion about whatever they need done, but no one who's fought alongside the Warriors of Light can deny that El is the group's real powerhouse. And, surprisingly, its moral center.
To expand on that last point: Those aware of El's prophecy and/or able to sense her aetheric alignment toward destruction are going to wonder, Why in the world is SHE one of Hydaelyn's chosen? Indeed, El herself is going to wonder that from the moment she first dreams of the Mothercrystal. But Hydaelyn knows what El's closest friends and allies quickly realize: that El's ethical code is ironclad and unbreakable. She's so terrified of the monster she could become that she won't allow herself to take even the smallest step in that direction, no matter how justified it might seem. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone nearly as morally uncompromising as El is. She's just going to complain about it the whole time.
And to expand on THAT point: El's rigid morality is undoubtedly going to cause her allies some headaches. In FFXIV canon, the Warrior of Light has a body count somewhere in the thousands at least, and that's only considering the main questline. In Scholomance canon, El never intentionally kills anyone; she won't even retaliate against a guy who's literally stabbed her in the gut, much as she wants to. How this affects the broader plot or specific quests is open to interpretation. I don't doubt that her friends would be willing to accommodate her on this, even if Liesel would regularly gripe about it. Perhaps everyone else handles the majority of the fighting when it comes to sapient enemies, and El is the big gun that gets brought out for monsters, Primals, and heavy duty machina like the Ultima Weapon. But the rank and file of the Eorzean Alliance? They're probably going to be suspicious of why the offputting, evil-seeming witch doesn't want to kill Garleans.
I have more points in mind for El, but some of them get into FFXIV spoilers, so I'll leave it here for now. That said, I definitely don't have nearly as much to say about anyone else as I do for El, but that's main characters for you!
Orion Lake - Viper/Warrior
There's nothing Orion loves more than hunting monsters, and in the lore of FFXIV, Vipers are professional monster hunters who track and kill the most dangerous beasts. Also, a Viper's Limit Break 3 is called "World Swallower." If you've read the Golden Enclaves, you get why that's fitting.
There's also an argument to be made for Orion to take on a tank job. In at least two instances in the Scholomance trilogy, he takes on an entire horde of maleficaria to buy time for his allies to perform a task, classic tank behavior. Of the four tank jobs currently in FFXIV, I think Warrior fits him best because of its motifs around harnessing and controlling your inner power. Also I think he'd just really like having a big axe.
Orion would probably have the ability to pull aether out of any voidsent he kills, for many of the same reasons he can pull mana from maleficaria in the books. And he would be very invested in the excursions into the void during the Endwalker patch quests. Again, if you know, you know.
He's definitely the "face" of the party, the hero that everyone pictures when they hear about the Warriors of Light. Naturally, he has no interest in any of the group's rabid fans, or even talking to their prospective clients about much beyond what needs killing. He doesn't even engage much with anyone else in the party other than El, at least initially.
Liesel Mueller - Scholar
It was between Scholar and Sage for Liesel, as both jobs have a strong lore foundation in academia. As the valedictorian of her graduating class in the Scholomance, there's no denying she's got incredible intelligence and academic chops. The deciding factor in my mind is that capital-S Scholars in lore are also renowned tacticians and strategic planners. Liesel is absolutely the one planning out every mission the Warriors of Light go on, whether the rest of them like it or not.
She joined the group by completing a job with them, then just continuing to follow El around and never leaving. El keeps expecting the other shoe to drop and Liesel to demand some horrid favor. Liesel keeps brushing that off and never gives any concrete answer why she's still around (it's because she likes El but won't admit it even to herself)
Someone powerful in one of the Eorzean city states (likely a member of Ul'dah's Syndicate) royally screwed over her family, and she has a very long term scheme to get revenge. Out of grudging respect for El, said scheme doesn't involve the other Warriors of Light at all (aside from Alfie).
Aadhya (we somehow don't know her last name) - Machinist/Crafter
Our favorite artificer is of course going to be a Machinist, whose entire skill progression is tinkering with and inventing increasingly elaborate devices for battle. Also, I feel like a lot of problems are easily solved simply by virtue of giving Aadhya a gun.
Aadhya's canon affinity is for working with exotic materials. Higher levels of crafting in FFXIV sure do involve some exotic ass materials, including checks notes god skin, ore from the moon, and plants from 12000 years ago. So yeah, she’s definitely the group’s main crafter, making everyone’s gear and stuff they can sell. She’s pretty trade-minded too, so I imagine she makes most of the sales personally. The only crafting jobs she wouldn’t have would be Alchemist and Culinarian (those are covered by Chloe).
She, El and Liu were the founding members of the humble adventuring party that would eventually become known as the Warriors of Light. Aadhya pitched the idea in an effort to help El channel her power towards something good and worthwhile. They started out doing simple guildleves and odd jobs, just trying to make enough to survive in the turmoil following the Seventh Umbral Calamity. Being the pragmatist of the three, Aadhya did most of the vetting for what jobs were worth their time (sorry random sidequest giver who pays pennies for a delivery halfway across the continent, you go unserved in this AU). They had modest success and acclaim for a while and even picked up a couple new members, but their stars truly began rising when they each started manifesting signs of the Echo. Now that they're famous heroes the world over, Aadhya's vetting of potential work is even more important (Liesel often forces her opinion in without being asked).
She's absolutely acting as team chaperone. Quests only get done on time if El isn't trying to sneak off for a quickie with either Orion or Liesel.
Guo Yi Liu - Bard
Unfortunately there isn't really a job in FFXIV that could leverage Liu's affinity for animals (the announced Beastmaster class perhaps but since it's not out yet I can't say for sure). Hence I place her as a Bard, as while I can't speak to how good she would be with a bow, the majority of the spell workings we see her do in the books are related to music, particularly the mana amplification and honeypot spells. With the FFXIV equivalent of a sirenspider lute at hand, she could handily buff up her party members with the Bard's full array of supportive songs.
Where her animal affinity could come in handy is in training and caring for the party's chocobos. I imagine hers, El's and Aadhya's having the same names as their mouse familiars from the books, and perhaps even the same temperaments. Imagine Precious the chocobo pecking El on the head whenever she's about to skive off with Orion. Imagine Aadhya telling Liu not to train Precious out of doing that.
Liu had a slowly growing case of aetheric imbalance for a number of years, brought on by desperate casting practices when her family's survival in the Calamity's immediate aftermath wasn't guaranteed. El, having gleaned a bit of White Magic from her mother, was able to right this imbalance and set Liu's spirit whole again. Liu has considered El a treasured friend ever since, and was quick to agree when Aadhya suggested the three of them form an adventuring party.
She's on quite good terms with the postmoogles, to whom she often entrusts letters for her girlfriend Yuyan, containing tales of the group's latest adventures.
Chloe Rasmussen - Pictomancer/Crafter
Coming from a relatively well-off family, Chloe was initially dismissed by El as just another rich girl who was categorically incapable of sympathizing with Eorzea’s lower classes. In the wake of the Calamity, Chloe proved otherwise, using her family’s modest influence to provide what relief she could to those suffering from the disaster. When she expressed a desire to help more directly, El grudgingly allowed her to join the party, and she’s proven a reliable ally, even if she’s sometimes oblivious to basic facts of unprivileged life.
One of the most memorable bits of Chloe’s magic in the books is her enchanted paints and murals, so Pictomancer is a perfect fit for her. She’s also Alchemy track in the Scholomance, so she could cover all the potion-based needs of the party where Aadhya’s skill with artifice would falter. Chloe is also the group Culinarian, by virtue of being the only one who grew up able to nurture an interest in cooking beyond basic sustenance.
She and Orion grew up together, but they never really became friends due to Orion’s obsession with hunting. Chloe always regretted that they were never able to connect back then, and has used this second chance to learn how to engage with Orion. Her tinctures that aid in his various hunts have been promising start.
Alfred Cooper Browning III - Paladin
A descendant of one of the prestigious Studium’s founding members, Alfie was brought up under the Sharlayan Forum’s staunch policy of complete nonintervention. His admiration for Louisoux Leveilleur, and pressure from respected peers like El and Liesel, eventually led him to follow the great Archon’s lead and set out for the mainland to help those he might conceivably save. Despite the Forum’s stubborn orthodoxy, he truly believes in the Studium’s mission and hopes to one day see it become a place of safe harbor for all the wise and gifted children of Etheirys, not just the privileged few who can afford it.
On the face of it, Paladin is a sword and shield class, neither of which we ever see Alfie use in the Scholomance trilogy. But mechanically speaking, Paladin is far more casting oriented than any other tank, with a large variety of shielding spells. And while we never get direct confirmation in the books that Alfie’s affinity is defensive magic, he outright invented the Evocation of Refusal, easily the strongest shield spell we see in canon. And I mean, despite how El describes said evocation looking, in my mind I always picture it looking like Paladin’s Passage of Arms ability.
He and Liesel aren’t really dating (I headcanon Liesel as bisexual but only romantically interested in girls) but their casual hookups make long forays into the Eorzean wilds more bearable. He wholeheartedly supports Liesel’s flings with El, and is ready to back Liesel in her longterm revenge schemes. Though their relationship initially started out as a set of transactions, I like to think that over enough adventures together they’d develop a strong bond.
Random Musings
A Full Party in FFXIV is eight people, but I don’t really have a strong candidate for the eighth slot. My first thought was Nkoyo, as the only other person El really considers a potential friend, but we don’t actually know much about her as a wizard; we only know that she’s incantation track, and has very good social skills. Nor do we know much more about any of the other minor characters, or at least the ones El would be willing to work with. Like, no chance is she letting Magnus or Kamice join. So I don’t know. Maybe that eighth slot gets filled by one of the Scions from FFXIV on any given quest, or maybe there’s some other obvious minor character I’ve overlooked. Would love input on this!
The closest El ever gets to intentionally setting off her supervolcano spell is when she first sets foot in Ishgard. This is because of a cross-universal connection to her canon self’s British half, which instinctively wants to destroy anything vaguely French.
The Warriors of Light once took a couple days’ vacation to the Gold Saucer. El couldn’t find a single game that didn’t seem rigged against her. Orion lost all his MGP within minutes of sitting down in the Triple Triad hall. Chloe made a killing at Doman Mahjong. Aadhya got scarily good at each of the skill machines. Alfie and Liesel got weirdly into Verminion. Liu had to be physically dragged away from the chocobo races.
There are quite a few enemy designs in FFXIV that would make perfect sense as maleficaria. Like, my mental image of a maw-mouth is just a fusion of these two things:
I may eventually reblog this with some addendums that get more into heavy FFXIV spoilers, like how the party handles the events of Shadowbringers and Endwalker :3
Comparing how Deva react when someone touched Varadha (his moon and sun) vs Aadhya (the supposed love interest somehow)
Deva here was so annoying lmao I feel so so bad for Aadhya 😭 I mean when the goon literally grabbed Aadhya into their arms and took selfie with her blatantly in front of him, what did he do? Lmao he just stand there like not reacting or reacting but it’s just so delayed, in the 1st gif he was staring at what they do to her but there’s no uncontrollable instant rage there because he still could hold that tiffin carrier perfectly without shaking even a little bit 😂😂 and he only moves his feet forward after the goon started dragging Aadhya with them.
Compare the shaking rage when Naarang touched Varadha (in video format we could see better how badly his hands shook with anger[1]) even after he had killed the man, separate the head from his body, the anger still fresh in his bones to the point he was still shaking even after they have reached their prison cells, just thinking about it again enough to reignite his fury. He wished he could have killed Naarang all over again for such offense.
But with Aadhywe saw that he could even hold himself back quickly afterward and even went as far as stepping one step back lmao so freaking annoying 😭😭 man your mother told you not to fight, she wasn’t forbidding you from showing your emotions or anything unless there’s none when it’s not about your Varadha, his annoying ass care more about Amma caught him with a cigarette in his hand that he quickly hide it behind his back as soon as he saw Amma 😭 drop the freaking cigarette already boy this wasn’t the time to care about such thing!! Drop the food container too instead just drop everything and quickly show a fist !!!
I am gonna compare even the way Deva quickly form his fist [2] when he was angry for Varadha here, it was spontaneous yet again the fury inside him building up that he couldn't control it, he could unclench his fist only after Varadha basically soothed him with his fingers here.
to the way how long it took Deva just to form a fist when he was saving Aadhya lmao it took him at least 5 minutes (I am not even kidding a literal 5 minutes from the time that goon grabbed and dragged Aadhya to Deva finally throw the first punch, Prashanth really is not serious at all to make them as love interest) even though you’re not gonna use your fist but show some real anger to us audiences with your body language boy 😬 react!! That’s your future baby mama (say sike) as your director intended boy.
Let’s compare Deva’s reaction when it is his real baby mama that his heart desire Varadha. At first Naarang looked only at Deva, Deva immediately accepted his fate, he looked down ready to die for his own action, it was him who killed Vishnu during the ceasefire so he was ready to die for that, he’s okay with his fate because he didn’t regret his action it was the right thing to do and for his conscience.
But then Naarang looked over Varadha, this was just a mere look okay, Naarang shifting his gaze from him to Varadha and this little movement of an eyeball enough to make Deva react instantly, look how immediately he was moving in front of Varadha to shield him even from Naarang’s gaze, only then he experienced dread in his bones, his face looked so panicked, only now he felt the weight of his action. This man is insane when it came to Varadha’s safety you can’t play with it at all.
Then when Naarang step one step forward, Deva already sprinting toward him because no, not Varadha, not when he’s still breathing he just couldn’t handle it, his whole being couldn’t handle the possibility of seeing Varadha to be in any kind of harm when he’s right there with him and he was the cause for Varadha to be in that danger.
Only then he knows regret, now he is regretting his impulsive action (even though it was the right thing to do but if it caused Varadha's life, he rather not do it, he basically was wishing he could turn back time so he didn't have to kill Vishnu, selling his own principle even his own soul and conscience) because the price is too great which is Varadha's safety that's why suddenly this strong capable man who just killed dozens of people plead, pleaded with his hands clasped together in front his chest, there's fear in his expression he was so desperate, he went as far as begged on his knees, anything he would do for Varadha.
It resonated with what Amma said 7 years after this event like either plead or make them bleed, just stop them (the way you did back then when you desperately want to save your loved one, oh Amma have heard this story from Bilal again and again and this was definitely the call back for that action) because Deva did both for Varadha, he will plead for his safety, will be on his knees begging and definitely (as last resort) will make anyone who dare to lay their hands on Varadha bleed.
Deva looked so damn pitiful I feel so sorry for him, the whole court room was watching, this was honestly another declaration of love from Deva just like the way he did 25 years ago when he held the electric wire in his hands and bleed for Varadha in front of the crowd putting a nose ring back to him with his own hand. I mean you have to be blind or deaf in Khansaar after this blatant display of devotion in front of the entire courtroom from Deva to Varadha to not understand that Deva belongs to Varadha body and soul.
I know how scared Deva was in this moment because he didn't even flinch or heard even Varadha's own warning anymore to just stop, because just like Deva, Varadha was also so ready to die in Deva's state (because for Varadha he was the one to blame, he brought Deva to this wretched place that is Khansaar knowing damn well of his hero complex and his impulsive tendency to fight what's wrong and Khansaar is full of all the damn wrong things).
Deva's focus was solely in making Naarang to stop going toward Varadha, he was just getting knocked with the back of that sword on his head but he quickly get back up to put himself between Varadha and Naarang again, and went as far as grabbing Naarang's shoulders forcing him to face him and yet again making himself as a shield for Varadha with his body so Naarang couldn't even look at Varadha.
Also in this moment when they taunted to touch Aadhya, oh Deva was mad, I mean who wouldn't be mad when you see a girl getting harrassed right in front of you, but the eyes weren't actually murderous kind of mad and he still could hold himself back, he was angry for Aadhya because she didn't deserve to be treated that way, because it was just generally wrong and anyone with conscience would be furious for Aadhya's sake and would love to teach those goons a good beating lesson.
But with Varadha it was so damn personal, Varadha belongs to him and no one should touch him, the way his expression flipped instantly to murderous intent [3] as soon as Naarang touched Varadha, and he wasn't even looking but he was that offended!! I mean also the way he was ready to jump at Vishnu's men who "only accidentally" brushed Varadha's shoulder but his fury was something else if Varadha didn't stop him he definitely gonna beat them into pulp too.
The conclusion of Deva's action (reaction) in this essay is that was the case of common rage, natural rage in the face of evil wrongdoings when he was fighting for Aadhya because that was the right thing to do because he was a capable man for that VS the instant uncontrollable rage that's so personal it offended his entire soul when he was fighting for Varadha because he was protecting the one he considered his family, part of his own soul, the one who we usually call a lover.
If I was Aadhya I too would have laughed pitifully at myself lmao for falling for a man who already have his own moon and sun that he would do anything for
Comparing how he was reacting when he was saving me to when he was with his own baby lmao “damn that man is clearly not right in the head. A true maniac and it’s all for Varadha’s sake.” . Aadhya is pretty much aware to whom Deva belongs to after she listened the full story from Bilal about their relationship, just like Radha Rama who said that Deva is Varadha’s Salaar, Aadhya said “Varadha got himself a maniac” lol everyone with eyes and perfect ears listening to their story alone enough to understand and know that these two men belong to each other and no one can come between them. (And definitely not a new girl from USA who just came to Deva's life maximum 7 days 😭 girl just go home. It's 7 years + 25 years + 10 years of pining against your 7 days. You have lost before even fighting this battle girl.)
close to 200 pages into a deadly education and i’ve found my new favorite naomi novik pseudo lesbian homoerotic situationship best friend main character couple. aadhya x galadriel endgame. galaadhya 5 ever. galadriel and aadhya i love you guys now kiss
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a fic where radha rama is searching everywhere for aadhya, in a bid for revenge against krishnakanth.
in the process, she meets a girl named 'diya' who's surprisingly witty, very pretty, and not afraid of her, unlike other people.
diya doesn't know radha rama is searching for aadhya, radha rama doesn't know diya is aadhya,,,but who will find out first, and what will happen when they do?
An agent crests the shadows of the nearby alleyway
Piles of broken bricks, sign posts on the path
Every moment points towards the aftermath,
Deva and Amma were traveling from village to village, escaping from something or somebody. But nobody was actively pursuing them, like they did with Aadhya. In fact, Radha Rama (through Vedha) was just trying to find them discreetly by searching through the cctv cameras across the nation. Even Obulamma, Radha Rama's closest maid had no idea about this. The search mission was so secretive that Vedha hid the photo of his target behind the papers in his own den and refused to take his name even when he was among his men. It was as if they feared some kind of retribution if people got an inkling that they were searching for Deva.
Sailors straggle back from their nights out on the town
Hopeless urchins from the city gather around
Spies from Imperial China wash in with the tide
Every battle heads toward surrender on both sides
Then news of Aadhya's arrival brought a breakthrough for them. They started actively pursuing Deva in the guise of searching for Krishnakant's daughter to punish her for whatever Krishnakant had done seven years back. Their instincts proved right. With Aadhya, they finally found Deva. Radha Rama formed the plan of using Aadhya to make Deva break the seal and start a war between Deva and Varadha. Because she knew, if one of them would die, then the other would follow.
Bells ring in the tower, wolves howl in the hills
Chalk marks show up on a few high windowsills
And a rabbit gives up somewhere, and a dozen hawks descend
Every moment points toward its own sad end
Deva and Amma left Aadhya and Bilal in Tinsukia. Before they could go far away, Amma saw those two being surrounded by Rinda's men, Bilal putting a brave front and then finally surrendering on seeing themselves outnumbered. Amma looked at Deva to see his reaction to find him completely focused on driving away. Amma looked back again and saw Aadhya being stamped with the seal and put in the truck along with Bilal. Deva didn't need to look back to know they were captured. He knew exactly that would happen the moment he left them behind and drove away. But he was bound by his mother's word.
Ships loose from their grins, capsize and then they're gone
Sailors with no captains watch a while and then move on
And an agent crests the shadows and I head in her direction
All roads lead toward the same blocked intersection
When Bilal recognised the seal on Aadhya and realised whose truck it was, his first reaction was to hold the pole tightly and ask Aadhya to do the same. He knew that Deva was not only going to break that seal, but was going to put on a grand show while doing that. And Deva didn't disappoint him. He went all out to stop the truck. He knew to whom the truck belonged. He knew the consequences of stopping that seal. He was not just saving Aadhya, he was sending a message to the man, who was ignoring his existence for the last seven years.
And I am coming home to you
With my own blood in my mouth
And I am coming home to you
If it's the last thing that I do
Varadha didn't have to be told, he already knew it was Deva who stopped the seal. There was no exhilaration in his reaction, like one would expect when someone finally found the thing he was searching for all these years. In his demeanor, there was just reluctant acceptance of the consequences of Deva's actions. Varadha never pursued Deva, nor did he allow anyone else to do the same. He knew nobody could find Deva, if he didn't want to be found. He understood the message Deva had sent. Just like he had accepted every impulsive action of Deva, he accepted this too. He knew Deva was coming home, to him and he was ready to welcome him, even if it was the last thing they both do.
