#xiv lore

at the same time, the key would be that it is a choice — and that allows the WoL to be anything. you don't have to look like Ardbert, because why wouldn't Azem, the traveler, counselor to the people, want to be someone different, live somewhere different, have totally new experiences, in every new life?

Encyclopedia Eorzea - Miqo’te Identity: “A common trait among all Miqo'te is their fierce pride for their heritage as hunters. Seeing themselves as part of the natural world itself, they prize above all the freedom of the hunt, and do not shun death when old age and infirmity sap them of the physical talents needed to pursue their quarry to their satisfaction. To the free-willed Miqo'te, other races’ way of life - their wont to flock together with their own kind, to overrun nature to build cities, to seek safety and stability in laws and alliances - must seem quite curious indeed.” Encyclopedia Eorzea - Physical Attributes: “Roughly a head shorter and smaller of body than the average Hyur, the Seekers are blessed with a wiry strength, surpassing agility, and the stamina to run for hours under the blazing sun - a combination of traits that makes them uncommonly suited to hunting in arid climes. As many Seekers are adept at climbing and diving, they also make for excellent sailors. Among their most striking physical features are their eyes, with their narrow, vertically-aligned pupils and faintly colored irises.”

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this Q&A answer is so funny. Koji Fox, circa 2018, deflecting from the issue of Azem like his life depends on it

i want to think that Lyse knew that Moenbryda knew the truth, like with Papalymo, and that the two of them had already been genuinely close. but i also think that if that were the case, they'd have said something at some point by now...

i'm still not even solid on where she's from!!! her whole family is still back home in Meracydia, but also one or two of her sisters got trapped in the dome in Yyasulani. and i can play with both of those scenarios, and both can even inform her character, and when i want to play with one, i simply don't have to look at any details of the other that don't serve my purpose.

Nobody questions it when Miayli says any of this, though. Nor the fact that if Treno's people were in Alexandria when it got transported to the Source, they should still be there now. Right?

there are a LOT of things that make a LOT more sense when you separate "life force" into a third thing besides soul and memory. i still need time to process all of them. and i have questions about individual scenes/events still, like i want a list of times 生命力 was used in JP but life force wasn't in EN. but holy shit.