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Vander (and Jaaster)
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Sometimes, just plain folk with dogs. Sometimes, super extra and haunted as shit. All times, elf.
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
WoL!Jaaster was just as unsocialized as regular Jaaster, so when he started crushing on Ysayle, he didn’t know what to do with that. Never figured it out before she was gone, too busy grieving those he’d lost and balancing the urge to kill Estinien with the mission to kill Nidhogg, then Thordan.
#WoLQOTD | #WoLQuestion

Stepping to the side of WoLships, are there any NPCs that either has an unreciprocated crush on your WoL/OC or that your WoL/OC has/had an unreciprocated crush on?
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I made a city for Vander deep underground that stood since the Second Calamity and fought a flood of voidsent since the War of the Magi ended. It was a magocracy with a strong tradition of necromancy and idiosyncratic light-based sorcery, along with disciplines akin to what exists in play. (1/3)
#wolqotd / #wolquestion

In addition to creating lore for your WoL/OC, did you also create unique lore about where they're from? Are they part of an obscure miqo'te tribe whose culture you created from scratch? Are they from a village with its own customs? From another Reflection? Sound off!
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Mileage will vary with Vander. He looks younger than he is (upper 20s vs upper 40s), but he’s got a lot of tattoos and scars, including ritualized and arcane ones. For what it’s worth, he believes he makes them look good.

Jaaster has been labeled “farmer’s market hot” by multiple third parties.
A #wolqotd because I'm bored on the train (probs one that's been asked before too)

How attractive is your WoL? Do people see them as being conventionally attractive, are they average or not attractive at all?
October 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Explain your OC’s power with a gif
October 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Jaaster’s emotions get very swingy when’s he’s drunk, mostly between happy and chill to morose and teary.

He gets real bad about gauging physical pressure and control, too. He might reach for a cup and break it, stand from a table and send it skidding across the floor, pull a door off hinges, etc.
#wolquestion / #wolqotd

How often does your wol / oc find themselves drunk? What normally happens if they get like that?
October 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Jaaster’s an anxious guy who gets in his own head a lot, so he’d probably frustrate people who just want to see a guy kick ass, especially once he does so and doesn’t stay in that mode.

Might make folks mad that he doesn’t get the Beastmaster class.

Vander? Jesus Christ, let me count the ways.
#wolqotd hypothetical.

Your OC becomes a canon character. What is their "problematic trait" that creates fandom discourse? This can be a genuinely problematic character trait or it can be something completely innocuous.
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
No children by blood, but there are a number of kids that Vander mentors and cares for like they’re his. Nothing is more important to him than family, and he is both exceedingly permissive with and protective of them.
#WoLQotD | #WoLQuestion

Does your WoL/OC? have kids?
October 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This man is happiest when no one tells him shit! He loves burying his head in the sand!

He doesn’t want to know about mods, fan projects, black people, nothing! If he knows about it, then he’s got to do something about it!

The pattern’s there. Learn from this or don’t, whatever, I’m on console.
Taps this thread.

Yoshida keeps his eyes closed on purpose until you tell him to look. Don't Talk About Mods, and Yoshida will keep his eyes else where.
I am reminded of this article snippet regarding C&Ds with Pokemon Fan Projects from: aftermath.site/pokemon-lawy...
August 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Jaaster and Vander both swim quite well for different reasons.

Jaaster is an exceptional athlete, an swimming is just another exercise that he will complete to improve himself.

Vander will hang out at the beach for hours. Swimming, diving, it’s all for fun.
my wol qotd with moonfaire here:
can ur wol swim, are they good at it?

luna cannot. they doggy paddle and usually gotta be saved 😔
August 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Jaaster will float around in that upper right corner, for the most part. Non-verbal communication is a huge part of how he socializes.

As for Vander, now people have to accept that he’s Lawful Good, which means he’s never done anything bad or wrong ever. Chart said so.
What is your WoL's alignment by saying yes?
(found this chart funny, had to question you guys)~

#wolqotd#wolquestion
August 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Your pfp is your therapist

I will be worse, and I will not apologize
Your pfp is your therapist

they tell me i need to find a better therapist
Your pfp is your therapist

"Sometimes self care is eating 20 desserts before punching a billionaire and escaping from the authorities."
July 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Jaaster does well for himself as a skilled carpenter, and he leaves his money to be managed by his friend and business partner. He doesn’t have much use for it.

Vander built a hoard for himself, and after he went legit, he built a number of ventures that keep him flush without much effort at all.
#wolqotd #wolquestion
Putting aside the player's in-game currency, how wealthy is your WOL/OC? Are they good with handling their money?
July 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Vander is confident past the point of arrogance with strong opinions and an even stronger will, and he’s a vengeful bastard on top of that. He has people he loves who love him, but it was a rocky road getting there.
#wolqotd is your wol someone who’s easy to love? do they consider themselves as such?

if not (whether it’s actually true or just their own perception), why?
July 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Jaaster fully freezes up when he hears big cat noises. They put him right back in a moment where he lost his best friend and got the scars on his back that he doesn’t let anyone see.
July 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Jaaster has Hunter’s Moon , you’re done outrunning him.

Vander has Pray To Me. The gods don’t get you, he does.
#wolqotd if your character had an xiv bossfight what would their enrage cast be called?
July 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Vander vacillates between Kugane and Radz-at-Han based on his associations and history. They’re both ports with huge markets, a wide array of entertainment, and as trade hubs they give him points of access to other locales. Limsa Lominsa used to be that for him, but it’s been ruined for him.
What is your WoL's favorite city?

#wolqotd#wolquestion
June 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Vander is a consummate liar with a flair for the dramatic, a hell of a poker face, and not a lick of shame. In another life, he’d have been an infamous actor with a cult following and feuds in every company he played with.

Jaaster would need a troupe just to get away with a lie. He ain’t slick.
#wolquestion #wolqotd
How is your wol(oc) at acting?
June 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Vander has refused to entertain the possibility that such slop will ever assault his senses.

Jaaster had to eat it once as a kid, and it made him so sick that his parents pushed back on any suggestion from extended family that he try it again. To this day, that’s what hate tastes like to him.
#WoLQotD | #FFXIV

Has your WoL tasted Archon Loaf? Did they manage to work their way past the copious amounts pulverised fish? Did they gag or was it simply "reliving their youth" as a young scholar?
June 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Jaaster would need a lot of convincing, and that contract would be heavily scrutinized and negotiated to determine what’s getting put on display, but there’s a world where he poses, yeah.

Vander’s posed plenty before, but gil isn’t a motivator for him, so it’s all vibes-based (so probably not).
#wolqotd | #wolquestions
Your wol gets offered TONS of gil to do suggestive pinups. Would your WoL let people take pinup photos of them, or do they refuse, even if they're paid a ton of gil. Would they do it for free?
June 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Vander’s not as pretty or young as his model suggests, but he’s smooth and confident, got plenty of tats/scars with stories for each of them, and he breathes fire. Come on now.

Jaaster’s built like a runner and moves like a dancer. The term “farmer’s market hot” has been thrown around.
#WoLQOTD | #WoLQuestions
Everyone talks about how handsome their WoLs are, but how attractive are they in canon?
May 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Most of the time, Vander will be nice and let them down easy, especially if he can tell they’re earnest or nervous. If they rub him the wrong way, though, he’ll lead them on until he finds an opportunity to cut the legs out from under them.

Jaaster’s brain will break, every time.
#WoLQuestion | #WoLQoTD

How does your WoL respond to being hit on?
May 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Yeah, Jaaster’s easy, he’s used to hunting enough for everybody, and he’s happy to take what’s been made for him.

Vander enjoys giving gifts, so food isn’t much of a stretch for him. He’s terribly proud and picky, though, so he’s probably not taking food unless he cares about your feelings.
#NewShiftNewQuestion | #wolqotd | #wolquestion

If your OC is offered food, would they take it?

And, if your OC has extra food, would they offer it?
May 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Jaaster’s great at working in a unit, but he won’t be there in the first place without anyone he trusts implicitly. Anybody else had better have a good reason, or he’s digging his heels in.

Vander takes requests under advisement, acts on them if he likes you, and does what he wants otherwise.
#wolquestion / #wolqotd

How good is your wol / oc at following orders?
May 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Black mage fits Vander’s aesthetic and style of casting most closely, and the tradition of the art of destruction being the vanguard of combating voidsent incursions is incredibly on brand for him, so I level it to max with each expansion.

I HATE playing this fucking class. Help me, I am in hell.
#wolqotd idk if this has been asked before but! have you ever picked up a class in game just because it would fit your wol/oc's narrative better? do you like playing that class or absolutely hate it?
May 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM