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Encyclopaedia Eorzea II included one (1) throwaway reference to Ala Mhigan sea trade (p. 98) and it hasn't left my mind since.

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Writing: #WesterlyWrites
FC: #TheRiskbreakers
This screenshot is a reproduction of it, but I lost my mind last night when I teleported into the Nexus Arcade and somehow thanks to my draw settings I saw the Extremely Powerful silhouette of @greatvaluedps.bsky.social before literally anything else had loaded.
October 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Two (2) fae creatures! With tea!
October 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Pilgrim's Traverse as a paladin:
October 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm pressed about Nomura's character design in the year 2025 and it's #FFXIVselfie day, so here's my Warrior of Light look for today! Notes in the thread 👇 below! 🌌✨
October 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I was trying to experiment with the lighting in Ahtyn's apartment and ended up hitting her with the Selchification beam!

#Ahtyn 🌹
October 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
LOVE BIG BURST.
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
That's my beautiful branch!!! 💗💗💗
October 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
October 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I stumbled into this look for Ashe while trying to pull something together for the Ivalice party, but honestly? It might just end up being her new casual glam!

#Ashelia 🌹
October 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
POV: You enter the Sandsea during the events of A Realm Reborn (and are told to come back with a warrant).

#Ashelia#TheRiskbreakers
October 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Ahtyn and Ashe discussing Ivalician history and folklore:
October 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Absolutely crying.
October 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Naughty stinky boys go in the wash bucket!
October 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Holy shit???

#Ahtyn
October 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM
From October 9, 2017 (the night before FFXIV 4.1/Return to Ivalice launch day):
September 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Ashelia Riot: And none of this, of course, takes into account the unfortunate reality that the wandering minstrel’s interpretations of these myths often leave much to be desired in regards to the framing of the women and their motivations—
Livvy Ahtynwyb: go off queen

#Ahtyn#Ashelia
September 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Ashelia Riot: With us do treat. I-I mean, welcome!

The Sandsea (Balmung) will be open Thursday, October 2 at 3PM Pacific for a literary discussion of the Majestic's newest rendition of the Zodiac Brave Story. We may even crack open a Leá Monde vintage for the occasion!

#TheRiskbreakers#FFXIVRP
September 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Ahtyn: So does this count as watching and waiting, or waiting and watching?
Feo Ul: Och, you-!!!

#Ahtyn#gposers
September 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Gotta wrap this with @stephaga.bsky.social's immaculate art of Argath with his favorite chewtoy (wind-up Aidoneus, sitting at 150M gil on the Balmung marketboard), best enjoyed with the accompanying music: foewreckem.tumblr.com/post/791523828773863424/so-onwesterlywinds-only-asked-for-the-argath
September 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
His mischievous streak remains unchanged. Ashe still does not trust him to remain without supervision, and she will still often find her unmentionables scattered throughout the Sandsea.

He can, however, be trusted on field missions. Most of them.
September 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
When Argath arrived in Ala Mhigo, however, he was shockingly normal about it.

It helped that Ashe was tortured by the XIIth Legion and took lots of bed rest (snuggles) following the liberation; but also, he grew and changed as a creature! ❤️ (Ashe recommends bacon bread as positive reinforcement.)
September 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
In theory, this meant the Riskbreakers had a decent failsafe for Ashe's skill at sussing out imperial spies.

In practice, Argath leveraged his imperial training for maximum chaos. He reserved a special contempt for Edge, Ashe's husband, whom he deemed an interloper to his nightly snuggles.
September 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Much of Ashe's time in the field from then on was spent monitoring a twenty-ponze war criminal that seemed to harbor an active hostility toward the concept of Eorzean liberation.

He behaved no better at the Sandsea, where he usually bit any guests hailing from further west than Gyr Abania.
September 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
...so when she was handed what happened to be the runt, she figured she was absolutely up to the challenge of training an undersocialized, unhousebroken war wolf on top of the pressing task of starting up an anti-Garlean task force.
September 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM