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Roving Glen
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FFXIV WoL OC alt for @mulefatelluri.bsky.social
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Roving and Azem coded characters!

Zenos is super presundering Azem coded with his... everything really, but less murdery; Elfnein and XV Carol due to the dual soul shenanigans, and XV Carol is super post-ShB Azem vibes; Roving is hard to pin down, but Asgore and Dad Egbert get kinda close combined
Zenos in his reaper fit from Final Fantasy 14 Carol and Elfnein from Symphogear XV Asgore from Undertale Dad Egbert from Homestuck (holding a cake, but that's not important)
February 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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saw this and thought it a good overview to fill out for the two of them since they're both so important
WoL vs Azem chart created by feralicious, filled out by me! sorry but it's a lot of info and it's 4am, I'll try and remember to put this all in later!
January 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Pt. 14 (funny that I had juuust enough to hit 14 with the last answer)
Q: How do you feel about similar characters to your own? A: I haven't really gone looking, but it'd be cool to see how others do significantly older WoLs, and if anyone else had the idea to do a firstborn hellsguard roe WoL with all that entails lore-wise
November 19, 2024 at 8:01 AM
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Pt. 13
Q: Do you change your hairstyle and/or glams often? If so, why? If not, why not? A: Roving is a little too practical in his fashion sense to care all too much about glamour beyond what color or style of shirt he wears on a given day, and by MSQ start has far too little hair left to even have a hairstyle beyond nearly bald Q: what kind of student would your wol be in a school setting? would they be popular? academic? a class clown? A: Roving would be one of those teachers that is super fun because they are genuinely enthusiastic about their field of study and want to share it (agriculture in this case) while Azem would start as the worst type of prodigy bully that reforms specifically because of the former Q: Why is your wol(oc)'s main job what it is? A: DRK for Roving: it's not something he would have picked himself, but with all the growth that came with it, and allowing him and Azem to communicate and grow closer, not to mention letting Azem have a physical body again after the events of ShB, it's solidly become his 'main' Q: How would you describe your wol(oc)'s smile? A: Roving has a passively contented smile, with it rarely filling out to a more genuine one around family and close friends - and taking a lot for that passive smile to drop off
November 19, 2024 at 8:00 AM
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Pt. 12
Q: Does your WoL / Oc has some power that would not fit in the canon but you just love to give them? A: It would *definitely* not fit in canon due to the major impacts it would have, but "Esteem" (in actuality Azem manifesting a body) would be able to be summoned indefinitely outside of combat, since the short duration is because combat expends all the aether needed to manifest Reply to previous image: Ooooh, azem based power. Mine has Azem talking in her brain sometimes, after she used the cristal for the first time, she talked to her and works now like a Atem from yu gi oh, without taking control of her body. Reply to Reply: yeah it's complicated - tl;dr Azem is actually still alive, sharing Roving's soul but not the dominant personality, and only able to directly communicate after Ardbert's rejoining gave him enough parts of himself to essentially 'surface' from within Roving's subconscious Q: Is your wol / oc a free spirit or duty bound? Maybe both or neither? A: Roving has a crippling sense of duty and responsibility - it's the reason he didn't start adventuring til he was 55 (being a hellsguard firstborn) and also why he very quickly fell in with the scions when he learned how much his blessing of light was needed Q: How good is your Wol/OC at reading? Are they able to speed read? Can they immediately retain everything they just read? Or do they struggle with reading comprehension? Please drop your comments down below! A: Roving's got a solid reading ability, being a head of a household and farm necessitating that skill. For memory, he has tricks to memorize important things but age makes more trivial stuff difficult to retain; though once Azem starts communicating, his eidetic memory helps a ton
November 19, 2024 at 7:58 AM
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Pt. 11
Q: How do YOU get in character? Do you use a part of your personality you don't usually share? Is it a different mindset, or something else that gets you feeling immersed as your character when you want to RP? Tell me how you get into your writing A: Roving's interesting in that I don't think I'd ever be able to RP as him; he's sorta a character all his own I just mentally perceive, and as time goes on I learn new things about him - if anything, I'd likely be able to RP as Azem, if he wasn't so intrinsically linked to Roving Q: Is your WoL single? Dating? Married? A pineapple? A: I haven't pinned down any exact dates for lore, but Roving has been married for around three decades before MSQ start (married ~20-25, 55 at game start) Q: How large is your wol(oc)'s wardrobe? A: most of it's filled with Tataru's creations; before her, Roving mostly just had a formal outfit, his armor, some simple everyday attires, and a few sets of work/farming clothes Q: What is something that would completely shatter your WoL/FFXIV oc? A: If anyone had the idea to and successfully pulled off taking out Roving's family and home, not only would it shatter him but he'd pretty quickly Fall big time, Azem likely convincing him to go on a bloody rampage, and potentially even letting Azem take full control to do so
November 19, 2024 at 7:54 AM
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Pt. 10
Q: The Evil Doppelganger/Bizzarro version of your WoL has appeared! What are they like? A: Azem managed to take overpower Roving, gets none of his character development, and essentially becomes douchebag #1; likely joins up with the ascians even, and without Hythlodaeus as a moderating factor Emet-Selch just gets Worse because of Azem influencing him Q: What's your fave rewrite, or one your proudest of? How does it add to your character's lore? Tell me about it! A: the DRK finale quest (Our Closure) would be COMPLETELY different just because Roving has Azem in his head instead of Esteem, and Azem can't just fade away like Esteem does; not even sure if the letter still exists, it's just a huge conversation between Roving and Azem about Azem Q: how does your wol/oc play farming sims? casual? minmax? fishing? A: Roving would have a love/hate relationship with them if he played, both due entirely to his enthusiasm for agriculture; on one hand it's right up his alley, but on the other I don't think he'd be able to stop himself from being super nitpicky about gamified vs real world farming Q: What is your wol / oc’s favored party role and why? Does this role often switch, or do they not have a specific role and or flex? A: Roving has protective father tank vibes all the way with DRK, and that also extends to protective vibes to Roving himself from Azem when it comes to things like The Blackest Night
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 AM
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Pt. 9
Q: In Dawntrail many characters bring up how the Warrior of Light seems to be the strongest person in our traveling group. But what does your character themselves think about their level of power? Do they agree that they are the strongest, or think that it's not true? A: With Azem being a very active part of his own life/soul, Roving can't deny that he's extremely powerful, but there are times where he wishes he was more mundane in power and could do adventurer things without being this all-important figure Q: What does your WoL/OC think about moogles? A: Roving finds them entertaining at best, and gives him flashbacks to raising bratty/lazy kids at worst (the Churning Mists moogles especially)
November 19, 2024 at 7:51 AM
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Pt. 8
Q: when did / will your wol(oc) take a step back in the story? A: if I were to make a major change in the timeline, I feel there would be a gap of several years between EW and DT where Roving just goes back to his home and family, and acts as a place where his scions-family can come to relax and chill between jobs Q: Is your wol / oc a yapper or often the one being yapped to? Maybe both or neither? A: most of the time Roving plays a very good patient dad listening to what people have to/want to say, but if you get him on a topic he's into like agriculture be ready for a multi-hour lecture with a quiz at the end Q: What would be considered the darkest moment or time in your wol / oc’s life and how did they get out of it? Are they still in that dark period perhaps? A: For Azem, it would be the period around the SB DRK quests when Roving's personality starts melding more with his own to the point that Azem realizes just how much of a douche/asshole he is/was; the same DRK quests as well as communication with Roving directly helps him out of it Q: If your wol / oc uses the reaper class, do they have a unique voidsent tied to them, or is it just as the normal game lore? A: Not sure if Roving would pick it up, but if he did the avatar wouldn't be special in itself, but it wouldn't need a contract to not consume Roving's soul as it would sense Azem in there radiating so much menace that the avatar would be scared shitless from the start
November 19, 2024 at 7:49 AM
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Pt. 7
Q: what is "THAT part" of your wol's journey? A: Haurchefant, but in a way different than most; being nearly as old as edmont himself, Roving would have empathized and mourned deeply about the loss of a son from a father's perspective, and wished he could've taken more time to be with and help edmont if it wasn't for Thordan Q: How does your wol / oc react to blood and or gore? A: general blood and gore not too much, since Roving has experience hunting/preparing meat from his upbringing, but blood and gore from other thinking peoples would still unsettle him a bit, morally more than anything Q: Does your wol / oc have (a) crush(es) on anyone at the moment? Have they acted on this or are they too shy to bring it up? For a reverse question, does anyone have crush(es) on them that they are oblivious to / aware of? A: No to the first two for Roving since he's been happily married for several decades even by MSQ start; more interestingly, he's hyper-aware of the fascination-bordering-on-crush that graha has for him and he works very hard to discourage it without shutting him down completely
November 19, 2024 at 7:47 AM
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Pt. 6
Q: How would your wol(oc) react to going into a haunted house attraction? A: on his own Roving would be quietly amused, maybe having a chuckle with Azem in their head comparing it to the shit they've seen; with others, especially family like the twins, he'd play up his reactions more to have fun with them, be a little silly like a dad would Q: What was your wol(oc)'s childhood like? A: very stable and mundane for Roving - as a firstborn hellsguard roe he knew from birth that he would inherit the farm/estate, and with his deep sense of responsibility he stayed on that course no matter how much adventure called to him, at least until his own firstborn took over Q: Do your WoL/OC suffer from nightmares? How severe are they and how do they cope? A: As he develops/heals/gets better as a person because of Roving, I think Azem would start having nightmares about who he used to be, how he treated others as an ancient, and similar things; sharing the same soul, Roving would catch glimpses of them sometimes but more vaguely Q: how old was your WoL when they started their adventure and how old are they now. A: bit of a funny anecdote about this: Roving originally meant to start adventuring when he turned 50 (after his family finally convinced his to pursue his fantasy)... only for the calamity to hit, and so he helped rebuild the farm/community for 5 years, thus actually starting at 55
November 19, 2024 at 7:46 AM
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Pt. 5
Q: Out of all the social media apps, which one would your wol / oc use the most and why? Would they not use it and or understand it? What would their account(s) look like? A: in a modern au, Roving would absolutely be that old relative that just doesn't understand social media at all and probably has a FB account because a family member made it for him, but he doesn't use it unless someone directly tells him to look at something Q: does your WoL drink alcohol A: Roving likely developed a taste for wine since there's a good chance a family in his community grew grapes, but it'd be a more special occasion thing for him Q: Does your wol / oc retain information well or does it often enter one ear and leave immediately A: Roving has a good system to remember important things from his experience as a head of house for a farm, but due to his age there's still things like small details, specific numbers, etc that might slip his mind; Azem, for lack of much else, retains his perfect unsundered memory Q: what is the most painful situation you put your wol/oc in? A: Not techincally my WoL, but Azem tried to make himself immortal and partially succeeded... so when he inevitably got sundered, he incidentally consigned himself to ten thousand years of perpetual, excruciating, soulrending pain
November 19, 2024 at 7:44 AM
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Pt. 4
Q: Is you WoL in headcanon the same main class as in PvE A: as an alt primarily I don't have to worry too much about Roving having different main jobs than me; canonically, he started as LNC/DRG but very quickly after entering ishgard picked up DRK because of Azem manipulation, and likely stayed that for most of if not all of MSQ Q: is you WoL capable of fixing stuff at home like furniture breaking or issues with the pipes? A: that kinda skill just comes with the territory of being a homesteader in a small, isolated community far from any large towns, so Roving definitely learned those skills quickly from his parents, though more on the furniture side than anything more advanced like pipes Q: Bc I'm curious, how did you all come up with the name for your WoL/OC(s)? A: Roving Glen picked out his own as Hellsguard do, and it boils down to that he carries his memories of home with him wherever he goes, though I haven't figured out what his actual birth name is yet; I have a couple ideas for what Azem's true name is, but nothing's really stuck yet Q: What would make your wol(oc) happy right now? A: If we're talking post-DT? managing to convince his family to take a vacation to Tural, likely under the pretense of doing agricultural research in urqopacha to implement back home in abalathia's spine, but then spoiling them in Tuliyollal and introducing them to wuk lamat and co
November 19, 2024 at 7:43 AM
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Pt. 3
Q: What was going through your mind when making your wol (oc)? What was the process like? A: Honestly both started as thought experiments that just naturally fused together over time; Roving as a "what if the WoL was a parent figure rather than a sibling" and Azem as a "what if Azem wasn't the big good the game alludes to, and instead was an egotistical douchebag" Q: How good is your wol(oc) at lying? How does it make them feel? A: Roving's not lied enough to know for sure either way... Azem knows he's good at lying, but doesn't care enough about what people think about him to have to lie all that much anyways Q: How does your wol(oc) typically wear their hair? do they do anything with it for special occasions? A: by the point of the game's story roving's already lost most of it with age so he doesn't do too much with it beyond cleaning and straightening/combing what's left, and Azem back when he had his own body had waist long hair and always wore it out and down Q: What things interest and captivate your wol(oc)? A: Roving's got an intense fascination and immense knowledge of high-altitude agriculture, and likely had to be physically pulled away from conversations with the pelupelu about coffee and mate cultivation in urqopacha by wuk lamat
November 19, 2024 at 7:42 AM
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Pt. 2
Q: Does your wol(oc) know anything about their Azem/Ancient? A: Quite a bit, since the two of them can talk to each other, Azem being permanently engraved on his soul and all Q: Where did your wol(oc) grow up? How did that shape them? A: Tied a lot into backstory (of course) but the first 55 years of his life were on the family farm in Abalathia's Spine - since he's the firstborn child he inherited the responsibilities of running the farm which he took to wholeheartedly, even if he constantly dreamed of adventure Q: What aesthetics would you say your wol(oc) falls under? A: Dadcore, by farrrr Q: What is something people NEED to know about your wol(oc) to get to know them? A: The biggest one is that Azem is actually still alive, permanently imprinted on Roving's/all his shards' souls - not that very many people would actually know that, since after ShB/EW Azem mostly wanted to stay in the background... at least until certain DT events >:)
November 19, 2024 at 7:40 AM
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Xitter migration WoLqotds Pt. 1
Q: Does / would your wol(oc) have unique spells or skills? A: DRK is uniquely different since Azem hijacked the magic that created Fray, meaning that Summoning Esteem is actually more giving Azem a physical form for a short time which has huge implications for story, though mechanically it amounts to the same thing as the game in combat Q: How is your wol(oc)'s self confidence? A: Roving has that quiet self confidence from a life long lived and having enough experience that he can work through most (normal) things calmly... and then there's Azem, who's self-confident to a fault, though he's gotten a LOT better as Roving's influenced him Q: How has your wol(oc) changed in ways you wouldn't have guessed back when you made them? A: Biggest thing is having an entire lore/backstory for them and an entire Azem characterized; Roving started out as a thought experiment at best and very quickly spiralled out into his own whole thing Q: What was going through your mind when making your wol (oc)? What was the process like? A: For Roving, the inciting thought was 'what if the WoL, instead of being a sibling in age to the scions, was old enough that they had parent vibes', and then for Azem it was 'what if Azem wasn't the paragon of virtue that the game implies they are' and then slowly the two fused
November 19, 2024 at 7:21 AM