Lathyrus.Skies

Lathyrus.Skies

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He's good enough at putting up a front that people seem to think *he's* a Good Person? A Real Hero?? They don't see it. They don't see they don't see. He died for someone who isn't even Real and they Can't See. If they do. They'll leave... #elhilore #elhiqotd

✨ N'taya 🌹@rosegoldnugget.bsky.social

Is your WoL/OC good at putting up a front or are they an open book? Are they good at noticing when someone else is? Why is that? 👀 #wolqotd

Technically I picked Oschon b/c traveller. But Elhi is from Golmore & only ever believed in The Green Word. Which is a literal voice the Viera of Golmore can hear. (He's lost that ability having been dragged from the jungle) #elhilore #elhiqotd

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But Elhi is pretty much an anti-theist at this point. He haaates primals & didn't believe for a second that the 12 were anything but that. & if they were, then how dare they? "To ignore the plight of those one might conceivably save is not wisdom—it is indolence." Fuck every single one of them.

I Have a few but my most out there one is based on an observation I made. Lore wise males and females only meet up every 5 years to try and procreate. 5 years. All of them? Really? That's odd I thought. If they're all doing that regardless of culture then-

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So considering that, my headcanon for Viera is that they have a biological cycle that hits about every 5 years. & they don't reach sexual maturity until 30ish. Give or take a couple years. With this in mind I also headcanon festivals like Floralia, Kanamara Matsuri, Beltane or Maiouma every 5 years

The actual festivities largely dependant on the culture, but they all share some similarities. Celebrating fertility and children. Asking/blessings for good health. Games showing off skills, such as poetry battles, sparring, marksmanship etc, and of course matching up.

I Have a few but my most out there one is based on an observation I made. Lore wise males and females only meet up every 5 years to try and procreate. 5 years. All of them? Really? That's odd I thought. If they're all doing that regardless of culture then-

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It's probably biological. Like the bowhead whale, the longest living mammal on earth, which live over 200 years but only reproduce every 3-4. They also don't reach sexual maturity until about 25 years of age.

Does leaving out clutter count? Elhi doesn't stay in one place for very long so he doesn't really Decorate. But since he has permanent rooms in a handful of places he does start leaving bits and bobs around. Trinkets he picked up on his travels, and the likes. #elhilore #elhiqotd

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I'm Sure he has embarrassed himself plenty of times in his 95 years of life. But the first to come to mind that still bothers him after all these years is the time was suddenly distracted whilst absently tossing his knife and ended up slicing his face through his lip. #elhilore #elhiqotd

#wolqotd / #wolquestion What is the most embarrassing thing your wol / oc has ever done?

His Mentor Ljot thought it Hilarious & made him keep the scar as a lesson on focus & staying aware of his surroundings Unfortunately Elhi's refusal to explain That Scar in particular has made it rather Mysterious. So now he's even More embarrassed by it b/c people keep theorizing something dramatic

Lúin his Anima! She's his little buddy, and has the mental/emotional capacity of a big cat rn, but eventually she'll be sentient enough to consider herself his daughter. But that's not for a long time. Also semi non-canonly, but, I use the Blue Morpho to represent My presence. #elhilore #elhiqotd

#wolqotd Does your WoL/oc have a canon minion(s)? Why that minion(s) specifically? Any special lore behind it?

Because butterflies represent change, death, rebirth, hope and despair. And because well, I'm a long time persona fan haha. Canonly also owns several other minions. Like the Exarch mammet. But he doesn't really use them much.

short answer? The scions. They've all come to recognize the signs of him being hit with an echo. They even have a formation for protecting him during one in the midst of a battle. #elhilore #elhiqotd

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As he's nearly been killed due to echo visions dropping him in battle Several Times. In fact, if it wasn't for this happening to him whilst fighting a group of Garleans, he'd still be a Warder in the Golmore Jungle. Frankly he's wildly lucky they took him prisoner instead of just killing him.

He was dropped at least once as a soldier, and came to with his unit rallying around him. It was the moment he finally realized he cared about his team. The almost exact same scene repeats later, this time with the scions and it gave him a crazy sense of double vision/deja vu.

short answer? The scions. They've all come to recognize the signs of him being hit with an echo. They even have a formation for protecting him during one in the midst of a battle. #elhilore #elhiqotd

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Longer answer? He doesn't have the convenience of "trusting" someone with his echo. It's Going to happen without regard for his safety, and he's Not going to have time to find someone to protect him. He can only just hope for the best. But he's pretty sure it's going to get him killed one day.

That he's smart, shifty, a tiny bit slimy. At first he saw Hancock as just one of lolorito's pawns. But at this point he thinks it a Pity that he's one of lolorito's pawns, because he's a better person than that, beneath his layers of *waves hands at Hancock* that-ness. #elhilore #elhiqotd

Zormar Rivaks 7.56 Spoilers@zormarrivaks.bsky.social

#wolqotd What your WoL/OC think of Hancock?

Imma be so real rq. I don't know if Elhi even bothers with underwear. If he does it's literally only because he got used to wearing them when he was conscripted, since his unit was mix-gendered, and he would not care enough to get fancy, lacy pairs. X'D #elhilore #elhiqotd

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He was in a Sharlayan hospital for a while after EW, to recover from his time of being Dead (plus his injuries that weren't dire enough to waste aether otherwise needed for the whole not being dead part). He got caught trying to climb out the window Several Times. #elhilore #elhiqotd

Elara@ishgardianbun.bsky.social

#wolqotd #wolquestion Your wol is on mandatory bed rest for an undetermined amount of time They tell your wol their gardens will be watered and their home won't get demolished while they're away, so all they need to do is lie down and rest How is your wol handling this

The drs finally gave up and released him to the scions custody (read; Tataru) And she put him to "work" on her little island experiment which was about as close to proper bed rest as they could force him to do, short of knocking him out. Even then,

there was always someone he trusts present to keep an eye on him. Also the mammets kinda spied on him, keeping tabs on his well being. I haven't decided if he realized it or not. Probably?

Definitely not. X'D he was halfway across the world in a Garlean pow holding cell, seemingly losing his mind. (He can thank the echo for that. He was reliving the final days and the Calamity simultaneously) #elhilore #elhiqotd As for the 1.0 WoL(s), my Previous character actually had family

jupiter@tofireandsword.bsky.social

#wolqotd is your wol the same as 1.0's wol? if not, have you established lore for them, too?

Who were some of the forgotten wols. And every expac was him trying (and failing) to meet up with Cinematic Meteor to ask him what happened and where they went/why didn't they return with him/etc. I kinda left him and his fam in limbo eversince ShB made me was to play AS the wold. Buuuut recently

I've kinda been considering reincorporating him back into my story as a side character, since I don't have any clue on what to do about the 1.0 WoL(s) anyway, and I miss him a bit. X'D

1v1 For Elhi there's only two fights that he uses the summoned fighters in. The 1st, afterwhich he decided it was overkill to use them. And against the bj-bros where he was told he had to for the sake of it being a team battle. So he summoned one little healer who didn't do much. #elhilore #elhiqotd

When fighting the President, did your wol/oc use help from summoned fighters or was it a 1v1? #wolqotd

Villain? Absolutely. He's been the baddie several times in fact. But more as a soldier or goon. Monologuing? Probably not Lair? Nah. if there's a lair involved it would have to be a comrade's lair that he hangs out in. XD Rich? Ehhhh. He has money but doesn't look/act like it. #elhilore #elhiqotd

#NewShiftNewQuestion | #wolqotd | #wolquestion Can your OC become the classic lair using monologue rich supervillain?

Sure lots of times. His reaction really depends on the context of the fight tbh. He used to lose All The Time when he was an apprentice. Losing to his Mentor often, and his bond brother (s?) occasionally. No grudges there, just fueled his want to get better. #elhilore #elhiqotd As a conscript

Kaze@kazethebreezy.bsky.social

A bit of an interesting WoLQOTD Has your WoL/OC ever lost a fight? If so, how much did it affect them? Was it spirit breaking, just a little bit of blood that they could simply wipe away or are they simply undefeatable? #WoLQOTD

There were plenty of lost battles. Most of the time he shrugged it off. Win some lose some. Occasionally someone in his unit would be injured and he'd get...spiteful? Isn't quite the right word. But close enough He definitely considers his fight against his tempered team a Loss, even tho he

Technically won. And it definitely broke him for a long while. Then the game story starts and his losses tended to mean someone was gravely injured or killed Soo. He doesn't take it...well. Often it enrages him and he seeks vengeance usually marked by his particularly petty type of cruelty.

Of course! Living to 95 means you have definitely lost people you cared about. And it goes doubly so for Elhi whose life has been punctuated with traumatic loss again and again.

✨ N'taya 🌹@rosegoldnugget.bsky.social

Well. HAS your WoL/OC ever wished to be reunited with someone who has passed away? 😶 #wolqotd

Yes but also No! Is he fully literate in his native language? Absolutely. Can he pick up a random book anywhere in the world and read it? Sorta! His echo translates language. If the ink on the paper has enough aether, it can trigger his echo and he will understand it. #elhilore #elhiqotd

VashTheHimbo (Evercold Waiting Room)@vashthehimbo.bsky.social

#wolqotd Does your WoL canonically know how to read? 🙂

This is a very bizarre feeling, where words pop off the page or wiggle, and he can understand what it says while also being aware that he doesn't Know it. So he Hates reading. Also this doesn't work for inks with low or no aether. Garlean, for example, he had to actually learn to read. Which is

My first and longest lasting character was N'welhi; a seeker non-wol that spent every expansion until ShB chasing Meteor. But ShB made me Need to play AS the wold for the first time in my 10ish years of playing. Elhi's given name & color palette are homage to him. #elhilore #elhiqotd

#wolqotd / #wolquestion How did you come up with your wol / oc’s name?

His surname is Sýn which is Icelandic for Vision, which I picked as reference to his often debilitating Echo. Other names I picked for his backstory are Eir meaning protection His Warder surname was Djt-Marouc, or Star. Making his old name "protector of the Star" foreshadowing his unwanted fate.

His conscript name was Geir changing "Protection" to "Spear" (it was when he conscripted that he took on Sýn too) All names he used before arr. (Haven't decided if he switches to Elhi Syn at ARR or post StB)

In my version of the island sanctuary plot, Elhi was living on the island, rather than shuttling back and forth, and during that time there was always at least one scion with him. Often two. There isn't a single scion that doesn't know emergency first aide. #elhilore

The first episode for the new season of edgerunners has such a Cowboy Bebop and Slayers vibe to it, without losing its cyberpunkness. God I love these visuals.

As of now, going into EC? Elhi Syn. Before that he was Gier Syn, before that Eir Djt-Marouc and even further back than that, 95 years ago, he was Elhi Atoel. His names tell a story, and once I work out the last bits of it, I'll definitely be yapping a lot about it. #elhilore #elhiqotd

Meowdred Surana 🔆 7.56 spoilers@meowwwffxiv.bsky.social

#WoLQotD What is your WoL's government name? The one they cash checks out under. The one on their taxes and documents.

On this fantastic item! heliosphere.app/mod/x5nwada2... Honestly I'm not sure if it's canon because the job stones are so tiny so how does that work? But it's so Charming (pun intended) and I Adore it Now if only the amazing creator would update it to have bluemage/beastmaster #elhilore #elhiqotd

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Madam Spooky 🫐@madamsporks.bsky.social

Where does your WoL keep their job stones? #wolqotd

Daaaammmmnnnn iiiiitttt Why?! Why do I Always think of what I want to upscale for the holiday when the event has already Started?? Why not a month ago when I said I wanted to plan this shit out and actually get things done?? Ahhhhhhhhh

Should the echo translate Thieve's cant? I've been thinking on it. It canonically translates languages including the no language sounds made by intelligent monsters like the troll in EW. Which means it translates intent, not just actual language. So shouldn't, then, it be translating the cant?

Unnerving loyalty, bad jokes, resting grump face and needing to be esuna'd before every fight because DID YOU POISON YOURSELF AGAIN?!

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Raha would turn as red as his hair & eyes. The scions would either ignore it or have reactions of varied rolled eyes & "oh they're actually acknowledging their relationship? good for them" vibes. Alisaie still has a bit of that crush of hers so she might turn a little red too. #elhilore #elhiqotd

Elara@ishgardianbun.bsky.social

#wolqotd #wolquestion If your wol plopped themself on top of their lover's lap in front of everyone and continued on as usual without acknowledging it, how would their lover and everyone else react?

On the Eorzean calendar? Elhi was born on 29th or 31st Sun of the 2nd Umbral Moon, 1487 of the 6th Astral Era. #elhilore #elhiqotd The day discrepancy is because it's supposed to match mine, April 29th, but the game calendar is out of wack and I keep waffling on which to use. 😅

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I wish we had a calendar for the various cultures in-game. Both to satisfy my curiosity and because Elhi isn't from Eorzea, and I'd love to know what Golmorans used, and the Garleans since he was conscripted for a while.