A week ago two of our FC members got MARRIED! Here’s a lil wedding gift for the two lovely wives and chaos queens @HanaMiyuXIV and @LachesisR_XIV
Even after Edmont passed, Rae never left Ishgard. She stood in silent vigil until her final days.
Adrien finally cut ties with the voidsent possessing him and though he lost his sight in the process, he’s the happiest he’s been in a really long time. Here he is with the two companions that help him navigate the world.
His griffon’s name in Minuet. Minnie for short. He’s been working as a medic in Ala Mhigo now that he’s recovered from most of his major injuries. Minnie was a gift from the people of Castrum Velodyna. They trained her especially to help him navigate blind while in the air.
Adrien is the happiest he’s been in years and it took losing nearly everything in order to get there.
My Black Mage > Reaper > Scholar, Adrien Pendragon
“I need time… to put myself back together.” Adrien was doing his best, but his voice kept breaking. “I feel like a shattered teapot. The water is all over the floor, I don’t even know where all the pieces are…” Was he even making sense anymore? “I think we need to take a step back, yes.”
“They’ll need you in the First. There’s still so much to do, and I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to help like I once could. There’s just… so much I’ll need to learn now.” It all spilled out of him in a weeping, jumbled mess. Gods, his head hurt so much. He raised a shaking hand to his temple.
“I didn’t mean to put this all on you now. I wanted to wait until morning, at the very least. But there it is.”
Adrien Pendragon
Excerpt from A Reaper’s Fall:
The creature shrieked as the aetheric chains pierced its chest. It was Adrien but not Adrien, two voices raised in discordant harmony as it wailed in pain and rage. The thing threw itself against the circle of seals, pushing against its cage, howling an unearthly wail as the Doman writing burned against its skin.
"₣Ʉ₵₭ ɎØɄ!“ “ł'VɆ ₩₳ł₮ɆĐ ₮ØØ ⱠØ₦₲ ₣ØⱤ ₮Ⱨł₴. ₮ØØ ⱠØ₦₲. ł₦ ₮ⱧɆ Đ₳Ɽ₭ ₳₦Đ ₮ⱧɆ ₵ØⱠĐ. ɎØɄ ₩Ø₦'₮ ₮₳₭Ɇ Ⱨł₥ ₣ⱤØ₥ ₥Ɇ.“
If the elezen still resided within, there were no outward signs of him and Akinari’s call fell on deaf ears. The creature thrashed again, only synching the chains tighter and causing the voidsent to spew forth a string of dark curses at its captor. Blood splattered against the floor and Malphas laughed darkly, pausing briefly only to bend Adrien’s face into a twisted grin. His arm was already hanging at an unnatural angle, dislocated out of it’s socket in the frenzy.
"ɎØɄ ₥₳Ɏ Ⱨ₳VɆ ₥Ɇ ₵₳₲ɆĐ ฿Ʉ₮ ł Ⱨ₳VɆ Ⱨł₥. ₱ɆⱤⱧ₳₱₴ ₩Ɇ ₵₳₦ ₴₮Ɽł₭Ɇ ₴Ø₥Ɇ ₭ł₦Đ Ø₣ ฿₳Ɽ₲₳ł₦ Ⱨ₥₥₥₥???” Both eyes were glowing violet and black smoke curled off of the elezen. “₳₦Đ ɎɆ₴ ⱧɆ ₵₳₦ ⱧɆ₳Ɽ ɎØɄ, ₮ⱧØɄ₲Ⱨ ⱧɆ'₴ ł₦ ₦Ø ₣ł₮ ₴₮₳₮Ɇ ₮Ø ₳₦₴₩ɆⱤ. ⱧɆ'₴ ฿Ʉ₴Ɏ ɆӾ₱ɆⱤłɆ₦₵ł₦₲ ɆVɆⱤɎ ɆӾ₵ⱤɄ₵ł₳₮ł₦₲ ₥Ø₥Ɇ₦₮."
Malphas cackled, a wild, hungry look in its eyes. "₳ĐⱤłɆ₦!! ł ₭₦Ø₩ ɎØɄ ₵₳₦ ⱧɆ₳Ɽ ₥Ɇ! ɎØɄ ĐØ₦'₮ ₲Ɇ₮ ₮Ø ₴ⱠɆɆ₱ ₮ⱧⱤØɄ₲Ⱨ ₮Ⱨł₴ Ø₦Ɇ. ₦Ø₮ ₳₣₮ɆⱤ ฿Ɽł₦₲ł₦₲ ₥Ɇ ł₦₮Ø ₮Ⱨł₴ ⱧɆⱠⱠⱧØⱠɆ. ₦Ø. ɎØɄ ₦ɆɆĐ ₮Ø ฿Ɇ ₱Ʉ₦ł₴ⱧɆĐ!!”
——
The man on the other end of the chain holding Malphas/Adrien in check.
“I’m not dressed for this…” -Akinari @periloususako
(via annaflea)
Ah yes, the childhood friends to lovers ship - Adrien and Thistle! This is already a bit out of date. Especially considering they BROKE UP. D:
Adrien is also drifting into more of a demisexual spectrum than ace.
Excerpt from A Reaper’s Fall:
The creature shrieked as the aetheric chains pierced its chest. It was Adrien but not Adrien, two voices raised in discordant harmony as it wailed in pain and rage. The thing threw itself against the circle of seals, pushing against its cage, howling an unearthly wail as the Doman writing burned against its skin.
"₣Ʉ₵₭ ɎØɄ!“ "ł'VɆ ₩₳ł₮ɆĐ ₮ØØ ⱠØ₦₲ ₣ØⱤ ₮Ⱨł₴. ₮ØØ ⱠØ₦₲. ł₦ ₮ⱧɆ Đ₳Ɽ₭ ₳₦Đ ₮ⱧɆ ₵ØⱠĐ. ɎØɄ ₩Ø₦'₮ ₮₳₭Ɇ Ⱨł₥ ₣ⱤØ₥ ₥Ɇ."
If the elezen still resided within, there were no outward signs of him and Akinari’s call fell on deaf ears. The creature thrashed again, only synching the chains tighter and causing the voidsent to spew forth a string of dark curses at its captor. Blood splattered against the floor and Malphas laughed darkly, pausing briefly only to bend Adrien’s face into a twisted grin. His arm was already hanging at an unnatural angle, dislocated out of it’s socket in the frenzy.
"ɎØɄ ₥₳Ɏ Ⱨ₳VɆ ₥Ɇ ₵₳₲ɆĐ ฿Ʉ₮ ł Ⱨ₳VɆ Ⱨł₥. ₱ɆⱤⱧ₳₱₴ ₩Ɇ ₵₳₦ ₴₮Ɽł₭Ɇ ₴Ø₥Ɇ ₭ł₦Đ Ø₣ ฿₳Ɽ₲₳ł₦ Ⱨ₥₥₥₥???” Both eyes were glowing violet and black smoke curled off of the elezen. “₳₦Đ ɎɆ₴ ⱧɆ ₵₳₦ ⱧɆ₳Ɽ ɎØɄ, ₮ⱧØɄ₲Ⱨ ⱧɆ'₴ ł₦ ₦Ø ₣ł₮ ₴₮₳₮Ɇ ₮Ø ₳₦₴₩ɆⱤ. ⱧɆ'₴ ฿Ʉ₴Ɏ ɆӾ₱ɆⱤłɆ₦₵ł₦₲ ɆVɆⱤɎ ɆӾ₵ⱤɄ₵ł₳₮ł₦₲ ₥Ø₥Ɇ₦₮."
Malphas cackled, a wild, hungry look in its eyes. "₳ĐⱤłɆ₦!! ł ₭₦Ø₩ ɎØɄ ₵₳₦ ⱧɆ₳Ɽ ₥Ɇ! ɎØɄ ĐØ₦'₮ ₲Ɇ₮ ₮Ø ₴ⱠɆɆ₱ ₮ⱧⱤØɄ₲Ⱨ ₮Ⱨł₴ Ø₦Ɇ. ₦Ø₮ ₳₣₮ɆⱤ ฿Ɽł₦₲ł₦₲ ₥Ɇ ł₦₮Ø ₮Ⱨł₴ ⱧɆⱠⱠⱧØⱠɆ. ₦Ø. ɎØɄ ₦ɆɆĐ ₮Ø ฿Ɇ ₱Ʉ₦ł₴ⱧɆĐ!!”
——
A Reaper’s Fall excerpt:
It made sense, Adrien thought with dark humor, that neither road would be easy. Akinari’s hands on his face made him flinch but he didn’t pull away. Memories of Thistle flashed in his mind, the last person he’d been close to, and it had been months ago now.
So, continue to fight or sever his connection completely. Black magic had always come easily to him. Fire, ice, lightning, the power to create and destroy… he’d loved it since he was a boy. It was something he’d excelled at, been noticed by his teachers in Ul’dah, granting him prestige, knowledge and recognition. At his height, the warnings of Mach rang on deaf ears and when Thistle left, he got desperate.
Arrogant fucking fool.
Malphas had been hollowing him from the inside-out. Corrupting everything he once held so dear. What was once movement and energy, black magic now felt like sludge in his hands. It had been over a year since he’d picked up his staff, trading it long ago for the scythe. What he was so afraid to lose… it was already gone. Long gone and he hadn’t even noticed.
Adrien closed his eyes, feeling tears welling up, his face growing hot with shame. He barely knew the man whose room he’d invaded in the middle of the night, yet here he was breaking apart in front of him.
“I’m so tired.” He whispered. “I-I can’t fight anymore.”
Adrien’s vision went black.
N̵̳̬̈́̈́͑̈́͂̾̄̏̓̚ö̴͇̰̘̘̙̣̳͓́̈̄̀̈́̓͝.̷̛̛̮͇̪̙͕̼̣̥̙͎̘̇͐
Adrien screamed, his eye flashed violet, and he was tipping back in the chair to fall hard against the wall. He scrambled, groaning, a feverish “No no no no *gods NO*” spilling from him before being abruptly cut off. Adrien snapped his head up at Akinari from where he crouched, unnaturally on all fours.
T̸̟̀h̶̢͝ḙ̵̓ ̸̧̃g̷̠͆o̸̮͠d̶̞͒s̶̲͐ ̶̨͗c̸͍̈́a̴͕͝n̶̟͘’̸̣́ť̸̥ ̴̝͂h̷̙͋e̵͚͌l̴̤͋p̴̗̽ ̵̖̅y̵̹̔o̴͈͠ù̷̬ ̵̜̾n̵̟̂ȍ̴͍ẃ̶͙ ̸̖̃b̸̗̐ò̵̲ý̴̢.̷̰̚The creature said.
Adrien Pendragon - RP Updates (2/15/22)
I recently typed out a big long recap to a friend who wanted the tea and figured I’d share here as well. Might come back and clean it up eventually but here’s just a scattered retelling of what he’s gone through in FFXIV.
- Thistle Brandywine - Adrien’s childhood friend - ran off to Ala Migo and Doma with nothing but a mysterious and concerning letter. This (along with a jokingly made kiss) sparks a lot of soul searching for Adrien, who up until this point found little interest in love and relationships. Thistle had always been in his life and now she was missing and he cares A LOT.
- Adrien did his best to find her, but she wouldn’t tell him where she was and in the end he got desperate and made a pact with a voidsent.
- The demons name is Malphas and he offered a way to track Thistle. In exchange Adrien would give up one of his eyes. Now Adrien has the ability to see and find people’s umbral energy. Which I’ve kinda interpreted as their physical forms (so not the soul). Long story short he has a way to follow Thistle’s trail.