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sad gay elf men @darkfemmeduskwight.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

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Zadi @imzadi.etheirys.social · 16/05/2026

Evercold got me feeling a little nostalgic y'all #gpose #ffxiv

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh my goodness, Vinalo just alerted me to this!! Awesome work puttingall these together. Lots more cool people to follow and maybe even play with!

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astel🪼 @palastel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Spreading some positivity! Made a lala starter pack with all my friendos/folks I look up to ❤️ (And will add more because bsky ain't showing me everyone at once and I have bad memory). go.bsky.app/8tQoNqn

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💫 sorin @ PWYW on kofi + vgen comms @milkywaybnuuy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lyna standing watch over the fort keep next to the Crystarium, messily painted. Highkey values and low contrast, purples yellows and blues, the Crystal Tower being the main cold point in a sea of warm colors.

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

LMAO the piece is so nice though, great work!! love the flowy windswept feel!

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MOTH👑MONARCH 🤖🔪 Robot Knife Fight Recovery Zone @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Drew my WoL (@ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social) for stickers to trade at GATEway FATE! Super looking forward to it!!

Waist-up digital illustration of a lalafell sage smiling at the viewer with their nouliths flying about them. They're wearing a fancy white robe with golden details and asymmetrical black fur collar trim, gloves with partial armor and gray fabric palms, round golden glasses, and mismatched earrings. They have dark brown hair with subtle red streaks and bright green eyes. One hand is held in front of them with the other extended out toward their side. Three of the nouliths fly behind them while the fourth streaks across the front with its aether trail backing text that reads "Ethrya Swiftstep" and then, smaller, "Coeurl, Crystal". Art by Moth Monarch, who is also this character's player in FFXIV.

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Muffin☆🎃 @britishmuffin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I had fun drawing them, thanks for sharing your lil guys!! #ffxiv

A monochrome drawing of nine different Final Fantasy 14 lalafell all lined up together.

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lady protector | 7.5 spoilers @bluberryffxiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i love when person who doesnt understand stack markers runs away with one while everyone who does chases them frantically. get down mr president

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

it's free for people to mind their own business and yet we have those people. man

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

pssst. if you're going to GATEway and wanna cross the streams I can do a few deliveries......... bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have that same G'raha! The receipt email says the artist name was "izsumi" on bigcartel but the shop no longer appears. This tumblr does seem to be the same person, but they don't appear to be currently active & their name here on Bluesky doesn't either, unfortunately.

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*⋆izsumi⋆*

✧Welcome✧ -Art Blog- Commissions -OPEN- Buy Me a Coffee ---------------- ✧My Personal Blog✧...

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm sure I will! Hope to see you and many others there, very excited :D

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I shall err high, not like they're gonna go bad before another event or something! Thank you!!

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

keep thinking of more stickers I might want to make to hand out... like deep dungeon stickers 🤔 and then maybe one of these days I will actually make that pomander sticker sheet hahaha. for all the other 5 people but whatever!!

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

kickin my little feets thinking about the drive to Gateway with our nerdy ass playlist and assorted game accessories and hangin out with other dorks!! still weeks away but it'll be my first fun trip since surgery, I'm excited

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feb🍓wasabicon @febnebula.com · 16/06/2026

Cute AZEM summoning mousepad, or WOL standee pad~ Needed a new mousepad for myself, and it will match the AZEM playmat already available! [ #xivfmn #xivmerch #merch #ffxiv ] 🌌 febnebula.etsy.com

AZEM summoning circle mousepad in beautiful black and gold.

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Frontline is garbage during mogtomes half the time 😩 IT IS PVP. KILL!

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lady protector | 7.5 spoilers @bluberryffxiv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

honestly the amount of people out there who will go "idk whats going on but im going to blindly trust the posts on my timeline" is scary. i think everyone would benefit from being more willing to look into things for themselves. this situation is small peanuts but that mindset can be so -

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

finally freed from the train wheel!! two more and I'm DONE

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astel🪼 @palastel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My work here is done. Thanks to everyone's wonderful contributions on this project, the Lalafell Lore Compendium is complete and can be viewed/read at your leisure. (Be wary about Dwarf and Milalla pages as those are major spoilers for later!) drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

also I'm finally like, not hurting a whole lot every day, whee! good timing. thanks so much for being willing to chat a bit ago <3

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I will be so happy to meet people and get unchained hot SHIT

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

actually real question how many stickers do people usually bring/find they need?? I don't want to have too few and run out early! #gatewayfate

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

also I hope people will be friendly at Gateway because I have been on both sides of talking to/being a "big fish in a small pond" at furry cons and sometimes it's just awkward. I just wanna yap about game and trade stickers and have a good time, I haven't been at a con just for fun in a while...

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I will be making WOL stickers for Gateway but I might also be making a silly sticker for the crafter crew. please look forward to it

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

big walk posting but I don't think you can ever hear Jumping Voices (the main theme) again after playing without thinking of the special people you shared it with and the little moments of magic you made together. it sounds like thinking about how much you love someone.

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I needed something from Abyssos for a glam so me and @vinalo.bsky.social just duoed a couple for the tokens and holy shit. where has the time gone. we all flipped out at the Buried Memory trailer not THAT long ago... but my journey has been good and worthwhile

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

finally got back to necron, cleared necron, time to beat that fucker to death for his wings. 8 more doomtrain clears and I can buy with totems. that just leaves recollection then. legacy wings before EC or bust

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astel🪼 @palastel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Guess who's been busy? Lore pages for lalafell in general! Plainsfolk and Dunesfolk coming up

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momo 🐌 @snailbreaker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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Pach In Eorzea || Brute Bomber's Fan Club @pachineorzea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Begging people to not spend 50 Tomes on Ramuh. Make an Unsync PF. It will be less time and effort. I prommy. People will come help you get it.

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's once per event so it shouldn't change! You have time!

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

maybe oddly specific but it turns out I know a bunch of people who had or may have a hysterectomy or some variant of bottom surgery. still being able to game has helped me bear the long healing

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

if you tend to lean forward while gaming despite yourself and are trying to play after a lower abdominal/pelvic surgery, put a large plushie or pillow in your lap to help you sit back. anything not so big it prevents you from reaching around it well will do. thank you bee pillow

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B'alith Tia | 7.56 spoilers @inmyleylines.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Because I'm a spreadsheet sicko, I made a little cheat sheet for the various noun/adjective forms FFXIV uses for people and places. I'm sure I've missed some, but these were the ones I was able to quickly find in the lorebooks and the wiki! 🔗: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Noun and adjective pairs for the people and places of Final Fantasy 14.

People:
Au Ra Auri
Elezen Elezen
Hrothgar Hrothgar
Hyur Hyuran
Lalafell Lalafellin
Miqo'te Miqo'te
Roegadyn Roegadyn
Viera Viera

Alternate names:
Drahn Drahn
Dwarf Dwarven
Eldite Eldite
Elf Elven
Elvaan Elvaan
Galdjent Galdjent
Hhetsarro Hhetsarro
Hume Hume
Milalla Milalla
Mithra Mithran
Mystel Mystel
Ronso Ronso
Shetona Shetona
Tonawawta Tonawawtan
Viis Viis
Xbr'aal Xbr'aal

Places:
Ala Mhigo Ala Mhigan
Alexandria Alexandrian
Coerthas Coerthan
Corvos Corvosi
Doma Doman
Dravania Dravanian
Elpis Elpis
Eorzea Eorzean
Eulmore Eulmoran
Garlemald Garlean
Gridania Gridanian
Gyr Abania Gyr Abanian
Hingashi Hingan
Ilsabard Ilsabardian
Ishgard Ishgardian
Kholusia Kholusian
La Noscea La Noscean
Limsa Lominsa Lominsan
Nagxia Nagxian
Norvrandt Vrandtic
Othard Othardian
Radz-at-Han Hannish
Ronka Ronkan
Sharlayan Sharlayan
Thanalan Thanalan
Thavnair Thavnairian
The Azim Steppe Steppe
The Black Shroud Shroud
The Rak'tika Greatwood Greatwood
Tuliyollal Tuliyollan
Tural Turali
Ul'dah Ul'dahn
Yanxia Yanxian

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I know every party is 8 clowns but if you're trying to tank-greed the fucking intermission for Doomtrain NOW you are THE clown 😩 I am never gonna get these fucking wings...

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Aymeric De Borel @deborel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR GOOBBUES INTO THE CITY. ISHGARD HAS A SCRICT NO GOOBBUE POLICY AND IT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1384. PLEASE, I IMPLORE YOU, LET THEM VISIT A DIFFERENT CITY FOR THEIR ENRICHMENT. LIKE UL'DAH.

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

people running around on savage and endgame grind mounts at level 5 beastmaster is so funny

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Ethrya Swiftstep 🔜 GATEway FATE! @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

when @vinalo.bsky.social and I co-healed the first few months and only one of us got comms, we'd joke about splitting them in half to share. so when I went to meet them in person for the first time, I had a little gift made with help by @kokueiai.bsky.social (he printed, I painted) #ffxiv

Photo of a set of charms representing a player commendation from FFXIV split in half, one side for each friend. It's hand-painted black with gold edges and text. The background is a red plaid fabric.

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