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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
[fe7][5.5k] ••- -• •--- •- -- Kishuna receives some assistance adjusting to a new land. Written for #FEModernPulse raenue.neocities.org/Oneshots/UNJAM
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[Modern Pulse][fe7][5.5k] Kishuna receives some assistance adjusting to a new land.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
[fe11][mature] Frey only wants one thing, but, no matter how hard he tries, it's always been out of reach. raenue.neocities.org/Oneshots/Ava...
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Altean Avarice
[fe11][mature][2.8k] Frey only wants one thing, but, no matter how hard he tries, it's always been out of reach.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
[fe tellius][giffghis] Caineghis and Giffca talk about the future over a small meal in the garden. Wrote this for @invinciblezine.bsky.social's flower language-themed zine, Talking Flowers. raenue.neocities.org/Oneshots/Lik...
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Make Like a Tree
[fe tellius][giffghis][2.4k] Caineghis and Giffca talk about the future over a small meal in the garden.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
wrote something for that ⬇️. site update ??? maybe tonight
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Invincible Zine Server @invinciblezine.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Talking Bouquets: A Fire Emblem Flower Language Zine is now available for free download! Check it out on Google Drive: drive.google.com/file/d/1rSpZ... 🎨: theascanvas.bsky.social
The cover of the zine. The cover features an illustration of Sumia, sleeping under the shade of a tree. She cradles a book in one arm, and her hair is dotted with roses.
Text reads:
Talking Bouquets
A Fire Emblem Flower Language Zine
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
My piece for @dredgefanzine.bsky.social, featuring cool spot art from the amazing srrrokka-art.tumblr.com Be sure to check out the rest of the zine!
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
[Dredge][horror] Capgras Glaze The dangers that lurk in the water are nothing compared to those on land. After crash-landing in the Twisted Strand, the Airman finds that he'll have to contend with both. raenue.neocities.org/Oneshots/Cap...
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Capgras Glaze
[Dredge][Horror] The dangers that lurk in the water are nothing compared to those on land. After crash-landing in the Twisted Strand, the Airman finds that he'll have to contend with both.
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Messages in a Bottle: A Dredge Fanzine 🌊 NOW RELEASED @dredgefanzine.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
⚓ZINE RELEASE TODAY⚓ A long crack mars the side of the bottle. You pry out the cork. A book falls out; its spine splits open on the deck. Red eyes blink in the fog—watching—as you gather the pages. You now hold the zine in your hands. Links below🔗⬇️ #dredge #dredgegame #dredgefanzine #dredgetober
Dredge-style graphic of the fan-created Dredge zine, “Messages in a Bottle." 

The right-hand side of the graphic depicts part of the cargo hold with 6 available spaces. One space is damaged (as indicated by a red X). One space is occupied by the zine (represented by the zine cover art).

The left hand side of the graphic displays a hover window with info about the zine in the style of the game.
Text for the hover window:
Messages in a Bottle
Stock: High
Type: Zine
Description: A book with a cracked spine exposing tattered pages inside. The cover bulges with the scribblings of souls who have succumbed to the depths.

Text above the hover window:
Messages in a Bottle
A Dredge Fanzine
@dredgefanzine (with icons for bsky and tumblr)
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Messages in a Bottle: A Dredge Fanzine 🌊 NOW RELEASED @dredgefanzine.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Contributor preview: Fic by @giffca.bsky.social #dredge #dredgfanzine #dredgefanfic #dredgegame
Contributor preview: raen
Handle for socials: giffca (bsky)
Pfp: a black cat wearing a purple cape with silver markings
Sample fic preview: The sound of movement in the water behind the Airman was quiet and easily drowned out by the sound of his brain being pulled in a dozen directions by every other thought already running through it, but some part of him was able to signal the alarm and he spun around to face it, barely able to catch a glimpse of a massive snake-like, slug-like creature as it retreated back into the shallow water. He stared at the murky water for a long moment, trying to match the little that he saw with any animal he knew of, but…
The Airman was already on high alert from the crash, but that thing made his hair stand on end. 

The preview image is presented like a message in a cracked bottle, floating in the ocean. 
At the bottom corner, in smaller font: Messages in a Bottle: A Dredge Fanzine
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Why can't Caineghis do things? Why is Skrimir the general during Part 3 instead of Giffca? Why did I subject myself to the experience of writing this? Find out all of this (and more)
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
[fe tellius][meta][5.7k] Gallian Governing and Halfbaked Utopias Tellius Recollection tells us that Gallia is a nation “without written law or political institutions” and then chooses to not elaborate much further. ...What do you mean it's not self-explanatory? raenue.neocities.org/Meta/HerdingCats
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Gallian Governing and Halfbaked Utopias
[fe tellius][meta][5.7k] ...What do you mean it's not self-explanatory?
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Messages in a Bottle: A Dredge Fanzine 🌊 NOW RELEASED @dredgefanzine.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Next is our spotlight for @giffca.bsky.social! We're happy to have you! #dredge #dredgefanzine #dredgegame
Contributor spotlight: raen
Role: Writer
Handle for socials: giffca (bsky)
Pfp: a black cat wearing a purple cape with silver markings
About: Dredge hooked me earlier this year and I'm excited to climb aboard and set saild with this zine's crew. I <3 scary fishing
Sample work (writing excerpt): The radio in the cockpit crackled to life, panic flooding the airwaves as the tan haze shifted unnaturally, like an irritable beast roused from its slumber. It uncoiled from the mess of trees, its eyeless gaze following the flock of planes as they passed by from a distance that no longer felt safe, and then--

At the bottom, below the spotlight: 
Messages in a Bottle: A Dredge Fanzine
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
but I struggled with trying to make that work for several years and I think I'm really happy with how approaching it from a different perspective gave it a more clear understanding of what (and how) it wanted to communicate itself. Be sure to check out the other pieces in the zine!
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Wrote this for Volume 3 of @invinciblezine.bsky.social's horror/angst zine, Calamity's Advent. Really fun character to write. My original idea for this piece would focus more on the direct effects an adult thanatophage has on the local human population,
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
[nonfiction...?][fe13/fe15][horror] Excerpt from Chapter Fifty-Seven of the Treatise on the Necromantic Arts Let us learn of thanatophages, Forneus' folly, and, of course, the magical beauty of parasitic wasps. raenue.neocities.org/Oneshots/Exc...
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Excerpt from Chapter Fifty-Seven of the Treatise on the Necromantic Arts
Let us learn of thanatophages, Forneus' folly, and, of course, the magical beauty of parasitic wasps.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I participated in lrt! Check it out
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Invincible Zine Server @invinciblezine.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Calamity's Advent Volume III, A Fire Emblem Horror/Angst zine, is now available for free download! Check it out here: drive.google.com/file/d/1p9lo... 🎨: @starsodaart.bsky.social
The cover for the zine. The illustration depicts Nyx from Fire Emblem Fates. She is gripping at her face in distress, and her hair flows out in jagged waves around her. On the wall directly behind her is a portrait of herself; the portrait depicts her as aged to the point of decomposition. The Nyx in the portrait stares out directly at the viewer. Text between the two versions of Nyx reads "Calamity's Advent" "Volume III"
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
^Excerpt from my piece for Volume Three of Calamity's Advent, a horror and angst themed FE zine. It's an expansion of an idea I had shortly after the first volume and while I've changed a lot of things I'm still quite excited to be releasing it out into the wild soon. (yay)
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Any discussion of necroentomology is, of course, incomplete without mentioning Megalara cylindraceus. Though most well-known for its ecological impact in Archanea, Megalara cylindraceus is nearly ubiquitous, with its larval form found in any world with sufficient ambient divinity. Its growth and met
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
If there's any compelling evidence that I've missed that contradicts the claims I've made in the second half, let me know! The truth can only be obtained through our combined efforts.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I wrote something new (yay). This has consumed me for over a month but I think I've adequately answered the questions I set out to find answer to with it.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
[nonfiction] [fe9] Giffca oddities in Path of Radiance and how they point towards him having replaced Caineghis as a playable character Have you ever noticed that Giffca isn't actually wearing his own outfit when in combat in Path of Radiance? Ever wonder why? raenue.neocities.org/Meta/GiffcaO...
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Giffca Oddities
and how they point towards him having replaced Caineghis as a playable character
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
part two
Azama continues to frown, but his eyebrows are now furrowed. he appears to be unhappy.C: "...How so?
Azama has begun to submerge himself into the hot spring, the water now reaching his mouth.G: "I died, Caineghis. I died after I ran away. I died without explaining anything."
Azama has lowered himself further into the water, everything below his furrowed brows now submerged.G: "Surely that's worth at least some discussion? Surely there are things you want to ask me, to satisfy your obligations to your country if not to satisfy yourself?"
Azama has now nearly fully submerged himself, with only his hair being visible. His expression is hidden, but he seems to be at least somewhat displeased.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
i mcfreakin forgot that i made some promo images for this piece when i first posted it. spoilers for the third chapter i guess?
azama rests alone in an open-air hotspring at night, a content smile on his face. (an image assembled using feh assets)some text is overlaid over the previous image. they are color-coded based off of greil and caineghis, and they appear to be speaking somewhere off-screen
G: "Hey."
C: "Hm?"Azama is now frowning, the quiet night having been interrupted by the other guests. His eyebrows are raised, indicating slight interest towards how the conversation will unfold.G: "I think we need to stop pretending that everything's fine."
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
The cycle is eternal, and we will never escape.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
My most recent Piece. For now. I started writing this, had the thought "this would be more fun to write if it were a story", started writing *that* instead, got stuck a few chapters in, came back to this after a few years and finished it, and now I kinda want to go back and finish the story. ‪
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
[fe tellius][meta] On Matters of Gallian Succession and Cat Powerlevels How *does* Gallia determine who is king? This piece also delves heavily into my headcanoned backstory for Caineghis and Giffca. raenue.neocities.org/Meta/CatPowe...
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Astute viewers may have noticed that this is the piece I alluded to in my comments for Memories Drawn in the Sand. This is a little-known literary technique called "foreshadowing", where objects closer to the camera appear larger. Be sure to use it in your next piece to excite and wow your readers!
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
[fe7][meta] Kishuna What's the deal with Kishuna? Why does he show up where he does? What drives him as a person? raenue.neocities.org/Meta/Kishuna
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Kishuna
What's the deal with Kishuna?
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
I don't have a whole lot for them publicly available anymore, but it's hard to say Giffghis isn't my main pairing. This piece is short, sweet, and to the point (which is to its benefit, of course), but I have some longer ones in mind that might see the light of day sometime this decade :P
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
[fe tellius][giffghis] Retainer Before calling him his shadow, Caineghis used to call Giffca his retainer. On a day that could've been like any other, Giffca learned why and gently persuaded Caineghis to use something else. raenue.neocities.org/Oneshots/Ret...
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Retainer
Before calling him his shadow, Caineghis used to call Giffca his retainer. On a day that could've been like any other, Giffca learned why and gently persuaded Caineghis to use something else.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
I like Frey. Wish he wasn't the canon sacrifice but it gave me enough material to write this so it's not all bad👍 I heard they changed how Ymir looks again when they added him to Heroes. It's bad enough that his ingame and promo art only vaguely remember each other, so I hope it's not too different
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
[fe11/12][frey/ymir] Photon Belt Scenic Route In truth, it so very lonely Though if this is the beginning of a new dawn Perhaps I can believe Frey returns to Altea, though not without having to leave some things behind. raenue.neocities.org/Oneshots/Pho...
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Photon Belt Scenic Route
Frey returns to Altea, though not without having to leave some things behind.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Wrote this for Calamity's Advent, a horror zine. This is probably my favorite piece out of anything I've ever made. I probably won't do a Horror (with a capital H) piece again, but it's a genre I like a lot and it was fun to stretch my wings and see how far I could fly with a character I love.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
[fe7][mature: horror] Drang Renault finds a reason to leave Caelin behind. Or perhaps more accurately, a reason to leave Caelin finds him. raenue.neocities.org/Inspirit/Drang
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Drang
Renault is given a reason to leave Caelin behind.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
ready to address parts of their relationship and parts of themselves that only became apparent after Greil's death. This isn't a fluff piece, but I don't think I've done either of them a disservice either.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
This piece is fourth in a series that centered around making Az/ama miserable... well, that wasn't the primary intention, but it's what the end result often was. Oops. You can skip 1-3 though. This one focused less on him and more on two guys sitting in a hot spring 15 feet apart because they're not
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
[feh][fe tellius][greilghis] Conjunction of Regulus and Algieba Reunited in the Order of Heroes, Caineghis and Greil must come to terms with the ways things have changed and the ways they have not. raenue.neocities.org/Todestrieb/C...
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Conjunction of Regulus and Algieba — Chapter 1: Tepid Waters
Reunited in the Order of Heroes, Caineghis and Greil must come to terms with the ways things have changed and the ways they have not.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
This was also my first time writing an actual animal as a character that other characters are interacting with (hi Hyperion. I bought your merch), so I was stepping pretty far outside of my comfort zone with this one and I think it helped me grow a lot.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
This was written for a gift exchange, and it was an interesting challenge to write two characters I wasn't really familiar with (I have pretty clear memories of sitting in a waiting room scouring over their supports, lol).
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
[fe7][heath/legault] Ride the Wind Heath has spent the past few years bouncing between mercenary companies, but an unexpected visit from Legault might provide him with a more permanent place of employment. raenue.neocities.org/Oneshots/Rid...
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Ride the Wind
Heath has spent the past few years bouncing between mercenary companies, but an unexpected visit from Legault might provide him with a more permanent place of employment.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
He's a very fun character to write since the only thing we know about him are his actions (motivations, personality, etc. generally aren't explained), so it's almost like a puzzle.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Wrote this for a fe7 'theme week' years ago, with the theme for that day being "deserts". I have another piece that goes into it in more depth (and more directly), but this was generally the point where I solidified the idea that Kishuna is working against Nergal (in his own way)
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
[fe7] Memories Drawn in the Sand Kishuna's return to Nabata awakens memories from long ago, memories of the first question he was asked, and memories of the first time he was betrayed. raenue.neocities.org/Inspirit/Mem...
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Memories Drawn in the Sand
Kishuna's return to Nabata awakens memories from long ago, memories of the first question he was asked, and memories of the first time he was betrayed.
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Tales from the depths of Thabes @giffca.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
i've finished setting up my "portfolio" website, wahoo. nothing new (yet), but i'll post some older stuff so this account isn't totally empty raenue.neocities.org
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