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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 11h

HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE LIMIT BREAK QUEST WHERE YOU SHIT YOURSELF LMFAO

Alxaal: There was a man out on the docks who claimed he could teach me new battle arts. But he would only agree on the condition that I retrieved for him a damselfly worm, an apron, and a magicked skull. I don't suppose you've met anyone on your travels who's made such queer requests?

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 11h

tried on a different hair on nag and. hough

Nag'molada with a slightly more accurate undercut with wisps of hair framing his face. He's sneering at the viewer.

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 08/10/2026

the sunken cost fallacy has to pay off eventually, right

I've been waiting for this duty for 172 minutes

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 08/10/2026

also it's super obvious they repurposed an elezen head and just glued hyur ears on because of how fucked up it looks without hair lmao

Side view of Leofard's head model with noticeable normal map problems from where the original ear holes were closed in to accommodate Hyur ears

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 07/10/2026

i'm enjoying playing scholar currently but because i'm doing it as nag'molada i just feel like this image

[FFXIV Scholar soyjack meme accompanied by Eos and various mathematical equations and diagrams]

Why am I laughing? Apologies, my static member. It's just as a SCH main, these unoptimized actions of yours...well, I find them to be amusing

What's that? A free sample of your crafter's new tinctures of intelligence (HQ)? Not necessary. I've already calculated my gold parse in my head I'm not sure if you were aware thst Art of War (rendered an the auto-translated version) is a gain on 2 (two)

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 06/10/2026

this is my fourth time going through dawntrail and i just discovered that when you first arrive in mamook there's a nameless mamool ja npc you can chase around a house that progressively gets more and more annoyed with you lmfao

Screenshot of me as Nag'molada harassing a Mamool Ja lady in Mamook in FFXIV. A dialogue bubble above her head reads "Stop following me."

The Mamool Ja saying "What do you want?"

The Mamool Ja saying "Don't you listen?"

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 06/10/2026

i remember why i memory holed these quests now

Templeton: So cold...so cold...so bloody godsdamned COLD! Oh, I apologize for that unsightly outburst. It is just that it is so gods. Damned. Bloody. COLD! Oh, there I go again. Perhaps it is this nasty temper that has condemned me to a life of frozen privies and a shriveled sack.

Templeton: Why, if this isn't a neatly tied bundle of lumber scraps! And just as I was beginning to feel the old sack tighten another notch!

Templeton: The Skyways cannot expect a man to risk life and limb guarding priceless crafting materials with his stones drawn up all the way into his belly, now, can they? Your selfless generosity has ensured the safety of the facilities for another turn of the sun...or at least until the lumber scraps are gone.

The quest I'm on called "An Empty Sack Cannot Hang Downright". This was entirely an excuse to assault me with nutsack jokes.

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 06/10/2026

methuli cattlan the hard implies the existence of a methuli cattlan the flaccid

Methuli Cattlan the Hard from FFXIV. He's a green-skinned bipedal bird person with red horns wearing leather Mad Max-type armor.

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 04/10/2026

i know that's not the meaning they're going for but this fucking line just obliterated me

Skaetswys: Now listen up! Arcade and I will storm U'Ghamaro from the fore and create a diversion. Gi Gu─ye'll sneak into the workshop the back way and put Zo Ga's new furnace out of commission. Yer fruitcake of a friend Ba Go should be able to furnish us with the tools for the task, aye?

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 04/10/2026

hey man do you think you can you back up a little

Render of Kam'lanaut and Nag'molada from FFXI in the Archduke's chambers in Ru'lude Gardens, likely sometime during the Shadowreign era. The composition is overall very warm and intimate, with soft lighting coming from the desk lamps in the bedroom. Kam'lanaut is leaning over Nag'molada and pointing out something in the book he's reading as the latter is looking down and blushing profusely as beads of sweat roll down his face. Atlana help this man.

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 02/10/2026

found the artwork i was talking about. you can’t even tell it’s meant to be him because the image is so compressed lmfaooo

Artwork from the Vana’diel Tribune article “Kam’lanaut, Hero of the Masses” of Kam’lanaut rallying the Jeunoan forces against the beastmen horde as Nag’molada stands behind him. Illustration by Mitsuhiro Arita.

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 02/10/2026

i have a bunch of shit in this scene from other projects that are currently disabled so they don't end up in the final render and

Render of Costco Hotdog/Cosceau Hoddogue, an Elvaan man with warm brown skin and shoulder-length silver hair from FFXI, in the future outfit seen in Rapsodies of Vana'diel. He now sports a crown of horns on his head in the same style as Odzmanouk's, as well as black scales bordering his hairline and covering his forehead. He's resting his left hand against the leather pouch at his waist and holds his lance in his right. Nag'molada is inside him. (Not like that. Unfortunately.)

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 02/10/2026

logically i know what this arcanist icon is supposed to be conveying but for years all i could see was the wretched beast on the right

Intentionally crude illustration of a green quadrupedal animal with long rabbitlike ears and a fluffy tail sitting on his hindquarters and looking to the right. It has a comically oversized snout that is upturned in a goofy smile and makes it look closer to a frog or a Homestar Runner character.

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 01/10/2026

me seeing people on the timeline trying to install ffxi for the free trial

James Franco's character from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs standing in the gallows with a noose tied around his neck saying "First time?"

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 30/09/2026

the bg wiki lists off some other useful qol plugins in the new player guide if i’m not mistaken so go check them out. make the game less cock and ball torture for yourself. please if you buy the full game, pull up a video guide for chains of promathia mission 3-3. all my homies hate mission 3-3.

The BG Wiki page for Parradamo Tor, the infamous mountain from that obnoxious Chains of Promathia MSQ side mission. The embedded image is captioned “Everyone hates this mountain”

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 30/09/2026

incredibly messy mouse doodle but do we see the vision

Digital sketch of a Zilart character from FFXI. They have warm brown skin and light blonde hair tied into a side braid that covers their face as well as two smaller braids covered in thread wrappings tucked behind their left ear. They have an asymmetrical red face tattoo under their left eye and the right half of their face is seemingly replaced with the white webbing-like material that Promyvion is comprised of. Their missiing eye has been replaced with a glowing light blue orb, similar to the memory receptacles. Their attire is similar to that worn by members of the Armathrwn Society.

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 30/09/2026

if you're still adding folks, my name is charlie and i make fanart and 3D renders!

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grym 🧬 whispers of the hole @grymnoire.vanadiel.network · 28/09/2026

further lineart progress. we've got proper wings now. cube.

FireAlpaca workspace of a digital illustration of a keychain design featuring Nag'molada from FFXI. He's holding the baptismal vessel cube in his right hand while reaching towards the viewer with his left. Promathia's wings and halo are visible behind him and the text prompt from Promathia's resurrection cutscene is overlaid on top, reading "Do you wish to learn the truth? [Yes./No.]" The halo's colour has been corrected to be light pink and a stylized magic glow is visible around Nag'molada's right hand. The flat colour layer has been toggled off for visibility.

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