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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

catching dug up on dawntrail because he's the middle child and doing arcadion bro does nothing gets four comms

chat log of final fantasy fourteen depicting four individual commendations being given in the chat window

Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I've been collecting poetry for 8 years and some change for my characters. I couldn't possibly pick a favorite for any individual character- But I can for all of them at once. "Initiation Song from the Finders' Lodge" by Ursula LeGuin.

"Initiation Song from the Finders' Lodge" by Ursula LeGuin.
Please bring strange things.
Please come bringing new things.
Let very old things come into your hands.
Let what you do not know come into your eyes.
Let desert sand harden your feet.
Let the arch of your feet be the mountains.
Let the paths of your fingertips be your maps
and the ways you go be the lines on your palms.
Let there be deep snow in your inbreathing
and your outbreath be the shining of ice.
May your mouth contain the shapes of strange words.
May you smell food cooking you have not eaten.
May the spring of a foreign river be your navel.
May your soul be at home where there are no houses.
Walk carefully, well loved one,
walk mindfully, well loved one,
walk fearlessly, well loved one.
Return with us, return to us,
be always coming home.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

love it when games let dug stand in his proper spot next to sif @drunkbard.bsky.social (back and to the left) don't mind shadowheart. god's special little princess just wanted to be involved

Sif stands in the foreground, her arms crossed. Dugald stands in his proper place behind her and to the left.
He looks very tired.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

and a second, just a test, screenshot for the sake of figuring out posing the flying particles

A raen woman, Amesha, flying with assistance from her nouliths. The PoV is behind her with the sun dramatically casting a shadow around her.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

when a weapon farm sends me out to do fates for atmas, it gives me flashbacks and makes me equip black mage with the intention to burn down everything i see. #shroudandsands #gpose #ffxiv

Two duskwight women stand in a night scene. They are the same woman but in opposing outfits.
The one on the left wears a bright, pure white outfit with glowing green crystals. She holds a staff of white, gold, and blue. It is lightless.
The one on the right wears a dark, deep black outfit with glowing purple crystals and flames. She holds a staff of black, red, and purples. It glows with a wicked aura.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

A lot of my febhyurary shots consisted of me editing out disembodied dug heads. I saved all of them for comedy purposes.

A hyuran man jumping off a cliff into water below. A disembodied head of the same man stares directly at the camera with no expression.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Defining me, Motherfolk. It's been in his playlist for so long... Though it was hard to choose between this and a few others that have always been dear to me.

A hyuran man sits atop a grave as four other identical hyuran men wait around him, looking away from him and the camera.
From left to right: A man in a brass blade uniform looks forlornly downwards with his arms folded in his lap. A man obscured except for a black mask and closed eyes. A man in a wood wailer uniform, his hand holding the mask covering his eyes as he looks downwards. A man in an outfit typical of a lominsan rogue, his eyes just barely out of frame as he casually leans backwards.

Two verses from "Defining Me" by Motherfolk reading:

I'm not sanctified and I'm not free
There's no love that's come to rescue me
Bend my heart and even break my knees
But it's these chains that are defining me

Sin is all I've been able to wield
It's been my sword and even been my shield
And death O' death is my only home
A grave so familiar I could call it my own

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

continued testing for action shots and figuring out how to do the fancy border thing. also want to do more things with ice particles but lighting is hell. #shroudandsands #gpose #ffxiv

A duskwight woman in armor and bearing a greatsword made of ice squares off against a stone golem. The sword extends off the frame of the image as she winds up a swing while recovering.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

i spend too much time in mspaint and learned to use photoshop to make hasty photoshop memes of mine and other people's ocs. a thread.

sif declaring her life's intent of "Don't let another person ruin your day, ruin your own damn day instead."

rhuli'a kanjun as depicted in "Hello, fellow kids" moment

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

4 mutuals + 4 gpose my problem is i didn't really start taking screenshots until this year. so we're literally going from december 2024 forward- oops. i'm where memes go to die. i end the email chain. my bloodline ends with me. that is to say i'm not tagging anyone. if you see it and wanna. go nuts.

A duskwight woman standing in the woods at night. She bears a glowing white-gold cane and a glowing greatsword of ice while she looks angrily towards something off screen.

A hyuran woman and raen woman hug each other tightly. Neither woman's face is visible, both of them burying their faces into each other.

A hyuran man stands at the base of a structure, appraising its height. His boot rests against the base while he rests a hand on the wall itself.

A hyuran man carries a lalafellin woman on his arm. He looks at her with a questioning expression while she looks at him with an expression of nonchalance.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Dug - The theme of a recurring wandering enemy. Worn out, unimpressive, old acoustic guitars... that transition into something each time you encounter him. Let's pretend he's that cool. Easy: Battle Theme #1 - Yasunori Nishiki Challenging: Wind Fang - Chikayo Fukuda Dire: Vagrant Zaveid - Gō Shiina

A hyuran man sits on a hitching post, staring out into a Turali town. His hands are folded in his lap as he seemingly waits for someone.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

wanted to do something with the idol outfit. ended up just taking this in the yard. #shroudandsands

A Raen woman dressed in an outfit that mimics an idol. It is dyed a deep metallic blue on the highlights and is black everywhere else. It is dark and she is lit from behind by candlelight. Her eyes are cut off by the top of the frame while she holds a peace sign in front of a slight smile towards the camera.
Her legs are crossed with one foot pointed towards the camera.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

#Febhyurary 28 Wilds. #shroudandsands #gpose #ffxiv i didn't like what rise did to horn but the bugs were cool.

A hyuran man wearing armor styled after Monster Hunter World's Odogaron armor is falling towards a distant ground. He extends out his left hand to throw a Wirebug from Monster Hunter Rise to catch himself.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Sif & Dug. Smush their names together until it sounds bad. Sounds like either a disease or an insult. That's their other ship name. Sug.

A hyuran woman grips the railing of a metal fence cage in the foreground. She is visibly winded. Just behind her is a hyuran man, in the air, in the midst of drop kicking her while she isn't looking.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

#Febhyurary 26 Fantasia. #shroudandsands #gpose #ffxiv forbidden lore is that dug started as a lalafell which then became my girl Sonono while he became Some Guy.

A hyuran man confusedly stares and points at a lalafellin woman who is resting on his arm. She smiles down at him with a hand out mid-shrug.
They share the same deep green eye color, but little else.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

#Febhyurary 25 Dawn. #shroudandsands #gpose #ffxiv sorry hani, this is the real reason dug wanted to go to tural.

A hyuran man looks up at an exceedingly tall stone tower, shielding his eyes from the sun.

He's now at the top. The sun has barely moved in the sky.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

ma'am ma'am ma'am you come in here and drop this and you do this to me

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

#Febhyurary 16 Squad. #shroudandsands #gpose #ffxiv This is another gif-test so here's my tumblr link www.tumblr.com/shroudandsan...

A hyuran man sits on a grave. His back is to the camera, his head entirely out of frame. The sun is rising off screen. A black mask sits on the grave beside him. It faces towards him.

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Shroud&Sands (Newt) @wintrywanderer.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

#Febhyurary 12 Journey. #shroudandsands #gpose #ffxiv it's a gif so i'm linking to my tumblr so you can see how it's supposed to look. shroudandsands.tumblr.com/post/7752996...

A not-gif (because this website doesn't support gifs) of a hyuran man in various times interacting with a signpost. First he's on the left side of the sign jumping and hitting the sign post with his right hand. Second he's sitting off to the right side of it, leaned back on it while he covers his eyes. Third he's standing to the right of it while beckoning to someone off screen. Fourth, he's to the left of the sign post and looking towards the camera. He beckons to the viewer to join him on the road heading off towards the left.

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