Day 14: Arena I will be here for a while, it seems... #hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

Day 13: Heat TOO HOT, TOO HOT! #hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

Day 12: Mirage In a land where thought births life, a lone Hrothgar contemplates the nature of his own paint, guided by artists of eld. Is it any less real than the tricks of light the Ancient night sky paints into his conscious? #hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

Day 11: Frontier One shall never forget the senseless carnage of the Battle of Ghimlyt. He never would, having seen the suffering not only of his allies, but also his closest friends. #hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

Day 10: Resonance This takes me back - my very first screenshot. I wasn't planning on starting XIV for a while, but once I saw you could play a #hrothgar, it resonated with me. Never regretted it. Presenting myself as one may as well have changed my life for the better. #hrothtober #hrothtober2025

Day 9: Sunrise Being the result of reflecting past adventures, Solar Bahamut marks a milestone in Vertyl's summoning abilities. The destructive primal Bahamut finally turned into a beacon of hope, promising anyone who sees it a next sunrise. #hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

Day 8: Guard When you have spent all your life putting up walls, conjuring great shields, draping yourself in loneliest, blackest nights, you may not know a life without. Yet for some, it is worth putting your guard down. #hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar 🐻 @ferronaut.bsky.social 🦁

Day 7: Ascend Seraphism is the pinnacle of Nymian expertise, and despite its sacred appearance just another tool in a Scholar's arsenal. #hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

Day 6: Twilight "Tell me... Do you ever feel a strange sadness as dusk falls? They say it's the only time we can feel the lingering regrets of spirits who have left our world. That is why loneliness always pervades the hour of twilight..." #hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

Day 5: Soul Having travelled all across the Source in search of a soul, this Hrothgar finally found one beyond the veil on the First. Seriously, it was hard to find any environmental bread. How is this connected to "soul"? It's a pastry, look it up! #hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

Day 4: Twin The Moon Flute reveals to me my own likeness. You Doppelgänger, you pale companion! Why do you mimic my BLUsickness, That tormented me at this place For so many nights in the past? - H. Heine (kinda) #hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar Many thanks to @jakovfrostiasch.bsky.social !

Day 3: Phantom They say if you stare long enough into the void, it will stare back. Sometimes, that void is the feared Catburglar - Phantom Thief of your heart. #hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

Day 2: Legacy We think of Legacy as a grand remnant of our very existence. And yet I'd ask you to ponder the smaller 'legacies' you're leaving every day. The small nothings invoking joyful 'somethings', however long. #hrothtober Big thanks to my handsome models @ryotoya.bsky.social and Aureys! ❤️

The last three years have been very eye-opening to me in terms of self-discovery and -acceptance. Thinking on that, I'm in awe of how many people were involved in shaping me who I am today, actively or in the background. I'm a gay furry, and proud of it. Both of those are integral to who I am.

Day 1: Greetings There's many ways to make yourself known, but most of them start with a "heyho", "ohokaliy", "greetings", "lahee" or even "meowdy". Rare is a message as powerful as pushing up your glasses, however. Silent and immediate in establishing oneself. Incidentally, my first #Hrothtober!

I hate overhearing customers at work sometimes. This comes from a place of privilege, but hearing everything that's happening over there being discussed here is... Unsettling. I kept a certain distance through online interactions, but seeing my fears discussed irl is a whole different matter.

I usually don't keep up with the Emmys, but I'm so glad Andor got one for one of its tightest episodes. Such a relevant and extremely well-made show I don't get tired of praising from a very unsuspecting place. I sincerely wish more people gave it a go, in spite of the franchise it belongs to.

It makes me sad to see AI content about... anything really, but especially about things that exemplify "art". E.g. anyone who's generated stuff about Expedition 33, a narrative so obsessed with art, artistic expression and the very real soul of the artist poured into their work, missed the point.

🧵1/5 Throughout his journey as the Warrior of Light, Vertyl has donned many different roles and styles. He had always been a strategist and thinker, wielding arcanima to harm and heal, expanding his prowess in the ways of the Summoner and Scholar later on. All while wearing a stylish Lominsan coat.

It's always this same moment when the fun ends and my sunrises begin. Should I be satisfied I had a good time, or lament that it's so fleeting? Complaining doesn't feel fair to anyone. I just wish it had a lasting impact on me. At least it gives me something to be excited about for the next day.

As a DM it's incredibly satisfying to work on characters with your players and nudge them in the right directions for character concepts/arcs they themselves would be interested in. I know this topic or theme is on your mind, so embrace it! Explore it! Go wild! Let me traumatise you with it!

A lot has happened for me these last two weeks since I started posting, and this is only the beginning. Still, I want to thank everyone I've met (or in a way, re-met) and interacted with recently for showing me not only kindness and support, but also a new perspective on things. So, thank y'all. :3

I'm very rarely mad about specific glam options being locked to certain roles, but you can't tell me this Scouting chestpiece isn't perfect as high-level SCH gear! If it was dyable I could even keep my wine red colours, the gold accents are already there!

The wonderful @timidcafe.bsky.social gave me quite the adorable interpretation of my Hrothgar, first time I've ever commissioned him and I couldn't be giddier about it. Thank you, fren! ❤️

It's fascinating to me how the same thing can mean so many different things to people. Even just games - if I asked someone if they played FFXIV it might be a nice side-thing to them, for others it's a significant part of their freetime and social structure. Even with industry-defining classics.

There's something to be said about not only feeling overwhelmed by your gaming backlog as is common, but on top of that being faced with the required commitment of mostly having RPGs on that list which take at least 60h to beat... And replaying other 100h-RPGs instead, including ever-relevant MMOs.

Gosh, I'm terrible at this whole social media thing. Time to actually make a post and stop lurking. Hello World!