Ahoy mateys! This week we're back to catch up on current events, including Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest! Have you been following along with the announcements? What are you excited about? (Please only respond if you’re comfortable with us reading your answer on air, thanks! 🩶💚)

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This should be fun! I definitely have a headcanon for how Thalcon relates to a good number of NPCs in the game, and for those I haven't thought about yet, it'll be a fun thought exercise!

Aww, Moenbryda 🥺 Thalcon felt very lucky to have known her, though he wishes their friendship hadn't been cut short. He will never forget her sacrifice and is glad their paths crossed.

Aymeric and Thalcon developed a very close bond! Although things never got romantic between them, Aymeric is very near and dear to Thalcon's hearts, and any time they see each other again it's like no time has passed at all.

Rammbroes is actually one I hadn't thought about before! Honestly, Thalcon is indebted to Rammbroes - without him, he never would have met G'raha. I also think he would have a lot of respect for Rammbroes for his commitment to his work.

This should be fun! I definitely have a headcanon for how Thalcon relates to a good number of NPCs in the game, and for those I haven't thought about yet, it'll be a fun thought exercise!

I made a pilgrimage to bask in the presence of Lvl 1 before the emergency hotfixes send our beloved doe to the aetherial sea 🦌😭

Tales of Adventure are on sale…do I finally make my Azem?!?!

Are we human? or

I’ve recently gotten some mounts that have been a long time coming, thanks to 100 Frontline victories and saving up 4,000,000 MGP!

Friendly yearly reminder to check your children's candy! You never know what horrible things you might find!

I always seem to rotate between tanking jobs, and lately I’ve been in the mood for WAR. To go with the level 99 artifact armor, Thalcon’s got some red highlights in his hair - the first pop of color in a while, after usually going for a solid color (typically black). The Tuliyollal sunrise was 🤩

TMW you're the only Au Ra in the party

Getting ready for All Saints’ Wake with a frightful vampire glamour!

Okay, you have to pretend that he's wearing the Ancient robes, and that it's in Elpis and not Gridania, but I played around in the character creator and THIS is definitely what Thalcon looked like as Azem! I did some photo editing so that he could have a golden beard to be like Thalcon's scales.

I wanted to do something to freshen up my GNB glamour, and then this helm dropped from San d’Oria earlier in the week and I felt it fit quite nicely!

I’ll return to my regular Thalcon posts of glamour and stuff soon (including adventures in Cosmic Exploration!) but now I’m going to get back to the game before I start crying thinking about the tragedy of Rashdeen and Erdene 😭 This is basically the ultimate Thalcon lore post for anyone interested

Okay, my heart breaks thinking about these two precious folks that Thalcon will never get to meet 🥺 His late, dear parents who loved him more than anything in the world - Rashdeen bin Pashe and Erdene Malaguld!

Au Ra lore/headcanon question - I originally imagined both Thalcon’s parents to be Raen, with the parent from the Azim Steppe being from the Malaguld tribe since they accept Raen, but if a Raen and a Xaela have a child, would horn and scale color be something passed on with dominant/recessive genes?

So, in The Rising quest line this year, the little miqo’te girl mentions being from an orphanage which is later revealed to be called Llymlaen's Shoals, which is run by a former Sanguine Siren. So, that’s now officially part of Thalcon’s backstory, since he was an orphan growing up in Limsa!

Thalcon feels deeply connected to dragons as well, and so I think my new headcanon is that his Thavnairan parent might have been part of the Radiant Host 🤩

I approve of this 🐉🏳️‍🌈

I had said when Tales of Adventure were on sale I might splurge for the sake of having an Azem to run around Elpis with, and it seems wasteful but I’m tempted because they’re currently on sale 🫣 I feel like outside of the restraints of the Fanbyte model viewer I could do even better

I won’t go into detail until after The Rising is over, but there was a small detail in the quest dialogue that added the slightest bit of world building that fits perfectly with Thalcon’s backstory, and it made the quest resonate more with me when I noticed it 🤩

I’m really proud of how my new house has come together! I put this video together to show it off - presenting “Dragon’s Doma,” my new desert Doman getaway in the heart of The Goblet 🏯🏜️ #ffxivhousing

After a very long time of trying to upgrade from a Small to a Medium, I finally won! It’s Lot 12 in The Goblet, right near Sultana’s Breath. The Goblet may not be a popular neighborhood, but I’ve enjoyed living there and look forward to spending time in my new house!

The only thing I changed about my Sage glamour was the Maritime top and a different hairstyle, and suddenly Thalcon is giving K-pop idol vibes 🤩

This Moonfire Faire is the best one ever, and the ship just needs to stay in Costa del Sol year round 🤩

THE BEST GAL

Love The O.C.

I feel like Thalcon would always feel a little modest about being the Warrior of Light, while also taking his duty very seriously. He realizes that his blessings make him uniquely suited to be a protector of the world, and as a bit of an overachiever tends to put helping others ahead of himself.

Spoiler free post! Love the new shirts you can get at the Gold Saucer, so decided to make a new glamour and go with white hair for the first time - it’s giving “Final Fantasy XIV featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry Series”

This is just a courtesy announcement for which I thank you in advance, and I will also be sure to not share anything about 7.3 for a good while (though I’m going to do the MSQ tonight!)

Mine maybe isn’t too far fetched, but in my headcanon, Thalcon WAS Azim the Dawn Father. Of course, the game’s canon hints that Azem was likely the inspiration for Azim, but I believe that they were one and the same. Azem created the Raen, and that’s why he reincarnated as Thalcon.

✨ #WoLQuestion | #WoLQoTD ✨ What is your wildest headcanon about your WoL or OC that would probably never be confirmed to be canon?

I was brushing up on Auri history, and forgot that most Azim Steppe tribes are Xaela - but the Malaguld are “one of the only tribes that accepts people of the Raen—those that have been exiled or those who have fled persecution—into their circle.” I feel like that still works for Thalcon’s heritage!

I’m curious at what point the Xaela clans formed - were Raen ever part of them? Also, if a Raen and a Xaela have a child, would there be a predominant horn color? I had always thought that one of Thalcon’s parents would have been from the Azim Steppe, but now I might be realizing otherwise! 😱

✨ #WoLQuestion | #WoLQoTD ✨ Au Ra, what clan from the Azim Steppe is your WoL from and why? If they weren't born in the Azim Steppe, which one would they be? Non-Au Ra are free to participate too - which clan would your WoL fit in?

This is Thalcon! On the left is his original look, playing as a Warrior, which was an early main job of his. On the right is him now, with his main job of Sage. Thalcon’s story basically follows the canon story, so I mostly post screenshots here, but sometimes share about his lore!

Limsa Lominsa was my starting city, and although the opening cutscene presumes you are arriving in your starting city for the first time, my headcanon is that Thalcon grew up in Limsa. Although he lives in The Goblet now, Limsa will always feel like home to him.

As his life as the WoL takes him all over, Thalcon practices ethical non-monogamy (with G’raha’s blessing). He doesn’t act on it much (though Urianger has been a longtime cuddle buddy who, in my headcanon, is GREAT at making out 😘) So far, the only other person he’s in love with is Deryk ☺️

Yes! My first WoL was Draven Nightscale, a Dark Knight. In my canon, they were both orphans growing up in the streets of Limsa Lominsa, and thus were given similar names by the pirates who named them. After the events of Stormblood, Draven retired in Ishgard and gave his greatsword to Thalcon.

Forgive me (or don't), but I had to recreate it in game 🐴

G’raha is an All-Rounder, and Thalcon has mastered every job - and as far as the gear…LOOK AT HIM 😍 So I’d say he’d feel pretty comfortable 😅

Although others may dismiss G’raha’s feelings for Thalcon as hero worship, Thalcon knows that G’raha truly believes in him no matter what - and he finds strength in this. He finds G’raha to be brilliant beyond measure, a wise old soul who is also an adorable bundle of youthful energy.

Thalcon is often away from G’raha a lot of the time, but he is always on his mind and in his heart, and part of what helps being in a long-distance relationship is thinking about how excited G’raha will be to hear about all his adventures 😻

Thalcon isn’t sure! He was sadly orphaned as an infant when his parents were on a merchant boat from Thavnair that got caught in a terrible storm. When the shipwreck was found near Limsa Lominsa, he was the only survivor. 😢 I wonder if he may have siblings somewhere out there?

Hey all you Warriors of Light who live inside my phone! I haven’t posted for a while, so I thought I’d share what Thalcon’s been up to!