In a small camp not far from Stormwind, Jaehana sat with a needle and thread gingerly sewing bright blue pinion feathers onto her pauldron. The feathers were few and precious, difficult to come by, but somehow Gethran had managed. With delicate claws, she poked the needle through the hollow calamus...
I decided I would make the attempt to do Nanowrimo this year — for the uninitiated, that’s National Novel Writing Month. You spend the thirty days of November frantically trying to pound out a novel of 50,000 words or more. I’ve participated in a number of years, but I think...
FFXIV Write / Final Fantasy XIV / Gospel Lightfaith / Writing
by Casual Catte · Published September 3, 2023
FFXIV Write Official LinksRules & Info ♥ Prompt List ♥ #FFxivWrite2023 ♥ kofi This is a make-up day for Day One: Envoy. It should be noted here that the last four-line stanza in a ballade or a sestina are called envoi (or envoy) in poetry. The Lighthouse On a remote island there’s a lighthouseStanding silent vigil...
FFXIV Write / Final Fantasy XIV / Gospel Lightfaith / Writing
by Casual Catte · Published September 2, 2023
FFXIV Write Official LinksRules & Info ♥ Prompt List ♥ #FFxivWrite2023 ♥ kofi “Hard to port, Mister Selbaer, or they’re going to catch us amidships and we’ll all be feeding Leviathan for supper!” At the helm, the swarthy viera gripped the ship’s wheel with both hands, leaning his entire body into veering the ship to...
Gospel It was a social week for our resident paladin-turned-sage as Gospel spent a fair bit of time in the city of Ul’dah. After a chance encounter with the young viera warden, Fiver Waterdown, Gospel found that she had a new goal. In speaking with Fiver, she recalled that the...
Katja We begin the week with our resident firecatte who went into a necromancer’s abandoned laboratory with her friends, Valeria Camena and T’Shira Rihll in the company of the armored familiar, Litany. Together, the four of them scoured Rihad’s abandoned lab for more information on Litany, his past, or any...
FFXIV Fics / Final Fantasy XIV / Gospel Lightfaith / Katja Armitanis / Lafiel Elumenel / Writing
by Casual Catte · Published June 5, 2023
Lafiel Lafiel had a chance encounter with one V’ari Tia, a Seeker of the Sun miqo’te who claimed to be a hunter-adventurer of some sort. Yet, that wasn’t the most interesting thing about the man. No, the most interesting thing about V’ari was that he had with him a Wind...
Every month or so, the Final Fantasy XIV fan community gets together to celebrate the various races of Hydaelyn. This month happens to be a festival of Elezen! And do I have the perfect candidate for some elezen revelry! So, enjoy the month ahead as you get to enjoy an...
FFXIV Custom Songs / Final Fantasy XIV / Lafiel Elumenel / Writing
by Casual Catte · Published May 18, 2023
Songs of a Nightingale are custom song lyrics written for other characters by Lafiel. These are all original poems hand-crafted to the individual by the Player behind Lafiel, namely me, Casual Catte. All rights are reserved, except to the commissioners of these songs whom all have full rights to copy,...
FFXIV Fics / Final Fantasy XIV / Katja Armitanis / Lafiel Elumenel / Writing
by Casual Catte · Published May 18, 2023
Katja In the aftermath of the trial-at-sea, the use of so much aether left our resident firecatte laid up at home while she recuperated her aether. Carefully watched over by her friend, Valeria Camena, as well as her Doman paramour, Tora’a Honi, she was as well-tended as she could be....
FFXIV Fics / Final Fantasy XIV / Katja Armitanis / Lafiel Elumenel / Writing
by Casual Catte · Published May 10, 2023
Katja This week was started off with our friendly, neighborhood firecatte as she continued to delve into the records in Ul’dah, still searching for clues as to the identity of the mysterious Litany. This time, she was assisted by her two best friend, Valeria Camena and T’Shira Rihll. The trio...
