Crystal Exarch Week 2025!

thinking about him

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I love this fuckass cat so much
#grahatia #crystalexarch

A proud daughter of the Crystarium

#ffxiv #ffxivart #art

keep feeding y'all with unfinished old things
#ffxivart #ffxiv #crystalexarch

Soren sitting at her desk in the pendants, the Everlasting Light shining painfully brightly through the window. She hunches over slightly, crying - tears an odd pearly white.

The Exarch looking at the WoL in the Mt Gulg cutscene right after his hood comes off, a pained but kind expression on his face.

Soren kneeling on the ground of the summit, a pained expression on her face as she shouts. She reaches forward towards the Exarch. Radiant blue light emanates from around her to mimic the cutscene where the light nearly overtakes the WoL.

#ExarchWeek2025 Day 6 - Sacrifice

Finally adapting an entry I wrote the day after I first finished Mt. Gulg and defeated Innocence.

(Story below 🧵)

#shadowbringers #RahaKahzu #MtGulg #wolexarch #SorenPlaysShB #ffxiv #gpose #SorenEdits

#ExarchWeek2025 Day 7 - Crystal

One of the last moments they had before the crystal overtook him.

(I'm cheating and reposting this bc I love this photo, and bc I won't have much time for more cooking this week - but I CANT WAIT TO POST MORE WOLEXARCH WHEN I HAVE MORE TIME!)

#gpose

And last but not least, my #ExarchWeek2025 page is live on my website, collecting up all the posts so far in a more story-like view!

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#ExarchWeek2025 Day 5 - Interrupted

Another scene I'd started, but needed a push to finish. Takes place a few days after the "Reunion" prompt events!

Part 1/3 🧵

Soren -- V'kahzu -- had laid awake late into the night...

#ffxivwriters #gpose #wolexarch #wolgraha #RahaKahzu #SorenPlaysShB

#satoraha #wolgraha #ExarchWeek2025

Day 7: Crystal

Due to his crystallization, the seams where crystal meets flesh are extremely sensitive. As an effect of this he has frequent flare ups and pain.

For a lifetime this was all he knew.

Until a certain someone taught him it doesn't need to be so⬇️

Today is the last day of #ExarchWeek2025!! That, however doesn’t mean you can’t post about any of the prompts after this!

Today’s prompts:

SFW - Crystal
NSFW - Climax

Alisaie and Soren sit at a brightly-lit table in Musica Universalis. Alisaie laughs, as she moves from one thought to another, "...and what of the Exarch? I was of the understanding he keeps mostly to himself, but YOU seem to have coaxed him out for regular walks around the garden!" Soren responds animatedly, "All I did was mention how much I enjoyed hearing Bragi's folk tales, and not a day passed before the Exarch was knocking LITERALLY at my door to see if I would be interested in hearing more tales of Norvrandt!"

The viewpoint changes to now focus on Soren, with Alisaie out of focus in the foreground, with the bar area in the background. Alisaie responds, "I would think he has more pressing matters to attend to, but I suppose she (lowers her voice) vaunted Warrior of Darkness is worth a bit of extra effort... even if it looks - and sounds - like a *date*." Soren grins and waves her hand back at Alisaie, "Hey, shush!.... she pauses, "Though now that you say it, I mean, he does have quite a nice voice, I can't help but wonder what his eyes look like under that hood - Alisaie don't look at me like that! You're thinking it too!" She devolves into soft, giggly laughter.

The scene changes to the Exarch, standing in the ocular. He is holding his face, a few tears dripping from behind his cloak. "Oh, Soren..." he groans.

The Exarch is looking at the Ocular portal mirror, which shows an image of Alisaie and Soren talking at the table as seen from above. He continues saying "I would give the world and more to simply lay this secret bare..."

Back on my "posting at insane hours" bullshit! >:D

#ExarchWeek2025 Day 4 - Secrets

This takes place sometime not long after returning night to Il Mheg.

#gpose #wolexarch #RahaKahzu #SorenPlaysShB #ffxiv #crystalexarch #alisaie

Today is day 6 of #ExarchWeek2025! Prompts are:

SFW - Sacrifice
NSFW - Bondage

#satoraha #wolgraha #ExarchWeek2025

Day 6: Sacrifice

These shots are more symbolic. A chilling testament of just how willing G'raha was in sacrificing himself for the cause, to give his very life for the Warrior of Light, for you.

And how my WoL, Y'sato felt about the mere idea of it.

⬇️

#SatoVN #wolgraha #ExarchWeek2025

Day 5: Interrupted

While offering his blood for the spirit vessels, the Exarch, working tirelessly as he was, promptly fainted.

Y'sato took him to his suite, his love still fatigued from the fainting spell so he might regain his strength.

1/7📖⬇️

Hey everyone! I was sick most of today so it’s a very late day 5 of #ExarchWeek2025!

NSFW and SFW prompt today: Interrupted!

Soren and Lyna sitting together looking up at the Crystal Tower, silently side by side.

(3/3)

And so they sat, and simply watched the stars and the inky black sky wheel behind the Crystal Exarch, standing vigil over them both.

Soren looks into the distance from where she sits, surprised.

Soren, out of focus in the foreground, looks towards Lyna who is walking towards her from the center of the Crystarium plaza in front of the Ocular entrance.

Soren smiles wanly at Lyna, who has joined her in sitting on the stairs.

She kept her distance for a while, but knew far too well exactly what was going through Soren's mind. The Exarch was her family, after all, more than anyone else. That grief of loss, contradicted by the joy blooming in another world entirely, could not simply be erased. When Lyna finally decided to approach Soren one evening, she simply cleared her throat gently, and Soren's attention rapidly snapped away from the tower. Soren offered her but a wan smile and a pat on the stair beside her, and Lyna sighed in relief. Neither of them had the words - not yet.

(2/3)

#RahaKahzu #SorenPlaysShB #ffxiv #ffxivwriters

Soren sitting on the steps of the crystarium with a pained expression on her face, looking upwards towards the crystal tower.

While the Scions recuperated, bodies and souls intact once more, SSoren found she needed time barely afforded to her to process the torrent of emotions in her heart. That was one thing the First could still afford her - was time. A functional time pocket that she could still pop away to. Many, many nights she sat on the steps outside the Crystarium and simply gazed up at the tower. Where she knew he was still standing - and would, forever. She knew she had to take this time - to allow for the contradiction. Of both having... and not. Lyna had not taken long to notice the pattern.

Hopefully this one isn't too far off prompt, but it's a scene I've been thinking of for some time, and wanted to share it.

#ExarchWeek2025 - Family

"The Exarch was her family, after all, more than anyone else. That grief of loss... could not simply be erased."

#SorenLore #Lyna #ffxiv #gpose

The Crystal Exarch walks towards Soren's door at the Pendants. "I know her recovery has been going well, but I can't help but feel compelled to check in and ensure she is alright..."

A view of the Exarch's back, gently lit by the lamp. "...and she is all I can think about, despite the work that lies ahead of me."

With a trembling hand, the Exarch hesitates to knock on her door. From behind the door, a gentle rustling and muttering can be heard.

The Exarch steps away, shocked - hand uncurling from being about to knock, as Soren cries out a muffled noise from inside.

#ExarchWeek2025

Day 2: Voyeur... even if not the original intent >u>

Sweet dreams, Soren~

(1/3 --> 🧵)

#wolexarch #wolgraha #RahaKahzu #ffxiv #gpose #gposers #crystalexarch #grahatia

#grahatia #crystalexarch #ExarchWeek2025

Day 4: Secrets

There are secrets within the very depths of the Crystal Tower even the Exarch doesn't fully understand.

Hey all! Today is day 4 of #ExarchWeek2025! (I forgot the tag yesterday, oops.) Today’s prompts are:

SFW - Secrets
NSFW - Sensory

#ExarchWeek2025 Day 1: Reunion

Bonus

#MeteorRaha | #HiroRaha |
#Wolgraha | #Grahatia | #Gpose

#ExarchWeek2025 Day 1: Reunion

'Raha'

A gentle smile and his name was all it took for Warrior of Light to break down the walls the Exarch had built around his heart for 100 years.

#MeteorRaha | #HiroRaha |
#Wolgraha | #Grahatia | #Gpose

Happy Day 3 of Exarch Week! Today’s prompts are:

SFW - Family
NSFW - Marks

The full #gpose set as well <3

Credit to Tjantacle for the pose "Pinkie Love" this was just to die for!

I really wanted to fit it all in one post, I hope that wasn't a mistake for legibility. Here's the full set, one photo at a time!

Cutscene screenshots from the Shadowbringers end credits. The Crystal Exarch narrates "As aether obeys the cycle as death and decay gives way to new life, so too do the memories we share inspire others to rise to greatness. Your road goes ever on, as does your story. As does your legacy. Such is the hero's lot - to touch the lives of countless others."

Soren smiles at Graha, saying "Exarch... G'raha. After so long in that hood, I cannot begin to imagine what this must be like for you. But you're not alone, yeah? You've got us." She pauses, and continues, "you've got me." In the next frame, Graha responds "Soren, I--! I would be honored..."

Soren reaches out her hand and gently takes G'rahas in hers, pinky wrapped gently around his. "Together, then."

Different angles of Soren and Graha looking at each other as they link hands. The last frame focuses especially on their hands alone, with a tilt shift on the rest of the image.

#ExarchWeek2025 Day 1 - Reunion

Soren's heart raced as she spoke words she couldn't believe she was allowed to say, that she thought she would never have.

Thus began the many nights of festivities (to be continued 👀)

#ffxiv #wolship #RahaKahzu #wolexarch #shadowbringers #crystalexarch #gpose

It’s Day 2 of #ExarchWeek2025!

Today’s prompts:

SFW - Perseverance
NSFW - Voyeur

#satoraha #wolgraha #ExarchWeek2025

Day 2: Perseverance

"I did not toil for a century just to see my efforts come to naught!"

"Begone! Emet Selch!"

Your fate, unknown to him, and yet he didn't yield to Emet Selch's cruel hand. Not a single ilm

He never gave up on you. He persevered

CW:Blood