so began the story of the wanderer

A primer and masterlist for Maude/vulpinewood's fiction and original characters based in the Final Fantasy XIV universe, centered on the Arroway family: Morgana, an Ala Mhigan revolutionary; and her son, Sairsel, a ranger from the Shroud.

• dramatis personae
• background
• blood-thirsting carrion birds
• queensglaive
• canon/other

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dramatis personae

MORGANA ARROWAY, a former sellsword, gladiator; and member of the Ala Mhigan Resistance;

GOTWIN ARROWAY, her brother; a former sellsword and gladiator, killed while fighting in the Coliseum shortly after the fall of Ala Mhigo;

HAVISA ARROWAY, her brother’s wife; a healer, killed by Wood Wailers shortly after the fall of Ala Mhigo;

MATHIAS ARROWAY, son to Gotwin and Havisa born in the years preceding the fall of Ala Mhigo; has been missing and presumed dead since his mother’s murder.

* Gotwin, Havisa, and Mathias ― currently known as Bearforce One ― belong to Sammish.

SAIRSEL ARROWAY, son to Morgana, born shortly after the fall of Ala Mhigo; a forestborn ranger, and later member of the Ala Mhigan Resistance;

NIMAUREL, his father; a forestborn herbalist who tended to a wounded Morgana Arroway in her family’s flight from Ala Mhigo;

NAIREL, his elder sister by Nimaurel; a forestborn hunter and assassin;

SIHTRIC, an orphan boy with a peculiar gift; later his adopted son;

ASHELIA RIOT, his friend and mentor; an Ala Mhigan revolutionary and Grand Steward of the Riskbreakers (belongs to Livvy);

A’ZAELA LINH, his friend; a member of the Riskbreakers (belongs to Gill);

LEOFRIC SNAKESBANE, his captain in the Resistance (joint creation with Livvy).

SASKIA EMERY, Morgana's former lover; an actor turned spy for the Ala Mhigan Resistance;

AVIS EMERY, her mother; a thaumaturge and former member of the now-defunct Ala Mhigan Queensglaive;

FREYJA EMERY (formerly Celes Altius), her mother; a diplomat, born crown princess of Nhalmasque;

GAWAIN EVERARD, oldest friend to Avis; a former member of the Queensglaive, now tavernkeeper;

WULFRIC GREYHUNT, close friend to Avis and Gawain; a former member of the Queensglaive, now residing in the Ala Mhigan Undercity;

NEESA, the Hammer; Saskia's partner and a resident of the Undercity, keeper of the Palm Sigil.

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background

Most of the stories listed herein take place during the events of A Realm Reborn and subsequent expansions; some, like BLOOD-THIRSTING CARRION BIRDS, take place in a canon-divergent alternate universe for my characters.

Here, you may find key information on backstory elements common to all versions of these characters' stories.

For additional information on the Undercity, a setting created by my friend Livvy, click here. Please check out her incredible work!

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blood-thirsting carrion birds

BLOOD-THIRSTING CARRION BIRDS is a canon-divergent work taking place from A Realm Reborn to the end of Stormblood, set in an alternate universe where Morgana (and subsequently Sairsel) possesses the Echo and has become the Warrior of Light. Originally written from May to August 2020, it has since expanded into multiple other works taking place in that universe, and is the primary setting in which my content now takes place.

All related works are listed below. You may also find the series here on AO3.

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QUEENSGLAIVE

QUEENSGLAIVE is a pre-canon ongoing series that follows a previous generation of characters, members of a fictional branch of the Ala Mhigan military, and is set roughly sixty years before Eorzea's present-day to the beginning of the occupation. The series explores various stages of the characters' lives, with [UNTITLED] ― the story of the eponymous Queensglaive's fall ― as its focal point.

All related works are listed below. You may also find the series here on AO3.

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canon-friendly / stormblood series

My first longer series in the FFXIV universe began with a reaction to the events at Baelsar's Wall in August 2019, and expanded into a longer look at Sairsel and Morgana's experiences throughout Stormblood and its aftermath. This is a canon compliant series in which the Warrior of Light is Livvy's Ahtynwyb Eynskyfwyn.

All related works are listed below. You may also find the series here on AO3.

other works

Shorter standalone pieces, some hypothetical and alternate universe scenarios, etc.