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Q’linn Tia
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26 - he/him Account is 99% #wolqotd rambling about Q’linn Tia, miqo’te MCH and Warrior of Light, as well as other FFXIV OCs.
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Erien is pretty much their polar opposite; with a love for heavy blades and fire magic, she’ll charge into the fray and make sure all eyes are on her. Combat is a thrill, and she loves making a show of it. While more than smart enough to plan ahead, thinking on the fly is simply more fun.
Trained first as thieves, a fight with Q’linn or Nozari is all about feint and misdirection. Flash bombs and smoke, setting traps, whatever’s around them being as much a weapon as any gun, knife or gadget. But just as often, Q’linn will have a well-placed diversion to avoid a fight entirely.
#WoLQotD Fighting Style!!

How does your WoL fight?! Are they confident, brazen, and tactful? What if clumsy, and left footed? Do they use the environment to their advantage or let their emotions carry them through a fight?!
It’s honestly kinda wild that this guy has equivalent station to Raubahn and Eynaahr for how much those guys get.

But I see you, Mr Kan-e’s Husband Sena. I understand you.
I forgot other countries don’t have to deal with this lol
Q’linn is 1, Nozari is 2 and Erien is 4
Filling out the quiz as Q’linn online lands him with Shinx as one option, and an Electric-type cat feels massively appropriate!

For a partner I’d go with Meowth - they’d be the most reminiscent of Q’linn’s sister Nozari, his first partner in crime.
#WoLQotD

Uh oh! That portal to "The 13th" didn't take you to a flooded shard filled with darkness, but rather... It took you into the world of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon!!

So, after taking the personality quiz via the echo, which pokemon did your WoL/muse become? Same for their partner as well!
While I still call him Q’linn Tia here and in-game, his legal name has been Q’linn Terrestris since his wedding just after 6.5!
#WoLQotD | #WoLQuestion

Does your WoL/OC have a name that differs from your character name? For instance, in game, the character is Amanzi Otter, but the WoL himself is named Khasar Kha!
Q’linn embodies everything I love about steampunk/early industrial aesthetics mixing with fantasy, artificers as an archetype and the idea of tackling any problem with grit, creativity and human ingenuity.
#wolqotd This is more a question for you as their writer, but what is your OC a love letter to? What kinds of media, themes, etc inspired your OC?
Q’linn is one of four active WoLs, Erien is a “B-team Scion” (a la Hoary Boulder, Couktenet etc.) who dips in and out of MSQ, and Nozari is Q’linn’s adoptive sister who has a mostly secondary role up until Dawntrail.
#wolqotd
question for the players: is the character you play your WoL or rather a seperate OC with their own journey and story?
I honestly spent a long time ironing out what Q’linn’s personality was outside of “craftsman,” and while I have a much better image now I do still need to make an effort to flesh him out in aspects unrelated to his jobs.
Here's a #wolqotd:

We all love well thought out, deep lore, but do y'all have any parts of your WoL/OC that aren't as well-developed or that you're constantly undecided on?
Tataru has the most Miss Piggy energy to me
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can everyone hear me out when i say i need a rendition of the FFXIV story but with the muppets?
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you ever just love your oc?
you ever just sit and ponder on the possibilities?
you ever just invest your soul into the art you make of them?
you ever just sigh and seek peace that you made them JUST for you?
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#xivdays #ffxiv #ff14art #art
Post-EW where the WoL is itching to go out on another adventure. Q’linn is very happily retired at that point, getting dragged into events there and in DT by circumstance.

Not to say there’s no room for that spark to re-ignite later on…
#wolqotd Has there ever been a stand out moment in game where there was something said/assumption made to your wol/oc that is fitting to the base the wol should be that was just laughably wrong? Not just “they wouldn’t say that” but “you would NEVER say that about them”
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(Guys, gals, and non-binary pals, I present to you, my #WoLVoiceClaim video! Actually WITH my WoL! Please enjoy, it took 7 hours to bake I mean MAKE! If you feel like it, I know it's been asked before, but share YOUR WoL/OC voice claims! #WoLQotd #WoLQuestion)
For Erien, while training as a Red Mage she's learned to manipulate all six elements to a degree but has the best affinity for fire. In addition to all the flame she summons appearing purple, she can release it in bursts to "jet" around the place - fast dashes, but not full-on flight.
Going through MSQ I've HCed a ton of gadgets Q'linn's been building on top of MCH gear: flash powder bombs, a grappling hook, low-gravity boots for more agility.

One of my favourites is the shards of his anima's soulstone he puts in most of his machina and vehicles to let them freely "body hop."
#wolquestion // #wolqotd

Does your WoL/OC have a spell/ability crafted all their own? Do they use it merely for combat or for other purposes of life?
I'm still trying to nail down a good voice claim for Q'linn, but even before I ported her to FFXIV I've had Sully from Fire Emblem (Bennett Abara) as the canon voice for Erien in my mind.
Q’linn is generally an optimistic person, which is probably helped by his standards being quite low - all his relationships before his current wife were fleeting, and growing up homeless he’s used to making the best out of very little. Some of those habits are hard to break even now.
#wolquestion / #wolqotd

Does your wol / oc have high standards or low standards? (For anything! Relationships, food, living accommodations, etc).
Erien: "Oh wow, I remember this one - first day at the Studium. It was about a month after we left Dravania so I was, what, fourteen? Sharlayan felt like a whole different world. But it was the first step to the wise, *dashing* Archon you see before you."
robotic appendages. With Ryne’s aid, the man inside was able to focus the Light into the Lightwarden’s left eye for it to be cut out and turn him back - an injury that persisted, along with shadow-blindness in the right. The skin of the now empty socket is like porcelain, flecked with gold.
Q’linn’s hair and skin turned gradually more pale with each Lightwarden absorbed, as well as progressive shadow-blindness robbing his ability to see in the dark. It came to a head at Mt. Gulg, where he did become a Lightwarden himself; Thelema, a tower of white and gold covered in (cont.)
#wolqotd #wolquestion
How did absorbing light-aspected aether from the Sin Eaters affect your WOL/OC during the events of Shadowbringers? Does the effect of light poisoning still linger currently?
I’ve nearly maxed all Q’linn’s canon jobs and enjoyed their questlines, so of the others that I think would be fun to play - probably Dancer? I main Machinist so I know how bad DPS queues can be.
#wolqotd #ffxiv Let's say you're given a free Job Level Skip tome for some reason. Which job (regardless of whether you unlocked it or not) would you skip and why?