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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 1d

Day 10: Resonance

This takes me back - my very first screenshot. I wasn't planning on starting XIV for a while, but once I saw you could play a #hrothgar, it resonated with me. Never regretted it.
Presenting myself as one may as well have changed my life for the better.

#hrothtober #hrothtober2025

A level 13 sprout Arcanist with an untreated UI and hotbar setup, not knowing what this world would have in store for him in terms of content and companionship. Either way, he would be happy to be a fun, expressive cat man.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 2d

Day 9: Sunrise

Being the result of reflecting past adventures, Solar Bahamut marks a milestone in Vertyl's summoning abilities. The destructive primal Bahamut finally turned into a beacon of hope, promising anyone who sees it a next sunrise.

#hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 2d

Day 8: Guard

When you have spent all your life putting up walls, conjuring great shields, draping yourself in loneliest, blackest nights, you may not know a life without.

Yet for some, it is worth putting your guard down.

#hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar
🐻 @ferronaut.bsky.social 🦁

Two Hrothgars embracing one another in a flowerfield, the scholar of the two leaning his head on the blue-furred's (Ferros) shoulder.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 4d

Day 7: Ascend

Seraphism is the pinnacle of Nymian expertise, and despite its sacred appearance just another tool in a Scholar's arsenal.

#hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 5d

Day 6: Twilight

"Tell me... Do you ever feel a strange sadness as dusk falls? They say it's the only time we can feel the lingering regrets of spirits who have left our world. That is why loneliness always pervades the hour of twilight..."

#hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

An hommage to the opening scene of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. The game that would define my life, and my favourite of all time.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 5d

Always!

Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 5d

On a secondary note: It was really fun trying to find a bakery-like environment in the towns, only to find these beautifully normal mapped loaves of bread... next to pancakes(?) that would make the N64 blush.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 5d

Day 5: Soul

Having travelled all across the Source in search of a soul, this Hrothgar finally found one beyond the veil on the First. Seriously, it was hard to find any environmental bread.

How is this connected to "soul"? It's a pastry, look it up!

#hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

A gentlemanly Hrothgar finds a soul after a long search.
[A "Seele" is a Swabian pastry, translating to "soul" and connected to the "All Souls' Day" holiday.]

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 7d

Day 4: Twin

The Moon Flute reveals to me my own likeness.

You Doppelgänger, you pale companion!
Why do you mimic my BLUsickness,
That tormented me at this place
For so many nights in the past?

- H. Heine (kinda)

#hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar
Many thanks to @jakovfrostiasch.bsky.social !

A dramatic stand-off between two of the Blue (Frost to the right), masters of imitation who may be mistaken as twins at first glance.

Bold-headed upstart that he is, Vertyl lands the first and devastating blow. Alas...

The young Hrothgar was not prepared for his mimicking opponent's greater spellbook!

Their feud is riddled with questions. Who is stronger? (It's the pale one.) Who was first? (It's the pale one.) Who is the cheap copy? (Definitely not me!)

Alas, even the fiercest rivalries are forgotten at the simplest of tricks.
You win this round, I don't have that emote.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 7d

Day 3: Phantom

They say if you stare long enough into the void, it will stare back. Sometimes, that void is the feared Catburglar
- Phantom Thief of your heart.

#hrothtober #hrothtober2025 #hrothgar

Within pitchblackness, a fierce predator of loot and /dote stalks. The Catburglar. A Hrothgar in a cat-ear-hooded armour hides in some poor bachelor's basement, noted only by the reds of his inner fabric ears.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 7d

Day 2: Legacy

We think of Legacy as a grand remnant of our very existence. And yet I'd ask you to ponder the smaller 'legacies' you're leaving every day. The small nothings invoking joyful 'somethings', however long.

#hrothtober
Big thanks to my handsome models @ryotoya.bsky.social and Aureys! ❤️

A Hrothgar waiter taking two scholars' - an Au Ra's (Aureys) and another Hrothgar's (Yarothgar) - orders.

An unfortunate time delay caused both the choccy treat and the tea to arrive later than expected. The apron'd Hrothgar apologises humbly, and wishes his guests an enjoyable stay regardless.

Despite the inconvenience, the academicians were delighted by not only the culinary nibbles they enjoyed some time ago, but also by the service! They may both never remember their leonine server's visage, yet their stay remained a pleasant one that could very well have made their day.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 10d

The last three years have been very eye-opening to me in terms of self-discovery and -acceptance. Thinking on that, I'm in awe of how many people were involved in shaping me who I am today, actively or in the background.

I'm a gay furry, and proud of it.

Both of those are integral to who I am.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 10d

Day 1: Greetings

There's many ways to make yourself known, but most of them start with a "heyho", "ohokaliy", "greetings", "lahee" or even "meowdy". Rare is a message as powerful as pushing up your glasses, however. Silent and immediate in establishing oneself.

Incidentally, my first #Hrothtober!

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 19d

They know exactly what they're doing, is the problem.

Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 22d

It's getting more and more common unfortunately, while looking for unis myself I saw a couple that supported "AI" usage, and that was a good year ago.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 24d

I hate overhearing customers at work sometimes.
This comes from a place of privilege, but hearing everything that's happening over there being discussed here is... Unsettling. I kept a certain distance through online interactions, but seeing my fears discussed irl is a whole different matter.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 26d

I usually don't keep up with the Emmys, but I'm so glad Andor got one for one of its tightest episodes. Such a relevant and extremely well-made show I don't get tired of praising from a very unsuspecting place. I sincerely wish more people gave it a go, in spite of the franchise it belongs to.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 29d

Doesn't mean I don't agree.

Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 29d

I love/hate that this is your only reaction.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · 29d

ANOTHER 6 YEARS OF THREE HOUSES DISCOURSE
And I'm so here for it. 🦌

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's these kinds of stories that resonate and inspire me to live, yet too many people are all too happy to discard it in the name of convenience and pettiness. So many stories have touched my heart, and it's a tragedy we're spearheaded towards an environment considering that a bug, not THE feature.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · Sep 10

It makes me sad to see AI content about... anything really, but especially about things that exemplify "art".

E.g. anyone who's generated stuff about Expedition 33, a narrative so obsessed with art, artistic expression and the very real soul of the artist poured into their work, missed the point.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · Aug 26

6/5
I had a lot of fun recreating old glams of mine I used for the MSQ, and recalling the roleplaying decisions behind each job and outfit. I don't necessarily see my Hrothgar as a different character, but "Vertyl, the WoL" in the MSQ is. He also had a different and beard hairstyle before 6.1, heh.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · Aug 26

5/5
Lastly, his crusade against despair called for a beacon of light and hope. Recalling prior experience, he created his own armour - a mix of Sharlayan academicism and the Coerthan chivalry. It would be the last role he would assume before returning to his roots as a gentlemanly Scholar.

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Vertyl @vertylavgarn.bsky.social · Aug 26

4/5
Even though his experience as a Dark Knight proved useful within the Everlasting Light, Vertyl sought help from another beyond to assist in this one. Forging a covenant with his voidsent avatar, he aspired to not only help one world, but all of them, using a scythe gifted by a dear friend.

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