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Ildan Akanote
@serakanote.bsky.social
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Bozjan-born Knight || FFXIV Roleplayer
Mid-twenties | 🇺🇸🇬🇹 | 90% SFW
Carrd: https://stormsson.carrd.co
#stormsson

Photo cred to Niavicia
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serakanote.bsky.social
किसी ज़बान में भी वह लफ्ज़ ही नहीं कि जिन में तुम हो क्या तुम्हें में बता सकूँ
An image of two miqo’te dancing, designed to reference a shot from the movie Om Shanti Om. One is dressed in a floor length pink ballgown, bending backwards as she dances. The other is dressed in an embroidered black three-piece suit, holding his dance partner’s hand to stabilize her. They dance together in an ivy-covered marble pavilion, lit by a full moon and a starry sky.
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
serakanote.bsky.social
Given I have 5+ models of Ildan in my HeroForge library…I have thought about this a normal amount, I promise.

#stormsson
A 3D model of a male miqo’te dressed in a calf-length coat over rugged pants and combat boots. He stands in a martial arts stance reminiscent of krav maga, facial expression highly focused. A 3D model of a male miqo’te wearing a full harness of inky blue armor with bronze accents. A black leather skirt billows around his legs as he holds a partizan in a ready stance, as though running a drill. A 3D model of a male miqo’te wearing a formal armored uniform consisting of a spruce green calf-length riding coat, black pants and military boots, and a black cuirass and spaulders. A large gunblade rests on his right shoulder, and he gestures at the ground with his left hand as though demanding someone step forward. A 3D model of a male miqo’te, attired in a battle-worn military uniform with a knapsack on his back. Grey gauntlets, pauldrons, and sabatons are visible where not covered by a calf-length olive green coat. He holds a longsword in a retracted plow guard as aether coils around its blade.
October 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
serakanote.bsky.social
Naiad’s Rescue

Inspired by Vereker Hamilton’s “The Rescue”

#stormsson | #elpisfleur
An image of two miqo’te riding on a horse through a pond. One is clad in knightly armor, directing the horse onwards with an expression of determination. The other wears a seafoam dress patterned like rippling water, and is being carried by the other miqo’te while wearing a peaceful expression. The same two miqo’te shown from a wide angle. The horse is revealed to be a unicorn, and the pond is revealed to be covered in flowering lily pads. The knight steers the unicorn towards a masonwork wall, as though taking the other miqo’te there.
September 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
serakanote.bsky.social
Tabhair dom Fuaim do mo spiorad mo chara, deisiuchan ceoil i mo anam i mo chroi.

#stormsson | #elpisfleur
An image of two miqo’te against a black backdrop, framed by a picture frame draped with flowers and cloth. One, a female-presenting miqo’te, sits on a chair covered in blue cloth. Her left hand strokes the hair of a male miqo’te, who sits in the ground with one of the woman’s legs embraced in his arms and legs while her other leg rests atop his shoulders. Both their expressions are calm but serious.
August 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
serakanote.bsky.social
Take your wife on picnic dates to fields where the flowers match her hair.

#stormsson | #elpisfleur
An image of a male and female-presenting miqo’te sitting in a field of flowers. The female-presenting miqo’te holds her hand up to showcase a butterfly, her expression serene. The male miqo’te follows her gaze, face neutral but peaceful. A different angle of the previous image. The flower field is more in view, a mix of tall wildflowers and lupins. This angle also shows that the female-presenting miqo’te is leaning against the chest of the male, who has her in a half-embrace.
August 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
serakanote.bsky.social
Not as adorable, but hi, hello~

#stormsson
A FFXIV infographic depicting a male miqo’te named Ildan Akanote. The player’s prefered pastimes, hours of play, jobs, and degrees of difficulty are all displayed.
August 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
serakanote.bsky.social
Now let’s analyze this. “Lip service”, is it? She offered reparations, she offered to repair hurt done. Not a single person took her up on that. Only Genovia here ever even responded to the public apology.

How is it “lip service” if attempts to learn and grow were never extended to her?
A screenshot of Elpis and Genovia’s conversation, framed as being “lip service”.
August 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
serakanote.bsky.social
But now we get to the part where it goes from bending the truth to making assumptions out to be the truth.

At no point did Elpis say Trionfi blacklisted them. At no point did they name any names or do anything specific. Not sure where that assumption came from, but definitely not textual evidence.
Naid’s further description of how they feel they and others were villainized.
August 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
serakanote.bsky.social
This is said public apology. Are these the words of someone who is trying to lay the blame at your feet? At a venue’s feet? Are these the words of someone who is not taking responsibility for the impact their panic attack caused?

Bluesky post before the event that she’s referencing, for context.
Elpis’s applogy to the Bel Canto performer community. A post from Elpis describing how she already had extreme doubts and anxiety before the panic attack was even close to beginning.
August 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
serakanote.bsky.social
By your own words, you chose to immediately block us both rather than discuss things properly, or allow me to elaborate my rationale once I was done handling the panic attack.

As to the apology you /still/ are bit required to accept…is insulting someone who’s apologizing actually a good look?
Naid’s continued thread on why they were in the right to behave as they did.
August 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
serakanote.bsky.social
In lieu of a screenshot, I will simply say from memory that Vidhi typed once more “I don’t belong here” before dashing away from the venue in panic. That is the mistell they are referring to…but put a pin in that.

Your response was to immediately berate them, and when I requested you do not…
A screenshot of discord messages depicting an attempt to hold off on disparaging someone in the midst of a panic attack. A screenshot of a discord message attempting to state that actions taken during a panic attack should be considered voluntary rudeness
August 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
serakanote.bsky.social
This screenshot is accurate. However, it only depicts the initial song error, at which point the panic attack had only started beginning. You have conveniently provided no screenshot of the actual peak of the panic attack itself—of which I have bo screenshots due to trying to solve the panic IRL.
The begining of Naid’s attempt to support their own position in the arguments.
August 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
serakanote.bsky.social
Now the content:

You didn’t have to respond with specifics. You didn’t have to admit that the shoe fits. But you chose to…because people checked clearsky and started passing that information around? Because you didn’t want to be seen as the villain? Congratulations, now things escalate.
A screenshot of a quote repost of Elpis Darling’s vent post about feeling unwelcome and having been blacklisted from venues. The reposter mentions specific locations that were not mentioned in the original post.
August 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
serakanote.bsky.social
A preface: everyone in the FFXIV community needs to learn about philosophical razors. And they need to learn them yesterday.

Half of all the drama, arguments, infighting, and just petty bullshit could be avoided if people stopped acting on gut instinct and thought for five seconds.
A screenshot of the wikipedia page for Philosophical Razors, describing said Razors as rules used to remove unlikely explanations from consideration. A screenshot from the Wikipedia page on Philosophical Razors, focused on two Razors in particular. First is Hanlon’s Razor, which advises that stupidity is often more likely than malice. Second is Hitchen’s Razor, describing that no claim without evidence needs evidence to be ignored. A screenshot of the Wikipedia page for Philosophical Razors, showing the description for Occam’s Razor, which describes that the fewer assumptions requires to justify an explanation, the more likely that explanation is.
August 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
serakanote.bsky.social
“Don’t you know it’s rude to interrupt a man when he’s eating?”

Seems like the random swordsman encounter is off to a rough start.

#stormsson | #Leolights
An image of a male miqo’te sitting at a table, lit from behind by a lantern. He’s dressed roughly, for work outdoors or for training. His legs are crossed above the knee, and his left hand is positioned as though he just stopped cupping his chin. His right hand leans on the hilt of a kriegsmesser, and a slight smirk adorn his face. A torso-only shot of the same miqo’te as the prior image. His smirk is more pronounced, and his brows seem to be pulled down more in annoyance. From this angle, one can see plates of food and teacups behind him.
July 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
serakanote.bsky.social
A moment in passing; an eternity in affection

#stormsson | #elpisfleur
A picture of two miqo’te in a stone stairwell, posed as in “The Meeting on the Turret Stairs” by Frederick Burton. A female-presenting miqo’te faces away from the camera, dressed in an elegant medieval gown while exte ding her right arm. The lightly armored male miqo’te faces toward the camera, kissing the interior of the woman’s elbow while holding her arm in his hands.
July 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
serakanote.bsky.social
For thy hubris, thou were cast unto the stones below
But in wrath thou shalt ascend to the skies once more

#stormsson
A miqo’te man sits on a pile of rubble, dressed in a tattered skirt and bearing a set of metallic black feathered wings. He is posed like The Fallen Angel painting by Alexandre Cabanel, but clutches the hilt of a greatsword in his hands. A zoomed in version of the previous image, showing the man’s torso and face in more detail. Deep scars line his chest and arms, and his face is locked in an expression of boiling rage.
July 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
serakanote.bsky.social
Gild your armor, gallowglass, and try your best to look heroic.

#stormsson
A male miqo’te in a full harness of platemail stands before a stone lancet window overgrown with ivy. His armor is silver with gold filigree, adorned by a navy blue cape. A war sword rests in his left arm, blade leaning against his shoulder while his left hand holds the pommel. A torso-only shot of the same miqo’te in platemail. Sunlight gleams and forms rays off his breastplate and sword, and his face is locked in an expression of determination.
July 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
serakanote.bsky.social
Sometimes, the small moments make all the difference.

Credit to @luckywaltz.bsky.social for this gorgeous shot of Ildan and @elpisdarling.bsky.social ~ 💖

#stormsson | #elpisfleur
A miqo’te couple sitting in a flower field. The femme miqo’te is dressed in blue lingerie, watching her partner with soft adoration. The male miqo’te is dressed in a white shirt and black pants, and is smiling as he holds a white bird in his hand.
July 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
serakanote.bsky.social
I…y’know, that completely tracks.
An image of a miqo’te male training in martial arts. He punches a stone and metal training dummy, bare chested, seemingly completely focused on his strikes. An image of the Pokémon mienfoo, a weasel-like creature stylized to look like a shaolin martial artist. A screenshot of text detailing the result of a quiz. The text describes how the Pokémon mienfoo likes partnering with driven and strategic trainers, especially ones with a bit of a temper, and those with hefty amounts of determination.
June 30, 2025 at 6:38 AM
serakanote.bsky.social
“So much potential, so small a vessel to hold it all. Never fear, we’ll make room.”

#elpisfleur | #apicemmelium
An image of a Garlean man holding a miqo’te woman off the ground. The man is clad in a white military dress uniform, holding a bundle of elpis flowers in his hands. The woman is clad in loose, translucent robes and bears a halo behind her head. Her abdomen has been cut open to allow her intestines to trail out of her, along with vines and elpis flowers. A torso-only version of the previous image. The man’s face can now be seen as serious and focused, staring into the middle distance. The woman’s eyes are closed, and though she is crying, her expression is peaceful.
June 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
serakanote.bsky.social
“Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know”

Had to scroll down to entry 17 for the first one I knew, fuckin’ hell.

Also…weird spread for Ildan, but okay. I’m on board for 3/4 of these.

openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
A cover for the Batman comics from DC Comics. The title reads “Gordon of Gotham,” and the art depicts the same character from a low angle. The middle aged man is dressed in a trench coat, collared shirt, and slacks, and is holding a revolver at his side. A still image of Martin Brody from the movie Jaws. He stares at the camera in bemused concern, lit cigarette in his mouth. Behind him, a shark has emerged from the water, mouth open wide. A still images of Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist. She is dressed in her full military uniform, standing at attention while looking straight into the camera. An image of Li Shang from Disney’s Mulan. He is dressed only in pants and shoes, and is in the process of smashing teracotta pots using a long staff.
May 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
serakanote.bsky.social
14.) Melee

Wrathguard, for opponents who can be baited with false openings.

#stormsson | #elegymods | #mayqote | #ffxivgpose
A male miqo’te stands in the purple grasses of a castle courtyard, dressed in simple black leather clothing. He is standing in a retracted Vom Tag guard from German longsword fencing, his eyes intently focused on an unseen opponent. Said guard is also called a Zornhut, or wrath guard. A close up of an intensely focused male miqo’te’s face and hands as he holds a longsword in a retracted Vom Tag stance, sometimes called a Zornhut guard. His left hand actually does not contact the hilt, as though he is ready to use it for other purposes than swinging the sword.
May 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
serakanote.bsky.social
13.) Rook

What has he stolen, that black-feathered rogue?

#stormsson | #mayqote | #ffxivgpose
A vertical shot of a miqo’te man running up the stairs of a ruined, overgrown tower. He is dressed all in black with a raven feather mantle on his cape and a black mask over his face whose nose elongates into a beak-like point. He reaches for a sword at his waist as he runs, the faintest smirk on his lips.
May 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
serakanote.bsky.social
12.) Escape

“Screw bedrest, I can’t waste time. She needs me.”

#stormsson | #mayqote | #ffxivgpose
An image of a miqo’te male in a dimly lit room, crouched near a medicine cabinet. He is dressed in dragoon armor from the waist down, his torso bare save for bandages around his midriff. He clutches said bandages as though still in pain, watching the door intently as someone’s shadow moves past.
May 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM