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I think Urianger’s faith is a core part of his character. In fact, I think that most other things about him—his history of secrecy and deception, his lifelong fascination with prophecy, and his growth over a multi-expansion character arc—are better understood in the context of it. So that’s what I want to talk about today!

This essay contains major plot spoilers through Endwalker. It's also really long. Originally posted to tumblr; backdated to reflect original post date.

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"Green Grow the Rushes" (not to be confused with "Green Grow the Rushes O," a different Irish song!) is a song I heard at my cousin's house as a kid and remembered only pieces of and spent many years trying to find! I had figured out that it was Altan but it took a while to find which album the song was on.

Tracy Chapman is a classic of course. "For My Lover" is one of the first songs of hers I remember listening to (though it may not actually have been the first), on a friend's Walkman on the bus on a school trip.

In recent months, various life circumstances have pretty much forced me to slow down on a lot of things. This has its ups and downs, but one upside to all that is I’ve been doing a lot of reading. I’d been kind of struggling with my reading pace for a while, and just in general struggling to figure out where to fit reading into my daily routine, because if I don’t find a way to make things routine they tend to slip through the cracks even if they are important to me. What finally helped me break through that last year was just to try and finish a book at whatever pace worked for my routine, and not worry about setting a numeric goal, as that just felt like disincentive to start anything long.

So here’s what I’ve read so far this year.

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Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV
Rating: Mature
Archive Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Urianger Augurelt/Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn, Urianger Augurelt & Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn, Ardbert & Urianger Augurelt, Unrealized Ardbert/Urianger Augurelt, Pre-Urianger Augurelt/Warrior of Light
Characters: Urianger Augurelt, Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn, Ardbert Hylfyst, Elidibus, Unukalhai, Tataru Taru, Minfilia Warde, Warrior of Light, Dewlala Dewla, Y'shtola Rhul, Yugiri Mistwalker, Thancred Waters, J'Rhoomale, Blanhaerz, Lamimi, Naillebert, Haneko Burneko
Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Angst, Religion, Isolation, Loneliness, Patch 3.4: Soul Surrender Spoilers (Final Fantasy XIV), Elezen Warrior of Light, Female Warrior of Light, Canon-Typical Violence, Guilt, Emotional Repression, Child Neglect, Childhood Memories, Unresolved Sexual Tension
Series: With Lilies and With Laurel
Length: 68,717/ 92,000
Chapter: 11/15

Summary:

Heartbroken after the loss of his dearest companion, Urianger labors to save two worlds in which he has never felt more alone.

Notes:

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Final Fantasy XIV is owned by Square Enix. This is a non-commercial work of fanfiction.

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