Tales from the Storm Discussion

[FJerome]

Talking of ships, if Widargelt is the lad crushing on Lyse I'm going to go punch a Moogle. That's far too tidy a solution to Ala Mhigo's government question.

[Modrew71]

Thancred x Y'shtola... the ship that sank even before it sailed. And, no, she doesn't think of the WoL that way either.

As somebody who shamefully ships these two together, but also doesn't really see them becoming a thing, it still hurts like heck to see this ship actually sink TwT

[Kyran-Varlsen]

As somebody who shamefully ships these two together, but also doesn't really see them becoming a thing, it still hurts like heck to see this ship actually sink TwT

I was always under the impression Thancred never dated women he worked with or who's mother he had met. Also, I thought Thancred and Yugiri were being made a couple considering their chemistry as rogues (she's technically not a Scion, no rule break).

As for Y'shtola, I don't see her expressing an interest in Thancred save as a friend. I don't truly think she would hold the man's constant dalliances against him (though he does seem to have slowed down), but her interests might be elsewhere.

While Scions have either died or moved on, we've never seen the developers inject much into their characters beyond wardrobe change. Though considering how few Scions there are left, we would need new members before any true relationship dynamic could be put in place. While many people consider Alphinaud a proper replacement as Antecedent, I think it more likely that Y'shtola will retire from fieldwork and take full command of the Scions if required.

[Mieck]

I liked this story more than the previous one.
Plenty of little seeds planted - the investigation Krile is on, the new advisor Lyse has recruited and the mine she was searching for, and the guy Alphinaud was hanging about with.

Also, best line

"Yes. I am famed for my sense of humor," Y'shtola agreed, her face stony.

[Belhi]

It was a pleasant little short story. What is the bet that in 4.1 we will have a quest to meet those three in Limsa? If we don't I will be disappointed.

Lyse is also now particularly special as the first NPC with two different changes of clothes:P

I suspect Lyse was talking about Yugiri when she spoke about Hein's 'admirer'. As for Y'shtola, I have no idea where she was going with those comments.

[TinyRedLeaf]

Actually, not Yugiri, but a xaela. From the Mol. Guess who.

As for the guy Alphinaud is crushing on... He carries a spear. And was last sighted at the Royal Menagerie. That's my guess anyway.

And it sure sounds as though Y'shtola has romance in her future, even if she doesn't appear to have anyone specific in mind... yet.

[TinyRedLeaf]

Some statistics suggest most people meet their significant others in school/college, or at work. Beyond that, it's usually a friend/relative of a friend or colleague. So, not unusual to pair a Scion with another Scion.

The lesser Scions (ie, the Boulder brothers and the two sisters) seem to be "getting along" quite well. :3

[YianKutku]

There is a switch at the top of the story to set WoL gender

There should be some tick-boxes at the start of the story, to the right of the title, that'll let you set the WoL to your preferred gender.

On the one hand, this would totally fit a "today I learned".

On the other hand, I now recall that I did exactly the same thing before in a previous official story, so apparently I forgot that this was a thing between then and now.

Thanks, all.

[FJerome]

I'm not sure if it's just Y'shtola, or if the Scions actually really don't know that much about each other, to the point where the first candidate for a significant other Lyse thought of for Y'shtola was Thancred, another Scion. Either way, it's a little sad.

I'm actually a bit interested that Y'mhitra thinks Y'shtola should settle down with someone because they're Seekers and I thought, given they're half-sisters, that they came from a pretty typical Seeker clan of one dad and lots of mums. Monogamy isn't supposed to be a thing Miqo'te generally do.

. . . Unless Sharlayan Miqo'te have a tradition of female-female marriages with assistance from handy breeding males or something along those lines?

The lesser Scions (ie, the Boulder brothers and the two sisters) seem to be "getting along" quite well. :3

Aenor can dream. I'm still over here shipping Hoary with Coultenet (they share a Triad Card, it must be True Love!).

[Belhi]

I cant think of anyone who matches who Lyse is talking about. Erik is the only person I am aware of in game with a deep knowledge of Ala Mhigo's politics and history. Maybe he has a student. They have kind of had a romance thing going in SB.