The "Be My Valentione!" Creative Writing Contest (NA) - OFFICIAL ENTRY THREAD

[Yamimarik]

For my dearest Arenvald!!

My Dearest Arenvald,

After our last entanglement with Lakshmi, I was left wondering “What if he hadn’t have made it? What would I do then?” I was left breathless and felt my heart shattering and crumbling all in one beat. I’ve loved once before and lost tragically due to my inability to protect him. The very thought of not doing the same again had almost defeated me right then and there. Seeing you hold your own and even helping me save everyone in the throne room that day…

I’ve not harbored feelings like these for quite some time. You would think being The Warrior of Light gives you extra courage, especially for something like this… that would be further from the truth! Though I’m never sure where my travels take me, know that no matter the place or time… you’re on my mind and in my heart! Try not to be so hard on yourself, I might be a proclaimed Warrior of Light, but you are just as much a champion of Hydaelyn as well. You are the strength I’ve needed for so long to continue on with my journey of saving the realm.

My sweet beautiful Arenvald, I hope one day I can live up to the hero the realm sees me as, especially in your eyes. Always remember you are worth it and no matter where you come from… you are always my hero. To say that being near you and your warmth is a gift in itself isn’t something I wish to have every day would be a lie. It’s hard to say this, especially since I feel I’m just fumbling over myself now… but Arenvald, I love you! I just hope you can love someone like me as well.

Sincerest Regards with love,
Marik Destiel

Character: Marik Destiel
Server: Hyperion
Prize: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

[Slaverus]

My Sweet Scathach,

I have never been predisposed to romance. As a young man, I found tales of courtly love to be trite and foolish. And yet, when I glimpsed your delicate form in that tome of Voidal lore, my heart stirred for the very first time. I was captivated. I had to know more. Thus began my daily rituals: Every night, I would find a site strong in aetherial energies and away from prying eyes. I would build a shrine, my monument to you. Then I would attempt to call forth your perfection into this world. Each failure was maddening, and it is only now that I understand why.


The nocturnal rendezvous... The whisperings by candlelight... The thirtyfold offerings... The fear of punishment, thick in the air... These things are the hallmarks of forbidden romance, are they not? Such musings led me to at last realize the depths of my feelings for you.


Scathach, Sovereign of Shade... I adore you. You steal my breath as surely as the hangman's noose. I would gladly pay any price to see you in the flesh. My blood? Yours. My soul? Also yours. I know not if these words will reach your eyes, but if, perchance, you ARE watching, I beseech thee: Grant me a boon, a token of your favour, and I shall bear it until the end of days as proof of my undying affections.


My people, the Hellsguard, have long fancied themselves gatekeepers of the underworld. I say let us throw the gates open, that we might bask in tenebrous brilliance... together.


Your humble devotee,


Grinning Abyss


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Character: Grinning Abyss
World: Malboro
Requested Prize: Ahriman Choker

[Kars]

It is impossible to want anyone but you. From the first moment your crystal eyes pierced my being, time stopped. Only you held me. Nero, my favored.
Your wit. Your mind. Your scent, your touch. Your lips. They call to me.
I yearn to feel; no others could be as soft or as sweet. Let me drink your breath, intoxicate me with your taste. I have bore witness to your passionate spirit, and I inveiglingly implore: Submit to the gift of my caress.
Let me take you those heights that only a God can. Kneel and take my love.
You shall want no other; you are mine.

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Dio Brando
Goblin
Mandragora Choker

[InkstainedGwyn]

To the most honourable Ser Aymeric de Borel, Lord Commander and Leader of the House of Lords;

...I can see the expression on your face right now - lovingly exasperated with that twitch just over your left eye. It's no fair - no fair that I can close my eyes and see every expression you make. I miss them all, you know.

And I miss you. Our time together in Gyr Abania was nothing, wonderful though it was (and grateful as I ever am for your support, though it terrifies me each time you go into battle, as I know my antics terrify you, but who else can face a primal?) No sooner were you there than you were gone, back to the cutthroat perils of the politics of Ishgard, and there is always another crisis that needs my attention. Rest is for the weak, they say, and the warrior of light is not weak. You are one of the only ones who knows differently.

There is a solution, however. Is it not time again for House Valentione to spread their cheer? We two fools are the type for whom they toil, and as they are your fellow countrymen, I feel duty-bound to participate. Especially as the festivities are in Gridania, and that is a most wonderful place in the spring - I've always wanted you to see it. I'm sure Kan-e would enjoy our company for tea, as well, should we choose to share our time with anyone else.

So. Will you be my Valentione? Please say yes, for I'd be a wreck if I thought you might say anything else. And save my place at your table, love, for I will be with you again soon.

Ever yours,

Souji

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Souji Hanamura, Exodus, Bluebird Earrings, please!

[Malignancy]

To A Mad Genius,

I know not what has brought these feelings to light, but since our meeting, I cannot seem to get you out of my mind. Whether it be the fact you succeeded in extracting the soul from my body, or just how dashing you made a lab coat look, one cannot be sure. The only thing that I am sure of is that I cannot deny that something about you made an impact on my... heart, or my soul. I cannot be sure which. You definitely gained my attention, however. In that aspect, you certainly had success.

I am a woman that can definitely appreciate science and the things you were able to create. The experiments you had done, they were positively mind blowing. Others may have feared them, been disgusted by them, but I? I admired them in a way. Such challenges they had brought me, challenges I had never faced before. And they were challenges that never could have come to light if not for your pure genius. If only I had not been forced to end your life... I feel you and I could have had plenty of experiments of our own, if you catch my drift.

Aulus mal Asina, you may never have been able to record your findings, but good man, I shall record them for you. Perhaps, I may even work to continue this work in my own way. Perhaps I could even use your work and add it to my own alchemy endeavors to see you once more. To show you what I have done and see if you see the kindred spirit within me that I saw within you.

Always Your Secret Admirer (and Killer),
Malignancy Seroquin



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Character: Malignancy Seroquin
Server: Hyperion
Prize: Noble Barding

[SerenityLuministia]

My Dearest Demon Wall,

Though you have continuously “repelled” my advances. I write this poem for you, so that we can set our love in stone once and for all.

“Omnia Vincit Amor”

As patient Thisbe now, I kneel
Beside the cool and marbled stone
While steady turns, and grinds, the wheel
hoping to find I'm not alone.

The talons of my Pyramus
above me writhe and slash and claw.
The repulsion that these offer us
stops our binding before the law.

Despair opens a great abyss
golden eyes tempt me now to sin
my beloved's approach brings me bliss
but threatens still to throw me in.

Through winter, spring, summer, and fall
it's like I'm talking to a wall.

Petrified with love,
-Serenity

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Character's Name: Serenity Luministia
World: Hyperion
Prize: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

[RavenKing]

To my love, Jandelaine

When first we met upon the bridge in Limsa,
I felt a twinge like none other before,
Shimmering scissors snickering away,
Cutting and creating like none before,
Creating beauty for all to see,
My life without colour before the aesthetician appeared.

Hotter than Hellfire my passion burns,
Rising like the Phoenix,
Giving new life to me every day,
Shaping me for all that may come my way,
I would battle with Ifrit if it only meant,
To gaze upon your beauty and skill once more.

The Lady of Bliss I do become,
With your fingers through my hair,
When your Alluring Embrace finds me,
Make it shorter, longer, thicker, thinner,
Washing my fatigue away,
All is at your command.

You work for across the realm,
Aiding all those who request,
Yet before our paths crossed,
My whole life was out of balance,
You bring me Equilibrium,
Though one small fact remains,
You will never be mine.

Character: Raven King
World: Sargatanas
Prize: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

[Asteraceae]

To my dearest Thordan VII
I love you, tis true
With your outfit trimmed in blue.

But not for your glory, or your might
Instead what I really love is your fright
An almost valiant struggle against the Light.

When I walked into the grounds of the Allagan’s realm
Deaths of my beloved fresh on my mind, my grief enough to overwhelm
When I saw you and your wards shift in a burst of cold light
I was in love.

Here there were no Ishgardian laws, no holds, no rules
This was a language I truly knew
Of combat, of blood, a dangerous and long battle that would brew
A knowledge that would be your bane, and with that power I flew

Against your and your wards’ blades.

Meteors and a dragon’s gaze,
Ice and a burning blaze,
Could not prevent the ways
I had learned to deal with primals like you

And at last you had fallen, your Heavensward dissipating first,
But you did not immediately burst
Into aetherical remains,
Instead you remained, cowed in fear.

I did not smile upon your fate,
I could not, when those I lost were those I held dear,
It was only when I saw your fear,
That I hoped perhaps that I could use my strength to protect the ones who were near.

In that sense, I thank you Thordan,
For you were the source of the promise I made
To use the light coursing in my veins
To be a protector of the downtrodden,
To be my enemies’ most feared bane.
Know this, my love for you, Thordan,
Will become my strength so that others need not die in vain.

-Angriest'madre Nana

[If won I'd like it on a different character than in the letter]
[Character: Zinnia Cloverheart]
[World: Coeurl]

[Bayohne]

Thank you for all the amazing entries (we have a lot of reading to do...)!