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

[Lethendra]

Dear Yugiri

I was thinking today about how very much I love you, and how I really don’t tell you that enough.
So I wanted to sit down and let you know how truly in love with you I really am.

I still remember clearly the moment when we were fighting the Sahagin to stop the reawaking of leviathan
how gracefull you were with your blade and i was awestruck. it was then i wanted to get to know you better.

thru all the stuff we have been thru from you rescuing my friend tataru after we were blamed for nanamos assassiation to
finding Raubahn's prison you have always been there to help.

I truly think you are the most beautiful women in the world. Your smile lifts my spirits on even my worst days.

You truly complete me. These last few years have been the happiest of my life. I can’t tell you how lucky I feel to always have my best friend by my side
I will always love you, no matter what happens, through thick and thin. I will be absolutely true and faithful to you forever.


Name: Lethendra Foturns
World: Leviathan
Item: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

[CatcatShelterwise]

My dearest Hydaelyn,

On this Valentione’s Day, I lift my hand to my head as my mind drifts to thoughts of You. All these thoughts just form one undeniable Echo that gives me power and strength, my darling. I don’t know when I started to have these feelings, but Hydaelyn, you simply have aether in all the right places.

You have bestowed upon me the Blessing of Light, but will you make me the happiest Au Ra in all of Eorzea and give me the Blessing of You? I know, I know, my love is taboo. An ordinary mortal and a goddess? People will talk. Oh, how they will talk! But I know if I am struck down by their jealousy, I will rise once again! (With a slightly higher percentage of HP, of course.)

With You in my life, Hydaelyn, existence will never be a Calamity!

Won’t you be my Valentione?

Yours in Light and Love,

Catcat Shelterwise


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Character's name and world: Catcat Shelterwise, Lamia (Primal server)

My selection from the prizes: Bluebird earring

[Etoile-Delarmes]

My dearest Haurchefant,

I know this letter won’t ever reach you, but I… miss you, terribly. The days still remain longer to me than I recall- they’d always go by so quickly in your company- and the nights remain my only solace. Sometimes, I like to look up at the moon, and whenever it crescents, I like to think you’re smiling down at us from somewhere.

I hope you’ll forgive me for not being able to visit as often as I want to. If it were up to me, I’d not leave your side. But as much as I still need you, there are others that need me out there, aren’t there…? I feel like this is what you’d tell me.

Still, I… wish I could be by your side again. I miss the way your eyes light up when you smile, the sound of your voice. The void that was left when you were taken from us has always been a chasm in my chest- the only thing I have left of you- yet… somehow, it hasn’t been hurting quite as much, lately. The loneliness no longer stretches as deeply, nor does it wrench my heart as much on the nights of the new moon.

I’ve not forgotten you! I never will. Though, when I’m beside Alphinaud, he… always reminds me that even though you’re gone, I’m not alone. Not anymore. I don’t know what to do, love. I can’t bear the thought of pushing him away- I’ve tried, the hurt increased a thousand-fold- but I can’t stand the thought of someone else filling up the void that you left. Compared to anything else I’ve ever faced, this is more terrifying.

What should I do…? I wish you could tell me…

I miss you, so very much.
Etoile Delarmes

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Letter written by: Etoile Delarmes of the Balmung Server!!

I had so much fun writing this. I know it’s not really humorous at all, but thank you so much for the chance of letting us write these out. <3
I hurt myself writing this HAHA...

If, by some chance I manage to win a spot, I'd love the Noble Barding, please.
; w ;/

[Daemius]

To my dearest Hilda,

Ours is a solitary existence. Souls born in two worlds yet never quite belonging to either. Shun by one, not trusted by the other. So I went on in life, feeling like I’d never find a place to call home. That is until Nymeia saw fit to bring me to Ishgard. A nation eternally at war both externally and internally, an existence that mimics our own.

It was here that I first heard rumors of the Mongrel. What person could bring such fear to the insulated upper class, I wondered? In you I found the answer. The way you carried yourself with such bravado; embracing the hatred fired at you just because of your parentage. It was through you that I was finally able to be confident in myself and not be ashamed of who I was.

Our time together was brief but never have I felt as alive as I did then. We helped bring a better life to the Brume one bullet at a time. Having you at my back, comforted by your catchphrase 'One shot, one kill!’ as we battled corrupt nobles and their abominations. Nothing beats the adventures we had together.

So thank you, Hilda, for being a true friend. Thoughts of you and your strength have kept me going through the bleakest moments here on the Ala Mhigan front. I long for the day we can continue hunting injustice like the hounds of hell.

Your most loyal Howler,
Dae Nasrina


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Submittted by
Dae Nasrina of Diabolos
Prize: Bluebird Earring

[Myrian]

Across Eorzea I am renowned;
A hero to all - Warrior of Light,
But find here on the Steppe, far from my home,
One soul who shines, in my eyes, much more bright.

Though Doman teachings have been known to me,
The Xaelan life took me by some surprise.
And so, on these battle-contested plains,
Did strange new feelings in my heart arise.

Bloodthirsty, I was warned, are the Dotharl,
Facing death gives them no measure of fear.
But in our meeting did I learn the truth:
These brave spirits keep valorous kin near.

Leading the charge, an obsidian mage;
From a life lived past does she take her name.
When first we spoke, my heart was enraptured
By this beauty who is called Heavensflame.

I confess to you, dearest of Nhaama,
Even if we don’t get to say "I do,"
I hope someday, even another life,
May bring together Myri and Sadu.

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- Myriana Ruan
- Diabolos Server
- Scarf of Wondrous Wit

[Cacophony]

To my dearest V'kebbe,

Oh Menphina, you have blessed me with a sight rivaling even thine own! For each day on the peak of the sun's warm embrace, you provide me with a hallowed visage that I am unable to return a thousand times over. I lose myself in the abyss of her dusky violet eyes, I freeze, bound by her enrapturing gaze. I am taken to the farthest reaches of the heavens by the scent of her crimson hair, blowing loosely in the salty winds of the Rhotano coasts. Her stance, confidently and unwarily oblivious to the scores of unready souls she has captivated into hopeless admiration. Her skin, offering but a glimpse into the forbidden delights reserved for a privileged few.

Every turn of the sun I walk to the Bismarck, on the dawn's first bell. Contributing my humble riches to the culinarians working tirelessly, so that she may be gifted with the most delicious finger sandwiches to be found on this corner of Hydaelyn. To insist on complete discretion so that my ardor for her be not prematurely revealed. For what do I have to offer her but less of what she so wholeheartedly deserves. No, the revelation of my adoration for her shall only be brought to her attention when I can rightly honor her otherworldly gifts.

Oh, my V'kebbe, how much more must I toil? How much longer must I silently admire you? Until I am able to dedicate myself wholly to you? To hear my name leave thy lips in modest gratitude, to feel thy warmth, to finally love not from afar, but in intimate closeness and in witness to all.

Forever and truly yours,
D.N.

Danielle Nightingale of Leviathan
Prize: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

[DiscordLord6321]

On this most auspicious holiday, I am reminded of, ironically, an auspice. For just as those mythical creatures are divided into the raging aramitama and the soothing nigimitama, and the red magic we wield divided into the destructive black and restorative white, so too dwells a duality in love. For every moment of fiery passion, an occasion of gentle affection must balance the scales. And throughout our adventures with Master X’rhun, I feel like we also have struck such a harmony through our teamwork.

Yet now I feel an undeniable urge for something more. If I were to attempt to describe it, it would be as if a magnificent brazier has been set my mind ablaze, scorching my reason and my judgement to ashes, not unlike how Eikons temper their subjects or how Lilith sought to control you. But this is neither here nor there, but something much more benevolent and altogether new to me.

Lately, whenever I have time between my ever expanding list of duties and adventures, I feel compelled to come and spend that time with you sharing my stories, be they of trouble or of triumph. And during these chats I often catch myself attempting to embellish my feats in an attempt to impress you, not unlike a certain minstrel I know. In all my time as an adventurer and Warrior of Light, never before have I so desired to have someone’s admiration and approval.

Yet for all the excitement in my life, I realize now that every moment I spend with you is worth infinitely more to me than any grandiose battle or dangerous dungeon delve. So if you would humor me with a single request on this celebratory day of love, would you be my Valentione?

Your bumbling hero,
Shizuo

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Name: Shizuo Chaosbringer
World: Brynhildr
Desired Prize: Noble Barding