Crazy Personal Headcanons

[Theodric]

More than once, a celebratory toast the Warrior of Darkness has taken a turn for the worse as cheering failed to drown out the quiet sobs of the surviving loved ones of those callously cut down for coin or misguided 'justice'.

Indeed, in fitting with a common plot point throughout the game's lifespan so far there are just as many who see the Warrior of Darkness as a cruel monster unworthy of praise as there are those who look up to and fawn over him.

[Tracewood]

I originally had one, but recent developments from ShB tore it down so I have to come up with a new one. Too bad, it worked so well. My WoL and Zenos were literally reminders of my own characters from a dead webcomic arc that I never reached aside from it's concept. Mortal enemies from another time sundered to something unrecognizable with faint traces of their origins. Similar to the two Ascians from the Eden storyline.

During the more peaceful Amaurot days, they were bitter rivals. Post sundering, they would be reborn during the Umbral/Astral eras destined to clash through war or other conflicts. One specific era I added the parts from my webcomic where the Inner Beast is actually a manifestation of one's psyche that would grant the wielder demigod like power under extreme conditions (raw emotion, trauma). Zenos's previous life in that era belonged to a cult that believe the inner beast is their fallen god they want to bring back to rule the living world ala Castlevania, so they'd trick the preWoL to use his inner beast more and more through complex scheming and when the user can't control the beast their fallen god would break out and take over the host. The events from my original transcript is that the inner beast did come out but was incomplete and the protag was able to control it with help from a group of mages trained in the art of aetheric suppression.

Fast forward to 1.0, no memory of those events. Just WoL, Y'shtola, and some people on a leaky boat on it's way to Limsa.

Oddly enough now, my WoL used said Inner Beast against Zenos during the events of StormBlood feeding into Zenos's bloodlust and subconscious desire to see the beast on the outside. While the WoL now knows how to control his IB, per the WAR storyline, Zenos still craves this challenge by any means necessary which leads us to the events for Endwalker.

[Garnix]

My headcanon is that Emet stored Azem's memory in Zenos. This is why he is so strong and why he sees the final days in his dreams. That's also why he wants to be our friend, for the memory to rejoin with the soul.

[DemiurgeFerikad]

Got another one.

Male Hrothgar fangs grow larger with age, starting at adolescence. The longer the fangs, the older the Hrothgar, though there are some exceptions. Usually, this has to do with either starting puberty early, or a family history of long fangs in adulthood.

[Matthew21]

I got a new one. In my head, one of the things Ryne did when we were traveling around was look after our Wolf Pup minion. She calls him Cosgrove, and is secretly heartbroken at him leaving with us.

[Tensaihime]

This one’s not as relevant now due to what we saw in late ShB, but I just worked up the guts to finally share it:

Of all the new faces and new business Ishgard has welcomed since the war’s end, East Aldenard is not one. One reason for this is a curious and persistent rumor that they have been and continue to be involved with important officials in the Garlean war machine; while no one can say for sure whence this rumor originates, having a brother with gossip as one of his hobbies has its advantages.

[SwordswornFox]

We never actually go into Aurum Vale, we hallucinate the entire thing due to the pollution of so many Malboro's Bad Breaths.

[Zohar_Lahar]

YorHa: Dark Apocalypse raid was the unintended result of the Warrior of Darkness's stray thoughts of their adventures (plus possible brain damage) in Norvrandt while operating creation magic with Eden's aether streams, the raid "plot" being a heavily distorted caricature of Shadowbringers story on LSD. 2P/Red Girl/False Idol represents the Sin Eaters and Ascians. 2B & 9S are the Scions and Crystal Exarch. And Her Inflouresence is an imagining of the WoD's Lightwarden form bringing the Light to Amaurot.

[Vyrerus]

The Warrior of Light actually knows a ton of incredibly proficient adventurers that have no interest in associating with the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, if they can help it. They mostly help the WoL out with side dungeons and 24 mans.

Some of them are drinking buddies.

Others are crafting buddies.

Others are battle buddies.

They trade their services for in roads with the powerful officials/organizations that the WoL is treasured by, like being able to get direct commissions from the Ironworks or free gourmet food at The Bismarck.

[Alleluia]

The Warrior of Light actually knows a ton of incredibly proficient adventurers that have no interest in associating with the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, if they can help it. They mostly help the WoL out with side dungeons and 24 mans.

Some of them are drinking buddies.

Others are crafting buddies.

Others are battle buddies.

They trade their services for in roads with the powerful officials/organizations that the WoL is treasured by, like being able to get direct commissions from the Ironworks or free gourmet food at The Bismarck.

Mmmm... Free gourmet food...