While I feel that those asking to keep one or more of the relics they're giving out are either completely insane or joking, I do find the idea of SE granting a memento to players that decided to stay until the very end appeasing.
So here's the question. What would you like as such a memento? Feel free to be creative (after all we wouldn't receive it until the opening of ARR, so there's time for SE to work on it), but be realistic. Of course it can't be something that costed other players weeks of work, it can't be overpowered, and it can't be TOO time consuming to implement, they have to work on the game after all.
Mind you. While the last save already happened, SE could easily award such a memento via the account. They have a redemption system, and I'm quite sure that they have ways to detect who has been online during "the end of the world", so they could very possibly unlock the memento via our accounts.
Here are a few ideas:
1: a piece of commemorative furniture, maybe made from the wood of gridania (that looks like it's gonna be destroyed), to use in the new housing system in ARR. or a sapling from the destroyed forest of Black Shroud. to use as a potted plant in our house (maybe a glowing ward tree?).
2: Since everyone wants relics, A "Blessing of the Twelve" item that allows you to start the relic quest, instead of the seals you'd normally have to get. The Twelve granted us use of the relics to fight back the minions of dalamud, and when they took them back they left us with a blessing to give us a nudge in the right direction to actually earn them.
3: Some kind of cosmetic mourning gear, to commemorate those that gave and lost their lives during the "end of the world"
4: A collectible Van Darnus figurine to put in your in-game house.
5: A decorative Dalamud globe for the house (yeah, I like decorating my house :P)
6: A title (yeah, banal, but hey)
7: An exclusive character customization option in the form of a scar or a tattoo, symbolizing the battle against the minions of dalamud.
8: My very favorite: A broken relic. Completely cosmetic and non functional. Either to be worn or to be used as a decoration for your house. They gave us relics to fight, and they broke during the final battle.
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