I.J the Archive

@ijsteinberg.bsky.social

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I am a writer, teacher in training, media literacy advocate, RPG gamer, and pansexual disaster @ www.ijsteinberg.com I love @haravanda, hate NFTs, AI, and MAGA, and I'm obsessed with D&D, the beat generation, and FFXIV.

Rohan Joyce, a half-elezen knight in a rosy colored knightly coat, smiles into the frame as sunset casts the skies behind him pink and gold. A rose eye patch covers his left eye, and a short sword fit for a knight-errant is slung over his shoulder. The blade is engraved with a golden snake, and its leather-bound grip is wrapped in dark red straps.

Rohan x Meia on the deck of the Summer party boat, enjoying a tender embrace as night falls and the lights of Moonfire come to life.

Rohan (half-duskwight elezen) and Meia (keeper of the moon miqote) stroll through the streets of Limsa on a Moonfire date at the beginning of their romance. They both smile brightly at the camera~

Rohan Joyce sits in his office at the Diamond Bazaar. He's dressed in his Ruby Officer uniform, appropriately colored ruby red with a crown of roses upon his brow. He smiles warmly and winks at the camera.

Wild roses, Rohan's flower~

Aveline, a silver haired elezen academic stands in front of a blackboard, just out of focus, fixing her gloves as she smiles at the camera. Her silver monocle half obscures one eye in shades of slate and white.

An older gpose of Ivette in a spooky manor, smirking at the camera and sipping tea.

Aveline in her Dragonlancer HW armor~

Rohan models his new knight-errant viper garb; its color scheme is reminiscent of the black adder. He slings one of his glowing rose viper blades over his shoulders. He smirks as both his Azem crystal necklace and ruby rose blinder shine in the low light as well.

Rohan Joyce, the Light-Heavyweight Dark Horse Champion, poses with his shining paladin sword for the magazine spread. His gaze is as steely as his outfit is shiny~

Rohan sits in his office at the Diamond Bazaar, dressed in his ruby officer uniform. It consists of a flower crown of Azeyma roses, a meteor survivor ring, and an Immortal Flames-marked Company Tabbard.

Rohan stands resolute in his rose-stamped Sultansworn armor in the Royal Promenade of Ul'dah.

From right to left: Rohan, Ivette, Aveline, and Leonard all stand in poses similar to their respective clans and genders in the elezen character races section. Amidst il Mheg's cascading pink fields and deep evergreen wood behind them, they hear the call of nature (1/3).

Rohan and Meia, barely more than sprouts, sit in a treehouse, laughing and wiling the day away in comfort. Their faces are fresh, yet unmarked by the trials of the road, yet together they will face it all. Of that you can be certain~

Rohan recreates the credits pose from the end of Dawntrail, hand raised to shield his eyes from the sun as he stands before the Lay of Legacy in Tuliyollal. (1/2)

Rohan draws his rosy rapier as the setting sun blazes behind him, casting both light around his head like a crown and illuminating Ul'dah. He is dressed as a red mage, ruby and redolent, while a golden frame of roses perfectly outlines the portrait.

Aveline and her wife, Lian, settle onto the couch in their comfiest clothes to enjoy a movie night. The white-haired auri snuggles close as her silver-eyed elezen wife smiles with joy. Both of their eyes are glued to the screen. What could they be watching?

Aveline poses atop the forward engine of the train in Shaaloani, a smirk on her face as she aims with her off-hand revolver, which glows cerulean blue. Slung over her shoulder, a boomstick shines like a solar flare (1/2 far away shot).

Ivette Murray raises her scythe as she cuts into the flesh of a Garlean commander, her face is slick with blood as the light bursts forth in rays of crimson (1/2).

Rohan stands right outside Aunt Tii's Taco Stand, a fresh taco in his hand and a look of pure delight on his face.

Ivette plays the thrilling role of the witch of the wilds, conjuring a violet flame in her palm as she flashes a wicked smile in a misty forest.

Rohan kneels before Hydaelyn at the end of her trial. He presses her forehead to hers as he speaks to her true self, to Venat, willing tears not to fall just yet.

Rohan stands as a dark knight at the edge of tomorrow, his hand aloft and his greatsword awash in darkness, as he calls forth the power of the endless garden of night.

Aveline Chandel, dressed in Alexandrian garb but posing like a true Ishgardian Dragoon, is perched up on a rooftop overlooking True Vue. The horizon is flooded in a silver neon haze as science fiction becomes reality.

Rohan Joyce, in full floral paladin plate, smiles amidst a storm of flame and embers, his sword and shield aglow in swirling light~

Rohan stands outside the Fragrant Chamber, dressed in his white rose Sultansworn parade uniform. Flanking him are the other esteemed members of his order, each posting up outside the chamber door, swords stabbed into the space before them and determined smirks playing across their lips. From left to right: Solkzagyl, Papashan, Jenlyns, and Bartholomew. (1/2 close up)

Aveline, dressed in full drachen mail, stands in an exaggerated heroic pose, atop the dragoon monument outside of Falcon's Rest. She both mocks and upends the iconography of her order as snow falls around her.

Aveline, the tall elezen scientist, takes a break from her exploration of the cosmos to make her darling laugh. She makes a goofy face as her wife, Lian, the white-haired au'ra, chuckles at the gesture. (1/3)

Aveline, dressed in fashionable studded leather, leans forward so her wife, Lian, a raen auri woman with snow-white hair and striking red lace clothes, can apply a new layer of lipstick to her silver star. (1/3)

Ivette floats amidst a swirling void of elemental energies, her hand is outstretched as she commands the elements in one powerful, explosive spell.

Leonard nocks an arrow at the queen of beasts, Coeurlregina, as she raises a claw over him. Her eyes bear down upon the elezen hunter as the sky is cast in a blood red hue behind her.

Ivette hugs her son, far back in the past, at the height of their dramatic/cathartic reunion. Her eyes are closed as she embraces her boy, stroking his long hair with the tips of her fingers. (Vanilla to reflect the past)

Rohan, now much older, his white hair pinned with an elpis flower corsage, sits in quiet reflection in a garden of the very same blooms at the end of a long journey (1/2).

Rohan and his wife, Meia, dance in an elegant ballroom, bereft of all others save for the two of them. They waltz, each dressed in jet black and metallic gold, each lost in each other's eyes.

Rohan, clad in his reverence armor and a rose pink rider's cloak, kneels in a field of Elpis blooms to caress the petals at the end of a long walk.

Leonard, an olive green-clad elezen with shaggy bangs poking out from the brim of his feathered cap, strums his acoustic guitar at early dusk. He smiles as the brim obscures his eyes and vintage film artifacts dance across the screen. (Shot 1/2)

Rohan Joyce poses for a family photo with his floral fam at the entrance of their flower shop. Arm draped over each of their shoulders, Finn to the right, a tall miqo'te lad with dark violet hair, and Laelia to the left, a Garlean with orchid pink locks. Both smile and scoff up at their adopted big brother in this shared moment of affection.

Rohan leans on a sturdy desk as his wife, a raven-haired miqo'te, smiles in surprise at her husband's surprise gift of roses in the middle of the workday.

Leonard Bergier stalks the true monsters of the Twelveswood from the edge of the tree line, his bow drawn and his expression grim. Lightning deepens the shadows and casts stark light over the stalking scene.

Aveline sits with her back facing the camera in front of an open fireplace at the Forgotten Knight's Tavern & Inn. Her dragoon curiass is removed, leaving her in just her athletic wear from the top up as she stares up at a broken mirror on the mantlepiece. The break indicates that it was intentionally shattered or punched.

Rohan Joyce (back in his Endwalker artifact armor, with golden archangel wings for this nostalgic g-pose) looks back at Etheirys, his rosy eyes aglow and a smile on his face.

Aveline Chandel, a wild elezen, rides her cosmoboard in a slanted stunt on the new Auxesia cosmoline. Her right hand grabs onto the edge of the board to tilt it while her off left hand does a Vulcan salute.

Ivette Murray, a duskwight dressed in a floral sun hat and lace-tied swimsuit, sits on a lounge and reads a book in the sun on the Costa Del Sol party boat. Next to her lies her wife, Jeanne, wearing a red swimsuit. The Viera winks at her wife, whom she's claimed as her own.

Rohan stands amidst the castle grounds of Lakeland dressed as Aragorn from the Lord of the Rings series of novels and films. He holds Andúril, the flame of the west, which casts a brilliant light against the dark browns and blacks of his ranger duster coat.

Ivette Murray stands amidst shadow and light, her index finger raised and pressed to her lips in a "hush now" gesture, her eyes glowing stark white as she does so.

Mask over her right eye, the duskwight matriarch Ivette Murray takes the stage, scythe in hand.

Rohan stands amidst his garden, in one hand he holds a watering can while his other hangs freely in welcome as he bears his pansexual colors in pride. This is a vanilla shot I took as an alt to my moded post a few weeks ago, but you know, I like this angle a lot more to be certain~