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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author, editor, game designer, and podcaster Henrick Stormsson as an Official Panelist! Learn more about Henrick at www.entertheimaginarium.com/henrick-stor...

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August 29, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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Given I have 5+ models of Ildan in my HeroForge library…I have thought about this a normal amount, I promise.

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A 3D model of a male miqo’te dressed in a calf-length coat over rugged pants and combat boots. He stands in a martial arts stance reminiscent of krav maga, facial expression highly focused. A 3D model of a male miqo’te wearing a full harness of inky blue armor with bronze accents. A black leather skirt billows around his legs as he holds a partizan in a ready stance, as though running a drill. A 3D model of a male miqo’te wearing a formal armored uniform consisting of a spruce green calf-length riding coat, black pants and military boots, and a black cuirass and spaulders. A large gunblade rests on his right shoulder, and he gestures at the ground with his left hand as though demanding someone step forward. A 3D model of a male miqo’te, attired in a battle-worn military uniform with a knapsack on his back. Grey gauntlets, pauldrons, and sabatons are visible where not covered by a calf-length olive green coat. He holds a longsword in a retracted plow guard as aether coils around its blade.
October 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Today in “okay, this is canon now” adventures: Ildan can rap.

Not something I intended, but uh…here we are.

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September 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Naiad’s Rescue

Inspired by Vereker Hamilton’s “The Rescue”

#stormsson | #elpisfleur
An image of two miqo’te riding on a horse through a pond. One is clad in knightly armor, directing the horse onwards with an expression of determination. The other wears a seafoam dress patterned like rippling water, and is being carried by the other miqo’te while wearing a peaceful expression. The same two miqo’te shown from a wide angle. The horse is revealed to be a unicorn, and the pond is revealed to be covered in flowering lily pads. The knight steers the unicorn towards a masonwork wall, as though taking the other miqo’te there.
September 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Tabhair dom Fuaim do mo spiorad mo chara, deisiuchan ceoil i mo anam i mo chroi.

#stormsson | #elpisfleur
An image of two miqo’te against a black backdrop, framed by a picture frame draped with flowers and cloth. One, a female-presenting miqo’te, sits on a chair covered in blue cloth. Her left hand strokes the hair of a male miqo’te, who sits in the ground with one of the woman’s legs embraced in his arms and legs while her other leg rests atop his shoulders. Both their expressions are calm but serious.
August 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Take your wife on picnic dates to fields where the flowers match her hair.

#stormsson | #elpisfleur
An image of a male and female-presenting miqo’te sitting in a field of flowers. The female-presenting miqo’te holds her hand up to showcase a butterfly, her expression serene. The male miqo’te follows her gaze, face neutral but peaceful. A different angle of the previous image. The flower field is more in view, a mix of tall wildflowers and lupins. This angle also shows that the female-presenting miqo’te is leaning against the chest of the male, who has her in a half-embrace.
August 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Not as adorable, but hi, hello~

#stormsson
A FFXIV infographic depicting a male miqo’te named Ildan Akanote. The player’s prefered pastimes, hours of play, jobs, and degrees of difficulty are all displayed.
August 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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“Don’t you know it’s rude to interrupt a man when he’s eating?”

Seems like the random swordsman encounter is off to a rough start.

#stormsson | #Leolights
An image of a male miqo’te sitting at a table, lit from behind by a lantern. He’s dressed roughly, for work outdoors or for training. His legs are crossed above the knee, and his left hand is positioned as though he just stopped cupping his chin. His right hand leans on the hilt of a kriegsmesser, and a slight smirk adorn his face. A torso-only shot of the same miqo’te as the prior image. His smirk is more pronounced, and his brows seem to be pulled down more in annoyance. From this angle, one can see plates of food and teacups behind him.
July 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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A moment in passing; an eternity in affection

#stormsson | #elpisfleur
A picture of two miqo’te in a stone stairwell, posed as in “The Meeting on the Turret Stairs” by Frederick Burton. A female-presenting miqo’te faces away from the camera, dressed in an elegant medieval gown while exte ding her right arm. The lightly armored male miqo’te faces toward the camera, kissing the interior of the woman’s elbow while holding her arm in his hands.
July 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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For thy hubris, thou were cast unto the stones below
But in wrath thou shalt ascend to the skies once more

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A miqo’te man sits on a pile of rubble, dressed in a tattered skirt and bearing a set of metallic black feathered wings. He is posed like The Fallen Angel painting by Alexandre Cabanel, but clutches the hilt of a greatsword in his hands. A zoomed in version of the previous image, showing the man’s torso and face in more detail. Deep scars line his chest and arms, and his face is locked in an expression of boiling rage.
July 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Gild your armor, gallowglass, and try your best to look heroic.

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A male miqo’te in a full harness of platemail stands before a stone lancet window overgrown with ivy. His armor is silver with gold filigree, adorned by a navy blue cape. A war sword rests in his left arm, blade leaning against his shoulder while his left hand holds the pommel. A torso-only shot of the same miqo’te in platemail. Sunlight gleams and forms rays off his breastplate and sword, and his face is locked in an expression of determination.
July 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Sometimes, the small moments make all the difference.

Credit to @luckywaltz.bsky.social for this gorgeous shot of Ildan and @elpisdarling.bsky.social ~ 💖

#stormsson | #elpisfleur
A miqo’te couple sitting in a flower field. The femme miqo’te is dressed in blue lingerie, watching her partner with soft adoration. The male miqo’te is dressed in a white shirt and black pants, and is smiling as he holds a white bird in his hand.
July 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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14.) Melee

Wrathguard, for opponents who can be baited with false openings.

#stormsson | #elegymods | #mayqote | #ffxivgpose
A male miqo’te stands in the purple grasses of a castle courtyard, dressed in simple black leather clothing. He is standing in a retracted Vom Tag guard from German longsword fencing, his eyes intently focused on an unseen opponent. Said guard is also called a Zornhut, or wrath guard. A close up of an intensely focused male miqo’te’s face and hands as he holds a longsword in a retracted Vom Tag stance, sometimes called a Zornhut guard. His left hand actually does not contact the hilt, as though he is ready to use it for other purposes than swinging the sword.
May 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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13.) Rook

What has he stolen, that black-feathered rogue?

#stormsson | #mayqote | #ffxivgpose
A vertical shot of a miqo’te man running up the stairs of a ruined, overgrown tower. He is dressed all in black with a raven feather mantle on his cape and a black mask over his face whose nose elongates into a beak-like point. He reaches for a sword at his waist as he runs, the faintest smirk on his lips.
May 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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12.) Escape

“Screw bedrest, I can’t waste time. She needs me.”

#stormsson | #mayqote | #ffxivgpose
An image of a miqo’te male in a dimly lit room, crouched near a medicine cabinet. He is dressed in dragoon armor from the waist down, his torso bare save for bandages around his midriff. He clutches said bandages as though still in pain, watching the door intently as someone’s shadow moves past.
May 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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11.) Burden

It is always when the burden is heaviest that you are asked to shoulder it.

#stormsson | #ffxivgpose | #mayqote
A manle miqo’te kneels within a golden picture frame, clad in dark robes that hang off his muscled frame. Upon his shoulders, held in place by his arms, is a planet. The planet is surrounded by a debris field, as though it has been partially destroyed.
May 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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10.) Creation

As a boy, he learned to smith to make himself useful.
As a man, he lights the forge to hammer away his doubts.

#stormsson | #mayqote | #ffxivgpose
Two images of a miqo’te at an outdoor forge, dressed in a smith’s clothes. He wields a heavy blacksmith’s hammer, and holds an unfinished smallsword against the anvil. The first image show him in a wide-shot, showing both the fires if the forge and the sunset glinting off the ocean on the horizon. The second image is a close-up of the man’s face, meditative but focused as he works the blade.
May 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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9.) Past

“Oh for the days when room and board were our only worries…”

#stormsson | #elpisfleur | #mayqote | #ffxivgpose
Two miqo’te in a forest glade, a watchtower visible in the distance behind them. One of them sits on a log, dressed in a bodyguard’s clothes and drinking from a flask of water. He watches the other miqo’te, dressed in traveling clothes, as she picks flowers with a smile on her face.
May 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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8.) Future

“No more wars, no more cataclysms, no more rescues. Just us…a man can dream.”

#stormsson | #elpisfleur | #ffxivgpose | #mayqote
A series of images. The first depicts a male and female miqo’te sitting on a vanity table, the former embracing the latter as she leans against him. The second depicts the same two miqo’te dancing in a kitchen as sunlight trickled in through the window. The other two images are detail shots of the kitchen and vanity without either miqo’te.
May 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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7.) Rival

Devotion or possession, agency or control, liberation or assimilation?

#stormsson | #apicemmelius | #ffxivgpose | #mayqote
Three images of two men fighting in a black void, depicting the same moment from three angles. One is a middle aged Garlean, clad in fine clothing, lunging at his opponent with a slim gunblade while a cloud of syringes float about him. The other is a miqo’te in a military uniform, parrying the Garlean’s attack with an aetherically charged gunblade of his own. Both their faces are locked in grimaces of concentration as they lock blades.
May 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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6.) Disguise

“No one pays any mind to sentries, nephew, so start your infiltration there.”

#stormsson | #mayqote | #ffxivgpose
Two images of a male miqo’te. The first is a close up of his face, covered from the nose down in a black mask, but with an intense expression nonetheless. The second image shows his full body, dressed in a military uniform, standing guard outside a snow-covered building in the wee hours of the morning.
May 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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5.) Improvement

Train the body to focus the mind. Train the mind to strengthen the heart.
Train the heart to guide the body.

#stormsson | #mayqote | #ffxivgpose
Three images of a male miqo’te, training shirtless in a temple courtyard. In the first image, he growls at a training dummy as he prepares to strike. In the second, he is striking the dummy with a heel-kick at head height. In the third, he punches the dummy at git height, his own stance dropped into a kneeling position.
May 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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4.) History

“Spotted something, djecak?”
“Blockade’s forming.”
“Ah. Sounds like we earn our keep tomorrow.”

#stormsson | #mayqote | #ffxivgpose
Two people stand on the deck of a ship at night, both lighthouse and moon illuminating the sky. One figure is an adult male hrothgar, clad in fur-trimmed armor and with a greataxe on his back. He stares out to sea while holding a mug of beer, smiling. The other figure is an adolescent male miqo’te, wearing lighter and more mobile armor. The boy is looking out to sea as well, shielding his eyes from the lighthouse so as to see through the darkness better.
May 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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3.) Serve

Tea Master of the Verdant Café, at your service.

#stormsson | #mayqote | #ffxivgpose
A miqo’te man in a white shirt stands behind a café counter, sleeves rolled to the elbows and worn half-open. Behind him can be seen various coffee chop materials and tools, including a stove and a whistling kettle. The man slides a teacup over the counter with one hand, his other coming to rest atop the counter.
May 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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2.) Wander

Deep forests are only as peaceful as your ability not to disturb their residents.

#stormsson | #mayqote | #ffxivgpose
A male miqote stand in a forest, clad in travelling clothes. He leans his right hand against a tree trunk as he scans the darkening horizon.
May 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM