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   Haunted by Echoes by Symb1oso

   Fandoms: Final Fantasy XIV  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   09 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Zenos yae Galvus/Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV)
   • Zenos yae Galvus
   • Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV)
   • Zenos Defects AU
   • Named Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV)
   • SEVERE divergence from canon
   • tags and rating will be updated per chapter upload
   • garleans being racist
   • Zenos yae Galvus Needs a Hug
   • Zenos kills some people (very violently)
   • im very loosey goosey with cultural/linguistic equivalents
   • Suicidal Ideation
   • Dissociation
   • Zenos yae Galvus Has Feelings

   Summary

   He hated how this grand palace with all its luxuries didn’t feel like a home. His own family barely even felt like one. From the eccentricities of his grandfather, to the disdain of his father. He hated it all, and wanted out.

    

   This is my Zenos AU, where he defects at a young age, escaping to Eorzea and being raised alongside my main/canon WoL Diamanda Dorne. Who would have thought being raised in a supportive family and not constantly being treated like a monster could fix him?
   Diamanda is a midlander Hyur, half Thanalan native/half Ala Mhigan. She starts off as a Thaumaturge, turns into a Reaper sometime during Stormblood. Zenos will always be a weeb, and is a Samurai in this iteration of him.

   Updates will be slow/sporadic.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   22,430

   Chapters:

   11/?

   Comments:

   10

   Kudos:

   81

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   25 Nov 2025