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[gatheredfates]

SEA'S COMMUNITY COMPENDIUM UPDATE

We have a massive one today! Huge thanks to a close friend of mine who sent me every single bookmark of xiv resources she had. 💖

Additionally, a good handful of these resources were sourced from a list originally created by @rinhkitty, which you can find here. I have tried to include the more recent/active of the lot, so it's not a one-for-one. Thank them for a lot of the large scale resources you'll find below! ✨

As of 04/12, I have added the following resources (in no particular order) to Sea's Community Compendium for FFXIV Creatives:

LARGE SCALE

GARLAND TOOLS — Contains XIV resources such as Garland Data, everything database, crafting lists and equipment calculators; Garland Bell, gathering timers, collectable resources and hunt windows; and FFXIV Fisher, daily fishing windows, bait paths and catch checklist. Maintained by Clorifex Ezalor of Zalera.

TEAMCRAFT — Create crafting lists and collaborate with others, set gathering alarms, simulate crafting rotations, and more!

CAT BECAME HUNGRY - FFXIV ANGLER — Contains everything and anything to know about fishing including specific fish guides, location, baits, aquarium fish and more!

FFXIV - CRAFTING AS A SERVICE — Crafting information and planning for FFXIV!

FFXIV GARDENING — The FFXIV Gardening Database is a collection of everything related to gardening in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. It was created to organize and visualize the results obtained from crossbreeding.

SIGHTSEEING LOG HELPER — This tool will help those trying to complete their pesky Sightseeing Log by letting them know upcoming weather patterns for each zone!

EUREKA TRACKER — For everything and anything to do with Eureka mobs, tracking and weather patterns.

FFLOGOS — for tracking of items/actions related to Eureka.

FFXIVSQUADRON — A comprehensive tool that helps you assess the success rate of various squadron missions.

FFXIV CHOCOBO COLOUR CALCULATOR — Will calculate what chocobo feed you will need to get from your current colour to your desired colour. *rng not included.

FFXIV HOUSING — A site specialising in the documentation of all housing items available in game.

HOUSING SNAP — A compilation of player-made housing designs. Can be used for inspiration or places to visit!

MISC

NPC CHAT BUBBLES — Would you like more NPC chat bubbles for edits? Say no more! Created by @alexoisxiv.

OLD TUMBLR LAYOUT BY PIXIEL — While not XIV specific I know a lot of people aren't fans of the new Tumblr layout, so this is a fix that will revert it to an as close as possible approximation of the new one. I won't tag the creator as I don't think they're in the xiv community, but it's run by @/pixiel!

HOW TO CURSE LIKE AN ISHGARDIAN — Do you want to make the church blush? Do you want to incur the wrath of Halone? @stars-and-clouds has compiled a list of appropriate curses/swear words for you!

FINAL FANTASY XIV SIDEQUEST GUIDE - HEAVENSWARD EDITION — maintained by @chatty-moogle, this guide explores interesting sidequests in Heavensward that will give you more information about the lore, titbits about locals and other interesting information!

TRUST BANNERS FOR XIV — If you have ever wondered how people mimic the Trust banners used in XIV, look no further! @locke-rinannis has a template for you.

MAKING USE OF RECOMMENDATIONS — created by @autumnslance, this guide will help you make your recommendations tab useful rather than annoying.

BOTANICA EORZEA — A guide to the flora of Eitherys and her reflections, including fungi and seedkin. For reference in writing and roleplaying. Maintained by @tinolqa.

GPOSE TIPS — A tutorial on how to achieve clarity and detail in your XIV screenshots! Created by @aryalaenkha.

UI MACRO MENUS — A guide on how to use macros to create small UI menus for XIV. Written by @diskwrite-ffxiv.

TYPHON GATE RESEARCH — Created by @mcstronghuge, these are the statistically best places for your character to stand for the Typhon Gate!

CHANGELOG

HYDAELYN HEALTH HAVEN has been removed at the request of the owner.

Moved THE BALANCE higher on the list to reflect alphabetical sorting, excluding names that start with The.

Misc formatting as needed.

Added some additional clarification around large-scale discords/spaces; in particular: Large-scale community discords such as the XIV Reddit Discord, Hunts, GPOSE promotions and broad-space roleplay servers that harbour a large number of people and are publicly available to all. These may not have an RP focus but will assist in other aspects of the game. Also includes well-known tools/resources that are utilised by large groups of people and assist in gameplay elements.

Added a quick-jump menu to the bottom of each of the table of contents menus to assist in navigation.

Want to submit? You can either fill out the google form here, send me an ask with the relevant information contained on the Compendium, or join my Discord at SEAFLOOR (21+ only)!

I am sure there's probably a couple of things I have missed or links/formatting that might be broken. Please don't hesitate to let me know if anything is out of place. I'm going to take a break now. I'm pretty sure that's the biggest edit that's ever going to occur on this document!

[aerialsquid]

FFXIV Write 2024 Day 18: Hackneyed

Skip your meeting in Labyrinthos today. Make sure you're at the afternoon proposal introduction. You don't want to miss this.

It was Montichaigne. It was absolutely Montichaigne.f Only Montichaigne would send a note by mammet that was so urgent yet so vague, then sit back to watch the dramatics roll in. With a resigned groan, Fourchenault delegated the project inspection to his PA, then turned around to head back up to the lift.

It was such a coward's move, too. Fourchenault was only one of 100. What possible legislation could be so terrible to present in front of him personally and specifically?

"In the name of Thaliak and in sight of the Sharleyan Forum, we present legislation to extend offer of a forum position to Kuwagata Ryuo, known also as the Warrior of Light, based on his extensive achievements and skills."

Ah.

Fourchenault's fellow member had a long argument afterwards, pale as he was, constantly avoiding looking in Fourchenault's direction. Fourchenault could only hear the pounding of the blood in his ears and and his inner demon's near-irresistible urging that he throw his folio at Montichaigne's grinning face. That man needed a better bloody hobby than watching other people's drama.

"This concludes arguments in favor, will we now hear arguments against?"

All 99 other members of the Sharleyan forum, every clerks, a few stray attending polisci students, and even the damned administrative mammets turned in Fourchenault's direction.

Fourchenault let out a long, deep sigh before rising to his feet. 

"I see that everyone has already assumed my position. Let me speak to the dhalmel in the room, since apparently Sharleyan's most prestigious institution has now turned into a schoolboy's gossip circle - yes, I will be speaking against the proposition. No, it is not because Master Ryuo is romantically involved with my ex-wife and I am a bitter divorced hag. It is because it is, for everyone involved, an extremely poor idea."

Perhaps it was his time with Kuwagata which had made him more blunt. Perhaps he'd just run out of fucks to give. He could hear a few shocked gasps from the gallery below.

"I'm sure the illustrious forum member who brought forth this proposal had only the star's best interests at heart when he did it."

He absolutely did not. He saw a well meaning but dense old man with a good reputation that he could leverage on behalf of your political gains. You could tell him anything and he'd nod along, unaware of the consequences. He's been a puppet of politics before, for good and for ill. How dare you try to make him one again, after all he has done.

"But my colleague has a memory that is too short and a gaze that is too narrow. I speak against this not because Master Ryuo is not good enough for a forum posting, but because he is too good for it. Recall that in our time of need, what the Warrior of Light brought to us was not careful planning, was not intellectual rigor - Sharleyan overflows with these things. What he brought was the strength of the alliances he'd built across the star, alliances he could not have built if he were merely the Forum's representative."

This was clearly not the response people had expected. Whatever they'd prepared to defend Kuwagata's reputation wouldn't work on someone who was outcompeting them in praising him. 

"Indeed, it is the Sharleyan way to seek out resources and catalog them, analyze them, take them for ourselves that we may understand and control them - but to do that for the Warrior of Light would be to shackle his power. We are just beginning to open up our society to a world we have rejected for generations in the name of our sacred mission, and you would seek to put a banner of nationality on the one man who finds allies in every city on the star? What cruelty, for a man who has given us so much."

Fourchenault went on for a bit, because this was the Forum and you had to. If anyone (Montichaigne) asked why he had so much ready praise for Kuwagata without needing formal preparation he'd dunk their head in a mop bucket.

"From our research into the World Unsundered, we know the Ancient Convocation held a position known as "Azem", the Traveler. Much as the god Oschon left his fellows to walk the roads of the world below, so would the Azem walk the star and understand its people. The Azem was not held to the behest of the Convocation, but would return and communicate what they had learned so that those who spent their days cloistered in the halls of government might understand the world beyond their walls. If the Ancients whose wisdom let them command the very laws of nature itself knew the value of such a position, can Sharleyan not share that wisdom? Let him be not an ambassador of Sharleyan to the world, but an ambassador of the world to Sharleyan. Let him bring the wisdom of his travels to us and educate us not in facts and figures, but in the dreams and fears of those he meets. And let us not shackle the strength of his arms in Forum robes, for we all know there will be yet another crisis that calls for his blade."

In retrospect he really shouldn't have ended on the image of Kuwagata shackled and in Forum robes, because now he was going to have to sit with that image the rest of the day, but what was done was done. 

(What was also done was finding out someone had passed a transcript of his speech to Ameliance, who had then done some discreet commissioning, and then finding out that Kuwagata looked deeply impressive in a Forum member's uniform. But that was a problem for later Fourchenault.)

[the-endless-traveler]

Second Chance (FFXIV Write 2023 #11: Once Bitten, Twice Shy)

She has her share of stories from the wars she went through under the Garlean banner, most being the usual soldier stories. Battle won and lost, fellow soldiers wounded at the camp or keep watching for night ambushes. She was usually the one watching around, due to her ability of staying awake for extremely long periods of time without feeling too tired. The Empire shaped her to be the perfect soldier, after all, and her superiors knew that well enough to assign her the tasks no other soldier would do... usually the pure-blood Garleans. She was "just" a savage, after all.

A savage with resources. She used her shifts to attempt escapes and one day, she managed to get far enough to get into a rebel camp and surrender. Maybe she was the "perfect" soldier, but she has a will of her own who screamed to get out the the steel grasp of the empire. Being a prisoner of war would be her best chance to escape the Empire, except she didn't accounted for a simple detail... The desire of vengeance from the very people she fought against.

She was brutal, relentless, and she was alone able to stand against half a dozen of rebels without being tired. As she was caged until the rebels stated on her future, she overheard their comments about their "Imperial prisoner". An unnatural endurance and strength that no soldier within the rebel group could match dubbed her as a "monster". Her powers of fire and darkness were feared and her eyes, red as the blood she spilled, were a sight that was known within this group as "unholy". For them, she was a demon, a beast that needed to be taken down.

She knew she couldn't trust the rebels and escaped the next day, breaking out of her poorly made cell and fleeing away somewhere when no rebels or no Imperials could find her. The desert of Dalmasca was ruthless for someone without supplies, and the Empire found her back quicker than she wanted. Caged by the brutal Empire and betrayed by the rebels she thought to be her salvation, she did what her rage told her to. One night, she went to that camp with a small group of soldiers, after telling her officer where the rebels were. The camp was ravaged, the rebels killed without remorse, and it was the first time she found pleasure at following an order she usually would have despised.

Despite the Empire, she had the heart of a knight. She didn't expected the rebels to be as ruthless as the Empire, she didn't expected the better side of this war to blame a victim. For her, it was betrayal, and she never liked traitors.

Since that day, she never trusted rebels anymore.

[tangled-boughs]

The Ashen Apron: Introduction to Culinary Basics II

Where:  The Ashen Clinic: The Goblet - Ward 9 Plot 35 - Room #28 When: Thursday, March 28th, 8:30PM EDT Server: Balmung Admission: Free (donations welcome) The Ashen Enclave is pleased to announce the second of it’s Holistic Wellness Workshops and Seminars! Director Leandre Mercier and Liaison Abelaire Cygnnoire will be co-leading a hands-on exhibition focused on the basics of the culinary arts for those with limited time and resources in mind. No prior experience required~ All participants will be encouraged to work alongside the instructors and create their own dishes: this time a hearty stew that can be made equally as easily over campfire or stovetop alike, certain to impress one’s adventuring companions! All ingredients and resources will be provided by the Enclave, we truly hope to see you in attendance! ( Many thanks to @etani-a for the lovely banner! @balmungrpcalendar , @balmungrp, @ffxiv-balmung-rp~ Any questions or suggestions for future workshops can be directed over tumblr, or to:  snarksnomy#5640 or math#1313 on discord! )

[vasaregemvarus]

I have 30 minutes until I start so a few things I’ll note:

The giveaway ends on Sunday at 6am which is basically when i wake up. Though depending on if I’m able to submit some homework assignments a day early for college cause school doesn’t officially start back on Sept 2.

In other words I might be delayed in getting them done.

Also I may be helping my mom with her job in the next week doing her email campaign, between that and work and college it might be difficult to get them done.

Literally she just told me this today.

Also due to the fact that I work in retail on salesfloor, there are going to be times when I just take day off of tumblr.

My job is still mentally exhausting as well as physically exhausting, and im the one that tries to stay later. In that case I may not be able to get on and will just play FFXIV instead.

I will get the banners when I get them done, so don’t panic, and don’t rush me. Especially with Christmas season being in 2-3 months.

What I nay do is just set it up on my paypal or whatever to accept tips if you want to do that? Idk. Or if you want to tip me you can..

I know fate already has a positivity blog though it doesn’t hurt to have a second one? Think with it being so big it would help the fandom a lot. We all need positivity in our life especially when rl can be shit and horrible and it’s why we rp to get away from shit.

I also want to do meme sentence blog thing based on Being the Elite. Which is a wrestling show that’s part comedy, part mystery, part travelouge, part promo. Why not.

Also I still want to do an icon resource blog with base icons so it makes manga icon hunts easier or video game or whatever.

It’ll be part request, part i have a fuck ton of these scans i might as well use them.

Might set up a tip jar thing. It’s a hobby but since I’m devoting time to this, why not? 

[cassiaslair]

How did you learn to make all your pretty graphics? Was there tutorials you followed? Just curious!

i am so happy you think my work is pretty AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

but honestly?? it was just a lot of trial and error!!

like omg look at this icon border i made for myself almost 2 years ago

AN ACTUAL DISASTER LMFAOOOO. THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS DEFINITELY THERE BUT THE EXECUTION? FLAWED. i remember being so proud of this but like, i've come so far! it's a lot of practice, and it's a lot of just understanding how photoshop and its tools work, really! and if you have a lot of good resources on hand, those are so instrumental in making things come together.

there are a lot of wonderful free resources on deviantart, but i've also purchased a lot of things from places like creativemarket or etsy. then, it's just experimenting with how you piece them together, whether it's a border or a promo banner or headcanon banner, anything! you start figuring out what looks good but also aligns with your taste, and sometimes it's editing tedious little individual things one by one and putting those together like a puzzle!

maybe one of these days i might stream the process, the next time i get a creative kick and i can show people what i personally do!

something that helped me with my like, poster / flyer / promo designs though was being a media manager for FFXIV rp night clubs in game! i didn't actually design anything by hand myself, since i purchased a license to a site with flyer templates, but by studying the layers or effects and stuff and how the individual assets came together to make a whole cohesive design, i was able to learn a lot! seeing like, things that look like they'd be cluttered also just made me more confident in having more cluttered things in my work, and sometimes it can be difficult to blend them together, but again, trial and error!

it also helps that i'm friends with so many talented people who i can bounce ideas off of or get feedback and suggestions on something i'm working on!!!

if you have any particular questions or need tutorials on something, i'll do my best to help!!

[glowinggunmetal]

[Faceless- Shifting Embers]

( @the-faceless-ffxiv​ For mention... and then a cut... it’s also a bit long)

Sipping a mug of tea, leaning against the dark walls and recesses of a cramped little room where he has no personal affects and even less to give away who he was, Lucien sat.  The tea was well made - he’d gotten that trick down, finally, long long ago and it’d not left him the more fanatic he’d become about time and meaning and weights and measurements.  He could make a decent cup of tea while mostly dead, half asleep, or drugged.

<When are We not here, deceiving Son? When do We not provide answers? Speak and let Us soothe your fears.>

The alien voice that was everywhere for that brief moment of time when it had answered his barely-breathed question to chat.  And that was terrifying in a baseless way that was hard to understand the root of, to him.  A power and a concept that was foreign, alien... enough to keep him up for bells past when sleep should have called to him, staring musingly at the fireplace he’d stoked to life and mulling.

If the fact that the entity had stopped whispering its questions was a blessing to Lucien - and it was because that was a tick of yet another lie he’d been keeping, like blood and boiling anger that had to remain hidden under skin lest it erupt in fire and fury and agony and hate and those were heady emotions, too dangerous, far far too dangerous - the fact that it listened was sometimes not.  

Everything had remained at a simmer below the very surface ever since the first time It had spoken to him, a cold tease that wormed into thoughts and mind and danced like a column of fire that seemed to be contained and then spread like a blanket, consuming and ravaging and leaving nothing but scattered ash in its wake.

<How many secrets are buried under your skin, We wonder. How long before they slip out? Would they look at you differently? Would you even care? Hands that have built have also destroyed and We have rejoiced in such dichotomy. Come closer and let Us show you what your talents could be used for. Let Us shelter you from the storm. Let Us embrace you as Our own.>  

It sometimes rose like a haunting memory, a sound at the edge of hearing - and the man froze when that happened, recalling the entirety of the hazy not-dream and what he’d done.

Because he’d gone to listen to the Resistance, or whatever name they called themselves.  They had so many - Glass Network wormed into their ranks of afflicted like the disease that they were, Weepers from someone’s comments that the Voice wept for those who ignored its call - and none of them described what they were.

Children.  Squabbling children, mostly, who didn’t know how to smile and get along, who didn’t know how to work together.  Who growled and bared their teeth like the utterly infuriating savages so many of them were - and that was worse the more who tried to banner to their cause.

The Purebloods who worked with the resistance. The Xaela who worked with the resistance, who wanted blood and fury and fire and steel and every hell to rain down on the lands to slake their bloodlust. The vampires, the voidsent lovers, the ever growing list of people who felt that their personal convictions were more important that a common goal, a common mission, that they were more important than the whole.

Luke had walked out of one of the meetings, notebook patted under his jacket, and he’d stood in the darkness of the Shroud’s trees and turned his head to the sky, voicing a quiet question.  

“Your opposition seems to be rather... almost unfocused, and willin' to kill anyone against them.  What about your chosen children?  Are they worth more time to look into?”

He hadn't expected an answer - the big, the powerful, the grand were the people who something like this cared about.  Lucien was ungifted in aether, unskilled in strange or dark magics - what he was good at was emotions, manipulations, and gaining trust.  And what the hells would a voice need that for?

But It had, hadn’t it?  Because his request had been met almost gleefully when he’d made it - and the engineer had listened, going from dipping his toes into the deep end to taking one last hardy breath and diving into it.  What he could offer was enough that he’d bartered with the voices and finally crafted something he could accept and work with.  Something that’d give him what he wanted - time, access, information?  All of it.  And the conditions were strict but at the same hand, so easy to fit into his actions and his work.

Even after it he’d not stopped working with the Resistance because what point would there be in that?  No, he wanted to work with them now almost more than ever, worming in slowly to a little niche or two he could tap people from, watch, listen, learn, the drive of why he’d done this something he looked at once and then closed into a small mental box, shoved at the back of his awareness.

Why - he took that mental box out, his expression no smile painted across his lips like a friendly welcome, his eyes hard and cold and remote.  

Why?  Why had he taken the fragile trusts and friendships and twisted them to their side, gotten close enough to people that he could work with them, and then switched from the helping hand to the concealed dagger?

Someone could’ve accused him of doing it for self-preservation and he’d have laughed at them.  He ended up putting his personal life on the sliding scale of worth so rarely that the only factor was the issue of watching countrymen cavort with people who rightly should have been killed by them, and being so corrupted by their nativeness that they didn’t care.  That they weren’t looking for truth anymore, that they weren’t trying to make sure that home would be safe from this crawling threat that seemed so common to Eorzea.  That they were so capable of looking at former loved ones and arguing about their fate without being willing anymore to talk.

Because it meant that the fragile hopes he might’ve had for finding people that wouldn’t turn on him were already smoldering ruins before he’d taken three steps in, and for one single time he hadn’t wanted to stand by and do nothing.  He hadn’t wanted to have to spend bells upon bells trying to not rip his skin off in frustration or terror, because he was a pawn compared to the power so many of them had, and he’d be crushed.

Again. Again.

He lifted the mug of tea, watching the fireplace’s flames dance and weave, closing his eyes as he exhaled.

Because the Marked had been so small, and the hot-headed blood seekers in their opposition would kill them for no reason.  Because they’d been scared, because they’d done what they’d needed to do to survive and then continued to.  

The ranks of the saviors were full of demons and murderers.  The ‘damned’ were full of people he felt far too much in common with, people who were complicated and earnest and faced with a world opposing them and a cut of resources to make it survivable.  There were monsters that lurked in the Marked but there were things that shook his beliefs in the universe in the ranks of their resistance, things that everyone threw in with because ‘the enemy of my enemy’ and what a load of shit that all was.

He already was the snake in the grass, wasn’t he?  He’d made a decision almost too quickly but he’d gone with what gave him a so-strange feeling of satisfaction - because the fragile truces of the resistance would shatter and if any of them knew he’d be on their lists just as much as their current targets were.  So he might as well do what had to be done.

And then he had to forget the people he did like, that he could start to care about, that he knew he wanted to help.  People like him didn’t get to have friends that remained, because some sun he’d have orders that’d put their life at risk and if he went against them, he’d be executed.  He closed his eyes instead, pulling taking their faces up in his memory and dredging them up to paint them with the all-to-familiar look of dawning comprehension, murderous rage - the reaction he got because his homeland was ‘the wrong sort of place’.  If he did this long enough it was easier to compartmentalize and rationalize that it hadn’t happened yet, that maybe it wouldn’t have been so bad - because he could soothe his mind by saying no, no, he knew.

He doubted it was possible to ever tell them why he’d made choices like this before - they usually were so full of hope that they didn’t want to believe their friend, comrade, lover wanted to skin him - so Lucien had given up trying.  He just added another little pile of metaphorical sins and threw his lot in with the people he felt a nearly visceral sympathy for.  In the end of all of this they could get their lives back, most of them.  Their loved ones would weep and beat their breast, but they had to live first.

It was so easy to offer them help.

It was even easier to ignore the gnawing, clawing whispers of why Lucien, how could you because he’d already heard every accusation before and they never changed where his bones and blood were from, who’d birthed him, or what he was.  

This time he’d try reveling in it instead of trying to pit himself against the hatred and prove it was worthless, subsume his fears with focus and concentration until he could ignore that he hated himself for how easy it was to even do this.  And when he needed a bell for himself the man could sit, holding a cup of tea that he barely remembered to sip before it was stone cold, accepting that he wasn’t quite sure if he’d finally stopped hoping or wanting to survive the coming turns.

Or maybe even the coming moons.

When his gamble finally crumbled, after all, he doubted that any of the resistance would want anything less than his blood.  And he couldn’t even say if he was sure the Marked wouldn’t want the same when it all crashed and burned, either.

He’d give himself one more bell of mulling, one more bell of watching the fireplace and forgetting to drink his tea, one more bell of actually examining why.  And then he’d box it all back up, toss out the spent herbs for the tea kettle he’d never finished, and get back to work.

[tangled-boughs]

The Ashen Apron: Introduction to Culinary Basics~

Where:  The Ashen Clinic: The Goblet - Ward 9 Plot 35 - Room #28 When: Thursday, February 28th, 8:30PM EST Server: Balmung Admission: Free (donations welcome) The Ashen Enclave is pleased to announce the first of it's Holistic Wellness Workshops and Seminars planned for the coming moons. Director Leandre Mercier and Liaison Abelaire Cygnnoire will be co-leading a hands-on exhibition focused on the basics of the culinary arts for those with limited time and resources in mind. No prior experience required~ All participants will be encouraged to work alongside the instructors and create their own dishes-- including but not limited to a flavorful breakfast sure to please even the particularly picky paramour and a hearty stew that can be made equally as easily over campfire or stovetop alike, certain to impress one’s adventuring companions! All ingredients and resources will be provided by the Enclave, we truly hope to see you in attendance! ( Many thanks to @etani-a for the lovely banner! @balmungrpcalendar , @balmungrp, @ffxiv-balmung-rp~ Any questions or suggestions for future workshops can be directed over tumblr, or to:  snarksnomy#5640 on discord! )

[tangled-boughs]

   ✧ Roleplaying Free Company || FFXIV - Balmung - US ✧

“In a world with cruel weapons, an act of kindness is an act of rebellion.”

❧ The Ashen Enclave ≼Ashen�� is a humanitarian collective of seemingly disparate individuals woven together by a common thread: to do good by others. Healers, scholars, adventurers, strays (and a few vigilante sorts) all find safe haven, sanctuary, and home under the Enclave’s banner – understanding that the good intentions of a few can be the spark that lights the way for many. The ‘Ashen Clinic’ may not be most cheerful moniker for a place to receive care, but for those that work and live there, it’s somber name has come to symbolize hope, opportunity, and a quite literal ‘rising from the ashes’ into the sanctuary it has become for the Enclave. We believe we are stronger for the hardships we have endured and overcome, both individually and collectively, and it has led us down this path. It is not someone’s past that matters or defines them, it is how they choose to shape their future, and that of those around them. Together, we are devoted helping those in need: regardless of affiliation or circumstance.

(more under the cut!)

✧ About Us ✧

❧ We are a small, well-established, and tightly-knit Roleplay Free-Company on Balmung.  Many of us have been RPing and gaming together for over half a decade or longer, though we welcome the opportunity to bring new faces into our cozy little corner of the server! We strive to create a welcoming, accepting, and comfortable environment for those that wish to join us. We are LGBTQA+ inclusive, and most of our members are in their late 20’s - 40’s. Because of this, we can be a quieter group at times (though our discord is almost always active) and are understanding of other people’s schedules and busy lives. If you are looking for a low-key & laid back group of friends to spend your time with, we just might be the place for you. Please note: we are primarily NA (EST / CST) based and our activity reflects this!

✧ [Rules & Company Overview] ✧ [RPC Club] ✧

✧ What we offer ✧

Large House in the Goblet (Ward 9 - Plot 35)

Bi - monthly Open Clinic Nights & other opportunities for community engagement

Social "Friends & Family” RP nights & One-off Events

Long-term plots and d20 style adventures

Collaboration with other groups / FCs for events and storylines

An active friendly discord

‘Job Board’ style mini-events & RP starters

Movie Nights hosted by various FCmates

Map Runs & other occasional group pve / pvp activities

Small group valuing quality character-driven storytelling & development

❧ We are committed as a group to creating character-driven storylines, plots, and events (both long and short-term) as well as providing resources for our members to develop their own. We encourage our members to bring their own ideas to the table, and want to work with our FCmates, collaborating with one another for the sake of mutual character development and storytelling. We believe that creativity blossoms most in a supportive environment, and we are all invested in each other’s stories.

✧ Who we are looking for ✧

The Ashen Enclave is an 18+ Only Free Company.   ❧ While we are always looking for, and welcome, healers of all stripes and skill levels, we are certain we can fit just about any character concept into the FC. The Enclave is a collective of folks with a diverse range of skills, interests and backgrounds.

The Clinic may be the Enclave’s most public venture, but it’s far from our only one, especially as we venture into new territory with active outreach and missions. From the Lawful good to Morally grey, anyone with good intentions (even if the methods themselves may be questionable) is welcome in the Ashen Enclave. ❧ We ARE currently looking specifically for one or two folks that wish to work closely with the Advocate & Advisors to develop / schedule / coordinate regular RP within the FC. So if you are outgoing, friendly, and bursting with plot ideas, contact Milloux directly! (Milloux Allard in-game / snarksonomy#5640) Interested in joining us? Please Make sure you’ve looked over our rules & guidelines! After that:

                                   ✧≫ Apply here! ≪ ✧

❧ Applications may take a week or two to process!  If you haven’t received a response in that time, or would like to let us know you have submitted an application for our consideration (google forms does not always notify us) please feel free to contact us here on tumblr, in-game, or on Discord: (snarksonomy#5640)

❧ Want to RP with us but don’t want to leave your current Free Company? We always welcome volunteer healers & helpers, associates & investors, and other friends into the fold! We have an in-character Linkshell for those wishing to RP with us, and are happy to arrange an In-character meeting. We look forward to hearing from you! ❤

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              ❧ ✧ Roleplaying Free Company || FFXIV - Balmung - US ✧ ☙

"In a world with cruel weapons, an act of kindness is an act of rebellion.”

❧ The Ashen Enclave ≼Ashen≽ is a charitable collective of seemingly disparate individuals woven together by a common thread: to do good by others.  Healers, humanitarians, scholars, adventurers, strays (and a few vigilante sorts) all find safehaven, sanctuary, and home under the Enclave's banner -- understanding that the good intentions of a few can be the spark that lights the way for many. The ‘Ashen Clinic’ may not be most cheerful moniker for a place to receive care, but for those that work and live there, it’s somber name has come to symbolize hope, opportunity, and a quite literal ‘rising from the ashes’ into the organization it is today. We believe we are stronger for the hardships we have endured and overcome, both individually and collectively, and it has led us down this path. It is not someone's past that matters or defines them, it is how they choose to shape their future, and that of those around them. Together, we are devoted helping those in need: regardless of affiliation or circumstance. (More under the cut!)

✧ About Us ✧

❧  We are a small, well-established, and tightly-knit Medium Roleplay Free-Company on Balmung.  Many of us have been RPing and gaming together for over half a decade or longer, though we welcome the opportunity to bring new faces into our cozy little corner of the server! We strive to create a welcoming, accepting, and comfortable environment for those that wish to join us. We are LGBTQA+ friendly, and most of our members are in their late 20's - 40's. Because of this, we can be a quieter group at times (though our discord is almost always active) and are understanding of other people's schedules and busy lives. If you are looking for a low-key & laid back group of friends to spend your time with, we just might be the place for you. Please note: we are primarily NA (EST / CST) based and our activity reflects this! ✧ [Rules & Company Overview] ✧ [RPC Club] ✧

✧ What we offer ✧

Large House in the Goblet (Ward 9 - Plot 35)

Bi - monthly Open Clinic Nights & other opportunities for community engagement

Social "Friends & Family" RP nights & One-off Events

Collaboration with other groups / FCs for larger storylines & ongoing plots

An active friendly discord

Movie Nights hosted by various FCmates

Map Runs & other occasional group pve / pvp activities

Small group valuing quality character-driven storytelling & development

❧  We are committed as a group to creating character-driven storylines, plots, and events (both long and short-term) as well as providing resources for our members to develop their own. We encourage our members to bring their own ideas to the table, and want to work with our FCmates, collaborating with one another for the sake of mutual character development and storytelling. We believe that creativity blossoms most in a supportive environment, and we are all invested in each other’s stories.

✧ Who we are looking for ✧

The Ashen Enclave is an 18+ Only Free Company.  ❧ While we are always looking for, and in need of, healers of all stripes and skill levels, we are certain we can fit just about any concept into the FC. The Enclave is a collective of folks with a diverse range of skills, interests and backgrounds. From the Lawful good to Morally grey, anyone with good intentions (even if the methods themselves may be questionable) is welcome in the Ashen Enclave. ❧ We ARE currently looking specifically for someone to work closely with the Advocate & Advisors to develop / schedule / coordinate regular RP within the FC. So if you are outgoing, friendly, and bursting with plot ideas, contact Milloux directly! (Milloux Allard in-game / snarksonomy#5640) Interested in joining us? Please Make sure you’ve looked over our rules & guidelines! After that:

                                    ✧≫ Apply here! ≪ ✧

❧ Applications may take a week or two to process!  If you haven’t received a response in that time, or would like to let us know you have submitted an application for our consideration (google forms does not always notify us) please feel free to contact us here on tumblr, in-game (Milloux Allard, Melori Enara or Etienne Clairemont), or on Discord: (snarksonomy#5640)

❧  Want to RP with us but don't want to leave your current Free Company? We always welcome volunteers, associates, and other friends into the fold! We have an in-character Linkshell for those wishing to RP with us, and are happy to arrange an In-character meeting. We look forward to hearing from you! ❤ Poster by @etani-a !