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Jackal & Hide [EU] - Kilid/Torhe - 02-01-2015

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Introduction

Jackal & Hide are a neutral-aligned free company on the FFXIV:ARR server of Balmung. We're a tightly knit group of outcasts and oddballs, with engaging roleplay, a friendly atmosphere and plenty of fun for all involved. As most of our members are based in Europe, all of our events and our peak times for activity are in EU time zones.

Background

The company was founded by J'kilid Tia and J'inarah Marad, outcasts from a Jackal tribe in the wilds of La Noscea. Combining Kilid's brute strength and Inarah's guile, they created a security company based near Limsa Lominsa. Although incepted with scarcely more than two coins to rub together, the fledgling venture soon found success and expanded into a proper outfit.

Their eclectic crew have a wide variety of talents and their own unique goals but the success of the company (or "pack", as Kilid and Inarah oft call it) as a whole binds them together. From sellswords to scholars, physicians to pickpockets and artisans to accountants, they live and work as a team. Though there may be friction from time to time, at the end of each long day, the pack stands together.

What We Do

Our headquarters are in the Mists, Ward 12, Plot 35 and ostensibly operating as Sunny Seas Salvage, where we buy and sell all manner of merchandise. Having a word with the right person, however, will uncover the full spectrum of services on offer. We run the gamut from simple caravan escorts and body guarding to espionage, smuggling and outright theft. Whilst our morals are perhaps a bit fluid, our intentions are not malicious and we never engage in work that exploits or harms innocent people.

We also run a monthly seaside bar at Costa del Sol, both to generate some additional income and negotiate with prospective employees and clients.

How We RP

Most of our contracts are played out from within the company by either creating throwaway NPCs or (gasp) using our imagination. We weave an overarching plotline through our events to provide a cohesive purpose, foster individual character development and, let's face it, bring some intrigue and excitement! Although company leaders arrange these plotline events, we encourage members to take initiative and host their own events as well.

We aim to run our events in the open world rather than private areas whenever possible so outsiders can jump in if they so desire. If you see us out and about, feel free to introduce yourself and join the fun. The Jackals may seem a bit eccentric but we're a welcoming bunch!

We're open to working with other companies for cross-FC RP as well so, by all means, speak with Kilid or Inarah if you have need of our services.


RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Rosamund - 02-02-2015

Kilid and I just updated this to clarify some things and flesh it out a bit more. We've also established our IC linkshell so that information is on there now too.

Please feel free to contact either of us if you have any questions or comments!


RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Kilid/Torhe - 02-06-2015

Jackal & Hide will be hosting its first event tomorrow evening!

Will it be small intimate?  Yes!

Will it be fun?  Hopefully Damn right.

Will it have lots of screenshots?  PrtSc key already weeps in horror.


So what exactly are we doing then? I'm glad you asked! We'll be taking a leisurely walk through the bustling city of Limsa Lominsa, with perhaps a jaunt along the picturesque coastline of Lower La Noscea, and see what we find.  What, you think we're looking for something in particular? I d-don't know where you got that impression, haha, how ludicrous!... Anyway, meet us at the Drowning Wench at 19:30 GMT if you'd like to tag along and watch the sunset with us...yes, sunset, that sounds innocent enough...

What this actually marks is the first of what we're hoping to be a weekly FC event for members and anyone curious about Jackal and Hide, occasionally sprinkled with larger open and/or cross-FC events once we've gained some steam.


RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Kilid/Torhe - 02-07-2015

Jackal & Hide are pleased to report that our first event... is complete!

There was intrigue!  There was (an acceptable amount of) drama!  More importantly, there was the beginnings of the FCs overarching plot, the threads of which will be weaved in and out of future events by our spider queen resident storyteller, Inarah!

(Secretly, she enjoys making us dance.  Given how tonight's story was told, I think being a puppet in this could be quite fun).


Tl;dr, it was a fun small-scale, intimate story event, and this tale shall continue to be told week after week until its conclusion, whereupon something else shall take its place.

Hope to see some of you there!

And I believe I promised you all screenshots?  Kilid don't go back on his promises!  So, here y'all go!  11 of the finest from tonights crop of 130: http://imgur.com/a/75v0G


RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Rosamund - 02-11-2015

As we've created an overarching plotline for our company RP nights, we thought we'd start sharing the after-the-event summaries here.

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More will come as and when we write them up. Smile


RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Rosamund - 02-13-2015

The next segment arrives!

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RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Kilid/Torhe - 02-14-2015

Week 2, event 2

Status:  Complete
Result:  Aww, hells yeah Cool


So, what happened?  Well, most of that will appear in a write-up, which is yet to come (It's Valentione's Day, I beg your forgiveness for the delay today, folks */grovel*) but in short... there was a merchant escort job, with a twist.

The twist didn't go -quite- according to the IC plan (I know... shock!), but the end result was better and perhaps a little more profitable in terms of gil and information than either Inarah or Kilid expected Big Grin

And more importantly... the turnout was greater!  Many thanks to all who involved themselves last night, we here at Jackal & Hide hope it was as fun for you as it was for us. Heart

Screenshots incoming, of course!  Last nights images come courtesy of the lovely Inarah, as I was laptop-bound.  If you want some context to the images (I.e. you want to see the names they've been given -they help give a little more context, I promise!), you can find the originals in our event gallery, here!

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Bonus edit: Inarah updated the story post just above this one! I do believe that it's now complete Big Grin


RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Rosamund - 02-16-2015

We've updated the main listing to include reference to our FC plot which is well under way now. Much intrigue, so mystery, wow. I'll continue writing reports after events to keep everyone up to speed. We expect this particular storyline will be resolved in a month or two, after which we'll begin plotting the next one. Mwahaha!

There's also now a section about our current headquarters in Costa del Sol, which is where we run our public bar event. A shack on the coast counts as a house, right...? We do intend to move to a more permanent fixture at some point but that's very dependent on the availability of housing on Balmung so we're making the most of what we can get!


RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Chinua Dotharl - 02-18-2015

Beachy partai


RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Kilid/Torhe - 02-19-2015

So, I posted event information here, when I meant to just link it to the event thread.  I'm an intelligent FC leader, like that.

Also, I'm ill with manflu so leave me alone and take pity!

Event information updated!
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=10052&pid=148408#pid148408


RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Rosamund - 02-21-2015

Thanks very much to Kilid for providing the write up for last week's event.

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In other news, we had another event last night which brought new developments into the FC plot! Thanks to everyone who attended; it was an interesting evening. Have some screenshots! Big Grin

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RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Kilid/Torhe - 02-22-2015

Well, as many of you know (Given how many of you were there!), last night Jackal & Hide hosted its very first large-scale (... huge, for us) public event, the Sunny Seaside Bar.  While on occasion calling it the 'Sunny' Seaside Bar wasn't quite as accurate as we'd have liked (Soggy Stormridden Seaside Bar actually.  Curse those coastal Costa storms!), little things like the weather didn't seem to deter people, all of whom are clearly hardier than a little bit of rain!

And so to each and every one of you that turned up last night, you beautiful, beautiful people, we here at J&H would like to say thank you.  You all made it a resounding success, and a thoroughly enjoyable experience for us here behind the characters.  And hopefully for yourselves too.  It meant a lot to us Heart

And if anyone ordered a drink that we missed, due to chatscroll... sorry!  We're looking into a system that probably involves poking us in whispers next time to ensure you don't get overlooked.  I'm not sure anyone -did- get overlooked, as I know Inarah and myself were scanning the chat until our eyeballs melted, along with Xivrez'to and Mihrimi, but better safe than sorry Tongue

We're already plotting the next event, and would like to offer up an open invitation.  If you'd like to perform, or offer some form of entertainment in any (mostly legal) way, shape or form, we'd love to hear from you either here or via whispers IG!

The Chocobo racing may or may not return, we're still unsure on that one but we know of at least one person wanting to start an illicit gambling ring over it.  Which could be fun Big Grin It depends on how things go with the Golden Saucer's racing, I guess!

(*Cough* Squee *Cough* Golden saucer!)

If you want to see some images, then the lovely Inarah added some to her thank you post here (I do believe she took more than I, overall, and caught more of you throughout the event), and I'll add some to the end of this little ol' post for you all to peruse in a moment, after one final message:

See You Space Cowboy

See You Space Cowboy.

(Couldn't resist.  Shoot me.)

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RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Rosamund - 02-25-2015

As Kilid says, the bar was a smashing success - thanks again to all you lovely people who attended. We're really looking forward to the next one!

But we're not resting on our laurels now. Tonight we have our weekly PVE night, running lowbie dungeons for our members still levelling up and some end game content for our 50s. Hooray for better gear and hopefully some fashionable new clothes for glamour!

Saturday we'll be wrapping up our first FC plotline and I'm quite excited to see how everyone plays their part. On Sunday, we're going to visit the Golden Saucer ICly with the whole company. Anyone interested in joining our company is welcome to come to the RP then (at 19.00 GMT in Ul'dah), ask questions both IC and OOC and otherwise get a feel for what our RP is like. Or if you just fancy RPing with us, by all means, go for it! Big Grin


RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Chinua Dotharl - 02-25-2015

happy that we all are going our marry way to the golden saucer event on sunday, yippie


RE: Jackal & Hide [EU] - Rosamund - 02-27-2015

(02-25-2015, 10:18 AM)Mihrimi Wrote: happy that we all are going our marry way to the golden saucer event on sunday, yippie

Indeed we are, Mihrimi! Big Grin As I said before, anyone is welcome to join us as well. Just meet us outside the front entrance of the Adventurer's Guild in Ul'dah at 19.00 GMT.

Also, last week's plotline event has finally been written up.

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