After the Battle of Carteneau, many refugees from the battle fled the field to the closest city-state - Gridania. Here they found refuge, despite the damage the Black Shroud suffered during the Calamity, a place to heal and sort through what they had experienced. 
 
Amid the chaos, individual groups began to rise to fill the void left by the missing Grand Companies and the vanished Warriors of Light, forming Free Companies that focused on rebuilding the world. 
 
We were one such group, lead by a Miqo'te named Una Chalahko. With the backing of one of the old Gridanian families, Una and her allies began to help rebuild the homesteads and cities of the Black Shroud. Several people who had taken refuge in Gridania joined the Free Company, in an attempt to pay back the city-state for their kindness. 
 
Time passed, and while the Shroud still bared the scars of the Calamity, life had resumed a semblance of normality. It was then that the more broad-minded Gridanians and the refugees from the Battle of Carteneau began to push for expansion of the Free Company's focus. Una, along with the Company's backers and a handful of Gridanian nationals, did not approve of this change of focus, and denied the desires of the majority of members time and again, always using her rank as a means to conquer them. 
 
It fell to Kysh'to Bajhiri and a few others to calm those who wished for change. A tenuous peace was brokered for a few more months, however it never lasted; people would push for expansion, and Una would deny them again, leaving Kysh'to to negotiate calm once more. It was not just this that caused strife within the Company - Una had changed, and sought to find fault in everyone and everything around her. 
 
Over time, the change in Una became too great, and finally someone called the Miqo'te on her bad judgement calls. N'aomai Tierell publicly denounced Una and the Gridanians who refused to see beyond the Black Shroud, rallying the majority of the Company to stand against Una. 
 
In a fit of fury, Una withdrew from the Company after promoting Kysh'to; she believed that Kysh'to would be unable to hold the group together, as she thought people viewed him as just her mate, nothing more than a boy toy. Instead, Kysh'to and the remaining members have pulled together and stood defiant to Una's attempt to bring them low. 
 
Now the Stormforged work to protect and care for all of Eorzea, working with the revived Grand Companies to sort through its problems. They moved their base of operations to Ul'dah, creating a central location that was almost equal distance from Gridania and Limsa Lominsa. With the backing of L'olh Nunh and a branch of the Viper tribe, the Stormforged have moved into a new chapter of their lives, and discovering new adventure.