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Hello there! Assuming you made an alt on Balmung already to test the waters. I'd suggest the Open RP linkshell to help you see what people are like. Its an out of character LS for people to chat and find people of similar interest to Roleplay with. I do know a few others, but they aren't listed here at the moment sadly. You can always poke me in game if you want more information, I'm usually free most of the time to help out new people interested in trying things. Hope you find the server to your taste and have fun!

This sounds pretty interesting. I'll have to hit you up in game later and see if we can possibly work something out.

Alright, done sending email, I'm going to catch some sleep while SE scrambles to fix the mess that is patch days. Best of luck to you folks spamming that log in button, you can do it!

Haven't even tried to log in yet tbh. Main website is slowly putting up a list of servers down for unknown reasons, I expect just about every server to make that list.

Inb4 "AMG SERVERS ARE CRASHING FROM EVERYONE TRYING TO LOG!!" Edit: Darn, too late.

Bah, go figure, the one night I wouldn't mind it being a busy as hell at work. I finish way too early cause we had next to no volume to unload D:

Work, do some maint' on the house I've been putting off for too long, take the wife out to dinner, nap then go to work again (double shift ftl).

Glad it was nothing too serious and you're well on your way to recovery. Make sure you get a lot of rest!

Negative. But that would be amazing if they could. Just have all the plots be the same size, but you pay for what you can afford. ....Kinda reminds me of Animal Crossing. Bah, that's a shame, would have made the limited plots sting a bit less.

Can't houses also be upgraded to a bigger one later on, depending on what land you have?

Ick, thats no good. *hugs* I hope everything goes well for you.

White Raven was probably as close to Kefka as we'll see, in terms of mass slaughter.

Thanks Sounssy, I know about the fall one (got it bookmarked since forever) but anything extra is always welcomed

Lastest storyline said it was razed to the ground as an example, but I could be wrong.

I wouldn't exactly call Garlemald "far" east. I mean, the only thing separating the Empire from the Black Shroud is a thin strip of land belonging to Xelphatol (which somehow we still know absolutely nothing about) That is true, but until its charted, I would still consider it under that category. The way I see it, the far east would be everything outside of Eorzea. Meaning everything east after Xelphatol (Which we have no idea how big exactly is that strip of land) and Gyn Abinia. Admittedly it's all semantics, but I'm bored and it's something to talk about, right? So my thought is that while Garlemald certainly owns some of the far east (Doma and such), the near-end of the Empire is more what I'd consider the middle east, i.e. Ala Mhigo. But as you said, we have no idea what the true extent of the Empire is. For all we know, they could have territory west of us, too. There is, actually, lore on this. In XIV lore, the term "Far East" specifically refers to the Great Continent Othard. While the term "Near East" specifically refers to the island nation of Thavnair in the Jade Sea. It's not a general directional term, it refers to a specific place. Garlemald, the home nation of the Garlean Empire, lies in Ilsabard, the northern Great Continent. Lore also tells us that the Empire controls all of Ilsabard and most all of Othard with only a scant few rebellious city-states being the exception. As far as Aldenard is concerned, Garlemald's territory extends only into Gyr Abania, a region of Eorzea once belonging to the Ala Mhigans. There they built a giant wall around the city-state keeping all invaders out and all captives inside. There is also enough lore to speculate that Garlemald also has a presence along the northern edge of Eorzea, along Abalathia's Spine to the former city-state of Sharlayan. This speculation arose after learning that Sharlayans abandoned the city-state shortly after the fall of Ala Mhigo for their northern island home (also called Sharlayan). We believe this is where Garlemald launched their attacks on Vylbrand from in 1.0, as the Garlean invasion force landed to the Northwest of O'Ghomoro and pushed south. Also, there is enough lore to draw a fairly accurate world map of Hydaelyn. Especially after the Lore Panel confirmed continental drift theory being canon in Hydaelyn. Thanks for the correction lore Guru Could you possibly send me the links to those, I'd like to read more about it if there is a compilation somewhere.

Dropping by to say impressive trailer, that was really well done. Hope to see more of your guys around!

Well I'm always up for it! Well, my RP time will probably be cut down a bit right after the patch release, as being a healer means I get volun-told into a lot of dungeon grinding, but whenever I'm available! I'm sure most of us will be busy for a while right after patch I'm pretty easy going when it comes to how often and how much time people want to put into RP. So no worries there.

Hrm...interesting. Might have to poke at you online at some point. Phae does have a past in Ishguard that would earn him a rather grim end if it was found out. Could be fun to poke at it and give you something to chase.

I... I didn't know that was even a thing. More 1.0 stuff I'm clueless about, I guess. I can't imagine the Holy See would waste time tracking down grunts, but anyone involved in orchestrating the event might warrant some holy justice! But my big question would be, would Ishgard even know where to begin looking for these men? "The Garlean Empire had dispatched legions throughout Eorzea. Units have been engaged in combat within Thanalan, as well as the Black Shroud. One legion, led by the notorious Nael Van Darnus - Legatus of the VIIth Legion ("The White Raven") - had invaded the Ishgardian stronghold known as the Dzemael Darkhold, securing the vast crystal deposits located inside the caves for Ceruleum harvesting, which then may be used by the Empire to summon their own Primal." That was during the 2nd Garlean Invasion, when the VIIth Legion and the White Raven was once again preparing for Project Meteor. Most of the remaining VII Legion did die in Cartenau when Bahamut was released from Dalamund. Not sure if Ishguard would be aware of that since it was busy with its own things. However, they might still have more prominent figures from the Legion that showed up on the field during its time in Coerthas listed perhaps? Mainly poking at you to see if they'd go after Ex Garleans / Garleans in Hiding as well as Heretics or only Heretics.

I wouldn't exactly call Garlemald "far" east. I mean, the only thing separating the Empire from the Black Shroud is a thin strip of land belonging to Xelphatol (which somehow we still know absolutely nothing about) That is true, but until its charted, I would still consider it under that category. The way I see it, the far east would be everything outside of Eorzea. Meaning everything east after Xelphatol (Which we have no idea how big exactly is that strip of land) and Gyn Abinia. Admittedly it's all semantics, but I'm bored and it's something to talk about, right? So my thought is that while Garlemald certainly owns some of the far east (Doma and such), the near-end of the Empire is more what I'd consider the middle east, i.e. Ala Mhigo. But as you said, we have no idea what the true extent of the Empire is. For all we know, they could have territory west of us, too. Map wise, you are probably right. From an Eorzean's perspective though, they'd probably think of it as the far east. Similar to lets say we lived on the west coast and anything after central land wasn't really charted to us. We'd consider it the far east as its eastern and unknown to us. As for the extend of the Empire, that is as you say a gray area. Until we get some more charts outside of Eorzea (Or finish proper mapping of Eorzea for that matter) its more or less pure guesswork. However, that is kinda the beauty of it, people get too caught up in whats safe to dare poke at the unknown a little. While it true we know little of those lands, it doesn't mean you can't incorporate the hints given into your character, just have to set it up carefully to allow new lore as it comes and good enough knowledge/reasons if the subject comes up IC. So you don't back yourself into a wall.

I wouldn't exactly call Garlemald "far" east. I mean, the only thing separating the Empire from the Black Shroud is a thin strip of land belonging to Xelphatol (which somehow we still know absolutely nothing about) That is true, but until its charted, I would still consider it under that category. The way I see it, the far east would be everything outside of Eorzea. Meaning everything east after Xelphatol (Which we have no idea how big exactly is that strip of land) and Gyn Abinia.

Can we keep real life hobbies or whatever you want to call them out of this and stick to the subject, being fictional lands in a game please? Lets try to keep this civil shall we? On subject, the far east can be a wide majority of things, hell, wouldn't the Garlean Empire itself fit under this vague description? There is a lot more to the "far east" then Doma.

Question, would they still be looking for remnants of the Garleans that took over Dzemael Darkhold during the events of Dalamund 5 years ago?

I might be able to work out something with this. I considered dropping by when I saw you in the quicksand, but I'm not awake enough to form any proper RP atm I'll see about getting in touch with you later to shoot some ideas! Feel free to check Phae'ra on the wiki, its not quite done yet. But should give you an idea on what kind of person he is.

Some of you really need to step out and take a breather for a little bit. This thread an another are quickly turning into arguments that stating to edge toward personal attacks. Lets keep it civil shall we?