Sterne

I'm willing to do commissions for people if they'd like. Kinda gives me a reason to draw, lol. I mainly do line-work and will split the commission with a friend of mine, S'lade Tia, who does coloring way better than I could ever. I have a lot more work that I do not have scanned/do not have up on a photosharing site. if anyone is interested in seeing more I will gladly send some or post more here.

Hi there! Welcome and thank you for coming out of lurk mode lol Super happy that you'll be playing a Roegadyn!

Super cool and good work to all you guys. Thank you!

I updated the post with a clearer (hopefuly, anyway) link to our website and twitter. The website is temporary and will be updated shortly!

Welcome to the RPC! There are lots of Linkshells that I'm sure will meet what you're looking for. Check out the Linkshells tab at the top Also: Arcades still exist! They're hard to find, but they're there. I live in NYC and the last Arcade on the main island closed down 2 years ago. However, it recently reopened and is better than ever. A friend of mine (who plays X|V as well just isn't on the RPC) and I go there once a week to play games. They need to make a come back. We can make this happen! *fist pump*

I really am glad to be bringing SR back. For a while I thought that it wasn't going to happen. I want to thank Alona for all the work she did in 1.0 for making SR a thing. And I want to thank the members who made that thing wonderful. I hope to see you guys come Phase 4 and Release! I am excited. :cactuar:

[align=center]THE SALTS OF RHOTANO (also known as “The Salts" or “SR”- formerly ‘Sanctus Refero') [/align] Our goal is to connect Social Players, End-Gamers and Role-Players all together. We intend to make this possible through many different channels; including some creative methods we hope you will enjoy. Below are introductions to each sect of SR and how you can find a place no matter what type of gamer you are or would like to be. Social Free Company Name: “The Salts of Rhotano” Founded by: Sterne Evans Officers: To be elected THE SALTS OF RHOTANO is an open home filled with opportunity and a new beginning, standing and waiting in a server where new beginnings are hard to come by. Our leaders are cover the EST & PST time zones. However we are open and available to all time zoned players. Daily Actions and the Company Coffer are maintained and available to leaders and ranking officers. All decisions will be handled by a voting system among the officers of the company. Our early officers will first be selected by Sterne and Asterna. As time goes on, and member count grows to 30+, nominations will be accepted and votes will be cast to elect new officers every three months. Our mission is to bring players together to reach the best of End-Game and RP on Balmung. Join us and let us live by the wind and the sea. Role Play Linkshell Name: “The Salts” Headed by: Asterna Chihana

Woop woop!

By which you mean you'll separate us from the group using clever subterfuge and superior alien technology as you pick us off one by one, leaving our bodies to rot in the jungle and returning to the homeworld of your proud warrior civilization with our skulls as trophies? Because I'm kinda into that. Me too~ OH my god how is weird is that~?

Seems like everyone's biting, so I'll go ahead and chomp down too.

Thank you for your kind words Slade As an update, I've added to the original post the B&W Line work from before Slade Colored it. I plan on drawing more today. Maybe soon I'll open up requests or commissions never really charged anyone for my art, but we'll see if enough people want it I may have to. I also plan to post the B&W line work as a spoiler if Slade or someone else has colored it. Anyway, I hope you guys continue to enjoy cause I certainly enjoy drawing.

eee~! I'm glad you like it! Now I definitely will draw more. I will make the time if I don't have the time.

Hey there! I've had stuff I've drawn on the internet for a while, but I've always loved drawing stuff from XIV ever since the game launched eons ago. With the onset of ARR, I wanted to draw Sterne grown up from five years down the line. With the help of Slade, a lively manqo'te, my line work came to life with this his lovely colors. Hopefully we'll continue with more art down the line! I hope you enjoy the following~

Greetings Members of the RPC! Before the calamity, my character went by the name of Sterne Evans. In light of the events that followed 1.0, and the release of proper naming conventions, Sterne's Name has (by display) been changed to Styrnacht Kestransyn. Before you scream and say "But that's a Roegadyn Name!" I'm going to say "Yes, you are correct." For those of you who interacted with him before, you know that Sterne was raised by a Roegadyn, and in a Roegadyn family. The details of his childhood are available in a story I've written, but an important point of why he changed his name to one with a much stronger Midlander sound "Sterne Evans" is quickly apparent; to say he didn't 'fit in' would be an understatement. And now he's returning to Eorzea. And while you may see Styrnacht Kestransyn running around, to everyone he introduces himself to, he is still known as Sterne Evans. His initial goal in his return to Eorzea will be revealed in a post about the return of Sanctus Refero. Stay tuned!

I agree with this 110% but probably not in the way that you would like. I think a lot of these issues could be side-stepped if the RPC simply rebranded itself "Balmung RPC" and let those who were so adamant in setting up RP on other servers sort out the specifics of that for themselves. The original stated purpose of the RPC as I recall was to help unify RPers on one server. I firmly believe that policy should continue to be adhered to, but that's just one RPer's opinion who is tired of all of this [what feels to me to be senseless] bickering. The way I see it, if you are not working towards the RPC's initial goals of unifying RPers in one place, you're working against it. Maybe that makes me look uncompromising or unyielding, but if you so adamantly don't want to RP with me and others on Balmung anyway, why should I care what you think of me? This is how I feel. Please don't take the desire to move from Balmung as a personal attack against people, yourself included. All I personally want is a fresh start. I want to feel what I felt when 1.0 booted for the first time after the close of 'beta'. If the RPC is exclusive to Balmung, then so be it, but that's not how I've perceived it. And that's not how many other people have perceived it. So perhaps rebranding is needed. If it happens, that sucks because I've made so many friends through RPing on Balmung over the years. I believe I can have my cake and eat it too. I can have a place to support my RP ventures outside of Balmung, and I can have an establish place to connect with other players near me, and players one server removed.

Agreed. There should be 'something' to prevent that specifically from happening. However, what's being done now either isn't enough or isn't quite it.

But that's what we're doing. There is a poll currently going on to select a non-legacy server for RP for those who would like to go to a non-legacy server. There will be a section of the forums for that server. I don't see where the problem lies. O_o; Read most of Momoni's post and you'll see where the issues are cropping up. I'm not going to repost them.

Bringing up the support we've given for the past three years isn't going to help the image that new players are already getting of the existing community. To echo what Momoni said about Impact vs. Intent, the impact left behind by bringing that up in this context is not a palatable one; even to someone like me who was around (not so much on the RPC though) to support this game. Fair would be adhering to the RPCs purpose. Giving all the RPers, new and old, a place to commune, discuss and be whole - even when that's not possible in game. Note that the banner on this page is "Hydaelyn" Roleplayers. While Balmung is where it started, things are changing now with 2.0 ARR - perhaps the RPC should as well.

In the end I understand the importance of consolidation of our RPers. I think it's okay to say that RPers wants the opportunity to meet other RPers and not deny themselves of any opportunities. The RPC is a great thing at its core. A centralized hub to bring RPers together so that we don't feel alone and can communicate freely outside of the game. Momodi made a great point. This is the purpose of the RPC and in order to survive adapting and embracing whatever fractures (population wise) may occur should not be shunned, for lack of a better word (I know it's a strong word, but it seems to fit when lack of support for whatever second server we vote for is almost guaranteed). Giving room and a place to speak for all of the fractures that may form is a tough job; impossible for one person. But it's not impossible. The fractures can be made whole on the forums. Maybe other measures need to be taken to support the entire community, not just the community that decides to stay on Balmung because it's convenient and the way it's been. Or maybe Yoshi-P, the one who gets to say his word is gospel, needs to decide for us and take the power from 'unofficial' hands.

Someone get Momoni a cookie. I have to say I agree with just about all of your post. Congrats on the clarity and slaughtering of ambiguity. Looking forward to meeting you in game (at some point).

I must have missed the strong request for four separate servers, but I am glad that you can see at least some of the point for a non-legacy RP server. However, I do not see that people are trying to change the majority for their convenience with this non-legacy RP server. It's just requesting support for everyone else of like mind who also wants to RP and enjoy the game with a fresh community, not one carried over from 1.0. I don't think it's too late for a tag to come through and transfers to re-open. While it may be inconvenient and extra work for the dev team, this first transfer is strictly for moving legacy characters among legacy servers. It's not outside the realm of possibility for another transfer to take place once an RP server is tagged. It could be as simple as: "We have an RP server now. If you want to transfer to it, submit an application!" For some it'd mean moving twice, but Balmung isn't the only server with RPers. I do hope they tag a server as RP. That way the ambiguity, confusion, and butt hurting can stop. The RPers will be in spot and can all commune there. No need to votes, no need for polls. No questions and no uncertainty. That's what I want.

Yea I think RP is pretty big in Japan. It may go by a different name, but it's in their games, their anime, their pop-star obsessions (i.e. Perfect Blue) ((just kidding)).

Wouldn't that be some shit LOL

Valid point. But I personally would rather focus on the benefit of unifying the RP community than the negative of the few who like to grief (I mean always have /blacklist lol). Yoshi-P loves to RP - according to a dev who quoted him. Hopefully he just hasn't forgotten about the promise he made lol.

What makes you think that? I think it would most likely be an entirely new server, if anything. But it could really be anything. From a Dev point of view, they may want to make regional RP servers. NA isn't the only place where RPers exist; and Yoshi-P himself is a fan of it. I think he'd want to be able to RP with other Japanese RPers. But then again maybe not! I still think Kylin had it right when he said RPers are the minority and diluted the community between many servers is not feasible.