Maril

1. Yes. However there are smaller communities on other servers. If you want to get into Balmung, the only way is through a paid transfer. 2. I mean, they are not the most numerous for what I have noticed. But there are people who play as roegadyn and they're usually pretty nice. Highlanders are trending, no doubt thanks to the coming expansion The Ala Mhigan Resistance linkshell is super good for connections along those notes. 3. Cookies.

Great event! Good opportunity for me to get a new alt into the meddle. Captured a few screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/HwylO Looking forward to the next one! o/

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Healer Meeting Announcement The next healer meeting will take place on: Sunday the 15th of January, 2017. 4pmEST/21GMT. Goblet Clinic at Ward 12 Apartment 30. You are welcome to attend if you are a healer that is already associated with the Linkshell. If you're not, and you'd like to come, then please reach out to Maril Hawker before that. The Agenda will involve: Brief introductions, discussing the monday opening hours, mentor discussions/matchings, possibly upcoming events (e.g first aid courses). If you can't make it, don't fret - there will be others. If the timing is generally speaking bad, then please contact Maril Hawker with feedback on timing! Cheers o/

[align=center][/align] The Matron's Reach Clinic, located in The Goblet, Ward 4, Plot 16 is open and manned every Monday from 3pm - 7pm EDT. The clinic will be staffed by healers who are connected to The Matron's Reach Linkshell. You can: [align=left] Refill your stock of potions/curatives/medicine Get a regular check-up Receive health-related advice Find a specialist for your hard-to-solve ailment Get that dagger removed from your shoulder Receive general wound-care so do not lose limbs to infections Get cured from poisons* Have a cup of tea. Or two. Or three! The possibilities are practically endless, and the event is open for everyone. Got questions? Send a tell to Maril Hawker. o/ * In the event that you have been poisoned, we recommend showing up at the clinic within one bell of the incident. Delays may increase your risk of a fatal outcome. ** Treating healers with disrespect may lead to salt getting into contact with your wounds. [/align]

Oh my god we're (probably) screwed.

Welcome back and congrats on the coming wedding!

Long overdue, but the OP has finally been updated. Keep 'em coming!

Round 1 matches are complete! Check the OP for the list. Round 2 is taking sign-up's, if there is an additional 10 sign-up's below this post I'll match people up again. Cheers!

The first Regular Opening Hours event was a huge success! Thank you all for showing up, and special thanks to Telluric Medic for helping me see to all of the patients. And welcome to all of the new healers and would-be patients! Stay tuned for news of the next healer meet to be held before January runs out of days. If you're a healer in the linkshell, please PM me with availability in terms of preferred days, time and timezone. Thanks!

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It's probably one of the hardest things about organizing things for others. What some of it comes down to could be who you recruit, there's a lot of different variations of RP that people like more over another. So perhaps you need to focus your recruitment more on people who want story-driven content more-so than social RP. I would also say that cutting out or trying to kill the social rp is probably not going to be the best idea - when you roleplay everyday, the social element can become a very big part of your character, with connections that needs to be maintained. Yes, there is such a thing as too much, but if you have nothing at all you'll end up with a group that isn't much like a group because no one has really connected with each other. Shifting the focus can be difficult if social stuff is genuinely what people want to do, you can't really force people to shift gear that way - but you may also want to look into if there could be other reasons driving people into social RP. For one, some plot things could very well be happening in the muddle of it, with your focus being on criminal RP that's something I could easily see happening. But secondly people just might not feel like it's easy enough to jump in with the plot-lines, might not be interested or can't see how their character would fit in. Oftentimes you have to be the one asking these questions because people wont always express their concerns/problems/woes. And - without wanting to sound bad here - a lot of people like to be the center of attention for at least a little while. Trying to appeal to this, but without making a whole plotline about just *one* person, can also help generate some interest. Whichever it is and however it all pans out - I hope you'll end up seeing some improvements. The criminal scene is definitely a good one and it is great to see people being active within it

Fresh faces are the best faces! Welcome aboard o/

Name of establishment: Neverfar's Tavern Type of place: Regular tavern Location: Mists W12 Sub, P44 in the basement. Date/Days/Time open: Every second friday (even numbered weeks), from 8PM GMT-Midnight GMT & again from 9pm EST - ?? EST. Contact person: Jin Karasu, Reinhold Allemand, Madison Brookstone, Himeko Hasegawa. http://pathfindersff14.wixsite.com/neverfars

Welcome aboard! Remember that you can bring up to 8 characters along in the same server transfer. I can recommend getting more than one across as you never know when you might need an alt. Have fun!

After a year of gathering dust, I've decided to get the Pen Pal Project up and running again. What is the Pen-Pal project? The pen-pal project is a chance for you to make more connections, by getting matched up with another character. You will then exchange IC letters with the character you were matched with. How it comes to a part of your characters lives is all up to you & your match, maybe the first message is found in a random location that sets the basis for the exchange going forward. Maybe they actually wanted to deliberately find a pen-pal. Be as creative as you feel like! The matches are random, and gets made through the sign up information. Whenever possible, I will attempt to avoid matching you with people your character already knows. Okay, how do I sign up? Fill out this information in a reply or PM to me: Character Name: Wiki link/short description: Have you completed the MSQ up until end of 3.4: Yes/No My character should be anonymous: Yes/No/Either works (NB: If there's someone that, for whatever reason, you don't want matched up with make sure you send this information in a PM.) Wait? Anonymity? How does that work? Anonymity is tricky, but not impossible. It opens up for discussions your character might not have with anyone if they knew a name or face on the other person. To make the exchange happen, I recommend using either an NPC or PC courier-type character to deliver the letters back and forth, but you may be able to find other ways that better suit your characters. When does it start? I need at least 10 sign-up's for a round to happen - When that criteria has been fulfilled, I will then announce the matches in this thread. For each match, one person will be highlighted in bold to indicate that they're the ones that will start the exchange, by being the first to write a letter. But remember, communication is key with all things roleplay - and this is no exception - so do send off an OOC note just to make sure that everything's okay so start. With all that said, feel free to sign up! Any questions can be sent towards my PM box. Cheers! ----------------------------------------------- Round 1 Matches: * If your name is highlighted in Bold, you start the correspondence. * [A] Indicates that your correspondence will be anonymous. * [N.A] Indicates that your correspondence will not be anonymous. (In many cases both sides were fine with either. I have defaulted these to N.A) [A] Yvain Desrosiers Yael Cahenaut [N.A] Keiragi Kishi W'chaza Yheli [A] Nathaniel Salem Syranelle Ironleaf [A] Kiri Rokuyari Deafel Pharasma | No spoilers! [N.A] Ryuichi Shizumi Roen Deneith [N.A] Ume Gyoji Lamia Vuinet [N.A] Ruran Vas Chouwa Morrison [N.A] Liliro Liro Y'zhara Zekial [N.A] Simeon Sibaruse Reinhold Alleman [N.A] Lucaell Townsend Willow Evinar Ready, set, write! Round 2 will happen if the thread receives an additional 10 sign-up's!

The lorebook's section for BLM doesn't mention anything about use of the gem(s). However my take on it would be that there in the past, since the school was quite popular in Shatotto's time, there'd most likely have been more than just one of these. I mean, other lore for soulstones point to the fact that some of them aren't exactly rare, what makes them rare is the fact that just everyone seems to be able to use them. What makes a person self-immolate is the fact that they lost control, which is a result of them not knowing enough about the spell they were casting. Soulstones pass down knowledge to those that can use them, and so it would essentially "fix" this problem. It probably would take the quest-blm quite a lot of years of study and chasing tomes, risking being burned at the stake and what not to achieve the same level of knowledge to be able to cast these spells without the risk of self-immolation. IF that is even possible in current time, it's not exactly teeming with current examples. Since the school has been outlawed/banned and obscured for many many many years, there probably aren't many of the gems/soulstones left, which is probably also why the quest NPC's present the gem of shattoto as a mystery they don't completely understand yet. I'd say that it's probable that -the- gem of shattoto is the "strongest" in the bunch since they were the first one to successfully use black magic. That'd be my take on it anyways.

Release date: 20th June 2017 (tentative but confirmed) So much new information: - Red mage confirmed - Swimming being added - New footage of the new zones - Omega weapon - Collectors Edition reveals - New beast tribe - New primal Check out this article. Which new information excites you the most?

Three hours until the EU segment starts! See you all there

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Participants updated once more! This is the LAST CHANCE to sign up - There's 6½ hours until the event, and the sign ups close just before that. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Neverfar's Tavern opens up for the EU shift in just 1hr 25 mins - Come by for a drink, some food and a good chatter! Challenges, contests or games might also happen - who knows! Bonus! If you show up in a festive suit, the first drink will be free!

This linkshell is still active! Come along for a safe place to rabble about lore, share tales from the wonderful world of RP and meet new like-minded people to RP with!

List of auctions so far have been updated! This happens on Sunday! Looking forward to it Ps: If there's anyone who would like to help out with the event, or any fc's/groups that wish to cater drinks/food to the event do get in touch!