Jurgen Rothmoore

[align=center]http://i.imgur.com/L6eQtNY.png[/img] [/align] [align=center]The Stormguard is a Free Company who deal in a variety of work, no job is too big or small for us. Our members come from various backgrounds and creeds, from soldiers to refugees, rich or poor, Hyur or Au Ra. All are welcome to join our ranks as long as they are willing to pull their weight. [/align] [align=center]Our base of operations is the “The Hearth” which is located inside the Lavender Beds of the Black Shroud (Plot 51, 3rd Ward Subdivision). Should you wish to try your luck with us, do not be discouraged from seeking us out. Glory and adventure is but a stone’s throw away! [/align]

Small ninja edit / bump. We've recently promoted someone up to Sergeant, giving us our third officer!

Meant to post a bump here before I went on a work trip.. But back from that now, and whilst we've had a fairly quiet January, things are back on track and picking up again! People in the FC have a fair bit planned for next week with events, and I know a few more (Myself included) have some plots in the pipelines that're being worked into event format for the foreseeable future!

Small update, recently had some time from work. So dug out some software, and gave the main post a facelift!

Meant to post on here over the weekend, but got a little sidetracked with some stuff.. So in some news... We've found our way into ownership of an FC House! http://i.imgur.com/e8ZVHsN.jpg[/img] We're still setting up there, but it's going rather well so far!

Update Post: Things are going well! We've since come back down from Whitebrim, and have been around a few different places for events. Our active member count is picking up steadily as well which is a good sign!

Update bump! Thing are well into the swing of it now, we're currently sat up in Whitebrim enjoying the snow whilst we do stuff! I've also updated the Leadership section of the main post, to reflect the recent changes, and added our new officer Gailen Lannis to the roster there!

Still alive and kicking! Had a brief amount of absence due to some PC troubles that didn't want to end.. But got that fixed and last, so things are back on the road! (Or aim to be very shortly!)

[align=center]http://i.imgur.com/yKVyowC.png[/img][/align] [align=center]http://i.imgur.com/4vO8zI6.png[/img][/align] Hallr’s Vanguard, is a Company of Mercenaries founded by Rythiel Rothmoore, and a group of likeminded individuals who formed the backbone of the Company upon its founding. In order to get off of the ground as a Company, they were approached by the Maelstrom, who had need of some Mercenaries they could rely on to take care of issues they might’ve not had the time to do, or the manpower to do so on. This was helped along by the Captains former working relation with the Maelstrom, albeit a rather forced one in its beginning. It had served to prove his mettle to them, which ultimately helped with cementing their assistance. As the Company settles into its being, they continue to welcome other like minded souls who seek to make a living for themselves, the way a Mercenary would. But they’re also always on the look out for Capable healers to assist them afield or after a tough contract. Along with Suppliers who have skills they can offer to the Company's goals. They’ve made their temporary home amongst the denizens of Camp Bronze Lake in Upper La Noscea. Remaining within reach of the Maelstrom who supply a bulk of their work, yet not directly on their front door as to rule out other potential contractors. Yet the location is also a hotspot for Contracts in its own right. With various problems lurking all around in the form of local Wildlife, Beast tribes, and on occasion even Garleans. [align=center]http://i.imgur.com/f1vwzFX.png[/img][/align] http://i.imgur.com/UeBe8jp.png[/img] The theme of our Company is to function as a group of Mercenaries. We hold our allegiance to ourselves, and whoever might happen to be the one paying us during the contracts we take. Whilst the Company doesn’t consider itself to belong to any City State or work explicitly for one, they do have a well maintained working relationship with the Maelstrom, who played a small role in the Company's founding and also supply a steady stream of contracts. That’s not to say we’ll just take a contract because the pay's good, as whilst we might not be Knights in shining armour who do good out of the good of our hearts.. We’re not exactly evil either. If we don’t agree with the premise of a contract, and what we’d be being asked to do, then we’d simply not take it and find a new contract. http://i.imgur.com/tbIoslU.png[/img] True Neutral, A neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. They don't feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most neutral characters exhibit a lack of conviction or bias rather than a commitment to neutrality. Such a character thinks of good as better than evil-after all, they would rather have good neighbors and rulers than evil ones. Still, they’re not personally committed to upholding good in any abstract or universal way. Some neutral characters, on the other hand, commit themselves philosophically to neutrality. They see good, evil, law, and chaos as prejudices and dangerous extremes. They advocate the middle way of neutrality as the best, most balanced road in the long run. http://i.imgur.com/tTFPxm0.png[/img] We’re a Heavy RP FC through and through, we embrace realism and mature behaviour / actions into our RP. One such being consequences for your in character actions that’d of course vary depending entirely on said actions! An example of this being we’re not the Warriors of Light, we’re not some renowned Adventurers with a mass of fame and fortune. We’re Mercs! So we’re bound to end up injured from a particularly difficult contract. Now I’m not saying that with with the themes we embrace, everything will be downright grim. We’ll certainly not shy away from those themes on occasion. We certainly won't be trying to sugarcoat things either. We have our preferred RP style as touched upon in the above, and try to maintain quality over quantity. That saying could often be misinterpreted as saying we’d only take in people with years of experience. But I can assure you that isn’t the case, everyone was new at some point, be it to RPing, or simply the Lore of a new game to RP in. We’re here to help each other, and grow our community together! So we’ll gladly do what we can to support those along the way, who are interested in joining us for the ride. http://i.imgur.com/arNEbMl.png[/img] Given the nature of the Company, we’ve gone down the route of a fairly basic, but efficient ranking system. One which allows anyone to progress up the ranking ladder as they prove themselves within the Company! Captain - Leader of the FC Lieutenant - Officer Rank Chief Sergeant - Officer Rank Sergeant - Sub Officer Rank Corporal - Highest non Officer rank Lance Corporal Veteran Private Enlistee OOC AFK [align=center]http://i.imgur.com/7h2wHvY.png[/img][/align] http://i.imgur.com/FusrfdC.png[/img] So just why us exactly? Well if everything above has you interested, you’ve part of your answer there! We might not be the most longstanding FC around some of the bigger ones ingame, but we’ve a solid and active group of people thus far, and have seen a fair few join our ranks lately after they’d approached us! If you’ve further questions for us, you can contact anyone in the below section, and we’ll gladly do our best to answer whatever questions you have. Or if you’re interested in joining, you can head over to our website and drop in an application! We’ll do our best to respond in a timely fashion (Generally within 24 Hours as a maximum), and leave any feedback we might have there, or contact you ingame for a chat! http://hallrsvanguard.enjin.com/home http://i.imgur.com/UmF4zMB.png[/img] Leader - Rythiel Rothmoore Lieutenant - Gailen Lannis Sergeant - Shayla Maldorf

Just as a heads up, the next one of these is tonight in about 2 hours and 30 minutes!

Next one'll be on the 9th, so this Saturday! To begin with this isn't something I planned on doing every week, rather alternate weekends to your own seaside event so the two aren't conflicting ^^ I'd thought it was on the Calendar.. But I think the auto renewal thing doesn't quite like me D: Edit - Updated the main post with the date for this next one as well! The calendar tried to usurp European authority, I see! The silly thing. Glad to see this'll be regular, though! Aye! Don't see why not to make it a regular thing especially after the turnout we had at the last one!

Next one'll be on the 9th, so this Saturday! To begin with this isn't something I planned on doing every week, rather alternate weekends to your own seaside event so the two aren't conflicting ^^ I'd thought it was on the Calendar.. But I think the auto renewal thing doesn't quite like me D: Edit - Updated the main post with the date for this next one as well!

I'd been waiting for this thread to pop up again since I wasn't sure where it was hiding... But I got this one the other night!

Glad to hear that! I'm quite happy with the roll system, tried to find something that seemed fairly balanced since with these type of events a freeform system just won't work.. But amusingly in the initial tests, the win ratio did seem to be more a less 50 : 50. It also seemed basic enough that its quick to pick up, but not too basic, nor too complex in how it works! If you do have any feedback regarding the roll system or the event in general let me know! Currently one thing that was mentioned to me is getting those who're emote fighting, to post their emotes in yell instead so its more visible. I'm also thinking of finding a 3rd overseer so we can run 3 fights at once!

So we just finished the first evening! It was quite the turnout and we have our first Champion!

So Nailah's a smart and knows my own timezone better than myself.. To advise, this is 9:30PM GMT +1 / BST, not plain old GMT it's been updated in the main post. We also still have plenty of signup places so on the day there'll be spaces for late comers probably!

Website's damn fancy. New Trailer looks really good. I imagine you'll get your wish of The T-Rex + Raptors going against the new comer But if they pull a JP3 on that fight sequence... I won't be amused.. Come to think of it.. If they mess this up, I won't forgive them...

Still plenty of fighter spots open! Maybe one or two healer spots left as well I'd say

OOC Fight rules are up on the main post now! Gave them a little test this evening, and I'm quite happy with how it turned out. The low roll thresh hold might be altered if it seems to happen too often during the actual tournament. But the current threshold should work for the first true event of this Tournament!

That'll be going up in the OOC Rules section during the week, just want to get it tested out beforehand first ^^ The basics that are in mind at current will be the rolls establishing a damage, with each person having a set amount of hp. Once that reaches 0 or lower they're defeated. The main tests at the moment will be determining the hp, and which rolls = which damage etc. Oh y'know.. Healer stuff! Mostly makeshift patching any fighters after their round so they're still in a shape to continue fighting!

[align=center][/align] *** Scattered throughout the City states of Limsa, Ul’dah and Gridania, the above fliers can be found, either being handed out or pinned to various notice boards within the city. The criers call out the information found on the back of the fliers. *** “Lad’s an’ Lasses o’Eorzea! D’you fancy yourselves a good fighter? An’ y’lookin’ f’way to prove it t’yourself an’ an admirin’ crowd?! Then look no further! Cycles ago Pirates an’ Privateers alike’d test their skills wit’ one another at sea, whilst their ships were anchored waitin’ f’the next fight! Used t’be a private affair, but o’late one man’s decided t’brin’ it t’the rest o’Eorzea, believin’ they could do wit’ seein’ a true brawl take place!” “If y’interested in this, once a moon we’ll be gatherin’ in Costa Del Sol’ from there we ‘ave a small tug waitin’ t’take y’aboard a vessel anchored off the coast. Out there the laws o’those incharge stand, an’ the fightin’ will take place anew! If y’miss the first tug out, fear not! He’ll be makin’ many trips to ensure everyone get’s t’witness the brawls! But don’t be thinkin’ he won’t charge y’for the ride!” “The Prizes’ll remain a mystery until the victors been crowned, an’ the fights’ll take place in a rankin’ system, that’ll slowly eliminate people from t’fights an’ match victors wit’ other victor’s till only one man or lass stands at the end! Jus’ show the skipper o’the tug this flier or tell ‘im y’there f’the Anchorage fights, an’ after payin’ ‘im, he’ll brin’ y’aboard the vessel!” *** OOC Info *** The Aim of The Anchorage is to provide a fighting Tournament within a more EU based time, and give people something to do / watch once every two weeks! We will be operating on a roll based system that will be undergoing tests before our first official event, mostly just so we can iron out the bugs and make sure it works. Though as with all testing we might miss a few things in these rounds that we’ll only notice on the first event. So the ruleset might change for future sessions. Time + Date: Saturday the 9th 9:30PM GMT +1 / BST (Time Converter here: http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/) Location: Eastern La Noscea Costa Del Sol Ferry Docks (Speaking to the Ferry Skipper will give you an option to be taken aboard the vessel!) IC Rules: 1. No killing. This is a martial tournament, and attacking with intent to kill your opponent will not be tolerated. This stands BEFORE combat, DURING combat and AFTER combat. 2. Most martial weapons and armor of all varieties are permitted. Bows however are NOT allowed to be used during the tournament. 3. Any use of magic whether passive, defensive, beneficial, or offensive is currently NOT allowed. 4. Death blows are not allowed. By being present for the tournament, you hereby agree to the Overseers preventing you from committing such an attack by any means necessary, even if it means your death / severe injury. 5. Whilst aboard the vessel and for the duration of the tournament Overseers WILL be respected and treated as a temporary form of authority by all spectators and combatants. 6. Everyone fights healthy. This means that if you show up sporting a previous injury, you will not be fighting. This means if you refuse healing between rounds, you will not be fighting. This means that if, post healing, you are still clearly injured despite the best efforts of the medics and healers on hand, you will not be fighting. 7. NO. KILLING. The Anchorage is unsanctioned by any official office, and continues to exist solely because of the lack of a body count. Any fighter, guest or attendee present at The Anchorage is protected under the rules 1&4. Failure to follow these rules will result in your immediate removal from the Tournament, or worse if required. With the Tournament taking place on a ship, we have no qualms about throwing you overboard, and if you happen to be wearing heavy armour.. Well you should’ve followed the rules.. Participating within the Anchorage means you accept and consent to all of the above. (Credit to The Grindstone / Warren for giving me permission to borrow and tweak their IC rules somewhat!) OOC Rules: Each Fighter starts a fight with 15 HP At the beginning of a round, both players will use /random in a coin toss fashion. This will determine who gains the first attack roll. Once this order has been determined from the coin toss, then /random will be used for attack rolls. Players will move back and fourth with their attack rolls, their emotes following each one. (Please not just because the rolls have a set damage, this doesn't mean it has to be a hit ICly with your emotes. The damage is for the purpose of your OOC HP for the fight.) This means players are free to determine between one another how the emote fight plays out, so long as they bring it to a close once one of them reaches 0 HP or lower. As of this moment there are no penalties for going below 0 HP. But there's nothing stopping the two of you from going for an all out knockout emote if someone rolls a critical hit against someone on 1 HP. Once your HP reaches 0 or lower, you are out of the fight and won't move onto the next rounds. All /random rolls after the coin toss will count based on the below: 1 - 99 = Critical Failure roll. (Rolling this gives your opponent a free attack roll before their next attack) 100 - 449 = Normal Damage roll (This removes 1 HP from your opponent) 450 - 899 = High Damage Roll (This removes 2 HP from your opponent) 900 + = Critical hit (This attack will remove 3 HP from your opponent) This system was tested out a little tonight to see how it worked, there wasn't any clear victor and both of us averaged the same amount of wins. With the score being very similar for each person that won. (E.g. when one of us reached 0 HP, the winner generally seemed to be on around 6 HP) This system is not final either, depending on feedback after the first event we might tweak it accordingly. (Special thanks to N'velhi for his assistance in testing this.) [align=left] If you're interested in signing up, feel free to leave a post here or give me a poke ingame! There will be limited places to ensure we have a balanced roster and will only end up with two people for the absolute final round to crown the victor! If this event gains popularity then the number might increase as well, to begin with though I'll be capping it at 16 fighters.[/align] We'll also need some volunteer healers, so if you're interested in that the same as above applies, leave a message or send a poke! List of Champions: Below stands a list of everyone to have ever placed first within The Anchorage Tournament, this list will be updated after every event. 1st Tournament - Grand Opening Milly Feuille 2nd Tournament Aiouxdaux Beaumont

Eh what the heck.. Was tempted for the prior one, can't hurt! Character Name: Rythiel Rothmoore Wiki link/short description: https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Rythiel_Rothmoore Have you completed the MSQ up until end of 2.55: Yes My character should be anonymous: Either works

Personal Profile Character Name: Rythiel "Rothmoore" Gender: Male Race: Hyur (Highlander) Domestic Profile Civil Status: Single Place of Residence: Currently within the Goblet Occupation: Mercenary / Warden of the Kindred Free Company: The Kindred Social Profile https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Rythiel_Rothmoore Meta Profile This'd be my main, I do have an alt which was my character from launch, but they mostly sit around as a small reminder or if I fancy using them to NPC stuff! Can usually find me lurking about somewhere during EU peak hours or most of the weekend! Feel free to give me a poke ingame if you fancy some RP.