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I just want to say THANK YOU so much for doing these! It's wonderful that my character is now learning Doman through play and it's totally awesome!

RAWR! Yea, that would be interesting, not that I'm eager to play it out. I'm just getting a feel for these characters and would hate to see them go. I guess my answer would be a very hesitant yes to the death question. It's not that she's invulnerable but that, frankly, there is a lot going on gamewise that I wouldn't want to lose. Hours of playtime to level her up. I could easily take her OOC for things like gathering/crafting/DF and whatnot, but that means less time RPing on whatever character I -am- playing. For me, death to that toon means not playing them anymore >_< But I sorta go to extremes anyway since I already am IC 90% of the time. Injuries? OH yea.. BRING IT! I've already had Nef bruise,then BREAK her arm and have it out of commission for nearly an entire week. Even with Healing I'm much of the opinion that RPing injuries should take time. It just makes life interesting!

Added a snapshot of what the announcements look like.

May 16 - May 22, 2016 Note that Monday night/Tuesday Morning is server maintenance. Anyone who's been wanting to make an alt or get a character on Balmung, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. Presave your look, have a couple names to pick from, then spam it early. Good luck! Remember to get your event information into the calendar by Noon EDT on SUNDAY to get it on the following week's event blast. Have an event you want to put on the Calendar? Submit it here or send me a PM. Join the RP Event Notices linkshell to get announcements ingame! This Week's Events: Monday - 5/16/2016 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT - Class: First Aid - Goblet Ward 6, Plot 58, Room 19 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Nefzen's Fight Club - Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (x9, y15) Tuesday - 5/17/2016 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM EDT - Server Maintence 10:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Backwoods Brawl - Central Thanalan (x25, y15) Wednesday - 5/18/2016 10:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Carnation Cafe Open RP - Goblet Ward 8, Plot 3 Thursday - 5/19/2016 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT - Mog Bar Open RP - Lavender Beds Ward 4, Plot 27 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Harbringers of Dawn Tavern Night - Lavender Beds Ward 5, Plot 58 Friday - 5/20/2016 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT - Friendship Evenings - Goblet Ward 6, Plot 9 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT - Tumblr Meetup - Gridania Amphitheatre 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Kiss Kiss Circus (+18) -Lavender Beds Ward 6, Plot 2 8:30 PM to 1:00 AM EDT - Thaliak's Eye Grand Opening - Lavender Beds Ward 8, Plot 5 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM EDT - Frothy Fridays - Goblet Ward 6, Plot 58 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM EDT - Coeurl's Whisker Open RP - Goblet Ward 5, Plot 18 Saturday - 5/21/2016 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT - Sunny Seaside Bar - Eastern La Noscea (31, 23) 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT - Venturers Respite Open RP - Mist Ward 6, Plot 27 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT - Ragnarok: Primal Judgement - Goblet Ward 2, Plot 34 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - GP: Maid Cafe & Auction (18+) - Lavender Beds Ward 6, Plot 50 10:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Grindstone Tournament - Cen. Thanalan (21, 25) Sunday - 5/22/2016 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT - Drunken Moogle Open RP - Lavender Beds Ward 4, Plot 8 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT - Crescent and Chill [ooc] - https://goo.gl/Ub9UPO 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Watchful Eye Lodge Open RP - Lavender Beds Ward 7, Plot 17 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Eorzean Gamblers' Competition - Goblet Ward 8 Plot 12 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT - Mystic Runestone - Cen. Thanalan (21, 25) 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM EDT - Sunlit Rose Open RP - Mist Ward 5, Plot 42 6/02 - Sea Breeze Bazaar is looking for participants. 6/03 - Signups for the Festival of the Hunt are open. 6/25 - Bombard Beach Festival needs volunteers. Grab the iCal feed here. Looking for a Bar or Tavern to drop in on? Check HERE! #BalmungRPcalendar Supported on Patreon

This absolutely is an awesome idea! I'm putting these classes on the calendar!! If possible let me know if the schedule changes.

Just wanted to say that this is such an amazing idea! Sadly Nef is in no way interested in this. However I might have an alt soon who would if you keep this up. ^^

Yea, that's why i made sure to post the HTML format link and the submission form is Google Forms.

Update: Probably should have posted this before now but IRL has kept me insanely busy. Many moons ago I actually passed off the Calendar ownership to Erah'sae Zhwan, my IRL SO. All the links below still work. You can submit by filling out this form here or email [email protected]. He's even created a discord bot to get listings in your discord server. I'm not sure if he's keeping up with the Venue listing.. I'll poke him about it. If not we might pull that down to stop confusion. Original Message Below Don't mean to step on toes with this... Yes, the RPC has a calendar built into it but sadly it isn't in ical format so it's not possible to feed it into my calendar program. Dunno about you guys, but I live by my reminders since my memory is so bad. So I made a public Google Calendar for all the Balmung RP Events (by default the times are EST but it can be adjusted to show your time zone). Then I stumbled into Tumblr and found out that there are even more events that don't get crossposted to here. Everyone is welcome to use it. I try to update it multiple times a week, if not every day. If you want to save me the trouble of hunting down your event I even have a quick submission form (looking at how the form will auto add it into the calendar). RP Event Calendar links: ical format html format webpage submission form Balmung RP Event tumblr (Weekly listings and event flyers only!) All events on the calendar will be announced in the RP Event Notices Linkshell. As an aside, I've started collecting all known open PC run Taverns/Bars/Clubs/etc. If you run one and want to add it to the list you can either Fill Out This Form or submit an ask on the tumblr blog. This was stuff I was doing for myself and just decided to toss it out there and let others enjoy me doing all the work. :angel:

This all got started when I created a public google calendar to compile all the events I could find on both the RPC and tumblr. This LS is for simple announcements for upcoming RP Events. Be lazy and let someone else do all the work for you! [glow=red]Open to everyone! (No waitlist!)[/glow] This is an example of what will come through your chat if you join the Linkshell. This only get’s published at most 3 times a day. There is a smaller “Today’s Events” that might come across a bit more often but this won’t be all that much. This clogs up my chat just as much as everyone’e else’s and I detest spam. As the week progresses the list narrows down. I typically don’t repopulate it till sunday. To join the channel you can either contact a Leader for an invite and/or leave your name here and I'll do a search once I'm online. Channel Leaders: Nefzen Zhwan Erah'sae Zhwan Marysue Redshirt Generic Redshirt RP Event Calendar links: ical format html format webpage submission form As an aside, I've started collecting all known open PC run Taverns/Bars/Clubs/etc. If you run one and want to add it to the list you can either Fill Out This Form or PM me.

[iC Story] Always Call for Backup... … unless you ARE the backup. Then you’re just screwed. Mood Music: “Nara” by E.S. Posthumous & “Secrets” by One Republic Blessed Nymeia sure could be a bitch some times. Nefzen realized she should have been expecting it. Things had been going well for so long, there needed to be balance. Now here she was sitting on the ledge of the Aftcastle trying to bait her hook one handed. Two days ago she’d been warned. Kawa hitting the same spot on her arm, twice no less, in their sparring session after the Seaside Tavern had closed had been no accident. Nymeia’s warning, Nefzen was sure of it. Elza meeting them before the Grindstone, Sana showing up out of the blue… It was all duplicated the following day at The Drunken Moogle. It took a few tries, and more than a few uttered curses, but at last the bait was wrapped around the hook. Nefzen adjusted her position in the sun-warmed stone before lifting the fishing pole with her right hand. It was awkward to say the least. Not only was she casting the line out one handed but doing it while trying not to jostle the splinted left arm still in the sling hanging from around her neck was tricky. Tricky, but doable. With a bit of finagling the Keeper managed to steady the base of the pole with her left hand fingers while supporting the weight of the pole with her right. The only thing left to do now was to wait. Many who didn’t know her well typically expected the unusually sociable Keeper to have a hard time with the waiting. Nefzen never understood why anyone had trouble with it. Sitting for hours awaiting prey was easy. All you had to do was just relax and let a portion of your thoughts wander where they will. Irritatingly hers kept going back to the previous day. Her first inkling that The Weaver had shifted her shuttle was getting the message from Erah'sae that he was going to be late meeting up at The Moogle, if he made it at all. Giving Meela bad news made Nefzen’s stomach tie in knots. Idiot brothers. Meeting Elza on the docks was her next warning. It was always so nice to see the young Keeper. Sometimes being around her made Nef wonder what would it have been like to have a younger sister. The two of them made their way to the Moogle without too much fuss. It was great seeing everyone there. Poor Azrian was alone behind the counter at first. Meela was there, as was Y'ladri, Bex'li and Ojene, as well as a few people Nefzen didn’t recognize. Questions about her arm in the sling abounded. Answers to those segued into a retelling of the after Grindstone beach party Elza has invited the Zhwan siblings to. A musician started up, he was good too. Mez from the Gilded Pony show even danced during the song. Nef had just sat down to talk to Ojene, who was sporting her own injury, albeit an old one, when Nefzen’s linkpearl went off in her ear. Everything went downhill from there. The tugging on the fishing line brought Nefzen’s mind back to the present. Resisting the urge to yank on the line immediately, she shifted her grip and waited until the real struggle began. Once the line started to play out she gave the pole a sharp but controlled yank, setting the hook. Bracing the bottom of the pole between her feet she struggled to wind the reel and bring in her catch. It was slow work and allowed her thoughts to drift back once more. Two fellows from the Guild had called her in on a job they were working. “It shouldn’t take long” they said. “There are only two of them.” Two thieves who had been plaguing the docks for weeks now. Making off with small portions of cargo as it was coming off the ships. One crate here and there added up fast and the Code had to be enforced. The pair of Rogues had tracked the culprits to their hideout and wanted some backup when they went to deal with the thieves. Who better than one of their newer recruits? A curse slipped past Nefzen’s lips when the slippery fish’s thrashing nearly made her fishing pole plunge into the water below. At least her left had wasn’t completely useless. Somehow she managed to pin the thing down and retrieve her hook from its mouth before letting it slip from her fingers and plung where it had tried to send her pole. It’s not like she could cook it, and until her arm healed fully there would be no raw preparation either. Sighing she went about the task of re-baiting her hook. So far Nefzen had managed to avoid the senior Rogues to give her report. Once the sun went down she was sure that someone would be hunting her down. Honestly there wasn’t much to tell that the other two wouldn’t have reported already. The three of them went in… Only to find that the supposed pair of thieves were actually apart of a larger gang who had always operated in pairs and dressed the same to hide their numbers. Successfully too! The three Rogues had gone in expecting two enemies only to be faced with ten. This time casting the fishing line made Nefzen twist… wrong. The sharp pain in her hip nearly made her drop her pole. Maybe she should have let Elza take a look at her other injuries. Not that a bad bruise was much of an injury to begin with. Nef bit her lip until the pain faded enough to breathe again. When her eyes were able to focus again she found that the cast had made it to the water just fine. Once more she settled in for the long wait. Looking back, Nef wasn’t completely sure just how many were in the gang. They were all bleedin dressed the same. Some damn near looked like twins. Though any fewer and the three rogues would have made it out with barely a scratch. As it was…. It had been a nasty fight. The three Rogues might have gotten the initial drop, but the sudden swell in numbers made it turn ugly fast. The gang’s tendency to stack the crates around the hideout was most definitely a blessing straight from Nymeia, cutting down how many opponents could come at them at a time. While most of it was a blur, parts of the fight still shown with crystal clarity in Nefzen’s memories. Some would say it had been chance, but Nef knew that her seeing the bastard trying to sneak up behind one of the other Rogues had been fated. She’s taken the blow, earning the shiner around her right eye, and allowing her the opportunity to kneel down with a spin and slice his femoral artery open. Moments later a squirrely bastard drop kicked her into a stack of crates. The feeling of the wood digging into her hip still echoed if she sat or twisted wrong. The worst had been near the end of the fight. She had used her left dagger to block a downward sword thrust, allowing her right to slash across the belly of her attacker when the pain flared in her upraised arm. Positioned like she was, a midlander had maneuvered into her blindspot. Thank the goddess he’s only had a stave and not a bladed weapon. Pain or no she hadn’t stopped, letting the momentum from her slash and the blow to flow into a spin. He’d been too far to stab, but at that distance the thrown dagger hit home with deadly accuracy. The worst of it was that she couldn’t be sure they had caught all of the culprits. A nagging feeling in her gut made her think one or two might have slipped away during the brawl. For a second time something tugged at her line. Patience. Bite. Snag. Reel. She couldn’t explain the uneasy feeling that grew as she reeled the line in, but when Nefzen saw the fish that finally came over the ledge and into her lap she new. Those eyes, that fin pattern… ….. It was the same fish.

Just a FYI: entries for the Best Dressed and the Raffle drawing are seperate! Apparently there have been a lot for the former and little for the latter.

Might as well: Owlet Thavnairian Set Lord of Levin Lamp

Just a week to go, are you excited? I’m excited. You know what? To show you how excited we all are, we’re adding a Lesser Panda to the raffle giveaway. Just think, you could have that cute face peeking over your shoulder.

Oh... oh Nef will so be there!!!!

Is this still being maintained?

Crossposted from their tumbler with permission. See HERE for latest updated information. Feel the need for some refinement after indulging a bit too much over the holidays? The Drunken Moogle is throwing a Masquerade Ball open to all on Saturday the 16th of January. The ball starts 5pm (EST) at the Lavender Bed Docks, Ward 4. (Balmung) We hope to see you in your fanciest gowns and suits complete with masks to add that little touch of mystery. Lights go up on stage at 6pm, when the famous [/url] will be performing some of his latest songs. During the evening we will be moving through the crowd, selecting the three best dressed to win a piece of character art each. The winners of the “Best Dressed” of the ball will be announced at 7pm and then forced to take a Stuffed Moogle home with them. To close off the night we will be holding a raffle with some pretty exciting prizes, including more character art, clothing and some of most sought after pets. The raffle will be announced at 8pm, please be available then to collect your prize. Art is kindly being donated by: @linwa-tia Special thanks to @crescent-ffxiv for their help Entry Details and List of Prizes to be won Entry Details Entry to both the Best Dressed competition and the raffle is free. We just ask that you’re on hand to receive your prize when the winners are announced. To enter the best dressed competition simply send an ask to us here at Drunken Moogle with “Best Dressed” along with your character’s name. Or contact Meela Jakkya in game. Entries close on January 16th at 6pm (EST) when Waltz takes to the stage. Please be on hand at 7pm to be dragged out in front of everyone and given your crown (Moogle). Similarly, to enter the raffle, send a message to us here at Drunken Moogle with, “Raffle” along with yourcharacter’s name. Or contact Meela Jakkya in game. Entries to the raffle also closes on January 16th at 6pm (EST). Please be available at 8pm to receive your prize. Prizes - Best Dressed Three winners will be selected, each will receive character art and a Stuffed Moogle. Prizes - Raffle Even More Character Art Clothing Thavnairian Bustier Set (5 pieces) (Female Only) Thavnairian Bolero Set (5 pieces) High House Justaucorps (4 pieces) (Chest – Male only) High House Bustle (3 pieces) (Chest – Female only) Falconer’s Set (3 pieces) Company Tabard and Hat (2 pieces) Minions Gaelikitten Gestahl Baby Opo-opo Bluebird Owlet Tiny Tapir Tomato King Nana Bear Ugly Duckling Unicolt And we’ll throw in another couple of Stuffed Moogles to round it all off. Hope to see you there!

I've actually been working on my Wiki page at last. Still a few things here and there but there's at least a good bit there. https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Nefzen_Zhwan

Sorry I couldn't make it last night. IRL intruded on my RPz time. ;_;

*waves* Welcome to the RPC! Hope we can cross paths once you're on balmung.

*waves* Welcome to the RPC! Hope we can cross paths once you transfer.

*waves* Welcome to the RPC! Hope we can cross paths sometime.

There are actually quite a few places to go but even then lore is pretty sparce. First start here: http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=12378&pid=196441#pid196441 Tons of info and links. I've got some more links on my Tumblr along with some posts that people have made gathering lore ingame: http://nefzenffxiv.tumblr.com/tagged/ffxiv-lore Then there are the OFFICIAL Lore Forums: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/491-Lore Also for quick reference there is the "WIKI" here on this site. Though when researching lore there are a few things to remember for roleplay: Not all 'LORE' is true - Like real history, people make mistakes. Especially further in history you go back the less reliable our record of it is. Not to mention the whole "The winner writes the history books" and so forth. Unless you are playing a dedicated Historian it's unlikely your character will know every last lore detail. It's also PERFECTLY IN-CHARACTER to get lore facts wrong - I dunno about you but I get historical facts wrong all the time. Clans and isolated social groups are ok to have different traditions than the norm - I play a keeper and have PC siblings. We tried to stick to what little Keeper lore there is but it's vague at best. To make do with this we decided to be a rather isolated clan.

[iC] Thoughts on the Grindstone Tired and sore, Nefzen threw herself back in her rented bed at the Drowning Wench to stare up at the ceiling with her hands laced behind her head. It had been an interesting day to say the least. After making friends with some of the Sahagin she had the great idea of asking if she could fish off their shore. There was an amazing catch there that sold for some good gil. It was a good haul. After bringing in her catch she heard a few blokes in the Drowning Wench talking about fighting in The Grindstone tournament. Kawa had mentioned fighting in it the previous week and Nef had to admit it had peeked her interest. Putting her new skills that Jackie and the rest had been teaching her to the test. However, tournaments were usually supposed to be ‘fair’ fights. If Nef had any choice she -never- fought fair. With that in mind she had changed out of her fishing gear and headed to Ul'dah. Nymeia had favored her that night. Walking up she had found a pair of Au Ra females, sisters no less. One apparently was a former champion, called herself ‘Red’. The other was younger, seemed rather… Innocent. Her name was Maqali. Almost like a younger female Erah'sae. The younger introduced her to two of the fighters. A towering Au Ra male called Gan. Then a seeker male U'zamza. The fight it self was… Interesting. It was not what she was expecting. After separating into groups the fighters paired off and let loose. No magic, thankfully, but everything else was allowed. Swords, shields, spears, daggers, or just your fists. One of U'zamza’s opponents tried to cleave his head in two, though he dodged and broke something in his shoulder. The same opponent (He called her Loveless?) later tried to drown someone. One eye opener was the final fight he observed. Someone had thrown a punch at their before rushing to another’s side, but suddenly all hell broke loose. Apparently there was a three hit rule and the punch was thrown -after- the fighter had taken his third hit. This, though, had caused all sorts of repercussions. The organizers had to get involved and things looked like they might have gotten serious. Her linkpearl had buzzed with a new job so she hadn’t been able to find out the outcome of the argument. Really, it looked like it was blown totally out of proportion. Still a valuable piece of information was gained as a result. The job had proven easy at least. A ship had been plundered off the coast and while the others were busy enforcing the code on the Pirates, Nef had tracked down the missing cargo. Expensive silks from Ul'dah this time. With her payment from the merchant and the profits from her fishing haul she might be able to buy another custom set of throwing knife holders she had been designing. Eyes closing, Nef drifted off to sleep with thoughts of shiny new knives dancing in her hands.

I second the /emote thing. I'm all for just barging in on RPs in public spaces but sometimes that doesn't 'fit' with your character. A few emotes to denote your interest to join the fun usually works unless it's in a super busy place. I frequently try to keep an eye out for folks If the "WALL-O-TEXT" is strong then I highly suggest tell because it's likely your stuff will get lost in the deluge.

OMG! I got a NANA BEAR!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH SECRET GIVER!!!