Working on the Crystal Chronicle has been something immensely satisfying and moving for me. It's no secret that I have a lot of projects I juggle on Balmung, but the Chronicle will always have a special place in my heart as one of the ones that I feel most proud of. My journocatte Maxe Sahashin will be sticking around and be contributing to the continued excellence of fictional journalism at the Garnet Gazette, and I hope that those who have come to love the chronicle follow it's at-first humble successor.Â
I'm not going to say that the Gazette will ever really fill the void left by the Crystal Chronicle, because I'm not sure anything can, but I do promise I'll do everything I can to make sure it's a worthy successor. As our Senior Windmills Correspondent and Trashy Novelist in Residence, I hope that the kind of thing you're used to seeing from my wacky mixed-berry Miqo'te continues to shine lights on your events and make the community feel more interconnected.
With my other hat, as an FC leader and event host, I'm going to miss the Chronicle. Whenever I was doing anything, whenever one of my projects took a step forward, whenever my characters were involved in something cool, I immediately turned to the Chronicle to offer them a story, and in turn they provided another avenue for me to promote my events. The relationship I built between the Bandee Pakshee and the Chronicle is one of the things I credit my company's success to, and losing that honestly broke my heart. When we found out about it in the Chronicle staff, I had to leave the meeting and cry, honestly. Because both as a member of the writing team and as a community member who loved and benefited from their coverage, I felt a great loss.Â
 It may not ever be quite the same, and it may take time to become as grand, but I hope the Gazette will be that pillar of the community that the chronicle was. And I hope members of the community will continue to support it as they have the Chronicle, by reaching out to us about your events, by helping us promote ourselves by sharing the link and talking about the articles, and even by writing or editing. An institution like the Chronicle isn't born overnight, so I beg your patience with the new paper, but I hope the love people have shown in this thread continues with our new team and new brand.
I'm not going to say that the Gazette will ever really fill the void left by the Crystal Chronicle, because I'm not sure anything can, but I do promise I'll do everything I can to make sure it's a worthy successor. As our Senior Windmills Correspondent and Trashy Novelist in Residence, I hope that the kind of thing you're used to seeing from my wacky mixed-berry Miqo'te continues to shine lights on your events and make the community feel more interconnected.
With my other hat, as an FC leader and event host, I'm going to miss the Chronicle. Whenever I was doing anything, whenever one of my projects took a step forward, whenever my characters were involved in something cool, I immediately turned to the Chronicle to offer them a story, and in turn they provided another avenue for me to promote my events. The relationship I built between the Bandee Pakshee and the Chronicle is one of the things I credit my company's success to, and losing that honestly broke my heart. When we found out about it in the Chronicle staff, I had to leave the meeting and cry, honestly. Because both as a member of the writing team and as a community member who loved and benefited from their coverage, I felt a great loss.Â
 It may not ever be quite the same, and it may take time to become as grand, but I hope the Gazette will be that pillar of the community that the chronicle was. And I hope members of the community will continue to support it as they have the Chronicle, by reaching out to us about your events, by helping us promote ourselves by sharing the link and talking about the articles, and even by writing or editing. An institution like the Chronicle isn't born overnight, so I beg your patience with the new paper, but I hope the love people have shown in this thread continues with our new team and new brand.
