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Hi! I am Kalazel_Sternenblau from germany [UTC+1] and playing mainly on datacenter Light, server Phoenix. I do have more characters on the different servers tho that I use to RP or at least try to use them for RP, for that matter I just started with it and am more or less a novice in it. I didn't participated so far in group RPing, only in solo RPs with one person in a party. I played the game back then in 2010 when the game wasn't popular like today and was one of the first Warriors of Light, but since the game wasn't very good back then, I quitted it. When it got back online 2013 I was skeptic but with the release of Heavensward I started playing the game again and since then I play it and enjoy it with my whole heart and soul! I don't have much RP Experiences so far and maybe my character Backgrounds aren't as good as from the pro's here but I am still learning So far I RPd with those Characters of mine: Kalazel Sternenblau Yennefer Ri'via A young woman afar from her home. Strange dreams plagued her since her childhood, then suddenly disappeared only to start again in the night of her 21st birthday again. She started her Adventure newly in Gridania and aided the Citystate with the Attack of the Ixals and found her second Crystal of Light and joined recently the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. How did you learn about the coalition? I found your Character Wiki through another RPer and thought, maybe I can find more people to RP with here in your coalition. What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? Well I would say Light to Medium. I am working 6 days in a week and most times if I am online (thanks for the queues since release of Endwalker) I am online in the Evenings. Anything from real life you're comfortable with sharing? I don't mind sharing private things. However, I think it mainly depends on the situation and what kind of information it is, that should be shared. And the mood. Of course the mood is important too!

Hiya! I'm Data Roxas! I'm on the Primal Datacenter, Excalibur to be exact. But I'm thinking of making an alt on Crystal! I have a decade's worth of experience in roleplaying on forums, but exactly none in chats or games. So this will be a new venture for me! I intend to make a female viera - but then fantasia into a male viera when Endwalker comes out! The only downside of making an alt is that i'll have none of my MSQ progress, mounts, emotes, or anything (since I can't afford that kinda stuff otherwise. Money is always tight.) But I'm sure it will be fine! I'm hoping to get on Balmung. Anyways, nice to meet ya'll! And I hope to have fun! Edit: Got on Balmung!

Name's Opar. A typical Lalafell Miner with a sense of adventure and thrall-like devotion to his lovely betrothed Omim Omi IC, her real life husband and general goofball OOC. I have been Role Playing in some form or fashion for my entire life. I started with tabletops and from there progressed into a game called Asheron's Call which I have fond memories of. I was also a huge fan of Final Fantasy in my youth especially in my teen years when VII and VIII came out, and I am to this day a shameless Red XIII fanatic. I played FFXIV back when Stormblood had just dropped and enjoyed the game a lot, and canceled our subscriptions due to health issues on my end, but now that I am recovered and we are in a better place, we have returned. *sad trombone riff* (ha) We are excited to meet new friends, and I hope to forge some new IC bonds as well. To that end, I'm not sure if this is not allowed here, and if it isn't, I will edit this out with no complaints, but Omim and I are having our Eternal Bonding Ceremony on the 28th of this month at 2:00 P.M. PST, and are extending an invitation to you all. Simply send either Opar Mopar or Omim Omi (Both on Diabolos) a tell. Nice to meet you and hope to see you there.

Hey hey y'all! I'm Sketchi and I promise you that name isn't a self fulfilling prophesy - I'm actually almost respectable depending on who you ask! I'm an over-literary prose-ridden nerd seeking my people. Seems like I came to the right place. Alrighty let's get this intro a-rollin' MMORPG BACKGROUND I've been playing MMO's since the FlyFF days. Some of you just felt your heart stop in your chest at the sudden reminder of your own age and mortality. You're welcome. To put a number on it, I've been playing MMO's on and off for maybe... 17 years? I became a more hardcore enthusiast roughly 10 years ago, sometime around the release of Star Wars: The Old Republic and, more notably, Guild Wars 2. I still play GW2 somewhat regularly to this day, but... I mean, I'm on this forum for a reason, right? I fell in love with FFXIV like no other MMO, hell, no other game I've played before. Funnily enough, I never had any interest in playing FFXI. It sorta just blew past me. I laughed at FFXIV when it was first released and imploded within a year. YoshiP is now laughing at me as I weep over the emotional resonance of his Renaissance-Era Chuunibyou Simulator. The tables, they have turned. RP EXPERIENCE I've been text RPing since my deviantART days,. If I had to place the time period on a scale of AIM and Discord I'd put it solidly in the MSN era... which is to say like, a decade and some change. Not too long after that I got into D&D, and I've been a massive fan of TTRPG's from either side of the table ever since. I opened several (failed) text RP forums and (failed) play-by-post games as I was growing up. As for game specific RP experience, I played City of Heroes when it was live, an MMO where the RP basically WAS the game. I uh... hold on lemme screengrab a thing I said earlier. CHARACTER INFO Okay so I've only got the one right now. I don't really alt much, but we'll see what the future holds. Anyway hold onto your seats because its time for Or Sygg for short, because that's too much Welsh for my American brain to handle. Sygglona is a passionate academic who hates the institution of academia. She's equal parts hothead and bookworm and she will absolutely punch you in your stupid face for illuminating reading material. She's a lady who adores the rush of learning something new, believing in her heart of hearts that free and easy access to information is the key to improving the world around her as it attempts to rebuild. Needless to say, the amount of frustration she feels in regards to The Battle of Cartenau's aftermath and the effects of the Seventh Umbral Calamity is immense. She's taken to adventuring across Eorzea mostly out of said frustration... and maybe a bit of spite? The more cloistered and secretive nature of academics and scholars of years past reads to her as weak, cowardly, and most importantly, utterly selfish. That and.. well, there's a hell of a lot of pre-Calamity reading material left abandoned on the floors and shelves of the dungeons of the world. Someone ought to liberate all that information, right? HOW DID YOU FIND US? Google. Yeah, sorry to be boring, but its true. Congrats on having some functional SEO. WHAT KIND OF RP'ER DO YOU WANNA BE? Adequate. That aside, medium to heavy involvement depending on the day. I love playing characters and experiencing stories, but somedays I'm just gonna wanna ride the Duty Roulette, ya know? WHAT OTHER THINGS MAKE YOU A PERSON OUTSIDE OF THIS SINGULAR NICHE HOBBY? I'm an artist! See my name? Its because I'm and artist, you see. A bonafide illustrator, an artiste, a weaver of inks and imagery. I wasn't a terribly creative 12 year old and the handle stuck. Aside from that, I kinda mentioned everything else already. I'm into comics and animation a whole lot? I uh... I drink a lot of coffee? Sorry no that's not a personality trait lets just wrap this up. I SCROLLED TO THE BOTTOM, TL;DR Hi, I'm Sketchi. I'm an artsy hipster of a nerd whose been that way for a long time and it doesnt look like that's gonna stop anytime soon. I play a big green combat librarian who has chosen violence and will continue to chose violence every day of her natural life. Pleased to meet y'all. Come check me out on Lamia, a server with an extremely minimal RP community because I didn't think things through very well.

Heya guys, my name is Kay, and please allow me to tl;dr about myself! MMORPG background: I used to play WoW! For a little while. I was only on for two expansions, Cataclysm and Pandaria but I had fun getting into shenanigans with my RP buddies on Wyrmrest Accord. RP experience Uhhh… Lemme do the math. T-twenty? Twenty years I’ve been at this pretending hobby? Spread out across a bunch of platforms, mainly Livejournal and Dreamwidth and a smattering of message boards and MMO experience, with a smidge of Discord. Character ideas/info I have just the one character right now! Her name is Rune, and she is my special snowflake and I like her a bunch. She’s an amnesiac Au Ra Arcanist (say that three times fast!) and an exile/runaway from Garlean, looking to find her place in the world and to better understand herself and her abilities. Why yes, Terra IS in fact one of my favorite FF characters, whatever gave that away? Been having a lot of fun with her so far, as OOCly and ICly I get to learn the ropes of the lore and the game. I’ve got a character journal for her set up on Dreamwidth, too! Over here: https://rune-explorer.dreamwidth.org/355.html How did you learn about the coalition? I waited until the witching hour, and the perfect alignment of the stars, called upon the hidden forces of the internet to guide my hand, and… Googled FF14 RP. What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? (e.g. Light, medium, or heavy) Medium. A little goofy at times with my emoting, as the writing above probably shows. But ready to do the dramatic stuff as well! I also learned that I really love going out into the world to RP and have adventures. Anything from real life you're comfortable with sharing? (Work, school, hobbies, etc.) Let’s see: I write nerdy fanfic but I’m too embarrassed to link my account. I draw nerdy art too, which I’m a little more comfortable about sharing. My favorite Final Fantasy games are 6, 7, 8, and 10. 9 is a game I respect more than love, but still think it’s cool. I’m also playing on the FF14 demo right now instead of the full game, just getting a feel for it right now. And I have a standard poodle IRL! He is a good boy; the bestest boy in fact.

Greetings people who would read this, and thank you for taking the time to do so. I am Random User. I suppose I should introduce myself better than that, though MMORPG background My MMORPG experience started 5ish years ago, when I first played Albion Online. I didn't last long there however and quickly moved on. I spent my free time whenever I was bored looking into MMORPGs I could play, slowly finding one after another that looked interesting, such as Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine (Or ReImagine, when I played it), Black Desert Online, Bless Unleashed, DC Universe Online. These I played on and off throughout the 5 years. I did along the way find out about Final Fantasy XIV and tried it out, but quickly left because I was grossly unaware of the fact that the free trial didn't have a time limit and was worried of putting too much effort into something I'd inevitably ignore. I spent the most time playing SMT: Imagine, and up until about 2 months ago, that was my main focus. Queue me rediscovering FFXIV and giving it another go, armed with my new knowledge of the lack of a time limit on the free trial. I got hooked almost immediately and within a week of me starting the free trial I bought the actual game. A week later and I had bought Shadowbringers (Not long before it went on sale, lucky me). Since then I've been thoroughly enjoying my time on the game. RP experience My memory's a little hazy on exactly when, but I must have started roleplaying nearly 7 years ago. I've spent a lot of the time not playing games (Including MMORPGS) investing into roleplay. I usually focused on text-based roleplay, which involved detailed descriptions of characters, what they did, and how they did it. Since trying out roleplaying in MMORPGS, I've been hooked on the extra freedom that can come with the 3D space. My favourite part of literature and roleplaying in general was the 'show, not tell' idea, which is made easier with games. I've found the lack of needing to describe a space and instead letting the area do the describing for you to be almost relaxing. Recently my text-based roleplay has hit a roadblock, and I hope that expanding further into FFXIV roleplay can fix that for me. Character ideas/info I have so many ideas already filling my mind, including a lot of the stereotypes and such. I would describe them here but I'm worried that with them currently jumbled up in my head, I'd spew out some mixture of ideas that wouldn't work well with each other How did you learn about the coalition? Google! I simply searched 'FFXIV Roleplaying Community' and found this website. What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? (e.g. Light, medium, or heavy) Probably medium/heavy, with a bigger lean on medium roleplay. I expect that as my experience in FFXIV roleplay grows I'll slowly start leaning further towards the heavy side. Anything from real life you're comfortable with sharing? (Work, school, hobbies, etc.) I'm currently studying Engineering. My hobbies include programming, video games, reading, some writing and roleplay.

So after spending a number of months after Shadowbringer's release, being relatively off n' on with FFXIV, I finally gave the game an earnest try again. First on Sarganteus, but then snuck a copy of the character on Mateus. Why? Because while a good MMO is something I've been seeking, it comes down to a hearty RP Community and story built within that world that truly sings to me. Eventually, the copy became the Main, and after plowing through the Main Story, shying from RP telling myself 'just here for the story, nothing to gain here', I started to wonder how wrong I was. Now back, preparing for Endwalkers, I came across across this community site out of curiosity. Now here I am, with an ol' Warhorse of a Hrothgar. Not afraid of what comes, yet not quite ready to set down his arms, if he ever will. MMORPG background: I admit, I've been something of a drifter after spending 10 solid years as an EverQuest 2 vet. Since then, I've done RP in Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, and some here and there, sadly in games that just didn't hold me for long. RP experience: 15+ Years of story making, character development, and creating some successful character stories, and plenty not-so-successful. From the bold and altruistic, to the selfish and guarded, I could write a book on the number of characters in so many settings. Character ideas/info: So far only one. An seasoned and older Hrothgar Warrior who's lost his purpose and cause. A story of loyalty, betrayal, and a search for purpose or a cause to die for, but for now, coin simplifies that answer, hollow as it is. But with a story of many hooks and paths, leading to possible ways his story could go, or even eventually come to an end. How did you learn about the coalition? Searching and curiosity. I came across this by chance as I was searching for an opportunity to potentially RP in the FFXIV universe. What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? I've always leaned into the Heavy RP. Once I start a character in game, every interaction starts and ends through his eyes. Though he's not one for idling, spending hours at a time at pubs and taverns. He seeks a purpose, and that means he will spend time actively in the world searching for action or even just time to get around. Anything from real life you're comfortable with sharing? I'm an IT Tech with a hectic schedule and sometimes not as much energy as I used to have. I'll log in when life allows, and gladly share time. But I'm a sucker for good story and sharing time. Though despite my characters being a broad range of personalities ... you'll find the one behind the curtain more of a dorky humor and a penchant to enjoy life, hoping to share it with others. Mecek will be following something of an older trope I used for one of my earliest characters. A soldier of Ilsabard, now a wandering Mercenary, I'm still putting segments together of his past as there is scant lore at best about the Hrothgar's Helions and Lost. But what I do have is enough for the imposing axe for hire to walk off the boat, nameless to the masses, and ready to find anything worthwhile in the lands outside what's left of his home.

Hey! I’m Kahrow, I been role playing on and off on World of warcraft for about 10 years. I been wanting to RP again but haven’t been feeling it on WoW. I heard some good things about the RP on FFXIV. I been really anxious getting back in to RP after such a long break from WoW and wanted a little refresher on RP and see if It was any different on FFXIV. I came across an How to RP guide from the old site and then ended up here. Very exciting to be apart of this Community! I’m in a space right now that I feel light/medium RP is where I am at. At least until I’m more comfortable with the Lore and my character. If anyone has recommendations for areas to start out casually I would greatly appreciate it.

Hi there! It’s been a long while since I’ve been on a forum but since I’ve been wanting to get into FF14 RPing, I'm a 20+ nerd who likes writing, drawing, games & baking. I thought I might as well give it a shot, meet new people, make new stories & all that fun jazz. I’ve got tons (years even) of RP experience from ye olde text rps on forums, drawing rps & through TTRPG but I’ve never had the chance to try it via MMO, but I love writing & characters so I thought it’d be nice to give it a go! I picked up FF14 about 2 years ago, played for a couple of months but went on a long break because I didn’t have anyone to play with & I was a lil intimidated by MMO communities. But a couple of my friends encouraged me to pick it up again about 8 months ago & I’ve been slowly working my way through since! I have a couple of characters floating about: My main is an Ishgardian Hyur White Mage called Marian Prolux on Faerie who I love very much, while my (also.. White mage but I might go Red Mage when I hit 50) Alt, Lominsan Au-Ra, Elizabeth Aston, is on Spriggan, which I’m running through things with my tank & friend (and hopefully going to save up enough to get our grubby mitts on a FC house some day…). I’m still working on a few things about their backgrounds, but I’m pretty sure I have the basics down now. I usually try to have my RP tag on, so if you do bump into them, don’t be afraid to say hi! If anyone has any tips or tricks too, I’m all ears & will appreciate the help, haha.

Hello! I'd just like to introduce myself and say hi to everyone here, I am a longtime RPer (5+ years) across many platforms. I'm Celestial, I'm from Canada and in the EST timezone! I enjoy playing video games (MMOs especially), drawing and writing : ) I can't wait to meet people and start RPing here ^^!

Heya, everyone! Call me Aki. I'm 20+ and looking to further expand my RP horizons here! This is my very first MMO and I'm...doing my best. However, I've been doing roleplay since I was very young (I was that kid LARPing with their friends during recess), but when it comes to the written word, I've been doing this for about 11+ years! I love writing, it helps me destress, I love being creative and coming up with new characters or fun plots... It just works out for me! And because I wanted to find other people who did FFXIV RP... I ended stumbling onto this place while scouring around. Very excited to be here! Personal stuff aside... I've got- currently- 5 characters around the Crystal DC that I'd love for you lot to meet! I'll do a quick, written introduction of them here, but I hope to further promote them in full later, elsewhere. Rhela Dakwhil- WHM (later, & DRK) Keeper Miqo'te. Nonbinary (they/she), and PanPolyam. My main, and WoL! Born of the Twelveswood and having abandoned home to experience the world, they're that wide-eyed, innocent adventurer who hasn't quite learned their lessons yet. That every good thing isn't guaranteed, the nicest people can be the cruelest, and so on. Though they're slowly learning these lessons, figuring out where they belong in such a world... They don't know yet what's in store for them. [ Can be found on Goblin. Currently, has friends in two other players: Ah'dan K. (SAM and primary companion) and Vulkan A. ] Ajisai Sumida- SMN (+ AST) Raen Au Ra. Female (she/her) and figuring out her sexuality. Born a rich merchant's daughter in Kugane, life had gone...ordinarily enough for her, up until her early teens. White seeping through her hair, making her parents panic. No healer they could find gave advice on what was "going wrong" and it would eventually push them to seek out the Azim Steppe- homeland of the Auri- to try to make sense of things. It was during all this pushing and shoving around, her life in upheaval... That Ajisai ran away. Learned how to become an Arcanist, set out for Limsa to make it work... Though their story of slowly learning to help people, break away some of those high walls...has slowly led them back to Kugane. To the Azim Steppe... This time, hoping to learn more about the history she knows so little about. [ Can be found on Zalera. Has also made friends with Ah'dan, and I consider her story tied with Rhela's. (Rhela and Ah'dan being WoLs, Ajisai simply being an adventurer who Happens To Be Here. Will be seeking relationships w/ other Auri who know of Xaela culture or potential old friends from Kugane/Doma. ] I'karus Tia- PLD Seeker Miqo'te. Male (he/him) and...who knows. Probably bisexual; he doesn't think too hard about it. Much like the mythological figure for which he is named after (and yes, doesn't doesn't exist in FFXIV; work with me here), I'karus is all too fond of flying too close to the metaphorical sun. Before life led him to Ul'dah, he'd been a drinker and a fighter. Picking fights wherever he found himself, causing trouble, and generally being a thorough nuisance to ANYONE who tried to offer him a kindness; to help him out of this pit he made for himself. It took...a breaking moment he won't admit to. That he no longer talks about...to wake him up. Sure, being a Gladiator ain't a great start for someone trying to "turn his life around," but it's all he knows. And he figures...it could be a good enough start. [ Resides on Coeurl. Literally is just based off of the song "Icarus" by Bastille... Thought, "Wow, between this song and those new wings in FFXIV, wouldn't it be cool to have an "Icarus" character in-game?" Was shocked nobody else had this idea... So here we are!! ] Alexios Chaunteau- BRD + NIN Ishgardian Elezen. GNC (any pronouns) and...I don't know yet! (To be honest!) The short of it... Is though Ishgard was fine enough, even with the Dragonsong War going on... Alexios simply had enough of it. Impatient to go other places, meet people, and have fun without the level of strictness the Holy See put on Ishgard on the whole, he made his own way. From escaping the city (and unknowingly having his family name blacklisted under current ruling thanks to...someone's underhanded methods), reaching Dragonhead, and scurrying off to Gridania... It's been a lot! But he doesn't mind it much these days; content to learn up close how to use a bow and fight for any old reason he chooses~! ...Now it's just a shame that he picked fashion over all else. [ Resides on Goblin. He is going to get the Gyr Abanian Plait and nobody can stop me. And yes, I do have an alt addiction. I'm good. ] Kinara N.- WHM (later, & DNC) Veena Viera. Female (she/her) and pansexual. Much like other Veena, Kinara was born among the Skatay Range. Though originally sheltered and content with her life among her home forest, a game among friends turned her daydream years into a quick nightmare. Robbed from her home, Kinara went through a few short years of chaos (to say the least of it), before eventually finding an opportune moment to attack her then-captors and rush free. Running and running... Until eventually, taking a cart to Gridania. Her early years there were spent learning conjury as a way of "self healing" and coping with what happened before. When she started finding peace again... She said her last goodbyes to the forest and took life back into her own hands. Having worked a short time at an Ul'dah pillowhouse to understand the ropes, she now utilizes her time to go sightseeing and earn money by keeping those with loose wallets company. If you've got gil to spend and need a daytime companion or a nighttime squeeze, you'll find it with the ever-patient Kinara. (Those looking for friendship alone, however, and wish to leave gil out of it... You confuse her. Perhaps even worry her... Kinara doesn't really know what to do with non-Viera women who want to spend time with her...but other Viera women- Rava or Veena- get that free!) [ Located on Balmung. A close friend in Ukina O. (a Rava Viera DRG). There are some more...intense stuff going on with this character- moreso than even I originally planned!- so... I did try to explain what goes on here as PG13 friendly as possible? However, if anything is too much or sounds bad/suggestive, lemme know! I'd be happy to edit this or hide it entirely! I did my best! ] WHEW, that was a lot! Thanks for reading through it! There's varying kinds of storylines, experiences, and whatnot I'd love to work with these folks... Each with more specific ideas for their RP worlds, to put it one way. (While Rhela is friendly and outgoing to those who show them even basic kindness, Ajisai (and Kinara) would need more of a "slow burn" approach to relationships.) I typically prefer...a light to medium style RP? However, I'm incredibly flexible, so if there's a way you prefer to play (or write!), I'm up for it! I like to discuss RP ideas and plots first, anyways; it helps figure stuff out and I like making friends! Works for everyone involved, I'd say. As well, note that I am up to multishipping! I simply love writing ships, something about it never tires for me, and if you're the type to not be for polyamory... Then you don't have to be involved in it! Again, RP flexible. In short, talk to me about anything you'd be interested in, and we could find a way to make it work! Thanks for reading~! (Outside of this, I do enjoy cosplay, writing fiction (non-fandom related, too!!), and occasionally doing art. Really am interested in gpose, but still figuring out my way with it! Hoping to do voice acting/voice over as a career someday.) (Gosh, I hope all of this made sense and is okay; I'm super nervous!!!)

Hey all! I have actually been on this site before but I finally got onto Balmung! I am an Aussie and on the Elemental data centre I have finished MSQ + have been levelling other jobs etc, however I am currently re-levelling on Balmung. I have RP experience in WOW +TableTops and will probs be on my Balmung character whenever my FC isn't online the elemental Data Centre. Hope to see you all in game, keep and Eye out I am always open to RP if I am not actively doing something else!

Hey there! So I'm semi-new to FF 14, only Level 35 in my main class. Since I heard that roleplaying was a thing here it got me interested! I have roleplayed before, just never done in a MMO. So I do have questions like, where do I go? How do I start? Things like that. I do consider myself though pretty good at roleplay in general, and I'd love to one day create a deep and story driven roleplay with someone else one day A little more about me is that I'm currently a freshman at my local community college. I plan to eventaully study in Computer Science and find a career with that. When I'm not playing FF 14 I'm either studying or working on my hobbies, such as writing and art! Oh and I haven't given my name out yet huh? Online I usually go by Echo! My IGN is Ruth Aurora I think that's everything! I hope I get to meet some interesting people!

Hello! My names Fjora Boesson. I don't have any experience with RP. It's been something that I've been interested in, but I tend to be a little shy. I've played MMORPGs before, WoW and FFXIV have been my main ones. I heard that the coalition is a great place to get started and meet new friends. I'm thinking because I'm so new to the whole RP experience that I'd probably be aiming for light to medium role playing to start. I'm an aspiring scholar looking to support my fellow scions as we work to keep Eorzea safe. Well anyroad, I look forward to meeting you and I hope you'll say 'Hello' if you see me around!

Hello! I go by Korraly or you can shorten it to Ly. I haven't had much experience with FFXIV RPing, but I've been a dedicated RPer for nearly seven years. I look forward to meeting new people and getting myself acquainted with this community. Regards, Korraly

Hello All, Hi there! My name is Pura, some people just call me P but Pura is fine; it's nice to meet you all! I am a writer and artist who mostly does roleplay on Discord but I'm excited to dive in here! I'm not new to FFXIV (I have been playing for 4 years), and I'm not new to Roleplay, but I am new to FFXIV Roleplay so I'm a little nervous! I play on several servers but my main roleplay server is Mateus. I have a preference for serious/long-term/story-driven roleplays. But I can do one-offs, and I enjoy the idea of visiting events. I would love to join a roleplay FC, but I can be a bit picky and I'm not quite sure what I want for my character yet. I am excited to meet you all! If you wish to read about my character, you can find Shion in this link. Thank you!

Hi everybody! As the title says, I haven’t gotten started...as in, I haven’t yet even downloaded the game due to local internet issues. Rest assured, I began researching ARR about a month ago during my free time, and I’m slowly making the setting and lore a new hobby of mine. I’m slow when it comes to actively video gaming, however; I’m always more active on forums and Discord, so I’m not in a rush to do anything other than read interesting threads, ask questions, and learn from a group of cool people. MMORPG background Do MUDs count? I began playing Dragon’s Gate and Darkness Falls on AOL back in 1996, and although they were text-based, they were both multiplayer and online. For formal MMORPGs, then I began with the vanilla version of WoW since I’d been a fan of that whole franchise since 1995. It was fun, but my maturity level eventually grew beyond the story and community there. I’ve also played SWtoR, Fallout ‘76, and ESO for a few years, though intermittently. RP experience Face-to-face, I’ve been playing DnD since 1995. Online, I started with AOL chat rooms back in 1996, both in Final Fantasy settings as well as others. This also included forum RP and collaborative fanfiction, and it spread into both MMOs as well as other games I was playing at the time. One thing I’ve learned after a quarter of a century of RP is that you never stop learning, everybody has something to share, and even new RPers can often school me on nuances and habits which I hadn’t noticed. The challenges never stop which is part of what has made RP remain fun for me all this time. Character ideas/info I’m keen to play a non-edgy Dark Knight because I love challenges, taking traditional roles in new directions, and filling in social gaps. I’ve had other ideas float through my mind as well; I often enjoy playing antagonists in RP and honestly relish in playing them as mean jerks and then watching their defeat, though I need to become more comfortable in the FFXIV setting to do that. I’m not in a hurry and hope to have a lot of fun along the way. How did you learn about the coalition? While researching FFXIV and deciding this might be the game for me, I saw this forum referenced on Reddit, Quora, and...StackExchange, I think? RP guides for those new to the setting all mentioned this forum, and after lurking for a while, I can see why. This seems like a very helpful community. What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? (e.g. Light, medium, or heavy) Since I’m taking my time and learning the lore one step at a time, I plan to progress from light to medium to heavy once I download the game. As for RP here on the forum or any other text-based venue, then I expect this question may not apply since the sole purpose would be storytelling. Anything from real life you're comfortable with sharing? (Work, school, hobbies, etc.) I’m in my mid-to-late thirties, the son of gamers, and now the father of little gamers of my own. I have the sort of responsibilities one could imagine, which is why I tend to lean toward forum and chat RP more than in-game RP for all the various fandoms I follow.

I'm somewhat new to FFxiv but I'm far from a stranger when it comes to RPing, although my experience stems more from forum RPs and D&D than MMO RPs. I've played several MMOs in the past, such as Runescape, WOW, Swtor, Archeage, BDO, and a few others. Currently for FFxiv, I'm particularly new, but I've got a nice nonRP FC that's been helping me learn and now my main runs Dragoon, Samurai, and Gunbreaker, and learning the dungeons quickly! I've never RPed in an MMO before but I am very excited to do so, I just don't know where to start... I have three character ideas, all male (I identify as Male as well). My main, Lachlann Hunter is on Balmung and the one I will likely play the most. I have a bit of a backstory thought out for him, but I'm not sure if it feels relevant enough for me. My second is Tiberius Bradford on Balmung, but he was made so I could play with my GF, so he's mostly off limits until she wants to get into RPing. I have a third idea that I'm still thinking on about a character from Doma, but I'm holding on it until I learn more about the settings. My intentions is to at least get into medium RP for all three, and maybe heavy RP for one or two of them once I've grown more comfortable, but I guess right now since I don't know where to start, I'm only a light RPer. I'm US Central time but I usually only play really late at night. I'm down for most Roleplay, really in whatever style works, but if something happens that I'm not interested/comfortable with, I'll usually just express it and exit the situation.

Hello everyone, you can call me Blu. I had a fresh start on the Mateus server and now looking for people to talk to! Quick introduction: I am new to RP in FFXIV and am looking for a relaxing start with understanding and nice people, who dont take RP too seriously to the point where they point out every little mistake. I want to learn but also have fun MMORPG Background: FFXIVARR is my first MMO that I started playing on release (I think that was 2014 if I remember correctly) and since then I had a lot of breaks but always came back. My platform was always ps4 but resently I tried it on PC and so far its pretty fun. I honestly feel like a new player sometimes because the controls are just so different that I have to practice with it, no joke. I never played anything on PC, maybe thats why. RP Background I did write some RPGs an Animexx, but I think this type of RolePlay is very different from RP in Games. And its also the first time I want to try to play RP in english, which is not my native language. I am pretty much completly new to RP in FFXIV and I still dont know some of the terms ppl use or what different playstyles there are. I tried learning stuff by reading online but honestly I think its best if I just try it and see for myself. Character Ideas and Info My Characters Name is Yaroth Astenia (Very untypical name on purpose) and he is a male Miqote. Since my english is not perfect I decided to create a Character that originates far away from eorzea and grew up with a different language so I have an excuse if my sentence is not entirely correct. He is a rather shy Guy who needs some time to warm up but gets lonely easily so if he finds someone that he likes, he is most likely going to stick to that person! I dont want to talk too much about him though because I think it is more fun to discover things about the other person while playing. How did you learn about the coalition? I just googled here and there and in the end reddit brought me to this site. What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? (e.g. Light, medium, or heavy) Since I dont really know what is the extend of these RP Types I cant say much. But propably light for now. I want to test this whole thing for myself and cant quite say if I like it. Im hoping to find people that I can RP with carefree and who dont take it toooo seriously and maybe that can just help me in genereal to get into it. Anything from real life you're comfortable with sharing? (Work, school, hobbies, etc.) First of all I am female irl and 23 years old. I just finished my bachelor thesis and am waiting for the results right now. Also in the middle of moving out from home so I only have a reasonable amount of time for RP or playing in general, mostly in the evening. Happy to talk to anyone, even if its not exactly about the RP topic. I am very talkative most of the time

How's it going everyone? This is kind of a new experience for me (Haven't really joined any forums or RPed for a while) so I hope I don't do anything to screw up my first impression! Gonna just follow the template for now. MMORPG Background Barely any; haven't really played any MMOS since I was much younger, and even then, wasn't that big on them; wasn't a big talker so I mostly just made characters and solo'd content. FFXIV so far has really captured my interest; was a casual sort-of fan of Final Fantasy (FF4, 6, 7 & 10) for a while before it, and always enjoyed the lore and world-building in those games! RP Experience Something I actually do have (some) experience in! I've frequented RP boards a lot when I was younger (proly too young thinking back lol), mainly on places like TV Tropes and Fanfiction.net, sometimes through AIM, sometimes through post-by-posts, almost entirely through free-prose. In any case, I dropped off for a while as RL (school, college, etc.) got in the way, but recently have gotten some semblance of free time back! It's been a couple years, so I'm admittedly a bit rusty, but I'm hoping my slowly-built creative writing skills haven't completely left me. Character Ideas/Info Just got finished not-too-long-ago creating a page for my current character, a Xaela Thaumaturge by the name of Hinala Kagone. To boil her down, basically a super-introvert nerd whose fear of people is only matched by her obsessive love of history, culture and burning things! She also likes to sew. Spent a good while looking through Sounsyy's lore archives, so I'm hoping everything checks out moderately well given the in-lore stigma against the pursuit of dark magic. If not, please yell at me for it below; I''ll be sure to slap my forehead and go through a hopefully more thorough readthrough! How did you learn about the coalition? Honestly? Searched for FFXIV RP communities and this was one of the first recommended/mentioned on Reddit. Seeing that there was still a relatively active community after all this time was what really gave me the push to try to develop my character more and attempt an RP server! What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? (e.g. Light, medium, or heavy) Going by the descriptions on the Handbook page, I'd say I'm relatively medium to start; I like to get in-character, but I also want to experience the main story of FFXIV too. (Hopefully with other like-minded people.:P). I'm always raring to test my novice writing chops, so I definitely don't mind taking a break from the main game for a bit, even if it's only for light banter or skits! When I get really into it though, I tend to have more of a heavy writing style; trying to gauge how my character would really respond to others, how they might conflict, and how they truly feel about the world they inhabit. ...Only if other people are really interested in that, though.:P Anything from real life you're comfortable with sharing? Having recently graduated from college, I'm currently in the midst of accurately balancing my life between the interests I really want to pursue (Writing, Art, Animation), Work (Bartending/Bookkeeping) and goofing off every now and then (Gaming, watching Anime, imagining dumb stuff without actually writing it down). So far, things are mostly holding up well, even if my sleep schedule is kinda in the toilet! I'm a particularly late-night person relative to my time zone (EST), but like to make frequent check-ins throughout the day. My current character is on the Mateus server, though I'd like to make one on the Balmung server if I get a chance/ get a handle on this one first. ...And that's pretty much it. Hope I didn't bore or scare away anyone with a mountain of rambling text. Eager to see if the general idea of my character works, and if anybody has some tips on how to really get into the FFXIV RP scene. Thanks for reading this!

Hello. As the title suggests, I'm not new to the game - I reached the end of Shadowbringer's MSQ in late 2019 or early 2020 on my main character. The rest of the game's content doesn't keep me as invested in the game as I'd like, so I stopped playing. I'm looking to get back in and start roleplaying as well, but I'm not sure where to begin. MMORPG background Primarily this game (count the hundred+ hours it takes to go through the MSQ while not skipping cutscenes), but I've put a few dozen hours into WoW and RuneScape when I was in high school, as well as an old one called Silkroad back in its infancy. I'm not crazy about MMOs honestly, but I do love FFXIV as I feel it stands out from the rest of the crowd. RP experience My primary experience comes from 7+ years on a text-based roleplaying site (sometimes referred to as a MUSH, or multi-user shared hallucination) where everything was text except a single 100x100 pixel avatar. I've done a little bit of casual RP on various other locations (forums, Discord, etc.) so I'm not necessarily a 1-trick pony. Character ideas/info I have two characters very fleshed out from my past RP experiences, though one of them would not transfer out of his environment very well. The other I think would do well in any location and my plan is to bring over her personality and come up with a lore-friendly backstory that would fit for her in Eorzea. I'll probably need help with that, however, as I have not picked up on as much lore as I would have liked while playing through the game normally. The character's name is Sapphire Geminus. She has a green cat tail and white rabbit ears, so perhaps a crossbreed between Miqo'te and Viera - is that even possible? How did you learn about the coalition? First result when googling "Final Fantasy XIV roleplaying" What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? (e.g. Light, medium, or heavy) I've not heard those terms before in this context, so I'm not sure what they mean. I'm comfortable writing any kind of scene and I have total control of my availability outside of my 9-5 job, so I can be around often and am flexible. Anything from real life you're comfortable with sharing? (Work, school, hobbies, etc.) I'm a 26 year-old software developer, avid gamer, and part-time Twitch streamer.

Hi, everyone! My name is Angie, I'm 30 and living in the U.S. and Japan with my wife Ástrid and our husband Koji! ♥ (No, you didn't read wrong, we're a trio... I talk about my little family a lot, so I feel this is important to point out.) A big part of our little family are our four cats, bird, rabbit, snake and spider. They're our babies! I'm a gamer, geek, artist (...well, trying to be), blogger, Witch, Heathen and Pagan. Now that my introduction is out of the way, here's a bit more about my MMORPG and FFXIV interests! I've been playing MMORPGs since Guild Wars (the original one) and absolutely love them. I've played as many as I possibly can, some for a long time and others for a day. ^_^; I'll admit that my favorite is Age of Wushu, where world PvP and dueling is huge and while I wanted a game with that aspect, I couldn't help but like FFXIV's clothing, housing and characters. I'll admit that I don't know the lore yet, but all of my characters including my main (a lancer named Rin Iuchi who will be from Shirogane if that's lore appropriate) will be IC whenever I'm doing... Well... Anything! Though I'm happy to stand around and talk in (( ))s to new friends. I do wonder if Rin's place of birth / living is lore friendly, being from Shirogane, so if anyone can tell me, that'd be great. Oh yes, I'm on Mateus and part of the Discord! But I might make a character or two on Balmung as well, to experience both of the RP communities. Well, that's my... Rather long introduction. ^_^; Thank you for reading and I'm so excited to be here, even if it's a little daunting at first. ^_^;

It's been awhile since I've actually been a part of an online forum community, so I'll appreciate anyone bearing with me while I adjust. I'm Jebei Dotharl and if that name is familiar, it's likely because you've encountered me at Grindstone or in Pearl Lane or you happen to know me through interactions with our Free Company, the Eldritch Collective. I'm going to use this blog to regularly highlight things we are doing or, in this case especially, changes that we've made. The last few weeks have kind of been a whirlwind. Some of you probably know <EC-RP>. It's been around for a long time and plenty of people have strong opinions about us. Recently, there has been a shake-up in terms of leadership -- Nothing negative, nothing bad; an amicable parting-of-ways. In the course of this, it was decided that EC-RP needed a new direction. One that would take it back to its roots. Those roots being grounded, organic roleplay focused on character development and community interaction. Sa'ran Dotharl and I have been left in charge of the Collective to pursue these adjustments. While Leith and Lior Emrys remain available to provide advice and council, Sa'ran and I are officially leading this FC into the future. We look forward to building something great and we hope that the community will help us do it. Already, over the course of our first two weeks of leadership, we have made adjustments to ranks and structure. We've established new rules to help us flourish. And we plan to hold several public events very soon. It's always been a personal goal of mine to play villainous foil to players with more of a good-aligned focus. And it's our "collective" goal to create those opportunities naturally and organically through our interactions with the larger community. I also want to say that I am always available for questions either here or through Discord @47#3049. Thank you so much for reading and I look forward to telling stories with all of you in the near future! -Jebei

Hello and welcome. I am Lestat Valentine and I would like to ask you to join me as I catalog the events unfolding with House Valentine.

I'm been in and our of ffxiv a few times due to playing a lot of the times alone and also want to make some fun content for my youtube channel with friends when i even make some on ffxiv we'll see. Aways i've baten a realm reborn and bearly gotten into heavensword so. And at the moment looking for best roleplaying servers to join i hear its Balmung without question and Mateus now? btw NA so we get that cleared up. the name i going to use is KujiZaArufu /Arufa its surpost to mean "Kuji The Alpha" in japanese since i like my name having a cool meaning behind it you guys mite correct me on that which is fine I have a discord and mic, i'm on my ps4, so if any questions or what not just ask me