White Snow, Black Steel Chapter One: The Winds of Winter

Fear no more the heat o' th' sun Nor the furious winters' rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages. Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust....

🔸 Sunday March 20th @ 3:30pm EST 🔸 starting  The Flagship, Azys Lla (IC location: Imperial Airship Interior), afterwards Garlemald Instance 2

🔸  Roughly 1-2 weeks before before 6.0 MSQ event "A Frosty Reception"

Preperations have been made to journey to Garlemald. Cargo loaded, they had north to Ilsbard. What's waiting for them in that clouded land? Fear of anti-aircraft defenses still being active and under the control of rebels or tempered has forced the agents of STELLAE to make a dangerous HALO jump from top altitude.

Landing is going to be the easy part. If they survive that, that's when the real work begins.

OOC Info: We are still accepting new members if you're interested in joining this story line, send me a DM if you'd like to join us. Please have Garlemald unlocked. Discord: https://discord.gg/4NNDkU99F3

BETTER RED THAN DEAD: The Dalraida, Queen's Bloodied March

🔻   Sunday Feb 20th @  3:30PM Eastern 🔻   Specula Imperatoris, The Fringes

🔻 Timeline: MSQ 5.5, Bozjan Questline "March of the Bloody Queen"

After showers and a few bells to eat some food, the rest of the Bozjan Resistance had arrived at the final outpost of Zadnor and together you stand ready to knock on the doors of the Dalraida itself, the IVth's warship and last bastion.

Inside the Dalraida are many of the remaining officers, traitors of the Empire's principles.

Inside the Dalraida is something perhaps even worse, as the crawling feeling of something twisted has only grown in the time since STELLAE's arrival.

Bring down the doors of the Dalraida, and bring the remnants of the IVth to its knees.  It is time, STELLAE, to finish the Purge.

🔻 GM: Arenwyth Balnis (and possibly guest GM) 🔻 Type: COMBAT

🔻 Note Bene - this is the conclusion of the 'Save the Queen' storyline of Better Red Than Dead, taking place before MSQ 6.0!🔻

PROLOGUE: IN THE LIGHT OF THE TOWER

🔸 Saturday Feb 19th @ 8:00pm EST starting in Castrum Aquilonis 🔸 Balmung - Mist Ward 4, Plot 31 🔸 Timeline: During the 6.0 MSQ event “The Next Ship to Sail”

The appearance of mysterious towers all over Hydaelyn have become the source of speculation and concern. Intelligence has discovered that these towers are somehow connected to Garlemald and the civil war back in the Capital. STELLAE has assembled a team to investigate the nature of the towers and discern the validity of their connection to the Empire.

OOC Info: This is the start of our Endwalker campaign “White Snow, Black Steel” which will explore 6.0+ from the perspective of a special agent who has been hired by an independent cohort of frumentarii.

There is a special requirement for this event that will not be in place for other events, so please feel free to not attend this event but attend our others if it is not to your liking! 🔸To keep a sense of mystery and investigation, please do not bring a character who already knows what the Telophoroi or the purpose of the Towers are. This event is designed to uncover some of that information and we would appreciate if it is not “spoiled” at the start of the story!🔸 To join or ask questions, please visit our discord: https://discord.gg/WAzECZ6zRK

White Snow, Black Steel An Imperial Endwalker Campaign

What happened to our home? What has become of Garlemald?

As dusk spreads over Hydaelyn, as a full moon shines down from above... a haunting melody becomes the only sound that escapes the bleak mountain range. Citizen. Peregrinius. Imperial. Mercenary. It doesn't matter who you are or what background you come from. You want to know if there is anything left out there... alive in that white snow; if there is anything left to salvage admist that black steel.

OOC Information:

White Snow, Black Steel is an imperial POV campaign designed to experience the Endwalker Storyline from the perspective of a special agent who has been hired by an independent cohort of frumentarii. The campaign will begin at the start of Endwalker with an investigation of the nature of the Towers and continue on to a deep dive of Garlemald.

New players are welcome to join us. Alts are encouraged. Experimental characters are welcome. If you are new to Garlean RP, don’t be shy, nobody is a Garlean lore expert and we’re all just trying to help each other out!

GM’d events will take place 3-4 times a month, with side missions and guest GMs encouraged to schedule sessions if they would like to.

To join or ask questions, please visit our discord: https://discord.gg/WAzECZ6zRK

[BALMUNG] Happy Gyuki Healing Clinic [Special Event] First Tuesdays 8:00-11:00pm EST - Shirogane W10, P25

Due to emergency circumstances, the Happy Gyuki Clinic is focusing it’s efforts on collecting medical supplies, canned food, blankets and shoes, and blood donations in preparations for a humanitarian expedition into Ilsbard. 

If you would like to donate or volunteer, including becoming a volunteer for next month’s medical expedition, please see us at the clinic this Tuesday! (Feb 1st)

The Happy Gyuki Healing Clinic is a free clinic sponsored by the Garlean embassy, held in the friendly and neutral location of Shirogane. Because the Empire cares about you.

Our team of imperially trained medicus offer the latest in cutting edge medical assistance both surgical and aetherial for all of our patience needs. Your privacy and comfort is our greatest concern, though we do ask for some basic information regarding your medical  history and identity, you can be assured that your answers are absolutely confidential. Feel comforted and reassured by our 24-hour staff of armed security guard whose sole purpose is to ensure you safety and please be prepared to relinquish all weapons at the security checkpoint at the entrance.

For off-hour emergencies, our doctors can be contacts at any hour of the day (get in contact with Aegir Hlerson in-game or discord Aegir#5138.)

Internships are available to interested parties who can pass a background check.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of nationality, creed, or militia affiliation. Translators can be provided to those who can only communicate in the tongues of the savages. And please remember, we are here to serve you.

[BALMUNG] Happy Gyuki Healing Clinic First Tuesdays 8:00-11:00pm EST - Shirogane W10, P25

November is dental health month! Candy causes cavities! Come to the Gyuki for a tree dental exam.

The Happy Gyuki Healing Clinic is a free clinic sponsored by the Garlean embassy, held in the friendly and neutral location of Shirogane. Because the Empire cares about you.

Our team of imperially trained medicus offer the latest in cutting edge medical assistance both surgical and aetherial for all of our patience needs. Your privacy and comfort is our greatest concern, though we do ask for some basic information regarding your medical  history and identity, you can be assured that your answers are absolutely confidential. Feel comforted and reassured by our 24-hour staff of armed security guard whose sole purpose is to ensure you safety and please be prepared to relinquish all weapons at the security checkpoint at the entrance.

For off-hour emergencies, our doctors can be contacts at any hour of the day (get in contact with Aegir Hlerson in-game or discord Aegir#5138.)

Internships are available to interested parties who can pass a background check.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of nationality, creed, or militia affiliation. Translators can be provided to those who can only communicate in the tongues of the savages. And please remember, we are here to serve you.

Events This Week

Tuesday -  Happy Gyuki Healing Clinic @ 8:00pm - 11:00pm EST - Shirogane W10, P25 https://fustuarium.tumblr.com/post/642038247768342528/balmung-happy-gyuki-healing-clinic-first - The Happy Gyuki Healing Clinic is a free clinic sponsored by the Garlean embassy, held in the friendly and neutral location of Shirogane. Because the Empire cares about you.Our team of imperially trained medicus offer the latest in cutting edge medical assistance both surgical and aetherial for all of our patience needs. Your privacy and comfort is our greatest concern, though we do ask for some basic information regarding your medical  history and identity, you can be assured that your answers are absolutely confidential. Feel comforted and reassured by our 24-hour staff of armed security guard whose sole purpose is to ensure you safety and please be prepared to relinquish all weapons at the security checkpoint at the entrance. Status: Open RP, please join us Type: Clinic GM: Aegir ----

Thursday - Better Red Than Dead: Before Lakefall  Compromise @  8:30PM EST, Location: TBA

The decision was made following the speech by van Gabranth that the fate of the IVth has been sealed: a purge will be not just called for them and their words, but one guided by STELLAE's own hand.  The defenses of the Castrum needed to be weakened, and key points made possible for the Bozjan forces to over-take.

Status: Open to STELLAE - not a part?  Join us!   GM: Arenwyth Balnis Type: Espionage, war zone combat, infil

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Saturday - Garlean Extra:  White Stone, Black Steel: Part III Secrets Unsealed @ 8:00pm EST - Roll 20

Following a survey of the ruins of Kamiya, a hiatus was placed on the investigation of the Meteora region due to reports of unusual aetherical disturbances ascribed to native deposits of auracite. Now that auxiliary crews have disarmed what traps remained, it is the duty of STELLAE to resume investigation before winter snows render the region inhospitable to aerial crews.

Some data recovered in the past ventures has been since decrypted and will be made available for review by STELLAE agents in their mission.

[Balmung] R3 : A Garlean Musical Showcase Wednesday, September 15th @ 8:00pm EST Shirogane W10, Main Apartments #64

Rose Rhapsody Revolution! Join us as the Garlean Youth Center of Kugane hosts a musical showcase of imperial talent (and hostages). With varying musical acts from Kuganese pop to Garlean opera to Ilsbardian industrial rock, all of your favorites will be here! Wrist bands are required to drink at the bar. Be ready to submit to a weapon inspection at the door, as safety is always our top most concern. And get ready to rock!  Please be aware, some lyrics may contain profanity! We are looking for Garlean musicans to perform at the concert! If you would like to do a set, please join our discord: https://discord.gg/JwACHdJjAb

Better Red Than Dead An Imperial Bozjan War Front Campaign  Status: Ongoing until 6.0

Bozja.  Dalmasca.  The IVth Legion.  STELLAE, a special task force of frumentari, have been, through agents, keeping track of the alarming break that has taken ahold of the IVth Legion. From their rogue experimentation to the fanatical loyalty that has begun to seed in whispers: the IVth Legion has abandoned Garlemald and intends to seize the territory for the formation of a new Empire.  Worse still, in their bid to leave the Garlean Empire, they have broken the rules that forbid the most depraved of sciences and tossed their pride and their soul aside in the pursuit of power.

If this is all true, then the mandate of STELLAE is clear: all dangers to the people of Garlemald, from without and within, must be purged 

Agents of STELLAE, it is time to make your way to Bozja and determine the truth of these rumors, and find a way to mete out the justice this crime deserves. --- 

OOC Information:  This is an on-going imperial campaign to experience the Bozjan Storyline from the perspective of a Garlean special agent who has been sent to monitor and inevitably assist the Bozjan Resistance in the dismantlement of the IVth Legion.  New players are welcome to join us. Alts are encouraged. Experimental characters are welcome. If you are new to Garlean RP, don’t be shy, nobody is a Garlean lore expert and we’re all just trying to help each other out!  As an agent of STELLAE, you have been recruited to spy on the IVth Legion. Perhaps you are a Garlean citizen or member of the Militum. Perhaps you are a mercenary or adventure from Eorzea, the East, or elsewhere who does not mind working for the Empire. Your character will be able to participate in other plot lines between missions, only mission NPCs will be assigned to stay at the STELLAE encampment 24/7.  GM’d events will take place 3-4 times a month, with side missions and guest GMs encouraged to schedule sessions if they would like to. 

To join or ask questions, please visit our discord: https://discord.gg/CvrdSv3C8X

Meanwhile... in the Garlean weekly....