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Due to some infrastructure changes (those of you in our discord, stay tuned for an announcement this evening), we have moved the Born From Blood tumblr to a secondary blog for easier blog maintenance. Find us at bornfromblood-xiv.tumblr.com
Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to this change allowing us to keep everything more up-to-date.
Due to some infrastructure changes (those of you in our discord, stay tuned for an announcement this evening), we have moved the Born From Blood tumblr to a secondary blog for easier blog maintenance. Find us at bornfromblood-xiv.tumblr.com
Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to this change allowing us to keep everything more up-to-date.
Due to some infrastructure changes (those of you in our discord, stay tuned for an announcement this evening), we have moved the Born From Blood tumblr to a secondary blog for easier blog maintenance. Find us at bornfromblood-xiv.tumblr.com
Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to this change allowing us to keep everything more up-to-date.
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Due to some infrastructure changes (those of you in our discord, stay tuned for an announcement this evening), we have moved the Born From Blood tumblr to a secondary blog for easier blog maintenance. Find us at bornfromblood-xiv.tumblr.com
Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to this change allowing us to keep everything more up-to-date.
Due to some infrastructure changes (those of you in our discord, stay tuned for an announcement this evening), we have moved the Born From Blood tumblr to a secondary blog for easier blog maintenance. Find us at bornfromblood-xiv.tumblr.com
Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to this change allowing us to keep everything more up-to-date.
Ala Mhigan Market Night returns!
The Ala Mhigan Market Night will be hosted on Friday, November 15th at the Ala Mhigan Quarter of the Lochs (Level 69-70, X:35, Y:32). The event will officially begin at 8:00 PM EST. It's hosted on the Balmung server in the Crystal datacenter -- wanderers from all servers on the datacenter are welcome to come and participate.
Gyr Abanian Gauntlet Part 1
Starring: @siegryn @levinsdaughter @whitherwanderer @renataturner @cometscause @jorandalkitor if I missed anybody please tag them so they can see as well!
Special thanks to @renataturner for this wonderful event!
Gyr Abanian Gauntlet Part 2
Rana Kotsu, the Dragon of Ala Mhigo
“A spitfire brawler hailing from the Far East, there’s no questioning if this spunky Au Ra fits in amongst Gyr Abanians after her strong showing in the Levinfist! How will she fare against fellow monks and strong contenders this tourney? We’re about to find out! Rana Kotsu, everybody!”
Storm Sergeant Daghberi Himalspyr (RPC)
“You can try to disarm him, but you can’t de-feet him! A common sight on the Resistance frontlines, this elite Maelstrom operative is a force to be reckoned with. He’s faced a primal and lived to tell the tale! Removing his magitek leg prostheses is simply a fair handicap! He might not have been born here, but he’s certainly one of ours – give it up for Storm Sergeant Daghberi Himalspyr!”
Siegfried Blutritter, Mystery Man (RPC)
“Just who is that masked man? Joining our second Gyr Abanian Gauntlet, claiming a desire to ‘get in touch with his Highlander roots’, I figure he’ll find ‘em one way or another; either by getting his lights punched out or bringing the beatdown to his opponents! Ladies and gentlemen, Siegfried Blutritter!”
Wyra’to Mhakaracca, the Coeurlfist (@coeurlkin)
“Hailing from just the other side of Baelsar’s Wall, this man is a veteran monk in the Fist of Rhalgr. Always first to leap into the brawl and always the last one standing, holder of a sterling record on the Proving Grounds, and clocking in at five-ten and two-hundred twenty-four pounds of pure muscle, he has, can, and will beat a full-blooded Highlander in a contest of strength! Wyra’tooo Mhakaraccaaaaa!”
A’ken Tia, the Rising Sun (@miqoteken)
“This Miqo’te of the A tribe has been training diligently as a Fist of Rhalgr. His skills were enough to take him to the finals in our last tournament, but his winning streak was cut short by the Wolf of Ala Mhigo! Will he claw his way to the top and earn the right to rematch her for the title? Let’s see how much he’s polished his skills since last time, folks – here’s A’ken Tia!”
Catelyn Mallister, the Levinsong (@levinsdaughter)
“A hardened veteran of the Resistance, daughter of Abanian shaman Judda Stormsinger, and returning to her homeland after serving in the Ishgardian Order of Knights Dragoon! You’re going to want to keep your eyes on the sky for this one, folks – and I hear she’s recently joined the Fist to boot! Give this daughter of Ala Mhigo a warm welcome home, everyone! Raise your voices for Catelyn Mallister!”
Martin Adler, the Ex-Skull (@friendly-fire-engaged)
“Former member of the Crania Lupi! Traitor, kinslayer, whoreson! The Fist of Rhalgr saved his sorry arse from the gallows, but seven years at Meed ain’t gonna cut it! Martin Adler, everyone – why is he here, you ask? I’ll tell you why: WE! WANT! TO! SEE! HIM! LOSE!” (pause for booing)
Alric Siegryn, Nerdbaby Extreme (@siegryn)
“You might’ve seen him working as a chirurgeon down at the Barber, or gettin’ folk together to clear the Fourth Royal Casern for an airship landing – maybe you’re wondering what this kid without a lick of muscle or drop of Highlander blood is doing here. Seven hells, so am I! Mayhap he’s got something to prove after losing his first match of the last tourney! Weighing in at – Rhalgr alive, is this true? – five-eight and one-thirty-one ponze?! Put your hands together for Alric Siegryn…?”
AKA "Ala Mhigan Punchfest" AKA "Rumble In the Royal Gardens" AKA "Ponch Bonanza II: Ponch Harder" On October 25th, beginning at 9:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, a tournament of unarmed combat will be held in the Royal Gardens on the Balmung server as a celebration of Gyr Abania's liberation from the shackles of Garlemald, an opportunity for contenders to test their might and showcase their skills, and for a bunch of Ala Mhigans to get together to watch people beat the hell out of each other. You don't have to be Abanian to throw down, everyone respects a good bareknuckle beatdown no matter where you hail from. Unless it's Garlemald, in which case everyone respects a good bareknuckle beatdown when you're on the receiving end of it. The tournament itself will be conducted as a series of one-on-one exhibition matches using standard Grindstone rules, with the further restriction of prohibiting weapons. As matches will not occur simultaneously, participation in the tournament will be limited to eight fighters, vying for a purse of a half million gil in a single elimination bracket, as well as the opportunity to face the victor of the prior tourney for a shot at the title of reigning champion.
The link for signups can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/ponchfest There will be a post going up on Thursday night with a roster of fighters. Yes, you can bet gil. Real or pretend. Even the Overseer was betting at the first one. Bring booze and bring enough to share with the class. xD ((Picture credits: Fighters: Catelyn Mallister & Otolin Stone @levinsdaughter, @otolin-xiv ))
Not really in the flowers...
DID YOU EAT NAILS FOR BREAKFAST? WITHOUT ANY MILK?!!
Come to the Royal Gardens for a purely physical fist-fighting tournament with a prize of 500k gil to the champion!
Where: Royal Gardens, Ala Mhigan Quarter
Server: Balmung
When: Friday, September 20th
Time: 9pm EDT
Rules:
Tournament will be done Grindstone style with RNG rolls. Only serious injuries will be tended to, battle fatigue will be a thing.
Hope to see you there!
Join the Rhalgr-worshipping citizens of Eorzea for a day of reflection, prayer -- and monster hunting.
Rhalgr's moon wanes, and His people would give him thanks for His boons during their time of strife, and lift His name high in songs of Liberation. Following that, able bodied attendants are invited to participate in any one of four monster hunting challenges! The hunts aren't a competition -- just a personal measure of one's skill, a demonstration of destruction, and an effort in the spirit of protecting the people of Gyr Abania.
The Celebration of the Destroyer's Moon will take place on Friday 30th of August and begin in Ala Ghiri and split out into different locations in the Peaks as the monster hunting portion begins. If the area happens to be instanced, the event will take place in instance 1. The keynote and prayer will begin at 8PM EST, while the monster hunting starts an hour later. All are welcome to attend; respect toward the proceedings is strongly encouraged.
More details to come soon!
If anyone has any questions, feel free to message Berrod#9532 on Discord, or berrodarmstrong.tumblr.com!
…as I bear this darkness into battle…
…my suffering becomes my strength…
Darkness was all it ever knew, all it ever was.
Sorrow was all it ever knew, all it ever was…
The darkness and sorrow of a sick and twisted man. That darkness and sorrow stitched itself together, to become flesh and form that shifted and shambled in a grotesque impersonation of life. That darkness, that sorrow commanded it, tugged its arms and legs to move with a single purpose: slay the Fist of Rhalgr.
They gathered at their temple, to revel in their blasphemy. They had to die… Ala Mhigo must be purged and theirs was the blood to soak the ground to start his campaign. A sword form in its hand, heavy with a wicked edge. It was time to sate its thirst for blood.
Behind a faceless, steel helmet, the figure focused its single-minded attention on one pair of fighters: a miqo’te with pale blue skin and an au ra with black horns. They lived… they lived when so many others had died… when so many Ala Mhigans had died. What right did they deserve to keep living, filthy outsiders who treat upon the lands of Ala Mhigo? None… they didn’t deserve life… they should have died in place of those more deserving. With a terrible, sorrowful howling, it charged forward.
The shade attacked with a hatred that was focused entirely on the pair. Rana Kotsu, seemed to attracts its ire the most. She spoke of Ala Mhigo as if it was her home… Roark’s will told it that wasn’t true… she was an outsider, she did not deserve Ala Mhigo. She was weak… she must be purged.
It swung its blade in heavy arcs, bringing the massive slab of metal down upon her and her feeble armor over and over again. It has no muscles, no bones, it never tired as it rained blows down upon her. Even when her scales began to burn, her aether igniting to try and give her greater strength, the shade didn’t relent.
The Keeper, Binxi Saphe, drew the shade’s attention with his tactics. It bled shadows, smoke, miasma, a black mist that clouded the visions of both fighters. The miqo’te wove his wind aether into gusts of wind to dispel the smoke and make it easier for the two to fight it.
But a shadow could not stay manifested for very long. Four in total were called into existence to combat the Fist of Rhalgr and, though they were not limited by mortal exhaustion, their strength was still finite. An explosion erupted from a part of the battlefield, tearing through Roark and the other enemy forces that were gathered, in addition to the shadows he summoned. The attacks of the two monks, the blast, it’s own waning aether, was bringing it to the last of its “life”.
A highlander, Alexandyr Valcarde, and Wyra’to Mhakaracca, broke off from the shade they and their partners had finished attacking, and worked to assist Rana and Binxi against it. Smoke poured from its body as one of Rana’s attacks shattered the helmet it wore, pouring its toxin into the air. The four descended upon the final shade, breaking its “body” down with their combined efforts.
With the last of its strength, it exploded in a burst of shadow and smoke. What was left of it began to dissolve into nothingness. Roark was its source and with the Fist of Rhalgr turning its attention on the man for a final assault, the shade was left to be absorbed back into the darkness and the sorrow that birthed it.
The shadows had fallen, the mortal forced had been broken and driven out, and now nothing stood between the Fist of Rhalgr and Roark. Those in good condition charged him, battering the man into submission… or, at least, the youthful shape of him. A corpse had seemingly clung to the “man”s body at the heel and spoke with the same voice as Roark.
The cadaver was destroyed, the dark side was subdued, and finally–ironically–a moment of peace and quiet fell over the Levinfist Tournament.
With the damage done, the combatants injured and exhausted by the fight, no-one was in fighting form to continue to the actual event. The injured were ushered back to Rhalgr’s Reach for medical attention and Roark, in shock from splitting his soul into pieces for the sake of power, was taken away.
The Fist of Rhalgr, united in brotherhood, stood victorious against one who would see them purged. History would not repeat itself today… and hopefully it wouldn’t repeat itself next year, either…
The Levinfist Tournament is hosted by @bornfrombloodxiv. A special thank you to Binxi Saphe, Rana Kotsu, Alexandyr Valcarde, and Wyra’to Mhakaracca, who participated in the fight against Staunton’s Sorrow, as well as everyone else who attended the Third Annual Levinfist Tournament.
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