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Aetherbound Institute is hosting another of their Exhibitions! This time, the theme is: Spring!
Come join us for a celebration of the cold and all things that come with it, including seasonal foods, tests of marksmanship, friendly competition, and more!
LOCATION: Namai, Yanxia
SERVER: Balmung, Crystal
DATE: 5/27/23
TIME: 5 - 7 PM ET
INFORMATION: http://tinyurl.com/ABIESP
Aetherbound Institute is hosting another of their Exhibitions! This time, the theme is: Winter! Come join us for a celebration of the cold and all things that come with it, including seasonal foods, crafting stations, and more!
LOCATION: The Last Vigil, Ishgard
SERVER: Balmung, Crystal
DATE: 3/11/23
TIME: 5 - 7 PM ET
INFORMATION: Here!
Who: You and your besties and your besties' besties! When: Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 7 PM Eastern Where: Eastern La Noscea (x:36.2 y:25.5) [The Moonfire Faire island!] Wear: Your beach finery! It's a luau! Why: Because everybody deserves a beach episode. What: It's time for another one of Club Crescent's besties over at @aetherbound-institute 's magical exhibitions, and we and our partners at @redlanterns-ffxiv are here to help make it a bash to remember! Educational experiences are optional but highly encouraged. This year's elements are Earth, Wind and Fire. Disco is also optional but highly encouraged because this is a beach party, not our fabulous semi-annual Disco Club Night. Disco will not be optional at Disco Club Night, you have been warned in advance.
🏄 Masterlink: [ TBA ] 🏄 ((Crescent club nights are meant to be a joyous occasion, and we understand if everything gets to be a bit much. Slipping out to somewhere quiet and returning is absolutely fine! Given the current atmosphere surrounding 'clubs', we'd also like to specify that while we do have a DJ providing optional music, our events are RP events, not twitch-streamed influencer parties.))
★ We’d adore your help in spreading the word, thank you! ★
Time for another one of:
AETHERBOUND INSTITUTE’S EXHIBITIONS!
This month, we’ll be focusing on the elements of Water and Ice. Come enjoy displays of marksmanship, fun events, dunk tanks, and MORE!
The information for the event is here: http://tiny.cc/ABIWI2022
Information:
Server: Balmung (Crystal)
Location: Camp Bronze Lake, Upper La Noscea
Date: 5/29/22
Time: 7-9 PM ET
( @balmungrpcalendar )
It’s about time for another one of our Exhibitions, but this time, we’re shaking things up!
For the month of July, we’re partnering with @crescent-ffxiv and @savothesewercat to put on...
-C-rescent and Aetherbound present: Fire and Levin on the Sands!
The information sheet is here!
Information:
Server: Balmung (Crystal)
Location: Costa del Sol, Eastern La Noscea
Date: 7/25/21
Time: 7 - ?? PM ET
( @balmungrpcalendar )
Time for another one of:
AETHERBOUND INSTITUTE’S EXHIBITIONS!
This month, we’ll be focusing on the elements of Earth and Wind. Come enjoy displays of craftsmanship, physical activities, dance and performance, and MORE!
The information for the event is here: http://tiny.cc/ABIWE
Information:
Server: Balmung (Crystal)
Location: Red Rooster Stead, Lower La Noscea
Date: 4/25/21
Time: 7-9 PM ET
( @balmungrpcalendar )
Aetherbound Institute <<AB-RP>> is resuming its Magic Faires under a new name:
AETHERBOUND INSTITUTE’S EXHIBITIONS!
This month, we’ll be focusing on the elements of Water and Ice. Come enjoy cool treats, witness displays of magic and science both, get your fortune told, and MORE!
The information for the event is here: http://tiny.cc/ABIceWater
Information: Server: Balmung (Crystal) Location: Moraby Drydocks Date: 1/31/21 Time: 7-9 PM ET
( @balmungrpcalendar )
**CHANGES TO AETHERBOUND ACADEMY**
As times have changed, so too have the motivations of many. Having looked out over the Academy and the people of the Crystal Data Center RP community, one thing has become clear: A lot of people like magical things!
But not everyone is in it for teaching or being taught.
Now, this is not a bad thing, not at all! We made the Academy what it is so people from all walks of life in-universe could come to our school and learn in a variety of ways.
Today, we're changing how we go about it- by making Aetherbound Academy into a research institute.
What does this mean, exactly? Well, where we once were a school, we are now becoming a place for all sorts of people to gather. A school setting implies that one is there to *teach*, or to *learn*, and that’s not the best for the growth of everyone. To work towards this vision of growth in all things, we'll be changing our structure and purpose. As a research institute our Academy building will become an open access building where researchers, scientists, machinists, magitek users, mages, aetherologists, and more can come to make use of laboratories, libraries, resources, and professional opinions. We’ll be doing renovations as well, from the main floors to some of the back rooms, so forgive us if things aren’t in the same places as they used to be! This’ll also encourage people making different kinds of rooms, and allowing people to come and go as they please within them.
IC, we'll also be offering research grants to independents to help fund their processes and procedures. This’ll allow more people of greater knowledge to come in and make use of our resources- aka, our people- without feeling obligated to teach. Naturally, this only applies to IC gil, NOT OOC gil. What’ll be accepted or not as a research project will primarily be up to the Board of Directors, and we’ll encourage those who are doing so to run events and the like around them, either independently or with the assistance of staff members.
Now, current and prospective students of the Academy, do not despair! Teaching will, of course, still be a thing! All our teachers who wish to continue teaching will gladly offer their lessons, especially Anhe. But it won’t feel as limited as 'you're here either to teach or learn', and people can come and go to not only have lessons, but practice their various crafts and skills in our many workstations. For students who have worried ‘I haven’t been around for lessons, I’m probably not welcome here anymore’, that’s not the case at all. You are all 100% welcome around!
Our Faires will become quarterly (4 times a year) instead of bimonthly, and predominantly feature displays of what people have researched and done from talks and displays to practical demonstrations- if we don’t have much, we do fun and games with magic, as we have before. This’ll take some of the stress off, and ensure that we’re not rushing every two months to put something together.
For our staff, staff meetings will become significantly less frequent as well- likely once every other month instead of every month- with everybody operating basically on their own instead of needing direct oversight. We’ll all be encouraged to operate as equals in staffing and learning, working alongside students and your fellows to achieve goals.
There will also be a restructuring of the rank system in our discord and in-game, but that is still in the works. We’ll let you know when this is ready to roll out.
Bear with us as we change names and things, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask any of our moderator team!
Aetherbound Academy’s Faire of Wind will be happening this weekend! Come gather at the Hawthorne Hut in the Black Shroud, and enjoy some of the finest magic-carnival events we have to offer- such as archery, riding a zipline, and making your own kites!
SERVER: Balmung (Crystal DC)
DATE: 6/28/2020
TIME: 6 PM ET
LOCATION: The Hawthorne Hut, East Shroud
The itinerary is here: https://tinyurl.com/AbAWind
@balmungrp @mooglemeet @crystalxivrp
Aetherbound Academy’s Faire of Water will be happening this weekend! Come gather in warm La Noscea and cast off thoughts of winter; enjoy the warm waters and lovely atmosphere as we celebrate the life-giving tides!
SERVER: Balmung (Crystal DC)
DATE: April 26, 2020
TIME: 6 PM ET
LOCATION: Camp Bronze Lake, Upper La Noscea
The itinerary is here: https://tinyurl.com/AbAWater
@balmungrp @mooglemeet @crystalxivrp
Aetherbound Academy’s Faire of Ice will be happening this weekend! Come gather in frigid Coerthas and have some fun with the snow and ice for once- and warm up with a hot meal afterwards!
SERVER: Balmung (Crystal DC)
DATE: Feb. 23, 2020
TIME: 6 PM ET
LOCATION: Camp Dragonhead, Central Coerthas Highlands
The itinerary is here: https://tinyurl.com/AbAIce
@balmungrp @mooglemeet @crystalxivrp
Notice about KAPI!
Up until now, the academy for mages that hosts the bi-monthly has been known as Kastner’s Academy for Passionate Individuals. Owing to some IC events (and ease of remembering the place!), we are renaming!
From 2020 on, we shall be known as:
AETHERBOUND ACADEMY!
Our blog, titles, in-game location, and so on will be updated to reflect this.
KAPI's Second Faire of Earth is this Sunday! Come celebrate the ground on which we stand, the root of all life, with some fun magical events! You can even bring home some souvenirs!
SERVER: Balmung (Crystal DC)
DATE: Dec. 29, 2019
TIME: 6 PM ET
LOCATION: Silver Bazaar, Western Thanalan
KAPI’s Second Faire of Fire is this month!
A celebration of the fire that warms our bodies, shines down upon us, and lights our ways in the darkness. Join us at the Brimming Heart for our celebration of these and more!
Information: https://tinyurl.com/KAPIFire2
Server: Balmung (Crystal Data Center)
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2019
Location: Goblet, Ward 18, Brimming Heart (main division)
Time: 5 CT/6 ET/22:00 GMT
Owing to some RL issues, the Magic Faire scheduled for 8/25 will NOT be occurring.
Sorry to disappoint, friends. It’s been a rough few months for us, and we’d not be able to make an event that meets the standards of quality we want to present to the world.
Our next Faire will be on 10/27!
Clarification on the Faire!
The Balmung RP bot has it listed that we have a Magic Faire today.
The Faire of Wind was last week, on 6/23. It is NOT TODAY, 6/30! We’ll not be having a Faire, considering Shadowbringers early access is today.
Sorry for the confusion! Looks like the RP bot wasn’t updated by my requests.
KAPI’s Second Faire of Wind is this month!
A celebration of the winds that leads our ships, the gentle breezes that blow through our hair, and that which guides us home. Come on down to Oschon’s Torch for our celebration of these and more!
Information: https://tinyurl.com/KAPIWind2
Server: Balmung (Crystal Data Center)
Date: Sunday, June 23, 2019
Location: Oschon’s Torch, Lower La Noscea
Time: 5 CT/6 ET/22:00 BST
