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Order of the Sword and Rose - faceman7381 - 11-02-2013

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Having been an outsider to these lands when he arrived in them, Konner (Kin) Kinkaid learned of the ways of those whom are often forgotten.

Kin had lived by the idea that there were those whom were often forced into a fate not of their choosing, and as such, must often be aided in coming out of such circumstances by others whom are to do so.

There are those whom choose to be strangers and those whom would choose to be friends.  Kin always sought the later.

It was during these early days when Kin first came to the lands from the east, before the lesser moon fell from the sky, that he lived and worked along side many of the so-called 'forgotten'.  While living with them, he was always attempting to learn the ways of these lands.  

These whom were often cast out seemed to be the only ones willing to work along side of him.  He retruned the favor by aiding them the best that he could through various workings and jobs. 

The sick, the ill, the oppressed, the meek, the weak, the young, the elderly, the innocent and the displaced all found favor with him and in turn, he learned of their struggles and desires.

After having fought for his own reasons with those that stood against the Empire the night they brought the moon down, and finding that only one friend from before remained in the new world he awoke to, Kin discovered even more in need of aid in the aftermath.

As a retainer and one whom lives to serve, he lacked a master to guide him, but not the desire to aid.  As such, he began to understand that even as most others saw him as very different from others, if there were others like him, those that desired to aid, his and their differences could be lessened by the desire to aid those in need.

And thus the Order of the Sword and Rose was born by this desire.  The Sword to represent the strength needed to complete the task and the strain that it shall cause and the rose to represent the piety to aid those whom need it most and the passion to always seek to do so. 

And thus by our motto in our founder's native tongue, we strive:

Hitoride Wanai - 'Not Alone' - For serving together to aid others, we become more free.

The Order of the Sword and Rose begin as a linkshell in Final Fantasy 11.  At its peak it had 78 members.

When faceman7381 (Konner Kinkaid) came to Final Fantasy 14, he wanted to have a linkshell that would foster his roleplaying (The Seven) and a Free Company that would help with his gaming (The Order of the Sword and Rose).

The Order began with faceman7381 and his real life friends leveling and seeking to establish it here as it was on Final Fantasy 11.  While faceman7381 focussed on his roleplaying, his other friends quickly leveled to 50 and end game. 

Although their grinding helped build the Free Company in both ranks and status with the Grand Companies, the members desired to move on to Free Companies that favored end game.  As such, faceman7381 was forced to reform the Order.

After the success of the linkshell, The Seven, and the overwhelming demand for more people to participate in it, several of the members of The Seven joined the Order.  It was decided to reform the Order into a Free Company that would be a place to foster strong character developement with a continuting epic story styled arc and smaller rp meet and greet events.

So here we are now, prepared to start anew.

Please view the tabs for more information on us.

Thank you,

Konner Kinkaid
aka faceman7381

"We, bound here, in blood, and as one, now swear upon this day and to all present before us on this now hollowed ground, that we are hereby born anew as kin of a most sacred Order."

"A brotherhood of beings whom would at this moment, pledge to give our lives for the pursuit of knowledge of legends long lost to the passage of time and to the protection and assistance of those in dire need of such."

"We pledge and swear of true oath to do these things not for ourselves, but for each other and those whom cannot otherwise for themselves."

"Ours is a simple way, that of the sword and the rose.  From the sword, the strength to wield it against those whom would seek to harm our own or those in our need and the struggle to continue to strive to do so; and from the rose , the piety to live within ourselves and not beyond us and the passion to always seek to do as we have pledged and sworn to do so."

"For it is through these symbols we come to know our motto, Hitoride Wanai - Not Alone.  As such, we are no longer, nor are those in need of us."

"Those in need we are to heed, for theirs is a fate most dire.  Now, on bended knee, you shall see those of the Order they admire."

RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - faceman7381 - 01-16-2014

Always looking for unique and different characters!

If you are unique and want to aid others in need, we want to talk to you!

RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - faceman7381 - 03-03-2014

Starting this Friday, March 7th, The Order of the Sword and Rose will begin its massive 14 episode part 1 of a 3 part story arc.

This is a huge undertaking.  There has been a massive amount of work that was done to see this promise brought to reality by not only myself and several Order members, but also some very special guests outside the Order.

The story will consist of three parts. It will be 24 episodes lasting a total of 6 months.  Each episode will take place on every Friday starting this Friday and lasting through both the Spring and the Summer. 

We anticipate the final episode of part three to take part sometime in early September.

The first part of the three will be 14 episodes and deal with the main themes of the Order, aiding others and the bonds of family.

The second part of the three will be 6 episodes and deal with the themes of nobility and poverty as well as faith and how far such faith can drive a person.

The third and final part will be 4 episodes and deal with the battle against our enemies as well as aiding those whom we not even desire to. Here, we will be matched against the Empire.

There will be a soundtrack accompanying these episodes. I will post the url links to tracks I have picked to accompany the mood of the current situation we find ourselves in.

This was something we promised our members at the start of the year, and it is something we are posting here to let them know it is happening.

It is also important to note that this will not harm or end our monthly tavern nights at The Coffer and the Coffin, something that has grown BIGGER then EVER even though this one in March will be our 7th. 

(Last month saw our biggest total number of unique persons attend EVER of 115!)

I hope everyone will continue to attend those and continue to stay in touch and follow the Order's events.

I would also like to thank the RPC and everyone here for being a great community and a great bunch of RPers and people. 

We look forward to continuing to meet each of you and work with each of you in the days to come.

Thanks for all that each of you do,

Kin (faceman7381)


Onward to the EPIC adventure!

RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - faceman7381 - 04-04-2014

The Order of the Sword and Rose is currently looking for unique and very different character for memembership.

What does that mean?

You have something that makes you different.  It could be your character's personality, their back ground, where they come from, their views on the world or even some unique ability and/or handicap.

The Order wants to be a collection of very unique persons.  This would be much like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in a way.

Each of us seek to help others, but would have our own desires as to why to do so.

If you are interested in seeing what it is all about, contact us here or in game.

Thank you,

Konner (Kin) Kinkaid aka faceman7381

RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - faceman7381 - 06-29-2014

Alive and doing well.

Always open for recruitment of very unique beings.

RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - faceman7381 - 07-31-2014

Monthly update posting for August:

Alive and well.  We have 30 members (non-alts) currently with about 22 who play 3-7 times a week.

We still have our weekly story RP nights that run every friday night and our weekly Costa/Bronze Lake RP gatherings every Sunday Night (these are also open to members of our Cross FC LS, the Seekers.)

We are always looking for unique and different character types for members.  If you have a unique character that is different, we want to talk to you.

We have a stable of member that covers a WIDE spectrum of character types and personalities.

Currently, we are looking for the following character types for members as well:

Priest/Priestess (devote of the 12.)
Dectective
Magician
Garlean Defector
Beserker/Amazon
Yuke/Animated Armor

Currently looking for the following for advesaries:

Ninja Assassin
Lala Druid/ Protect the world from deforestation and pollution at all costs.

If you are any of thse types, or are interested in playing any of these types, please contact faceman7381 here or Konner Kinkaid in game.

RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - faceman7381 - 09-01-2014

Monthly update posting for September:

Alive and well.  We have 33 members (non-alts) currently with about 25 who play 3-7 times a week.

We still have our weekly story RP nights that run every friday night and our weekly Costa/Bronze Lake RP gatherings every Sunday Night (these are also open to members of our friends of the Order LS known as the 'Rosebuds'.)

We are always looking for unique and different character types for members.  If you have a unique character that is different, we want to talk to you.

We have a stable of member that covers a WIDE spectrum of character types and personalities.

Currently, we are looking for the following character types for members as well:

Magician
Thief

Currently looking for the following for adversaries:


Lala Druid/ Protect the world from deforestation and pollution at all costs.

If you are any of thse types, or are interested in playing any of these types, please contact faceman7381 here or Konner Kinkaid in game.

RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - faceman7381 - 09-28-2014

Monthly update posting for October 2014:

We are bigger and more active then we have ever been.  We have 35 members (non-alts) currently (this is after just removing 4 members for being inactive) with about 25 who play 3-7 times a week.

We have had to cut back on recruiting with so many great characters now with us and even better players behind them.  We have a goal that each member much be unique and different not only themselves as a character, but to anyone else in the FC currently.

We still have our weekly story RP nights that run every friday night.  These events have now been going on continuously for over a year. 

We also have our weekly Costa/Bronze Lake RP gatherings every Sunday Night (these are also open to members of our friends of the Order LS known as the 'Rosebuds'.)  

We also do an invite only open house once monthly.  There is also our monthly gathering at our Hall for the entire FC only and pretty much nightly random RP there. 

Our website as well has never been more active, with stories, pics and information concerning us. 

http://the-sword-and-rose.enjin.com/

(You must be a member of the Order to view the entire site.)

We are always looking for unique and different character types for members.  If you have a unique character that is different, we want to talk to you.

We have a stable of member that covers a WIDE spectrum of character types and personalities.

Currently, we are looking for the following character types for members as well:

Magician (a super sleight of hand master who can do stunning tricks {Like Oz from the Wizard of Oz})

Thief/Rouge (a master thief who has a good sense of humor)

Mystic Monk (a martial artist of sorts with mystical Ki powers[Air Bender] or even a yoga monk like Dhalsim from SFII)

We need a male lala!  It is the only race/gender combination we do not have.  We celebrate diversity, and as such, need a male lala to complete us.

Currently looking for the following for adversaries:

Lala Druid/ Protect the world from deforestation and pollution at all costs.

If you are any of thse types, or are interested in playing any of these types, please contact faceman7381 here or Konner Kinkaid in game.

RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - Cranechild - 09-28-2014

Any room for a Doman ronin?

RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - faceman7381 - 09-28-2014

(09-28-2014, 06:28 PM)Cranechild Wrote: Any room for a Doman ronin?

Please contact me in-game.  Konner Kinkaid.  It would depend.

RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - faceman7381 - 10-28-2014

Monthly update posting for November, 2014:

We have 35 members (non-alts) currently with about 30 who play 3-7 times a week.

We have a goal that each member much be unique and different not only themselves as a character, but to anyone else in the FC currently.  It is our goal, and yes, it is a lofty one, to make this FC the best FC/guild our memebrs have ever been in in ANY mmo ever.

We still have our weekly story RP nights that run every friday night.  These events have now been going on continuously for over a year. The stories are written currently to take us through February of 2015 with even more material to be completed to take us through April of next year.

We also have our weekly Costa/Bronze Lake RP gatherings every Sunday Night (these are also open to members of our friends of the Order LS known as the 'Rosebuds'.)  

We also do an invite only open house once monthly.  There is also our monthly gathering at our Hall for the entire FC only and pretty much nightly random RP there. 

Our website is very active, with stories, pics and information concerning us. 

http://the-sword-and-rose.enjin.com/

(You must be a member of the Order to view the entire site.)

We are always looking for unique and different character types for members.  If you have a unique character that is different, we want to talk to you.

We have a stable of member that covers a WIDE spectrum of character types and personalities.

Currently, we are looking for the following character types for members as well:

Mystic Monk (a martial artist of sorts with mystical Ki powers[Air Bender] or even a yoga monk like Dhalsim from SFII)

We need a male lala!  It is the only race/gender combination we do not have.  We celebrate diversity, and as such, need a male lala to complete us.

If you are any of thse types, or are interested in playing any of these types, please contact faceman7381 here or Konner Kinkaid in game.


RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - faceman7381 - 11-26-2014

We have 35 members (non-alts) currently with about 30 who play 3-7 times a week.  This figure has now held steady for 2-3 months.

We have a goal that each member much be unique and different not only themselves as a character, but to anyone else in the FC currently.  It is our goal, and yes, it is a lofty one, to make this FC the best FC/guild our memebrs have ever been in in ANY mmo ever.

We still have our weekly story RP nights that run every friday night.  These events have now been going on continuously for over a year. The stories are written currently to take us through February of 2015 with even more material to be completed to take us through April of next year.

We also have our weekly Costa/Bronze Lake RP gatherings every Sunday Night (these are also open to members of our friends of the Order LS known as the 'Rosebuds'.)  

We also do an invite only open house once monthly.  There is also our monthly gathering at our Hall for the entire FC only and pretty much nightly random RP there. 

Our website is very active, with stories, pics and information concerning us. 

http://the-sword-and-rose.enjin.com/

(You must be a member of the Order to view the entire site.)

We are always looking for unique and different character types for members.  If you have a unique character that is different, we want to talk to you.

We have a stable of member that covers a WIDE spectrum of character types and personalities.

Currently, we are looking for the following character types for members as well:

Mystic Monk (a martial artist of sorts with mystical Ki powers[Air Bender] or even a yoga monk like Dhalsim from SFII).

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An Illusionist (such as a magician type character or like Relm from FF6 who could sketch drawing and bring them to life). 

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A FF style Mime (someone who has mastered all or most of all of the classes who could change between them in a way that would be sort of a Master of Arms in combat.  However, in acted combat scenarios, they could 'mimic' the last action of their opponents).

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If you are any of thse types, or are interested in playing any of these types, please contact faceman7381 here or Konner Kinkaid in game.

RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - faceman7381 - 11-26-2014

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A slightly crazy, lawful evil witch character might not be bad either.

RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - Fates Skein - 11-28-2014

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to pop in and say that the OSR is an amazing place, one that I am extremely proud to be a part of.

If you're interested in us and wondering who to contact and kind of how our structure works, please have a glance HERE!!  It'll tell you who's-who in our leadership and give you an idea who to contact if you are curious about us.

See you in game!
~Rhisi

RE: Order of the Sword and Rose - faceman7381 - 11-28-2014

Here is a great collection of what the Order's Hall looks like inside:

http://the-sword-and-rose.enjin.com/profile/8064122/pics?album_id=502360&refresh=1417209793