The Celestia Citizen

“25 Years in the Making” Edition

  • The Celestia Citizen (“25 Years in the Making” Edition)

    Hello, my fellow Celestians! And welcome to another edition of the Celestia Citizen! This edition is to commemorate two things.

    Firstly, with each year’s end, the Free Company celebrates its annual festivities for Christmas and the Holidays. This event occurs in the form of our Christmas Party, featuring raffles, gifts, Darts, and commemorative images from the event. Read on in the Free Company News and Social Events section for details.

    Secondly, with the end of 2024, it will mark a full 25 years into the new Millennium. From January 1st, 2000 to December 31st, 2024, we have seen significant movements within the world in a short time.

    Looking back to how things were then, we may be reminded of little things that mean much more to us now. So many events had unfolded in the world. People have changed. What we enjoyed in our youth may still be enjoyed in our older age. One of the more enduring examples is Mario, one of the OGs of video game characters.

    25 years has allowed us to make numerous advances in technology, science, medicine, entertainment. Trends have come and gone, or are making comebacks. What used to make our lives harder or challenged us in the past may now be much easier to tackle nowadays. It’s worth looking back and reminiscing about where we’ve come from and to where we’ve gotten.

    And in the case of Final Fantasy XIV, it has been with us for over half of that long journey. With the launch of the original XIV in 2010, it eventually returned in 2013 as A Realm Reborn. For a time capsule, reference the images below for how characters appeared in 1.0, followed by ARR and then Dawntrail. To really appreciate the advances the game had made, consider how far gaming technology has come to allow more intricate graphics to be managed. Especially small details that stand out that make the characters look better on modern tech.

    With this newsletter, I want to invite everyone who reads it to consider something specific. I want everyone to think back over the last 25 years, should they have been around that long, and think of the things that had such meaning and such impact to them in those years. And may we keep the next 25 years in mind as we make our way to the midpoint of the first century of the New Millennium.

    And in closing, I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year for 2025!!!

    Please refer to the News below for the schedule for some of our upcoming and recurring events, and be sure to sign up if you are interested via our Discord server!

    Final Fantasy XIV News

    PvP Series 7 – Running from Patch 7.1 to Patch 7.2 – Link

    Crystalline Conflict – Season 12 Live – Link

    Final Fantasy XIV Mobile Announcement – Link

    Patch 7.15 – Released 12/17 – Link

    FFXIV Sale (Complete & Dawntrail Editions) Ends 1/9! – Link

    Heavensturn Event – Runs 12/31 to 1/16 – Link

    New Year’s Greetings from Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida! – Link

    Automatic Housing Demolition Timer for North America Data Centers – Resumes 1/8 12am PST – Link

    Free Company News and Social Events

    FC Buff Rotation – Pictured below is the current FC buff schedule that will be in rotation for the FC. The current schedule will be included here for the newsletters, and also included in the FC Announcements on the Discord server.

    Saturday Map Runs – With the release of Dawntrail, this event is recurring every Saturday as of 5PM ET. Refer here for the link to the Discord server and the direct invitation through Sesh: Link

    Monday “Old Content & Primal Learning” Events – Every Monday, event for running old content and learning Primal fights will be held. Please refer to the Discord server link here for all of our signups, which will include these events: Link

    Tuesday 24-Man Event – For our recurring 24-Man event, scheduled at 9PM ET, please refer to the Discord server link here for this specific signup (rotation will include current raids, old content, maps, special runs, etc.): Link

    Friday Dawntrail FATE Farm – With Dawntrail, new Shared FATES are available to complete for the major zones. Celestia currently is running a weekly fate, occurring every Friday around 8PM ET. Please signup via Discord and under our “all signups” channel when the next event is posted: Link

    7.1 Big Fish Hunt – Please join in on January 18th from 7am to 6pm PST to capture the new Big Fish additions that were added with Patch 7.1. Please signup via Discord and under our “all signups” channel OR via the direct link here: Link

    Holiday Home Parade – On Saturday, December 21st, votes were held for the best decorated domicile for the holidays. There were a couple of close competitors this year, but in the end one had to win it all!

    First place went to Orgun Pendragon.

    Second place went to Z’attania Tsu.

    And the winner of the raffle was Dragon Ramen.

    Please congratulate our winners for this festive festooning for the year!

    FC House Holiday Glamour – For the holidays and the new year, the FC house had undergone decoration to match its majestic presence within Ishgard!

    Celestia’s Christmas Party (and Darts event) – On Saturday, December 28th, Celestia held its annual Christmas Party.

    This party featured our Darts event. where the objective was to measure which participant was closest to the intended target.

    First place that was closest to the target was Tall-Drink O’water with a measure of 7.83 ilms.

    While no one was dead on, there were certainly some close ones!

    Next, our King & Queen & Officers participated in gift giving to our attendees, featuring all sorts of prizes from mounts to minions to glamour pieces to dyes to even vouchers for Free Company (FC) services!

    To conclude the party, additional prizes were raffled off to participants through random draws. Thank you to Scura Darkangel for the lovely montage!

    And to end the party, a glorious explosion of avians! Thank you to Luna Scarlett for the pictures!

    As everyone ventured on to enjoy their holidays in-game and off-game, a memento of the party was captured for posterity. Please enjoy the photograph here of all of our attending FC members!

    Beyond the Light – Paused Until Further Notice

    As of January 2025, the Beyond the Light interview will be on pause until further notice.

    Announcement of New Members!

    Please refer here for our newly joined members, and be sure to welcome them in game!

    New Members

    Kai Strife

    Taeeni Dakwhil

    Jin Kurayami

    Returning Members

    Purple Microdot

    Emilia Soma

    Ladd Russo