The Starlight Initiative
Hoping to spread goodwill and warmth
Welcome to the carrd for the Starlight Initiative! We're a group of players who would like to make every Starlight event something special! We also dabble in other events every now and then, but close to the Starlight Celebration is where we hold our very own Weekend of Gift Giving where people can come to the event venue to receive something they've been looking forward to getting!
The Weekend of Gift Giving 2025 is now in preparation!
Staff
The members listed here are integral parts to the Starlight Initiative to keep everything flowing! Many of us are also available to answer any questions in regards to the Initiative efforts, as well as anything that may be planned!
Primam Chorus
ORGANIZER
CRYSTAL > MATEUS
Hello! I'm Prim, and Starlight Initiative was something that I put together in no small part thanks to all of the wonderful volunteers and people genuinely interested in the Initiative efforts! Generally happy to help where I can, though can definitely find myself swamped with work! :'D I do what I am able to, though!
Ki'to Vashai
MODERATOR
CRYSTAL > ZALERA
Hello hello! The name's Ki'to, and I try to help out wherever I can here. If you're ever in need of a crafter, gatherer, an interior decorator, or even just a buddy to run through content with, I'm more than happy to lend a hand (or sword)! :3c
ALTHERIA ZHANDRI
VOLUNTEER
CRYSTAL > MATEUS
Here to help out with the Starlight Initiative goal of bringing happiness and warmth to those who come by for the events!
MIMARRAH MANNWYN
VOLUNTEER
AETHER > MIDGARDSORMR
She is everywhere, doing everything.
No content is too old, difficult, obscure, or grindy, so let's make your Starlight wishes come true!
WINDOW SAPPHIRE
VOLUNTEER
CRYSTAL > ZALERA
Here to help out with the Starlight Initiative goal of bringing happiness and warmth to those who come by for the events!
ZETOICHI KINJOU
VOLUNTEER
CRYSTAL > MALBORO
Howdy, I’m Z! I’m one of the artists gifting a raffle prize this year. Happy to participate and spread some joy!
Elika Harel
ORGANIZER
CRYSTAL > MATEUS
Greetings! My name is Elika, and I help to organize and promote where I can. Our amazing volunteers perform a splendid job of managing other tasks. If you ever need a battle buddy, just let me know.
Z'RHIKI IRHI
MODERATOR
CRYSTAL > MALBORO
Here to help out with the Starlight Initiative goal of bringing happiness and warmth to those who come by for the events!
RYADA NIGHTROAD
MODERATOR
CRYSTAL > ZALERA
Here to help out with the Starlight Initiative goal of bringing happiness and warmth to those who come by for the events!
IRIS OPRANTA
VOLUNTEER
PRIMAL > LEVIATHAN
Here to help out with the Starlight Initiative goal of bringing happiness and warmth to those who come by for the events!
Aeluan Hoshinata
VOLUNTEER
CRYSTAL > MATEUS
Hello! I'm Aeluan, and I have more gil than sense. It makes my day to help others with what I've gathered and I sometimes even tank for folks! (Though I'm a shy tank, generally.) I love Teamcraft lists and making furniture, so if you are in special need of housing items, please let me know!
DRAKYR SAOVINE
VOLUNTEER
AETHER > ADAMANTOISE
Here to help out with the Starlight Initiative goal of bringing happiness and warmth to those who come by for the events!
AVONNA VANTHALIS
VOLUNTEER
AETHER > CACTUAR
Here to help out with the Starlight Initiative goal of bringing happiness and warmth to those who come by for the events!
About
The Starlight Initiative is an organization of players that would like to spread the warmth and cheer of the Starlight Celebration to other players all around Etheirys! Among us are crafters, gatherers, raiders of varying degrees, and, of course, hoarders of all kinds of gil and goodies that are burning holes in our pockets.During the month of December, we do our best to choose a weekend where players are not as impacted by holiday planning and traveling so that they can get something nice! Since we also cannot possibly predict how schedules effect everyone, we're also more than happy to make the trip out to you in order to fulfill your Starlight wish(es)!We also may end up doing some events every now and then made all in good fun for other seasonal holidays like All Saints' Wake or Valentione's! So please look forward to them!
Gallery
In appreciation for the gifts that we have recieved in turn from people that have come to our events, we are so grateful and happy to have a gallery to show off and credit all the people who have made gifts for us! All images are posted with permission, and given clickable credit links so that you may check out their personal art profiles and sites for yourself!
Altheria by Clover
Starlight Initiative (2023) by CoffeeHands
Starlight 2024
2024 saw the Starlight Initiative's second year of the Weekend of Gift Giving! We fulfilled fifty-five unique wishes that came to us either through our Discord or were made in-game at our venue! We also had thirteen exciting raffles with twenty-five prizes total! Many Figmental Weapons were distributed this weekend, and we hope that these figments may turn all our recipients' dreams into reality!
Starlight 2023
2023 saw the Starlight Initiative's very first Weekend of Gift Giving! We fulfilled forty-three unique wishes that came to us either through our Discord or were made in-game at our venue! We also had nine exciting raffles, all with unique winners who brought home awesome mounts and minions that are especially hard to get a hold of!
The Initiative Presents:
Valentione's Speed Dating
The Initiatve invites you to a lighthearted day of speed dating taking place February 17th 2024 @ Crystal, Mateus, Empyreum, Ward 9, Plot 42 from 6PM - 10PM Central!This event is open to all kinds of folks, whether you're a seasoned RPer, someone dabbling in RP, or even just a casual event-goer that doesn't RP at all! Please be respectful to everyone who has signed up for this event, or is even just swinging by to see what it's about! Please note that this is not an event for ERP, so please do not come here expecting it.We stress that this event is lighthearted and is not made for the sole purpose of finding a date or romantic interest. If you end up finding someone who you click with, awesome! If you end up finding someone that you might even end up romantically involved with, also awesome! This event is just for fun, and we fully are doing this with the more of the intention of helping foster community and friendships.
HOW IT WORKS
Active participants will be assigned numbers and flower accessories that they will be required to wear in order to distinguish them at a glance for the event organizers and volunteers. You can either get these flower accessories yourself, or receive them at the door of the event along with a glamour prism to apply them if you don't want to just equip them. Flowers offered by staff that will be handling the event will be either white or red Dahlias or Oldroses that are hair accessories. Please specify which one you would like if you don't have a flower accessory but would like one.Participants will be separated by whether or not they want to RP. Non-RPers will be paired with non-RPers, and RPers will be paired with RPers.At the venue, participants will be directed into different FC rooms to meet with their partners, and given an itinerary. The use of FC rooms is to mitigate chat bloat for people that may have a difficult time keeping up with it if there are too many people. Each FC room will have one volunteer assigned to it to make sure nothing gets out of hand.
RULES
While there is no dress code per se, treat the event like a formal casual, please!
Please be nice to whoever your partner may end up being. If you don't click, that's okay! Just don't start a conflict because of how the interaction is shaping up. We ask that you just wait out the timer. Hopefully your next partner will be better!
There is little we can do about it in-game, but if someone is being inappropriate and crossing boundaries please ask them first to stop. If they don't, report them. Both to us so we can blacklist them from future events and to the GMs by going to [System Menu] -> [Support Desk] -> [Contact Us] -> [Report Harassment].
BlossomBlade :: bsky - tumblr
Initiative News
December 11th, 2024 :: Extending the Starlight Initiative to the Materia (OCE) Data Center!
Hello! The Starlight Initiative has been working as best it can this year in preparation for the events coming up!First things first, we are not moving the event solely to the Oceanic server! The main events will still be on the North American Data Center of Crystal -> Mateus @ Ward 9, Plot 42 of Empyreum.We have been reached out to and generously granted permission to use a plot on OCE for the Starlight Initiative to extend our reach to every Data Center from a friend. People will be able to come to Ravana's Mist, Ward 22, Plot 1 to engage in the Starlight Initiative's Weekend of Gift Giving!We, admittedly, do not have people who have schedules that are more fit for the Oceanic side of things, though we will do our absolute best in doing what we can. If anyone would like to volunteer for the Starlight Initiative's event for those on and / or visiting the OCE server, we would most certainly welcome the help with open arms! :>We understand that this is also a pretty late update, though we hope that with slightly less than two weeks before the main event, this will be enough time to give the heads up!Of course, the Starlight Initiative is still -- and will always -- accept whatever help we can get! If you're interested in volunteering as an artist, writer, GPoser, raider, or general volunteer, please reach out!-Admin Prim
2025's Creatives
Here is the page for our 2025 Starlight Initiative creatives! All of them will be available to win works from in a Starlight Initiative raffle that will be posted here when the time comes.