Leo Howlite

Free Company Leader | Certified Mentor | Savage Raider | Omni-crafter | Omni-gatherer
Housing Designer | Glamour Designer | Web & Graphic Designer

White Mage

Since beginning my journey back in A Realm Reborn content, I have dedicated my time to learning the craft of white magick and continue to play it as my favorite job for both healing and the Main Scenario Quests.

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Red Mage

Although I did not start actively playing Red Mage upon its release in Stormblood, I soon began developing an affinity for it halfway through Shadowbringers.

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Free Company

I am the proud leader of the free company, Skyward Dawn: a guild comprised of a close group of friends who seek to broaden our horizons, accepting all play styles in an all-inclusive, non-judgmental, socially-friendly environment.

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Howlite the White

Healer Favorite: White Mage

Other Healer Priority: Sage ⟶ Astrologian ⟶ Scholar

Despite the bad reputation White Mage often receives from its overly simplistic rotation, I've always enjoyed its aesthetic and raw heal potency. It's always personally felt the most comfortable of all the healers to me and never seems to let me down in a tight spot. Even though it may suffer in mobility, it has garnered several new adjustments that allow it to shine better than ever before. I believe the job is one of those where it's "easy to learn" but "hard to master," and I really appreciate that aspect.

Leo Howlite as White Mage

As a White Mage, I began honing my skills enough that I was invited (and cleared) my first savage content in Eden's Gate: Sepulture (E4S) and later flexed roles for my first savage static in Eden's Promise: Umbra (E9S) and Eden's Promise: Litany (E10S).
Interestingly enough, I played Astrologian when I started my first static savage group back in Shadowbringers.

Leo Howlite as Astrologian

Sharpening my talents in white magicks has also led me to become flexible in other healer types. While I feel confident to an extent in all healer jobs, Sage has stood out to me the most after White Mage.These days when I'm in the mood for switching things up a bit, I'll sometimes queue as an Astrologian or Scholar in normal, hard, or unsynced extreme content.

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Howlite the Red

DPS Favorites: Red Mage ➜ Bard ➜ Dancer ➜ Pictomancer

Ranged DPS Priority: Black Mage ➜ Summoner ➜ Machinist ➜ Blue Mage

Melee DPS Priority: Viper ➜ Reaper ➜ Samurai ➜ Ninja ➜ Monk ➜ Dragoon ➜ Blue Mage

As Red Mage was announced during its release in Stormblood, I really loved the concept art. Though you'd never guess despite it now being my favorite DPS job, I originally had a bit of a distaste for understanding its rotation. In the beginning, it felt a bit wonky to understand when and where certain combos should be utilized for single targets versus multi-targets, and it also had me feeling like I couldn't understand the balancing act of its gauge and the "spending" cost necessary to use such actions in succession for a full finisher combo. However, soon enough with the help of a friend, I was able to formulate a better understanding of Red Mage.I began to realize why it was such a popular choice upon its release, and why it still holds its own to this day in value. Its versatility in both casting from a distance and using its melee and spell combo finisher—as well as having many utility factors— led me to enjoy its comfortability and desirability in copious settings. It wasn't before long that I grew quite fond of it and since mid-Shadowbringers, I haven't looked back since.

With this newfound excitement and contentment, I began to take an interest in perfecting my craft in red magicks about two-thirds the way into Shadowbringers. My first experience in a savage setting was Eden's Gate: Sepulture (E4S).Despite being an Astrologian for my first "casual" savage static and subsequently flexing to White Mage when necessary, I later joined a new static and began dipping my toes in the content as a Red Mage. I began with Eden's Promise: Anamorphosis (E11S) and then proceeded to Eden's Promise: Eternity (E12S).Following suit after finding yet another casual group, I also took part in both Asphodelos: The First Circle (P1S) and Asphodelos: The Second Circle (P2S).I continued onto the next raid tier, Abyssos, with a new midcore group. I continued to enjoy the content as a Red Mage. We progressed all the way through the second phase of The Eighth Circle (P8S), marking it the first time I had ever cleared an entire raid tier!When the Anabaseios tier released, I joined yet another casual static and progressed all the way to the second phase of The Twelfth Circle (P12S) with Red Mage. Sadly due to the structure of the group setting and time constraints, we did not clear phase two.With Dawntrail's release of The Arcadion, some close friends and I had attempted to formulate our own static. However, due to scheduling, it wasn't meant to be. My hope is that someday in the future, I can continue challenging myself in harder content with great folks alongside me.

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Skyward Dawn

Slogan: "Home of the Salty Skyward Tears of Dead Deers"

Founding Date: May 31, 2019

Concept: A close group of friends who seek to broaden our horizons, accepting all play styles in an all-inclusive, non-judgmental, socially-friendly free company.

Our free company is a relatively small one that is comprised of good friends that have known each other for years both in real life and over the internet. As such, we are close-knit and really like to socialize *(although we're all mostly introverts) *and do things together. We are not a large guild, and we more than likely will not seek to become one too big. Our idea is that we'd like to definitely expand enough to enjoy each others' company and have more folks to do events, and special in-FC groupings (i.e.: treasure maps, giveaways, or other various ideas), but still be able to get to know each other through casual conversation. We feel that by becoming an excessively large FC, we begin to lose that intimacy that a smaller or medium-sized guild may have. If that is not what you're looking for, our free company may not be for you.

Rank: 30 — (All available entitlements)

Seeking: Tank, Healer, DPS, Crafter, Gatherer

Focus: Roleplaying, glamour (endgame, amirite?), housing, crafting, gathering, leveling, casual, midcore, hardcore, mount-farming, dungeons, guildhests, trials, raids, PvP, and endless shenanigans

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Most of the senior members of the free company also love to push themselves in higher-tier content, such as extremes, the new unreal challenges, savage, and ultimate. While some members are in individual static groups outside the free company, we nonetheless often enjoy grouping up within the guild, head count permitted. You are by no means expected to do so if that isn't for you, but we do often offer such things as an additional perk. Such clears include bird, doggo, dragon, and lynx farming. We'd like to consider ourselves a fairly-wide spectrum of personalities and interests, and there's typically something to find for every playstyle and person in our online family. We are by no means exclusionary.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out via any contact method! 😊

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