You can find more information about the mini bang event on our carrd here:
sidequestbang.carrd.co

We hope you can join us and help us start 2026 with a MINI BANG!

And with censorship discussions unfortunately front and center, we'd like to emphasize that this event will not be restricting stories based on content and ships.

This means all NPC/NPC and NPC/Meteor ships are invited to participate.

Yes! Both platonic and romantic relationships are allowed :D

Absolutely! Any and all NPC ideas are welcome :D

And with censorship discussions unfortunately front and center, we'd like to emphasize that this event will not be restricting stories based on content and ships.

This means all NPC/NPC and NPC/Meteor ships are invited to participate.

Since this event is focused on FFXIV NPCs, custom Azems, WOLs, and ships featuring them should not be the main focus of any work. They are more than welcome to be mentioned in passing or as background characters though!

During the event, we’ll be asking participating authors to write a story around 5k+ words and for artists to complete at least one piece of artwork.

It should go without saying, but both AI-generated artwork and writing will not be permitted. W

The current working schedule is as follows.

We are trying to keep things flexible and will restructure the posting period if our teams note that they need more time during check-ins to complete their work.

This mini bang’s theme is going to be focused on FFXIV NPCS! Works can either be SFW/NSFW, have a canon or AU setting, and all NPC/NPC and NPC/Meteor ships are welcome to participate—including polyships.

All that being said, ALL NPC ships (and NPC/Meteor ships) are welcome to participate in this event.

Within our event discord, all contributors will need to keep NSFW discussions limited to NSFW channels.

During matching, artists will be allowed to mark which stories/themes/triggers/ships they are uncomfortable engaging with and will not be matched with them.