Blackest Night

Blackest Night is a fanzine featuring fanart and fanfiction about Dark Knights in Final Fantasy XIV.
==About==
The zine was announced with an interest check from January 31, 2022, until February 9thhttps://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1488186906915614722. The zine was described as a "one-off fanmade publication comprising of illustrations and writings relating to the Dark Knight quests and lore". Contributor applications opened for artists and writers from April 4 to April 17, 2022https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1511084771836940290. The deadline was extended to April 24, 2022, laterhttps://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1515676015493795844. Acceptance and rejection emails were sent out around May 1, 2022https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1520910138596548618.
Preorders opened on August 17, 2022, wit the following pricing tiershttps://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1559978523426701312:
* Voiceless (£18.00 GBP) - Digital Zine
* Onyx Shade (£25.00 GBP - £30.00 GBP) - Physical Zine
* Obsidian Heart (£25.00 GBP) - Prints, Sticker Sheets, Die-cut Stickers, Button Badges
* Swirling Abyss (£45.00 GBP - £50.00 GBP) - Physical Zine, Prints, Sticker Sheets, Die-cut Stickers, Button Badges
Stretch goals included a sticker sheet at 150 orders and a Dark Knight Haurchefant sticker at 200 ordershttps://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1575152798928441345. Sales ended on September 30, 2022https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1576059579854528512.
All orders were packaged by October 31, 2022, and would begin dispatching on November 2ndhttps://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1587175715262369792https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1587804445131395075. Remaining preorders were processed on November 4thhttps://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1588543988847759360. Digital PDFs of the zine were sent out on November 7thhttps://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1589713926874624000.
The zine's online store opened for leftover sales beginning December 1, 2022, and ending on January 12, 2023https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1598410521338056704. Shortly after the shop closed, the project announced that overseas orders would be paused due to Royal Mail delayshttps://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1613947461290135556. No further updates had been made since then.
 Project Schedule
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	January 31, 2022	February 9, 2022
Contributor Applications	April 4, 2022 	April 24, 2022
Preorders 	August 17, 2022 	September 30, 2022
Shipping 	November 2, 2022	November 7, 2022
Leftover Sales 	December 1, 2022	January 12, 2023
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the final copy of the zine.
===Page Artists===
* RowanClair_
* RBIllustration
* Surejanel
* TheAlex_Arts
* goodlouse
* CassigatorArt
* Eoryuu
* eeth0k
* Yein_Art
* boxedivy
* karagna_
* JustSnooze
* pippintruman
* tanbearine_
* ruinetsel
* 4threset
* astfordays
===Merch Artists===
* chunkybork
* catbrdart
* llandaqqle
* kermie190
* moecinna
* tsukeoni
* sabadoodle
* ChangoPongo
* aaronmwill
* irlmaxxxor
* smugcomputer
===Writers===
* SunshineMoonRX
* xiakha
* trustyrpartner (blackestknight)
* internetfionna (tautologysystem)
* lynmars79 (autumnslance)
* ailanthium
* friendofesteem
===Mods===
* pippintruman
* goodlouse
* eeth0k
==Gallery==
File:Ffxiv blackest night cover.png|Zine Cover
File:Ffxiv blackest night stretch goals.png|Stretch Goals
File:Ffxiv blackest night zine bundle.png|Full Bundle Listing
== Fan Reception ==
The following posts are a sample of posts retweeted by the project's social media account about the zine.
Sunshine Moon wrote on Twitter
alex wrote on Twitter
LynMars Autumnslance wrote on Twitter
xiakha wrote on Twitter
cece wrote on Twitter
cyan wrote on Twitter
== References ==
Category:Final Fantasy XIV
Category:2022 Zines