Broken Chains:
A Garlemald Fanzine
A collection of ephemera from the Garlean Empire
Our Vision
Broken Chains is planned as a free digital zine framed as a collection of ephemera - art, documents, and other items - that relate to the late Garlean Empire and its people. We're aiming to tell stories that peek into the daily lives of those in Garlemald at ground level and above, rather than focusing on specific ships or characters. Pieces depicting canon characters, OCs, or both are all welcome. Below are some examples of what we're looking for, though we're excited to hear your ideas as well!
Letters between civilians, soldiers, or conscripted people
Photographs or paintings depicting daily life in Garlemald
Snippets of in-universe media such as comics, novels, or plays
Newspaper articles
Posters promoting (or criticizing) the Empire's ideals
Traditional Garlean recipes
Fiber arts (knitting, embroidery, etc.)
Podfic simulating a Garlean radio broadcast
Excerpts from someone's journal
DISCLAIMER: This is a zine about a fictional evil Empire and the people who both benefited from it and lived within its shadow. This means content in this zine may deal with with issues of colonialism, imperialism, fascist ideology, bigotry, war trauma or other heavy themes. We want to engage with these themes thoughtfully and critically.Real life bigotry and harassment will not be tolerated in this zine or by its contributors. We will not be judging applicants based on any prior created works, aside from those that are explicitly bigoted or harmful to real world groups.
Applications
The application period will run until December 8th. At that point, mods will review the applicants and will reach out via email to those who will be invited to join our zine!Please feel free to reach out to the mod team via Twitter or Bluesky if you have any questions about the application process!
Application Forms
Schedule
Below is our approximate schedule - dates are subject to change.
| Step | Date |
|---|---|
| Interest Check | October 8th - October 31st |
| Applications | November 5th - December 8th |
| Acceptance Emails | Mid-December |
| Creation Period | Late December through February |
| Zine Formatting | March 2025 |
| Release | April 2025 |