Kingdom of Arathor (Corelas)

The Kingdom of Arathor is the oldest Highlands roleplaying guild on the server. We aim to establish a warmer, more welcoming community for the Arathi Highlands first, and for the entire server where possible. To this end, we encourage other guilds, no matter how new, to make contact. Let's make this server a friendlier place together.

In our roleplay, we act as a faction of Stromgarde's remnants that is focused on restoring the traditions of the early Empire and preventing the Highlands from falling completely to its enemies. We claim no exclusive rights over the Highlands, the city, or any location, nor do we claim that our view of the North's history is canon or in any way binding for other guilds.

Our main influences on these traditions are not Roman, as is the normal assumption for Arathor (and indeed, the former direction of the Kingdom of Arathor under Tritus and Mathilan.) We prefer using a Germanic approach, influenced by the Germanic tribes (particularly the Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons) and the Holy Roman Empire, with some Celtic and Italic influences. We are open to expanding this further, and would like to incorporate more Polish and Greek influence.

Our major goal is to create a guild that fuses the available lore of the setting with a historically informed fanon. We do not rigidly adhere to history solely for the sake of history; rather, it is a building material which we aim to use to shape our place in the server. Players will never be criticized for acting ahistorically or for historical ignorance, and no player is expected to spend their personal time reading histories (though they are expected to have at least a basic understanding of the guild's own interpretation.)

Membership Requirements
The Kingdom of Arathor no longer has racial requirements for membership. While IC citizenship is in part racially determined, we can see a role for every race or class - be they Pandaren Monk, Draenei Paladin, Night Elf Mage, or Gnome Warlock.

Our requirements are simple:

- All applicants must be willing to abide the Eight Rules.

- Applicants must be of reasonable quality. We do not expect perfect spelling, grammar, or conduct. We do expect good conduct and a willingness to improve, and will be more likely to accept an ESL player or new roleplayer who is cooperative and pleasant than a perfectly literate, very experienced arsehole.

- Applicants must be able to be reasonably active; that is, they must be able to play at least once every three weeks. We understand that life can be a pain, but we need to maintain at least a modicum of activity from every player. Exemptions are automatically given for students around exam time, etcetera.

The Eight Rules
Our members are expected to adhere to the following code of conduct:
 * 1) Absolutely no trolling. It's grounds for a warning first offence and a kick for the second, with evidence provided.
 * 2) Use proper grammar and spelling when possible. Mistakes do happen and they aren't a big deal, but consistently poor typing is not acceptable. ESL players are an exception, but are expected to be reasonably fluent in the language.
 * 3) If you get into a fight, treat it seriously and do not godmod. We want to see people losing from time to time, coming away with serious injuries, and only taking up swords when there's good reason to do so.
 * 4) As a general rule, no metagaming or godmodding, and no retcons if they can be avoided.
 * 5) Obey all reasonable requests by an officer. If you think it isn't, don't, and bring the issue up to the GM or to the 2iC. One of you will be advised and counseled appropriately.
 * 6) Always speak truthfully OOC. Lying and backbiting gets us nowhere.
 * 7) In guild chat, if a topic is politics or religion and someone asks you to stop or change the subject, do so, even if things aren't heated.
 * 8) Spend more time in the Highlands than in Stormwind, unless you have a very good reason to do all your RP down there. This is the Kingdom of Arathor, not a Stormwind guild.

If you see a guild member acting in contravention to Rule #1 or #4, please send a message to arathorstories@gmail.com.