Arches Arches are responsible for the maintenance and improvement of their areas. They are appointed for an indefinite period.
Arches are only responsible to each other, and represent the highest authority on the mud.
While assistants have most of the same access privileges as arches, they normally do not have a vote in administrative decisions. The law group provides the mud with a means of enforcing rules, such as those covering cheating and harassment. Law group members are chosen by the other law group members and by arches, and are typically appointed for an indefinite period. They are responsible to the arches.