Joining/Rules

• Please refrain from messaging admins about group business on personal accounts or messengers. Note the group or leave a comment (*or post in the #questions channel on our discord*) instead!

• Please do not engage in mini-modding, and leave answers to the admins to avoid misinformation. Redirecting to journals is fine!

• Our group may feature NSFW content. That does not mean you have to be older than 18 to join, but it may be at your own risk.

• Avoid spam on the group page and in our chatrooms.

• When going on a hiatus that will make you unreachable, please always note the group about your absence.

• This group is semi-casual and will rely on Event participation to build the story, while overall allowing members to be active when they can, without threats of being removed for inactivity (if you are, however, inactive for 3 months **without notice**, you are at risk of being removed, keep that in mind). We would prefer our members to be confident enough to talk in our discord server, post submissions once in a while, take advantage of Events, and participate in roleplays with others. Don't be too shy to make new friends! If you don't think you can go beyond private roleplay, talk in our server or have the courage to insert yourself independently from events, you may not be suited for this group.

• Be respectful towards other members and do not cause conflicts. Do not gossip about your fellow members, engage in passive-aggressive behavior, or create a clique atmosphere. Our group is meant to be an escape for anybody who just wants to have fun in a roleplay environment, and we expect everyone to behave maturely. Do not take the group too seriously - they are not worth any damage of feelings.

• Please keep personal conflicts out of our chats, especially conflict between members. This includes vaguing about others in any form. If a group related problem occurs, contact the group via note and explain the situation. Please do not just leave the group if you are uncomfortable with one other member - we offer to help solve the situation neutrally if needed.

• We are a LGTB+ friendly community. Please refrain from joining if you are intolerant of *any* gender and sexuality. This also goes for similar topics, such as racism and ableism. We do not allow any sort of discrimination.

• When entering this group, you agree that all roleplays that are public can be uploaded to the database account. Any roleplays or literature submissions that have been uploaded to the database will not be taken down upon request, as it serves the purpose of archiving the canon group history even when members leave.

## Discord Rules

• Keep our general chats free of NSFW content (18+ chats are available). Generally avoid discussing religion, politics, social conflicts, sexual assault and other touchy topics.

• If a member is uncomfortable with a topic or roleplay situation, please respect them and consider either discontinuing or moving to another chat. If you are uncomfortable, let the others know in a polite way.

• Please do not advertise or talk about other roleplay groups in our server.

*For more specific rules, please look into the "chat-rules" channel in the server*

## Roleplay Rules

• Try to develop your characters in as many ways as you can. Give them friends, enemies, life goals, familiars, have them participate in Trials or Art Prompts, share silly trivia about them if you have any - we want to know more about your characters and would be sad to see any of them just sit in our gallery upon joining! Don't be too shy to bring your character to their full potential. Utilize the world content that our members provide, and please refrain from completely relying on the mods for your roleplay experience.

• Refrain from Metagaming (An "out of character" action where a player's character makes use of knowledge that the player is aware of but that the character is not meant to be aware of) or Godmodding (Taking control of another character without prior permission, hurt or kill them, or have your character be incredibly powerful). Always ask permission for scenarios that affect the whole community and do not argue if permission is denied.

• A character's actions or feelings are not yours. Differ roleplay from reality. Should you feel a member’s character is overstepping a line, try to let them know.

• Please do not sexualize minors or minor resembling characters.

• We absolutely do not tolerate anyone trying to control what others roleplay, unless the content is harmful. Belittling others for how they prefer to develop their characters is a no-go in our community. This includes romantic developments (if you aren't comfortable with public discussions of romances, our accepting and supportive community might not be for you). Let have fellow members experience roleplay in the way it is fun to them.

• While our group has a similar dice roll system as Dungeons & Dragons during Trials, the use of dice is entirely optional and not the standard for regular roleplays (*there are no game masters, and dice rolls are optional outside of the trials*).

• Characters not yet accepted into the group are not permitted to be roleplayed with canon characters until approval of at least a written biography. Roleplays with characters outside the group will not be canon. Any changes to characters that are not admin approved are not canon, especially after leaving.

• When leaving without having a character's fate officially approved, the group holds the right to decide what happens to them in-world. Characters cannot leave the world and any claims that they have will not be approved. Please provide a reason for leaving, and note it to the group at least 24 hours before leaving. Always try politely voicing concerns should your reason be group related, as these matters are commonly fixable by mature communication.

• Although the setting is a cluster of different worlds, our roleplay will not include any aspects of the real world, such as pop culture, languages, landmarks, etc. Any technology will not include smartphones or social media.

## Submission Rules

• Abide by DeviantArt's Terms of Service.

• Always tag submissions for the group with the #YggdrasilsRealm tag and include a link to the group in the artist comment.

• All art submitted must be your own (Application art can be commissioned as exception). Please refrain from using bases. You need to be able to draw in order to participate in events and to earn points.

• When submitting Literature, add a clear indicator that there is literature behind the preview image by either using our default preview image, adding "Literature" on the preview image or adding the word to the deviation's title.

• Art and literature are only eligible for points when submitted to the group. Art posted on our discord server will not count towards your point count. NSFW content that cannot be posted on DeviantART can still receive points through posting a placeholder preview with a link to the actual content (such as a google doc for written pieces).

• Include a clearly visible trigger warning for sensitive content in submitted literature and images, if necessary.

• We hold the right to decline users who we believe to be tracing their content. Tracing is not tolerated in our group.

• Art that was drawn of a character before joining the group will not count towards points (*i.e. You are reusing a character and they have several pieces of art from a previous group. You may submit them, but will not receive points for them, as they were not drawn for our group*)

• If someone not in the group has drawn your character, it may be submitted to the group's favorites.