Rules And Guidelines

Here are some basic rules and guidelines to follow in the Rp (WIP)

## Guidelines For Beginners

Here are some guidelines to follow if you are new to Rping or aren't sure what to do

First thing you will want to do if you are new here is to claim a character, you can do this by going to the allegiances posts under the allegiances category and looking through the list for a character you like that hasn't already been claimed, checking their page to make sure, and then asking in the allegiance post if you can have the character, you will rarely ever be told no, just don't take too many, and you will rarely ever be told no, the only times you will be told no is if you have too many (generally about 5) or if you have been found to not be very experienced in this kind of Rp and aren't the best at portraying characters correctly

After you have a character and you have looked over their page, you may start Rping in the territory posts, you can ask for someone to Rp with you in the daily discussion posts and then both you will Rp in the appropriate territory post.

If you are unsure about how to Rp a certain character such as a newborn or young creature, then you can look at some of the reference and help pages for help on behavior, size references

## Rules For Rp

Rules that everyone must follow in the Rp regardless of age, mental conditions, or anything else, it is not my fault if you can't think before posting, disobeying these can result in the loss of a character whether by being killed or just taken away and put back up for claim

* BE. RESPECTFUL. I can't emphasize enough how important this is and how many other rules I could possibly make that would basically just mean this
* try

## Important Policies and Rules

### Absent Policy + Neglected Characters

If any player has been away from the wiki for more than a month without notifying me or one of the mods that they will be on a leave of absence, then their characters will either be taken away from them or killed depending on how old or young they are and what species they are

If any claimed character has not been played in more than a month, then they will be either taken away and put back up for claim or killed depending on how old or young they are and what species they are

in either of these situations, a mod will send a notification to the player in question on their message wall one week before the deadline, you can see the countdowns here

### Reclaiming Characters

If your character was taken away from you, whether from neglect or poor portrayal, you have to wait at least one week after they were taken away to reclaim them. If they were taken away due to absence, then you may reclaim them once you get back if nobody else has taken them

### Character Portrayal

If I find that you aren't playing a character very well, then I will take them away Ex: claiming a character that is nice and playful and then making them mean and abusive in the Rp channels. in bad cases I will have the character killed or taken prey and warning you against doing something like that again and advise you to look at your character's personality on their page in the future. When it's not as bad I will gently remind the person in question to check the character's page and try to be more accurate to the personality

### Punishment

If you are being really rude, bullying, or belittling people and their problems, then you will punished, our mods will look at what happened, you can't just say that the person you bullied actually bullied you and get away with it

1st offence: warning and will be monitored by mods

2nd offence: warning and a temp ban for 2-3 days

3rd offence: striped of all characters and temp ban for a 1-2 weeks

4th offence: perm ban

5th offence(continued harassment in other wikis and places): completely blacklisted from all current and future Rps hosted by me and the members of this community

If you are being bullied, harassed, or mistreated, DO NOT BE AFRAID to tell a mod about what is happening, even if they get angry at you for telling a mod, they will be punished for doing anything further. Don't feel like you are being a burden, telling someone about what is happening is the only way to fix it