Site guidelines (not really rules, at least for now...)

This page originated as a mere test for MP3 files, then became a secondary welcome page, then became the page to view the ~~rules~~ recommendations.

## About the N.A.N.U.A.K. Wiki

This single page is an area (which registered users are allowed to edit) containing the overall gist of things here on this stupid wiki.

### 1. This is NOT (intended to be) a full-on shitpost wiki like Uncyclopedia or Neo Scary Godmother Wiki (although it might end up as such and I'm perfectly fine with that,) nor is it a serious wiki akin to the original Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Wiki.

When writing a page about a wiki, do not merely make random things up, but do not be too serious about them. I'm not quite funny enough to make all the pages as good as my example. However, this is an example, from the page on *Wolf Brother*:

A sorcerous outlaw from a prehistoric clan is mailed a bear to get what he deserves. So, the outlaw’s son Torak, is told he must find and climb a mountain that not even the Mountain Clans can find, so it probably isn’t even real.

See how this section takes liberties but stays true to the canon of the series, as opposed to being as serious as the main wiki or completely making stuff up. After all, Torak's father did flee from the Wolf Clan after his \***spoiler!**\* association with the Soul-Eaters was discovered, and he did start a massive fire to break up the Soul-Eaters.

### 2. Just about anything that vaguely relates to *COAD* is allowed (and so is everything else at the present.)

That includes, but is not limited to: anything in the series, how you came to discover it, projects you did in school involving it, references to Michelle Paver, Orion Publishers or Geoff Taylor (the illustrator), fan fiction, theories, and so on. The title may be unrelated to *CoAD* but at least one connection should be made in the article. Even *The*, which is at surface just a copy of *Industrial Society and its Future* by Ted Kaczynski, features an image of a skinny Fin-Kedinn, known as "Finklededinkle", wearing a visor at the bottom of the page. If this wiki had any rules at all "The" probably would not be allowed, but it's been there for three months... uhhh...

The only semi-protected articles currently are the front page and this article.

### 3. Get to know the overall "culture" of the site here.

1. References to the main wiki are encouraged. Although the two wikis are now close partners, N.A.N.U.A.K. began as a rival to COAD Wiki. Even in its early days, however, most "criticisms" of the main wiki were ironic and/or satirical, and this remains true to this day. At the end of the day, however, one should remain respectful to the sister wiki. We are all one clan on here, after all.
2. Gaup is our lord and savior, and this is undeniable. Gaup, a secondary character in *Oath Breaker*, is jokingly referenced all over this wiki, almost as if he were a god. The reason for this is because Gaup was one of the first pages added to the wiki, before any other character, even Torak, merely because the wiki's creator wanted to be off to a random start.
3. As new users come to this place (if they ever do), the writing style and site "culture" will definitely change, and Possum Chowg guesses that that's alright. It would be great to see the 200 or so pages we currently have right now be expanded by new users, and for new pages to be added. The three new COAD sequels, which POSSUM Chowg never got his hands on, would be great to milk the crap out of.
4. Finklededinkle, a crazy alternate universe version of Fin-Kedinn, is a recurring character on the wiki, and a reference to Possum Chowg and his friends' old and now-lost parody video that mixed COAD, Ender's Game, and Lord of the Rings elements together.
5. Microsoft Paint is the preferred tool for creating images on this wiki, due to the lack of official art, fan art, or better paint programs. This shows the intentional shiftiness of the wiki. When MS Paint is unavailable, however, web clones such as https://jspaint.app/ may be used as well.
6. The events of the original Wolf Brother are said to occur specifically in 3969 BC. Why? Only because that was precisely nearly six thousand years ago, and it has the funny number in it. Can't make this up.