What is the Adventurers Union?
It is no secret that roleplaying adventurer themed guilds come and go like the wind; here one moment and nothing but a fading memory the next. However, the adventurer spirit always endures, always continues. There will always be someone with the drive to explore, someone that yearns for action and glory, someone wanting to uncover the riches of the world and it’s secrets or those that simply want to see what Azeroth has to offer.
The Union is built around that idea; that the adventurer’s spirit will always be there. The goal is to provide a place where adventurers from all walks of life - be them standard everyday adventurers, mercenaries, privateers, etc - can come to find community and even work. Guilded or unguilded, freelancer or as a pre-existing outfit, Alliance, Horde or Neutral, the Union welcomes anyone interested into its roster.
Who will lead this endeavor?
The Union will have a Grandmaster that will oversee it but will serve in more of an administrator role, someone there to keep things together and offer a solution to conflicts and provide the ruling vote when the other leaders are unable to agree. Beyond that, it will (eventually) be ran by a council of voluntary guildmasters and Freelancers. This is to reinforce the ideals of having a collaborative community and not create the “be-all and end-all” authoritative body for adventurers and adventuring.
Additionally, a new Grandmaster will be selected by the council every 6 months. Candidates must be Freelancers so that they can focus on the needs of the Union as to not conflict with Guildmasters tending to their own obligations.
What about the rest of the members?
All other members will be utilizing the rank system, starting at Bronze and ending at Titansteel. There’s no obligation or pressure to participate in anything as this is meant to be something the members can do at their leisure. However, the more you do with the Union, the more established your character becomes in it and the higher rank they will achieve as an Adventurer. This works well for casual members just wanting to come in every now as well as for those who use it is a primary RP outlet.
What will/does the Union offer? What are some of its goals?
As mentioned above, the primary goal is to establish a long lasting hub for adventurers, mercenaries, traveling scholars and so on. However, here’s some more specific goals, ideas and things it will one day offer.
- RP opportunities for those who miss out due to either not being in a guild (out of choice or because they haven’t found a suitable one), being in a non-RP guild (for raiding or PvP or other reasons) and want more RP options or just to expand their RP circle. Especially being that the RP will take the characters out and into the Azeroth, and possibly beyond!
- An internal ranking system that’ll reflect and respect the ranks and skills of participating guilds and freelancers alike.
- Through networking and coordinating with non-adventure based RP guilds/neighborhoods/communities, it would provide an immersive presence within other groups to provide more RP events, especially in neighborhoods and around Azeroth. This will be through setting up “neighborhood watch” in neighborhoods, using volunteers, and patrols around Azeroth. Participating groups will also be able to utilize the job board in to post their own jobs/events.
- A job board designed to be player driven, not dependent on leadership for anything other than managing it. Show up, pick a job, find a DM, find some party members (if applicable and/or wanted) and go have an adventure. Eventually there will be story related jobs and small campaigns for anyone interested to participate in.
- A combat system that is ‘character first’ driven and will be quick and easy to adapt to so that anyone can pick it up and hit the ground running in events. It will be optional for guilds to use themselves. However, it will be the one used for Union events.
Additional Notes
- Character deaths will solely be up to the player.
- Member activity is encouraged but not mandatory.
- Non-adventuring individuals and guilds are welcomed to join as patrons, to help provide IC services and work for the Union. It is especially encouraged that guilds with Union members join up with them. Again, not mandatory.
- Headquarters will be provided for the Union. I, Sitherel, will be hosting them for the time being but it will be up to the Grandmaster and council to continue using it or find another.
Finally
All information above is subject to change as the Union continues to be developed. The one thing that will never change is the ambition for it to provide a long standing and reliable place for people to come to for adventure and community.
If you have any questions or are interested in taking part in this endeavor, please do not hesitate to reach out to me in game (Sitherel, Moon Guard) or find me on discord. Speaking of, we have a discord server created. Feel free to join it! Link below.
Discord name: mister.boomer
BNET: Wulffe#1698discord.gg/8EgXx6Eb6n
