The Big Top

1. Premise of the guild

Following on from Opathu's stories (see storytellers corner, especially:
http://thetheatreofcruelty.com/forum/vi ... .php?t=101 ), the Theatre may be seen as a 'dark carnival' populated by an odd assortment of folk. Some may simply desire the life of a performer but others may use it to hide a secret past or as a cover for shady dealings.

For those of you that haven't seen 'the league of gentlemen' this is kinda what we're getting at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Lazarou
check out the links at the bottom.

Through our associates, the Beggars guild, rumours are spread in an attempt to make the mention of the Theatre inspire a feeling of mystery, intrigue and fear.

This should allow people to develop their own IC reason for joining, but we have a common goal of wishing to stay on the edges of society.

2. ground rules

-Policy for recruitment after initial application: IC meeting followed by obtaining 3 letters from different officers in return for tasks completed.

-If a guild member does not speak to anybody at all or is ooc in /s, /g or /yell or does not get involved in any form of rp, that person will be gkicked. This is an rp guild and the minimum expected is the social rp explained by Zangomah: http://www.thetheatreofcruelty.com/foru ... .php?t=109
http://www.thetheatreofcruelty.com/foru ... .php?t=110
http://www.thetheatreofcruelty.com/foru ... .php?t=111

-We are here to have fun. A comedy aspect can be expected in our rp (ie, Monty Python/ Terry Pratchett style)

-Promotion within the guild needs to be earned. Low levels will gain Promotion for demonstrating at least some ability to rp. Higher levels will be expected to show some commitment to the development of the guild (wether that be by coming up with ideas for events, organising same, helping run the forum etc.)

-Ranks as follows:
Black Oak (rank level= Guild Master): the boss, a nominal title named after the infamous criminal "The Black Oak of Orgrimmar"
- Opathu

Officer Ranks:

Deaths Jester -- the chosen elite to assume command when the Black Oak falls
Seventh Star -- the inner council ((based on triads))
Fourth Wind -- the outer officers ((as above))


Guild members:

Harlequin -- the crazy jesters who do the jobs no-one else can, often assassins, usually bodyguards for the Black Oak (( loners/enigmatic))
Made Guy -- like the sergeants of the guild, they've risen in rank to be trusted. You can't wack them without permission from the boss
Wise Guy -- a low-ranking but still trusted member
Blood Dancer -- the slovenly sluts, male or female, that may dance and do unspeakable things for us and guests
Bouncer -- does what it says on the tin

Alts & new recruits:

Extra -- the cast of extras that die by droves ((the red-shirt security guards on "Star Trek" ^^))

3. How this all affects you

The premise of the theatre allows for our somewhat erratic play time.
As casual players we can easily rp as dancers, entertainers, criminals, spies or simply drunken fools, who may be expected to keep irregular hours.

We will aim to be events driven wether that be lvl 60 instance 'fun runs', world pvp , or rp fun events.

Most importantly: if you have an idea - Put It Forward! Don't rely on others to make things entertaining for you.

Needs to be updated...

Some more detailed explanation of the different ranks would be interesting to read, at least Member-level.

This is in the process of being disscussed by the officers (and me ). Will be updated as soon as we decide something .

edit: updated rank descriptions. please post any further inquiries in the suggestion forums.