The Forest of Elwynn is home to many farms, hamlets, and villages. Having been partially made barren by the Orcish Incursion in the First War, the Forest has largely regrown back to its former splendour, and has been somewhat repopulated in the scant few years since the end of the Second War, some 13 years ago. As such, Elwynn Forest has vast, unclaimed areas filled with wildlife, threats, and other dangers to the safety of those who seek to inhabit it. Kobolds, Murlocs, banditry, and wild-life prove to be a daily threat to those who seek to reclaim the lands of their forefathers.
The largest settlement in Elwynn Forest is a small town named Goldshire, located at the very centre of the forest, sitting at a crossroad. It is a natural hub for travellers going to and from Stormwind, Redridge, Westfalls, Duskwoods, or even further beyond. Also within Elwynn Forest is the Eastvale Logging Camp, the Westbrook Garrison, as well as several large farms, mines, and other landmarks, such as Northshire Abbey, and the Heroes’ Vigil, a stone cairn memorial for those who were lost in the First War.
The Forest of Elwynn is, in large part, a new-player Roleplaying guild located on Hydraxian Waterlords EU. One one of the focuses of the guild concept is simple life, and forest of dangers. We are a villager guild, hoping to give a good impression upon all the old and new who desire to partake with our server as a whole. The other focus is, as we are located within one of the starting zone of the Alliance, that of teaching new players the various concepts and styles of roleplay, and hopefully part wisdom and knowledge that they will treasure. However, you should not mistake this guild as solely a teaching guild, as there will be plenty of chances for character development, social interaction, and event activites. However, saying that encounters with newer roleplayers will not happen would be a blatant lie.
Our headquarters will be Goldshire, within the Lions Pride Inn, but the concept itself spans Elwynn Forest in its entirety. The main goal of the guild will be focused on making the forest feel alive. There will be plenty of opportunities for more simplistic, down-to-earth roleplay and events as there is a large pool of believable threats to deal with, dangers to face, and travellers to greet.
However, it has to be mentioned that those who come through to Goldshire can be people who are new to Roleplay, are simply passing through, are trolls, or disruptive. Because of this, the singular rule within the guild is as follows.
1. Never initially assume bad intentions.
Given the location of the guild, and the planned presence within Goldshire, it’s highly possible that we will be the very first roleplayer contact that people have to this server. As such, friendly, helpful, and understanding people will be highly sought after to fill the guild ranks. In many cases, we will be tour guides for people who are interested in the server, so it will be one of the guilds few duties to be able to guide and teach those who are willing, while tolerating those who aren’t (to a point).
We are…
… Aimed towards newer players, and hopefully will contain an array of mentors who are willing to teach.
… Based in Goldshire, with whole of Elwynn Forest being within the scope of the guild concept.
… In many sense, a village guild, focused on simple life and relatively low, but still dangerous dangers. Kobolds, wild life, Defias bandits, and more…!
… Having fun! Join us!
As for the guild structure itself, its straight forward and simple.
Structure -
- Local Leaders
Both the Guild Leader and Officer rank rolled into one IC rank. They will be in charge of maintaining presence and order within the guild at an OOC level. There’s no IC responsibility included, as this name is mostly due to guild-ranking purposes. - Villagers
The mainstay of the guild. Specialised roles will be noted in each individual guild notes. - Sentry
In case someone wishes to take on a more relaxed, guard-oriented role. These will be commanded by the NPC named Marshal Dughan. - Traveller
People who aren’t officially settled in Elwynn Forest, OOCs and Alts.
You can use this discord invite code to join the guild server if you have inquiries, or questions! (I would link, but I don’t have the forum rank. :<)
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Thank you for reading, and I hope you have a pleasant day!
