Pandaria is a land of mysteries and secrets. Its denizens value peace and tranquility. But even in such a beautiful land, there are darker things in the shadows. People with other believes and interests. With with different motivations.
Hello Argent Dawn! As previously mentioned in my interest post, I have decided to go ahead with my guild idea. This post will serve as the official recruitment and community thread for the Shadow Lotus!
Who are we?
The Shadow Lotus is a crime syndicate roleplaying guild, heavily influenced and inspired by the Jade Lotus, a pandaren crime gang featured in the Hearthstone expansion Mean Streets of Gadgetzan. The idea of the guild is fairly simple, as a criminal organization the Shadow Lotus will be conducting operations across Azeroth to extend its influence. The primary source of actual crimes role-played out will be racketeering, smuggling and the acquisition of shady items and artifacts for either distribution or personal gain. As the roleplay potentially expands, other venues might also be explored.
Structure
The guild structure will be organized into basic hierarchy. The head of the Shadow Lotus at the top, with the Council being the secondary leaders. Due to the nature of the guild and its pandaria origins, the council will be only be Pandaren.
The central part of the guild will consist of three ranks of equal power. Enforcers, Agents & Peddlers.
The Enforcers will be the brawns and muscle of the guild. Their primary role will be that of physical labor and protection. Enforcers are tasked with serving as bodyguards for the council and the Peddlers, assisting Agents on missions, or as soldiers if need be in case of conflict with hostile forces.
The Agents will be the more open role. Agents will be tasked with the acquisition of artifacts and good, carry out potential hits on enemies and expanding the Shadow Lotus influence across Azeroth.
The Peddlers might sound more humble in name, but are none the less equally important. This rank is a bit special as it will be for those who are not interested in the more ruthless and potentially combat-oriented roles. The role of the Peddlers will be to distribute and sell the selected items and artifacts the Shadow Lotus decided to sell. Other tasks can and will also be provided during downtime of goods.
Events and roleplay
When we are not on missions or active recruitment or expansion, the idea is that the guild will primarily be stationed in Pandaria. Trips to other places across Azeroth such as Stormwind, Orgrimmar or other places for various activities such as making deals, contacts and missions will also be occurring.
I will be doing my best to ensure that there are events for all of the roles. These will range from specific guild related missions & our own markets to sell goods. Due to the nature of the guild, the goods we sell will not be just basic undisclosed substances or similar. It will instead be focused on various dubious artifacts and items acquired in various ways. Each item will come with its own description and history and will be kept track on by the guild leadership and documented. We may also if allowed seek out places in market events on the server for our own stalls.
The guild will be more than happy to also engage with roleplay with others. Either individual people or other guilds who wish to do some cooperative roleplay. It can be rival guilds of various nature or alliances. For this purpose I will also create a in-game community alongside the guild itself that will be available to join.
Recruitment
For now, as things are just starting off, I will be handling recruitment. If you are interested in joining, send me a message or letter to either this character or the Time-running counterpart, Xanli.
While the guild is Pandaren in its origin, I am opening up to recruitment for all races. The council however will strictly remain Pandaren, and the theme of the guild will be Pandaria-centric in terms of style. I will also make a horde version of the guild if it gains traction, but for now there is just the Alliance version.
I am looking forward to try and get this roleplay off the ground! Hope to see you all in-game and for some fun roleplay together!
It’s nice to see people liking the idea!