When it comes to the fall of a society… the rich stay rich, and the poor get poorer.
They sit in their lofty towers and sneer down at the rest of us. They polish their shiny armour, and read their books, and have their servants wash their robes. They debate the lofty issues and ignore the dirty ones down here on the streets. They walk past the alleyways, heads held high, and the screams and curses don’t even make them pause.
And what do we do? We slip into the shadows left by such shining beacons of elvenkind. We walk in their wake and beneath their notice, and we manage all manner of tasks that they will never even see.
The Merchant’s Last Coin tavern thrived. It was chaos and noise and bustle and everything a tavern should be, everything that you would expect of a coin-turning business in the heart of a thriving city. It lived up to the ideals of prosperity and indulgence that were held in esteem by the elven culture. A paragon.
It was exactly what it should be, flaws and virtues alike, and nothing discourages scrutiny like that which is exactly what it’s expected to be. And with that cover, Theolain Nor’danel and his merry band of misfits made their home, explained away their gains, settled their aliases and alibis, and perhaps above all else, found a home and a family of their own.
And with the veil of normality and the met expectations of a bustling business, few noticed the glances shot across rooms, the notes passed across the bar-top, the occasional stranger ushered upstairs for reasons unknown.
[Oath of Silver] is a criminal guild aiming to fill a niche within the elven community. Our theme is flexible enough that we offer RP for a variety of characters, from scummy street rats to more classical power-hungry villains, from the honest civilian doing all the wrong things for all the right reasons, to the wayward nobles and disillusioned soldiers alike.
We aim to provide mature, high quality and lasting criminal RP, and a functioning city underbelly. Our RP revolves around snail-paced progression towards becoming one of the prominent criminal organizations in Silvermoon and the High Kingdom. This is our ‘impossible goal’ the red thread of the guild’s story-line; following that red thread, the role play we do can be summed up as providing a subtle undercover and more professional outfit. We aim to meet mafia-styled ideals, where we work with the law, and hide-in-plain sight by dressing and behaving inconspicuously in public as often as possible. We do what we can to stay under the radar while doing our shady deeds behind closed doors, in dark alleys or in remote parts of the forest.
In other words, we are leaving daytime street assaults and assassinations to other guilds, groups, and individuals. We play dealers, fences, thieves, con artists, professional gamblers, mercenaries, pirates, alchemists, smugglers and other such normally civilian-based concepts that opens a broader spectrum of things to do aside from kicking people in the shins and running.
The subtlety of the concept allows for a wider range of characters to get involved as well, we have Blood Knights, Magisters and Nobles all on our books, so don’t be afraid to poke us and ask even if you think your character concept won’t fit, you might be surprised! If you are after the more high-octane criminal behavior Oath is not for you. Some want havoc and rebellion, we want power and a profitable network of useful individuals inside and outside the guild.
Unlike many guilds, [Oath of Silver] does not host many regular events or large inter-guild campaigns. We don’t give regular orders or feed people story-lines consistently. Rather than spoon feeding our members scripted events on set schedules, we try to include each other through organic role play instead of plot and plan out-of-character how we can make everyone happy.
We encourage our members to take responsibility for their own stories and roleplay, to add their flavor and bring their personal character plots to the guild and work towards becoming an integral and useful part of the group. We want everyone to affect the flow and direction of our story and make themselves count, rather than being told where their place is and what they can and cannot do. We want our members to feel like they matter, and contribute something of consequence. However, only they can assure they’re not a ghost in the guild by inserting themselves.
That said giving back to the community is part and parcel of our concept. We currently run two public community events towards that aim. These events provide us with a cohesive cover story, locations, and reasons for folks to get involved and start storylines, but primarily to provide something for the community on the whole and encourage random RP and making new acquaintances outside of guild bubbles.
We have also run several other community-centric events over the years to further this aim and goal, such as Fight Club’s, Newspapers, and Coalitions. Some of these are dormant at the moment due to time limits and the right people/characters being involved to run them but you can find information on all of these in the forums on our website linked below, and if you have a suitable character then by all means, get in touch!
What We're Looking For
People with something to bring to the table, those that know they are the driving force behind their own RP and are willing to drive their RP and create RP around themselves.
Those who enjoy taking their time with things, over instant gratification. Storylines and character development take time.
Rich and interesting character concepts that allows interaction inside and outside the guild, both when it comes to shady business and being social. A lone wolf might be cool for stories, but they will struggle in [Oath of Silver]
Those who enjoy developing and discovering new things about their and others’ characters. A diamond in the rough working on honing their skills or expanding their horizon is usually more fun than ‘the perfect package’ sitting around waiting for the rest to catch up.
Read more here:
https://tinyurl.com/yxgeb7f2
Contact and Application Information
We want to recruit slowly and carefully, to make sure that we get people who suit the guild, and that the guild is the right one for them. Our focus is on quality over quantity. For those who want to make something happen with us without joining the guild itself, feel free to drop a line to any of our members in-game.
We recommend you visit
http://www.oathofsilver.enjin.com. Our website and our public forums on there to read up more about the guild.Write us an application here:
www.oathofsilver.enjin.com/recruitment. The application is out of character, and mandatory.When the application is approved or declined, we’ll let you know. If it’s approved, we will discuss moving on to the IC stage and getting involved in-game.
And if, after this, we’re convinced you’d be a good fit for Oath, the invitation to the guild will be issued and a short trial period will commence, just to make sure everything gels well.
For more information in-game, contact the following:
Theolain / Theolaín / Alyxandria
A list of events that are currently being run, on a weekly schedule and that are open for anyone to attend.
The Merchants Last Coin Tavern
- DAY: Wednesdays
- TIME: 9 - 11 pm Server Time
- LOCATION: Wayfarer’s Rest
- FACTION: Horde
- CONTACT: Lorenthas or Theolaín / Theolain
- FORUM THREAD: [H][RP] The Merchant's Last Coin - Tavern Hours
- READ MORE:
https://tinyurl.com/y9usjur8
House A'lorai Medical Clinic
- DAY: Tuesdays
- TIME: 9 - 11 pm Server Time
- LOCATION: Halls of Respite
- FACTION: Horde
- CONTACT: Aevryth, Vaelyrin, Theolain / Theolaín, Selnarin
- FORUM THREAD: [H][RP] The A'lorai Medical Clinic
- READ MORE:
https://tinyurl.com/y8b2qr98
Current plots running within the guild, that members work together in to form narratives and spin-off events regularly.
The Red Mist Cartel
Theolain Nor’danel is not in the market of killing people, he is a businessman at heart and dead-men make bad customers. With that in mind Oath move in more subtle but no less illegal areas of business, with Theolain’s own personal passion for herbalism and alchemy, one of their leading revenues of business is the drugs trade.
That said these guys are not just pushers on street corners, this is organised crime and as such it has big goals and solid preparations. These are not armatures. Drugs are one thing, and a common thing perhaps, but it is not all Mister Nor’danel has in his plans, not when there is not only coin but potentially useful contacts to be made elsewhere. The drugs simply open the doors.
Read more:
https://tinyurl.com/yaekcp6x
The Sun's Shadow
Theolain Nor’danel is a man of ambition and drive, too proud and stubborn to concede defeat without reason, and cunning and intelligent enough to expand his horizons past his own personal means. The boy that once had nothing now has a very great deal, but it is not yet enough. Even from the top of his ladder, his ambition streaks higher, and even with all his wealth and gains, all his men and loyalty, there are doors he still cannot open. Doors that can only be opened with one thing.
Bloodline. Name. Status.
In the shadows of the Sun Courts he has been working, aligning his game pieces, making allies, setting his plays and arranging his plan, and his plan has gained him that which he lacked, his plan has gained him access, use, and control of a bloodline. A name. Their influence. Their guards. House A’lorai. A House that needs his wealth and men as much as he desires their name, and so in the shadows an alliance was formed, the first of many, and the first move, in a very long game ahead.
Read More:
https://tinyurl.com/y8le75u2
The Silver Challenge
While Sin’dorei society as a whole may scoff at the brutal gladiatorial bouts of some of the other races, there are those among the denizens of the woodland realm who acknowledge and understand the appeal behind contests of strength and skill. Oh, and the potential profit, too.
The Silver Challenge has been organized to bring the men and women of Oath together within the realm of Quel’thalas to gather, drink, bet and fight. With no grander goal than to allow those who are so inclined to test their mettle against one another, air grievances, vent frustrations. A simple and honest contest of unarmed martial prowess. Grudges are left in the ring and for a little while, away from the watchful eyes of the Kingdom’s peacekeepers, people revel in the simple brutality of two souls squaring off for pride and fortune.
The Silver Challenge is currently run as an inter-guild event, but if you’d be interested as an outsider, get in touch!
Read More:
https://tinyurl.com/y95bj6en
These are Events and Plots we have run in the past but no longer have the time or people available to run. If you would be interested in taking any of them on you can get in touch with us. We’d love to see them revived, we simply don’t have the right people on hand at the moment with the time to do it.
The Coalition
What the cities guard are or are not doing has never prayed on Theolain’s mind overmuch, they have never yet managed to get in his way, but when it came to the city and more specifically the underbelly, those were the souls more likely to tangle his business, and chew holes in his ship from the inside. Those were the souls he needed to be paying attention to, while aware that simply removing them is likely not in his most profitable interests either.
He has taken to narrowing the focus and create the Coalition, to create a loose cooperative of groups and people that regardless of their separations would benefit from some cohesion, collaboration and shared interests within the city of marble and magic.
Read More:
https://tinyurl.com/y8zoqbvy
The Merchant's Voice
The Merchant’s Voice is a two page fortnightly/monthly newsletter. Theolain and his people may as ever have their own aims, goals, and agendas with it, it may not always be the truth, they might even know it is not true or they too might just be passing on an untruth they have been told. Such is the media, we’re aiming to not only provide an interesting gambit for the community but also a resource, a tool or a weapon depending on who you are and how you use it.
We aim to not only provide the article itself but to do so in the hopes that it then inspires and generates RP in reaction and relation to that fact. Who is leaking news about what and who is slandering who? If nothing else we hope it creates a conversation piece and talking point in-game.
Read More:
https://tinyurl.com/ya55nf2r
To keep this thread active our members will be bumping it regularly with little snippets of IC stories, plots, and current goings-on. Some of these may even be relevant to you and your characters and are open to your involvement, so please, check them out as well and enjoy!
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