“The Arathi are strongest with the Sacred Flame at their back. Let Great Kyron’s Lamplighters patrol the dark. Use the light of the Sacred Flame as your main defense against the darkness. If you must go out, stay within the dawntowers’ illumination, or prepare some means of taking the Sacred Flame with you.” - Shadow Curfew Guidelines.
The Lamplighters of Hallowfall are the defenders of the sequestered civilisation of the Arathi deep below Khaz Algar. Wielding the Sacred Flame, a power closely connected to the Holy Light in hand or with their weapons, the Lamplighters stave off the darkness that proliferates wherever Beledar’s Light does not reach. They patrol the hallowed land, reinforce the bulwarks raised against the encroaching Nerubians from below, and guard the Dawntowers scattered all across Hallowfall.
Long isolated and standing alone against numerous threats, the Arathi of Hallowfall have relied on the Lamplighters to defend their homes, farms and outposts. Now in times of great change and upheavel, the same threats empowered tenfold and a new danger from within, the Lamplighters must look to their strengths and join new allies from the surface in taking the fight to the Harbinger and their minions.
Hello, Argent Dawn! Welcome to Lamplighter, a roleplaying guild exploring the lives, experiences and developments of the loose organisation of heroic defenders of Hallowfall. In the wake of the increasingly destructive assault of the Nerubians, a dozen or so of like-minded Lamplighters have joined together, pledging to take the fight directly to the enemy. We aspire to invoke a sense of survival, exploration and danger, of a previously isolated people coming to terms with being rediscovered and many other aspects.
The Pledge of Mereldar is our unifying standard, an oath taken in brotherhood and duty, to follow each other into battle, to fight as one rather than many and to brave the darkest of shadows and the deadliest of dangers in defense of not only Hallowfall, but a world above.
We adhere to the Lamplighter lore detailing how they have no chief rank and file, instead relying on leadership in experience and shared aims. To facilitate a semblance of structure, the Lamplighters of our particular ‘branch’ will elect a leading representative, who in turn will select a numbered few among their electorate as advisors. All Lamplighters, within or without the Pledge of Mereldar, may have a voice in what actions to take, though the elected so-called Herald reserves the tie-breaking vote.
Our heavily compressed ranks in detail:
Herald - the elected leader of the Pledge of Mereldar, chosen by their peers among the Lamplighters to direct their efforts in the war against the Nerubians, and to speak on their behalf in diplomatic endeavours.
Officer - a denotation bestowed upon a Lamplighter to serve as the Herald’s advisors, such as a Quartermaster, Arbiter or Armsmaster. While they are adjutants to the Herald, other Lamplighters can offer advice and crucial assistance as well.
Lamplighter - the bread and butter, the torch and blade, the Lamplighters of the Pledge of Mereldar have all come together to face the darkness as a cohesive fighting force for good.
Neophyte - all Arathi of Hallowfall are or were soldiers, and all have within them the capacity and will to become a Lamplighter. For existing Lamplighter characters, Neophyte will be a vetting/processing rank, but for people interested in portraying aspiring Lamplighters, Neophytes will be trained and schooled by an experienced Lamplighter.
The officer team of Lamplighter is hoping to bring at least two events on a weekly basis, depending on potentially on-going stories, campaigns or participation in community efforts, where roleplay quantity may increase exponentially. Well aware that life can be a busy affair, we have no strict requirements when it comes to activity, only that you at the very least inform the guild of prolonged absences.
We welcome Humans, Kul Tirans and Void Elves in the roles of Warriors, Paladins, Hunters, Rogues & Priests as the Hallowfall Arathi are represented in-game. Whether you have a Lamplighter character in the works, or a rookie looking to one-up the old guard a little, you’ll quickly be involved when joining us!
While we all love the new Hallowfall sets, the Lamplighters are foremostly individuals who can be compared to the paladins of the Silver Hand, benevolent bounty hunters or inspiring monster hunters, if not all three. We encourage the use of the red-tinted questing variant of the set, especially when gathering or operating out in the field, though people can add their own variations and wear what they wish when not called upon.
Our rules are very simple: keep OOC out of spatial channels (/say, /emote and such), respect your fellow Lamplighter roleplayers and everyone we encounter IC & OOC, keep guild chat to a polite minimum during events and don’t do anything weird like ERP or shout at people in Dungeon Finder!
If all of the above is something you’re interested in and you wish to know more / yearn to become a Lamplighter, you can DM myself, nickolai_71 & JPB101 (our esteemed leader) on discord, or poke any Lamplighter in-game who will most likely send you in the right direction.
Lastly I want to say thank you to a handful of people who have already shown interest in the project, and to thank our current guild members for being extremely patient with the officer team (you rock guys), and in advance thank all those who wish to connect, interact and slay Nerubians with us in the future.
