First of all I want to say that I am sorry for the cheesy intro but I have to attract people somehow. And that is supposed to be Ragnarok not Ragna.
The Sentinels of the Ragnarok:
History
The end of humanity had come and gone with the final battle, Ragnarok, between the Norse Gods and the evil giants from Muspelheim. The world regressed and fell into a terrible ice age. The last two humans wandered down from the Yggdrasil tree in a sullen attempt at replenishing the world. Hope had been lost? At the threshold of death, this man and women prayed to their fallen Gods for solace. This prayer awakened the final three Einharjar from their slumber in Valhalla. They had been put to sleep by the great Odin who knew the destiny of the Gods. These three brave Einharjar, Valbrandr, Induane, and the all-knowing Hyrcanus, who had been imbued with the memory of Munin, bestowed upon these two humans a time without hunger, without bitter cold, and without suffering. They came to be known as the Triumvirate. The Triumvirate became the protectors of the righteous in an attempt to restore humanity to the dismal land.
Time slowly passed human recollection. And what had been made good gradually turned bitter. The humans began to struggle against one another in order to fulfil their aspirations for knowledge and power. The Triumvirate wanted to provide guidance for the people. This was no easy task for the human?s wills had been broken and their faith had diminished. These humans knew that their ancestors could not escape the ecstasy of warfare under their Gods. If the Gods could not bring peace to the lands of the Northmen, how was a Triumvirate of Einharjar going to bestow peace upon the land. This was a fair question because these Einharjar had very little physical power compared to that of the Gods. However, there was one major difference between the Triumvirate and the Norse Gods: The Triumvirate was a council of loyal warriors who relied on one another on and off the battlefield. They were three entities with one concise conclusion. In contrast, the Gods meddled in human affairs, they were often divided which caused them to fight amongst themselves and would habitually spill over into the lands of Midgard, and their goal was to keep man subservient to the will of the Gods.
The Triumvirate took a different approach. They wanted to grant man absolute freedom in which humans would obtain knowledge for the continuation of the evolutionary process. With their progression would come peace to their lands. This was difficult for the people to grasp, possibly too idealistic for a world ruled by the rationale of humans. There was widespread anarchy for a time followed by a period of divisions and blind hatred between classes and races. The Triumvirate finally decided to assert their authority in an indirect way.
They thought that if they could trick all peoples of the hierarchy into working together for a common good that peace would win over greed and intolerance. They created Planeshift. All people were encouraged to participate in a journey throughout the lands of the world. These people, referred to as Sentinels, were to find ancient artifacts and information on the battle of the Ragnarok. They were to retell the story of the Ragnarok and come to a conclusion on why it happened and who was at fault. For their travels, they would receive immortality but not in life, through death. Their deeds will be remembered through a legendary story: The Saga of the Einharjar.
Mission Statement
This guild, The Sentinels of the Ragnarok, is a neutral aligned guild that will accept a variety of different members regardless of their class or race. We want to maximize the experience of Planeshift on our way to become an upper echelon guild who will one day reside in a castle. Our goal is to have fun with this online RPG and make it more fun for the people who join our guild with cool job classes and mobility to become an elite player in the guild.
New Developments
I have finished the guilds class structure, or Hierarchy. The Hierarchy has recently been modified. Now there will be three Orders under direct rule of Liege Lords and six Legions under direct control of Feudal Lords.
9. The Triumvirate - A three person council that leads the guild. (Valbrandr, Induane, and Hyrcanus)
8. The Einharjar - The protectorate of the Triumvirate.
7. The Varangian Guard - Elite fighting unit, preserve integrity of the guild. This Rank will only be achieved by one Liege Lord who will become the Supreme Varagian of the guild. They are agressive not defensive and will be comprised of elite Mercenaries. Though Mercenaries they must be loyal to the guild. All in this level will be under command of the Supreme Varangian.
6. The Comitatus - Overseers of the feudal system, resolves disputes between lords and vassals.
5. Liege Lord - Participate in the Feudal system of Vassalage. Have the ability to recruit Feudal Lords to your service, create a small army. (With the permission of the Triumvirate) Three new Orders have been created.
Each will be ruled by a Liege Lord: The Hospitalers, Knights Templar, and Teutonic Knights.
4. Feudal Lord - Participate in the Feudal system of Vassalage. Have the ability to recruit Knights to your service, create a small army.(With the permission of the Triumvirate) Six new Legions have been created each headed by a different Feudal Lord: Berserkers, Gladiators, Highlanders, Militia, Samarai, and Woad Raiders.
3. Knight - Seek and discover the mysteries of Planeshift. Fight for your promotion to Lord.
2. Squire - Venture out and explore your surroundings. Gain experience on the battlefield.
1. Apprentice - Get accquanted with more elite members of the group. Absorb knowledge and learn the basics.
Guild Status
We currently have seven members with another five ready to join.
New Page on the website
Click on the Triumvirate button on the left and then on my name (Valbrandr). This will take you to my bio page.
Questionaire
1. Do you like our story? Does it need to be elaborated on?
2. How do you like our Hierarchy?
3. Do you think we need to expand on our mission statement or goals for the guild.
4. What do we need to add?
You can access our website through the following link:
http://www.freewebs.com/thesentinelsoftheragnarok/and our yahoo group through this link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thesentinelsoftheragnarok/The web site is still in beta and will probabily be changing alot during the next few weeks - so check in often!
Also - we would like your input. If you have suggestions about our story, website, guild, heirarchy, etc... anything you can critique, we want to hear it. Even constructive critism is welcome (well actually prefered to \"you suck on rocks you big dumby you are you). Thanks for the input - we appriciate it. Thanks!
