We have a new site:
http://plexus.shacknet.nu/ps/index.phpNew Developments
We now have 13 members with another five ready to join.
Valbrandr Induane Hyrcanus Norgil Riffstorm
Lecohore Nimble Groll Sundavar Ghostwarrior
Garnett Lishom Dunthor
Goals
Our goals have somewhat changed. We have become more of a direct democracy (only rule is you cannot depose your leader, lol) . We need inteligent souls to help us get organized and plenty of feedback. We also have no requirements for joining our guild. The more people we attract the more dominance we will have not to mention that by joining this guild (or any other) the player will just feel more involved and in addition will want to participate more.
We charish loyalty here. We expect people to be as loyal as they can be (however, if you want out of the guild we will not shun you). Also, any player who joins needs to help whomever they can, especially your other guild members. We will except all players from the experienced to even n00b players as long as they want to learn and they have good ideas.
One power I, Valbrandr, do have is the ability to make alliances. Our alliances have to be followed by all members. And treat members from our alliances like you would treat our own guild members. Greet them and help them if you can.
The Sentinels of the Ragnarok:
Our 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 Chaotic 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
Everything has changed. We have made major changes that are going to stick. Maybe youll like it. We are still ruled by a Triumvirate, however, Each person in the Triumvirate heads a different Order. There wil be three Orders: The Norse Berserkers, The Warriors of Quetzalcoatl, and the Genji Master.
9. The Einharjar -This will be headed by Valbrandr, who will control his Norse Berserkers.
8. Warrior of Quetzalcoatl - This will be headed by Induane , who will have control over the Jaguar Warriors.
7. The Genji Master- This will headed by Shogun Raik, who will control the Shoaling Monks.
6. Mercenaries- This will be headed by Hyrcanus, he will oversee this group of experienced one-on-one combatants.
Norse Berserkers - All current members are apart of this Order until the hierarchy is finished.
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.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.
The definitions will be added soon.
Jaguar Warriors
5. Chieftan-
4. Elder-
3. Priest-
2. Warrior-
1. Brave-
Shoaling Monks
5. Daimyo
4. Samarai
3. Ninja
2. Taisho
1. Sohei
Guild Status
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!
So far there has already been some good discussion.
Origionally posted by Draklar:
If you\'re going to use the nordic mythology, get used to comments about it being not related to Planeshift. Had that when starting Templars of Steel, so I finally made the story (you might want to check it) and no one seems to whine now...
Origionally posted by xanrox:
The only issue i see is that you have guards who rank higher than lords, thats just strange, perhaps, change the top guards to a hero definition, after all the entire guild would protect its leaders.
Origionally posted by Efflixi Aduro:
Wouldn\'t this be good since its trying to save people? A neutral person would be like... too lazy....to have worthy cause.....get somone else....to do it.
Originally posted by Valbrandr:
I understand why you would think that we are a good aligned guild but if we do that we narrow our options to recruits who are good and neutral when there are plenty of good players we might declare themselves evil. As long as there actions do not negatively effect the guild I don\'t mind who joins.
Origionally posted by Draklar:
nah, The Varangian Guard is a must
maybe change some lord to Varangian...
Origionally posted by Draklar:
yeah, I might be wrong here, but weren\'t Varagian Guards ruled by Varagians? If so you could rename lord to that...
Origionally posted by Valbrandr:
That is somewhat true. The first Varagians were ruled by Rurik who founded Novgorod. He was a Varagian however, later they became an elite unit sworn to the protection of the Byzantine Emporer. I will consider the change. I do not have it on my website yet but under Feudal Lord I am going to make six sub classes. One is Berserker, maybe the Lord of the Berserkers can be promoted to the Supreme Lord.
I found this one humorous:
Origionally posted by Phinehas:
That\'s so not true! I\'d argue my point, if I wasn\'t too lazy....
*insert usual remarks about sticking to PS background*
*insert usual congratulations and moral support*
Who says neutrals are lazy?
Some critique of our website:
Origionally posted by dorbian:
IC:
hmmm new fresh enemy\'s to ponder into the pits of doom.
OOC:
The site looks a little basic but that doesn\'t matter, i would change the font color though, if you are goin to use a light background take a dark color for the text, this hurts my eyes after a while.
- we probabily will be making some more changes soon so it won\'t appear so basic - thanks for posting.
Thank you all for the discussion and input. This is exactly what we need. We welcome all sorts of members, so feel free to drop by our website: and to join our guild click on the link on the left of our website labeled \"Forum Groups\" and become a member of our forum group. If you don\'t have a yahoo address and don\'t want to have to get one just to join, then simply post in this thread that you are interested and we will find you in game.
Sincerely,
The Sentinels of the Ragnarok
Thanks!
