[Guild] The Decayers of Light

[Duraza]

A hand covered in dark flames reveals itself from under a cloak and grabs the head of another, "Do you wonder the point of your existence?  Think that you lack true power? Want to Unlock your full potential? Well my child I can give you all that you ever wanted.  I hold the key to fufilling your dreams.....all you have to do is stand still....remember all good things come at a price.."


Way of the Decayer
The Decayers of Light is a guild belonging to the Dark Hand Organization.  They are a group of dark mages (few warriors are allowed) who believe dark magic is superior. They think the only thing that can stand against dark magic is the power of crystal magic and therefore to make only dark magic powerful they must decay its rival. They don't believe in killing the opponnent unless needed, feeling that torture is better.

Way of the Mage
To the founders of this organization it was believed that "Magic is Might." Those who follow the path of the warrior are looked down upon as inferior and/or weak. They believe that only a mage can match a mage. This leads to the conclusion that mages, whether friend or foe, are equals and all else are worthless. They only show respect for warriors within their own ranks, who they still may feel are inferior.

Ranking

Lost One- Those who are captured by the guild for whatever reason. The Necromancer's use them in tests while researching the dark arts. Those who live are allowed to serve the organization or be killed.

Shadow- Servants of the guild (whether lost one or hired). As the name implies you are to act only as a shadow, to be seen but not heard. If felt worthy you may be lucky to be accepted as a true guild member, most however are not.

Chaotic Invoker- Learner of the dark arts. You will be taught the ways of the mage and learn many dark secrets and forbidden techniques.

Necromancer- Dark mages who practice the art of Necromancy. They study the dark ways, and its magics. Since the magic they practice is illegal they opperate in secret, researching in private locations.

Chaotic Elite- High level mages with allowed to act freely in the guild. They may use a variety of different spells and ways. Only the guild master and Lords can command the Elite.

Black Guard- Warriors and mages who directly serve the guildmaster. They work as the guild masters personal guard and their only required job is to protect the guild master with their life.

Decayer- A member allowed to command all under them except the chaotic elite. They are dark mages who have mastered the arts of weakening and decaying. As such this torturers never kill but only drive the opponent to the point where death is desired.

Lord- Those who serve directly under the guild master. They take control of the guild in times of the guild masters absence, serve as generals in war, and act as a council for helping the guild master in making decisions.

Hand of Darkness- Master of the guild and the Organization. As the name implies the guild master is also the known master a special technique called the Hand of Darkness. When the time comes he/she must choose an apprentince to teach this technique and become the new guild master.

Purpose
Known as the first phase of the organization this guilds only purpose is to weaken the strength of light(the definition of light here is left to one's interpretation...they could mean the crystal itself or be using light as a word to represent good). They belive that like living things that can die and decay light can do the same. 

More Information
Still craving for more?  Lust for the power?  Well you may be one of us.  For more information check the guild website www.freewebs.com/handofdarkness . If you want to speak to us either talk to us ingame or go to the non-members area in the fourms http://z4.invisionfree.com/The_Dark_Hand/index.php . Post whatever questions you may have there or express your intrest to join.

[Zan]

What happened to Unholy Guardians?

Personally I've always frowned upon powerful magic being RPed since it's very easy to go overboard .. but I guess people like being 'enslaved' and being evil without needing a reason So have fun with this!

[shorty13]

I think it will be fine, Zan, as long as Duraza keeps it under control, which I believe he can.  Good luck with the guild

[Parallo]

I don't think Yliakum has necromancy.

[Duraza]

What happened to Unholy Guardians?

Personally I've always frowned upon powerful magic being RPed since it's very easy to go overboard .. but I guess people like being 'enslaved' and being evil without needing a reason So have fun with this!

I'm now only the assistant guild master in the Unholy Guardians.  I'm currently waiting for the guild master to return to the game but I may start the teaching and stuff without him.  As for the "powerful magic" part I'm trying to keep the strength of this magic down.  I rather not have people going crazy with it and the actual enslavement spell will be handled with great care I promise.  Besides there are going to be plenty of ways to escape it if rped correctly .  We do have a reason for all this "evil" as you say.  You'd have to look at the website to find out about it though.

I think it will be fine, Zan, as long as Duraza keeps it under control, which I believe he can.  Good luck with the guild

Thanks.  I'm trying to keep it fun for everyone and anyones welcome to help me out to run this guild or any of the upcoming ones.

I don't think Yliakum has necromancy.

Necromancy in general is black magic or magic having to do with the dead.  If you read the weakness glyph description it is a necromantic spell.  Unless they changed the description 

[Parallo]

Is it? I always thought it was specificaly to do with raising the dead. Necro=dead.

[Duraza]

It all depends.  Necromancy is thought of a way to use dark spirits to use magic in some versions of the definition.  As in a Necromancer would summon dead spirits and the dead spirits would cast spells.  The version I'm using is just a statement that its black magic and the wielder is a dark magician.  Guess you could be right too though.   

[Zan]

Actually, Parallo .. there is necromancy in the game, if I remember correctly. I recall something of a dark cult that stole bodies to perform necromancy but I can't remember where I found that reference. It is a craft that is performed in shadows and not accepted by society, in contrary to the other magic ways. So from what I gather necromancy is not exactly the same as the magic of the dark way.

Running two guilds must be tough .. and I'm glad you're going to be careful with your magics. I'm keeping my judgement until I actually RP with you or your guild members

[Parallo]

But I thought that bodies went to the death realm?

[Sangwa]

I don't like the word evil being used by evil people. I'm not too keen on concepts that see evil as the objective and not as something you get from following a reasonable objective. I also don't think Light and Dark mean Good and Evil in PS. Light and Dark have those meanings to us because we're humans. Krans, Klyros, Diabolis and other races that can see in the dark surely have nothing to worry about, and therefore give it no special meaning.
I think it would be more plausible if they (The Decayers) just considered themselves superior and their own ideals above peace, harmony and order because the power of their magic is so great that it can cope with chaos.
If you go around saying you're evil, people will think you're craving that kind of attention and might be reluctant of giving in to it.
It would make sense that the Decayers would like to recruit people, but not with the purpose of corrupting them. That would just be a side effect.

I like the Promotional Thread in itself. Very attractive.

EDIT: Obviously the first text represents my personal opinions and not a demand of any kind.

[Zan]

bodies are discarded into waste ducts, they don't go to the death realm automatically.

Larger rubbish and bodies are simply thrown into almost vertical and apparently endless wells. Nobody seems to care about where all of this junk finally ends up, since the stalactite theory is only devised by some Xacha scientists and has not been proven yet. Dead bodies are eliminated the same way. Though discarding dead in such a callous fashion would seem rather shocking, neither of the two main faiths at Yliakum requires particular care nor reverence to dead bodies. To the people here, a body is simply a non-functional apparatus or an empty shell with no soul.

Whether those ducts end up in the death realm or not I wouldn't know. Either way ... I'm certain that they can be retrieved, perhaps resulting in permanent death for the former owner .. or a permanent 'undead' life of slavery? Still looking for that reference of necromancy ...

[Sangwa]

I think the Dark Way description has a reference to necromancy.

[Zan]

It speaks about controlling undead but it's not the reference I had in mind, I think I read something about necromancy in one of the in-game books.

[Duraza]

I don't like the word evil being used by evil people. I'm not too keen on concepts that see evil as the objective and not as something you get from following a reasonable objective. I also don't think Light and Dark mean Good and Evil in PS. Light and Dark have those meanings to us because we're humans. Krans, Klyros, Diabolis and other races that can see in the dark surely have nothing to worry about, and therefore give it no special meaning.
I think it would be more plausible if they just considered themselves superior and their own ideals above peace, harmony and order because the power of their magic is so great that it can cope with chaos. If you go around saying you're evil, people will think you're craving that kind of attention and might be reluctant of giving in to it.
That way it would make sense that they would like to recruit people, but not with the purpose of corrupting them. That would just be a side effect.

I like the Promotional Thread in itself. Very attractive.

EDIT: Obviously the first text represents my personal opinions and not a demand of any kind.

I understand what you mean.  Like I said when I say "light" and "darkness" I do it because I want it to be unclear to players what they are talking about.  Kind of leave it in mystery.  Thats why I said when we talk about weakening light it could mean anything (weakening the crystal, or maybe the "light of life" in people if you get my meaning.  By darkness we could literally mean make the world "forever dark" things like that.  Not gonna tell you our true reference though)  I can assure you I'm not the kind to go around saying "I'm evil so I'm gonna kill you" and I'm going to make sure my guild members do not as well.  As for the part about us doing evil things because its evil thats not true.  We do deeds we know are considered evil by the public to reach our goals for the fact that its the only way.  In a way by corrupting people we feel we can bring Yliakum a greater "enlightenment."  We feel that things like power, revenge, etc are things that should not be shunned by the public.  Its hard for me to explain this right and I don't think what I'm saying is real clear so if you want a more specific question for me to answer would be prefered  
By the way we don't corrupt all members.  There are 3 specific ranks for those who are corrupted but its not everyone in the guild (Infected, Tainted, Decay). 

As for all this about the necromany topic I'm wondering whether you think the necromany has to do directly with the corruption/enslavement art.  If so no.  Necromany is a form of the dark arts that I believe is in the Dark way.  That specific rank is for Necromancers and for learning Necromancy.  You are right that in Necromancy its the use of living spirits inorder to preform different dark spells.  How I think it works is that when something dies it soul goes to Death Realm, not both body and soul for that to make sense.  But either way as I said its just a dark art that you must learn inorder to achieve Decayer rank.  It also serves as another way of limiting those who can use the corruption art (more time spent and more rp having to be done before hand).  

Running two guilds must be tough .. and I'm glad you're going to be careful with your magics. I'm keeping my judgement until I actually RP with you or your guild members

Well the other guild is mainly just like a school plus its not going to be active ingame yet.  As for rping with us I hope you enjoy it.  I'm trying to take people in who are not new to the game or to rp and trying to make sure everyone's rp is believeable.  If you do find someone you belive to be god rping or rping out of the settings from my guild please contact me.  I'll make sure to set them straight.  

[Sangwa]

As for the part about us doing evil things because its evil thats not true.  We do deeds we know are considered evil by the public to reach our goals for the fact that its the only way.  In a way by corrupting people we feel we can bring Yliakum a greater "enlightenment."

I find that quite contradicting. If you believe you are bringing people towards a greater enlightenment then you shouldn't consider your actions corruptive or evil.

Therefore saying things like "Feel The Touch Of Evil" and accepting that you corrupt people would be out of place when you actually consider that your actions, evil as they might look to those with lesser minds, are what will bring people to a higher plane.

I'm just saying that if you consider yourselves to be doing what is best, then you should acknowledge it as such. And completely shrug off labels (evil, corruptive) that other people might stick on you. That would imbue to your guild a special feeling of its own, rather than have it stick with the clichés that the words "Evil" and "Corruption" usually bring about.

EDIT:
I wrote the above with the intention of attracting you to an original way of approaching that sort of disruptive behavior guild. If you check around you'll find some other guilds that put emphasis on Evil, Darkness, Corruption and Chaos, and you'll soon get fed up with all of that.