Yfir

OOC RULES

In light of the recent lack of activity within Yfir, I am instituting some new OOC policies. Sorry guys! But there are only a couple members out of many that are active and though yes, I myself have been inactive as I've been getting settled into the new house, a scarce alpha should not mean a completely inactive pack! So here we go. Find your character's rank to see what their requirements are. Each character is considered separately so each must have their own posts in meetings, not simply be mentioned in another of that player's characters' posts. This includes playable pups! If the once-per-season proves too fast a pace for meetings I will scale it back to once per two seasons but for now I will be expecting a high level of activity.

Activity

First of all, there will be a pack meeting (called a Thing) every season from now on. ALL wolves are expected to attend, from playable pups to thralls and up. The thralls will be expected to be serving the full members food and drink and babysitting pups while the full members will be expected to listen to announcements, bring up any issues, and vote if called for it. Everyone will be expected to post to at least the first two rounds of the meeting and are encouraged to actually participate in discussions.

The beta council (all Tier 1 and Tier 2 wolves) is expected to meet once a season after the Thing to discuss any problems with the lower ranks as well as any possible promotions, etc. This could be as short as two rounds but discussion is encouraged so they may run longer.

Once a season the Stellari or Herse will be expected to call the warriors together for hunt training. The Godi will be expected to call all the healers together for training or other healing-related activities.

Huskarl are expected to complete at least one lesson per season in the skill of their choice (history, culture, mythology, language, hunting, etc). There can be as few as one student, but the lesson must have at least four rounds for both teacher and student.

Karls will be expected to participate in one pack hunt from start to finish per season. This includes Hirdhmadhr and Hirdha. Anyone of any rank (except tiers 5 and 6) may call a hunt and Karls who have not already completed a pack hunt should answer. Karls with a hunt skill should also have at least one smaller hunt of their own per season. Hirdhmadhr are expected to participate in at least one spar or fight training per season, and Hirdha must participate in healer training or other healing-related activities at least once a season.

Thegn and dreng are expected to participate in pack fight training once per season. This may or may not include a spar at the discretion of the one who called the training. In addition they are expected to spar on their own at least once a season. In the event that the Herse or Stellari does not call the meeting, a Thegn may call the group together to train.

Eir and Skalds will be expected to participate in healer training once per season. This may or may not include an actual lesson, at the discretion of the Godi. In addition they are expected to participate at least one other healing-related activity per season. In the event the Godi does not call the meeting, an Eir may call the group together.

Pups are expected to participate in pup training events (basic self defense, basic first aid, storytime, etc) at least once a month. This is to make sure that all pups are actually played, and to give IC basis to forming their decision at six months to a year old as to what skills they wish to ultimately pursue. If they do not choose a skill by a year old they must continue to participate in pup events until they reach a year and are moved to the Karl rank. Pup training events may be called by anyone, most often by the parents or huskarls but anyone is welcome to participate in training the pups. These meetings should be four rounds in length, but should be fairly quick because let's face it, pups don't have a great attention span.

Thralls are expected to participate in all pack hunts, pack meetings, and are encouraged to participate in the meetings for the skills of their choice though depending on the character who calls the meeting they may be fetching or serving rather than participating. A slave who does not actually post actively within the pack will be at risk of being punished by any tier 1 or 2 pack member and treated badly by any other pack member they meet. A slave that willingly participates without force will earn more freedoms and find themselves treated better and trusted more.

Consequences

One missed meeting will result in an ooc warning.
Two missed meetings will result in an ic warning.
Three or more will result in a demotion for each missed meeting until they find themselves Nar. You don't want to be Nar.

Thralls with three or more missed meetings will face the possibility of a maim.

If two seasons pass without another missed meeting, the timer is reset, but repeatedly missing meetings despite warnings (even if not in a row) within an ooc year will put the character at risk of being ejected from the pack.

Exceptions

An absence during that season's Thing will excuse you from that meeting without consequence. An absence during a training event or hunt will excuse you from that event without consequence, but must be made up later with extracurricular threads in that subject.

A scarcity will not excuse you from mandatory meetings and training, but will excuse you without consequence from the extra threads required of the character's skillsets. For instance, a karl with a hunting skill whose player is on scarcity must participate in an official pack hunt once a season, but is excused from the additional smaller hunt requirement.

I must be kept updated on scarcities and absences (because I do not always check that board) and repeated abuse of scarcities and absences could result in your character being dropped from the pack.