First of all, take a look around. Please be aware that game is only just begun, and the place is still being built and fixed up. Read some character sheets and peruse the out of character boards. Decide if you like what you see. Please peruse the Manifesto, if you have the patience. It explains what we're about here. Read THIS.

If you like what you see, start to think about a character. Adapted characters (those created for another game or freestyle rp) may not be brought over, which is why we have an orphanage (more on this below.) Since you will register with a character name, think of something – this can be changed if and as your concept changes. The Monarch is nearly always available to tell you what we need and suggest some ideas to tie your character with others, as connexions betwixt characters are very important in this game. We have a list of some rough archetypes we always need more of below, and also right here.

EAST

Also: Pickpockets, Labourers, Sailors, Factory Foremen, Fortune Tellers, Confidence Men, Quack Doctors, Servants, Penniless Students

WEST

Also: Intellectuals, Idle Youth, Mistresses, Innocent young maiden sorts, Ambitous merchants, Industrialists, Philanthropists, Nouveau Riche

(Also: Secret Agents (yes, secret agents!), Scientists, Archaeologists, Inventors, Renfields, Free Thinkers, Intellectuals, Radical Authors, Secret Society Members, Things That Go Bump In The Night. Contact the Monarch for more details.)

If you don’t immediately have a clear idea for a character, please look in the
Character Orphanage. Most of these are characters put up for adoption, but some are NPCs that may need players. (These are sometimes marked with an asterisk.) If any of these characters strikes your fancy, please let the Monarch know. We’ll get you in touch with the person who first built the character, if you like, and let you know any secrets or history the character possess. (Many, many characters have secret backgrounds; a database is kept of all these.) Orphaned characters make a wonderful first character, because you can learn the game and world without worrying about forming a personality and history from the ground up.

If you decide to make a character, simply use the provided character sheet and write them up, then post them into New Characters. Although you may (obviously) not post in character until your character is ratified, feel free to read the out of character boards, post on them, and get in touch with other players for ideas.


About Character Applications:

- your sig line must contain a link to your character sheet
- please make sure you have an aim sn or at least a dependable e-mail, and put them into your profile information and on your sheet so that staff members can contact you. This will get you accepted much more speedily.
- although you may not play on the boards until your character is ratified, anyone who has a character sheet posted (or who's concept has been submitted to a staff member) may post on the OOC boards.
- Character sheets are what other players see. The 'truth', if markedly different, is for Staff eyes *only*.
- The types of characters that need staff approval of the concept are supernaturals, Agents, any Peerage higher than a Viscount, most mad scientist types, and anyone with an alter-ego or secret life that dramatically differs from their public life. Mundane characters may simply be posted.


Some Things to Remember:

- Each character comes into game with links to at least two others. One of these must be secret. Staff and the Monarch will help you figure out your connexions. No-one comes into game with no-one at all to interact with.
- That said, you will likely have more fun if you make a character that can and will interact often with others.
- Not all characters will be accepted. Don't take it personally.
- The staff and Monarch are busy people. Please be patient with us. If asked to make changes to your character, be cooperative. This will speed ratification.
- The staff are here to help you. Don't be afraid to contact them. The Monarch is here to help you (...and to run things). Don't be afraid to ask for ideas and suggestions. Here's a list of the character approval staff, with contact information.
- Want to have a place in the over-reaching plot arc of this game? It's rewarding and fun! There are a great many ways you can make a character to figure in The Plot, if you wish to. Just pm the Monarch and say so.