GUILD FACTIONS: Giving purpose to the purposless!

Greetings!

We here at Blue Skooma are planning to introduce In Character Factions! That's right, a collection of fellows to hang around the fire pit or cauldron and talk plots. What does this mean now? Well, scroll down and see!

The plan is to create different factions for different kinds of characters, the Mages guild chapter for mages, fighter's guild chapter for fighters, and so on. Each Faction will consist of a In Character Faction leader and a micro ranking system. This Faction would have mini plots created within itself along with possible IC jobs. But wait, there's more!

Each Faction will also be led by an Out Of Character leader. As such, all the Factions will be managed as a network of sorts, connection mages plots with fighter's plots or keeping them separate. The idea is to keep the rp pot stirring and to give the town not just a heart, but a living breathing system for our characters and their jobs.

So, the break down of a Faction will look like this:

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OOC Leader-

{OOC leaders:Their job is to make sure the faction remains in line with the power structure of the guild, IE not growing to weak or strong among the other factions, keeping order OOC, communicating events and inner workings to the GM and other officers/OOC Leaders. They would be acting almost as an officer for the faction. They would be working closely and with close communication with the IC leader if the IC leader is not them. Communication is VITAL for this rank}
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IC leader-
{IC Leaders: Their job is to be the IC figurhead of the faction, Fighter’s guild Steward, Mages guild Magistrix, ect. They are responsible for helping organize and create ranks within their faction, creating story plots, jobs, recruiting, and upholding the factions status within RP (IE: Being present and active in the the community as needed)

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Members-
{This would be the member base}

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How YOU can get involved! OOC and ICLY!

So, how does one join a Faction? Who is leading them? What is going on?

As stated above, each Faction is led by both an IC Faction leader and an OOC faction leader. The exception to this of course, is the supernatural Faction. Don't worry, more on that below! All other Factions have a ruling In Character Leader who heads the Faction and an OOC Leader who keeps an eye on all the out of character duties of the faction and connects it to the rest of the guild.

The only Faction without an In character Leader is the supernatural Faction. Why? I'll tell you why! The Werewolf Packs and Vampire covens are an exception to the one IC leader rule. They do not have a single IC leader as many wish to be alpha’s, blood matrons, lone wolves, loners. Far, far too many to keep order under one IC law without substantial conflict. Too many cooks in the kitchen spoils the dish, and to many alphas/blood matrons-lords trying to assert themselves over one another is bad.

The solution to this is they are broken up into modular packs and covens, ALL of these modular groups however are monitored by the OOC Leader. Just like any other Faction, the supernatural Faction especially needs to maintain lore accuracy, avoid god modding, and keep in line with the other factions and guild law.


That said, we are looking for both OOC and IC leaders for our factions.

Below, please post if you are interested in becoming a OOC or IC leader to a Faction and give an honest justification as to why.

But I don't want to lead, I just want to join!

Wonderful! Each Faction NEEDS a member base or it will stagnate. To join a Faction, contact the OOC Faction leader and let them know, or, seek out the IC leader IC and chat them up. We are considering a plan to institute a message board on the forums where your toon would see all the IC info.

FACTIONS.

Below are the current listed and planned factions and their respective Leaders and Members.




Fighters Factions

Fighters Factions

Fighter’s Guild
OOC Leader: TBA
IC Leader: Afer Leotus (Not presently leader)
Members:
Thorn Con

Black Gull Mercenaries
OOC Leader: TBA
IC Leader: Serndalarin
Members:
Serndalarin
Ri’anhi
Chasianna Everlove
Mar (npc)
Alena Nightwind
Voranil of Alinor
Zareeva-Moonclaw


Kogo Onei
OOC Leader: TBA
IC Leader: Elros Delodil (Blue Shado) & Do’Wadiq (Daytha)
Members:
Tzar’Manak
Bhidul

Mages Factions

Mages Factions

Mages Guild
OOC Leader: TBA
IC Leader: Bethany Hawke
Members:
Lives-In-Books

Civilian Factions

Civillian Factions

Medics
OOC Leader: TBA
IC Leader: Alijham
Members:
Donvyn
Serndalarin

Spiritual Leaders
OOC Leader: TBA
IC Leader: Racuvar
Members:

Misc Jobs & Tavern Employees
OOC Leader: TBA
IC Leader: Styletta
Members:
Kraytune (Bartender)
La’Zita (Bartender)
Reliza (Part-time cook)
Kirawaen (Stablemaster)

Positions to be filled:
Courier
More Bartenders
More cooks

Merchants
OOC Leader: TBA
IC Leader: Mok
Members:

Hunters
OOC Leader: TBA
IC Leader: TBA
Members:[/spoiler]

Supernatural Faction

Werewolf Packs

OOC LEADER: {TBT}
IC LEADER: {N/A}

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WOLF PACKS

Alijham’s Pack
[members]
Alijham
Bhidul
{TBT}

Malyne’s Pack
[members]
Malyne
Lucrezia

Malaki’s Pack
[members]
Malaki
Hloriella
Eranor

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LONE WOLVES

Thorthil
Elros
Alena
{TBT}

Vampire Covens

OOC LEADER: {TBT}

IC LEADER: {N/A}

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Covens
{TBT}


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Rogue Vampires

Valvenix Delneim
{TBT}

Criminal Factions

Criminal Factions

Larcenists
OOC Leader: TBA
IC Leader: TBA
Members:

The Blue Skooma Company

OOC Leader: TBA
IC Leader: TBA
Members:

Rogue Ne’er-Do-Wells
OOC Leader: TBA
IC Leader: N/A
Members:
Daro’Zhinda
Naomi Sloane
Malaki Sloane[/spoiler]

The Squires of Old Drescher (Supernatural hunters)

The Squires of Old Drescher (Supernatural hunters)

OOC Admin: @Dream_Machine

Members:
Witchfinder
Alena

(LINK TO ORIGINAL DOCUMENT: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cEvhlUxAyAuotLib1wpsZIz2G7NyazF-r0fr5i9MFDs/edit#heading=h.1b7n1c9lycpg )


So, if you are are interested in becoming an OOC or IC leader or just have questions, please post below!

Since I myself am interested, I'll post here too.

I would like to be OOC leader of the Supernaturals, managing the various groups of wolves and vamps in strictly out of character matters.
Why?
I am well versed in the lore of both vampirism and lycantrophy in layman's and metaphysical terms. I know the three major vampire bloodlines in Vvardenfell and how they differ from the seven other bloodlines. I'm knowledgeable in the horrible curse that is lycantrophy and what it does to the afflicted, it's limits, strengths and weaknesses.
I'm not afraid to tell people when they are stepping into God Mod or lore breaking behavior and am active/ easy to get a hold of in game and out of game. Considering this is a faction that can easily create drama and foes, I am willing to diffuse any and all OOC situations OOCLY that come up in a calm, level headed and logical manner.

K I'M DONE.

Eyy, I'd like to be the OOC leader as well as the IC one for the Medic's faction.

I am always available somehow, be it forums, online, Skype or whatever, and I have pleeeeenty of time on my hands for working with the faction and the people in it. I know plenty about the medicine in TES lore, especially in alchemy. One of my fortes is also diffusing OOC bombs, and although I don't think much of that will happen about a bunch of medics, it's always good to be prepared.

Mok's going to be like "Doh, who make Mok leader of merchants while he away? This kind of sudden." I mean, not that he would refuse, but he'll still be confused.

I want Dargo to be the head of a gang called the Bulky Blinders, the largest secret mob gang this side of the niben. By day, an unassuming jolly fat man, beloved and mocked by all, but by night (and also sometimes day(but secretly)), he is the father of crime, dark master of all illegal trades, smuggles, heists and other things. He speaks with an hushed tone, and death falls upon those opposing him. Offend him, and his boys will leave a severed guar head in your bed. The Don Corleone of Tamriel.

Racuvar wrote

I want Dargo to be the head of a gang called the Bulky Blinders, the largest secret mob gang this side of the niben. By day, an unassuming jolly fat man, beloved and mocked by all, but by night (and also sometimes day(but secretly)), he is the father of crime, dark master of all illegal trades, smuggles, heists and other things. He speaks with an hushed tone, and death falls upon those opposing him. Offend him, and his boys will leave a severed guar head in your bed. The Don Corleone of Tamriel.

All of me wants to see this made into a thing.

eehee, yes please!

I'd love for Gulls to be under a new section "Mercenaries and Bounty Hunters" and perhaps put supernatural hunters in there. I feel like some classes don't consider us because we're under fighters when we take all sorts of classes.

Serndalarin-plucky pirate wrote

I'd love for Gulls to be under a new section "Mercenaries and Bounty Hunters" and perhaps put supernatural hunters in there. I feel like some classes don't consider us because we're under fighters when we take all sorts of classes.

Mercs and bounty hunters fall under the general category of fighter style rp, so they are placed with them. Merc rp itself is not general enough to be it's own head category. For instance, there isn't a wide diversity of merc style rp. There is for fighters however.

Also, we currently don't have an active supernatrual hunter faction.

The main thread is here, as this thread was just me bringing the idea in.
Factions
Just note the rosters of members there may not be up to date.

Merc is not diverse enough to be a parent group. Think of the parent groups as the three major star signs, Fighter, Mage, and Thief. Those three govern all other star signs. From there on, things split up into smaller, and more specific groups. The reason for this, is if we included all the different kinds of rp (Hunter/Merc/witchunter) things could get very cluttered very fast. Not to mention, we wouldn't be able to fit them all on the guild application.

Serndalarin-plucky pirate wrote

Chasianna wrote

Linguistics and lore aside, I do not feel that mercs are encompassing enough to be a parent faction. We are trying to maintain a balance within the guild of enough places for everyone's different characters to find something that is interesting to them, and yet also trying to prevent the guild from just shattering into so many different factions that no one RPs with one another outside of their faction. The addition of a merc faction with already combatant-similar focuses to the Fighters faction, while the combat style may be different, would only clutter the parent factions, as the point still remains - it is primarily combat focused.

The only other faction that is combat focused is The Guard, and you can see why we separated that into its own faction.

Factions are really more of an OCC structure to our guild, hiding ICly as the different organizations in RP. This current organizational structure was agreed upon by myself and the officers. It helps facilitate RP and gives members something to do with their characters other than just sitting around waiting for guild stories and tavern RP. Frankly, this organization had been working well for us who have to manage the guild, and while it may make sense to you to further comparmentalize the guild, it would make for a lot more difficulties in guild management.

Thank you for your suggestion, as it's always nice to hear feedback and ideas, but I will have to say no at this moment. Should conditions change, we can reevaluate it later.