Zigge

I am glad to hear that progress has been made and the future of the server is looking brighter, but I am still curious about the decision of the fast travel plugin. The question has probably already been answered somewhere on the forum by a GM, but then I have missed it.

"At the edge of the frozen lake outside of the old hold of Vaerhaven, a large crowd has been gathered. The atmosphere is reasonably tense, as more and more people gather at the spot. Something important is about to happen, yet everyone stands quiet around the odd figure in the middle of the crowd. The figure sits still on a couple of stones with a rusty armor, a red cape and a worn-out sword in his left hand, at first sight he looks almost like a statue. The white sprawling beard moves while the old dwarf breathes heavily, you see warm air coming out from the mouth with broken lips. You notice after a moment, that It is the Jarl of the hold, Ferron, which sits in front of you. His working eye suddenly stares at the crowd and the broken lips starts to move"

My people, citizens and guests of the hold of Vaerhaven. I am mighty disappointed today... for there has occurred a major issue in the very hold you all live in. A increase of crimes among the population, and not just any crime, but the crime which we all call theft. An action that is a petty crime according to others, a crime that I looked lightly on before, not any more. I was deceived by my own kindness and thought - my people will not do this for they know what is right and wrong.

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Now I sit here with the burden, and as the Jarl, it is my duty to solve the problem which has occurred. But I'm not going to solve it with the dwarven law system... I am taking this into the councils... no, my own hands! For this problem is personal, because it is my own people that has been stealing from each other. The people I trusted from the bottom of my dwarven heart.

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As you all know, I have welcomed you all with open arms. Everything from refuges to lost souls without a home, into my hold and as a father to his children, I have protected you from the threats of the world. I have given you free homes so you will not freeze any more, I have given you tools to craft your own destiny. I have only asked you to be loyal towards the hold and the people you live among, to protect your home.

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In return, what have you given me? This? I did not expect this from you....

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I will not show any mercy for those who steal in my hold, for you have not only stolen from a person, but from a person under my protection. Therefore you have stolen directly from me! You have stolen from the very hand that has been feeding you and if I find anyone guilty, then I will cut off your filthy hands so you can no longer steal, hang you from the cages for months then banish you from the hold forever. This rudeness, this disrespect towards the people, the hold, the holds council and me, shall be dealt with.

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What do you have to say in your defence, my people? Speak, I wish to hear what you have to say..

Im

down to rp if anyone want to set one up with me for fun. If you make a

right at the wild gate, and you will see another gate. Past that is the

land im going to landscape, and make a wider base to the river.

Question for all of you, who has seen the hold Vaerhaven in the dwarven Kingdom?

The theme of the settlement is actually Nordic/Viking, with plenty of room to build. We got a pretty big sewer system and a illegal fighting arena in the underground, perfect for discrete bandits, barbarian and scums in general.

Just saying.. Instead of starting a whole new viking place, look into that place.

"The bitterness of the cold cracks your lips as you stand with the snow up to your knees, it is in the middle of the day, yet no sun is to be seen on the sky. It almost feels like that the snow never stops to fall in these valleys of the mountains. A shame that this ancient land has forgotten the touch of spring and summer. The wonderful feeling of the sun's energy on your chins, a certain warm feeling which the terrifying knight in front of you has probably never felt.

The air around his armor is mighty cold, as if they were not born in fire, but in the deepest hole of the abyss. His worn red cloak flutters in the wind as he sits on his steady brown horse, warm air echoes out from his very lungs. The knight's scarred face is hard to see clearly for his hood, yet you can still feel his gaze upon you. Nevertheless he is silent, waiting for you to ask your questions...."

What is this place?

You stand in the proud dwarven kingdom of Urguan, one of the mightiest nations in the world of Anthos.

Behind me is the hold of Vaerhaven, a hold which is located within the immediate territory of the Kingdom of Urguan.

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Who is the ruler around here?

The Dwarven King rules over the entire kingdom of Urguan, however the leader over the hold of Vaerhaven has the title Jarl. The hold is managed independently by the Jarl and his men, but if the Dwarven King calls for the Jarl, he cannot refuse the will of the King.

The Jarl who is in command of the Vaerhaven hold is named Ferron Andvare MacGowan,

he has chosen to rule the hold with a council, together with two local lords, Rosso and Killeki.

Ferron Andvare MacGowan - Mcname: Zigge313

Rosso - Mcname: Jistuma

Killeki - Mcname: Truthseeker83

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Who lives in the hold?

Even thought this is in the dwarven country, there are plenty of different races who lives together in peace at the hold of Vaerhaven. Humans, elves, dwarves and many more, but no orcs has yet to reach the place.

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How do I require a home here?

You must speak with one of the members of the council, the Jarl or one of the two lords, for a short interview.  There might be some aspects that might stop you from joining the town, however when you have been accepted you are free to come & go as you wish at any time. You'll receive more information about your home & the hold after the interview.

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Are there any rules?

The Hold of Vaerhaven follows the official rules & laws of the Kingdom of Urguan, the articles of Urguan.

One part of the article is highlighted for the hold, Section G.
 

http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/78785-the-articles-of-urguan/

Otherwise you will follow the unofficial rules of the hold:

• No stealing from the hold's residents, or you'll hang in the cages
• No murdering the hold's residents, or you're hanged
• No changing of the limits of the home, which have been given to you, without concent, or your home might fall apart.
• Treat everyone with respect and they will treat you with respect in return.
• Talk about fish is mandatory at least once every three days.
• Fights, only in the arena, spectators must cheer and demand blood.

The occly rules are very simple to follow:

• Cut only minecraft trees, you are not allowed to cut down custom made ones. If you cut down one tree, you replant.
• You are allowed to use the mine if you mine rply, but watch out so you don't digg into someone's home.
• Only potatoes, carrots, pinetrees, mushrooms and vines are allowed. Other plants die in the cold
• No greifing into other peoples houses when you have region permission, if it is a accident then fine.
• In both Icly and occly: Act with common sense & logic, basically don't be a ****. We are all mature players here.

The hold is very concern about its members and aims to improve the community every day.

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I have a few more questions I wish to ask...

Go ahead, I am all ears.

Post your questions in this thread and I will answer them as quickly as possible.

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*In the black of night, you walk a lonely road. Under the whispering green, you wander through the forest silently. It had been a few days since you had eaten properly and your small rations of jerky and travelers' bread in the leather bag was due to run out soon. To hunt, was not an option in this place, for there are some things much worse than hunger if you strayed from the path. All of a sudden, a shimmering light appears in front of your eyes along the old road. Though you know deep down that it could mean danger, you carelessly continued wander towards the light. As you leap over a small ruin wall and slipping between a few trees you finally notice the dwarf, calmly sitting at the fire*
 

A traveler? Do sit down and share bread with me beneath this black sky ;the dwarf says unsurprisingly, with a steady and deep voice. Almost enchanted by the scene you sit down without a fuss, on the opposite side of the fire and recieves a piece of bread from the unknown dwarf. While you unhurriedly take a bite from the bread, the dwarf looks upon you, across the fire, with a exhausted face and says:

I am a courier from the Hold of Vaerhaven, in the dwarven kingdom of Urguan. I have been given the task by the Jarl of Vaerhaven, Ferron Andvare MacGowan, to find a number of people on my list for citizenship in the hold.

Perhaps you are one of those that I seek in this world? What is your name, stranger?

(I need to have better overview on how many that will actually live/work in Vaerhaven for 3.0, therefore I am making a member list. I have a small hunch on who everyone is, but if you are new, then you will meet Ferron (me) in-game for a small interview anyway. Do answer the couriers question with this small app.)

MC Name:

Full RP Name:

Race:

Occupation:

Skype/Teamspeak (other means of communication):

Clan/Guild (Optional):

How do you know Ferron? (Optional):

What do you wish to achive in Vaerhaven? (Optional):

Finally a date to look forward to, I am extremely excited since I have been building on the new map for a awfully long time. I have so many plans for the future! :D

By the way, I applaud for the outstanding trailer made by the Media Team! :3

8/10, funny gifs, but too old signature :3

8/10. Seen you, you haven't seen me :ph34r:

MC Name: Zigge313

RP Name: Jarl Ferron Andvare MacGowan

I apologies for saying this, but there has appeared a few issues with the snow elven lore and the settlement.

From the beginning the place was supposed to be inhabited mostly by NPC's which players would have been able to trade and interact with. The area was planned to be a neutral place for all races, even for those who are without a permit, within the Kingdom Of Urguan. Dwarves, outsider dwarves and other races would all live in the settlement and trade as they wished with the snow elves. The area would still be ruled under the dwarven king and uphold the treaties and a twist of the laws of the Articles of Urguan.

I was informed a few weeks ago that the plugin, which was the key to the npc's, won't be on the server since there are too much of a trouble with it. The project with the settlement had already begun several months ago when I & Jistuma were finally informed about the situation. It was then decided not to remove the whole settlement, since it had already gotten so far and I & Jistuma had put down too much work into the area.

Therefore I have a suggestion on the matter:

My dwarven character "Ferron Andvare MacGowan" will instead rule the snow elven settlement as a Jarl. Ferron is no stranger in the world of Lotc for he has existed since the time of early Asulon. He was a respected leader over the independent settlement "Silva Insula" also known as the "Forest Island" which laid south of the Dwarven Kingdom, East of Somerset and west of the old "Renatus" (Also known as the "The Holy Oren Empire"). It was a giant city with around the population of 25 members with walls thicker than a dwarven belly and harder than the mountains of the north. There is a lot of history behind it, however I will spare you the details.

When the map of Asulon disappeared, so did the settlement which I had spent many months of building with my members. There is no history what happened with it, nor with Ferron. This makes it is easy to come up with a lore.

I will borrow He-Be Eye-Ron-Gut's small ap for this:
 

Jarl: Ferron Andvare MacGowan

Location: Snow Elf Place (Will be named, suggestions?)

Purpose: Neutral grounds for all races as well as supplying the kingdom with soldiers and siege engines.

Reasons for this settlement:

1. Neutral grounds for Roleplay

2. Recruit and train Soldiers
3. Siege engines

4. Lore

Buildings: Jarl Castle, Walls, Temple, Houses, Tavern, Blacksmith, Towers, Fishing area, Market, Warehouse, Slums, Workshops, Training/fighting facilities and Guild Areas.

Allegiance: Kingdom of Urguan

Races living: All kinds of races.

Will it agree to abide the treaties and laws of the Articles of Urguan: Yes
 

I had a weird idea in my mind not too long ago about a mixed race regiment which would serve as a low ranked force in the Kingdom of Urguan. Their main purpose would be to serve as engineers, reinforcement or as "cannon fodder" before the dwarven legion's goes into the heat of the battle.

Also, the naming of the settlement. Is it crucial that it is to be named by using of the old dwarven language or can I name it as I wish, for example "Silva Novus"? In the honour of the old city.

Name: Ferron Andvare MacGowan

Gender: Male

Is your character currently alive? Yes

If so, what is his/her age? 426

Race: Dwarf

Biography: [Coming Soon]

Screenshots/Skins(Please use a spoiler) [Will add later]

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You said you were gonna pick 5?

Congratulations on those who made it, but if they are only four, does that mean that there is still room for one more in the team?

Also updated my application.

Thanks for the support, although my friend told me that the staff was no longer accepting any more applications. I thought I did alright, but it could have been better. :P

Has it been officially stated that they will not accept anyone more to the team?

I would say that I agree to what many others have already said, mixed feelings and emotions about this. There were some things that were absolutly great, fantastic and some other things which were quite rotten in my opinion.

I am mostly a very picky builder on minecraft and I spend most of my time building buildings on lotc which will serve a rp purpose and exist for a longer period, not just temporarily. I always get frustrated when you spend hours trying to collect the resources, build a nice rp structure and then when it's almost finished, it vanishes into thin air, becuase of a rollback or a crash. However, in this situation we all knew that this was just a temporary server and everything we built, every action we did would be removed when we change back to the main server. I did therefore not play on the temporary server for long, I felt that I could spend my time doing other stuffs while waiting for the main server.

I also got a really bad gut feeling from all the buildings which were just built for survival, mining huts that went straight down, as well as other buildings which wasn't looking like anything decent at all. Someone should teach people how to build for once or suggest them to go into the tutorial part of the forum. On the other hand I did enjoy those structures which were built with great quality, shame that those will disappear tho. I did, as many others, enjoy the freedom with no regions, but there should still be a limit to it if you can't behave properly with the rules. The landscape looked like someone had puked all over it and then ignored cleaning up after them.

Alec said this in OOC chat.

The answers logical. Let those who were enjoying themselves on the temp. server resume having fun, while those refusing to go on don't.

I keep myself to this philosophy.

I cannot comment on the roleplaying part for I actually tried to avoid it as best I could on the temporary server.

*A black raven lands next to your leg with a message in its beak, it seems friendly and after a while you recognize it from somewhere. You start to read the message after taking it from the bird.*

My name is Ferron Andvare MacGowan and I am very interested in your wool supply. On the other hand, on your note it does not say what kind color you have, I am in need of black wool and gray wool. Name your price.

Work in progress underground area:

Underground sewer of some sort:

A simple, yet beautiful bridge:

My projects on another server which was lost due to a crash:

This topic will also be for any person to link pictures of concept art and give ideas of what should be built.

Here you go:

Work in progress underground area:

Underground sewer of some sort:

A simple, yet beautiful bridge:

My projects on another server which was lost due to a crash:

Town: Silva Insula, The Island of the free. Time: Mostly EST

The town is under no nation's jurisdiction, we live in the wilderness close to the Oren Empire border in the West, as well as South of the Dwarven Kingdom border.

The town is bigger than a city, but we have not applied for a upgrade. We will in time tho.

I don't really know what to say, do I really need to say anything at all?

Nope, I think my support speaks for itself. A giant +1 to this, good luck!

*A hooded woman sets out from her home in the dead of night. She travels on the departing ship headed for the Cloud Temple. She arrives in the middle of the day a week later. She sits at a table, watching those around her. As night falls, the temple begins to empty. She approaches the message board and tacks up a large poster. As she leaves, she looks over her shoulder to see a man watching her. When he approaches the message board, he can see the words, "The Call to Validus Scutum."

Administration ranks

Constable of the Island - Ferron

Warmaster - Lerin, Rosso

Soldier Ranks

Master of Soldiers - Meta, Steviathon

Cavalier - Rethlor, Tristan, Anri

Bowman (Archer) - Talithia

Worker Ranks

Servant of Machines (Engineer) - Nathaniel, Tristan

Alchemist/Brewer - Rethlor, Malineer

Tailor - Sprat

Artisan (Builder) - Ferron, Tristan, Mx’ii, Andil

Chef (Cook)- Meta, Anri

Field healer (Herbalist) - Resia, Rethlor, Talithia, Anri, Meta

Forger (Blacksmith) - Killeki, Meta, Ferron

Diver (Fisher) - Timithy, Killeki

Gatherer Rank

Cruiser (Lumberjack) - Oswald, Andil

Gem Collector (Miner) - Ferron, Tristan, Lerin

Sapper (Digger) - Ferron, Tristan

Reaper (Farmer) - Talithia, Steviathon,

Cattle Keeper (Rancher) - Talithia, Meta

*Ferron rubs his beard while looking at the strange poster and thinks to himself*

Scientist? What in tha drooling cave-slinking troll is tha? On tha other hand, research an result always be something good, aye better write something down so he can contact ma.

*Writes down a short message on the poster*

Aye be interested in ya work, aye can offer ya a free workshop an other stuffs if ya agree tha work for ma an ma town. Ma name be Ferron Andvare MacGowan.

Please, do send ma a bird if ya have time.

(( MC Zigge313 or send me a pm))

The town is growing bigger for every day, it is a fantastic community which we have together with lots of rp. More areas in the town has been protected and more homes has been built. On the other hand, the members list is constantly changing, therefore it is not up to date on this thread.

We have just recently built a very impressive library, added a horse rout and in the future a harbour will be built outside the walls.