The main job of these rules is to make the RPG a fun and comfortable environment for everyone that is participating. They are fairly basic rules but they do need to be followed. Most of them are pretty common ones though.

001. Registration

- The Rating -
This RPG is rated R. There will be violence involved and, of course, relationships. Now that does not mean this is a free for all and anything goes.

Any post that has Mature content should be marked as "Mature." If a topic goes from being innocent to mature, the original poster, as well as the admin, has the ability to remark it.

- The Username -
Your username should be the first of your character. For example, "Mary" is the kind of name that we are looking for, not "HistoryGirlXOXO." If for some reason your name does not follow this rule, please PM me and we will change it so that it does. Middle and last names are thing of the past for your characters. They should not be included or even mentioned.

- The Uniqueness -
Ok, so I am mainly including this since I have had some problems with this so far. If you see that a first name is already taken, do not register with it. We are still a small community and there are enough names out there that we should be able to avoid duplicates.

- The Email -
Ok so we don't do this often, but occasionally I will be sending out messages to the entire board about things going on. Because of that, I do need the email that you sign up with the be one that you check regularly and well one that actually works.

002. Application

- The Forms -
Fill out the application as is and do not change any of the coding, except where it says to. I am very picky about all applications being uniform and if I have to go back in and edit one, that tends to not make me the happiest of people really.

- The Incompletes -
Ok so I am perfectly fine with people posting applications that are works in progress. There is a forum called "Let us make introductions" and all forms need to be posted there. If it is a work in progress, please label it as such and remove the label when you are finished so that I know when to look at it. Once you have been accepted, the profile will be moved to the appropriate place and you will be sorted.

- The Characters -
We are looking for completely original characters, so please do not apply with a character from any TV show, movie, or book. I will not accept them. They should be completely original characters that were created by you and that fit in the setting that this RPG takes place in. Also, please try and avoid Mary Sues or Gary Stus. Perfect characters are no fun and complete badasses who always get the girls and what not aren't either.

As of right now, I will not be limiting the amount of characters that one player can have. However, I will only allow a player to have one courtesan for every three active characters they have. So that means that you need to have two spirits, patrons, or servants before you can make a second Courtesan.

003. Posting

- The Writing -
Please try and use proper grammar and spelling in your posts. Everyone makes typos from time to time but there is a big difference between that and just not caring. We want everyone to RP together and have noticed that the people who cannot seem to follow this rule tend to be left out. Also, when posting please make sure that you break the post up into paragraphs if it is a long one. It becomes hard to read when it is simply a long block of text.

- The Post Length -
There are absolutely no one-liners allowed in this RPG. Though we don't have a word minimum for the posts, we strongly encourage quality posts that leave us excited to post back. Most importantly, try to give your fellow RPers something to work with. It is a bit disheartening when you post 5 paragraphs and get only 1 short paragraph in response.

- The Lack of God-Moding -
Do not under any circumstance control another character in your post. That includes even the minor aspects of a character. It is not fun when someone takes control of your character since it severely limits how you can react to them. So please, do not do this. You can however control the other people in this world such as NPCs.

- The Entrances -
If there is something happening in one of the topics that you are entering, please do not just act like your character has been there the whole time. Indicate that you are just entering and then join in. Just because you can read everything and know what is going on outside of that topic does not mean that your character is omnipotent and does.

- The Absences -
If for some reason you are going to be gone for a little bit, please post something in the general section to let people know. This includes, but is not limited, to vacations, broken computers, finals at school, etc. This just allows anyone who is in a topic with you to know that you might not be posting for a bit.

004. Graphics

-Avatars-
Avatars should be a single picture of your character. Please do not exceed the limit of 150x150.

-Signatures-
Signatures aren't required, but they are a fun little add on to your character's posts. There aren't many regulations to them except that they shouldn't stretch the forums (the max width is 500px), and they shouldn't have any pornographic images placed in them. If either of these guidelines aren't met, we will ask you to change it. Failure to comply will result in us removing the image.

005. Rule-breakers

- The Consequences -
We understand that people do not really like rules, but there are here for the benefit of our members. We will enforce these if it becomes necessary to maintain the comfort of our members.

If you break any of the rules, you will receive up to two PMs from the admins explaining what rule you broke and possible ways of fixing it. If you totally ignore both of those PMs and break the rule for a third time, you will be asked to leave.

If something is posted that is completely unacceptable, you will be banned immediately. An example of those things would be OOC racial slurs, any bashing of religion, and any bashing of sexual preferences etc. etc.