Sigil: City of Doors

Cleaned up the current list of EMs again and I again emphasize that it is not 'blacklisting', if you'd get blacklisted to EMing you'd be informed via private message.

However as slightly new features, we're going to open up a bit more flexibility for EMs that are approved over the weekends ^{(friday-sunday period)} by having open password for EMs during this period. However this is not entirely free of choice event, as it will be tied to faction groups. There will be 3 factions chosen each weekend and they change each weekend, so the events can be done by theme of these specific factions during that weekend.

Every other event still requires permission to be granted, and if someone would abuse the more flexible freedom, there will be conducted a blacklisting that results to be forbidden to become an EM either for extensive amount of time or indefinitely depending on the severity.

And for the coming weekend the faction group will be:

• Athar
• Sensates
• Mercykiller

What this means concretely: EMs are free to make events during the weekend at their chosen time with the password provided upon later date for the entire weekend that are in theme of the 3 factions. They aren't required to have players of the said factions participating, but they ideally are made in fashion that it might encourage and inspire taking part in the factions. Next weekend ^{(14th-16th of september)} there will be three different factions chosen.

If an idea for event happens to have other factions in mind than the three chosen, they may be presented as well, but the idea for the rotating chosen factions is to have at least one of these presented and hopefully built ether around them, their ideologies or lead to them.

More information about the selected factions...

Athar

A faction which believes that the gods are frauds, surely they are powerful, but they are no gods. Instead they believe there to be a far greater power at works that they only refer to as "The Great Unknown", while this entity, power or thing is an enigma, it however is not imagination or unproven concept, it simply isn't strictly known what the exact origin of this... thing is. Their belief is that it is the true god and their capability to ignore divine influences only supports their belief. Athar have a highly sophisticated resistance and power to shrug off divine abilities provided by deities, and some of the more powerful Athar even can cloak themselves from the observation of the religious or even counter usual spells cast by religious to see better. Ranks: Namer = Namer Factotum = Athaon (low-high) Factor = Factor [/li]

Mercykillers

are well known for their hunger for justice. The concept of justice however can shift from member to member, from the obscure eye for an eye where a murder of wife leads to murdering someone close to the others, to a more familiar concept of legal system justice where a person is sentenced to prison for a set time. Many Mercykillers have no moral compelling reasons to administer use of force to ensure that the wrong-doer would never more make a mistake of doing so again. Mercykillers do have a fearsome reputation and most in Cage are clever to take them seriously as their actions speak louder than their words. It is not unusual for some inmates being recruited into positions of torturer to administer a [i]just punishment[/i] to the captured wrong-doers. However the faction while strict and indeed mercyless, does have a lighter side also as not everyone views justice in a grim light of fear of death being placed to the wrongdoers via examples, but via showing better ways to do things, more humane ways. Justice however is paramount. Ranks: Normal rank progression exception of addition of Justicar. Justicar (special rank, at least factotum or greater) [/li]

Society of Sensation

is all about experiencing and living. Often people remain goal orientated during their lives, get a job then get money to buy things and then rinse and repeat in a familiar pattern, well the Sensates are different. Society of Sensation actively supports seeking out the new with all different senses be it the sight, touch, hear, taste or smell. Of course it doesn't mean they are suicidal or intent for self-harm, though likely not all members are beyond that either. It's about trying out new things without becoming chained to the same pattern of life and to live without having the regret of never doing anything. It is of no wonder that sensates have high appreciation to arts, fashion, music, theatre, good food and drinks. Also there is the side of adrenaline rush seekers that may take part in more intimate or shocking experiences. In either case the strength of an Sensate lies not in single thing they do all the time, but in divergent experiences. Being able to attempt many ways to do the same thing and being capable to find many different things to do. Ranks: Normal rank progression. [/li]