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Post by Brady on Dec 6, 2013 2:38:10 GMT -6

Death Procedures

For those prepared to pass in peace, nature's magic carries them to rest in the fellow grave of the Abeyant Spire. Their soul gently ascends, solidifying as a hovering crystal slightly above the ground, engraved with tribute to their memory. Gone, but never forgotten.

Tamed horses and humans are buried in the Malefic Catacomb.

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In the place of a tombstone, equine graves are marked by a crystal like this in the footer of this board. Each crystal is linked to its corresponding Spire death thread. Horses who are reborn do not receive a crystal. If a character is revived, their gravegem will be recycled with different text and colors. Please be patient, new crystals cannot be created quickly.
Roleplayers may choose to mark their horse deceased as part of a plot, to rebirth them, or to retire them as a character. IC actions may also result in death, such as through a battle, assassination, competition, or another valid method that does not require roleplayer consent. Rules on acceptable powerplay are available in our Central Laws.
Roleplayers may decide their own IC reason for a character or NPC that is permanently deceased. For example, the gods may have chosen to keep the departed's soul or perhaps their ghost chose not to return for personal reasons.
To report your character as deceased, make a thread here in Abeyant Spire with the label "Deceased." Your thread should contain the following information:

Provide the URL to where your character perished IC. To do so, select "options" at the top right of the relevant post, click "link to post," and then copy from the field "link to this post in this thread."
State if you would like a small epitaph to be inscribed in their gravegem. This is optional. Please refer to the example image linked above to view the approximate space for the memorial. If your epitaph is too long to properly fit, staff will ask you to reword your commemoration and can assist if requested.
It is optional to include an IC post or additional content. It could entail their final moments, a poem, a song you associate them with, a summary of their life, or however else you wish to honor them. As their gravegem will be linked to this death thread, choose how you want them remembered by those who might visit.
Name the color(s) you would like for your character's crystal or ask staff to choose for you.
Lastly, give instructions for how to handle their items and/or money. You may allow them to either 1) remain with the character or 2) be transferred to your OOC account. You may not transfer stats or incorporeal effects acquired through IC interactive systems, such as protection tiers from Vapid Fen. In order to return items and/or money to your OOC account, the character's account must be least 30 days old (determined by the acceptance date of their biography) and they must have at least 30 posts.

Once finished, post in Invocation to alert staff. Your death thread and Invocation thread will not be archived until staff have finished creating your gravegem.
When a character is deceased, their account is archived until the next full wipe activity check. Most standard activity checks will not affect archived accounts and in the event of a full wipe activity check, only accounts that have been archived for at least 6 months will be permanently deleted. If you would like your deceased character's account to be deleted without waiting for an activity check, you may ask staff through Invocation at any point.
Archived accounts are completely preserved; their post count and other totals, items, money, signature, account images, custom profile and mini-profile field information, posts, and threads remain intact. Their mini-profiles and main profiles are replaced with a simple archived message as seen here, but should their account ever be revived, then their mini-profile, profile, and all of their details will return to their previous state automatically. Their threads and biography are locked and archived in Chronicles so long as it does not affect any existing participants. If there is a deceased character in a thread with existing participants, the remaining characters may continue roleplaying as if the deceased simply departed.
Archived accounts are also locked. In order to access one, you must post in Invocation. Staff will temporarily reactivate your account so that you may retrieve whatever information you need. They will re-archive the account when you tell them you are finished through your Invocation thread or after 24 hours, whichever is soonest.
Archived characters may be revived any time through the item "Revival" in the Underground. Revived characters are not considered reborn, they are simply brought back to life and are healed from whatever ailment caused their death. You may not revive a character until at least 7 days have passed since their death thread was posted and they will lose 10 randomized overall stats. If you intend to revive your character as soon as possible, please inform staff in your death thread; they will temporarily archive your account but will not archive your biography and threads.
Deleted characters cannot be retrieved. Their accounts are permanently erased and their posts will look like this example. If a member wishes to retrieve a deleted character, they may create a new account and repost their biography by asking for access in Invocation. Once accepted, the character may return IC but may face subjective difficulties such as a plot advancing without them or a character feeling differently about their previous relationship, as time will have passed. Post/like/thread totals, account creation dates, money, items, stats, and all other account information cannot be recovered automatically. If you would like to reinstate provable account information through Invocation, you may provide evidence such as links to receipts to prove items or links to posts to prove post totals. Staff will reinstate what is verifiable.
If your deceased character is a Domitan or Mattrice and you have at least 1 herd member, the inheritance of your herd depends upon which of the below situations applies to your herd. If the scenario of a bullet point is not true for your herd, then move onto the following bullet and continue until you reach a bullet point that is true. Once a situation matches your herd as you descend through the list, that is how your inheritance will be handled. Inheritance protocols written in your herd rules must be established before your character's death or they will not apply. Successors must meet the requirements of the Domitan/Mattrice rank.

If you have an established heir, they will succeed your character following any given protocols.
If you have a specific rule or process set to regulate succession, your position's inheritance will adhere as directed.
If you are a Domitan and you have a Mattrice partner, or if you are a Mattrice and have a Domitan partner, then your living partner may choose who succeeds you.
If you have an Omniren, they will succeed you.
If there is no heir, established process, lead partner, or Omniren, then any interested, qualifying herd members may contend for your position through a battle or majority vote, as decided by the herd. If there is only 1 horse interested in the position or they are otherwise uncontested, they may claim it without further processes.
If none of the herd members meet the Domitan/Mattrice requirements or none are interested in becoming the leader, the herd is disbanded and all herd members become Rogues.

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Post by Brady on Dec 6, 2013 2:38:10 GMT -6