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Death Procedures

Mar 25, 2013 0:39:54 GMT -6 Word Count:

Post by Brady on Mar 25, 2013 0:39:54 GMT -6

Death Procedures

Life in Alcryst is torn by danger and gilded by achievement. It is not measured in years but rather by the events that forge your legacy. Though the human and tamed horse graveyard crawls with darkness, its headstones celebrate these legends and shed light on the stories that litter our history.

Wild horses are buried in the Abeyant Spire.

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Human and tamed horse graves are marked by tombstones. These are the default gravestone examples for a human and a horse, but the circular image at the top can be customized with a picture of your character if you supply one. Likewise, the various colors of the gravestone can be modified to suit your preferences. These gravestones are placed in the footer of Malefic Catacomb. Please be patient, new gravestones may not be created quickly. Tamed horses that are reborn do not receive gravestones.
Roleplayers may choose to mark their character deceased as part of a plot, to rebirth them if they are a horse, 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 can be found 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 deceased, make a thread in Malefic Catacomb 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 gravestone. This is optional. Please refer to the example images 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 gravestone 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 gravestone or ask staff to choose for you. If you would like to use a picture of your character for their circular image, provide the link.
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 intangible effects acquired through IC interactive systems, such as protection tiers from Vapid Fen for horses or effects from consumed alchemy potions from Infusion Laboratory for humans. 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 gravestone.
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 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.
For humans, their property is left untouched during an initial 14-day grace period. If you intend to revive your character but know it will be after 14 days, inform staff in your death thread, giving a valid reason, such as a scheduled vacation or plot, and requesting an extension. If reasonable, staff will extend your grace period. After 14 days or any approved extended grace days conclude, ownership of your character's property is determined as follows:

Ownership of inns, stables, stands, smithies, farms, and guilds will go to any co-owners. If the deceased character was the sole owner, then their establishment will follow any inheritance process detailed in a lawyer-made contract posted in Certification prior to the character's death. If there are no relevant contracts, then the establishment will be closed. All of its threads will be appropriately archived and the board will be hidden. Should the character be revived after their board is closed, it cannot be retrieved unless repurchased. If the deceased character's account is ever deleted voluntarily by the roleplayer or through a full wipe activity check, their hidden establishment boards will be deleted.
Ownership of tamed horses and personal estates will follow the details of any relevant lawyer-made contracts. If no relevant contract exists, ownership is forfeited. For estates, its threads will be archived and the board will be hidden. If the deceased character is revived after the estate has already been archived, it cannot be retrieved unless repurchased. If the deceased character's account is ever deleted voluntarily by the roleplayer or through a full wipe activity check, their hidden estate board will be deleted. The roleplayers of any tamed horses will be given the option for a public auction in the Vendue or to have their character released to the wild.
Freelance occupations are not retained by deceased characters. To retrieve a freelance occupation should you revive your character, you must undergo the occupation's normal licensing process again.
If your character has any underage children, they will be cared for by the other parent or a legal guardian established through a lawyer-made contract. If there is not another parent or guardian, then the child is surrendered to Sanguine Orphanage.

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Post by Brady on Mar 25, 2013 0:39:54 GMT -6