Jhelom - Vino Jack
Moonglow - Mr. Moonglow
New Magincia-A Cute Orc Queen
Trinsic - Jack Sparrow
Vesper - Lilith Creed
Britain, Minoc, Skara Brae, and Yew are Pending King's Choice---if the King elects to appoint someone.
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A little information for those considering running, or who would like to, and aren't sure what to do about it.
A new election system has been added to the loyalty towns. Players with a sufficient amount of loyalty will be able to nominate themselves for the ballot. Citizens of that town will endorse candidates, then vote in a general election to select a Governor. The Governor will have the ability to negotiate trade deals with NPC Guilds, grant titles to the citizens of the City, and attend council meetings with His Royal Highness King Blackthorn.
In order to offer an endorsement a character must:
In order to vote in an election a character must:
In the event of a tie:
Upon accepting the office a Governor may:
Grant a title to a citizen by accessing the context menu on the City Stone
Moonglow - Mr. Moonglow
New Magincia-A Cute Orc Queen
Trinsic - Jack Sparrow
Vesper - Lilith Creed
Britain, Minoc, Skara Brae, and Yew are Pending King's Choice---if the King elects to appoint someone.
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A little information for those considering running, or who would like to, and aren't sure what to do about it.
A new election system has been added to the loyalty towns. Players with a sufficient amount of loyalty will be able to nominate themselves for the ballot. Citizens of that town will endorse candidates, then vote in a general election to select a Governor. The Governor will have the ability to negotiate trade deals with NPC Guilds, grant titles to the citizens of the City, and attend council meetings with His Royal Highness King Blackthorn.
- City Elections begin on the first day of March, June, September, and December.
- The Nomination period beings on the first day of the listed months and lasts for 1 real world week.
- Players wishing to nominate themselves can visit the City Stone located near the banks of each of the Loyalty Cities.
- Not be on a trial account
- Not be a young player
- Hold citizenship to the City they wish to nominate themselves
- Be at least adored
- Only 1 character can be nominated per city per account
In order to offer an endorsement a character must:
- Not have already offered an endorsement with the same account in the same City
- Not currently be on an account that is nominated for the ballot
- Not be on a trial account
- Not be a young player
- Hold citizenship to the city they wish to offer an endorsement
In order to vote in an election a character must:
- Not have already voted in that City’s election with the same account
- Not be on a trial account
- Not be a young player
- Have citizenship to the city they wish to vote
In the event of a tie:
- The character with the most love recorded at the time of nomination will win the election
- If a further tie exists between those characters’ love values the character with the least amount of hate recorded at the time of nomination will win the election
- If a tie exists still at this point the King will choose a winner
Upon accepting the office a Governor may:
Grant a title to a citizen by accessing the context menu on the City Stone
- Governors can only grant titles to the Citizen of their City
- Characters may remove their city title by accessing the City Stone and selecting “Remove City Title”
- Governors may remove City titles by leaving the title input form blank
- Titles do not persist through character transfer and will be removed if a character denounces citizenship
- Titles will expire at the conclusion of the Governor’s term in office
- Trade deals cost 2,000,000gp from funds obtained from the City Treasury.
- The City Treasury can be donated to by dropping gold or checks on the City Herald near each City Stone.
- The City Treasury is subject to a daily 5% reduction above 10,000gp to pay for general City Services.
- Trade deals can be changed once per real world week and persist indefinitely.
- Citizens may utilize the trade deal for 24 hours by visiting the City Stone and selecting “Utilize Trade Deal” from the context menu.
- Guild of Arcane Arts: +5% Spell Damage Increase
- Society of Clothiers: +1% Resist bump to all resists
- Bardic Collegium: +1 Faster Casting
- Order of Engineers: +3 Dexterity Bonus
- Guild of Healers: 5% Bandage Healing Bonus
- Maritime Guild: +2 Hit Point Regeneration
- Merchant’s Association: +2 Mana Regeneration
- Mining Cooperative: +3 Strength Bonus
- League of Rangers: +3 Intelligence Bonus
- Guild of Assassins: +5% Swing Speed Increase
- Warrior’s Guild: +5% Hit Chance Increase
- Buffs will not go over caps
- See specific Shard Event Moderators for a schedule of when council meetings occur.