Article I. Mission Statement.
§1. "The mission of The Fallen Legion is to serve its membership and the community and to help all players to succeed at respectful, fair, and cooperative gaming for the benefit and enjoyment of everyone involved."
Article II. Philosophy.
§1. We know that this is a game, but value it as a game that we love. We hold the honor of our guild family and its members in the highest regard. We practice respect for others even if they do not show respect for us. We demonstrate patience and understanding in a diverse world including those with whom we disagree. We serve others before ourselves and do what is best for group, for guild, for server, and for game. We value the wellness, dignity, and privacy of people over the advancement, benefit, and gain of characters. We are Legionnaires.
Article III. Vision Statement.
§1. The vision of The Fallen Legion is a guild that leads by example and encourages responsible and respectful behavior from and towards all players; promotes respect, good sportsmanship, and healthy gameplay for all players; and protects the rights and welfare of all players.
§2. As Sony Online Entertainment reserves the right to sanction the Guild based upon the actions of its members, the Guild as an organization is mandated to uphold the guidelines established by SOE, not only for the good of the guild, but for the good of the game.
§3. EverQuest II is a positive, enjoyable leisure activity for the members of The Fallen Legion, and no part of that experience shall belittle, demean, or abuse a Legionnaire or another Everfrostian, for behind every character is a player, and people are always more important than play. The Legion is a family, and family members protect each other, trust each other, and demand the best of each other. This family cooperates, respects its members, and believes in respect both online and offline. Legionnaires are good people, not just good game players.
Article IV. EverQuest II Rules of Conduct.
§RoC.1. "You may not harass or threaten other players."
§RoC.2. "You may not use any sexually explicit, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive language." This is interpreted to include profanity, racism, homophobia, and misogynism.
§RoC.8. "You may not organize nor be a member of any guilds or groups within EverQuest II that are based on, or espouse, any racist, sexist, anti-religious, anti-ethnic, anti-gay, or other hate-mongering philosophy."
Article V. EverQuest II Play Nice Policies.
§PNP.3. "Foul language is not permitted, in any language." This is interpreted to include profanity in guild chat or voice chat.
§PNP.5. "You may not disrupt the normal playability of a zone or area." This is interpreted to include flooding or "spamming" chat channels.
§PNP.7. "You may not abuse other players or Customer Service Representatives."
§PNP.9. "You may not operate a guild that habitually violates these rules."
Article VI. Guild Chat Policies.
§1. You may not, overtly or implicitly, describe, encourage, or discuss drug use, drug abuse, or related paraphernalia, in any chat channel.
Article VII. Guild Bank Policies.
§1. Removing items from any Guild Bank with the intent, covert or overt, to sell those items for a profit and/or personal material gain constitute defrauding the guild and are prohibited, regardless of actual transactions. Violations of this clause will result in immediate deguilding.
Article VIII. Guild Hall Policies.
§1. The Members of the Council of The Five shall be chiefly responsible for maintaining, in coin, status, and management, the Guild Hall of The Fallen Legion.
§2. All individuals shall dismount while inside the Guild Hall structure.
Article IX. Guild Leadership Policies.
§1. The Fallen Legion shall be governed by a council of exactly five Guild Leaders known as The Council of The Five. The ad hoc chairperson of this council shall be the Chief Administrator.
§2. A Member of The Five who becomes inactive or resigns may name his or her replacement. This replacement, or a nominee if no replacement is named, must be affirmed by a majority vote of the Council of The Five.
§3. Actions that substantively affect the guild writ large shall only be undertaken with majority consent of the Council of The Five.
Article X. Apprentice Policies.
§1. Any individual who is newly invited to The Fallen Legion shall have his or her Main character ranked as an Apprentice, and any alts as Apprentice Reserve.
§2. Apprentices shall have limited access to guild amenities as determined by the Council of The Five; Apprentices shall have no functional access to the guild bank as determined by the Council of The Five, and consequently should request items for which they have need from a member of the Council of The Five.
§3. The Apprentice shall thoroughly read, understand, and observe without exception the entirety of this Charter and shall be held to the highest standard of interpersonal conduct both within and outside of guild activities. An Apprentice who violates the terms of this Charter shall be immediately Deguilded in Poor Standing.
§4. Promotion from Apprentice to full Legionnaire shall never be unilaterally undertaken by any individual guild leader; In order to safeguard the high caliber of character and performance inherent in the Legionnaire, promotion requires the majority consent of the Council of The Five, and only then in the event that the Apprentice has satisfied the following Virtues on his or her Main:
¶A. Courage. The Apprentice shall group in combat with members of the guild and shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of Members of the Council of The Five that he or she is an able adventurer; or if primarily a crafter shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Chief of Commerce that he or she is an able tradeskiller.
¶B. Diligence. The Apprentice shall acquire 50,000 Status Points, as listed on the in-game Guild Screen.
¶C. Justice. The Apprentice shall observe, without failure, observance of the Guild Charter, which includes the EQ2 Code of Conduct and Play Nice Policies.
¶D. Charity. The Apprentice shall make a donation to Guild Hall Upkeep, of any fashion the Apprentice sees fit.
¶E. Humility. The Apprentice shall not request promotion or behave in a manner unbecoming a Legionnaire, especially outside of the Guild Hall.
¶F. Patience. The Apprentice shall have been an active member of the guild for no fewer than thirty (30) calendar days.
§5. Upon satisfaction of all six Virtues and majority affirmation of the Council, the Apprentice's main may be promoted to Legionnaire, and all alts promoted to Legionnaire Reserve.
Article XI. Sanction Policies.
§1. Members of the Council of The Five reserve the exclusive right to sanction and/or deguild any guild member without warning if it is in the best interests of The Fallen Legion.
Article XII. Inactivity and Deguilding Policies.
§1. A Legionnaire who has not logged in within 60 days; an Apprentice who has not logged in within 30 days; or any guild member who has been reinvited after being deguilded due to inactivity and has not logged in within 15 days shall be considered Inactive, and shall be Deguilded in Good Standing.
§2. A Legionnaire who has explicitly communicated in advance with the Council of The Five that s/he will be unable to log in to the game for more than 60 days due to extraordinary circumstances shall be considered On Approved Leave of Absence, shall be ranked as "On Leave of Absence," and shall be provided a basic level of assurance that the player will not be deguilded automatically.
§3. A Legionnaire who has been deguilded due to inactivity or who has voluntarily and explicitly discontinued membership in the guild without violating the Code of Conduct shall be considered to be Deguilded in Good Standing.
§4. A Legionnaire who has been deguilded for violating the Code of Conduct shall be considered to be Deguilded in Poor Standing, and shall be permanently ineligible for readmission, on any account, with any character, to The Fallen Legion.
Article XIII. Community Commitment.
§1. The guild leadership believes that The Fallen Legion has a responsibility to its membership, to the Everfrost Server community, to the EverQuest 2 community, and to the MMORPG and online communities at large to encourage responsible behavior, promote good sportsmanship and healthy gameplay, and to protect the welfare of its members. As Sony Online Entertainment reserves the right to sanction the guild based upon the actions of its members, the guild as an organization is mandated to uphold the guidelines established by SOE, not only for the good of the guild, but for the good of the game.
§2. Everquest 2 is a positive, enjoyable leisure activity for the members of The Fallen Legion, and no part of that experience shall belittle, demean, or abuse a Legionnaire or another Everfrostian, for behind every character is a player, and people are always more important than play.
§3. Our continued desire is to promote respect and understanding, individual achievement, and a high quality of game experience for every player. The outstanding qualities of character essential to the Legionnaire - respect, honesty, and diligence - are implicit in membership, and are expected from everyone in the organization.
