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Follow the TOS
This rule should go without saying, but we'll say it anyway. All guild rules apply in this roleplay just as much as anywhere else, including rules regarding respect to others. When you are roleplaying, it's all fine and well if your characters express dislike for one another -- but only in the roleplay itself is that acceptable. Abuse will not be tolerated.

Becoming A Nightwalker
If you decide to fight for Team Nightwalker, it is important that you join the Nightwalker guild created for this event. This is where Verin will be issuing his orders from, as well as planning his many schemes. It is completely private, so those that are not members cannot see what is posted there. The guild can be found here.

Forbidden Legendaries
Legendary Pokemon are prohibited in this roleplay. We have had problems with this in the past and we're afraid our position on this will not change. The exceptions to this rule are the Pokemon that are related to the story and those that are known to be used by the Elite 4 and Champion of the guild. Occasionally, special permission may or may not be resquested in specific cases providing that the trainer of the Legendary Pokemon in question has no intention to use said Pokemon in battles.

You Are Not Arceus
No godmodding! Godmodding is here defined as unreasonably altering the roleplay to turn in your favour. This includes anything that you do without giving the intended target of your action/words a chance to react or without their permission in regards to actions that will significantly affect their personal storyline. If someone decides that their Scrafty attempted to use Hi-Jump Kick, it is not your place to decide that their pokemon crashed and hurt themselves. Furthermore, any deaths or serious injuries must be agreed between both the person suffering the loss and the person causing it; there will be no wandering around randomly slaughtering other people's pokemon. This also means you cannot do things that stretch beyond belief or something that doesn't have proper explanation. We understand that this roleplay is based around Pokemon and therefore a certain amount of deviation from reality is expected -- but no matter how awesome you think your Garchomp is, nothing is completely omnipotent or immune from a loss or a hit, and that includes yourself.

Creating A Character
This roleplay revolves entirely around the PWF Island; there will be no events occuring outside of it within this specific storyline, although people may leave or return to the story at any time. This means that your character must be one that fits in with the world we are representing. In this world, there are only humans and Pokemon; you may not create a character that is an angel, a demon, a neko or belong to any other race that would not be encountered in the Pokemon world. Most people participating in this roleplay will be acting as themselves, their Gaia persona or an original character based around a Pokemon trainer of some sort, so if you're unsure where to begin, simply roleplay as yourself. You may control up to three individual characters at any time not including Pokemon. Furthermore, although you may roleplay the actions of Pokemon under your command, you may not roleplay as a Pokemon.

Out Of Character Talk (OOC)
In roleplay threads, you must indicate any out of character chatter. Out Of Character text (or OOC) is any text that is not a part of your roleplaying. It is often used to communicate with other roleplayers whilst roleplaying. The most common method to do this is via double parenthesis, aka brackets, to mark the beginning and end of the OOC text -- such as ((this)), [[this]] or {{this}}. In the example below, the roleplaying text is highlighted in purple and the OOC text is highlighted in red:

"You guys take the low road, I'll meet you there," said John, shielding his eyes from the sunlight.
((Be back later guys, I'm going to go take a shower.))

Use The Forum Properly
All roleplaying is to be done in the appropriate location. As well as individual threads to detail events that occur, there are several Area threads to represent the different areas of the PWF. Whilst the Areas are open for anybody to write in, some event threads will be exclusive to some people or be personal roleplays. Anyone is free to create their own thread, so long as it follows the rules of this roleplay and takes place within the boundaries of the PWF Island. Off-topic threads are not permitted. OOC threads must be posted in the Chatterbox Forum.

Who You Are
There is a thread for character profiles, where you may go into your roleplay character in as much detail as you like. It is not mandatory to create a character profile, but it would be helpful to know some more information about the more influential and frequently appearing characters. As of the Second Arc, should your character be killed by mutual consent, you are entitled to compose an epitaph for your character and post it in the deceased character memorial thread.

Outside The PWF
Roleplaying for this event is allowed outside of this sub-forum in the form of PMs, the hangout thread, individual threads within this guild or profile comments. Adapting, mimicking or duplicating this roleplay and its original ideas outside of this guild in forms other than those stated above (such as original threads in Gaia's public roleplaying forums) weill not be tolerated and will result in a ban. Please be respectful of the creator and collaborator's ideas. Additionally, if you choose to roleplay your character outside of this forum, please make it very clear that those involved know that you are roleplaying, especially if your character is acting in an unpleasant or aggressive manner. Failure to do so may result in being temporarily banned from our guild on the grounds of abuse. If you wish to record these sessions in this forum, you may create a thread and do so.

All In Good Fun
This is an roleplay involving two warring factions. As such, there may be a certain amount of deception, threats, and negativity between members of this guild. Please keep in mind that it's all for fun and a good story -- no-one here bears any true animosity or bad feelings towards each other and the PWF itself is in no real danger. It's just a fun way to encourage activity. Do not let your emotions get out of hand. Additionally, do not feel afraid to contact a mod or one of the people supervising this event if you feel another person is behaving in an unreasonable manner towards you.

The Most Important Rule
Last but not least, have fun!