Blacksky Company
Overview
The Blacksky Company is a World of Warcraft guild founded for, and run by, members of the RPG.net forums, founded by a character of the RPG.net member, IceShadow, named Blackbraid. Its intent is to give the members of the forum, who have often discussed the game, given advice, and generally helped each other as much as possible through the medium of an internet message board, a place to play with each other on one server, and in one guild.
It is a horde-side guild, based on the North-American Kirin Tor Roleplaying server. The RPGnet channel (joined by typing /join RPGnet) is a good place for people to meet who haven't yet been introduced into the guild. Any guild officer, listed below, will be able to invite you into the guild.
Members are expected to assist each other, and to be civil to each other out of character. Normal speech is to be used (no leet-speak!), and all efforts to correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization will be appreciated.
News and discussion about the guild will take place in the Other Games Open forum on RPG.net. Relevant topics will begin with the [Blacksky Company] tag.
The guild tabard looks as it does to the right.
Also, be advised that there is a page dedicated to [World of Warcraft:Tips]. Please contribute to this as you feel confident and able.
In-Game Background
The Blacksky Company was founded by Baelor Blacksky, a Tauren of little renown, when the Orcs first breached the shores of Kalimdor. Baelor was one of the first Tauren to urge acceptance of the new arrivals, although he had little political clout in the Taruen society. He had already been versed well in the art of combat, being a low-ranking officer in the standing militia gathered to fight against the threat of the Centaurs, but also understood that a wealthy man was more often an influential man than a wise one. Finding an old Orc who had been recently freed from the internment camps who agreed with his monetarily-motivated lifestyle, the Blacksky Company was formed after Baelor felt his obvious leadership qualities were being ignored by the standing forces of the Tauren.
He quickly gathered others who were either eager for monetary gain or the acclaim of battle, and with a war already brewing, the regular commission of the Company by both individuals and fledgling nations was all but assured. The Company quickly grew to acclaim with the ferocity of its warriors, tempered as it was with honor and success. By the end of the war, it was one of the most prestigous mercenary companies available for general hire, and its membership had swelled to several hundred of the Horde's strongest soldiers-for-hire.
Peacetime, however, is never kind to a mercenary company; the uneasy truce between the Horde and Alliance following the Battle of Mount Hyjal was horrible for the financial health of the Company. They began to take any job that paid, lowering their wartime standard of ethics in order to try and maintain the now-bloated roster that had come to expect a regular, and hefty, paycheck. Foolishly, and against the advice of his closest confidants, he accepted a campaign that would doom his Company, and himself.
Several soldiers in the Company refused to go out with Baelor on his ill-advised campaign, including his son, Blackbraid. They knew there would be no pay for the duration of the campaign, but they felt that the meager wage offered by their employer was not worth the risk involved. Baelor was furious, but knew it would be in the best interest of the Company to allow the dissidents to remain behind in the fledgling city of Orgrimmar, where the Company based. Leaving Blackbraid in charge of the small remainder of soldiers, he left to fight. Not a man returned alive.
The Company was shattered, and only a handful of soldiers remained. They went their separate ways for a short while, with no leader to bind them. Once he had overcome the grief and guilt stemming from the loss of his father, Blackbraid took the mantle of Captain of a defunct Company upon his own shoulders, and set out to reform the Company in the memory of his father, and once again raise it to the honor and glory it once knew.
Guild Rules
The following rules are meant to help with the enjoyment of all. Please read them, and respect them. If any of them are issues for you, contact your guild officer, or Blackbraid directly.
Roleplaying
This is a guild of roleplayers, for the most part, and the server we play on is a Roleplaying server. All names of characters are expected to be within reasonable bounds for that race, per the rules of the server. Roleplaying is strictly optional, but encouraged.
It is suggested that players use the flagRSP addon, although it is not by any means required. It will allow you to add a surname and an outer description that other users of the addon will be able to see. Also, a backstory for your character is not required, but recommended to aid in your roleplaying style. As of the 1.9 update, flagRSP is an "outdated" add-on but still perfectly functional.
All /says and /yells are to be completely in character (IC), with no exceptions. Also, /guild chat is expected to be IC.
/party speak is typically a mix of out-of-character (OOC) speak and IC speak. This may change in the future as the guild's partying becomes more and more specific.
OOC speech is best kept in private tells, and in the RPGnet channel.
Officer speech will also be a mix of IC and OOC, as appropriate by the situation.
Looting Rules
All Bind on Pickup (BoP) items are to be passed on, and discussed afterward. Any roll on a Bind on Pickup item, or any taking of one without discussion and agreement from all party members, is considered EXTREMELY rude ettiqute in World of Warcraft, almost to a punishable level.
All Bind on Equip (BoE) items can be rolled on as normal. Only roll Need if you are going to wear that item immediately. Roll Greed if you want it for some other purpose, including selling, disenchanting, sending to alts, saving for later use, or sending to the guild bank. Hit Pass if you don't want to bother with the item at all. If, after the roll is done, someone determines they can use it right away, the item should be given to the person; not doing so is considered quite rude.
If there are any disputes, the highest-ranking officer present, or the Group Leader if no/multiple officers are present, will make all decisions. If there is a grievance in looting etiquette, it should be brought to an Officer, or an officer of a higher rank, if an Officer is the infracting party.
Further discussion and explination of these rules can be found in the [World of Warcraft:Tips] article.
Officers
Each class has a guild officer that represents their class. Officers will have invitational powers, as well as access to the officers' notes and players' notes (to add new RPGnet handles if they invite). Officers will be responsible for organizing trips into instances that the players in their respective classes need, keeping discipline in the ranks, and, if the guild gets too big for the Guild Master (or Captain) to handle minor issues and grievances himself, they will represent the general needs of players in their class.
Of those eight officers, two of them are selected as Senior Officers. They will have almost all the control over the guild of the Captain, including demotion, promotion, and removal from the guild.
All officers' alts will be promoted to Squad Leaders, which will be, in effect, identical to the Officer rank. The only distinction is for roleplay, and to keep track of which class each officer represents.
At present time, all officers are selected by the Captain. At some future time, a more democratic process may take place, especially as more and more power is divested into the positions as the guild grows and becomes more influential.
The current officers are as follows:
| Player Name | Character Name | Rank | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| IceShadow | Blackbraid | Captain | Warrior |
| IceShadow | Xaan | Quartermaster | N/A |
| IceShadow | Yaama | Quartermaster | N/A |
| nonsenseconscience | Thundersong | Senior Officer | Shaman |
| Bim | Bimmeh | Officer | Mage |
| cbeilby | Mairenia | Officer | Warlock |
| E. Deirdre Brooks | Sobeki | Officer | Warrior |
| Final Excalibur | Salrene | Officer | Priest |
| Iceberg3k | Gorahkar | Officer | Hunter |
| Murglor | Murglor | Officer | Rogue |
| Professor Phobos | Redeyes | Officer | Druid |
Members
| Player Name | Character Name | Race | Class | Professions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abulia | Untor | Tauren | Warrior | Leather/Skinning |
| Anunnaki | Dolmeni | Tauren | Shaman | Skinning/Mining |
| Arawaen | Akhana | Orc | Shaman | Herbalism/Alchemy |
| Atomsk | Tallyr | Priest | ||
| Bim | Bimmeh | Undead | Mage | Tailoring/Mining |
| Beckett | Wultram | Undead | Warrior | |
| Bogie | Bogatuus | Troll | Mage | Mining/Skinning |
| Bruce Baugh | Strawhorn | Tauren | Druid | |
| Cassandra | Sibko | Orc | Hunter | |
| cbeilby | Krithasan | Tauren | Druid | Mining/Smith |
| cbeilby | Mairenia | Undead | Warlock | Herbalism/Alchemy |
| Champion Blue | Neerax | Troll | Priest | Mining/Engineering |
| Conor Knoxx | Rastifari | Troll | Mage | Tailoring/Enchanting |
| Craptastic | Windshear | Orc | Shaman | Herbalism/Alchemy |
| Crazy-Cabal | Zulakiyani | Troll | Mage | Mining/Skinning |
| CrazyIvan | Taurma | Tauren | Shaman | Mining/Skinning |
| Curt | Damasus | Undead | Rogue | |
| Digital Archon | Shaaresh | Troll | Mage | Mining/Engineering |
| Dionysos | Voidseeker | Undead | Warlock | Herbalism/Enchanting |
| Doc Bosch | Yakigyu | Tauren | Druid | Leather/Skinning |
| Dorchadas | Nakar | Orc | Warlock | Tailoring/Enchanting |
| Drastic | Eschaton | Orc | Warlock | Tailoring/Enchanting |
| Dugan | Varniher | Tauren | Druid | Leather/Skinning |
| E. Deirdre Brooks | Sobeki | Troll | Warrior | Skinning/Mining |
| eskatonic | Ootah | Orc | Shaman | Mining/Skinning |
| eskatonic | Urzael | Undead | Warlock | Tailoring/Skinning |
| Ferret | Razylia | Undead | Rogue | Leather/Skinning |
| Final Excalibur | Salrene | Undead | Priest | Tailoring/Skinning |
| Fortinbras | Gralag | Orc | Rogue | |
| Iceberg3k | Gorahkar | Orc | Hunter | Leather/Skinning |
| IceShadow | Blackbraid | Tauren | Warrior | Mining/Smith |
| IceShadow | Xaan | N/A | N/A | Quartermaster |
| IceShadow | Yaama | N/A | N/A | Quartermaster |
| inscrutable | Kaelthos | Tauren | Hunter | Leather/Skinning |
| J Arcane | Lokroth | Orc | Hunter | Herbalism/Skinning |
| J'Dai | Ednae | Tauren | Shaman | Herbalism/Alchemy |
| Jeb Boyt | Merojin | Troll | Shaman | Herbalism/Alchemy |
| Jeffwik | Aro | Orc | Warlock | Herbalism/Skinning |
| KnightVeritas | Zulvir | Troll | Shaman | |
| kumar | Venilin | Troll | Warrior | Mining/Skinning |
| Lamentation | Gloomweed | Orc | Warlock | |
| Lamentation | Paintoy | Undead | Rogue | |
| LastLivingSoul | Yuridine | Undead | Warrior | Mining/Smithing |
| Madu | Joombada | Troll | Rogue | |
| Murglor | Murglor | Orc | Rogue | Herbalism/Alchemy |
| Naxuul | Acasta | Undead | Mage | |
| Nick Warcholak | Ramijin | Troll | Mage | |
| nonsenseconscience | Chatterskull | Undead | Priest | Tailoring/Enchanting |
| nonsenseconscience | Thundersong | Tauren | Shaman | Leather/Skinning |
| old hat | Rothela | Undead | Priest | Mining/Skinning |
| old hat | Gatanaya | Orc | Warrior | |
| Pakratula | Lamort | Undead | Warrior | |
| Pasha | Bowyet | Tauren | Warrior | Mining/Skinning |
| Perdidas | Hral | Tauren | Druid | Herbalism/Alchemy |
| Professor Phobos | Redeyes | Tauren | Druid | |
| Professor Phobos | Rickon | Undead | Priest | |
| Psicorp | Windtotem | Tauren | Druid | Leather/Skinning |
| Rosencrantz | Jhest | Undead | Rogue | Skinning/Herbalism |
| Rosencrantz | Rainsinger | Tauren | Hunter | |
| Scott Leaton | Oxxorz | Tauren | Hunter | Skinning/Herbalism |
| Scott Leaton | Starblight | Undead | Mage | Skinning/Herbalism |
| Tar Markvar | Jakkat | Troll | Hunter | Herbalism/Alchemy |
| Tar Markvar | Sitheen | Undead | Warlock | Tailor/Skinner |
| The Ghost of Bink Pulling | Mordenkar | Undead | Warrior | Mining/Smith |
| TombThaneGregg | Gixx | Hunter | Mining/Engineering | |
| TombThaneGregg | Maniketh | Undead | Priest | Herbalism/Tailoring |
| Topher | Nazgrim | Orc | Warrior | Mining/Engineering |
| TRavenson | Murzak | Orc | Hunter | Mining/Smithing |
| verdantgreen | Ainu | Undead | Warlock | |
| woodsmoke | Asurac | Tauren | Druid | Leather/Skinning |
| lurker | Junarn | Tauren | Warrior | Herbalism/Alchemy |
Totals:
| Orcs | Tauren | Trolls | Undead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 19 | 11 | 21 |
| Druid | Hunter | Mage | Priest | Rogue | Shaman | Warlock | Warrior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| Alchemy | Engineering | Enchanting | Herbalism | Leather | Mining | Skinning | Smith | Tailoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 8 |
People showing interest:
Kintara
Eilonwy
Plume
Quartermaster
The guild quartermaster is Xaan, a grizzled old veteran who has helped the guild since its creation shortly after the Orcs' arrival in Kalimdor. He now permanently resides in Orgrimmar, the better to tend to the stores of the guild and, when work is to be had, distribute guild wages. His assistant, Yaama, helps him with his chores.
Xaan and Yaama are characters owned by IceShadow, and act as the guild bank. A listing of all items in their posession may be found here; anything in their inventory is free for any player in the guild. Do not hesitate to claim anything in the bank! It will simply fill up, otherwise. Simply contact IceShadow on the message boards via PM, and they will mail it out or otherwise arrange delivery.
All raw trade goods, and other things that are only useful as bits for recipies, should go to Yaama. Other things (such as green drops, bags, and recipies) should go to Xaan.
If a green item is better than yours, claim it! If you do not have a recipie that Xaan has in store, take it! Do not feel guilty. If the only reason you want some trade materials is to level your profession, that is fine! Yaama will send you her entire stock, and you can return the leftovers. Please do not do anything but orange leveling, though...yellow and green skills are better saved for other things. (The exception to this is first aid, where you have no choice sometimes but to grind on yellow and green recipies.) Also, please be able to immediately learn any recipies Xaan would send to you.
Xaan will also rotate through his green items as he gets more and more in, first attempting to sell them to the auction hall to raise the money in the Company coffers. If they do not sell, he will send them to an Enchanter to be disenchanted, and either skilled with that enchanter or sent on to Yaama.