“Pox” Guild

[Posters are tacked up in major Horde cities]

Tired of the Alliance stealing your women, men and children? Taking the best forest and farmland? Fornicating with your livestock?

So are we. That's why we've put aside our "cozy ways" with the Alliance, and seek to enslave and destroy them. We're looking for soldiers who are willing to bleed, suffer, and endure the pain this undertaking will require. No sacrifice is too small to see these vermin brought low!

Those interested can seek out any member of Pox to begin the recruitment process.

[OOC]
ABOUT POX
Pox was founded March 13, 2007. It has been led these years by Shryn'Dael Sunwalker, with the assistance of a council of officers, who have been various levels of capable throughout the three years.

Pox's story is simple: We hate the Alliance. Who doesn't? ;) But this hatred only extends in character, and true antipathy towards the other side is not appreciated. Pox is a fun, friendly environment out of character, though there's the usual back-biting, favour-seeking, and glory-hounding that happens in character.

ROLE-PLAY
It is what we do, what we enjoy. We understand this is not for everyone, so for those who do not enjoy this aspect of the game, we merely request you respect that we do.

Our role-play is done mostly face-to-face, as we believe a visible role-play presence is important to preserving the role-play nature of Shadow Council. Roleplay in closed channels prevents this. Our guild chat is out of character, though we do have a channel for our the communicators created by our gobbo engineers.

We hope to expand beyond "blood elf rp" by recruiting non-elven classes. If you are willing to provide an injection of non-elf role-play, we especially want you in Pox.

STORY
Pox has several ongoing storylines, but to keep it simple:

Pox was formed by one of the heirs to House Sunwalker, the Lady Shryn'Dael. She considers it an army, the government of Silvermoon considers it a liability, and the Alliance consider them terrorists. The well protected and armed compound trains thousands of soldiers and support staff to take the war to the Alliance.

New members start out with no wages but room and board, weapons and armor. Promotion is possible through showing talent and expertise, and sometimes just guts.

From there, the story diverges, as each character's story intermingles with the stories of other soldiers in Pox.

CASUAL RAIDING
We are a training guild in a way, for those who want to raid. With several competent raiders and a decent raid leaders, and a guild-first environment, it means even the most under-geared and unknowlegable peons are given a chance to learn, gear up and prove themselves - space permitting.

Our three officers are former raiders who have chosen to escape the hardcore raiding environment for something more relaxed.

We have two main raid nights, which are currently Tuesday and Thursday, 6-9 p.m. server time. We are also running a second set of days for overflow and alts on Sunday and Monday. We may have some openings shortly for healers and DPS (except for retribution paladins. Sorry).

Understand that in Pox, the focus is on prepared, efficient fun. This means we're rarely the first at anything and lag behind other more-focused guilds. We don't care! We laugh when you die. One of our Officers habitually jumps off the highest thing he can find to see how big a splatter mark he makes when he hits the ground.

Don't be too silly, and don't be too serious. It's about enjoying your time, not necessarily success and loot...if this isn't for you, raiding with us is not for you.

PVP
Pox is a role-playing guild with a focus on Horde-Alliance conflict. Currently we're not doing as much world-PvP as we used to, but with the changes coming in Cataclysm, we're looking to move back towards our roots and want like-minded people to come aboard and join us.

We are looking for someone who enjoys PvP casually or even hardcore, and there is a possibility (in time) of promotion based on this desire.

REQUIREMENTS
1. Over 18. Exceptional persons under 18 may be considered. The people in Pox try to be responsible, and that means not being responsible for the perversion of young minds. While these minds can find anything they want on the Internet, we prefer it to not be in Pox.

2. Mature. We just don't want to deal with your omg dramaz.

3. Able to put effort into showing decent grammar, spelling, and punctuation skills. We don't expect perfection, but we do expect an effort to strive for it.

4. Drive. We are not here to do everything for you. You must reach, grasp, and take what you need. You want to interact - interact! Don't wait for it to happen to you. You want to roleplay? Approach people, roleplay. You want to instance? Ask people. We have had people quit saying we didn't do anything, but in each case, they never asked us to do anything. You have to show drive.