Thread:The Second Age Server/@comment-30506519-20170522154750

Hereby I would like to request that I, Galadriel, Lady of light, could rule the realm of the Galadhrim. The fair Lothlorién! In this post I will explain why I apply for this, why I would be a good choice and one or two of the major questions that you might have over how I will do this. I will exclude all the lore of the country because you can easily google that stuff and I prove in my application for Galadriel that I know the lore. Alright let's get started!

I want to rule Lorién because it, first of all, needs a leader. It is very easily to attack in the state that it is in now. With the rising of Dûnglamor every realm should be protected, and lorien is not protected at all. Other than that it was my goal ever since I joined the server to end up in Lorién. I followed Galadriel's lore because I felt it was appropiate and at the time there was already a ruler. Amdír however, has been inactive for way too long. I decided Lorién needed me now. So along with my love for the faction and it's need for a strong leader, I felt it was time to try and rule.

I am a good choice for this role because I have experience ruling factions like this. I have done it before on multiple other servers. I can keep order between players, and make them obey me. That may sound a bit harsh, but sometime it is necessary. I try to lead with kindness and friendship, but if someone needs to be punished for a wrong action, I won't be afraid to do so. Also to make Lorién strong and keep evil outside of the gates, you need to unite your people. This can be achieved by a common enemy, but I would much rather try to do it by creating a strong community within the faction itself, where the players themselves feel like they should help instead of being forced to do so. I, as leader, have a couple ideas how to inspire the players. More about that later. Other than that, most of you know me, and they also know that I am kind, honest and I make friends easily. These alongside the earned respect from people, will make me a fine leader.

You might now only be left with a couple questions on how I would rule. How I would deal with certain problems, or prevent problems like it.

Player activity, a major issue for every faction. To inspire players to be active and help with the faction I have a couple ideas. One of them is, giving rewards such as a promotion in rank, blocks from the faction chest, for certain events on the server that they can represent Lorién etc.. This means that the more active you are, the easier it gets to complete your projects and the more influence you gain in the faction. Another way to keep the players of your faction interested is for example giving a certain task to them. An example of this; if there are 3 players online of your faction, then challenging them to gather 3 troll totems and that we kill all 3 of them as quick as possible, the loot will be devided. Or maybe a mining quest; today we are going to gather iron! [or anything along those lines] The iron mined would then be used in builds for gates, or maybe just for community use. This way it can be fun because you do it together, and it will gain everyone participating something extra. There is however one thing that you can't help, however many fun things you do, rewards you give etc.. The time where the school exams are. Because most of the players are still in school, you can't avoid them being less active because of school. Exams are just more important than a game, no matter how fun it is.

In terms of politics, where will Lorién stand? The Galadhrim will have a tight connection to all other elven races, this is not only because of being the same race. This has to do as well with the lore. In lore all elven are basically family. Everyone has a connection to another clan. Elven clans tend to support eachother anyway, so that should happen in-game as well! For dwarves we will try to have a positive relationship, but not neccesarily be allied. Because also in lore, elves and dwarves didn't get along very well. The same with men, Rohan and Numenor. As far as orcs go they will all be hostile. I will try to stay as close to the lore as possible with this. In-game you can see who is hostile and friendly, well that exactly. Although we won't be starting a war very easily, for the Galadhrim aren't a very aggressive folk. We won't hesitate on the other hand to aid our allies.

Defenses and cities. Ofcourse in any faction this is very important. How will you keep your lands safe? We will ofcourse build the major cities such as Caras Galadhon etc.. Also for the Elven clans that live in Lorién, they will get their own castle kind of place? Like Galadriel, Celeborn and Celebían are part of the house of the Golden Leaf. Each of those houses will get it's own spot. Aside of that we will have little villages, or sometimes a little bigger town on the strategic places, nearby a road, a port at the river etc.. These quite dense villages (lorién isnt that big) will keep evil outside of our gates.

Titles and ranks. For any faction to work properly there should be a clear title system. Who to turn to for help? Who are there to inform you, who manage Loriéns defence etc.. So, what I have come up with so far is this. When you own (through lore of a custom character) a major build such as a city or a bigger fortress you will have the title 'Aráto of..[name of property]', Aráto meaning Captain/leader. (I cannot use Lord or Lady here because that would be rather confusing, because the King and Queen are entitled as Lord and Lady of Lorién.) Under the captains you have the Elendur. Your title will then be 'Elendur of... [name of property that you serve]' These are the people higher than the normal Galadhrim, but lower than the Aráto and the Lord/Lady. Ofcourse there should also be a proper name for the leader of the army, however this is lead by the Lord of Lorién, we will also have a general to take care of the army. In battle he/she will have the second position commanding. This title will be 'Minyaheru' wich means 1st general. There may be another title for diplomat or loremaster. I have not yet decided upon that, and I would like to discuss that with the players before doing such things.

I have thought about this for quite some time, and I hope you appreciate that. I see only one reason to decline this application, that is if the lore demands that I will rule only at the end of the second age, which is still quite far away.

Thanks for reading this and I hope for good news!

MyrFlora (Tybereous), a.k.a. Galadriel.  