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<![CDATA[Conquest of the Horde - [WoW] Character Profiles]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/ Sun, 03 May 2026 13:53:23 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Althair's Tale]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-39148.html Wed, 21 Jan 2015 05:11:25 -0800 lordnathal]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-39148.html
Player: lordnathal

Character Full Name: Althair Nialson

Character In-Game Name: Althair

Nickname(s): None

Association(s): Church of the Holy Light, Kingdom of Lordaeron (previous)

Race: Human

Class: Priest

Skills and Abilities: Soul Reader: He can reach the bottom of the soul of anyone and discover, through the Light, what is the source of problem of those who seeks his help.

Age: 65

Sex: Male

Hair: White

Eyes: Green

Usual Garments/Armor: White Priest Cloth Armor

Personality: Althair is an man that always travels around Azeroth searching answers from the Light he so much believes. He does not deny help to those who need and always hear the complaining of others to see if he can do something to help with. He has an special hability to read the people’s souls and mind with the Light’s help to search if there’s any source of evil cursing the same. He’s a calm man. But he just get angry when someone disrespect him, his comrades or the Holy Light that guides him.

History: Althair was born in the Kingdom of Lordaeron, 25 years before Varian Wrynn’s born. As a child, he was raised in around Hearthglen, his parents worked for an rich land owner called Rivendare. But his fate was not to be an farmer. In the same town, he entered in the Light’s path as an apprentice under Bishop Garvenus Jhorgensen. The bishop had faith in the boy and believed that one day he should be an Light bearer in the field. When Prince Arthas was made a paladin in the Cathedral of Light in Stormwind, Althair, in his 35 years, was fascinated with the great city. Bishop Garvenus, now sick in an bed, send him an letter telling him that his time had come to raise to an true priest of the Holy Light and Stormwind was the place. There he stood to learn more of the Light. He and the other apprentices, under constant attention of the Church's old priests, learned the ways of the Light. He was not upset and charged anymore of the long hour of praying he was set under. His praying was now more comfortable than in his young age. To him, the Light was embracing him more than once and he felt that with such happiness. Then in some years arrived an letter, saying that his first mentor and his family had fallen under the Plague that affected Lordaeron’s northern lands. He went back in dispair but yet faithful that this Plague could be contained. But, when he arrived it was too late. Lordaeron have already felt, after Arthas killed his own father and his mentor, Uther Lightbringer. He only thought about his family, now undead and his hometown. He runned his horse to Hearthglen as hurry as the wind just to arrive there and see the city in a bad state and full of knights of the once mighty Silver Hand. He arrived just in the time that the message carrier arrived with news of Highlord Alexandros Mograine has fallen. After hear this, he takes leave from Lordaeron and go to Ironforge. He found food and a bed to sleep there in the dwarven tavern. It was where he learned to like dwarven ale. It was where he met with an young paladin in training called Vandermar. When he questioned the boy about his origins, he said that he came from Stromgarde, and that he would not stop in trying to help rebuild his kingdom for nothing and that the Light would hlep him. Althair saw great faith in the boy and promissed him that in his daily prays he would not forget him and his cause. Then, in an week he departed to Stormwind to seek the Light’s help. He was searching some guidance in the Light to end his torment insisde his very soul. His questions and doubts were answered after so much pray and penitence, the Light just set him calm with its essence. After this, he stood in the Cathedral, praying in its halls and helping young apprentices in his training. In one of the days he was in his daily pray, the Light was through him but did not answered him as ever did. He only realized that he should went back to his hometown, Hearthglen, now an reformed city after the Argent Crusade returned from its campaign in Northrend against the Lich King. Althair was decided to return back to Hearthglen to again be in his home, in an place where he could feel alright and welcome every time, as the city now was under rule of the Argent Crusade . In some days he departed, and with an smile in his face, he returned to his ancient home, riding his new brown horse wich he name Strongest, in memory of his father's old horse. After he was ready in the town, he quickly was going to the Chapel, to search what the Light was trying to tell. After hours of pray, the Light communicated he again, just to say that he should search for answers in distant places, where so much people does not have rights to go. There he would find the answers to questions or problems. In the actual days, he search for this answer in various sacred places, and he will not rest until he finds what he seek.]]>
Player: lordnathal

Character Full Name: Althair Nialson

Character In-Game Name: Althair

Nickname(s): None

Association(s): Church of the Holy Light, Kingdom of Lordaeron (previous)

Race: Human

Class: Priest

Skills and Abilities: Soul Reader: He can reach the bottom of the soul of anyone and discover, through the Light, what is the source of problem of those who seeks his help.

Age: 65

Sex: Male

Hair: White

Eyes: Green

Usual Garments/Armor: White Priest Cloth Armor

Personality: Althair is an man that always travels around Azeroth searching answers from the Light he so much believes. He does not deny help to those who need and always hear the complaining of others to see if he can do something to help with. He has an special hability to read the people’s souls and mind with the Light’s help to search if there’s any source of evil cursing the same. He’s a calm man. But he just get angry when someone disrespect him, his comrades or the Holy Light that guides him.

History: Althair was born in the Kingdom of Lordaeron, 25 years before Varian Wrynn’s born. As a child, he was raised in around Hearthglen, his parents worked for an rich land owner called Rivendare. But his fate was not to be an farmer. In the same town, he entered in the Light’s path as an apprentice under Bishop Garvenus Jhorgensen. The bishop had faith in the boy and believed that one day he should be an Light bearer in the field. When Prince Arthas was made a paladin in the Cathedral of Light in Stormwind, Althair, in his 35 years, was fascinated with the great city. Bishop Garvenus, now sick in an bed, send him an letter telling him that his time had come to raise to an true priest of the Holy Light and Stormwind was the place. There he stood to learn more of the Light. He and the other apprentices, under constant attention of the Church's old priests, learned the ways of the Light. He was not upset and charged anymore of the long hour of praying he was set under. His praying was now more comfortable than in his young age. To him, the Light was embracing him more than once and he felt that with such happiness. Then in some years arrived an letter, saying that his first mentor and his family had fallen under the Plague that affected Lordaeron’s northern lands. He went back in dispair but yet faithful that this Plague could be contained. But, when he arrived it was too late. Lordaeron have already felt, after Arthas killed his own father and his mentor, Uther Lightbringer. He only thought about his family, now undead and his hometown. He runned his horse to Hearthglen as hurry as the wind just to arrive there and see the city in a bad state and full of knights of the once mighty Silver Hand. He arrived just in the time that the message carrier arrived with news of Highlord Alexandros Mograine has fallen. After hear this, he takes leave from Lordaeron and go to Ironforge. He found food and a bed to sleep there in the dwarven tavern. It was where he learned to like dwarven ale. It was where he met with an young paladin in training called Vandermar. When he questioned the boy about his origins, he said that he came from Stromgarde, and that he would not stop in trying to help rebuild his kingdom for nothing and that the Light would hlep him. Althair saw great faith in the boy and promissed him that in his daily prays he would not forget him and his cause. Then, in an week he departed to Stormwind to seek the Light’s help. He was searching some guidance in the Light to end his torment insisde his very soul. His questions and doubts were answered after so much pray and penitence, the Light just set him calm with its essence. After this, he stood in the Cathedral, praying in its halls and helping young apprentices in his training. In one of the days he was in his daily pray, the Light was through him but did not answered him as ever did. He only realized that he should went back to his hometown, Hearthglen, now an reformed city after the Argent Crusade returned from its campaign in Northrend against the Lich King. Althair was decided to return back to Hearthglen to again be in his home, in an place where he could feel alright and welcome every time, as the city now was under rule of the Argent Crusade . In some days he departed, and with an smile in his face, he returned to his ancient home, riding his new brown horse wich he name Strongest, in memory of his father's old horse. After he was ready in the town, he quickly was going to the Chapel, to search what the Light was trying to tell. After hours of pray, the Light communicated he again, just to say that he should search for answers in distant places, where so much people does not have rights to go. There he would find the answers to questions or problems. In the actual days, he search for this answer in various sacred places, and he will not rest until he finds what he seek.]]> <![CDATA[Ugnark (Orc, Shaman)]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-39117.html Sat, 17 Jan 2015 08:05:51 -0800 Bodolfo]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-39117.html Information
Player: Bodolfo
Character Full Name: Ugnark
Character In-Game Name: Ugnark
Nickname(s):
Association(s): The Horde
Race: Orc
Class: Shaman
Skills and Abilities: agile spell caster who handles the elements with ease. high thinking capabilities and easiness of understanding spiritual and astral matters.
He is not very experienced in physical combat.
Age: 40
Sex: Male
Hair: Long black ponytail and wild black beard
Eyes: black
Weight: 140kg
Height: 7'
Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Appearance
He dresses in simple handmade clothes as common to a simple orc from the province.
Although looks dreadful with his long ponytail and his wild beard his eyes have a calm look as the deep sea.

Personality
His long sessions of astral communication with the spirits of the ancestors have made him a thoughtful and quiet man, who reflects well on words and one speaks when he really has something to say.
He is more attracted to the spirits of the ancestors than to the living because he feels that he can learn more from the first. So he feels rather drawn to those who have a spiritual view of life than those earthly bound simple personalities.

History
Ugnark was raised up in a little village in the plains of Durotar. Since he was young he impressed the elder shaman Wudhaghul of his thinking capabilities and understanding of the elements. So Wudhaghul took him as an adept to teach him to learn from the Spirits and to strengthen the tidings with the elements.
Ugnark and Wudhaghul used to enjoy sitting around a fire in Wudhaghuls ceremony tend around a fire and doing astral travel to the world of the spirits to communicate with the spirits of the ancestors. Or they just sat together and got in touch with the elements and listened to them to understand them and strengthening their bounds with them.

But then there came a time when they felt a turmoil in the elements that was growing stronger. That was just before the Cataclysm. The turmoil within the elements got so strong that the felt that they had to come together with elders from other villages to a shaman counsel to discuss the situation.
When they met the other elder shamans from the other villages in the region they agreed that all have noticed that shattering of the elements and that their spirits they where talking to did not know any counsel on what would that mean or what to do. So the counsel agreed that someone would have to travel to Orgrimmar to ask higher rank shaman for counsel.
Ugnark as being the youngest under them was chosen to do the journey and bring back their counsel and to get trained in the higher skills of shamanism by those higher elders.

So Ugnark set up for the journey to Orgimmar. Reaching there he found that the shaman elders there themselves were nervious and busy and did not have time to receive him and hear his concern.
Then one night he was disturbed by the vision of the spirits also being in upheaval and grief. They urged him to return to his village but they would not answer to his questions for what was going on. He also felt that the elements were completely disturbed and in unpredictable uproar. So very early in the morning he traveled home very worried about what he would find and if everyone from his village would be fine.
But then when he came to the place where once the quiet village has stood he only found a huge crater with burning flames on its ground. When he looked around he found Wudhaghul sitting on a stone staring into the crater. His mentor was in deep grief. As Ugnark looked at him he noticed that he was on an astral journey. So he sat at his side and connected to the world of the spirits. He found him sitting by the spirits of the ancestors. All deepened in sadness. After sitting at their side for a long time Wudhaghul spoke up at once. He told Ugnark that it was some days ago that the ancestors warned him to summon up strength as the elements were up about to get out of control. There was no time left to send for other shamans to help him in the fight to control the uproar of the elements. On the next day Wudhaghul were struggling on his own against the starting Cataclysm as he never had seen one. The ground had opened and swallowed the whole village. He was unable to do anything than only watch who the people drove into the ground and the upcoming flames and hearing their horrible screams and cries.
Coming back to the land of the living Wudhaghul told him that there is nothing to be done anymore at this place and that Ugnark could better serve his people if he would turn back to Orgrimmar to seek for deeper insight, power and domination of the elements.
Deeply impacted by the events Ugnark parted on the next day towards Orgrimmar with the strong conviction to achive higher mastering of the domination of the elements and deeper insight from the world of the spirits.]]> Information
Player: Bodolfo
Character Full Name: Ugnark
Character In-Game Name: Ugnark
Nickname(s):
Association(s): The Horde
Race: Orc
Class: Shaman
Skills and Abilities: agile spell caster who handles the elements with ease. high thinking capabilities and easiness of understanding spiritual and astral matters.
He is not very experienced in physical combat.
Age: 40
Sex: Male
Hair: Long black ponytail and wild black beard
Eyes: black
Weight: 140kg
Height: 7'
Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Appearance
He dresses in simple handmade clothes as common to a simple orc from the province.
Although looks dreadful with his long ponytail and his wild beard his eyes have a calm look as the deep sea.

Personality
His long sessions of astral communication with the spirits of the ancestors have made him a thoughtful and quiet man, who reflects well on words and one speaks when he really has something to say.
He is more attracted to the spirits of the ancestors than to the living because he feels that he can learn more from the first. So he feels rather drawn to those who have a spiritual view of life than those earthly bound simple personalities.

History
Ugnark was raised up in a little village in the plains of Durotar. Since he was young he impressed the elder shaman Wudhaghul of his thinking capabilities and understanding of the elements. So Wudhaghul took him as an adept to teach him to learn from the Spirits and to strengthen the tidings with the elements.
Ugnark and Wudhaghul used to enjoy sitting around a fire in Wudhaghuls ceremony tend around a fire and doing astral travel to the world of the spirits to communicate with the spirits of the ancestors. Or they just sat together and got in touch with the elements and listened to them to understand them and strengthening their bounds with them.

But then there came a time when they felt a turmoil in the elements that was growing stronger. That was just before the Cataclysm. The turmoil within the elements got so strong that the felt that they had to come together with elders from other villages to a shaman counsel to discuss the situation.
When they met the other elder shamans from the other villages in the region they agreed that all have noticed that shattering of the elements and that their spirits they where talking to did not know any counsel on what would that mean or what to do. So the counsel agreed that someone would have to travel to Orgrimmar to ask higher rank shaman for counsel.
Ugnark as being the youngest under them was chosen to do the journey and bring back their counsel and to get trained in the higher skills of shamanism by those higher elders.

So Ugnark set up for the journey to Orgimmar. Reaching there he found that the shaman elders there themselves were nervious and busy and did not have time to receive him and hear his concern.
Then one night he was disturbed by the vision of the spirits also being in upheaval and grief. They urged him to return to his village but they would not answer to his questions for what was going on. He also felt that the elements were completely disturbed and in unpredictable uproar. So very early in the morning he traveled home very worried about what he would find and if everyone from his village would be fine.
But then when he came to the place where once the quiet village has stood he only found a huge crater with burning flames on its ground. When he looked around he found Wudhaghul sitting on a stone staring into the crater. His mentor was in deep grief. As Ugnark looked at him he noticed that he was on an astral journey. So he sat at his side and connected to the world of the spirits. He found him sitting by the spirits of the ancestors. All deepened in sadness. After sitting at their side for a long time Wudhaghul spoke up at once. He told Ugnark that it was some days ago that the ancestors warned him to summon up strength as the elements were up about to get out of control. There was no time left to send for other shamans to help him in the fight to control the uproar of the elements. On the next day Wudhaghul were struggling on his own against the starting Cataclysm as he never had seen one. The ground had opened and swallowed the whole village. He was unable to do anything than only watch who the people drove into the ground and the upcoming flames and hearing their horrible screams and cries.
Coming back to the land of the living Wudhaghul told him that there is nothing to be done anymore at this place and that Ugnark could better serve his people if he would turn back to Orgrimmar to seek for deeper insight, power and domination of the elements.
Deeply impacted by the events Ugnark parted on the next day towards Orgrimmar with the strong conviction to achive higher mastering of the domination of the elements and deeper insight from the world of the spirits.]]> <![CDATA[Narlafayn (blood elven rogue)]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-39047.html Sun, 04 Jan 2015 14:15:54 -0800 Narlafayn]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-39047.html
Character Full Name: Narlafayn Iceblader

Character In-Game Name: Narlafayn

Nickname(s): Narla

Association(s): none living

Race: Blood elf

Class: rogue

Skills and Abilities:

Age:121

Sex: female

Hair:blondish red

Eyes: green

Scale/Height: 5'5

Weight: 90 pounds

Usual Garments/Armor: a tight leather top the has a space between the shoulder and the forearm along with a pair of leather pants with matching boots. covering her face is a simple mask that only covers her mouth

Other:

Alignment: lawful neutral

Personality: Narlafayn Iceblader is a very cautious individual who attempts in vein to stay out of conflict. Whenever she speaks her voice is soft and gentle, and is usually understood, because when she speaks she speaks clearly. Narlafayn is very uptight around other people, but after a few hours she becomes more relaxed and less ready to rip your head off. once she opens up to you and starts talking you may hear a hint of sadness in voice. Narla once she's relaxed she becomes a little bit to prideful to try and hide the sadness in her life from others. Drinking has a most powerful impact on Narlafayn because when she becomes intoxicated you might here "I will cut you!" or the even better "fire rains from the earth" When Narlafayn becomes angry i would run the other way because two things will happen "she might try and hurt you or she might disappear for a number of days.

History: Narlafayn Iceblader never knew her parents but did know her teacher, the reason for this is because when Narlafayn was a baby her parents were killed and she was taken by the man who killed her parents. Mynoiry Iceblader was the name of the man who took her in and trained her over the years to be an assassin like him. As an assassin she was very resourceful but still needed more improvement, and as the years past she wanted something more so she tried to leave. Mynoiry rejected her rights to leaving claiming he had saved her life and if she tried to go he would kill her. That night Narlafayn poisoned him in his sleep and ran, ran far away into the woods where she legitimately rammed into a troll by the name of Felknon who brought her a couple miles from Booty bay and bought her new armor and new weapons. a couple years after befriending Felknon he was slain by a bandit on their way to orgrimmar for mercenary work. Now friendless and knowing non she carves her own path.]]>
Character Full Name: Narlafayn Iceblader

Character In-Game Name: Narlafayn

Nickname(s): Narla

Association(s): none living

Race: Blood elf

Class: rogue

Skills and Abilities:

Age:121

Sex: female

Hair:blondish red

Eyes: green

Scale/Height: 5'5

Weight: 90 pounds

Usual Garments/Armor: a tight leather top the has a space between the shoulder and the forearm along with a pair of leather pants with matching boots. covering her face is a simple mask that only covers her mouth

Other:

Alignment: lawful neutral

Personality: Narlafayn Iceblader is a very cautious individual who attempts in vein to stay out of conflict. Whenever she speaks her voice is soft and gentle, and is usually understood, because when she speaks she speaks clearly. Narlafayn is very uptight around other people, but after a few hours she becomes more relaxed and less ready to rip your head off. once she opens up to you and starts talking you may hear a hint of sadness in voice. Narla once she's relaxed she becomes a little bit to prideful to try and hide the sadness in her life from others. Drinking has a most powerful impact on Narlafayn because when she becomes intoxicated you might here "I will cut you!" or the even better "fire rains from the earth" When Narlafayn becomes angry i would run the other way because two things will happen "she might try and hurt you or she might disappear for a number of days.

History: Narlafayn Iceblader never knew her parents but did know her teacher, the reason for this is because when Narlafayn was a baby her parents were killed and she was taken by the man who killed her parents. Mynoiry Iceblader was the name of the man who took her in and trained her over the years to be an assassin like him. As an assassin she was very resourceful but still needed more improvement, and as the years past she wanted something more so she tried to leave. Mynoiry rejected her rights to leaving claiming he had saved her life and if she tried to go he would kill her. That night Narlafayn poisoned him in his sleep and ran, ran far away into the woods where she legitimately rammed into a troll by the name of Felknon who brought her a couple miles from Booty bay and bought her new armor and new weapons. a couple years after befriending Felknon he was slain by a bandit on their way to orgrimmar for mercenary work. Now friendless and knowing non she carves her own path.]]> <![CDATA[[IMPORTANT] Profile Tags & Player Feedback]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-37397.html Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:15:02 -0800 Loxmardin]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-37397.html
According to this announcement, the rules in the Character Profiles forum have been revised as follows:

When making a profile in the forum, you are free to add the [Peer] or [Staff] tags to your title. As such: "[Staff] John McFee [Blood Elf Warrior]".

The [Peer] tag means that you are allowing and asking for player feedback on your profile, in addition to the staff feedback. This is the default* for Grunt+ profiles. Grunts and above can still use the [Peer] tag to request feedback openly, or use the [Staff] tag to reject it.

The [Staff] tag means that you are shutting player feedback out and requesting that only staff members comment on your profile. This is the default* for Peon profiles. Peons who would like player feedback are encouraged to utilize the Workshop forum for that, instead.

*default tags mean that they don't need to be put in the thread title to be presumed.

Furthermore, a guideline has been established for players posting in other players' profiles as detailed:

When posting to another player's profile, keep in mind that your feedback is only suggestions. Do not present your feedback in a demanding tone, as only staff members can request/demand changes.
Peon profiles in the profile queue will not, at the present time, be open to player posting and Peons cannot override this with the use of the [Peer] tag. See above, in the Thread Tag details.
If a profile has the [Staff] tag, please respect that by also avoiding sending PMs to the poster to provide feedback through that venue unless given specific permission by the player in question. Please avoid sending these PMs to Peons, by default, but instead notify staff members if there's an issue or concern.

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According to this announcement, the rules in the Character Profiles forum have been revised as follows:

When making a profile in the forum, you are free to add the [Peer] or [Staff] tags to your title. As such: "[Staff] John McFee [Blood Elf Warrior]".

The [Peer] tag means that you are allowing and asking for player feedback on your profile, in addition to the staff feedback. This is the default* for Grunt+ profiles. Grunts and above can still use the [Peer] tag to request feedback openly, or use the [Staff] tag to reject it.

The [Staff] tag means that you are shutting player feedback out and requesting that only staff members comment on your profile. This is the default* for Peon profiles. Peons who would like player feedback are encouraged to utilize the Workshop forum for that, instead.

*default tags mean that they don't need to be put in the thread title to be presumed.

Furthermore, a guideline has been established for players posting in other players' profiles as detailed:

When posting to another player's profile, keep in mind that your feedback is only suggestions. Do not present your feedback in a demanding tone, as only staff members can request/demand changes.
Peon profiles in the profile queue will not, at the present time, be open to player posting and Peons cannot override this with the use of the [Peer] tag. See above, in the Thread Tag details.
If a profile has the [Staff] tag, please respect that by also avoiding sending PMs to the poster to provide feedback through that venue unless given specific permission by the player in question. Please avoid sending these PMs to Peons, by default, but instead notify staff members if there's an issue or concern.

]]> <![CDATA[Restart Profile Guide!]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-25820.html Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:21:35 -0700 Uthaniel]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-25820.html
Well, yeah. We'll do whatever we can to help you. But what can you do to help yourself? How can you make the process faster for us and you, making your approval a quick walk in the park instead of flying through a hurricane of changes? Well, follow these simple steps:

-> Your forum name has changed, and that's great. You are now 10% more awesome.
Sadly, however, we lack the ability to guess that. If you request a forum name change, please send a PM to a forum helper so we'll know to update the wiki. Otherwise we'll think it's the profile of someone who quit and archive it.

-> Avoid posting an "Unchanged" pre-approved profile. There's been major changes to CotH's lore and timeline post-restart, be it lore, the profile format, or the timeline. Making your profile with the updated information saves us the problem of having to tell you to go do it, and you the problem of having to rewrite large chunks (or maybe all of it) to fit our crazy specifications!

Of course, there's exceptions. Maybe your profile fits the new lore perfectly. Those are few and far between, however, so take heed.

-> Run your profile through a spell checker, or have someone review them. The workshop is your friend on this one, as players are usually more than willing to help with grammar. You can of course also come to a Forum Helper (it's our job) or a GM to help. You could argue that there's no difference between us correcting your typos there and in a PM box, but well, there is. First, we'll have the chance to read your profile beforehand, form an opinion on it, and aid you in a manner which it will be approved faster. Second, we're not really supposed to be fixing typos (Grakor has said this before, I believe, but forum helpers didn't exist back then) as keyboarding is one of our core rules and it should be taken for granted.

-> Highlight changes.

-> Rule of thumb: If you're not sure about the concept, PM it to someone who can tell you whether it'll fly or not.

->Don't be afraid to use the workshop. The workshop isn't just a place to guard your profile until the next week. The workshop is where everyone will be trying to help you make your character that good and ready to get approved and, I'd personally suggest posting the profile in the workshop even if for a single day regardless whether you're 100% sure about it or not. You may be surprised on what they'll find and help you with.

->Use exact numbers. Remember your profile isn't IC. It's a biography of your character, and thusly, writing numbers like "Around 60kg" won't do. Be exact, and write down exact numbers. Refer to this guide for details!

->Try to be as descriptive as you can. I don't expect anyone to write me fifty hundred pages of text that are an amazing read and I'll gladly spend my afternoon drifting away in the imaginary world that is their history. No. In fact, this is mostly for the personality section. Remember there's more than a single facet to your character. He isn't just "friendly", "mean", "funny" or "annoying." He can be sadistic, masochistic, cruel, cold-hearted, interesting, boring, hot-headed, cool-headed, straightforward, manipulative, elaborative, objective, have a tendency for under or over explaining, etc. When you start thinking of your character's experiences, I'm sure a lot of personality is going to appear.

-> With the free-form system, be wary of multiclassing. We now have the freedom to do anything! And that's awesome. Remember, though, that you can do anything within the boundaries of your class. You can use the arcane, the shadow or even the holy light to explain how your hunter enchants his arcane shots, but you can't use it to heal someone, or fling firebolts around as a warrior. Everything has it's limitations.

-> Don't be afraid to ask for help. (See "Don't be afraid to use the workshop") after all, humans make mistakes.

(10-04-2011, 04:55 AM)Delta Wrote: Please give your OOC class in the "Class" field, bracketed, even if it is not your character's IC class. This is for archival purposes, and so that I don't get completely lost when it comes to giving you a wiki category.

Thanks!

->Space your profile correctly. Adding a line after each paragraph or item in your list (much like this list is being made!) will really help both reading and wiki-ing the profiles. Please? Thanks!

-> If you're making a custom variant, pass it through a forum helper or a GM first. That will make the process of approving much faster as more often than not we need to end up waiting for the word of a GM on whether the custom title/power is fair game or not. Knowing it before hand will not only make the GM reply faster to the profile itself (assumed, at least) but also make it easier for us to know whether we can approve you right away or correct something on the profile.

-> If something on your character is unique or contain hazy lore. Add sources. We research as much as we can, but don't expect us to know everything. We also make mistakes. Making it as easy to check your facts as possible means consequentially an easier reply and approval.

->Avoid exact dates! A profile that states "Uthaniel learned spellcraft during his childhood" is less likely to be shot down than "Uthaniel learned spellcraft at the age of five, being taken in during the beginning of the troll wars by his master, Syl'vael". An exact date makes us need to check your entire profile to see if the dates match up, while sticking to your age and being vague regarding when the events occurred ("Uthaniel would eventually join the Alliance in their fight during the second war", as opposed to "In the year X, Uthaniel would join the Alliance during the second war.) makes it easier for the profile to remain widely unchanged and prevents us from having to re-do the timeline with you once, sometimes twice, do all the math and make sure everything adds up. All in all, dates are more trouble than they're worth.

->Post when you make changes!Sadly, there's just -too many profiles- for us to do, even as a -seven man group-. We can't check the edit history of every profile to check if you did the changes we requested or not - So post! It doesn't bump your profile up anymore, and it doesn't affect the time it takes for us to get to you in any way. If anything, it makes you getting approved faster if you notify us that you've edited it!

-> When you notice your profile is getting views but no commentes, yet other profiles posted after you are getting approved, don't fret! It could be that your profile is under review by the FHs and GMs. This doesn't mean anything is horribley wrong, simply that we might find something to be a bit confusing and need to discuss it to make a faster decision in the future should it come up again. Once the discussion is over your profile will be posted in.

->And, of course. This has yet to happen, but I figure it may eventually happen with the free-form system. Be very careful of what "variant" may be in the right forum or not. Remember that every variant class that requires a different model should go in custom-model submission.

(09-10-2011, 11:26 AM)Reigen Wrote: And please remember:

Pre-approved does not automatically mean re-approved.

Am I missing something? Delta and Reigen, among others, are helping me update this as we get about to common mistakes in profiles to prevent. If you, citizen, witness something I've failed to mention that happens more often than it should, tell me! It will be added.]]>
Well, yeah. We'll do whatever we can to help you. But what can you do to help yourself? How can you make the process faster for us and you, making your approval a quick walk in the park instead of flying through a hurricane of changes? Well, follow these simple steps:

-> Your forum name has changed, and that's great. You are now 10% more awesome.
Sadly, however, we lack the ability to guess that. If you request a forum name change, please send a PM to a forum helper so we'll know to update the wiki. Otherwise we'll think it's the profile of someone who quit and archive it.

-> Avoid posting an "Unchanged" pre-approved profile. There's been major changes to CotH's lore and timeline post-restart, be it lore, the profile format, or the timeline. Making your profile with the updated information saves us the problem of having to tell you to go do it, and you the problem of having to rewrite large chunks (or maybe all of it) to fit our crazy specifications!

Of course, there's exceptions. Maybe your profile fits the new lore perfectly. Those are few and far between, however, so take heed.

-> Run your profile through a spell checker, or have someone review them. The workshop is your friend on this one, as players are usually more than willing to help with grammar. You can of course also come to a Forum Helper (it's our job) or a GM to help. You could argue that there's no difference between us correcting your typos there and in a PM box, but well, there is. First, we'll have the chance to read your profile beforehand, form an opinion on it, and aid you in a manner which it will be approved faster. Second, we're not really supposed to be fixing typos (Grakor has said this before, I believe, but forum helpers didn't exist back then) as keyboarding is one of our core rules and it should be taken for granted.

-> Highlight changes.

-> Rule of thumb: If you're not sure about the concept, PM it to someone who can tell you whether it'll fly or not.

->Don't be afraid to use the workshop. The workshop isn't just a place to guard your profile until the next week. The workshop is where everyone will be trying to help you make your character that good and ready to get approved and, I'd personally suggest posting the profile in the workshop even if for a single day regardless whether you're 100% sure about it or not. You may be surprised on what they'll find and help you with.

->Use exact numbers. Remember your profile isn't IC. It's a biography of your character, and thusly, writing numbers like "Around 60kg" won't do. Be exact, and write down exact numbers. Refer to this guide for details!

->Try to be as descriptive as you can. I don't expect anyone to write me fifty hundred pages of text that are an amazing read and I'll gladly spend my afternoon drifting away in the imaginary world that is their history. No. In fact, this is mostly for the personality section. Remember there's more than a single facet to your character. He isn't just "friendly", "mean", "funny" or "annoying." He can be sadistic, masochistic, cruel, cold-hearted, interesting, boring, hot-headed, cool-headed, straightforward, manipulative, elaborative, objective, have a tendency for under or over explaining, etc. When you start thinking of your character's experiences, I'm sure a lot of personality is going to appear.

-> With the free-form system, be wary of multiclassing. We now have the freedom to do anything! And that's awesome. Remember, though, that you can do anything within the boundaries of your class. You can use the arcane, the shadow or even the holy light to explain how your hunter enchants his arcane shots, but you can't use it to heal someone, or fling firebolts around as a warrior. Everything has it's limitations.

-> Don't be afraid to ask for help. (See "Don't be afraid to use the workshop") after all, humans make mistakes.

(10-04-2011, 04:55 AM)Delta Wrote: Please give your OOC class in the "Class" field, bracketed, even if it is not your character's IC class. This is for archival purposes, and so that I don't get completely lost when it comes to giving you a wiki category.

Thanks!

(09-10-2011, 11:26 AM)Reigen Wrote: And please remember:

Pre-approved does not automatically mean re-approved.

Spoiler:

The profile template has undergone a slight change in order to facilitate the new free-form system, given a section to discuss the character's abilities. If you are a simple civilian or a stock member of your given class, then you may put that in the section. Otherwise, you should put down any unusual abilities or skills your character may possess.

Spoiler:

We are now accepting profiles for post-restart. Please, for the moment, continue to abide by the one profile per week rule, in order to keep from overwhelming the forum helpers. If we feel that we can increase the pace, we will make an announcement to that effect.

In addition, some of these changes are still not reflected in the wiki or other stickies just yet. That will hopefully change soon.]]> <![CDATA[Discussion in Profile Threads]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-23796.html Sun, 29 May 2011 14:11:19 -0700 Kretol]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-23796.html
This also means that if a GM or Forum Helper replies to your profile, you'll have to keep a closer eye. This isn't a problem at the moment, but if there are half a page of profiles, I'd suggest to subscribe to your own character profile threads (the option is at the very bottom of the page, on the left side).

In short, this means that discussion from other players in profiles will not alter how quickly a GM/FH will get back to it!

Also, see this thread in regards to commenting on profiles!]]>
This also means that if a GM or Forum Helper replies to your profile, you'll have to keep a closer eye. This isn't a problem at the moment, but if there are half a page of profiles, I'd suggest to subscribe to your own character profile threads (the option is at the very bottom of the page, on the left side).

In short, this means that discussion from other players in profiles will not alter how quickly a GM/FH will get back to it!

Also, see this thread in regards to commenting on profiles!]]> <![CDATA[Didn't get a chance to migrate your old character(s)?]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-17856.html Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:06:57 -0700 Kretol]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-17856.html
Please refer to the following posts for the proper format as well as an example.]]>
Please refer to the following posts for the proper format as well as an example.]]> <![CDATA[READ BEFORE POSTING A PROFILE]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-691.html Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:37:18 -0800 Kretol]]> https://www.conquestofthehorde.com/thread-691.html Before starting with a profile, be sure to read about Creating a Character, as well as the Profiles FAQs.

Rules for posting a profile here:

You should have ONE character per topic. Do not make a topic indexing all of your characters.

While you need not necessarily follow the profile template we provided, we highly recommend you do so. If you do not, you will need to impress us with your writing skills while still showing that you put a lot of thought into the character. Profiles in their History and Personality sections MUST have at least ten lines combined in a 1024x786 resolution screen. The profiles forum is only for profiles that you have completed, spell-checked, and have confidence that it is lore-friendly. Incomplete or in-progress profiles should go into the Workshop instead.

Profiles will be followed by an "Approved" or "Denied" post by a GM. If it is denied, we are not obligated to tell you WHY it was denied, you must figure that out yourself. Remember to read the rules and the FAQs!

Shortly after your profile is approved, it will be moved to the Approved Profiles archive (which ONLY GMs CAN SEE), then to the wiki and removed from here.

If your profile is still here, check it! It either has the "denied" stamp or is pending review. (DO NOT PESTER GMs TO LOOK AT YOUR PROFILE.)

If you edit your profile, please edit the original post - it keeps a thread tidy and allows us to not have to copy and paste edited bits together to add into the wiki. If an edit is requested, please ensure to post a reply after making appropriate changes to let us know you've done so.

Also, as much as we hate to quash any potential creativity, please do NOT add color to your profile. While I'm sure several of you can be very astute with creating a very aesthetically-pleasing colored profile, it all ends up getting wasted considering that after the profile is approved and transferred to the wiki, the thread gets sent to an archival forum that only GMs can see. I would highly recommend to just wait until it gets on the wiki before editing it and adding any color or formatting you wish.

Finally, posts in the profiles forums are ordered by thread creation date. Therefore, it is impossible for the order to change based on replies. Feel free to add in replies if any changes are made or the like, as it will not cause you to have to wait longer (considering we check in descending order based on the thread creation time).

NOTE: Of late we've had new players who have come to the server and happily spent their time levelling away rather than posting their profile. It is perfectly acceptable for players to come to this server and not want their level/cash/gift. However, players are required to have a profile posted and approved by the time they reach level 50, otherwise the character will be locked. Stringent, yet we wish to get to know people and keep our community feel. We feel people who are merely here to level and not interact are not a benefit to the community.]]> Before starting with a profile, be sure to read about Creating a Character, as well as the Profiles FAQs.

Rules for posting a profile here:

You should have ONE character per topic. Do not make a topic indexing all of your characters.

While you need not necessarily follow the profile template we provided, we highly recommend you do so. If you do not, you will need to impress us with your writing skills while still showing that you put a lot of thought into the character. Profiles in their History and Personality sections MUST have at least ten lines combined in a 1024x786 resolution screen. The profiles forum is only for profiles that you have completed, spell-checked, and have confidence that it is lore-friendly. Incomplete or in-progress profiles should go into the Workshop instead.

Profiles will be followed by an "Approved" or "Denied" post by a GM. If it is denied, we are not obligated to tell you WHY it was denied, you must figure that out yourself. Remember to read the rules and the FAQs!

Shortly after your profile is approved, it will be moved to the Approved Profiles archive (which ONLY GMs CAN SEE), then to the wiki and removed from here.

If your profile is still here, check it! It either has the "denied" stamp or is pending review. (DO NOT PESTER GMs TO LOOK AT YOUR PROFILE.)

If you edit your profile, please edit the original post - it keeps a thread tidy and allows us to not have to copy and paste edited bits together to add into the wiki. If an edit is requested, please ensure to post a reply after making appropriate changes to let us know you've done so.

Also, as much as we hate to quash any potential creativity, please do NOT add color to your profile. While I'm sure several of you can be very astute with creating a very aesthetically-pleasing colored profile, it all ends up getting wasted considering that after the profile is approved and transferred to the wiki, the thread gets sent to an archival forum that only GMs can see. I would highly recommend to just wait until it gets on the wiki before editing it and adding any color or formatting you wish.

Finally, posts in the profiles forums are ordered by thread creation date. Therefore, it is impossible for the order to change based on replies. Feel free to add in replies if any changes are made or the like, as it will not cause you to have to wait longer (considering we check in descending order based on the thread creation time).

NOTE: Of late we've had new players who have come to the server and happily spent their time levelling away rather than posting their profile. It is perfectly acceptable for players to come to this server and not want their level/cash/gift. However, players are required to have a profile posted and approved by the time they reach level 50, otherwise the character will be locked. Stringent, yet we wish to get to know people and keep our community feel. We feel people who are merely here to level and not interact are not a benefit to the community.]]>