Lark is, like everyone else, recruiting new members for The War Within…

About Us:

We’re a small guild looking for members to join our raid roster and join for M+ at their own pace. Most of us have been playing WoW since TBC; we have our war stories and know how to relax as a group. Wipes happen to the sound of medieval covers of absolute bangers.

We have returning players joining us, who are reminiscing about the days of yore and coming to grips with the current playstyle.

As a mix from the UK, Netherlands and Scandinavia, we primarily use English in Discord, though we are occasionally entertained by Moonspeak and Potato Manglers. Om du är svensk borde du förmodligen inte ansöka om du inte är en eländig git

We all respect the lives we have outside of the game, and foster an inclusive environment to make the most of game time.

Server: Emeriss - EU

We’re part of the connected realms, so currently that includes:

Bloodscalp / Emeriss / Agamaggan / Twilight’s Hammer / Crushridge / Hakkar

Though as everyone knows, cross realm guilds are now in action. Toot toot!

Our Schedule

During progress we raid twice a week, after this we open an alt raid on Sundays.

Thursdays | 20:00 - 22:30 Server Time
Sundays | 19:00 - 21:30 Server Time

Tuesdays - Fluff Raid for transmogs and achievements, rotating destinations by demand

Other week days, M+ are ad hoc and hop in and out as you like.

Recruitment: Players

We’re looking for mature players who want to explore The War Within without sweating heavily or suffering a Vitamin D deficiency in the pursuit of temporary glory. They don’t need to touch grass; grass fears their steps and the lawnmower each week.

We are an inclusive guild, which means respecting the player behind the screen is a person. We can’t help with wish-fulfilment, unless its a transmog, achievement, or addon…

That said, one of our tanks plays the Bejewelled addon on the side and some of us are trying to peak the fashion of a male Kul Tiran shaman in a bikini called Darnell. We’ll get there, I know it.

Recruitment: Roles

We’re looking for the following roles:

Healers
We’re open to more healers and we’re non-specific at this time - we’re HC, not sweating.

DPS
We currently have warlock(s), rogues, and shaman - so if you’re a smelly melee or Another Ranged, then please kick us.

Tanks
We have one main tank spot open.

During progress, we ask that you commit to one character and stick with it just for roster ease.

Want to apply?
Discord: thenameisform
Battlenet: formbyname#2652

Improvise Adapt Wipe is looking for players! We are a group of veterans with a core that has been raiding together the entirety of Dragonflight and are now looking for fresh blood to fill our ranks!

Our goals are set on Mythic Raiding without pushing for CE unless obtainable. We are looking to build for long term goals and commitments and wish to achieve CE at some point while trying to be as relaxed about it as we can. We offer guidance to everyone who needs it and have a welcoming attitude to new people in our community. Right now we are looking for players to commit long term to our raid team to be able to build out our core and always guarantee a pug-free 20+ man group for progress oriented raiding come TWW. If you are looking for a guild that acts as a stepping stone to better guilds, we kindly ask you to look elsewhere.

We Raid Wed & Sun 20:00-23:00 CET, but will be Raiding Wed, Thurs and Sunday 20:00-23:00 CET for the first 2 weeks upon raid release in TWW to try and make a bit of a more serious push for progression as early as possible! We ask you to be knowledgeable about your spec and upcoming bosses as well as being able to attend most raids and make sure you gear up outside of raids as well. We expect everyone to come fully prepared (phials, food, enchants, gems etc) and also expect everyone to stick to that baseline regardless of what difficulty is being done any given raid night.

Currently we are looking to fill the following spots:
Healers: Anything and everything
DPS: Everything with an eye on at least one, preferably two augmentation evokers as well as a dedicated Mage & Shaman.

If this sounds like something you are interested in, do not shy away from contacting us, we only bite on request.

A small bit of our history here:
We formed this Guild at the end of DF Season 2 due to a falling out with our old GM, almost the entire team that didn’t completely quit went with us. We Cleared Heroic Amirdrassil with a rather scuffed composition in 3 weeks and cleared 3/9 Mythic bosses within our first week in Mythic although this happened very late due to recruitment issues at the time. The same issue kept compounding due to people losing patience with our comp so we did not progress any further then ~61% on council of dreams (we spent less then an hour total on the fight).

For Season 4 almost nobody was really interested in repeating the DF raids so we only hosted a few Pug runs the first few weeks. Now we are all in on our recruitment efforts and wish to finally realize the potential our team always had!

Contact:

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• Inagame: Thiran, Théò, Keydadk, Wurley
• Discord: Thiran#3876, Prometheus#7063, Keyda, WurleyShirley#5953

Hesperus (EU Runetotem) is a small international guild with a true family feel. Most of us are no longer in our 20s and have jobs, a partner or something similar, and kids. We all love to log on after a long day of real life and get into raiding / M+ keys while being in a mature, friendly and social environment. Our focus is progressing towards AotC on a steady pace, while not making the raids a stressful experience. Our discord server is filled with good jokes and laughs, but during raids we expect focus while in a boss fight. Our goal is to remain as small and family like as possible, while ensuring to have enough people for our raids every Thursday and monday (20:45–23:00 ST). Therefore we are looking to expand our team but not opening our house for everyone.

What we are looking for in new members:

• You are a mature teamplayer, able to take feedback and communicate respectfully
• Before a raid you read up / watch tactics and come prepared
• You inform if you are able to raid via the events calender and log on in time
• While being an alto-holic like so many of us are, you keep your main up during the tier
• When a wipe happens, you do not turn into a keyboard smashing, screaming being…but instead get back to your body in-game and prepare for the next pull

What we have to offer for new members:

• A mature, friendly and active small guild filled with people willing to help each other
• Well-organised raids with raidleaders that don’t mind explaining something and remain calm whatever happens
• A wide variation of M+ runs of all levels most evenings
• Good jokes and laughs on discord
• Not naming anyone, but we do have one person playing this game with a mechanical hand

Even though we are looking for the players that fit in our team more then specific classes, we do have a wish list:

• Any DPS with offspec tank / heal is very welcome
• Shaman (all specs)
• Monk (WW)
• Warlock (all specs as long as you are willing to bring us portals)
• Evokers

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you’re class is not listed but you do believe you will fit in this wonderful guild.

Not interested in raiding, but feel like Hesperus could be your new home to enjoy the next expansion(s)? Feel free to contact us for a short chat.

Join us on discord and contact one of the officers: discord.gg/vK4Wetd2

Looking forward meeting you!

Gordz - Turan#2958
Mose/Tryn - Tryn#2698
Wiznix - Wisnix#21673

Practical information about the guild:
Guild name: Nox
Faction: Horde
Realm: Draenor (EU)
Realm Type: Normal - PVE
Current progress: 9/9H - 1/9 M
Raid days - Wednesday & Sunday
Raiding hours - 20:00-23:00 CET

Currently this season we clear HC on Wednesday evening.
And spend Sundays progressing Mythic

Currently Recruiting:

HEALER DEMAND
High:

• Evoker
• Shaman

Medium:

• Monk

Low:

• Paladin
• Priest
  *Druid

About the guild:
Nox is a welcoming and mature raiding guild that consists of experienced players with relationships going all the way back to Vanilla.

We are a mature community who enjoy World of warcraft in most aspects of the game.
We raid Wednesdays and Sundays, and have a very laid back atmosphere during the raid, in-between boss pulls there will be no shortage of dad jokes and a general joking mood, we do though expect people to be able to perform at their best capability’s and be serious during boss encounters.
Most of us are mature people with kids and have a full understanding about real life and its obligations. and therefor do not expect 100% attendance.

There is no shortage of M+ groups, from alt runs in-between +1 and +8, and more serious groups going above +10.
There will be people online most of the day to socialize with and do M+. During non raid days there is alt raids, Achievement runs for glory of the?, and to enjoy rest of what WoW has to offer.

We wish for our guildys to find their place to call home amongst our ranks, while enjoying all what World of Warcraft has to offer. We boast ourselves with a friendly and social environment, with lots of people on discord to socialize with.
We value friendly players who are polite and perform at a skillful level during raids and the more challenging parts of the game.

If the community is more what you are after, and not so much the raiding aspect of the game, we are always welcoming socials.
Socials can expect a welcoming atmosphere where there will be people to do content with, on many different difficulties. Occasionally there will be raids where social are more than welcome to tag along and see the insides of the raid, and learn the ropes.

We hope to see you in Nox!.

The silence of the cold night was broken by drums from Unu’pe village. The stillness disturbed by the shadows of the Tuskarr as they returned one of their own back to the sea. Too soon, many of them knew, and hung their heads in mournful silence. Too soon for this young one. But such was the way of things in the brutal tundra. And this was not the first to be lost in recent weeks. They all worried it would not be the last.
Across the river to the west, the silence was broken by an altogether different sound. Deep within the cramped nerubian tunnels leading to Azjol Nerub, cries of pain and terror mixed with the hisses and skittering passage of the arachnid menace . Blade met claw, carapace was shattered, lives were lost, and the sounds faded away, until silence once again reclaimed the darkness.
At the entrance to the Nerubian tunnels the survivors of the intense battle emerged. An orc Death Knight strode forward leading the rest, but even he had not escaped unscathed. Deep slashes scored his flesh, and coagulated blood oozed forth. He ignored these as he half carried a human warrior, one of the wounded man’s arms slung across his shoulder. Several more emerged after the pair. A sin’dorei with a broken staff, a draenei bearing an unconscious goblin, and a pair of vulpera, one in mage robes, the other in battered leather. All were beaten and bloodied after the fight. The orc stopped to allow them to rest, dropping the human to the ground roughly, who muttered a curse. The Death Knight looked around as if expecting to find someone, and from beneath the nearby boughs, a shadow separated itself from the trees and strode forward, a behemoth of claws, teeth … and blue scales. Rayzalegos looked down upon the survivors until his gaze fell on the Orc.
“Is it done?� He asked. The orc nodded as he unclasped his pauldron and tossed it aside, damaged beyond repair. “You have done well, Durakas. The recent deaths among the Tuskarr and the Taunka were only a prelude to a Nerubian raid. They have grown bold … but your actions tonight will save many lives. They will know peace now, and the innocents will know of your …� The orc snapped his head back to the dragon with a snarl and and growled the words as he lifted the human once more to his feet. “They don’t want to know … they don’t need to know.� And with that, he set off into the darkness, the surviving Frostsworn following after.
Rayzalegos watched them leave, and then turned his gaze back to the west. He nodded his large head once, and said to the shadows. “It is enough that we know� and with that, he too lost himself in the darkness.

Our IC Concept.
The Frostsworn began as a small group of Death Knights, bound together after the fall of Arthas. They chose to remain in Northrend, knowing and understanding that they would not be welcome among their former kin. These warriors chose to direct their newfound strength towards defeating the still ever present dangers of the northern continent, some seeking a worthy final death, others seeking an outlet for the Thirst they could not escape. Over time the Frostsworn were seen, and watched by the remaining dragons of Wyrmrest, who fought the same enemies, guarded the same land, protected the same innocents. Through cautious approach, time and mounting success, the two learned to work alongside one another, and the Accords were made.
After the Accords and the association with Wyrmest, over time the Frostsworn’s ranks swelled with all manner of adventurers who had come to Northrend and were willing to work alongside the dark warriors and the mighty dragons. Warriors, hunters and shamans bolstered the fighting force, paladins and priests added their substantial might and bought holy wrath to the cultists that remained in Northrend … and even the shadowy Demon Hunters had been seen, their glaives a blur of death and destruction.

What are the Accords?
The Accords were written by the Dragons of Wyrmrest to not only improve the relations and success of both groups in their mutual goals, but to bring the Frostsworn under their authority. The Frostsworn, at the point the Accords were made, was exclusively made up of Death Knights, and there was no forgetting the danger they could pose should their will falter, or the Thirst master them. Future members of the Frostsworn who also used darker powers would be sworn to the accords too. And so the offer was made, the Accords offered. The Dragons would allow Wyrmrest to be used as a base of operations for the Frostsworn, provide armor and weapons to those that proved worthy of such, and offer their own considerable might to the Frostsworn’s ongoing fight with the threats of Northrend. In return, the Frostsworn would place themselves under the Dragons authority, to be watched over, guided … and culled of those too weak of mind to control the dark powers they saught to control.
The Frostsworn agreed, and the Accords were struck.

So what does all this mean as a guild?
The guild has been created to try to bring classes together that would never normally associate IC. It is a long standing RP perspective that the darker classes are usually shunned and hated IC, and for the most part, rightfully so. People should not roll a darker class and expect to be liked and accepted IC. However, this has always limited IC relations and interactions, so this guild has tried to create a concept where it would seem understandable and realistic for those classes to come into contact and RP together. Not always in harmony and love and brotherly camaraderie of course, I expect the inherent dislike for some classes to feature heavily in the guilds RP, but hopefully this will lead to more interesting RP, and not end in the typical “You bad, go away, I won’t work with you� And RP is over.
This comes back to the idea of bringing the darker classes into RP, and avoid common mistakes made by such classes. The Accords for example, forbid the use of dark magics within towns and cities, and should a guild member do so IC, knowingly understanding the Accords forbid such, then IC punishment will happen. The common argument had OOC among RPers that such powers should not be on display so casually and without consequence is then avoided by guild members. There is a time and place for such power to be used after all, in battle against our foes! Not the streets of Orgrimmar/Stormwind.

The Dragons wouldn’t do that, and isn’t it OP to have dragons fight with you?
The dragons will not fight alongside the Frostsworn IC, that of course would be far too OP. The presence of the dragons in the story of the Frostsworn is primarily to provide an authority to which they have to answer and to reassure other RPers that the potentially dangerous members of the Frostsworn have to answer to a much more powerful authority than themselves. OOC the guild wants to establish a good reputation, and the IC Accords will hopefully dissuade unrealistic or OP RP by guild members if they know they have to answer to dragons, after all!
A common argument to the guild as it has grown from an idea to this point is that the Dragons would not work with the Death Knights. I understand that viewpoint, but I believe that falls down to each individuals opinion on whether they would or not. I personally don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to imagine the story set out by the guild to be lore accurate, but of course should others think differently, they are welcome to their opinions too. The concept of dragons as the authority over the Frostsworn is important to it’s core RP concept, and the idea set out has been widely accepted to!

How new is the guild?
The guild is close to six months old now. I worked on the concept and details for a while to prepare it ready to start recruiting, and our numbers have grown surprisingly fast. and our events generally host between 4-10 RPers!

How often do you RP? When are the events?
Due to my own rl commitments, work, kids etc, we do not have events every night. Our events are held each week on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 8pm server time, and last between 2-4 hours. Every other night is reserved for casual RP. Each week the three event nights tell a short story that unfolds over the week. Every 2 month or so, we also hold a Campaign where we increase the event days and do an intensive three week story, a grand adventure!

What type of RP is it? Is it military?
So the Frostsworn are not strictly a military guild, though the setup is loosely based that way for cohesion IC. We are led by our Commander, who issues trials, and handles any IC discipline that is needed when the Accords are broken or IC disputes go too far. Thankfully this isn’t often! We don’t go as far as lining up and saluting on sight, and no uniform is enforced. We expect people to behave respectfully enough IC so that IC intervention is very rarely needed.
Our events often lead us to dangerous parts of Azeroth to fight deadly foes, or combat training. We also hold feasts and connect with in game races/factions to build IC relations. Away from events, it’s a very common situation that your personal RP days are filled with finding ways to finish your character trials, or complete tasks given by the Commander if you choose.

So what can my character expect if I join?
Anyone who joins begins their journey as an Outsider, someone curious enough to come and take a look at who we are and what we do. If they wish to join, and make it clear to the Commander or a Dragonbound member IC, they are given trials. IC challenges based on what we’ve seen of them IC, to prove themselves to the Commander and their chosen Flight. All newcomers choose a dragonflight their own values and morals align with, and aim to become an Adherent of that flight. Trials are varied, for example a troll hunter was once tasked to fire into the wind -away- from his target, with such skill and accuracy that the arrow still hit the target using the wind. He had to focus, practice and try many times. Another, a mage, was tasked with climbing a peak in Dragonblight with nothing but his magic to keep him warm, and survive the night. These are all done IC via RP with others present, or via our Discord IC channel where people post incredible stories detailing their characters exploits!

How do you manage your combat? Are there any modifiers?
We use the D20 system, and we have our own in guild modifiers. When reaching Adherent Rank, you will be given a dragon scale the color of your chosen flight, and it gives you a one time use per event +1 modifier to your roll. Over time, passing Dragon Trials will increase this modifier to a maximum of +5. Adherents also get the chance to claim a unique weapon gifted from the Frostsworns past adventures. This weapon is created OOC and catered to fit in with that characters fighting style to help enhance their preferred way of fighting. For example, we have a member who always seems to roll low, rng is not their friend, so they have an axe that can skip rolling to hit, and hits without fail with an IC explanation as to how. This is balanced by not being able to be used with the scale modifier, and it cannot crit using the D20 system. Another character has a staff with an empty crystal socket atop it. Should they have an arcane crystal placed within, and use arcane magic, they do double damage. If they had a light infused crystal, they would do normal arcane damage, but deal double light damage/heals.

Thank you all for reading this far, and if you’re interested in joining up, please do contact me in game, my ID is SilentStorm#2359876, or ask any questions you have here on the forums. I’ll do my best to answer what I can!