The Maelstrom

The Maelstrom is a RP group for advanced mature role players and darker characters. It was created and now led by Tsarina Morazov (@shadowoutlaw) with Yes and Yakunan as officers both IC and OOC. The Maelstrom prides itself on an active and diverse group with a wide variety of plots and of course, fascinating characters.The Maelstrom plays a strong role in the criminal underworld as their influence worms into other organizations all over the world. From the city hall of Millennium City, to the watery depths of Lemuria, to the back alleys of Vibora Bay, The Maelstrom continues to gain notoriety as a highly skilled and dangerous organization, not to be lightly dismissed.

IC Information

The Maelstrom is a group made of chaotic and dark beings. Tsarina Morazov is the founder and leader of the group with Yes and Yakunan as her seconds. For the most part, this group is formed of mercenaries, thieves, assassins, and many others. The public view of The Maelstrom is more then a litle suspicious. However Maelstrom has boosted their public popularity by various heroic acts. Many suspect these heroic acts were orchestrated, but it has yet to be proven. In all, they are not seen as a helpful and lawful organization.

Coming and Going

Characters wishing to join The Maelstrom have to be hired IC by either the Tsarina or a Baron (officer) ranked character. This includes alts of players that already play with Maelstrom. There is no limit on how many characters a player can have in the group. But as hiring is IC, so is firing. If IC something does not work and a character is fired by the Tsarina, that character is removed from the group. It does not make sense to have a character in a group OOC when IC, they have been told to leave. Players of these characters are welcome to make another character or have that character try to rejoin.

OOC Rules

Godmodding

Godmodding is when a character is all perfect and has no flaws or weaknesses. For example, they will never take damage in a fight or they are suddenly the strongest thing around and able to make others do whatever they wish. This is not acceptable whatsoever, it is considered extremely poor rping as it is in no way realistic or logical.

Metagaming

Metagaming is when your character knows things or does things they would not know logically. For example, you may know OOC that Roxandra is the Tsarina's given name. But unless your character is told IC, your character cannot say they know her name. This is simply keeping things straight as to what you know versus what your character knows.

Bullying

This does not apply in the IC sense, though IC your character will possibly be in some serious trouble. However, OOC wise this is never permitted. This is not just on the sg chat but also the com chat, teams, private messaging, or mail. If a member reports the bullying, it will be dealt with no matter the format.

OOC Content

The Maelstrom is made of players mostly in their late teens and twenties. We do not find humor in crude remarks and Yo Mama jokes. Please avoid topics like these as more often then not they just offend people. Remember it is the internet, you do not know who is really behind the screen and what they see as offensive or insulting. You may not mean it as such, but it is extremely difficult to add voice tones to text. Be careful of what you say and how it is said to avoid starting issues.