Guild:Windsong (Wyrmrest Accord US)

=Windsong= Originating from our guild created May 15th, 2005 on the Scarlet Crusade server Windsong is now a level 18, medium-weight Role-play and Raiding guild located on the Wyrmrest Accord server. Members are friendly, helpful and enjoy role-playing and raiding equally. A few hail from top raiding guilds who are now looking for a more immersive enviornment while lending their experience to allow more casual players to enjoy the full content World of Warcraft has to offer.

Our Armory link can be found here with all current information: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/guild/wyrmrest-accord/windsong/

=History, Premise and Ambitions= As the Night Elf people recover from the tragic events of the Shattering and are busy dealing with the recent incursion of the new Warchief, Garrosh and his horde into Ashenvale, the Windsong faction has been deployed to the forefront of the Sentinel Army. With the aid of powerful allies, the intrepid Windsong represent the Kaldorei in the struggle to assure the destruction of the Twilight Cult and the infamous Deathwing.

Windsong is a night elf led faction sworn to protect the interests of the kaldorei nation and preserve ancient artifacts of Azeroth as their primary mission. Formed by a trio of friends and gradually joined by other members of the Alliance, the Cenarion Circle and Sisters of Elune realized their success and began to support and guide its activities. Since that time, the Windsong have become officially sanctioned by the Sisterhood, undertaking increasingly dangerous quests near and far from the kaldorei homelands.

Recently in the aftermath of the Cataclysm, Windsong has returned to Azeroth from its operations in Sylvanaar to watch over the surrounding territories of south-western Kalimdor. Feralas, Silithus, Desolace, Stone Talon Mountains and reaches into the mid-lands of Ashenvale are now regularly patrolled and protected by Windsong scouts. Signs of Horde or Twilight Cultist activity are observed in stealth and dispatched quickly by the Windsong, while Seekers measure out over the land in search of precious relics and scrolls that could prove calamitous if fallen into the wrong hands.

In an oath of vengeance for the fallen of Auberdine and Rut'theran Village, the Windsong have vowed to wipe out Deathwing and any remnants of the Twilight Cult and provide refuge to those that request it. Now based within the fortified walls of Feathermoon Stronghold, with secondary accommodations in Stormwind by the generosity of King Varian Wrynn, their missions have expanded to encompass not only the will of the kaldorei nation, but at times the Alliance itself.

Faction Vs Guild
Windsong originated as a Highborne noble family and eventually evolved into a faction of night elves that serve the interests of the Kaldorei and it's ties to the Alliance. Many of the descendants of the Windsong bloodline still live and remain to lead. Our group in the role-play sense is indeed a faction, however due to categorization constraints within World of Warcraft, it may also commonly be referred to as a guild in the OOC sense. For the sake of this website, the words faction and guild are used interchangeably throughout to accurately describe Windsong. In game, however, players are encouraged to think of our guild as a faction to further the immersion of our role-play.

Recruiting
We wish to maintain a strong identity as night elf guild, and as such we aim our focus of recruitment towards our own race. We also believe that as any other normal faction in game, our guild would naturally be willing to admit other races from the Alliance who wish to assist us in our goals and ambitions. Therefore all races of any class and level may apply. There are no applications or website registering required unless you want to raid or be promoted later.

On Tuesdays around 4PM-5PM Server Time (PST) Recruiters in-character sometimes can be found in uniform with banners flying, talking to citizens in Capital cities about joining Windsong.

Players interested in only raiding are also very welcome, as long as they agree not to disrupt RP events and abide by the standard RP naming policy set forth by Blizzard Entertainment. See Raiding for more information.

Faction Charter
Our faction charter that outlines rules, requirements, how to get promoted and other pertinent information can be found on our website at www.windsong.us

Outside Relations
As Windsong grows, we hope to establish a positive presence on Wyrmrest Accord and make solid connections with other players and guilds. Community events, joint raiding and world PvP are just a few of the ideas we have in mind! If you're interested in proposing an alliance with us, or becoming an antagonist, send an in-game letter to Elunara with your offer/idea.

Alliances
Hand of Stormrage

Antagonists
Cult of Morana

=Leadership= Leadership plays a vital role in any guild, clan or faction. From the Role-Play standpoint, Windsong is headed by best friends Elunara Moonglow and Savaena Windsong. Officially though, there is one guild leader and several Commanders, each an original founder who handles different aspects of the guild. The junior officers of Windsong are known as Captains, they serve a special place as the assistants to the leaders. They have authority within the Faction and should be consulted when a leader is not present.

The officer alt rank is called Lieutenant.

Elunara Moonglow

 * Rank: Commander
 * IC Authority: Warmistress, Leader of the Windsong Sentinels and Army
 * OOC Authority: Role-Play Event Coordinator, Bane of Metagamers
 * Associated Officers: Valarian, Avaeria

Savaena Windsong

 * Rank: Arch Druid
 * IC Authority: Arch Druid of Feralas, current matriarch of the Windsong Family
 * OOC Authority: Guild Recruiter, Website Administrator, Troller of Trolls
 * Associated Officers: Seigfreid, Melima, Magiyana

Maedlyth of Windsong

 * Rank: Commander
 * IC Authority: The Knight Templar, Alliance Representative
 * OOC Authority: Raiding Coordinator, Lord of Ventrilo, Lover of Boats
 * Associated Officers: Jotunheimr, Ibram

Ilaera Windsong

 * Rank: Commander
 * IC Authority: Lore Keeper
 * OOC Authority: Character, Guild and WoW Lore
 * Associated Officers: TBA

=Events= Events play a critical role in storyline progression and guild-cohesion as relationships build between both characters and the people that play them. We foster inter-guild activities and members strongly encouraged to group with one another when running heroics, RP'ing or raiding.

Role-Play
We enjoy face to face role-play among our members, with the community, and at the same time we understand that people have real lives outside of World of Warcraft. To facilitate the best of both worlds Virtual and Real, we hold 1-2 weekly events per week and 1 special event per month.

Our weekly events can be anything, from a guild meeting in character to a mission, or even a raid as long as we are doing it together. Raids on these days can include lower level raid instances for RP gear or storyline. On Tuesday afternoons, we venture into the Baradin Hold, wresting the island upon which it rests from the hands of the Horde, if need be. Should we fail to wrest Tol Barad from Hellscream's Reach, then we will re-convene in teams into Capital cities to find others to join our membership.

Monthly events are special, important events that take our RP to the next level, allowing our members a special spotlight in which to shine in-front of their peers. This type of event will normally be scheduled toward the end of the month. All events will normally be announced on our events calendar here: http://www.windsong.us/events


 * Sundays 3PM-7PM (Server Time PST) - Weekly RP event (7PM is the cut off point, we won't always have a full 4 hour event!)
 * Tuesdays 5PM-5:45PM (Server Time PST) - IC Recruiting in a Capital City if we do not go to Baradin Hold

We also enjoy participating in some of the unique, and sometimes downright creative, events that other guilds and players sponsor for the entire server.


 * Saturdays (Server Time PST) - Weekly dance club event in Dalaran featuring real live DJ's streaming from their online radio station. Players can make requests in game and on the website, dance, socialize and drink together.

Raiding
Raiding is considered an extra-curricular event outside of our normal role-play, so there are higher expectations that must be met. Players should be 'raid ready' with gear, consumables and knowledge of the raid encounters. Most importantly a positive attitude, openness to constructive criticism, and a willingness to respec if needed is a must. To check for these qualities, a raid application is required. This form can be located here: http://www.windsong.us/recruitment


 * Tuesday - 5PM - Baradin Hold (if Alliance has it)
 * Thursday - 5PM-8:30PM (Server Time PST) - Cataclysm Raiding
 * Friday - 5PM-8:30PM (Server Time PST) - Cataclysm Raiding

How We Handle Loot
We use the Saving Throw™ DKP system that was created by Savaena and Maedlyth.


 * Loot decisions are ultimately determined by the Master Looter. We try to ensure everyone wins at least one epic before awarding loot to a previous winner in the same raid night.
 * When the raid is 100% guildies for progression content raids: Master Looter is on - MS>OS Need Rolls: 1-1000 - Greed Rolls: 1-100 - BoE Epics go to the guild bank if no one can use them.
 * When raiding with guests for progression content raids: Master Looter is on - MS>OS Need Rolls: 1-1000 - Greed Rolls: 1-100 - BoE Epics go to the guild bank if no one can use them. In addition, loot priority is given to players who have been attending our raids consistently.
 * PuG raid sponsored by our guild: Master Looter is on - MS>OS Need Rolls: 1-1000 - Greed Rolls: 1-100 BoE Epics go to the guild bank.
 * Low level raids: free roll for lower level raiding content

=Chat and Addons= Guild chat is currently OOC.

We have two external channels, one for role-play (/join Hearthstone) and one for our alliance guilds (/join Allies).

Ventrilo is our social voice channel where most of our core members hang out, especially for raiding. All members and guests are always welcome, and information to join our vent can be found on the guild info tab in game.

Chat Rules

 * RP Chat - Creativity is encouraged as long as players ideas stay within the boundaries of accepted Warcraft Lore. Use full sentences when appropriate, punctuation and correct grammar.  Only assume command of actions and reactions that your character does, in other words do not meta-game.  Questions about possible ideas that may go against lore or push the boundaries should be run by the leadership first.
 * Guild and Alliance Channel Chat - OOC Chat should always be used here. Leet speak can be used when it's clear you're just joking around, we encourage intelligent conversation. Avoid discussing controversial topics such as (but not limited to) racism, sexual preference, religion (unless discussing it in a non-debating manner), violence or abuse, cheating or hacking. The use of the word 'Rape' is forbidden in any context.
 * Officer Chat - Is for the Leaders, Officers, and those exalted with the guild.
 * Vent Chat - Is fair game, and swearing is allowed. We do ask that when guests from outside the guild are present, that everyone uses their best judgement on topic conversation, especially if there are children present.

Addons We Use
We use three RP addons for Windsong and strongly recommend them, although they are addons that most players on Wyrmrest Accord may already be using. These addons are light weight and add spice to the immersion of our guild:


 * Tongues - A direct descendant of the addon Lore, it was designed to aid Roleplayers in World of Warcraft with the ability to speak in 'languages' other than those enabled by Blizzard (for example: Dark Iron, Demonic, Elemental, Druidic, etc). It translates your text in /say, /party, /raid, /guild and /yell to a specified user-defined language. This translation occurs before the text enters Blizzard's language functions. *Note- Is compatible with lore but much more user friendly and uses less computer memory.
 * Total RP 2 - This addon adds a great amount of roleplay features such as Characters and pets informations (names, titles, story, description, temper...); Item creation and inventory management; Document creation (Books, contracts, letters...); Buff/debuff creation (called States); Quest creation and much more!
 * MyRolePlay - MyRolePlay is a roleplaying addon for World of Warcraft. It allows you to add roleplay-specific information about your character that other users of MyRolePlay (and other compatible addons) can see in the tooltip, and in a more detailed window. You can change your first name, middle name, and surname; you can add a 'title' for your character. You can set your preferred style of roleplaying, and if you wish you can add a lot more, including a description of what other characters see when looking at you, height, weight, eye colour, and even details of your character's background and history.

=Contact Us= If you have any additional questions that are not covered here, please email us at windsong.admin@austin.rr.com or in-game mail to our recruiting/admin leader, Savaena.