Memorials, Weddings and Town Recognition
Memorials
There are two ways to create a memorial for a player who has passed away.
Private Memorial
The Primeval Lich Champion gives six different styles of headstones. These can be engraved with the statuette engraving tool, which is available from NPC tinkers. You can then lock them down in your house for a private memorial.
Public Memorial
You may request that an EM place a memorial in a public place. Please e-mail me with the information below. We will work with you to create a fitting memorial. Please keep in mind that the EM must send the memorial request to Mesanna for final approval before placing the headstone.
Please include:
- The name of the player who has passed away.
- Requested date for placement of the memorial.
- Preferred Location. It must not block housing, cannot be in an NPC town, and should be near the house of a friend or guildmate.
- The text you’d like engraved on the memorial. The memorial may have up to five lines of text, each approximately seventy-seven characters long, including punctuation and spaces.
- We can lock down flowers and plants by the headstone. Any other decoration will be subject to approval.
- The headstone you’d like. Please choose from the picture below and specify whether you’d like it to face East (as pictured) or South.
- Whether you would like the headstone in its natural hue or shaded an appropriate color.
Big thanks to EM Elizabella for writing this up and allowing me to repost this from the GreatLakes UOEM website.
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Weddings
At least two weeks before your wedding, please e-mail the EM you’d like to perform the ceremony. In your initial email, please include:
1. Couple’s names
2. Requested Date
Other necessary information, which can be included in the initial email or decided on up until a few days before the wedding:
3. Location
4. Vows
5. Ring metal (gold or silver/platinum)
6. Ring inscriptions
7. Wedding colors and theme if any
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can the wedding be held?
The wedding can be on any facet, in any location you both are able to get to. You are responsible for the safety of your guests.
How long can the ring inscription be?
Approximately seventy-seven characters, including punctuation and spaces.
What vows can we use?
You can write or choose your own vows, or use the Britannian vows we have.
Big thanks to EM Elizabella for writing this up and allowing me to repost this from the GreatLakes UOEM website.
Town Recognition
All existing towns and banners are grandfathered in; however they may not be cited as precedent in new applications. Any incomplete applications are discarded.
Requirements for Recognition
Five or More Houses – The town must have at least five houses.
Proximity – The houses must all be in the same area. Good examples are: Guardians of ValHalla (a Malas island), GOF Valley (a mountain valley), and FCB Harbor (a stretch of road near the Britain-Vesper-Yew crossroads).
House Signs – Each house sign should demonstrate that the owner of the house considers themselves part of the town. Most towns have the name of the town on every sign. Wolves’ Hallow has streets, so its house signs have addresses, such as, “101 Howl Ave.” and “104 Pack Run Road”.
Activity – The town must be active. The banners are to link existing towns, not to memorialize towns of the past. A town may show that it is active in any of several ways, such as being connected with a large guild, holding regular town meetings, or hosting frequent events, such as games, hunts, or auctions.
Town Name
In keeping with the traditions of other worlds, a town may only use the following as part of its name if it has at least the specified number of houses:
5-10 Village/Hamlet
11-20 Town
21-30 City
31+ Kingdom/Empire/City-State
Other words can be used; has a harbor, a headquarters, and a club. The name of the town must not be confusing, e.g. you cannot name your town Britain. The name of the town cannot include the word “guild”. While connection with a large guild can be evidence of activity, the banner recognizes the town, not the guild.
How to Petition for Recognition
In our mailbox, leave a bag containing a book with the application and house runes (rune marked while standing inside a house) to every house that is part of the town.
A petition for township recognition must follow the most recent rules. The application in the book must include:
1. Town name
2. When it was founded
3. Allegiance (with the Crown, against the Crown, or neutral)
4. Number of houses
5. Describe the ways in which the town is active.
Lady Chamberleign will put the petition on public display in a bookshelf at the Royal Surveyor’s building, which is on the east side of Britain at 4° 13’S, 21° 47’E. All citizens are encouraged to read it. After Lady Chamberleign has had a chance to survey the town, her response will be locked down next to the application.
All communications related to a town’s petition must be submitted in book form, which will be available to the public. The only exception is the proposed banner picture, which a town may email if and when the petition for township recognition has been approved.
Banner Proposals
If Lady Chamberleign approves a town’s application, a town leader may then email a picture of the proposed banner and leave runes to at least three proposed locations in the Counselor Hall mailbox. The picture will be posted.
InsideUO can be used to find the correct ID numbers of the components for the proposed banner. It will also help you to construct a picture of the banner. Also, here is a page with more information on banners, including an exploded view of a banner’s design;. Please be sure to state what hues various items should be dyed. If default colors are preferred, specifically state somewhere on the picture that all items are to be left undyed.
We reserve the right to make changes to your design and its location. Changes made in the construction of another banner cannot be used as precedent in a new banner proposal, (e.g. if during the construction of Banner A, Mesanna determines that it would be more aesthetically pleasing to make that particular banner 8×8, that cannot be cited by Town B when submitting their banner proposal).
The banner must meet the following structural requirements.
The banner must not block house placement.
The banner may not be larger than 6×6 if it blocks movement.
The banner may be a bit larger if it doesn’t block movement, such as Rolling Hills.
The banner may be a dock.
Live animals cannot be used for a banner. Request a statuette instead.
The banner shall not include the word “guild”.
The banner shall not mention any player’s name.
The banner shall not resemble a building.
The banner cannot touch a road.
As Royal Surveyor, Lady Chamberleign reserves the right to add any new structural requirements she deems necessary in future.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. May we apply by email?
A. No, all communications regarding banners must be pasted in books and left in the mailbox. All such books will be put on public display. The only exception is that a newly recognized township should email its proposed banner picture.
Q. Is township recognition granted for towns in Felucca?
A. Yes, it can be granted to a town on any facet.
Q. Can I have a banner recognizing my main character?
A. No, town recognition and banners are for towns.
Q. Will you create our town’s banner proposal picture?
A. No, it is a time-consuming process and it is one that should be done by the leaders and residents of the town so that the banner will truly reflect the spirit of the town itself. However, here are step-by-step instructions on how to create the picture. It’s not the only way, but it may be helpful to you.
Q. One of the house runes gives the message that the location is blocked. What should we turn in for that house?
A. If a house is private, or sometimes if it’s improperly placed, the house rune won’t work. Instead, please mark a rune in front of the house.
Information taken from GreatLakes.UOEM.net per permission from Elizabella. Written by Elizabella and Malachi. Edited for Chesapeake.