Server:Moonglade Europe

Template:Server Moonglade is a roleplaying (RP) realm where player versus player (PvP) is optional, not mandatory. The realm has a high quantity of roleplayers based on both the Alliance and Horde factions.

About Moonglade (European Roleplaying Realm)

Template:Infobox BattlegroupN Moonglade (Europe) officially launched on Tuesday, 8th November 2005 when Blizzard Entertainment opened a new data centre in Paris.

It was the third English language European roleplaying realm to launch and was not opened as a migration realm. Moonglade did not gain migration until the Paid Character Transfer Service came into operation. Moonglade is located in cross-realm battle group six.

As a roleplaying realm, Moonglade is subject to special rules that do not apply on Normal or PvP realms. New players are expected to adhere to these rules, as they are enforced by Blizzard. These rules include (but are not limited to):

You must use a roleplaying name (no abusive language, ThreeWordNames or movie references.)
You must not go Out of Character (OOC) in /say /yell or /emote.
You must not disrupt or harass roleplayers at roleplaying events.

Whilst there is some controversy over whether the rules are strictly enforced 100%, they are in place and account sanctions can occur if people do not adhere to them.

The players must stay strong and work together (welcoming new players) if the community is to become fruitful.

History of Moonglade (Europe)

Whilst all realms share one common storyline and history, they all deviate slightly because of player created storylines and content. Every single realm is technically an alternative world, and the timeline whilst having key points (eg. Blizzard-created events) still has unique Player-created events, stories and adventures that only exist in the one timeline. This makes each realm special in it's own right, and Moonglade is no exception.

Historical Events in Moonglade

There were many events in Moonglade over the years, some of which are listed below.

Steamwheedle Faire

Considered to be the largest organised roleplaying event in the history of the Moonglade realm, over 250 people attended in total, almost causing the server that hosts the Tanaris region to crash.

Despite the sheer size and logistical problems presented by catering for both Horde and Alliance, the Faire was a resounding success and there was practically no trouble.

Kaboom gave away free ale, hosted a raffle for a free pet for both the Horde and Alliance attendees, a storytelling contest and a boxing match.

The event lasted from approximately 16:00 until 19:00 and saw people queueing, dancing, sun bathing and having a good time in Steamwheedle Port a relatively untravelled location.

Steamwheedle Faire 2

A follow up to the Original fair, this was organised by House Idrial, The Torchlight Outpost, The Mithril Guard, The Outriders and Rhyme & Punishment. Though not as large as the original fair, there were more events, more prizes and more free drinks than the original, and the fair lasted many hours.

The Old Town Fair

On Tuesday, October 9th 2007 an Old Town Fair encouraged the Stormwind citizens to remember the less fortunate merchants of the Old Town district and to help out the poor and needy.

The Mithril Guard started off with a parade to gather all participants for the speech of the Baron of Old Town. Afterwards, crafters and vendors from different houses and guilds (many members of the Zanadu RP-community) presented their merchandise, under the watchful eyes of the city guard.

There were barbecue stands, free drinks, surprise boxes, a race and a lottery that granted one lucky winner 500 gold. The event lasted from approximately 20:00 until 22:00.

The Opening of Ahn'Qiraj

The quest chain to open the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj was successfully completed on Moonglade by Vir Mortalis, an Alliance based raiding guild. The event began on a Sunday morning at 7am and took ten hours to complete. During the opening event and the Eranikus event in Moonglade, Vir Mortalis was assisted by the Horde guild Honorbound.

Vir Mortalis came under fire at the time from various sources for "not informing the rest of the realm," that the Gates would be opened on this day at the time specified. Vir Mortalis argued that this was to prevent server crashes and because they had put the majority of the effort into completing the epic quest.

A Day at the Races

Falcore of Rhyme and Punishment organised for a collection of community photographs to be created on Sunday, 10th September 2006. The event was a huge success with over one hundred people from both the Horde and the Alliance attending at it's peak.

Many screenshots (aka. photographs) were taken, and a very positive community atmosphere was felt by everyone who attended, new or adept. It has been proposed that such an event should take a yearly slot in the calendar.

The Silvermoon Charity Ball

The May 19th 2007 saw the Horde amassing for a charity ball set amidst the elegant spires of Silvermoon City. The ball was organised by Narihka and her Blood Guard guild and proved to be an enormous success.

The ball played host to many different representatives from a multitude of different guilds who received a special introduction prior to the beginning of the event. The hall was thronged with guests enjoying the food and drink supplied by the catering staff, dancing, conversing and simply taking full advantage of the festive atmosphere.

The Tranquilien Assault

On the 20th of March 2008, an RP world PvP event took place in the Ghostlands. The attack was announced on the realm forum by Nairuil of the Circle of VIdomi and organized on both sides making it in a sense a cross faction event. About 25 members of the Alliance, all over level 60, joined. Resistance was put up by Armos of the Boldblood Clan.

Moonglade Roleplaying Communities

To encourage a realm-wide community and help foster a good roleplaying environment, roleplaying communities have been established on both factions.

Currently, the following roleplaying communities are established and fully operational on Moonglade:

Zanadu
An Alliance based community. Players are encouraged to join as part of their RP based guild, not as individuals, wherever possible. The Zanadu channel is to encourage RP storylines, events, discussion and promotion across the server. The Zanadu project also has a smaller subset of people active in promoting RP based raids, covering both old and new raid content.
The SquareRP community is no longer under active development, and most members have now moved on to other projects (such as Zanadu). The channel still exists but is barely active, and the website is no longer accessible.
MARP
The Moonglade Adventurer's and Roleplayer's community is a Horde based organisation that attempts to establish RP reasons for End Game raiding. It has proven to be very successful and popular.
The New Shadow Council
Is a Horde based RP community. The members see themselves to be the "true" Shadow Council and see all members of the in-game NPC faction The Shadow Council to be enslaved weaklings and fools. They want the Horde to return to the old ways and think that all attempts to peace with the Alliance are foolhearty.
The Royal Council of Silvermoon
Is a RP Guild Pact based in Silvermoon. The Council mainly RP that they are a advisor Council of the Lord Regent. Their mission is to lead their fellow blood elves from survival to glory.

Several other communities have been proposed in the past, including one based on the Island of Theramore called TIRC, as well as communities based in Lakeshire, Darnassus and Southshore. Hopefully in the future, such endevours will prove to be successful.

Role-playing Resources for Moonglade

News Sources and Entertainment

Torchlight News
Currently active and producing new content

Guilds of Moonglade (Europe)

The following is a list of Moonglade guilds, if you wish to add your guild to this list but are unsure how to safely edit the list, please refer to the Editing Help page. If you wish to link to your guild website, do this via your Guild Name. Additionally, the list must be kept in alphabetical order excluding articles in the beginning of names if necessary. (i.e. excluding "the", "a", etc.)

Valid Guild Types are: RP, RP-PvP, RP-PvE, PvP, PvE, RP-Mixed and Other.

Alliance Guilds
Guild name	Abbreviation	Location	Type	Races	Contact
The Academy	T*A / Acad	Stormwind City	RP-Mixed	All	Seisence
Azeroth Elders	AE	Unknown	Other	All	Alewynn
Avalon	Ava	Outland	PvE	All	Aelyn
Blood n Glory 2	BnG	Stormwind City	PvE	All Races	Eldric / Faganne / Swamp / Pheonecia
Carpe Jugulum	CJ	Stormwind	PvE	All	Graycine / Adotiln / Caern
The Circle of Vidomi	CoV	Unknown	RP	All	Nairuil / Evnes / Naanath
Crimson Shadows	CS	Unknown	PvE	All Races	Serrin
Clan of the Ironhands	CoI	Ironforge	RP	Dwarf	Dromwald
Demon Blade	DB	Outland	PVE - Raiding	All	Varnis / Duracy / Duraino
Divide Et Impera	DeI	Shattrath City	PvE	All Races	Beans, Findermartin, Trip
Dragon Slayers Guild	DSG	Unknown	PVE	All	Torin
Ebon Flame	EF / the Flame	Unknown	RP-PvE	All	Thalos / Verannion
Evolution	Evo	Unknown	PvE	All	Troops / Huhedi / Mythras
The Expedition	Exp	Stormwind City	RP-PvE	All	Cathy / Genie / Ceana
Final Chapter	FC	Migrants	RP-Mixed	All	Delnor / Ashanar / Illgrim
The Four Rings	T4R / Rings	Ironforge	RP-Mixed, casual raiding	All	Soriac / Rayde / Aladriel / Kalyan
Grey Company	GC	All regions	RP-Mixed	All	Naylora
Hitokiri	HK	Various	RP / PvE	All	Kazuya
Horizon	HRZN	Stormwind	PvE - Raiding	All	Ades / Geoalexan / Shadowburst
House Idrial	HI	Darnassus	RP-Mixed	Elf	Sienn
Ivory Lion Mercenaries	ILM	Not specified	RP-PvE	All	Vanadain/Frep
The Ladies of Discord	LoD	Stormwind, Darnassus	RP-Mixed	Female warriors only	Ethelin, Andagassii
Legion Światła	LS	Stormwind City	PvE, RP-Mixed	All	Turambar, Okrutnik
Lordaeron Resistance	LR	Stormwind City	RP	All	Tharel / Nharia / Ainum
Midnight Sun	MS	Menethil Harbor	PvE	All	Kalten (Scandinavian guild)
Mithril Guard	MG	Ironforge	RP	Dwarf	Truesong
Morning Star	MS	Various	PvE	All	Quaronwen
The New Breed	TNB	Battlegrounds	PvP	All	Felony / Solase / Manier
New Dawn	ND	Unknown	PvE	All	Aleesa
Nightfall	NF	Various	PvE	All Races	Alkmynae / Eldariel / Thessalie
Old Town	OT	Stormwind City	RP-Mixed	All	Sidarta
The Outriders	TO	Valley of Kings	RP-Mixed	All	Uvahstone
Rebellion	RE	Various	PvE	All Races	Ikaros / Sombretta
Rhyme & Punishment	R&P	Lakeshire	RP-Mixed	All	Serendipity
Shadow Sentinels	SS	Darnassus	RP	Night Elf	Frosth / Feralan / Kanderil
The Silver Rose	TSR	Theramore Isle	RP	All Races	Xantippe
Society of Dungeoneers	SoD	Shattrah City	PvE	All	Mahonai (Scandinavian guild)
Templarii Lvsitaniae	TL	N/A	PvE	All Races	Apply on link (Only Portuguese speakers)
The Travelers of Azeroth	TOA	Azeroth	RP-Mixed	All	Zeneth / Gailia / Catla / Aerial
The United Exiles	UE / The Exiles)	Various	Family	All Races	Dragoran / Eagle / Xialong
Vindication	Vindi	All regions	RP-Mixed	All	Oedlivani or any member
Vir Mortalis	VM	Ironforge	PvE	All	Benedol
The Wyld Hunt	TWH / The Hunt	Unknown	RP-Mixed	All	Willow

Horde Guilds
Guild Name	Abbreviation	Location	Type	Races	Contact
The Sanctuary	Sanct	Fray Island	RP	All	Graktar
Artisans of Bloodcraft (nowadays: Torment	AoB	Unknown	PvE	All	See link
Unguilded Leftovers	UL	Unknown	Raid	All	Tellan
Artisans of Bloodcraft (nowadays: Torment	AoB	Unknown	PvE	All	See link
Clan of the Rising Sun	CRS	Unknown	RP-Mixed	Tauren	Kuruk
Council of Shadows	Council	Badlands	RP-Mixed	All	Ovoid / Satanima / Darzol / Wizborn / Orphne / Malesur
Court Of The Sun	Court	Silvermoon	RP	All	Florindo, Morgania
The Crimson Hand	The Hand	Silverpine	RP-Mixed	All	Syrax / Mordiss / Lucrictica / Lenra
The Defenders of the Core	DotC	Unknown	RP-Mixed	All	Rushemar / Fernmuzzle
Downfall	DF	Unknown	PvE	All	Malithius / Urotas
The Elders	TE	Unknown	RP-Mixed	All	Jezebeth / Pugh / Tvork
Grueslayers	Wrath	Unknown	RP-Mixed	All	Zerun / Wara / Goren
Equilibrium	EQ	Unknown	RP-Mixed	All	Engessa
Honorbound	HB	Orgrimmar	PvE	All	Nex / Caesar
Torment	Tor	Unknown	Raiding - PvE	All	Neserith / Vescovo / Greem / Gremma / Vuual
Hounds of The Blackfire	The Hounds	Orgrimmar	RP-Mixed	All	Regnier / Vesuvio
Legion of Arcaus	LoA	Unknown	RP-Mixed	All	Leafblade / Swiftfoot
Novus Ordo Arcanorum	NOA	Silvermoon	RP-Mixed	Blood Elf / Undead	Kuàlthas / Elinanna
Ordo Legionis	Ordo	Unknown	RP-Mixed	All	Daednumai
Strife	Strife	TBD	RP-Mixed	All	Abygale, Cariveth, Yobyllis, Nourken
Shadow Claw Clan	SCC	Unknown	RP-Mixed	All	Mildrith / Nakrath
Sin'Dorei	sindorei	Silvermoon	RP-Mixed	All	Mokejael
Blood Pigs	Pigs	Orgrimmar	RP-Mixed	Mainly orcs	Arrak / Isolt / Chamer / Verruca / Xav / Tuia / Vengace
Tranquility	Tranq	Unknown	RP-Mixed	All	Calamity / Gha / Anguish / Drekh
Wrath	Wrath	Unknown	RP-Mixed	All	Zerun / Wara / Goren
The Blood Guard	BG	Silvermoon	RP	All	Solander / Katalanei
Wicked	Wicked	All around	Slackers	All	See link
The Flaming Blade	The Blade	Silvermoon	RP	All	Ravenblade / Kalegh / Zayn / Thaelenir / Rankia / Cathris

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