.the rules.
the laws by which you shall be bound upon joining these lands
All headings in red are updated or new.

Yes, there are a lot of rules but they are required in order to understand the game. If you don't read them, I can guarantee that you will be confused. I've tried to cut down the length of the rules, so EVERYTHING here is important.

Owner: FlutterByFudge
Co – Owners: Distiller, GreenStar, Kari, Lissa, Terry

General

  • No pornographic material on this site.
  • No god-modeing
  • Swearing kept to a minimum [damn, shit, etc. are ok]
  • Only have as many chars. as you can keep active
  • Mild power-playing is allowed
  • Be respectful!
  • All of the owner’s and co-owners decisions are final. If you have a problem with something one of the co-owners has decided please take it up with FlutterByFudge.
  • This is a wolf RPG, so only wolves [timber, gray, arctic, maned…etc.]
  • This is an intermediate/advanced site. We welcome new RPer’s only if they wish to learn.
  • Common Sense! I should have to say no more in this section.

    Joining

  • Please wait until one of the owners accepts you into Canis Major + Minor before you post anywhere other than the OOC section.
  • Once you've joined and been accepted once you do not have to be accepted again.

    Posting

  • All post must be more then 3 lines long
  • Wolves can talk in this game
  • A small bit of OOC chat is allowed in post but keep it more in character.
  • No reference to humans in this game; they do not exist here.
  • Net speak is to be kept to a minimum although words such as Fae or Brute can be used.

    Mini – News (moons, weather, alerts)

  • A Moon Cycle is the way time and season is measured by on Canis Major + Minor. See The Seasons for more information.
  • Alerts will happen frequently on this site. For each alert you may have something bad or good happen to you. You also may be asked to do a certain task. Basically it’s an un-expected event of any sort that happens and that can change the course of many or few characters at a time.
  • All alerts are made up by the owners and there will not be arguments over what happens during the alert.
  • The weather depends on cycle, and what the owners feels like. All post hopefully will be in order with the weather and cycle.

    The Faiths (order + chaos)

  • The faiths are the two original separations of Aiela. Each faith is distinguished by the way the packs within each faith live. These two “faiths” have been fighting battles and wars since the great divide [see “the tale” section for more info.] during Aiela’s primitive time, and till this day they still hold ancient grudges with each other and will only aid one another when their goal is the same. (When the darks were against the faiths for example.)
  • Order – These wolves under the order faith are very traditional and believe in a noble way of battling and are less likely to start a fight. Their pack system is much more pacific and organized compared to the chaos system. There are more ranks in the order system then there are in the chaos system basically.
  • Chaos – These wolves are pretty much the opposite of the order wolves. Their beliefs are made in blood and their battles fought with lies and cheats. Their pack system is far less advanced then the order’s system and the ranks are crude and simple. These wolves are more likely to begin a fight seeing as they believe that the order wolves are a disgrace to the wolven kind.
  • Elementals – The wolves that watch over the faiths and are thought to be the most high of Aiela. These wolves date back to the first pack of Aiela and before the great divide. They were part of the first pack to inhabit Aiela and they were the one’s who drove out the Titans.

    The Outsiders (darks + titans)

  • The darks first started to put spies back into the land of Aiela shortly after their forced leave. The first spy was Aria and soon after her son, Critic, was sent by the darks to revive the dead canyon of Legato and to re-establish a dark presence within Aiela.
  • Darks – the darks are the re-started army of the Titans. All the dark wolves are bent on taking down the faiths and elementals and reclaiming the land of Aiela for themselves. All dark wolves are like chaos wolves in beliefs but dark wolves are not as insane and blood thirsty as most chaos packs. Dark wolves are tactical and have a regal air about them. Their pack system is just as highly developed as the order packs and their alpha’s are well trained. The Titans can give all high-ranking dark pack members dark magic [see "the magic" section for more info.].
  • Titans – They watch over the darks the same as the elementals do although their beliefs are totally different then the elementals. The Titans were once part of the first pack of Aiela just as the elementals were and after the “great divide” they were pushed out of Aiela by the elementals.

    Loner Bands + Lands

  • Loner Bands may be created with in the loner lands but, unless FlutterByFudge says so, no Loner Band can have an actual pack land.
  • No Loner Land can be claimed
  • All Loner Lands are available to all wolves of Canis Major + Minor. Packs may also use these lands to hunt in.
  • Some lands have purposes such as Marshes. Although these purposes are hidden you may ask one of the elder wolves of Canis Major + Minor and they may have an answer.

    Pack System

  • Alphas have complete say over everything with in the pack.
  • Only an alpha or a beta can give you a rank or change it.
  • Alpha's are the only one's who can mate unless the alpha(s) give you permission to do so.
  • An alpha position can only be changed if:
    a) The alpha is challenged by another and looses. Both alphas must step down and all ranks can be changed.
    b) If all the pack feels the alpha(s) is not fulfilling his/her/their job and the whole pack rebels, it is possible for the alphas to be over thrown. Rawfyel will say if the rebellion was successful. If so, a new alpha will be elected.
    c) An alpha may also be inactive (without notice) if this happens the next highest-ranking wolf gets the position of alpha. Rawfyel will elect that wolf. This also may happen if the character dies.
  • Alphas must be very active (posting x3 a week)
  • When you come to join a pack it is a good idea to submit although borderlines of packs are pretty much invisible so submitting at a border is not possible.
  • You don’t have to submit but then the alpha has the right to bite your head off. If you don’t submit, I am not responsible if your character dies.
  • State this saying in your joining post: “dances with wolves”
  • All positions must submit to ones higher then them.
  • Omegas are only higher then non-pack members.
    Breeding
  • Wolves breed in the white moon cycle and give birth in the gold moon cycle.
  • When a pair of wolves is ready to mate a den board will be made for them. Long breeding is not tolerated.
  • Then when the moon changes to gold the wolves can say they’ve had their litter of puppies in their den. When you do this just post your stats to each other [age, pelt color, eye color, size, valor points etc...] .
  • Gaia will reply with your litter’s stats [number, and each pups stats].
  • A litter’s number depends on where you live and your stats.
  • Gaia may also give pups “talents”. Gifts such as invisibility, wings, an acute sense, etc. But this will usually, never happen. Pups may also be given defects such as blindness, deafness, missing a leg, disease, etc. These are more common then talents.
  • Please do not argue if your pup is given a defect or curse instead of a Talent I will not tolerate it and I probably will kill off all of your pups and maybe your character too.
    Battles + Wars
    Battles
  • Battle’s are one on one between any two wolves.
  • For each battle each wolf gets 2 attacks. You may post as much as you want but as long as you only attack 2 times. Then Rawfyel will come and judge the battle.
  • Outcomes may be you were just fatigued or they can be injures any were from you broke a nail to your leg got snapped off or even worse, death.
  • After a battle you cannot battle for another 2 days unless it’s a tournament in which you just keep fighting till you find a winner.
  • By winning a battle you get valor points. By losing you lose valor points. If you have no Valor Points you don’t lose anything.
  • If a wolf does not reply to a battle within 3 days they automatically lose, unless they have stated they are on “leave”.
  • Wolves must be at least 2 years of age to battle.
  • In a battle if you facing or you are a wolf with a talent such as infliction. You cause greater damage but will gain no more valor points than any other wolf.
    War
  • War’s can be fought between packs or between faiths.
  • All wolves participate in war except for wolves under the age of 2
  • Each wolf is matched with another with the same rank by Rawfyel or one of the owners. After you’ve been paired the rules are the same as a battle.
  • A war ends when all wolves have fought.
  • The pack/faith with the most valor points wins.
    Valor Points
  • Valor points are a system made to show your strength in battle.
  • Valor points are compared to levels and as you gain/loss valor points your level will rise/fall.
  • The levels are:
    Novice 1-5 [n]
    Intermediate 6-20 [i]
    Expert 21-33 [e]
    Master 34-43 [m]
    Champion 44-52 [ch]
    World Champion 53-72 [wc]
    Universal Champion 73+ [uc]
  • To stat your level by your name put the abbreviation of your title by your name. For example: if you’re a Universal Champ you would put by your name: [uc] Shawman .
  • Here is the system in which the amount of valor points you should gain during battle is based upon:
    If you win a spar you gain 1vp.
    For barely winning a battle, for fighting well and almost winning, and for fighting dirty and winning you gain 2vps.
    If you fight well and cause damage to your opponent (gashes, bruises, minor breaks..etc) you gain 3vps.
    For fighting extremely well and beyond what was expected you gain 4vps.
    For killing an opponent you will either gain 5vps or you may gain 1vp demanding on if the fight was played fair and not dirty.
  • This system is not to be questioned...FlutterByFudge, Kari, Greenstar, and Distiller worked on this system for a pretty long time so please respect it.

    Magic + Talents + Curses

  • You may NOT join as an element or with a magic/talent/curse unless told you can by flutterbyfudge herself.
  • Very rarely a pup will be born with an elemental [earth, fire, water, air, white, dark, celestial, wild] gift.
  • This is something that cannot be learned by any wolf unless the wolf is of the dark faith and is given dark magic by the Titans or if the Reapers choose to give them Wild magic
  • If the pup has an elemental gift, Zinc or Lady Luck(if dark) will return for the pup when they are a year of age.
  • If you wish to read up on magic gifts please see the section on magic under OOC.
  • To state you have a magic power. Put [magic] in front of your characters name. Magic is the font color in which your char. is training in like earth would be green.:[magic] Gaia [see "the magic" section for more information]
  • A talent can be given by the owner or by Hudson in the marshes if he thinks that the character deserves one. Curses are given out by a still unknown wolf in the marshes much in the same manner of a talent.
  • No Talent or Curse can be questioned.
  • A pup can be born with talents or curses as well as it can be born with magic.

    Other

  • If you want to help Canis Major + Minor grow please help us advertise using "the advertisment" Section.
  • If you wish to quit or are leaving for a little while due to Real World reasons please post on the Leave Board