The Imperium
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We have coded the Imperium as a stand alone organisation, different in
many ways to other organisations.

First, any undead house can pledge to join the Imperium at any time.
When a house joins the Imperium, all of the house members join as well.
So it is an all or nothing deal. They will all have access to the
channels and news board. This means feuding houses will probably belong
to the Imperium.

The Imperium Council will consist of the House Leaders of all the
'Major' houses. The Imperium Overseer is selected by the leaders of both
the Major and Minor houses. Each house will SUPPORT one of the council
members as the Overseer.

This makes the Imperium different from all other organisations. There
can be Houses in the Imperium that do not get along at all. This may
lead to interesting politics, with major and minor houses backing each
other, fighting over council and Overseer positions, enemies, alliances,
etc. This means lots of fun, political, backstabbing action. Clearly the
Imperium will not be a place for the thin skinned.

So why join the Imperium?

I have decided to give the Overseer the ability to raise new Undead
Houses from existing clans. Clearly there are restrictions and costs. A
new clan must meet certain activity, skill, and gold requirements before
they can be raised.

The only problem here is player griefing. Players love to not give other
players what they have. As such, we have created another way to raise
your clan to a house, through your patron. However, creating a new house
in this fashion has greater requirements.

Thus the Imperium leaders will have a choice. Will they raise the clan
to a house and have an ally, or let them do it the hard way and probably
create an enemy.

All existing houses have been placed into the Imperium. Additionally,
all houses have been set to 2 years of membership, which will allow them
to support any leader they want. There is currently no overseer, so
there will undoubtably be some exciting movement with that position over
the next few days.


Major and Minor Houses
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There are two kinds of houses, Major and Minor. A Minor house will
become a Major house when they hit certain activity requirements. A
Major house will become a Minor house should their activity wane. Houses
will little or no activity will be removed from the list all together.
It is possible for new houses to instantly become a Major house should
they meet the requirements.


Blood Rank
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I had mentioned on the forums I would be putting in a way for players to
increase bloodrank. I am holding off on that for right now, but we will
do something in the future.


New Imperium Commands
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HELP IMPERIUM
- Display the leadership of the Imperium.

IMPERIUMWHO, IWHO
- List all members of the Imperium that are currently online.

IMPERIUMTELL <text>, IT <text>
- Use this command to speak on the Imperium Channel.

IMPERIUMTELLON, IMPERIUMTELLOFF, ITON, ITOFF
- Use this command to turn the Imperium channel on or off.

IMPERIUM ENEMIES
- List all the enemies of the Imperium.

IMPERIUM ENEMY <player> <reason>
- Enemy a player to the Imperium. This can only be done by council
members.

IMPERIUM UNENEMY <player> <reason>
- Unenemy a player from the Imperium. This can only be done by council
members.

IMPERIUM BANKACCOUNTS
- List the funds for the Imperium helf by banks. This can only be
done by council members.

IMPERIUM PATRON SELECT <patron>
- Set the patron for the Imperium. The patron must be a member of
the divine advisory. This command can only be used by the Overseer.

WRITELOG IMPERIUM
- Members of the council can write to the Imperium log.

READLOG IMPERIUM
- All members of the Imperium can read the Imperium log.


New House Commands
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HOUSE PLEDGE TO THE IMPERIUM
- This will pledge your house to the Imperium. All members of your
house will then belong to the Imperium. House leaders only.

HOUSE REMOVE PLEDGE
- This will remove your house from the Imperium. All members of your
house will no longer have Imperium membership. House leaders only.

HOUSE SUPPORT <player>
- This command is used to determine the leader of the Imperium. All
Major and Minor house leaders can use this command, if they are
pledged to the Imperium. A house must belong to the Imperium for
two Aetolian years before they are permitted to support a player.
House leaders only.


New Clan Commands
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CLAN CONVERT INTO HOUSE
- This will place a request to the Overseer of the Imperium that your
clan be permitted to convert into a formal undead house. The
Overseer of the Imperium must be online at the time so that they may
agree to the conversion. Optionally you can ask your patron to
raise your clan to a house, but it will have more stringent
requirements. Clan leaders only.

- Requirements via Overseer:
- 20 Active Consanguine Members
- 90% of Membership must be Consanguine.
- 1,000,000 gold.
- The Overseer must AGREE.

- Requirements via Patron:
- 30 Active Consanguine Members
- 90% of Membership must be Consanguine.
- 10,000,000 gold.
- The Patron must AGREE.

Penned by my hand on the 24th of Haernos, in the year 240 MA.