Slave Rules
First and foremost: ALWAYS remember it is you the player that has chosen the role you want to develop. What happens In Character MUST be dealt with In Character
♀ Bond-maids:
They are work slaves and expected to be proactive with serving the Free, field work and chores at all the times. They are sassy, but not disrespectful. Filled with initiative and are equally good at tending their chores as warming the Jarl's furs. The fact that they are sassy does not give them any more freedom, but quite the opposite.
♂ Thralls:
They are despised and must obey instantly and perfectly or could be immediately killed. In Torvaldsland there are more male slaves than in other regions of Gor because men were out at sea and man power was needed in agriculture.
→ What we are looking for ?
Here are a few things to keep in mind if you are looking to play the role of a bond here. Play your character as you see fit, these are what we currently desire.
✯ If you are brand new to gor, or brand new to rp, we will help you. But know...you are not going to be coddled. You are going to have to work hard, learn the rules and learn and meet the expectations of your chosen role. Be willing to learn. Even experienced rp'ers need to learn.
✯✯ We are looking for bold bonds. Not slaves that are going to cower in a corner expecting hand holding and a man to romance you and sweep you up into his arms...his Fabio hair flowing as he takes you by the fire. Most likely he will dump you into the fire and save the hassle of having to break that out of you. So let's just avoid that. We don't entertain drama queens. Gor has enough of those and is over quota.
✯✯✯ We are seeking bonds that know the role and want to jump in with both feet. The bonds here are eager to have other bonds to share adventures with, as well as serving. Chores are more fun with others. Also...the bonds want players that want to interact with them. We want to have stories amongst ourselves and not rely only on the free to entertain us.
✯✯✯✯ Do not be in an erotic rp and IM visitors that land on sim trying to get them to be the next in line. Don't be desperate.
✯✯✯✯✯ Stay out of IMs in general. If something is going wrong pause the rp and ask an admin. Far too often people are jumping into IMs and things get aggressive.
→ RULES
1. Slaves can be disciplined by any Free for any or no reason. This causes the slaves to strive to please the Free at all times. Slaves are property and own nothing. If a slave is harmed there WILL BE compensation to pay to the owner if it is private or to the Hold Jarl if the bond is village owned. If you or your owner cannot deal with it, leave Gor.
2. Any unowned/uncollared slave coming in the village is considered property of the village by land rites. It is up to the High Jarl of the village or his representatives to determine what to do with these lost beasts. Alone, wandering slaves without any good reason for doing so will be considered runaways. Runaway slaves will be jailed and a message sent to their owner if the owners identity can be established through role play means. If no reply has come in 5 days the captive slave will become a village bond.
4. A free man who uses a belted slave is not to be dealt with OOCly. If there is a dispute the owner of a belted slave can bring any grievances to the High Jarl for payment and/or damages.
5. Slaves are allowed an NPC owner for three days to find your way into roleplay on our sim. After those three days, slaves MUST have an actual (live) owner or they will be considered property of the long hall. NPC owners are not a safety net for not being punished for actions.
6. Slaves do NOT carry weapons of any nature. If found doing so they will be punished severely. Slaves may, however, in self defense, or if needed for other use of course, pick up an item close to them and use this to defend themselves, but by doing this they are aware the punishment will most likely be death. No slave may strike a Free Person or touch a weapon unless they are thralls called upon to defend their Owner or the village.
7. A village slave is never allowed to leave the village ICly to roam to other cities or travel without the permission from a free. If they do so and are found out, they will be considered a runaway and handled accordingly.
→ BOND-MAIDS CLOTHING
The kirtle is an ankle length garment made from the wool of the verr. Woven or pressed in to a felt-like fabric. It has a deep V-cut neckline plunging to a girl's navel. It is sleeveless. It is worn when traveling or working outside according to the book. But as we are not in the book, we are in second life and we strive to follow the book by means possible, and I'll repeat, strive to follow the book by means POSSIBLE. Anything that is overly extreme like multiple body piercings or full body/modern tattoos will not be allowed as it was not something common for a bond. We do allow slaves to wear what would be appropriate to the climate (which is holy shit cold for those of you who do not know yet), and in various colors. Not neon pink, green, blue and stuff like that but natural tones such as brown, gray, black, rust etc.
Silks are never allowed.
Again - think Role-Play - deal with everything In Character
→ THRALLS CLOTHING
Thralls wore short tunics of wool from verr; their hair was closely cropped; about their throats had been hammered bands of black iron, with a welded ring attached.
→ QUARRELS
Any displays of bickering, or possessiveness will not be tolerated in the village. A bond-maid will find herself punished if it continues after it is noted by the lead bonds-maid. The free do not concern themselves with the bickering of slaves.
→ POSITION / RESTRICTIONS
WE DO allow sexual restrictions for private slaves, people have feelings and to avoid unnecessary drama people WILL respect these limits. However, role play wise and as again we strive to follow the books. Free are to IM the slave and ask for any restrictions, if she is restricted she WILL tell you.
There are no white or red silk girls in the North, there are only bondmaids. Bonds of the North are expected to be bold, they are expected to be blunt, and they are expected to be sexual. it is nothing for a bond to serve from the lap of a man.
There are no restrictions in Skjoldunger for village owned slaves when dealing with villagers. But for those not of the village, know that no Jarl of honor will touch another’s property, even that of the village, if they do not live there without asking permission from one of the members of Skjoldunger. But remember in the North most things were shared with those that are guests of the village. Including bonds. If you have a private slave, when you're not online, PUT HER TO WORK! There are so many chores to accomplish in the village.
Unopened village bonds will remain so until the High Jarl decides otherwise
→ BRANDING
Any new bond will be branded with the bondmaid brand as soon as possible.
→ CHORES
Bond-maids need to stay busy, there is tons and tons of work and they should not have to be told to do it. Get your asses to work, cleaning, cooking, gathering wood, feeding and cleaning the animals and their pens. Bringing in the harvest. Skjoldunger expects full participation of -all- bond-maids in serving, choring as well as pleasing the Jarl in the Furs.
→ ACTING IN EVENT OF RAID/DANGER
In the event of a raid or plunder upon the Village ALL bonds are to follow the defensive plan established by the First or Second Jarl of Skjoldunger. HIDE!
Slave Chain of Command:
The High Jarl
The First Jarl
The Second Jarl
Jarls
Free women
The High Jarl's private or favorite bond.
♀ Bond-maids:
They are work slaves and expected to be proactive with serving the Free, field work and chores at all the times. They are sassy, but not disrespectful. Filled with initiative and are equally good at tending their chores as warming the Jarl's furs. The fact that they are sassy does not give them any more freedom, but quite the opposite.
♂ Thralls:
They are despised and must obey instantly and perfectly or could be immediately killed. In Torvaldsland there are more male slaves than in other regions of Gor because men were out at sea and man power was needed in agriculture.
→ What we are looking for ?
Here are a few things to keep in mind if you are looking to play the role of a bond here. Play your character as you see fit, these are what we currently desire.
✯ If you are brand new to gor, or brand new to rp, we will help you. But know...you are not going to be coddled. You are going to have to work hard, learn the rules and learn and meet the expectations of your chosen role. Be willing to learn. Even experienced rp'ers need to learn.
✯✯ We are looking for bold bonds. Not slaves that are going to cower in a corner expecting hand holding and a man to romance you and sweep you up into his arms...his Fabio hair flowing as he takes you by the fire. Most likely he will dump you into the fire and save the hassle of having to break that out of you. So let's just avoid that. We don't entertain drama queens. Gor has enough of those and is over quota.
✯✯✯ We are seeking bonds that know the role and want to jump in with both feet. The bonds here are eager to have other bonds to share adventures with, as well as serving. Chores are more fun with others. Also...the bonds want players that want to interact with them. We want to have stories amongst ourselves and not rely only on the free to entertain us.
✯✯✯✯ Do not be in an erotic rp and IM visitors that land on sim trying to get them to be the next in line. Don't be desperate.
✯✯✯✯✯ Stay out of IMs in general. If something is going wrong pause the rp and ask an admin. Far too often people are jumping into IMs and things get aggressive.
→ RULES
1. Slaves can be disciplined by any Free for any or no reason. This causes the slaves to strive to please the Free at all times. Slaves are property and own nothing. If a slave is harmed there WILL BE compensation to pay to the owner if it is private or to the Hold Jarl if the bond is village owned. If you or your owner cannot deal with it, leave Gor.
2. Any unowned/uncollared slave coming in the village is considered property of the village by land rites. It is up to the High Jarl of the village or his representatives to determine what to do with these lost beasts. Alone, wandering slaves without any good reason for doing so will be considered runaways. Runaway slaves will be jailed and a message sent to their owner if the owners identity can be established through role play means. If no reply has come in 5 days the captive slave will become a village bond.
4. A free man who uses a belted slave is not to be dealt with OOCly. If there is a dispute the owner of a belted slave can bring any grievances to the High Jarl for payment and/or damages.
5. Slaves are allowed an NPC owner for three days to find your way into roleplay on our sim. After those three days, slaves MUST have an actual (live) owner or they will be considered property of the long hall. NPC owners are not a safety net for not being punished for actions.
6. Slaves do NOT carry weapons of any nature. If found doing so they will be punished severely. Slaves may, however, in self defense, or if needed for other use of course, pick up an item close to them and use this to defend themselves, but by doing this they are aware the punishment will most likely be death. No slave may strike a Free Person or touch a weapon unless they are thralls called upon to defend their Owner or the village.
7. A village slave is never allowed to leave the village ICly to roam to other cities or travel without the permission from a free. If they do so and are found out, they will be considered a runaway and handled accordingly.
→ BOND-MAIDS CLOTHING
The kirtle is an ankle length garment made from the wool of the verr. Woven or pressed in to a felt-like fabric. It has a deep V-cut neckline plunging to a girl's navel. It is sleeveless. It is worn when traveling or working outside according to the book. But as we are not in the book, we are in second life and we strive to follow the book by means possible, and I'll repeat, strive to follow the book by means POSSIBLE. Anything that is overly extreme like multiple body piercings or full body/modern tattoos will not be allowed as it was not something common for a bond. We do allow slaves to wear what would be appropriate to the climate (which is holy shit cold for those of you who do not know yet), and in various colors. Not neon pink, green, blue and stuff like that but natural tones such as brown, gray, black, rust etc.
Silks are never allowed.
Again - think Role-Play - deal with everything In Character
→ THRALLS CLOTHING
Thralls wore short tunics of wool from verr; their hair was closely cropped; about their throats had been hammered bands of black iron, with a welded ring attached.
→ QUARRELS
Any displays of bickering, or possessiveness will not be tolerated in the village. A bond-maid will find herself punished if it continues after it is noted by the lead bonds-maid. The free do not concern themselves with the bickering of slaves.
→ POSITION / RESTRICTIONS
WE DO allow sexual restrictions for private slaves, people have feelings and to avoid unnecessary drama people WILL respect these limits. However, role play wise and as again we strive to follow the books. Free are to IM the slave and ask for any restrictions, if she is restricted she WILL tell you.
There are no white or red silk girls in the North, there are only bondmaids. Bonds of the North are expected to be bold, they are expected to be blunt, and they are expected to be sexual. it is nothing for a bond to serve from the lap of a man.
There are no restrictions in Skjoldunger for village owned slaves when dealing with villagers. But for those not of the village, know that no Jarl of honor will touch another’s property, even that of the village, if they do not live there without asking permission from one of the members of Skjoldunger. But remember in the North most things were shared with those that are guests of the village. Including bonds. If you have a private slave, when you're not online, PUT HER TO WORK! There are so many chores to accomplish in the village.
Unopened village bonds will remain so until the High Jarl decides otherwise
→ BRANDING
Any new bond will be branded with the bondmaid brand as soon as possible.
→ CHORES
Bond-maids need to stay busy, there is tons and tons of work and they should not have to be told to do it. Get your asses to work, cleaning, cooking, gathering wood, feeding and cleaning the animals and their pens. Bringing in the harvest. Skjoldunger expects full participation of -all- bond-maids in serving, choring as well as pleasing the Jarl in the Furs.
→ ACTING IN EVENT OF RAID/DANGER
In the event of a raid or plunder upon the Village ALL bonds are to follow the defensive plan established by the First or Second Jarl of Skjoldunger. HIDE!
Slave Chain of Command:
The High Jarl
The First Jarl
The Second Jarl
Jarls
Free women
The High Jarl's private or favorite bond.