Hello, honored guest/member, and welcome to LEGENDS OF THE FROST, a Skyrim RP set right after the opening events of Skyrim, but without a dragonborn appearing. As always on any respectable forum, there must be rules, and it seems that you've found them! Congrats. Make sure to pay attention!


OOC, for those of you who don't know, stands for Out of Character. On many sites, most of the comedy and such happens within the OOC section, but there's also the parts of an IC (in-character) post where people like to herp-a-derp around and say fun things. Here are a few limitations, though.

For one, no sexually explicit images, text, or links are allowed on the board, as this may result in LEGENDS OF THE FROST being shut down for good. Another thing to consider is that there is no excessive swearing anywhere at all. Sure, the occasional "damn" is acceptable, but don't use the big Fs and Ss. People will turn away from the site if that happens.


Ah, powerplay and god-modding. The two go hand in hand, do they not? Powerplaying is acting as if you control the other person's puppet. Which you don't. For example: "Bob held Jane's hand and pulled her away while she laughed and danced around like a clown." See what's wrong? The one controlling Bob could not also control Jane at the same time. It's just not right. For all we know, Jane could have pulled out a gun and shot his face off. But we don't, since Bob's puppeteer decided that it was okay to control Jane. Any reports of powerplaying will be investigated, and you will be punished accordingly.

God-modding is a tad bit different. Let's say that Jane did pull out a shotgun. "Jane pulled a gun out of it's holster, and Bob tried to punch her, but his hand broke the instant it touched her." Who sees the problem? Yes, you, sitting in front of your computer with your hand on your cheek. That's right! She acted as if she was invincible, and poor Bob never had a chance. You are not God. I am God. You are a puny mortal (bwahahaha)." End of story. No puppet is allowed to be unkillable.


We here at LEGENDS OF THE FROST do not have a word minimum for posts, though more is waaaaaay better. IC posts are allowed to be in third-person, past tense ONLY. (meaning no "Bob pokes Jane." It should be "Bob poked Jane.") Also, don't make a ton of spelling or grammar mistakes, because we are a literate site, and we dnt wnt ppl 2 tlk lik dis. It's annoying, and if you want to do that, do it somewhere else. We do not like people who do that kind of thing.


You already know the restriction on sexually explicit images, but did you know that there's actually more than porn on the internet!? Me neither, until now! Anyway, gory, offensive, or otherwise unsafe images are banned from the forum for obvious reasons. Also, no rapidly blinking images, as we want to respect our members who have epilepsy and other disorders that may be triggered by those images. Images found to be within violation of that will be removed, and (depending on the offense) a ban may be implemented to ensure member safety. Another thing is, please do not stretch the board. If you know an image will stretch the board wider than normal, please post the link rather than placing [IMG][/IMG] tags.

As you can see, LEGENDS OF THE FROST has the ProBoard Enhanced codes set in place for the enjoyment of our wonderful users. With these codes in place, you can do a variety of things with the tables, post classes, and even use CSS coding within the tags! If you know anything about CSS, you know that the coding can really mess things up, so don't stretch the board with these codes. It's rude. Also, give credit where credit is due! If you're using a template someone made for you, make sure to tell everyone who did it! I'm sure they'll appreciate getting the word out there that they're awesome! So keep that in mind. As a side note, when using Firefox, the styles may appear a bit wonky when you first load a page. Hit refresh and it will fix the problem.


There's always been a huge conflict with PMs. No, not pre-menstrual syndrome, Personal Messages. As is obvious, there is no sexually explicit/offensive/unsafe images in PMs, blah blah blah. But there's also no advertisement via PM. Unless the person in question actually requests a link to a site, you are not to send advertisements through PM. If you really want to advertise, there's an app board for that. So do it there. Please note that any violation of the PM rules will result in your PM privileges being revoked.


As you should have already guessed by now, we have a very strict rule on intolerance and general rudeness. In essentials, you will not ridicule your fellow members by the color of their skin, sexuality, lifestyle, or otherwise. Violation of that rule will result in immediate and (if necessary) permanent termination of your account. On the subject, rudeness towards Staff, members, guests, or any other member of our society will not be tolerated, and will result in termination of your account.


You really have to love the Staff, correct? Well, think about this; they have jobs to do, and any impediment on how well they can perform that task depends on how the members act. Don't disrespect the Staff at all. I don't care if they killed your goldfish. Don't. Do. It. Keep your personal issues out of here.

On a separate note, do not expect to just come here and immediately become a Staff member. Be patient. There's a chance that I'll recruit you myself if I see that you're active in the community. So follow all of the rules, and you may be rewarded. If you're not rewarded, oh well! It gives you a higher social status in my mind, and in the minds of other members.


Here on LEGENDS OF THE FROST, we have a rule that each different character you apply for, you have to have a different member account as well. Otherwise it looks tacky and definitely not to professional. So please adhere to this!

As for the amount of characters you have, we don't have a limit, however, here's how it's going to work! You get two 'free' characters when you first join the site. That means that you can have two right off the bat. After that, however, you must ask both admins, Kent and Taiya, for permission to take more. It's not that we want to limit you, but we do want to keep the site active in posting. This way, we can assess who seems to have the ability to handle more and still keep active. But don't you worry your pretty little head over it, we're awfully nice, so you don't have to worry that we're going to bite your head off or be unreasonable if you ask for more! Feel free to ask one of us and we'll talk it over with the other!

When it comes to MAJOR CANONS, such as Elenwen and Ulfric, we will ask for you to do a five hundred word audition for the character to show us how you will RP them. This can be posted in the same place you would your application. It will then need TWO staff approvals before you can go ahead with the application for that character, which can just be posted as a reply to that original thread. However, this is the only case that you will need to do this, as aside from that you will only have to complete the application. Once started though, you have ten days to complete the application before it will be moved to the archives. If you want it back out, ask a member of the staff.

As for the actual role playing of canons, they are canon for a reason. Keep it in character. That means that Ulfric will not suddenly develop a love for any Thalmor, but he definitely won't be trying to get with Elenwen - you know, the Altmer that tortured him. If you start playing a character like that, we'll take them away from you, simple as that.

Another bit of information is that you can have the ability to take not only dragons, but also daedra. However, there are limitations to this. In order to make one of these two, you have to have two accepted characters that you've been role playing, and then ask specific permission from both admins. After that, we will ask you to write a five hundred word audition for the character, just like you would for a main canon! Not so hard, right?! Right!

Oh...and one more tiny little thing. DO NOT MAKE DRAGONBORNS! Thanks!

Now there's a few rules when it comes to the actual role playing on this forum. First of all, let's have 'the talk'. When it comes to sex, take your explicit moments into some other place, for example, an IM, E-mail, PM, etc, but KEEP IT OFF THE BOARD. People do not want to be wandering around and come across things like that, so if you feel like it must occur, as was just mentioned, take it SOMEWHERE ELSE. Inferring that two characters had sex is allowed. Actually roleplaying out the sex is definitely not, so once again KEEP IT OFF THE BOARD. We follow Proboards rules and do not want to be deleted. Thank you!


Please try and stay active, this includes all characters/accounts. We will have monthly activity checks and character voting. Should you fail to post in the Activity Check canon characters will be reopened on the site for other members to take, and your other accounts will be deleted. Characters must have at least one thread post in the past week for them to count in the activity check. That can be in basically anything but the games, as they do not count as showing that you're adding to the site. You may reclaim your characters if they aren't taken already in the example of a canon. If you miss the activity check, please message a staff member in regards to your lost character(s). If you are going to be gone for THREE or more days, please post a hiatus in the Hellos and Goodbyes board so staff and members are aware of your absence.



So...what to use for pictures, a question most people want to know. Well right here is the answer! We use real life, celebrities as faces! For the really not so human races, you are allowed to use other art that you've found representing them, but we strongly encourage the use of celebrities. How you might ask? Your imagination! Find someone with the facial features that one might find more likely of a Khajiit, and use that person, but just imagine the rest. Isn't it wonderful being humans and having the ability to do that? We will also have nobility claims up for such things as Jarls (outside Balgruuf in Whiterun, Elisif in Solitude, and Ulfric), thane's of cities, and housecarls. Things like that. However, if you're making an OC Jarl, please have a good story behind the character! As for face claims, we don't do that, so we expect you to post on the face claim section after your character has been accepted!




One more thing that needs to be addressed is the need for realism. Remember what fandom you're writing for. Skyrim. What does that mean? Despite being fantasy, the theme is taken from a time where certain activities and lifestyles were greatly looked down upon, such as bi-sexual and homosexual. Though these are not banned obviously - as that would be encroaching on your rights as a member and writer - keep in mind that in that theme it would probably be looked as in a negative way by the people of Skyrim - traditional nords that have heterosexual relationships all in the game.

Another thing we felt the need to address is our plot for the site and there being no dragonborn. In this area, please refrain from making people that are similar to the dragonborn or associated as the 'chosen one' as this is obviously taking away from the simple folk needing to defend Skyrim without a dragonborn theme we have.