The NK is broken up into a few key parts, the council, the officers, the members, the new recruits, and others. The council makes the final decisions, organizes and maintains the guild, develops ideas and re-invents the guild to keep current. The officers assist the council in their tasks, caring out delegated work to complete or to assign some parts of their work to those members who wish it. The members are those who generally receive the tasks needed to maintain the guild, such as collecting food or finding information. The main purpose of these tasks is to keep the guild running, to encourage personal growth, as well as the completion of our goals. The new recruits shall focus on learning about the guilds inner workings, and getting to know their fellow members. New members are allowed to be assigned tasks and are encouraged to do so. Other possessions are described down below, but hold little power.
Circle of Light: This is the council which makes decisions for the guild. All motions are voted on by the entire council. This level of leadership deals with the more serious issues of the guild, such as inter-guild relations, serous conflicts, codex violation, and anything that requires higher authority to solve. All decisions made by the CoL are final, and as such your expected to obey any decision they make.
Conclave: The conclave is generally considered to be the officers of the guild, being able to assign tasks and dealing more with the actual guild members. Major projects handed down from the CoL will need to be broken up and delegated among the rest of the members. Many decisions are made at this level, while final decisions on more serious topics are left to the CoL. All conclave member are considered as part of the council, though they do not hold all the executive powers as one officially in that position.
The members are the most important aspect of a guild. They are the ones that carry the guild, they are the representation of the guild that the world sees and make up the bulk of the guild. A CoL can make a decision, but without members the decision is moot.
Dreamer: This is full membership ranking. The members are responsible to complete any tasks assigned to them by the Circle of Light and Conclave, though this is rare. This rank is where most of the members will grow, and offers the best chance of advancement and opportunities to participate in guild events and guild hunts. They also help the lower ranks achieve their full membership status.
Gaining new blood is essential to any guild and ours is no exception! Those that make up these ranks should concern themselves with thinking of their future goals and how to become an exemplary Nightmare Knight member. Once they reach the rank of Apprentice, they are deemed ready to take the Dreamer Journey, a guild event style role play, to become full members!
Apprentice: Those who are working for their membership status, but are older than twos month, are placed in this rank once they have fulfilled the Guild Initiation Tasks. Full members must work to help these new members become immersed in the core principles of the Nightmare Knights. They shall be assessed from time to time to see if they are ready to take the Dreamer Journey for full membership.
Candidate: New members who have just recently joined ranks fall into this rank. Their primary focus should be to get to know their fellow guild mates, and to learn about the guild and its principles.
Retired Members and others who follow our guild are still a very important part of our guild. They act as mentors and give inspiration to the younger generations of the guild. Some are the other souls of our guild population. Only those Devoted to the guild obtain this honorable rank.
Retired Elder/Veteran: This rank is for those members who have lived a life according to the Nightmare Knights Codex and who have helped us grow over the time we have been a guild. All of these members are exempt from the guild dues because they are generally inactive and have earned their place as honored members.
Limbo: You are brand new to the guild and we haven't placed you in candidate ranking yet.