The Assassins' Guild Charter

Preface

It is often forgotten who we work for. Some people seem to think we are in the employ of our 'clients'. This is not so. Our bills get paid by those who place the contracts on our 'clients'. Hence, in order to better serve our customer base, follows is the Assassin Standard Operating Procedures (ASOP). It is aimed to improve our services to those who pay the bills. This may mean you have to sometimes forget your friendships in order to fulfil your duty to the guild. If you feel you cannot perform then you are free to request a discharge from our guild.

There is the wording of the rules, and there is the spirit of the rules. The guild will not brook attempting to use exact wording as a means of circumvention of the spirit of the rules. We are not the Guild of Lawyers. Claims to be ignorant of the spirit will not be accepted.

ASOP

These are rules regarding your job as an Assassin, more specifically dealing with inhumations.

  1. Never agree to an arranged inhume offer. You are to refuse any and all such overtures, regardless of the source.
  2. Never give out the names of clients, to anyone, least of all the client themself.
  3. Do not pay for new lives for a client. If you feel they are being repeatedly contracted, contact me or the Powers That Be.
  4. Carry yourself with style and act with honour at all times.
  5. Never loot the corpse of a client upon successful execution of a contract - whether or not you closed it.
  6. Do not ask customers who they have placed a contract on. That is what the Book is for.

Notes regarding your duty

This is general reference to the hazards of your job.

  1. A client is entitled to defend him/her/itself with terminal force if you are attempting to inhume them (Rights to Self Defence).
  2. Self Defence and Revenge are two seperate entities. If you are being assaulted/harassed over a failed inhume since closed or a successful inhume you have performed, let a Guild leader know.
  3. If a client is hiding in inaccessible areas, take it in stride and don't harass them over it. If they want to spend hours in Brother David's, then they can't be doing much else.

Internal Codes of Conduct

These directives govern the interaction between yourself and your fellow Assassins.

  1. You are not to kill fellow Assassins. If they are interfering with your operations, they are violating directive #2 (listed below) and are to be reported to me. If they are slandering you, public or otherwise, they are violating directive #3 (listed below) and are to be reported to me.
  2. You are not to interfere with another Assassin's operations. This ranges from souls that bring an Assassin out of hiding against his or her wishes, to searching them out against his or her wishes.
  3. You are to treat each other with respect. If you do not have anything nice to say, then refrain from speaking.
  4. You are to not steal from your fellow Assassins. If you love to steal so much, you have joined the wrong guild.
  5. You are not to provide non-Assassins with guild poisons, no matter how much profit you might make by doing this. We are not merchants.

External Codes of Conduct

These directives govern the interaction between yourself and your fellow players, mostly centred around the playerkiller community.

  1. Theft of Quest Items that are property of target player is strictly prohibited.
  2. Placing, or getting someone else to place a contract on you and then using that as a pretext to "defend" yourself against Assassins will be treated directly as a violation against directive #1 as set out in the Internal Codes of Conduct, above.

Policies Concerning Harrasment

  1. Assassins created for the sole purpose of harrassing in "any" way shape or form will be removed from the Guild.
  2. Players who pick on an Assassin, simply because he/she "is" an Assassin (This includes going on Assassin killing sprees) will be rewarded with a sharp point to the throat. No exceptions.

NOTE: Since this guild is PK based, PK's can expect Guild retaliation for PK actions.

Enforcement

Punishment can range from reprimand to Guild Sanction to disavowal. Each case will be considered seperately.

All cases will be recorded.

Good hunting,
Master of the Assassin's Guild.

This Charter was originally implemented by Vermillion d'Deridex.
Additions made by Fayte DeVious.