Building the Legend: Your Character and Eternity

If you are looking for info on the "feats of great renown" as referred to in your SCORE then see HELP FEATS. To know more about "noteworthy deeds" check out HELP DEEDS. To understand what all of these experiences and achievements mean see HELP MOSAIC (and HELP TYPES).

Everyone in Avalon has a "standing" which is a rough gauge of their character progression and career and achievements and experiences past and positions present. HELP STANDINGS gives details. All begin at NOVICE. This quickly gives way to junior standing LW and MW which before long pass through the three mid-level or middling standings. Should you progress far enough to become a genuine influence on the land and its history, you will likely have reached senior standing; three final tiers from low-senior, senior to hi-senior. The latter is as far as it is possible to go through rank in city and guild and order combined with character age and experience. It is an apt reflection of Avalon well-played - howsoever you have chosen to live - and indeed all seniors will be worthy mentors for younger Avalonians with knowledge and advice it would be wise to treat with due respect.

All who develop their characters in the realm will gather life-experiences that reflect their outlook and history. See HELP EXPERIENCES for more info. There are thousands of these key moments contributing to the "mosaic" representation, no two players exactly alike. Some are ambitious and more pro-active. These will have accumulated deeds and perhaps even achieved feats of great renowned. It is the deeds and the feats that elevate a senior beyond the standing of their peers. There is a point where the sum of deeds achieved on top of high worth experiences and sheer diversity of character history become a feat of its own. All feats are special and this one is LEGEND.

The LEGEND is a player of major importance in Avalon history or of achievements so numerous and significant they merit inclusion in the annals of the land. The LEGEND is likely one of only a handful in his or her generation, often a "defining" influence on a whole city or profession. The player who is a LEGEND will be an iconic personality and a figure of such worth future generations will venerate (or curse) his/her memory. The LEGEND will be worthy of study and if opportunity comes to learn from one, seize the day because in whichever facets of Avalon this player excels, there will be none with more insight save perhaps some of the Gods themselves.

Typing LEGEND or simply SELF will show your "mosaic" of experiences, deeds, pioneering exploration, quests and feats - the key moments and accomplishments of your life and character history. This will also inform you to what extent this "mosaic" has propelled your character towards LEGEND standing.

Avalon has only one standing on a par with the LEGEND and this is the god-given title of PARADIGM: the greatest current exponent of an entire profession and worthy of being listed on a rollcall of the most respected and most competent exponents across any era and any generation. There can only be one PARADIGM active in a profession at any time, save those mortals whose souls have ascended to join the divnine pantheon.

See HELP CHAPTER and HELP GLOWING for details on progression toward the legend standing. HELP STANDINGS and HELP SENIORITY for overview details on the Avalon player standings and progression from junior to senior status. HELP MOSAIC should be knowledge every player knows by heart - though these measures of your life story offer little or no material gain. Perhaps this is what makes them so much more enduring and significant...