Welcome to the Band ~ Faelene

[Kara_J]

Welcome to the Band of the Red Hand Faelene!  ;D

 

I'm Kara J, one of the Infantry's Recruit Liason Officers (RLO for short), and I'll be meeting you in our barracks on your trip through all 3 regiments! I'm sure the Cavalry, Archers and the MG (Marshall General) will be along to welcome you soon, but in the mean time....chuck some of these down your neck! It's the finest drink known to man and beast... The Guinfantry!  ;D

 

I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun here with us! ;D

[F Horn of Valere]

Welcome! I am Lord Horn, the Under-Commander (second in command)! Our esteemed Marshal-General, Corki, is currently out on a holiday, so I will welcome you on his behalf! Here is his OFFICIAL welcome spiel!

 

*official spiel*

 

Welcome Faelene! An email explaining important information about the Band is currently sitting in your inbox! Take a read! Also check your PMs too! ;)

 

Basically, the Band of the Red Hand is the Travel and Music ORG at DM! By signing up for the Band, you have joined the successful Raw Recruit Scheme. By signing up for the off board site, you will be able to experience the whole process to the maximum! The Executive Officer, F Horn of Valere, or I, will assign you to one of the three Regiments (Archers, Cavalry, Infantry) for a week, where you will be given various tasks to perform, hoping that you will get a picture of what time in each Regiment is like. After a week with each Regiment, you will be asked to pick your final choice of a Regiment.

 

While being a Raw Recruit, there is nothing stopping you from earning points like any other Band member. Points lead to promotion within the Band. Below is a list of possible ways to earn points:

 

- writing reviews on places to visit/holidays you have been on

- writing reviews on music albums and gigs

- replying to other people's reviews and asking questions

- composing Jak O' the Shadow verses

- getting articles published in our monthly newsletter, The Hornsounder

- monthly roll call in the Band's private boards at DM

- any DM project we may have, which includes our Quote Project (speak to Amavia and Angyl)

- and much much more I cannot think of right now!

 

If you complete your time as a Raw Recruit within 3 to 4 weeks, you will get a special award (called the Raw Recruit Stripe) which you can add to your siggy as well!

 

While being a Raw Recruit, you get 3 free strikes. This enables you to break Band Law 3 times without being punished by the Redarms, the Band's own police force. If they see any Law breaking, they will either drag you up for a trial or give you a fun spot fine to do (usually 100 lines of something witty). Channeling is a major no-no in the Band. As is spilling Battle Brew, our beloved drink! Once you have used up your 3 strikes, or join the Band's ranks officially, you will face the full force of Band Law like any other Bander does!

 

Of course, we are not all about working 24/7, as we do let our hair down now and then! We are famous for our bar brawls, which happen frequently! Expect one soon! We also like jokes, tales, funny pictures - things that will make us laugh!

 

We also have many games - at DM, which can be found in the stickies, or the new Lottery set up on our new Dicing with Jak O' the Shadows board, which you will see once you sign up for the private boards here at DM. There are also several on the off board site as well! Also, take the lessons to learn our ORG Game, based on the luck of dice! You get the selected weapons of your division, and can fight anyone in the Band! It is currently being revised, but the ideas will all be the same! There are many staff members for the Game who will be willing to help you out.

 

Once you have signed up for the private boards, you will also be able to participate in our lottery game, which takes place in the Dicing With Jak O' the Shadows board. It is a lot of fun, and your winnings can buy you various goodies!

 

If I have left anything out (which I expect I have!), do not hesitate to ask questions! Someone will be able to answer them for you!

 

One last thing...

 

*hand Faelene a Marshal-General's Special Battle Brew*

 

CARAI AN SHEN AN CALHAR!!!!! 8)

[Mystica]

Welcome to the Band, Faeline :D I'm not sure whether I deserve the credit for you joining the Band but I'm happy that you did ;)

 

I'm one of the Redarms of the Infantry but you are currently 'safe' from me, though we may be on the lookout for your using one of your three strikes ;)

 

Hope you have a wonderful time with us !!

 

I don't know how the membership thing works on these new boards, but I'm sure one of the Senior Staffs will take care of it once it's possible. I don't have any of my old authorisations yet.

 

*hands the new Recruit a Guinny or 5* That should start you up and get you back on your feet after that amazing Spiel!

[Taymist]

Hi there Faelene and welcome to the Band. I'm Tay the Executive Officer (XO) and 3rd in command. I see Horn has already wow-ed you with the Official Spiel... there is also a PM sitting in your inbox with lots of information for you.

 

As far as we know the Usergroups aren't yet working so you may not be able to see our 2 private boards here. Don't worry about that just now, we'll get you set up with everything you need at our off sites once you're registered.

 

*hands a Rusty Tayl*

 

That's my personal drink  ;) enjoy and be careful!! It knocks your socks off!

 

Have lots of fun and I'm sure the others will be along to say hi soon.  ;D

[Faelene]

*Drinks all that was offered to her and feels the combination slosh warmly in her belly*

 

That's a good way to start off!  :-*

 

I'm excitedly awaiting my stay with each of the regiments. . . . and wondering if I will end up using those strikes. . .  Hopefully I won't use them all up in one go!

 

Thanks for your welcome, The Band is sounding more and more seductive. . . What really got me was the 100 Reasons  to join the band thread. . .

 

Cheers, I hope to offer you all some good drinks in the future.

 

[Justin89]

Welcome Faelene, and if you need any help or got any questions feel free to ask and i'll do my best to help you out.

 

Welcome to the band, it's a lot of fun..

 

P.S: Archer's = Best!

[Talya]

Welcome to the Band Faelene, so good to have you join the band.

 

*hands Faelene, a large mug of brew*

 

*aside to Faelene* And don't listen to Justin the Infantry is best ;)

[Katiora]

Welcome to the band!! I'm Katiora the Captain General for the Cavalry. I hope you have a great time while you're here ;D if you have any questions feelll free to pm or ask it here lol we don't bite too hard normally ;) *hands a couple bandys* Best drink in the Band except for MG Brew that is ;) I  look forward to seeing you in the cavalry :)

[BridMorgan]

hee hee...speak for yourself Kat..I tend to bite hard..... ;)

 

Kidding!  Welcome Faelene!  *tacklehugs*  I'm Brid, Lt. General of the Cavalry and one of the RLOs for the Cavalry!  I look forward to torturing, I mean tasking you during your week with the Cav! 

 

*hads barrels of Bandy*  So here's some Bandy and as Kat said, best drink in the Band, to go along with the best regiment in the Band!  ;D

 

 

[Kristine]

Welcome on behalf of the infantry CG... which happens to be me... and since I know me personally I can tell you that she's real glad to have you with us!

[Corki]

Now that I am back off holiday, welcome to the Band of the Red Hand! It's a great place to be! :)

 

What sort of things in the 100 Reasons to Join the Band did you like? Feel free to add your own!

 

And also, welcome back Justin! Good to see you again!

[Faelene]

What first drew me in immediatly was

 

"7. Our sisters are strong, mischieveous, fun and more importantly, have a great sence of humour!

 

8. Our brothers are strong (have to be, to deal with the women), thick skinned (have to be, to handle the mischief of the women), protective (well they just are) and always ready to play a prank on just about anyone (including the women!).

 

9. Relaxing, sleeping, laying about are an integrated part of life. We respect that! (and when we forget, everyone else reminds us on a regular basis  )"

 

 

And then all the bits about drinking and friendship!