Welcome to the Band: Kilian!

[Mystica]

Hi there Recruit! Welcome to the best Org on Dragonmount (according to the 2008 Empy awards)!

 

I'm one of the Infantry Blademasters as well as the Editor in Chief of the Band's newspaper, the Hornsounder (which you see published each month here in one of the stickies).

 

Here, have a Guinny or 5 while we wait for the other Banders to file in and give you a proper welcome and for the Chief to slap the Amazing Spiel on you.

 

Enjoy your stay, welcome home and make yourself comfortable! You'll be sweating and toiling as all Recruits soon enough ;)

[Taymist]

Welcome to the Band, Kilian.  :D

 

Nice to meet you and hope you have fun with your Recruit weeks.

 

I'm Tay, another Infantry Blademaster and also the Lieutenant-General this term.

Look forward to seeing you at the Barracks for your Recruit training. :)

 

Word of warning, don't pay any attention to those Cav and Archery type folks when they

try to give you swill to drink  :P *hands a few Guinys* This is what you need!! It'll put hair

in places you didn't know you had.  ;D

 

Oh... and you might want to secure yourself to something solid before the Official Spiel arrives! Seriously, you don't want to get blown clear to the Sea Folk Isles!  ;)

 

 

[Direwolf Jon]

Welcome to the Band Kilian! It's great to have you joining our ranks! I'm DJ, the Executive Officer of the Band and that means I'm in charge of helping our new members get acquainted with the Band and answer any questions you might have.  I'll be sending you a PM just after I post this and it'll let you know what comes next.  :)  I hope you enjoy your time with us here in the Band and remember to hold onto your socks during the official spiel!

 

Welcome once more!

[Blade]

Ah killian, welcome to the best group here on Dragonmount, but don't listen to those infants with their silly swords. Besides, their drinks have become polluted from digging all those latrines, and don't get me started on those cav and the swill they drink. You should have the archers signature drink, the flaming shot, guaranteed 100% pure. And you'll be wanting to join the archers of course, after all, those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't (namely us! ;))Welcome though and enjoy your time.

[Taymist]

:P @ Blade... you see what I mean? They talk drivel I tell you. A Blademaster could chop one of those matchsticks of theirs into minute pieces for the fire in no time.  ;)  ;D

[Rodelle]

*Only if you could find us plops down in front of Mystica and Tay.*

*turns around and grabs the recruit and begins shaking him*

Welcome to the best org EVA!!!! Now we need to et you fully drunk have this *hands the RR a Forget me Not*

Guarrenteed to make you have temporary amnesia. Also is strong enough to burn the hair off those places you didnt know you could get hair.

I'm The Archer Banner general this Term and i look foward to teaching you how to be a good tricksome archer!

[Corki]

I know I am extremely late with the Official Spiel, but I have had a LoA enforced on me for family reasons (and it still isn't over 100% yet). Anyway, I am now trying to catch up with things, so here it is: the Official Spiel! Hold on tight now for it will blow you away!

 

*official spiel*

 

Welcome Kilian! 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, Direwolf Jon, 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

- writing restaurant reviews!

- replying to other people's reviews and asking questions

- composing Jak O' the Shadow verses

- getting articles published in our monthly newspaper, The Hornsounder

- posting in the monthly roll call in the Band's private boards here 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 very 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!Keep an eye out for one! 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 Lottery set up in our Dicing with Jak O' the Shadows board, which you will see once you have signed up for the private boards here at DM. There are also several games 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 Regiment, and can fight anyone in the Band! We'll give you a practise fight so you can get your bearing until you are ready to challenge a Bander. Also look out for our festivals of various games using the dice roller and ORG Game. There are many staff members for the Game who will be willing to help you out.

 

Once you have been added to the list for the private boards here, 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 you have a Facebook account, search for the group 'DM Band of the Red Hand'. Click to apply. Then PM/email Brid or I to say you've requested to join, and we'll accept it. I'm using Facebook as another way to communicate with Banders!

 

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...

 

*hands Kilian a Marshal-General's Special Battle Brew*

 

CARAI AN SHEN AN CALHAR!!!!!

[mottlee]

*walks in and finds a nice bi armchair to sit in*

welcome to the band kilian hope you have lots of fun here

i'm mottlee a member of the cav hehehhe

lol well any ways just remember to ave fun

 

*hands kilian a brew*