ToC Introduction and FAQ (Read First!)

[Ataraxis]

It's technically open, but it contains no information to clarify what to find in the Garden of Secrets, or its uses. All the information will be made public in a few days, though I can tell you what to expect. The GoS serves as an IC Area outside the tournament itself, where the participants may interact in whichever way they decide. Moreover, as the Garden is full of dimensional rifts, you will not be confined to the Garden itself and will be able to access any setting you desire. Lastly, you may also write about events prior to your character's arrival in the GoS.

Basically, as long as you write with the character you registered and the thread has a slight connection to the ToC, you're good to go.

As for the Non-ToC related roleplaying, you may do so in the Side-Events Forum.

[Christoph]

Excellent. Thank you for clearing that up.

[Death's Nephew]

I keep noticing the mention of level five profiles and needing to have one posted....

Is the max level cap 5 or is that a neccessity? Would I need to create a special profile for the tournament?

[Christoph]

You will need to create a tournament-specific profile. Level five is the cap, but you're free to make a weaker character if you'd like.

[Mutant_Lorenor]

How soon can we start roleplaying in the Side Events section and exploit the Garden of Secrets? Let's say that I -do- want to make a story using the Garden of Secrets that will directly involve the tournament, would that be doabel? I want Lorenor to have a major role to play in this thing as always! I like big and grandiose things! Anyway, I was just curious about the Garden of Secrets. Will it be made into a permanent forum after the Althanas Invitational is over? Will people have access to The Tap within the Garden of Secrets? Thanks! I'll ask more questions as I come up with them.

[Ataraxis]

You can use the Side-Event forum now, though you can't access the actual Garden of Secrets for now, since the description of the area is not up yet (I'll announce it a few days before the 20th). As for your second question, any thread that happens in the actual GoS (the IC place, not the subforum) or in a world accessed through one of the rifts available in that same GoS, already involves the tournament - you're usually there because you were invited, lured, or kidnapped. You'll have to wait until I put up the IC welcoming of participants before using the place for a storyline.

Barring exceptional circumstances, it probably will not be made into a permanent forum. As for access to the Tap, it's all up to you, though you'll need a good explanation considering the Tap was shattered (so you'd have access to shattered realms made from the Tap - very Steven Erikson-ish).

[Mutant_Lorenor]

Thanks that makes a lot of sense. So to post roleplays explaining the events that lead my character being in the tournament I have to wait until the GOS is officially open or can I simply just rp there now? I see some people roleplaying in the GOS already. So I am assuming that its okay now to do so?

[Ataraxis]

The events that lead to your character's arrival to the GoS are perfectly fine. I've read the threads there and I see some people are already inside the IC GoS, winging the descriptions of the place, and it's really perfectly fine, too. I just figured it might make it easier if everyone had an actual description of the place, so I'll put it up tomorrow.

Short version: yes, you can write now, about the events leading up to your arrival in the GoS, as well aswhat happens when your character arrives there - as long as you don't mind a temporary lack of descriptions about the Garden itself.

[Godhand]

What if we're over level five?

[Farmboy]

I think level five's the cap. If you still have your level five update application, you can probably post that and get into the Tourney. Or just make an entirely new character with level five abilities and such.