OUR STORY
“TOGETHER WE WILL PREVAIL”
Gilded House Coat of Arms: Each community pillar is represented.
From House Kiumra with the Golden Leviathan, The Obsidian Order with the Grey Wolves, and Gilded Ventures with the Raven.
Gilded House colors: Gold & Black
IN A NEW WORLD DESTINED FOR OPPORTUNITY & STRIFE, THE GILDED HOUSE STANDS TOGETHER, UNIFIED AS ONE.
The Gilded House is synonymous with House Kimura, a Vaelune noble family known for their wealth, and having their fingers in many different "ventures". Over centuries, this minor noble house built itself up by being savvy merchants, diplomats, and politicians to greater houses, forming lasting bonds and unions that consecrated their bloodline. But what made them truly influential wasn’t their nobility, but the many ventures they invested in. Be it trade, taverns, or exploration, their successful ventures built them into a Gilded House.
While current generations have squandered the name, the house and its ventures seek anew. In a new world destined for opportunity & strife, the Gilded House stands together, unified as one.
HOUSE KIMURA
Offers members a focus on family, political intrigue, and progression through the artisan system. Each member of this pillar will be able to choose their own path, be it as a member of the family, a vassal house, or Phoenix Antiquities, a thriving trade company.
GILDED VENTURES
Pioneers our adventurer story-arch and invites role-players to explore and seek knowledge using the world as their backdrop. Gilded Ventures promotes rich lore and mission-based stories involving a diverse array of character types. Additionally, it focuses on the study and research of the Essence.
THE OBSIDIAN ORDER
Serves as our PVP & PVE oriented pillar. While roleplay is still present, this pillar allows all members to participate in open world content without requiring heavy investment in roleplay. There will still be RP-PvP events and activities, but a majority of the events here will be out of character focused.
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ROLEPLAY
FROM LIGHT TO HEAVY ROLEPLAY
The Gilded House caters to a variety of different roleplayers. New and veteran roleplayers alike can find a home here with each of our pillars offering a different depth of story. We have recurring events centered around each pillar, allowing new members to introduce their characters and get acquainted with membership. In addition, we strive to schedule events based on members' schedules, allowing for increased participation.
Players will have an active role in shaping the community as will their characters. Players can join any pillar that fits their character, attain any role and get promoted or removed. Regardless of your experience, opportunity awaits you in GH-RP. We are still in the early stages of development, and our founding story will be molded by those who decide to call us home. We hope that’ll be you.
ROLEPLAYING IN THE GILDED HOUSE
Each pillar may include players who see themselves differently than the listed RP focus. You might find heavy RPers in the Obsidian Order, or light RPers in House Kimura. Ultimately, we want to support your desired RP journey.
If you’re interested in learning more about our community, please checkout our various pillars.
LIGHT ROLEPLAY
Using real character names, joining for social events, and all around fun roleplay. Not strictly focused on RP, but still engaged.
MEDIUM ROLEPLAY
Structured RP with a rich character background. Roleplays often and has story hooks to engage other characters.
HEAVY ROLEPLAY
Roleplay is the focus and the gameplay supports their stories and character development. Deep character backgrounds.
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Be part of our storytelling community ... and regale us with your adventures!
COMMUNITY
A DIVERSITY OF INTERESTS & EXPERIENCES
You’ve probably seen it multiple times in various advertisements, but what is “Community” and what does it really mean? That’s a question everyone should ask as they look to become a part of any guild or company. For GH-RP, community means a group of people who work together towards a common goal. Though they may have different backgrounds or interests, they embrace a similar culture and thrive as one. We are not cultists, or looking to blow up one person’s ego. We enjoy comradery, and the free expression of ideas.
LEADERSHIP
Our leadership has over 30 years experience - collectively, in running gaming communities. Our community lead has built, grown, and led communities up to 300 members strong. They have also taken on roleplay, and gaming community roles as Administrators, Ambassadors, and Moderators. Our Co-Leads have each run their own guilds, and have worked together over decades. They have experience in community leadership and management.
But experience alone, doesn’t guarantee success. Our leaders rely on one another, and our membership to shape the community, and direction of the guild. Big decisions, including setting launch goals, will be decided by collaborating with our membership.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Our community building goals are our long term aspirations. While we may achieve them in the short term, the idea is to achieve these and maintain them throughout the lifecycle of GH-RP.
- Build a strong community that fosters creativity and immersion in the world.
- Promote an environment that is friendly, social, and fun for all members
- Conduct regular community meetings to voice ideas, and chart a path forward.
- Form alliances to enrich characters and stories, and to provide additional content.
- Support our various pillars to maximize community wealth and node development.
- Grow our community to support diversity and create deep narrative storytelling.
- Establish ourselves as a community that is present, engaged, and impactful on the world.
GAMEPLAY OBJECTIVES
Our gameplay objectives may cross over and expand on our community goals, and are more likely to change overtime. They are inherently short-term focused, and as our community grows or evolves, they too will shift.
- Establish & develop a node with allied guilds.
- Assist members in attaining node housing.
- Master the marketplace to turn a profit.
- Build a team to lead dungeons & equip members.
- Create a foundation of skilled PvPers to fight and defend conquered territories.
Our Alpha 2 goals are separate from our gameplay objectives. In A2, we want to better understand the game and areas of the world we may want to settle in.
HOUSE KIMURA
“FAMILY IS MORE THAN BLOOD”
FAMILY, INTRIQUE, POLITICS, & BUSINESS
Through their ancestry, House Kimura can be traced back to Old Verra serving as a merchant house in the Aelan empire. After its fall, House Kimura re-settled in Sanctus where the once small merchant house evolved into a prosperous gilded house, and over the centuries that passed, made additional investments forging alliances with other families to consecrate their bloodline. While there were some questionable unions, House Kimura has remained a largely Vaelune household.
HOUSE KIMURA
NOBILITY & POLITICSGILDED VENTURES
“THE ADVENTURERS”
LORE, ADVENTURE, & EXPLORATION
Gilded Ventures is an adventuring company that works alongside the other pillars of the guild. This pillar leads adventuring parties into the depths to collect rare loot and uncover the secrets of the world. It includes a mixture of casual-medium roleplay + PvE content like dungeons and world bosses.
GILDED VENTURES
EXPLORATION & DISCOVERYTHE OBSIDIAN ORDER
“THE GUARD”
PVP & PVE-RP Lite
RECRUITMENT
HOW TO JOIN THE GILDED HOUSE
If you’re interested in joining our new community & being part of the development of our community, you need only contact us. Our recruitment process itself is simple, as we’re looking for mature 18+ individuals who want to have fun together in AoC.
QUALITY OVER QUANTITY
We do not intend to be the largest community. We value having players who contribute, and want to be part of our community, rather than sheer numbers to conquer a castle or take a node. We recruit players and characters that want to be involved, engaged, and contribute.
This means attending events, participating in community stories, and yes content. Because though we’re roleplayers, we’re gamers too. Our ambitions and goals are shaped by our members, and if prior to launch we aim to take a castle or node for our own, we shall.
But make no mistake, achieving that would be a feat. And to do that we need players and characters who want to build this Gilded House into an Empire. Interested? Intrigued? Say Hi!
Join the Gilded House!
Be part of our storytelling community ... and regale us with your adventures!