Guild Hall

"Hey, you guys made it!" the Draken said happily.
"Glad you came! What do you think of the Explorer's Guild? Here I can register you into teams and collect quests for you." Swift's eyes shimmered excitedly. "Isn't it cool?! With my help you can mount expeditions to places outside our town!" Taking a short pause, Swift continues. "Well, I'll have some information for you here so you can see what the Explorer's Guild is all about!"

The guild that Swift was itching to open since the town was founded is finally here! Townsfolk who are ready to explore the outside world are welcome to come here and register to join an exploration team.

When teams are registered, Swift will do his best to collect odd jobs and worries from townsfolk to be completed while he plans out the next expedition. As diligent as he is about this guild finally coming to fruition, Swift is just one guy and can only do so much so quickly.

As you explore and take care of issues for the town's residents, your rank will go up! As your rank goes up, so will your acclaim and you may even net better rewards! Essentially, you will develop a reputation, and good or bad, it will determine the value of your payouts upon completion of quests and expeditions.

Remember that the world outside of the town is fraught with danger! There are numerous threatening creatures and a multitude of treacherous terrains to navigate. Magic, weaponry and your quick wit are all going to be necessary if you want to be successful!

A quick tip before you get started!

Expeditions are only available to adults. This means your character must have an approved adult application. If you are slow-growing your Draken, they will only be eligible for questing once their Third Eye Gem has fully opened. If you are slow-growing your Astralit, they will only be eligible for questing once all of their Palm Stars have fully grown. Please remember that children are not permitted on quests or expeditions.
You may, however, be accompanied by a pets or Companion Stone.

Look below to track the current teams!

 

Expeditions

 

In order to discover or further explore areas, the Explorer's Guild must conduct expeditions.

Expeditions will take place as events with varied time frames.
  Most plot-heavy areas will be explored over the course of one real-world month.
These events will have your team drawing anywhere from one (1) to four (4) pictures of your character (and their team) exploring the area.
  

In order to join an expedition, you must first begin by registering your team under this comment with this form:

Then, you will simply create your entries for the expedition in accordance to the requirements listed in the table below. Once you have created your entries, the team leader must submit their entry to the prompt, and include a link to all other images if there are any. If the collaboration option is chosen, the team leader must be the one to submit the final image or writing, and assure that all team members are listed as collaborators. Team members then may submit a claim for their rewards after the prompt is approved.
(In the event that your team leader is absent, the assistant leader will submit the entries in their stead.)

Expedition requirements and rewards function on a scaled reward system.

The requirements and thusly rewards, are dependent on how many characters are on a team.

• Soloists are teams consisting of a single character.
• Duos are teams consisting of two characters.
• Trios are teams consisting of three characters.
• Squads are teams consisting of four characters.

You may only use one of your characters per team. You may sign up for as many teams as you wish.

View the requirements in the table below.

Tier	Option 1: Separate Images	Option 2: Collaborations	Option 3: Separate Writing
Tier 1:	Soloists Requirements: One (1) image, including a simple scenic background and one (1) shaded fullbody drawing of the character undertaking the expedition.	Soloists Requirements: One (1) image, including a simple scenic background and one (1) shaded fullbody drawing of the character undertaking the expedition OR 775 words of collaborative writing with a scenic description and prominent mention of the character undertaking the expedition. View the writing section below for expanded rules.	Soloists Requirements: 775 words. Writing must contain a scenic description and a prominent mention of the character undertaking the expedition.
Tier 2:	Duos Requirements: Two (2) images (one image per user.) Both must include a simple scenic background and a total of two (2) shaded fullbody drawings, one for each character undertaking the expedition.	Duos Requirements: One (1) image. The image must include a simple scenic background and a total of two (2) shaded fullbody drawings, one for each character undertaking the expedition OR 2,600 words of collaborative writing with a scenic description and prominent mention of the characters undertaking the expedition. View the writing section below for expanded rules.	Duos Requirements: 1,300 words (per user.) Writing must contain a scenic description and a prominent mention of both characters undertaking the expedition.
Tier 3:	Trios Requirements: Three (3) images (one image per user.) All images must include a medium background and a total of three (3) shaded fullbody drawings, one for each character undertaking the expedition.	Trios Requirements: One (1) image. The image must include a medium background and a total of three (3) shaded fullbody drawings, one for each character undertaking the expedition OR 3,450 words of collaborative writing with a scenic description and prominent mention of the characters undertaking the expedition. View the writing section below for expanded rules.	Trios Requirements: 1,725 words (per user.) Writing must contain a scenic description and a prominent mention of each character undertaking the expedition.
Tier 4:	Squads Requirements: Four (4) images (one image per user.) All images must include a medium background and a total of four (4) shaded fullbody drawings, one for each character undertaking the expedition.	Squads Requirements: One (1) image. The image must include a complex background and a total of four (4) shaded fullbody drawings, one for each character undertaking the expedition OR 4,050 words of collaborative writing with a scenic description and prominent mention of the characters undertaking the expedition. View the writing section below for expanded rules.	Squads Requirements: 2,025 words (per user.) Writing must contain a scenic description and a prominent mention of each character undertaking the expedition.

Collaborative Writing

When fulfilling the collaborative writing requirement, the word count is communal. This means that the entire team will work together to make the word count together, whether it is roleplay or collaborative writing. You must have some indication of who contributed to which section, be it color coding or a splitting of responsibilities in the description. If you are roleplaying to meet the word count, the roleplays must be edited.

Please follow this guide to claim your rewards:

Each person who successfully completed the expedition, regardless of whether the other members of their team did, will receive these and any other expedition awards.

Every team member, regardless of team size, must complete a minimum of 1 entry meeting the appropriate requirements in order to claim rewards and complete the expedition.

NPC Bonuses

What if you are a soloist, or maybe you already have a team, but want to reach the next reward tier?
NPCs may now join ongoing expeditions, as they are part of the plot. All teams have the option of including an NPC who is on the expedition in their images. By including an NPC, teams may bump up their reward tier to the appropriate amount for the number of characters on the team. However, they must include the additional equivalent number of fullbodies as NPCs they are including. Additionally, they must follow the background requirements indicated by their new squad size and found in the table above.
For example a soloist, by including two NPCs in their image, must draw one image of three fullbody characters with a medium background, and may claim the rewards for three team members.
There is a maximum of three (3) NPCs per party, and rewards do not go above 4 party members.

Free Exploration

 

Once the Explorer's Guild has completed a sucessful expedition to a location, characters may freely visit any of the areas, regardless of whether they're a part of the Explorer's Guild or not. As long as it is reasonable to do so (i.e. not exploring a location that has been destroyed, or completely inaccesible at that point in the plot), you may freely depict your character traveling to or in any locations previously expeditioned to.

 

Re-Quests are problems and troubles that the citizens of Whistler Crest come to the Explorer's Guild to resolve. Swift posts them here, and all teams are free to take them in order to fulfill the request of the citizen who brought it forward.

1.) Another team took a Re-Quest my team wanted to do!! Can we still take it?
  
Of course! Multiple teams can take the same Re-Quest, but all Re-Quests can only be taken by every team once.

A handful of Re-Quests will run for about two (2) months at a time before being swapped out for new ones.
In order to fulfill a Re-Quest, all team members must draw at least one picture (at least flat color with a background) of them attempting to take care of what the client asked for.

​Fulfilling a Re-Quest will grant you and your teammates some nifty rewards including but not limited to, extra EXP and extra Capella!

Find the Re-Quest Board here!

(The Re-Quest board is currently under construction! We appreciate your patience!)