Code of Conduct
Having the ELWP tag demands that members of ELWP have to uphold a code of conduct as a member's actions do not only paint a bad picture upon them, but upon everyone who holds the tag of ELWP. When you have the tag, even in matches by yourself, you are not an individual you are apart of a team.
If profanity is used, in the presence of multiple witnesses and anyone with the power to kick, in a negative and/or harmful way and/or meaning will result in an immediate ban.
Members who are using profanity in a negative and/or harmful way shall be investigated if substantial evidence is not provided.

Battle Codex:
These are the rules that apply when you participate in the combat deployments (scheduled events / war parties).
Keep conversation and banter to a minimum when in a match, only call out important information like enemy troop movements, location of vehicles, elites, etc.
Obey orders from your superiors be it the supreme grand master or First Company Captain, any and all Grand Masters, and Company Masters.
Work as a team, your strength is in cooperation with your battle brothers, stay together and purge the enemies of the Imperium as one.

Attendance:
Members who miss two weeks of events without any reasoning or telling a player of high power stature will be kicked for inactivity within ELWP.
If a member misses one week he/she will be sent a private message giving a warning that if the player misses the next week or does not give a reasoning to their absence they shall be kicked.
If a player is kicked and they respond by explaining themselves they shall be interviewed and reminded of their leave of absence and how to avoid another kick.
If a player again does not give a player of higher power stature a reason of their leave of absence in the future they shall be kicked again and not allowed back into ELWP

Protocols:
Protocols within ELWP are tactics at which ELWP will use. Each protocol will be given a name and only given to those who have shown loyalty and activeness within ELWP.
When you are given access to Protocols it is recommend that you have quick reference off screen through posted notes or printing out the protocols so that you may have a quick reference once a Protocol is issued.

Command Structure:
Within ELWP we shall have a command structure and which everyone has to adhere too.
Commanders are only to give orders to people when they are apart of an investigation of a person or persons who break ELWP rules and code of conduct.
Commanders are able to activate protocols within match
Commanders are in charge and responsible for anyone under their command in game.
If a Commander is accused of abusing his/her powers an investigation will take place to find the truth. Depending on the severity of the offense a commander can be put on probation of command all the way to be deemed Excommunicate Traitoris and banned from ELWP.

Excommunicate Traitoris:
Any and all members given this punishment will be banned. To go along with this ELWP lore will be written of his/her offense and added to the story of ELWP on the EC forums
Releasing information such as strategies used by ELWP will result in a ban and the title of Excommunicate Traitoris.

Writing lore on behalf of ELWP:

Anyone who writes lore for ELWP can have it published on the EC forums after a process of acceptance. If your lore is accepted it will be posted on the EC forums on our ELWP recruiting forum and will be archived in a shared document that you may read, but not edit. Credit to the author will be given when his/her story is posted.

Process of lore acceptance:
The lore has to be presented to the Grand Masters and Supreme Grand Master. Once they have reviewed it and offered suggestions and/or critique the piece it shall be posted and archived.

Voicing your opinion:
If you have an opinion or suggestion such as updating or adding a rule to a miss behaving player you can the Supreme Grand Master or Grand Masters know of your opinion. Your opinion or suggestion will be talked about among all of the leaders. If you do not voice your opinion leaders cannot help or make this guild better.

Ranks of ELWP:
Supreme Grand Master (Inner Circle)- Azrael Mordred
The Supreme Grand Master is in charge of every aspect of ELWP. He/She is tasked with making sure active members come back into the guild. He/She is also responsible for recruiting.

Hierarchy:
Because ELWP is a strike force consisting of different chapters all players who are in the hierarchy shall have their titles reflect their characters chapter they play as in EC

1st Company: The Invictarii. Veteran Company Captain Dekra
Is second in command to Supreme Grand Master and successor to him. Veteran Company Captain is in charge of recruiting the most skilled and veteran of players.
All players in the 1st company are to be known as the Invictarii. All members who are known as the Invictarii are the most elite of ELWP.

Reclusiam: Grand Master of Reclusiam Leverian
Role of the Reclusiam: Each Chaplain is in charge of recruiting new members into ELWP. The Grand Master of the Reclusiam will recruit and train new Chaplains. If an incident of bullying, disorderly conduct, verbal abuse, harassment, etc Chaplains will investigate and report it to the Supreme Grand Master, 1st Company Captain, and Chief Librarian. (1 Grand Master Chaplain, 4 Chaplains)

Masters (Inner Circle)
Armoury: Master of the Forge
Role of Techmarines: Anyone under the Armoury household has the role of recording in game events. They have to be willing to record matches. They will record a week's worth of events (3 events each week) if multiple techmarines record on separate days they shall send the videos to the Master of the Machine who shall comprise highlights of the match. Videos of ELWPs events will be put onto a youtube account created by the Grand Supreme master. Each video has to be sent to the Supreme Grand Master and First Company Captain. The finalized videos will be sent to an Email that the Supreme Grandmaster will upload the videos from. The Master of the Machine will be responsible for recruiting techmarines that will help him/her record videos. Videos DO NOT, DO NOT, need to be recorded every week. Videos of events need to be made at least once a month unless more are asked from any of the Grand Masters. (1 Master, 3 Tech Marines)

Apothecarium: Master Apothecary

Role of the Apothecarium: Any member that has decided to become apart Apothecarian shall request to become a dedicated Apothecary if they show in combat that they are capable of staying true to the support role of Apothecary. When in a war party if a player has the apothecary title they must run as an apothecary the entire match and whole duration they that they stay in the war party. The Master Apothecary will be the one in charge of recruiting and training new Apothecaries. (5 maximum apothecaries, 1 Master Apothecary, 4 apothecaries)

Company Masters
Role of Company Master: Company Masters are responsible for all those who are under their command. When in a war party they are in charge unless someone of higher power is in the war party. All company masters are of equal power no one company master has more power or authority that another.

3rd Company Master:
3rd company will comprise of players who reside in North America

5th Company Master:
The 5th Company will comprise of players who reside in Australia and Asia

7th Company Master:
7th Company will comprise of people who reside in Europe

10th Company Master:
The role of the tenth company is for all new recruits. If a recruit has been with ELWP for a month of active play they shall be placed in the company that they timezone allocates with.

Combat Test:
All new recruits have to take part in a combat test as the final stage of their initiation process into ELWP. In these combat tests recruits will be placed in PVP battles. Players in charge of the war party will see how a recruit/recruits handle taking orders, the players individual skill, team work skills, and communication skills. If a player fails to perform team work and to follow orders they are not suitable to be apart of ELWP. If a recruit is malicious towards team mates or other players, they are to be kicked and deemed Excommunicate Traitoris.
Commanders will have the option to choose two different combat tests. The commander only needs to choose one combat test.
Combat test 1: Recruits will have to join a war party that will be held by players who have leadership skills and experience. These war parties shall be set up Sundays at 8 AM EST and 7:30 PM EST.
Combat Test 2: A recruit will join a war party on the set event days or whenever one is hosted.

Veteran Status:
Veteran Status can be given out to any player who deserves the title.
Players who have shown exceptional skill and dedication to ELWP shall be given the honor of Veteran.
Once a player becomes a veteran there shall be a ceremony on the player's behalf (Same applies for the invictarii) The ceremony will be scheduled and hosted by the Grand Master of the Reclusiam and Veteran Company Captain. The ceremony shall be taken place in the garrison. All members who can make it have to be witness to the ceremony.
When in war parties if no members in the hierarchy are in the war party, next in line is a player of the Invictarii or a player of Veteran Status.
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WHATS NEW?

Hierarchy: Supreme Grandmaster, Veteran Company Captain, Grandmaster of the Reclusiam, Master of the Forge, Master Apothecary, and Company Masters
1st Company: Our Elite company has had a name change to be called the Invicatarii, it would be kind of silly to have a space wolf be in the Deathwing company
Apothecarium: Previuosly it said 11 maxiumum apothecary roles allowed when the given numbers added up to 5, now the maxiumum is equal to what the number toal up to be, 5.
3rd Company: Previously 6th company has been changed to 3rd company, it is still a North American time based company, I just like having the main comopanys to have odd numbers, 1st company, 3rd company, 5th company, and 7th company.
Combat Test: completly new
Veteran Status: has been in the rules for a while, but not officially published