No one should have their first character powerleveled…in doing so you miss all the play experience and MISTAKES you will make and knowledge you will build. EARN your first levels, you will appreciate them all the more.

IF you want a second or third character leveled up, ask a mage friend or BARGAIN for services. You will have to PAY for someone else’s time. Novel idea, yesJ? Motes, shards, D-notes, whatever they will take…you may have to swear to them for the duration of the leveling so they gain some XP during this process.

YES, there are master powerlevelers out there. DON’T think you can be one of them. Those people are masters who have played the game in and out and up and down and left, right and sideways. They have the gear, they have the contacts, they have twinkage and uber l33tn3ss and they have, most importantly, the TIME. They get good, good friends to help them out and they have NO LIFE while they level up. They have already done all the stuff you need yet to do, and don’t want to go through it all again.

Could we level someone? Yes. CAN we? Your patron may help you…then again, he may know how unfun such a job is, especially the 20^th time, and not want to do it either. It’s a fact of life and no slam on you...people want to have fun too, and leveling someone else up is not fun.  

4a.) do you have any motes? -- As a rule of thumb, we do not want to donate more then 1/2 motes from the family pool to a character's first Atlan. 

We do provide free alchemy mixing services for your ingot and usually buffs to stamp it, and usually can scare up a Crater ride. The more of this you can arrange on your own the better for you, however. If you do get a lower quality ingot, we can usually get enough motes to replace it free of charge.

4)  Do you have shards? Shards are the $50 bills of the game, the standard medium of exchange. They are extremely valuable and difficult to get.  Do not ask for shards.  If the shards are for a suit of GSA, then talk to your patron about how you can obtain.

4B.) do you have any Sturdy Iron Keys? Again, as a trade item, SIK’s are the $40 bills of the server and it’s best to earn them and not expect to get showered with $40 bills. 

6) will you give me phat l3wt? Or any other item you want. We hates this question. There is a protocol here. First, ask your patron for gear, AFTER you have attempted to round it up yourself. 

7) I need a ride to Teth! or anywhere else. Learn how to get there on your own, for when you really need to get there.

8)  I have a question for you. ask your patron or use the messageboard.

9) Can you help me with X Quest? There are devoted quest people on the msg board, we run most of the major quests at least twice a month. Talk to the quest team leaders, and POST your request. 

10) I need help getting my body. Follow the chain of command up for assistance and we have a rescue team -- USE THEM! 

11.)  Someone is talking crap about the monarchy and you. Ahem, this will get one of our attention real fast and is actually one of the best reasons to talk to him. Aelryinth values the reputation a LOT, and goes to considerable length to keep the negative spam and thieves to a minimum. He gets crap talked at him all the time and can deal with it…he also has to deal with people who cuss out his monarchy as a whole, thieves and others who are not wanted in our family but sneak in, PK conduct, and so on.

12.)   If you see a thief in the family notify Council immediately, and identify his patron so he can be cut.   So email council@thesteel.org.

13.)   So and so PK is in town here, come kill him! Heh, this is also appreciated when Aelryinth is red, nothing like having hundreds of scouts in the game to hunt a particularly disliked individual down. Don’t be obtuse about it, certainly don’t warn the PK you reported him. If there are Aelryinth PK’s on such as Rennyn or Ministry let them know directly.