On Being New to the Order

Brethren,

Recently, with a new influx of new members, I believe time is ripe to re-affirm the requirements and things to do once you are new to this honourable chivalric Order.

To join the Order, all you must do is meet with a full-member of the Order (thus, a member in the rank of Knight or higher) this member will and should lead you through the requirements and get you through the ordinary recruitment manner, or transfer you to an officer. Please note that Dame Laern is the main officer in charge of recruitment and human ressources.

First and foremost, the question should be asked why is he or she interested in joining our Order. It question of how he or she has learned of our Order is equally of importance, as it indicates through which via we gain the more members (thus enriching our recruitment tactics).

Second, it must be made certain and clear that the prospective member is a proud member of the Alliance, a staunch defender of the Kingdom of Stormwind and/or any of its allied Kingdoms, and that he or she has to his person chivalric virtues such as honour and loyalty to an ideal.

Third, the prospective member must give his solemn word of promise that he or she will be respectful of the Order's membership, its administration and its the Order's constitutional laws.

Once the member has joined the Order, he or she should be furnished with a leaflet or an otherwise permission to withdraw a Guild Seal from our Guild Vault, with which he or she will be able to communicate and hear our communications.

A new member will immediately become a Page, and it is of course natural that a member is desirous to obtain a higher rank and we encourage this. It is therefore suggested that the new member seeks for him or herself a tutor which will show the Page's desire to obtain a higher rank. The Page's tutor can only be someone who is of the rank of Knight or higher. Once the Page has requested pupilship from one of the Knights, and the Knight agrees, he or she will be known as a Squire of that Knight and he or she should bare in mind that the lessons that will be taught to him relate, for the most part, on what being a Knight of Stormwind is all about. It is equally a chance to measure one's aptitudes. The tutor may of course teach various lessons, teaching what he or she sees fit to learn and of use to the pupil.

Tutorage of a pupil should eventually end, at a sensical length (on average, two weeks), and the tutor should report to the administration his desire to impart graduation on his pupil. The administration of the Order will then set a date for the Squire to granted admission into the full-membership of the Order through a ceremony of knighting which is ordinarily performed by, either the tutor of the pupil in question, or a celebrant officer, or the Guild Master. The bulk of the membership should be present at such an event.

After the ceremony, the Squire will be promoted to the rank of Knight where he will be able to wear proudly his Guild Tabard and gain access to several of the Order's benefits, such as increased credibility and identity.

A new Knight is a new defender of our nation(s).

For the method of attainment of the ranks beyond the rank of Knight, please consult the Official Royal Charter of the Order of the Knights of Stormwind, included in these very archives.

Yours in the Light,
-Sir Bartholomeo Burlguard
Secretary.