Ya done goofed Thu, I should be answering these questions not you
Fortunately, you did answer mostly correct, except not fully correct on the last one. Here is the official purpose of the bards atm
The bards is a non-violent organization that serves the free-peoples, in particular the King of Gondor, Sjoerdtim. We also serve Only_God, the World Builder
Our duties are as follow:
-To write stories and other writings to further the lore, and community of Empirewar
-To discover all the secrets we can on the maps of Empirewar, and inform the community of their locations for the betterment of all
-To assist the mods in their duty by enforcing the rules of Empirewar
-To improve the quality of Roleplaying on the EmpireWar servers, and to encourage the community to partake in role-playing
-To keep track of all the characters, leaders, etc. of the community of Empirewar, and to organize this system
I don't think I missed anything, but if I think of something I will tell you
As for joining, it is very difficult. Though any bard may nominate someone to become a bard, Only I, as the leader, can create a new bard. At this time, we are not in fact accepting any bards, NO EXCEPTIONS and again ONLY I MAY MAKE NEW BARDS so stop asking to join. However, I may, in the future, accept people who are 'friendly to the bards' who would not have a position on our council, but would work to further our mission, and would perhaps have access to our HQ, but at this time this is not a thing.
To better your chances of being noticed by me and made a bard, you can do some of the following things:
be friendly to all on Empirewar. Establish a name for yourself, get people to know you.
Create a character that fits into lore and is not out of control. Have myself or another bard approve it. Roleplay as this character (not all the time and in everyone's face, just know the character and act as they would)
Write a story, post it on forums. Make it good, hopefully I'll like it.
If you do these things, you'll get yourself noticed by myself and the other bards. Perhaps one day this can turn you into a bard, but for today, there will be no new bards accepted.
THE MORE YOU ASK TO JOIN OR ASK WHERE HQ IS THE LESS LIKELY YOU ARE TO EVER GET IN OR BE TOLD WHERE THE ENTRANCE IS
It's like in WoW or other MMOs, annoy us that's -10 rep off neutral, do good stuff that's +10 rep off neutral
Good luck
