Vilem Beaumont and Akkarin Dryke, the Honorable Realm Lords of the Great City of Avalon,
decree. The citizens will be informed of current revisions to the next Constitution of the City Of Avalon.

CHAPTER 1
Standards.

§ 1. This constitution is publicized under the permission of the Realm lords Vilem Beaumont and his authorized ambassador Akkarin Dryke, being the maximum Law in the great realm Of Avalon, the role players and the visitors are forced to respect this law. Failure to comply by any citizen will result in punishment.

§ 2. PRINCIPAL LAWS

The citizens of Avalon recognize the Realm Lords SIM-Owner Vilem Beaumont, and his authorized Ambassador Akkarin Dryke.

  • All citizens of Avalon are required to be kind to other citizens, no matter kind of race, color, avatar or origin. No citizen may cause harm to any other, including but not limited to verbal abuse, demeaning or derogatory behaviour, and rudeness. Harm does not include being "killed" on the Avalon HUD by traps, quests, or any other mechanic introduced by a Knight of Avalon for the intent of roleplaying, as this mechanic is simply for roleplay and not to cause lasting harm.
  • Do not change or delete objects without the explicit permission of the Lords.
  • The citizens of Avalon are required to follow the instructions of the Realm Lords, and respect that the Knights (named in §7 of this constitution) are the voice of the Lords. Citizens must respect the Knight's words unless the decision of a Knight goes against the decision of the Lords or the constitution.
  • If no Knight of Avalon is available, the above applies to a Junior Knight (named in §7 of this constitution) of Avalon.
  • If disagreements or disputes arise between the Knights, or the conduct of a Knight is considered questionable, they must answer to the First Knight of Avalon. If the First Knight deems the conduct to be unsolvable by himself he will seek the assistance of the Realm Lords.
  • This law recognizes the citizen of Avalon, to every role player who belongs to the group "Order of Avalon". The role player can use every kind of medieval character, like knight, elves, dragons, nekos, vampires, werewolfs, wizards, fairies, angels, dwarves; but not one can use any kind of power without the permission of the Honorable Realm Lords.
  • This law recognizes the visitors of Avalon, to every person who come to the land without being part of the group; every citizen is required to respect them because they are possible citizens of this great City. Visitors are required to respect the principal rules of Avalon and it's other residents.
  • The government of the Great City of Avalon is administered by the Honorable Realm Lords, who can designate the Knights or the public worker of Avalon to enforce the law. Violations to laws can be punishable by Knights or Lords.

CHAPTER 2
CITIZENS AND VISITORS

§ 3. Abuse and Rudeness
  1. The harmony of the great City of Avalon is the most important; one can not be rude to or abuse other citizens, or visitors, drama is forbidden in this City. In the case of abuse or rudeness, the victim must send a notecard and screenshot to a Knight or Lord for review and appropriate punishment, if eligible, will be enforced. (The notecard is used to explain the incident, the screenshot to show the chat)

    No one can be rude, make drama or abuse the Lords over their respective knights to the last peasant.

  2. Spam is forbidden in Avalon, including but not limited to group invitations, spam in group or local chat. Spammers will be exiled from Avalon. In some particular cases a notice can be requested of the Lords to be sent to the group, but there is no guarantee a notice will be approved or sent.

  3. Usage of the Avalon HUD is required to complete quests on the realm. Failure to use the HUD can and will result in ejection with ability to return in certain areas of Avalon. Usage of other combat systems must first be approved by Lords.

  4. The great city of Avalon is a medieval SIM; modern guns or pistols, light swords, bombs, cages or vehicles don't exist. Usage of any modern or non-medieval items is prohibited. Individuals within the roleplay Quest may carry their own weaponry such as:
    - swords
    - knives
    - crossbows
    - axes
    - shields
    - other such appropriate medieval items.

  5. Residents are forbidden from wearing tags/titles from other groups that impersonate, attempt to impersonate, or otherwise could be construed to be official Realm of Avalon tags/titles while in the Realm. This requirement is waived for Knights when Knights wish to use custom titles for roleplaying e.g. playing a specific role during an event on Avalon.

  6. Questers and first time slayers are to be given priority entrance into the Dragon's Lair by any and all Dragonslayers present. The needs of a quester, or a first time slayer, outweigh the needs of any Dragonslayer of Avalon. All Knights,Squires and Slayers present are obliged to remind others of this, and all Knights, Squires and Dragonslayers are forced to comply with this ruling. Any disagreements or disputes that arise can be settled by the First Knight.

§ 4. Dresscode
  1. Medieval clothing suitable for this realm is required by all citizens, of any race, gender, and other such distuinguishable features. More information about the dress code can be found on boards at the Catacombs and Keep bridge. Failure to comply with the dress code can result in ejection by an official of Avalon, or repeated failures can result in exile* from Avalon.
  2. Any kind of nudity is forbidden in the Great City of Avalon, the use of sex animation, sex balls animators or any kind of sex hud is forbidden too; failure to comply with this law will result in exile* from Avalon.
  3. Full avatars do not have to wear clothes, such as dragons, where applicable, not allowing the exposure of genitalia. If unsure, please consult a Knight or Lord.
  4. Dress code requirements do not apply only in the market of the Great City of Avalon, because indivuals not of Avalon come to this Great City just with the purpose of shopping. Citizens are forced to fulfill with the paragraph 1, 2 and 3 of the law §3.
  5. Knights and Lords may, at their discretion, teleport a user home for excessive script usage. All citizens are obliged to reduce their script usage during their visits on Avalon to ensure a low lag experience for all.

§ 5. Citizen and Visitors rights

Like in every great city the honorable Realms Lords, guarantee the safety of the next rights of the citizens and the visitors

1. Citizens
a. Respect by other citizens and visitors
b. Respect by the Realm Lords and their Knights or the government authority of the Great City of Avalon.
c. The honorable Realm Lords and the authority are obliged but not forced to listen to the problems of the citizens.
d. Attempt to resolve any kind of problems of the citizens.
e. Notifications given about the change of the laws and quest rules.
f. Guarantee the rewards of the quests.
g. In case be ejected or exile* from the Great City of Avalon, the Realm lords are forced to listens and receive any kind of probe or explanation about the acts to make them be ejected or exiled* of the Great City of Avalon.
h. Romance is not forbidden citizen is forced to fulfill with the paragraph 2 of the law §3.
i. Report abuse from other citizens Notification to the honorable Realms Lords about possible abuse from elite knights in this case only the Honorable Realm Lords can resolve. As every other citizen, Elites will have the right to contest a report.
j. The knights mustn't exceed their authority given by this constitution or by the honorable Realm Lords
 
2. Visitors
a. Respect by citizens
b. Be a citizen and have the rights of a citizen.
c. Buy every kind of outfit, armor or object from the Avalon’s Market.

CHAPTER 3
GOVERNMENT AND AUTHORITY

§ 6. Discretionary Power

The authority is owned by the lords and their knights. Follow their orders, The words of the knights have to be seen as they were the words of the lords themselves.
In necessary case only the honorable Realm Lords can break the law § 4. In this case Realm Lords are obliged to notify the citizens of present why the rights are suspended, however since they own and hold power over this realm they reserve the right not to give notification.

Knights retain the power to eject citizens that fail to comply with laws, but are obliged to give a notification to the Lords about the incident. This rule does not apply during specific events requiring ejection, for example Knights playing as Undead Knights for a scheduled event or haunting of the Catacombs.

Squires of Avalon have no power in the realm whatsoever, and may not issue warnings, ejections, or other such disciplinary actions to any other residents of Avalon.


§ 7.

The Honorable Realm Lords of the great city of Avalon confer authority to the Knights, Angelique Savira, Mercurio Lupindo, Skyler John, WOLVERINE Radek, Vinderex Serpente, XXXGabiXXX Miami.
The title of Chancellor is conferred upon Mercurio Lupindo, and Angel is conferred upon Angelique Savira.
Town mayors of the village are Angelique Savira and Mercurio Lupindo.
The title of Junior Knight is conferred upon Sugarbabe Whiteberry and Sidi Maggs.

In case the honorable Realm Lords confer the authority to a new knight and name them "Knight" the Honorable Realm Lord going to publish the named in the group Order of Avalon, and will change the first paragraph of the law § 6 of the present constitution of the Great City Of Avalon.

The Knights of Avalon, by majority vote, may recruit Squires at their discretion in order to assist with community requirements such as helping citizens with quests or helping Knights with events. The chosen Squires are to answer directly to the Knights. (In the case of a tie in a vote on a new squire, the decision will fall to the First Knight.)

The honorable Realm Lords can designate a citizen to help in the government administration and publish the named in the Order of Avalon Group.

It is forbidden for a new Knight to be named by anyone but the Lords, although Lords are obliged but not forced to consider the opinion of other Knights.

The status of Knight is not a permanent guaranteed position. If it is so decided by a Lord after conferring with the Knight that one person should lose his or her position for long, unannounced absence or breaking laws of the constitution, the title will be renounced.

The title of Squire is not a permanent guaranteed position, and if so decided can be removed at the discrestion of the Lords of Avalon, or after a bad evaluation by a Knight of Avalon.

If a Knight loses the title and wishes to regain it, the Lords are obliged but not forced to seek the opinion of the other Knight first.

Knights may change the tags of other citizens according to the quest results, or type of citizen. For example, the title "Fae of Avalon" may be designated to a Fae within the realm, and "Avalon Dragonslayer" may be designated to a player whom has beaten the Catacombs and slain the dragon.

CHAPTER 4
QUESTS

§ 8. The quests of the Great City of Avalon have their own rules, but is important that every citizen is forced to respect this constitution so the principal rules in every quest are:
  1. The rights of another citizen named in this law are the most important.
  2. No flying.
  3. The use of artifacts, tools or special HUD to make the quests easier are forbidden.
  4. It's forbidden to help another citizen get the items of the quests by rushing them ahead using your own items, that is considered "cheating" under the laws of this constitution, however, citizens can complete quests together in small groups.
  5. Knights can break this law for testing purposes with permission of the Lords.
  6. In case of confusion of the rules of every quest, this law will prevail on all the quest rules.

CHAPTER 5
PUNISHMENT

§ 9. The citizen who breaks the law of the great city of Avalon, could be sanctioned or punished, according of the gravity of the act that could be:
  1. An official warning and ejecting; this sanction is only in case of infringement of the law the first time; the Knights can eject and make warnings with the notification to the honorable Realm Lords.
  2. Exile* for 2 weeks, this punishment can be used after a warning or in a more severe law infringement as decided at the discretion of the Lords and Knights of Avalon.
  3. Eternal exile* of the Great city of Avalon, consequently of the gravity of the act. Permanent exile is only used by the Lords of Avalon.
    For a citizen exiled for two weeks there will be no second warning necessary before a permanent exile will occur.
  4. Eternal Exile may be granted without the required warning or temporary exile for serious offenders by a Knight or Lord. If this is necessary, it must be reported to the others using the Pillory (a closed area at the avalon's forum, readable by Lords, Knights, Junior Knights and Squires only).
  5. All Squires and Knights are obliged to use the Pillory to report problems on Avalon so as to keep each other up to date and avoid having the accused use misinformation against another Knight or Squire.

§ 10. The citizen punished for any kind of sanction can use defense, using a screenshot showing everything to prove the innocence of the crime that is accused of him or her, in the case of the law §7.2 the citizen can be exonerated, using a screenshot showing why this citizen was unfairly punished and deserves to be a part of the Great City of Avalon. This is not guaranteed however and the prosecuting party has the right to appeal a defense with evidence also.

§ 11. Only the honorable Realms Lords have the authority to exonerate the citizen of any kind of sanction or punishment, and sanction with exile*. Realm Lords are obliged but not forced to ask the opinions of Knights in such cases.

§ 12. Under NO circumstance is a Squire of Avalon to attempt to exercise any of the powers mentioned in this Constitution. Doing so will result in possible loss of title, and perhaps more severe disciplinary action depending upon the severity of the act.

CHAPTER 6
EXCEPTIONS

§ 13. The citizen can fly only in case of use a special dragon mount earned in the Great City of Avalon; it is understandable that sometimes on arrival to this city a citizen flies for a moment, so the citizen is forced to land immediately.

§ 14. Only the honorable Realms Lords can break this constitution, however they must respect the rights named in law §4, Realm lords can Break those rights in case of criminal citizens, and are obliged but not forced to notify the reason of the suspension of the citizen rights.

§ 15. The Knights can break the rules of quests for testing purposes if given explicit permission by the Realm Lords. The knights are forced to respect the rights of citizens and visitors named in law §4. Should a bug be found and detected officials of Avalon may try to recreate it to report it to the Lords, with the assistance of only the other officials and not general citizens of Avalon.

CHAPTER 7
COPYRIGHTS

§ 16. This is the most important law, clothes, scripts, texts, armors, buildings, riding creatures and all kind of objects are intellectual property of their creators, and are protected under the international law of real life. Absolutely No one, can use any creations without the authorization of the creators, is forbidden by the role player to use objects of Avalon to merchant outside the Land of Avalon, the sanction of break this law is not inside second life, it is in Real Life under the protection of international laws about copyrights.

§ 17. The visitors and citizens have the right only to have a copy of the protected clothes, scripts, armors, buildings, riding creatures and all kind of objects unless otherwise explicitly given other permissions by the realm lords. For example objects included in the treasure hunt may be given to the Chancellor with transfer permissions, however permissions to the next player are designated by the Lords and the Chancellor is forced to comply.

CHAPTER 8
PUBLICATION

§ 18. This constitution has the effect with publication, and every citizen can have a copy of this constitution.

§ 19. This law enters in force the moment the honorable Realm Lords notify it, using the Orden of Avalon Chat group, The official forum, and the notification in a public place of the Great city Of Avalon. Past issues regarding previous laws will not be re-examined under this new law.

*Exile applies to all avatars including alts of the same person.

Signed by:

~Lord Vilem Beaumont~

~Lord Akkarin Dryke~
~First Knight~Mercurio Lupindo ~Knight Angelique Savira~
~Knight WOLVERINE Radek~ ~Knight Vinderex Serpente~
~Knight XXXGabiXXX Miami~ ~Knight Skyler John~
~Junior Knight Sidi Maggs~ ~Junior Knight Sugarbabe Whiteberry~

This law was written by Abrahammaster Spad
Proof reader: Earth Metall
Editing and grammar corrections: Mercurio Lupindo, Angelique Savira