Ok, so you've written enough IC posts, and now you want to hold a bonding. Great! Here's some tips to help you get started:
From the list below, pick 2 or 3 species that you'd be interested in hosting a bonding for. These will be marked out and put back 'available' as they are chosen, to allow each species to be bonded. If in the List the creature has an astricks (*) by its name, it is not available at this time.
Then you PM an admin ( for example, Kay aka Raferties) with your request and your options.
This is a general format for the PM: (Updated Jan 5, 1016)
- The species options you are looking to bond.
- If the bonding will be Long or Short.
- If Long, are you looking to have a Queen or Lord rank in your bonding (Max for long is one Queen, one Junior Queen, and two Lords)
- If you have a theme that may require any mutations. (See Mutations for more information on them) Note: This can be discussed in further PMs at later points if needed.
- Any other details you may think are relevant.
Bonding Guidelines(Updated Aug 23, 2016)
Short Bondings: Max 3 creatures, 1 and 2 star only. If you require a 3 star (Lord) rank for your bonding, you must both tell an Admin this, and if they clear it also include another 1 or 2 star rank creature, for a total of 4 creatures. A Short Bonding runs for two weeks max.
Long Bondings: Max 10 creatures, with Admins assigning ranks across the spectrum of the species requested. 3 Flex Slots are additionally allowed for more creatures (for a Max of 13 creautres), though if they are of Lord or Queen rank (3 to 5 star) you will have to provide a reason for wanting the extra high ranks. You are not required to use all the ranks, though in general you must use at least 3 commons in the bonding. A Long Bonding runs a maximum of 8 weeks.
If there are reasons why a Bond Holder needs to adjust these guidelines, due to the theme of the bonding, wanting the creatures to be less in quantity, wanting different ranks once they are assigned, etc, PLEASE PM an admin to discuss this. We will be willing to adjust provided there is a reasonable explanation for wanting to do such, but be aware we may not accept all or any of the adjustments, and will provide a reason for doing so should that be the case. For example, if you wish a totally blind bonding where not even the admins know what creatures are up for the offering, we would assign star counts rather than species ranks (saying you have three 1 star, two 2 star, etc).
Updated Sept 1, 2015: If you fail to post within the two week time specified above, you run the risk of your bonding being turned over to another to complete. This is to keep bondings from sitting 'dead' for overly long. If for some reason you foresee you cannot post in that time, you may request a Waver by PMing Kay or posting an OOC note in the bonding stating that you are using your one waver for the bonding. This will give you a single extra week to put up a post. (Aug 23, 2016) A Waver MAY be used to extend the Ending Deadline by ONE WEEK.
When you feel a good match is made, RP the shiny making the connection with the character. Often this is done In Character, with an Out of Character note in Bold, such as Bond! Wild West Wind has bonded to Raferties! This draws attention from the player to the bond, so they can name the shiny (or otherwise acknowledge the bond, in the case of shinies that already know their names).
Players have two weeks to claim the shiny in this way, or the Bondholder may Wild the shiny or re-bond it at their discretion
If it happens that a shiny doesn't really take to any one person, they can instead go 'Wild,' simply meaning that they leave without bonding. Alternately, a single person may bond two or, very rarely, three shinies in a bonding. (This does not apply to Dragons; a person will only bond one dragon at a time).
Just to clarify, by the Deadline, all Shinies must be Bonded off, or declared Wild. If a bonding is not complete by the Final Deadline or the altered Waver Deadline, it will be handed over to another to finish.
If you have any questions, please feel free to PM an Admin!
The List
(Note: Dragons, Gryphons and Unicorns are NOT featured on this list, because they are a Rarely Bonding creature. When a bonding is available for them, everyone will be made aware in an Annoucement)
Edit: Species will have a date beside them for the most recent bonding, as well as 'S' for Short or 'L' for long.
Assorted (this means multiple species in a single bonding) - Feb 18th - S
Astrum - Nov 12th - L
Athid
Caradras - Feb 19th - L
Familiars - March 10th - L
Firelizards - Aug 29th - L
Firemanes - Nov 16 - L
Gargoyles June 28th - L
Hellhound
Hippocampi - Jan 17th - S
Hippogryph - April 11th - S
Illaro - Jan 25th - S
Kirava - Sept 25th - L
Mistwatchers
Pegasus - Oct 16th - L
Phoenix
Sharpblades
Sphinxes
Starmanes - Nov 16th - L
Zaithandi
Capable of Hosting Bondings (by category)
Short Only
Terris
Long and Short
Absent
Belial
Cassandra
Foxie
Gwydion
Miunari
Raeneth
Raferties
Raina
Retsom
Scarheart
Telmaril
Tidesweep