Names that obviously do not describe a person (e.g. "Christmastree", "Matrix"), names of real life celebrities (e.g. "Britney Spears"), names that refer to real countries (e.g. "Swedish Druid"), names which were created to fake other players' identities (e.g. "Arieswer" instead of "Arieswar") or official positions (e.g. "System Admin").
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Your name should always clearly refer to a person. This means that you should not choose names of objects, such as "Keyboard", "Chimney" or "Firering". Brands or well-known institutions are also not allowed for names, e.g. "Coca Cola" or "Nasa". Additionally, names of processes, states, abstract terms or feelings such as "Global Warming", "Diarrhoea", "Harvest", "Atomic Energy" or "Boredom" are not suited as a name. The only exceptions from this rule are names of animals or body parts, for example "Silverhawk" or "Sharpeye". However, in a large number of cases, you can add a first name to the name of an object or process to make it legal, such as "Maria Firering" or "Jeremy Harvest". Please make sure though that the name fits in a medieval fantasy atmosphere and do not create futuristic or non-fantasy related names such as "Space Shuttle Commander" or "Car Mechanic". This part of the rule does not apply completely to the name, ranks and titles of a guild. Brands and well-known institutions are prohibited for them as well. However, abstract terms and object names can be accepted if they fit in a medieval fantasy atmosphere. So names like "Alliance of the Broken Arrow" or "Firering" would be legal guild names, while guild ranks like "Cellphone Specialist" or "Computerhacker" are not allowed.
Please refrain from choosing exactly the same name as a real life celebrity. A celebrity is in general a contemporary, worldwidely well-known person of public interest, such as "Michael Jackson" or "George Bush". Fictional characters (characters from books, movies, etc.) are not celebrities. For example, choosing a name like "Harry Potter" or "Legolas" would be alright. Names of long deceased people such as "Julius Caesar" or "Columbus" are usually not considered a name of a celebrity either. Also, you may use parts of the name of a celebrity, such as "Jessy Aguilera" or modify the original name, such as "Brady Pitfall".
In order to maintain a fantasy atmosphere we also made names of real countries or well-known locations illegal. "Diego Brazil" or "Jack from Texas" are both against the rules, as well as "New York Druid" or "Rio de Janeiro". Note that also the abbreviations of real countries are considered illegal, such as "br" for Brazil in "Melindabr", or "pl" for Poland in "Knight-pl". This part of the rule does not apply to the name, ranks and titles of a guild.
It is illegal to fake the identity of well-known players to trick other players. Therefore, please do not choose a name with the intention to pretend being another player, such as "Faerewynn" to fake "Faerwynn" or "Dagor Dragontoth" to fake "Dagor Dragontooth". Please note that the names have to be very similar and the intention clearly obvious to be considered an act of namefaking. "William Blackheart" is not a namefake of "William Blacknight". Also, the character creation date, world and level play a role to determine whether a name is considered a fake of another name. However, clearly faking the identity of a well-known player will lead to an account banishment. This part of the rule does not apply to guilds.
The same punishment applies if you try to fake an official position, such as "Lead Programmer", "Webmaster" or "Tutor Alex". Especially pretending to have special rights in the game will result in an
account banishment or even an account deletion.