Welcome to Court of the Fallen!

To get you up and running as quickly and easily as possible, we’ve summarised the core steps for account & profile creation below. More detailed information can be found in our Guidebook, but we suggest you start here to keep things simple.

1. Read our Rules

We are also an 18+ site with an RPG rating of 3-3-3. Threads which have mature content will be labelled as such so that they can be avoided at your discretion.

2. Make Your OOC & Character Accounts

Follow these steps for easy account management:

1. Create your OOC account
Create an OOC account by registering with whatever OOC username you'd like to be known by, and select "OOC Account" as your race on your profile. This account is where Merit Points are aggregated, what you'll use to post in our OOC boards, and how you'll vote in any polls we create.

2. Create your first character account
Logout of your OOC and register another new account, using your character's FIRST NAME ONLY as their username. Don't worry about surnames or filling out the other details of your character - you can do this later.

3. Link your accounts together!

1. Log back in as your OOC account, navigate to the Member Panel on the left-hand sidebar and click on ‘User CP’.
2. Scroll to the bottom and select ‘Account Switcher’ under the Miscellaneous heading
3. Search for your character’s account name
4. Enter your password
5. Rinse and repeat for any other characters you make!

3. Choose Your Character’s Race

Accepted (standard humans)
Attuned (humans capable of shapeshifting into animals)
Ancients (tiefling-like humans)
Abandoned (humans with the ability to use magic)

We have summarised the need-to-know basics of each race below, but if you would like to know more, feel free to visit our Races page in the Guidebook!

Accepted: Accepted are our 'standard' race.
Pros of being an Accepted: All of the site’s gods are more inclined to like you, meaning you will get blessings/gifts from them more often and have a higher chance of receiving a response when you pray at a shrine. You also receive more stat points as you level up than any of the other races, giving you quite the advantage in raw stats. Accepted can also pray at shrines to become an Attuned or an Ancient.
Cons of being an Accepted: You will never have magical abilities or animal shifts so long as you remain an Accepted.

Note: If you join as an Accepted you receive Basic Channeling. Channeling gives you the ability to call out a spirit, minor deity or god (depending on level) to assist during times of struggle, danger, conflict, etc.

Attuned: Attuned are our race of animal shapeshifters.
Pros of being an Attuned: You are beloved by the gods. At level 0 you can automatically transform into one modern-day animal. (By modern-day, we mean an animal that is not extinct). As you level you unlock more animal forms, can control other animals, can use telepathy with other Attuned, can partially shape-shift into your animals and, at much higher levels, can transform into mythical creatures!
Cons of being an Attuned: You receive fewer stat points when levelling than Accepted.

Note: If you join as an Attuned you'll need to specify what your first animal shift is. Remember, a level 0 Attuned can only shift into one modern-day (i.e., nothing extinct), non-mythical animal. If you’d like, you can choose from a non-mythical animal in our Flora & Fauna Compendium!

Ancient: Ancients are our tiefling-like race.
Pros of being an Ancient: Magic and animal shifts specific to Ancients.
Cons of being an Ancient: Ancients are extremely vulnerable to the cold, are afflicted with ‘bloodlust’ and have an ingrained bond to the goddess Dygra; these traits are not negotiable when creating one of these characters.

Note: If you join as one of the Ancients, you'll need to specify what your first animal shift is. You may choose from any non-mythical fauna native to The Climb. Please visit our Flora & Fauna Compendium and filter by The Climb to see what’s available!

Abandoned: Abandoned are our magical race.
Pros of being Abandoned: Magic! As you level, you will have access to classes of magic available to all Abandoned, and also to custom magic that you can design (with help from the admins).
Cons of being Abandoned: The gods are less likely to respond to your prayers, and you receive significantly fewer stat points as you level than the other races.

Note: If you join as an Abandoned you'll need to specify your first magic. Please visit the Magic section of our Guidebook for a full list of Base Magics.

4. Character Ages

There is no minimum starting age, however it should be noted that characters under the age of 16 cannot level. They begin and remain at level 0 until they reach age 16, at which point all previous threads can be considered towards levelling requirements.

5. Distribute Your Stats

Characters begin with 4 basic stats: Endurance, Strength, Luck, and Dexterity.

Please visit the Stats section of our Guidebook to help you distribute them for your character accordingly.

Note: Abandoned characters have an extra stat known as Arcana. Arcana is added automatically by the admins and you do not need to take it into consideration when distributing your 35 stat points.

6. Choose Your Citizenship

Four habitable regions are currently available:

The Hollowed Grounds: A series of temperate islands with an old world vibe.
King's End: A region abundant with rolling hills, famously haunted by ghosts and spirits.
Torchline: A tropical island paradise with a seedy underbelly.
Halo: An icy wonderland surrounded by an unforgiving tundra.

7. Complete Your Profile & Submit Your Application!

We do need you to ensure you have filled out your character’s basic information, e.g. age, race, citizenship, and a Face Claim if you have one (though this isn’t required). A bit of information about your character is also appreciated; you can use the Alignment & Core Flaws/Values lists to help populate this.

Once you are happy, it’s time to apply: Click Here! to submit your application.

8. Ready to Start Posting?

Not sure where to begin? We're here to help! Regional chats are available on our Discord if you'd like to plot potential backstories or starters with other characters who live in that area. (For example, your hunter character might opt to start a thread in the Citadel sub-board in Halo with a like-minded individual to plan a trip out into the Tundra).

If you already have a few ideas of your own, you can also request threads in the 'open-and-wanted-threads' Discord channel. (Perhaps your scholar character is looking for opportunities to discover ancient ruins/artifacts and needs a bodyguard?)

You can also create an open thread and advertise it on the above channel to see if anyone is interested. (For instance, maybe you start a thread with your thief character in the Haulani sub-board of Torchline looking for easy targets).

If you opt to do this, please ensure you mark your thread as open so other members know they can feel free to jump into it! We use a variety of thread prefixes that can be selected when creating a thread; all you need to do is select the 'Open' prefix to mark your thread as such.