BASIC RULES
~mordres is an au marauder era harry potter gpsl! first of all, it should be obvious by now that the basic rules of rp apply here. be kind to other players, as this is a community and we'd like for it to have a strong community feel. do not cross ic/ooc. as for journal names, we require that they be ic. also, keep in mind that we do not allow any extra letters, underscores, numbers, or extra characters. while harrypotter, hpotter, potterh, is ideal for your journal name, harry_potter, harrry, or harrypotter123 is not. as this game is exclusively private, we ask that you keep a very low profile on ad communities such as ~pbads and don't post with any journals affiliated with the rp!

EXAMPLES AND WRITING
here at ~mordres, we are basing acceptance primarily on your examples. we expect that your writing is consistent. what we will mostly be looking for is: quality, quantity, and consistency. if we see that your replies consist of one liners, are short, or lacking in some way, you will more than likely be rejected! with that being said, we're not looking for journal entries, but if that is all you have for examples, don't be afraid to give us what you can for a writing sample. narratives also work. mordres is a writing-heavy community, as rp is primarily a writing based hobby.

REJECTION AND INVITATIONS
while we understand that a community being invite only can be a bit intimidating, we want you to feel just the opposite! we aim for a friendly, welcoming environment, so that new members don't feel intimidated by the prospect of getting an invitation. we require you have some sort of connection with a current member of the community in order to get an invitation. does an invitation automatically mean acceptance? unfortunately, it doesn't. like stated above, our main method of acceptance is through your examples. as this community is very writing heavy, we accept members based on their writing ability and whether we think they would be a good fit with us. please note that if your application is rejected, the mods hold the right to not answer any inquiries, as the reasons why are clearly stated above, therefore we will not respond to individual requests concerning rejected applications. please refrain from harrassing us or our members upon rejection.

activity
at ~mordres, we require journal updates to be posted twice every month! it can be in any way you want: narratives or gifs with a hover narrative, a gif linking to a song which might reflect your character in some way, or even an in-character discussion! along with requiring updates to be posted once a month, we will also be having various kinds of activities as well. these will all count as activity: every month there will be various group things posted, such as out of character discussions for plotting, or in character discussions where characters can interact and talk to each other outside of hidden customs/parchments, such as an ic ffa. we will often have monthly themes, group threads, custom/parchment exchanges as well as a player-driven daily prophet community where you can post news articles. these news articles can be about whatever you want, like a character escaping from azkaban or a quidditch team's success, something death eater, ministry, or auror related--it's here for you to get as creative as you want.