We're seeking talented volunteers for Immortality and Indoor Gardening!

Ever wish you could help shape Achaea? Do you secretly desire to take on more of a "game master" role, designing elaborate plots and scenarios to challenge and amaze adventurers? Or perhaps you like the idea of building devious quests, creating horrifying monsters, and shaping interactive landscapes? Now's your chance, with applications now being open for Celani! This is your opportunity to leave behind the shackles of a mortal existence and take on the mantle of one of our Pantheon.

We're currently seeking volunteers who have heavy interests in world building, storyline conception, and event creation. To be a good Celani you need to be pretty self-motivated, enjoy being creative, and not be afraid of interacting with other, albeit mortal, players. Ultimately, as this is a community volunteer position, what you do and when is up to you, but being able to follow through on the plans you make is very appreciated.

In order to apply, you must meet the following criteria:

- You must be 18 years or older IRL. Sorry, minors!

- You must have, at absolute minimum, at least 500 hours of playing time.

- Read HELP CELANI in full.

Now, here's what you must include in your application, in a plain-text, non-formatted email to celani@achaea.com:

1. Your real name.

2. Your real age.

3. If you are primarily a student, tell us your school and your course of study. Otherwise: your real occupation and your company's name.

4. Your character(s) in Achaea and what you have accomplished through those characters, especially any leadership positions you have held or other noteworthy achievements.

5. Why you think we should make you a Celani (keeping in mind that Celanihood precedes Godhood, so also why you think you should have the chance to be a God.)

6. Why you want to do this, knowing that you will have to completely cut off ties with other (mortal) players and leave behind all that you accomplished as a mortal player.

7. Two flawless room descriptions of 80+ words each. You MUST READ the section on room descriptions at the bottom of the HELP MORTAL BUILDERS file and follow the writing guidelines therein. DO NOT SKIP THIS. The MAJORITY of applications we've received in the past have ignored some part of the explicitly stated writing guidelines. What this tells me is that you lack attention to detail and the ability to follow given instructions, and neither of these traits make good Celani candidates.

8. A brief outline for an IC event, totalling 100 - 200 words. This should be of the scale that you see in our regular EVENTS news posts, and should involve at least two of Achaea's player-run organisations (i.e. Cities, Houses).

9. Any special experience outside of Achaea that you think might help you in Celanihood, such as customer service background or writing experience.

Strong writing skills are a must, as is the ability to work within an often demanding and perfectionistic team environment. Other traits that will help you: consistency, creativity, improvisational skills, storytelling ability, maturity, attention to detail, dependability, and above all, a love of Achaea and the world we co-create here.

Your application MUST be received by 23:59 GMT on Sunday, April 30th (that's 8pm Eastern, 5pm Pacific, and 12am (Mon) Sydney).


To support this call, we've opened up a Celani and Godhood Q&A thread on the forums!

Because people may have desires to apply, but don't want to be seen asking a question and then disappearing in a few weeks time, this will be an anonymous thread, all questions should be sent by a forums PM to me (Nicola), I'll then post the questions and any answers, the current team will also weigh in if they have something to say too!

Head on over to forums.achaea.com/discussion/5612/celani-and-godhood-q-a to read the thread and send me any questions you have for the team about Celani and Godhood!

Penned by My hand on the 23rd of Valnuary, in the year 740 AF.