PrinciplesBy which the Annals is kept

No admin-assigned roles. Ever. Not at launch, not for trusted players, not for beta testers. Every title — Thane, Hersir, Jarl, High King — is taken by deed, by support, by tribute, or by formal challenge. The architecture forbids the alternative.

No reserved content. Canon faction names, titles, locations are equally available to whoever earns them first.

No pay-to-status, ever. Cosmetics are fine. Queue priority is fine. Access, skill, reputation, roles — never.

Visible action history. Significant actions are recorded and visible to a character's social graph. You can't rewrite who you've been — only who you are next.

Every claim, role, and title has an activity floor. Miss it, lose it. A title left unattended decays back into the world for someone else to take. The chronicle has no rooms set aside for those who have left it.