Nemo Nisi Mors

Planetarion
Some NNM members (Alratan, Abishai, Zyle, Nearu) met around 1999-2000 in Planetarion, in an alliance called The Collective, with Bearheart also playing the game.

Ultima Online
Nemo Nisi Mors under the current name was founded in 2002 in Ultima Online on the Europa shard (server) by Black Abishai (Peter) and Lysandra (Amanda). After several days of playing together, they came to the idea of forming a role-playing guild. The guild quickly grew once Zyle (Ally) and then Alratan (Neill) joined as well, especially when they ran into Rince in the Despise dungeon, saving her dragon Bunny. Rince was co-leader of another guild, Wolfpack, and shortly after meeting this guild merged into Nemo Nisi Mors. Rince became co-leader of Nemo Nisi Mors with Black Abishai and Lysandra, and the guild increased quickly in members and activity. Other notable members at this period included The Chosen One (Nearu), Blackspider (Killaklad), Garrison (Varencienne), Seeke and Crispen.

After playing in PvE and Roleplaying for awhile, we decided to check out Champion Spawns and Felucca for PvP, and most of us found that alot more fun, and we quickly established ourselves as a PvP guild there, fighting toe-to-toe with many of the older and more established guilds there. After awhile, we tired of the increasing zerg tactics of the then-dominant guild, Apple Invasion, who had verging on a hundred members all called Apple, compared to the 10-20 online counts of most other guilds. Moving to the Legends shard, we had a lot more luck with far smaller-scale PvP battles and less Zerg involved. Allying quickly with some acquaintances from Felucca Europa Legion (FEL), we continued PvPing and doing Champion Spawns for some time in this manner, until dwindling numbers and differences in playing ability caused us to split away, reforming as The Wolfpack (WPK).

In Wolfpack were far fewer members: Abishai, Alratan, Zyle, The Chosen One, Rince, Seeke and Gaz, but we were far more effective. At our peak, we were probably the best PvP guild around and fought along side and against the other top guilds such as e., H20 and K, despite being vastly outnumbered. Many memorable battles involved 5 of us holding our own against upwards of 20 people at once on a regular basis.

Eventually, like most good things, Ultima Online's good times started to dwindle when they released the Samurai Empire expansion which added unbalanced Samurai and Ninjas, and before they released Mondain's Legacy, introducing Elves, we decided to move on. We spent some time dabbling on free shards, and Abishai, Zyle, Alratan and The Chosen One even developed and ran one for nearly two years before eventually wearing it out.


World of Warcraft
While Bearheart and Rince had been playing for some time on Twisting Nether, Rince as an officer in a guild called iO, it wasn't until Myrkul (Abishai) and Succubus (Zyle) joined WoW in January 2007 that the guild really started to form. Levelling new characters (Kaets and Zylex) whilst Alratan and Garrison started characters, Nemo Nisi Mors was reborn. We slowly added members we encountered in PUGs and from recruitment, and progressed at a remarkable rate from beginning instances to Heroics and then to the first raid, Karazhan.

Not ready to more than double our members just yet - Karazhan was a 10-man raid and the next one, Gruul, was 25-man - we teamed up with a guild called Lost Souls for our first outings into larger activities. Not long afterwards, we finally had enough members to tackle it on our own and continued onto Magtheridon, Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep. Despite the large-scale recruitment, we added some truly fantastic people to the guild. At the time, our notable members were probably the following: Kaets/Vindicta (Abishai), Zylex (Zyle), Alratan/Shaleigh (Alratan), Wraeththu (Varencienne), Minikarlsson, Deci (Hiyori), Ythyn, Ammagad (Pewzi), Bearheart/Momar (Bearheart), Gantook, Garack (Yaza), Hunterbrave (Nearu), Kongfjong, Wortmar, Infektio, Yobax, Ocelot, Uthegental, Reise, Bighorn, Forweg, Dalthanar, Simbrah, Crushoof and many others.

Shortly before Wrath of the Lich King was to be released, however, most of our members had tired of the endless grind and were disappointed by the increasingly apparent revelation that the next expansion would entirely override all and any efforts that had been made in The Burning Crusade, and the guild steadily stopped playing. All in all, Nemo Nisi Mors was active in World of Warcraft from January 4th, 2007 until May 11th, 2008.


Lord of the Rings Online
Once again playing fore-runner, Abishai started playing LotRO on [EN] Gilrain and was followed soon afterwards by Zyle. Not expecting the rest of NNM to come rushing back, they joined Tranquility and forged friendships with them that still remain. A few weeks later, enough people had started playing LotRO that Nemo Nisi Mors was finally founded on [EN] Gilrain on July 19th, 2009.

Membership Requirements:

• Level: We currently accept "Main Characters" from any level.
  
  
• Age: Each member is required to be at least 16 years of age.
  Exceptions may be made for outstanding younger individuals. Parental consent might be required.
  
  
• Events: You need to be willing and actively participate in guild events, ranging from instance runs to raids. We take a relaxed, casual approach to this but in the end a guild is there to participate in activities together. We expect people to help one another when they can, and participate in the afore mentioned activities.
  
  
• Activity: You are required to participate on average at least once a week in guild activities organised by officers. This applies strictly to raids when they are actively running. When raids are on hold or otherwise suspended, the rule transfers to organised instance runs or epic book quests. Please note this rule only applies when such activities are scheduled in the Nemo Nisi Mors events planner. We understand the priority of real life and the importance of scheduling group activities in advance.
  
  Ideally, we would like to see a bit of both; participation in main events and periodically assisting other members with their group quests and instance runs.
  
  
• Attitude & Skills:
  
  • You are required to be a team-player, with a mature attitude.
  • You are required to be a quick learner, and able to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances.
  • You are required to be willing to change your traits and/or virtues if this benefits certain encounters.
  • You are required to be able to read, write and speak understandable English.
  • It is mandatory to use Ventrilo during guild events. You are not required to have or use a microphone, but this is highly encouraged.
  
  
• Code of Conduct: You are to be fully aware of our Code of Conduct, and abide by it.

We offer:

• A friendly, warm atmosphere
• Silly banter
• Long term friendships
• PvE Progress
• Class /Gear Advice

Trial Membership

All accepted applicants will enter a trial membership as a 'recruit' which will last a minimum of 2 weeks and a maximum of a month. The exact length depends on each applicant and how much chance we get during the above period to really get to know them.

The trial membership period is used to evaluate whether or not you you and the guild are a good match and share similar beliefs and goals. During your trial period you can be removed from the guild without warning if you would misbehave or cause our guild a bad name. We must stress that this period benefits both the applicant and the guild, as from your side it gives you a period to evaluate the guild as well!

There are a few noticeable differences between trial members and full members. This includes, but is not limited to, the following;

• Full Members usually have priority over loot. We really dislike people joining a guild, taking a few drops and then leaving, thus taking valuable progress away from the guild. We play to enjoy ourselves in a casual manner and as such every little bit of progress helps the guild enormously. We always evaluate where a drops will make the most difference to our progress and ensure the guild as a whole grows in strength, not just individuals!
  
  Due to the way items drop for certain classes and some people already having some items, usually our trial members still have a good chance to acquire some new items during guild-ran events. Please note that this rule mainly applies to raids and only applies to non-raid events if the organiser has specifically stated so in the event description!
  
  
• Mistakes are human and nobody will fail you for doing something silly. We do however expect people to learn from their mistakes and not make them twice. If you do not understand an encounter it is better to say so than it is to pretend you do and cause wipes as a result.
  
  
• Trial Members are expected to sign up for as many events as they can, regardless whether or not they think they will be picked for the line-up. If you don't sign up to events, you can't be chosen for their line-up and you never become known in group activities!

To Apply, please register and then complete our membership application form.

If for any reason the application form might not work, please create a new thread in the Recruitment section, Subject: Application: NAME, CLASS

Example:
Application: Alratan, Rune-keeper

You can copy/paste the template below and fill in your information where required:

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[b][u]About Your Character[/u][/b]
[b]Name[/b]:
[b]Level[/b]:
[b]Race[/b]:
[b]Class[/b]:

[b]Professions[/b]:
1.
2.
3.

[b]What do you see as your character's role in a group?[/b]
<insert answer here>

[b][u]About Yourself[/u][/b]
[b]Name[/b]:
[b]Age[/b]:
[b]Country[/b]:
[b]Online Times[/b]:

[b]Why do you want to join Nemo Nisi Mors?[/b]
<insert answer here>

[b]Can anyone in Nemo Nisi Mors vouch for you?[/b]
<insert answer here, note that this is not required but it helps a lot!>

[b]Have you played any other MMO's?[/b] (If yes, which?)
<insert answer here>

[b]Do you have any previous raid experience?[/b]
<insert answer here>

[b]Could you tell us a little about yourself?[/b]
<insert answer here>