• Raiding is basically stealing other characters.
• You may ONLY raid in the main and regular territories.
  • Joining/gathering areas, gender territories, and magical realms are OFF LIMITS to raiding.
• You may only raid ONE victim per character.
  • You may form a raiding party, but you can still only raid up to as many victims as the number in your part.
    • For example, if you have 12 in your party, you may only raid 12 victims.
• Those who can raid:
  • Horses: Ages 2 and over can raid or find a victim.
  • Unicorns: Ages 2 and over can raid or find a victim.
  • Wolves: Ages 1 and over can raid or find a victim.
    • Wolves can raid HORSE foals that are one year old or younger.
• Those who can BE raided:
  • Horses:
    • All females from foal to adult.
    • Colts that are One year old or younger.
    • If a mare has a foal by her side that is NOT a young adult, the foal MUST go with the mare.
    • Stallions and colts that are young adults CAN NOT be raided!
      • Adult horses can raid foals or young adults of unicorns.
      • Adult unicorns CAN NOT be raided by ANY horse.
      • Wolves may NOT be raided by horses.
  • Unicorns:
    • All females from foal to adult.
    • Colts that are One year old or under.
    • If a mare has a foal by her side that is NOT a young adult, the foal MUST go with the mare.
    • Stallions and colts that are young adults CAN NOT be raided!
      • Horses can be raided by unicorns by following the horse guidelines above.
      • Wolves may NOT be raided by unicorns.
  • Wolves:
    • All females from pup to adult.
    • All male pups less than one year old.
    • If a female has ANY amount of pups that are less than one year old they MUST go with the female.
    • Male young adults and adults CAN NOT be raided!
      • Adult wolves can raid horse foals that are one year old or younger.
      • Wolves may NOT raid ANY age unicorn!
• Guidelines for posting a raid:
  • These must be followed EXACTLY right or the raid will be illegal and considered void!
  • Choose your victim following the rules above for each species.
  • Go to the territory you wish to raid from.
    • Make sure the one you wish to raid actually LIVES there and is ACTIVE!
  • Post RAID in the subject line of your post.
  • Post this EXACT statement. "I, (your character's name here), raid (victim's name here) and hide them in (land you are from).
    • "Land" means the place you joined/live at (not the exact territory you are from). For example, if you joined or now live in Angel's Paradise, that's what you put for the land.
    • You MAY use a riddle/poem for the place you live.
    • You MUST state YOUR character's name and your VICTIM's name CLEARLY in the post or it will be invalid.
  • Post the hiding post the SAME DAY as follows:
    • Post it in the LAND you are from!!
      • You may NOT post it in the:
        • Gender Territories
        • Meeting Places
        • Magical Realms
        • Joining, challenging, and breeding areas
      • All main territories, regular territories, and gathering areas are fine to post in.
    • You MUST use the SAME CHARACTER as the raid post. It can't be another character you play.
    • You MUST state YOUR character's name and the VICTIM's name CLEARLY in the post.
      • HOWEVER, you may "hide" your post by making the font color the same as the background color (highlighting the text will make it show).
      • You may post it ANYWHERE on the boards EXCEPT near the bottom. If it's active, you will lose it.
      • You may NOT post it on the archived pages.
      • The post CAN be in a reply to someone's character. You can have your reply to it and then "hide" the raiding post above or below your actual message.
• Any Adult or Young Adult may "find" the victim!
• You have ONE FULL WEEK to find the victim from the time the raid was posted.
  • If you find it, you MUST post under the hiding post that you "Caught" them OR
  • You must also post under the RAIDING post where you found the hiding post so it can be checked.
• If you are not caught, and time is up for them:
  • You MUST post in the territory you raided from that their time is up.
  • You MUST state in your post EXACTLY where your hiding post is so it can be checked.
  • The victim is yours for ONE FULL WEEK after the end of the raid.
• There are three different ways to get a victim of a raid back:
  • You must wait ONE FULL WEEK after the raid ended before doing ANY of these.
    • Someone, following the challenging guidelines, from the victim's territory can challenge the one who raided to get the victim back.
    • The victim, following the challenging guidelines, may challenge the raider for their own freedom.
    • Someone, following the raiding guidelines, may RAID the victim back.
  • Remember, follow the guidelines for challenging if you wish to challenge!!!

Raiding: Animals

Raiding is basically stealing other characters.
You may ONLY raid in the main and regular territories.
You may NOT raid anybody from the joining areas or gender territories.
Only  females and/or juveniles may be raided.
Only ADULTS and YOUNG adults, both male and female, may raid.
Horses can raid other horses, or juvenile unicorns.
Wolves can raid other wolves, or juvenile horses.
Unicorns can raid other unicorns, or horses.
You can only raid one female/juvenile per character. However, you CAN form a raiding party and steal up to the amount in your party.

• Guidelines on how to post a raid are as follows:

  • Make sure you choose  your victim by the rules above.

  • Go to the territory you wish to raid from.

  • Make sure the one you wish to raid LIVES in the territory and is active.

  • Post this exact statement,    "I, (your character's name here), raid (victim's name here), and hide them in (land you are from)."    "Land" means the place you joined/live at (not the exact territory you are from). For example, if you joined in Angel's Paradise and live in one of the territories there, then you put Angel's Paradise. If you live in a territory in Devil's Point, you put Devil's Point, and so on and so forth. If you have any questions, please ask on the Suggestions Board that is linked off of Backstage WHI.

  • The raiding post MUST state YOUR character's name, your VICTIM'S name, and the land you are from CLEARLY in the post. Otherwise it will be considered invalid.

  • After you have posted the above message, you MUST then go find a place to hide your victim.

  • The hiding post must be done the SAME DAY by the SAME character you used to raid the victim. You cannot have another of your characters hide them or have someone else's character hide them.

  • You MUST post the hiding post in the land you are from THE SAME DAY as the raiding post, saying,  "I, (your character's name), hide (name of victim) here."

  • The hiding post can be ANYWHERE on the main territory boards or the regular territory boards ONLY. You can also "hide" your post by making it the same font color as the background if you wish, but you don't have to. The post can be put at the top of the board, middle, or NEAR the bottom of the board (do NOT put it at the very bottom because if the place is active it has a tendency to get pushed off the board, then it would be an invalid post). It can also be put in a reply to someone's character (you can have your reply in part of the message and underneath or above you can "hide" your post there).

  Any ADULT or YOUNG adult in the territory you raided from can find the victim.
  They have ONE week to find the victim and post under your hiding post that they caught you.
  If they catch you then the victim is returned to them.
  If you are NOT caught, and the time is up for them to find your post, follow these guidelines:

  • Post in the territory you raided from and state that their time is up.

  • Also state EXACTLY where to find your hiding post (so we know it isn't illegal).

  There are three ways to get a victim back if you didn't catch the raider. With all of these you must wait a FULL week (starting from the end of the raid) to do:  

  • You may challenge the one who raided the victim to gain their freedom.

  • The victim may challenge the one who raided them to gain their own freedom.

  • You may raid the victim back.

  However, if the victim is a JUVENILE (2 years and younger), then they cannot challenge the raider. An ADULT has to do that for them. Or they can wait until they grow up to challenge for it.

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Raiding: Humans

Humans can raid horses, wolves, unicorns, or other humans (“kidnapping”).
Humans can raid or kidnap both males and females.
Both men and women can raid and kidnap, but they have to be an adult to do so.
Humans can raid only one animal (or human victim) per person… but you can form a raiding party, as well.
Kidnapping is done similar to the way that raiding is done with animals (see guidelines above). Since all humans are in the same “land,” Sunstorm Haven, your raiding post will say “I, (your character’s name), kidnap (name of victim), and take him/her to (your specific cabin).” Then they post anywhere in Sunstorm Haven, and if nobody from the cabin you kidnapped from can find your post within one week, then you tell everybody where exactly your post was, and the victim is yours. The only way to get them back is to kidnap them back. If, however, the people from the victim cabin find your post, then you will have to return the victim.
In order to raid animals, a human posts at the victim territory and states the desired victim (which can be male or female), and also has to mention in their post that they’re a human, to avoid confusion. If the victim doesn’t reply to your post within 36 hours, then you win the victim. Note: 36 hours means 36 hours. If the raid post was posted on 8:10 AM on the 3rd, then the victim has to post before 8:10 PM on the 4th.
Note: An animal victim cannot be raided by a human if the person that plays them is on vacation, etc., where they will not be able to be online at all for a specific number of days.
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End Notes

If you have any questions, suggestions, comments, or criticisms, feel free to post on the Suggestions board, which is linked from Backstage WHI.
And last, but not least… HAVE FUN!
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I hope everybody enjoys the game.  If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions put them on the suggestions board or e-mail me at  cowgirl_4christ2002@yahoo.com 
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